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'Slaycation Paradise' Reveals Physical Retail Version

Get Ready To Go To ‘Slaycation Paradise’!

It’s getting to that time of year where vacationing is on the mind of many, and with things confusingly going back to “normal”, but we’re not normal around here and we have so much pent-up aggression that we want to let it all out. Well, Affordable Acquisition and Merge Games will be acting as your travel agent and has your passport and reservations ready at Slaycation Paradise! Slaycation Paradise is a twin-stick action tower defense game where players take on the role of vacationers who travel to different dimensions with the sole purpose of fighting and killing monsters. The game features: Twin-stick shooting & Tower Defense! – Taking the best of each genre to create an engaging and addictive gameplay loop where hordes of bloodthirsty enemies are waiting to welcome you to the party! Apocalypse a-plenty! – Discover alternate Earths all going through crazy End-of-Days type scenarios perfectly designed for the best in family vacation entertainment. Weird & Wonderful Weapons!

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Mar 23, 2022
New Trailer For 'The Occupant' Unleashed Ahead Of March Premiere

New Trailer For ‘The Occupant’ Unleashed Ahead Of March Premiere

Ahead of its premiere later this March, a new trailer has been released for the true story-inspired supernatural horror The Occupant, teasing a dark film filled with horrors. Written and directed by Samuel Krebs, the filmmaker behind the true-story-inspired film The Whooper Returns, The Occupant follows four estranged siblings, who find themselves in the grip of demonic possession, after inheriting their family home. When an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which have malevolent effects on everyone in the house. The indie film stars Rik Billock (The Barn), David Flick (American Pastoral, Jack Reacher, One for the Money) Dylan Grunn (The Retreat, Lake Artifact), Nathan Hollabaugh (Concussion, Father’s & Daughters), Caroline Nicolina, and Megan Bolton. The Occupant will be released on March 29, 2022 on premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release on all platforms across the USA and Canada.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
A24 Unleashes New Trailer For 'MEN' From Annihilation Director Alex Garland

A24 Unleashes New Trailer For ‘MEN’ From Annihilation Director Alex Garland

Watch the chilling new trailer for MEN, written and directed by Academy Award® nominee and visionary filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation). “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in the feverish, shape-shifting new horror film starring Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things), Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game), and Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You). MEN opens in theaters on May 20, 2022, from A24, known for its unnerving genre films such as Midsommar and Lamb.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Brazil’s Fantaspoa Brings Fear Back to the Cinema for Its 2022 Edition

Brazil’s Fantaspoa Brings Fear Back to the Cinema for Its 2022 Edition

Brazil’s renowned genre film festival Fantaspoa makes its triumphant return to the big screen from April 15–May 1after two years of online editions. With plenty of fear fare on tap, ranging from F. W. Murnau’s 1922 classic silent vampire film NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR to the reimagining of Stephen King’s The Langoliers mini-series THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY, with an amazing bounty of science fiction, thrillers, and other movies offering the weird and the wild. Following is the official press announcement. After two years of successful online editions, the 18th edition of the beloved Brazilian genre festival Fantaspoa will return to the cinemas from April 15th through May 1st. This year, attendees will discover a very different Fantaspoa from its last on-site edition (a very distant 2019): instead of its usual two venues, the fest will take place simultaneously in five cinemas, with part of its program also being available online, geo-blocked for viewers within Brazil. The poster for this

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Joseph Perry
Mar 23, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'Father Of Flies' Is Coming To Digital

‘Father Of Flies’ Sees A Boy Plagued By The Supernatural This April (Trailer)

Directed by Ben Charles Edwards, a young boy experiences terrifying supernatural events in Father of Flies, set to be released this April. In the film, “when a young boy’s mother is pushed out of the family home and replaced by his father’s girlfriend, he finds himself confronting terrifying supernatural forces. Have they always been there, or have they hitched a ride with the new resident?” Co-written by Edwards, Creator (A Bird Flew In, Quanti), and Nadia Doherty (Co-writer), the film stars Nicholas Tucci (You’re Next, Myth, Wolfenstein: The New Order), Camilla Rutherford (Gosford Park, The Darjeeling Limited), and Davi Santos (Good Sam, Tell Me A Story). Kirsty Bell, Ben Charles Edwards, and Phil McKenzie, along with , and Goldfinch Entertainment produce. Father of Flies arrives on Digital and VOD on April 12, 2022, from 101 Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Home Release Date Announced For The Horror-Thriller 'You Are Not My Mother'

Horror ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Out This Week In Theaters And On Demand (Trailer)

This March, writer-director Kate Dolan spins a dark tale in her new supernatural horror, You Are Not My Mother, inspired by an Irish legend. In the film, set the week before Halloween, Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever. “My intention with You Are Not My Mother was to create a frightening

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Anthology 'The Last American Horror Show Volume 2' Promises Double The Scares

Anthology ‘The Last American Horror Show Volume 2’ Promises Double The Scares

Samera Entertainment’s horrific anthology film The Last American Horror Show Volume 2 from Midnight Releasing, a love letter to “Creepshow” and “Tales From the Crypt,” is out now on VOD and sees a death row inmate entertaining a grim story-time before his ultimate demise. Directors Michael S. Rodriguez, Ricardo J. Vasquez, and Montgomery Dodson bring to life three twisted tales of horror framed around a notorious child murderer known as “Killer Callahan” (Mike Ferguson) as he awaits his fate. To kill time before his switch is flipped, Callahan converses with a confidant named Moses (Mel Novak), who reads him demented tales from a mysterious book. The stories that are told unfold on screen, and as each tale is told, a true reality is brought to light that reveals “Killer Callahan’s” ultimate purpose by the end. “The first Last American Horror Show was My Love Letter to Creepshow and Tales From the Crypt. Horror Show Vol. 2 is the Blood-Soaked Second

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
'Dune' Star Will Lead The Cast Of 'Suspiria' Director's Cannibal Horror 'Bones And All'

‘Dune’ Star Will Lead The Cast Of ‘Suspiria’ Director’s Cannibal Horror ‘Bones And All’

Director Luca Guadagnino received critical acclaim for his 2018 horror remake of Suspiria. The brilliant filmmaker is back with a new tale of terror, Bones and All, which has just been acquired by MGM. Dune star Timothée Chalamet (pictured), who also starred in Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, is set to star alongside Taylor Russell (Escape Room) in the film described as a cannibal love story. The cast for the adaptation also includes Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, David Gordon-Green, Francesca Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, and We Are Who We Are actress Chloë Sevigny. Screen Daily describes the film as about “two outsiders who embark on a 1,000-mile odyssey through Ronald Reagan’s America. When they discover they cannot outrun their terrifying pasts the pair take a final stand to determine whether their love can survive their otherness.” The script was penned by David Kajganich, who also wrote Guadagnino’s Suspiria. The film is based on the 2015 novel by Camille

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
A YouTuber Dives Too Deep In 'Dark Web: Descent Into Hell' - Out Now

A YouTuber Dives Too Deep In ‘Dark Web: Descent Into Hell’ – Out Now

A YouTuber thinks it’s all a game, but they are about to get more than they bargained for in the indie horror film Dark Web: Descent Into Hell – out now. “The Dark Web is the large part of the Internet that is inaccessible to conventional search engines. Experts estimate that search engines crawl and index less than 1% of all the content that can be accessed over the Internet. A young YouTuber, “Ludovico 122″, will try to reach the eighth level of the Dark Web, penetrating the deepest and unknown part of the internet while he films the experience for his audience. But he is not prepared for a horrible surprise that will change his life…” Lucas Saquiz, Jimena Frontera, and Chucho Fernández star in this disturbing horror thriller from director Diego Savignano (The Birth of Evil) and is now available on all major streaming and cable platforms in North America, Canada, the UK, and Ireland, from Black Mandala.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Larry Fessenden Among Filmmakers Featured In Upcoming Museum Of Modern Art Event

Larry Fessenden Among Filmmakers Featured In Upcoming Museum Of Modern Art Event

Filmmaker Larry Fessenden, who has delivered horror films such as The House of the Devil, Wendigo, Stake Land, and the film The Transfiguration, is teaming up with The Museum of Modern Art for an exploration of his contribution to the world of film. Titled “Oh, The Humanity! The Films of Larry Fessenden & Glass Eye Pix”, the event will run from March 30th through April 19, 2022, featuring 26 feature films, shorts, and oddities in theaters and online. Glass Eye Pix, the New York independent production shingle headed by art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden, is pleased to announce that a retrospective of 26 feature films along with numerous shorts, animations, and early works created during its 37 years of operation, is being presented by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) March 30 through April 19. The run of films will be hosted by Fessenden and many of the directors who have participated in the Glass Eye Pix mission to support “individual

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 22, 2022

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'Slaycation Paradise' Reveals Physical Retail Version

Get Ready To Go To ‘Slaycation Paradise’!

It’s getting to that time of year where vacationing is on the mind of many, and with things confusingly going back to “normal”, but we’re not normal around here and we have so much pent-up aggression that we want to let it all out. Well, Affordable Acquisition and Merge Games will be acting as your travel agent and has your passport and reservations ready at Slaycation Paradise! Slaycation Paradise is a twin-stick action tower defense game where players take on the role of vacationers who travel to different dimensions with the sole purpose of fighting and killing monsters. The game features: Twin-stick shooting & Tower Defense! – Taking the best of each genre to create an engaging and addictive gameplay loop where hordes of bloodthirsty enemies are waiting to welcome you to the party! Apocalypse a-plenty! – Discover alternate Earths all going through crazy End-of-Days type scenarios perfectly designed for the best in family vacation entertainment. Weird & Wonderful Weapons!

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Mar 23, 2022
New Trailer For 'The Occupant' Unleashed Ahead Of March Premiere

New Trailer For ‘The Occupant’ Unleashed Ahead Of March Premiere

Ahead of its premiere later this March, a new trailer has been released for the true story-inspired supernatural horror The Occupant, teasing a dark film filled with horrors. Written and directed by Samuel Krebs, the filmmaker behind the true-story-inspired film The Whooper Returns, The Occupant follows four estranged siblings, who find themselves in the grip of demonic possession, after inheriting their family home. When an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which have malevolent effects on everyone in the house. The indie film stars Rik Billock (The Barn), David Flick (American Pastoral, Jack Reacher, One for the Money) Dylan Grunn (The Retreat, Lake Artifact), Nathan Hollabaugh (Concussion, Father’s & Daughters), Caroline Nicolina, and Megan Bolton. The Occupant will be released on March 29, 2022 on premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release on all platforms across the USA and Canada.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
A24 Unleashes New Trailer For 'MEN' From Annihilation Director Alex Garland

A24 Unleashes New Trailer For ‘MEN’ From Annihilation Director Alex Garland

Watch the chilling new trailer for MEN, written and directed by Academy Award® nominee and visionary filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation). “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Jessie Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in the feverish, shape-shifting new horror film starring Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things), Rory Kinnear (The Imitation Game), and Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You). MEN opens in theaters on May 20, 2022, from A24, known for its unnerving genre films such as Midsommar and Lamb.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Brazil’s Fantaspoa Brings Fear Back to the Cinema for Its 2022 Edition

Brazil’s Fantaspoa Brings Fear Back to the Cinema for Its 2022 Edition

Brazil’s renowned genre film festival Fantaspoa makes its triumphant return to the big screen from April 15–May 1after two years of online editions. With plenty of fear fare on tap, ranging from F. W. Murnau’s 1922 classic silent vampire film NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR to the reimagining of Stephen King’s The Langoliers mini-series THE TIMEKEEPERS OF ETERNITY, with an amazing bounty of science fiction, thrillers, and other movies offering the weird and the wild. Following is the official press announcement. After two years of successful online editions, the 18th edition of the beloved Brazilian genre festival Fantaspoa will return to the cinemas from April 15th through May 1st. This year, attendees will discover a very different Fantaspoa from its last on-site edition (a very distant 2019): instead of its usual two venues, the fest will take place simultaneously in five cinemas, with part of its program also being available online, geo-blocked for viewers within Brazil. The poster for this

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Mar 23, 2022
Supernatural Horror 'Father Of Flies' Is Coming To Digital

‘Father Of Flies’ Sees A Boy Plagued By The Supernatural This April (Trailer)

Directed by Ben Charles Edwards, a young boy experiences terrifying supernatural events in Father of Flies, set to be released this April. In the film, “when a young boy’s mother is pushed out of the family home and replaced by his father’s girlfriend, he finds himself confronting terrifying supernatural forces. Have they always been there, or have they hitched a ride with the new resident?” Co-written by Edwards, Creator (A Bird Flew In, Quanti), and Nadia Doherty (Co-writer), the film stars Nicholas Tucci (You’re Next, Myth, Wolfenstein: The New Order), Camilla Rutherford (Gosford Park, The Darjeeling Limited), and Davi Santos (Good Sam, Tell Me A Story). Kirsty Bell, Ben Charles Edwards, and Phil McKenzie, along with , and Goldfinch Entertainment produce. Father of Flies arrives on Digital and VOD on April 12, 2022, from 101 Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Home Release Date Announced For The Horror-Thriller 'You Are Not My Mother'

Horror ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Out This Week In Theaters And On Demand (Trailer)

This March, writer-director Kate Dolan spins a dark tale in her new supernatural horror, You Are Not My Mother, inspired by an Irish legend. In the film, set the week before Halloween, Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever. “My intention with You Are Not My Mother was to create a frightening

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Anthology 'The Last American Horror Show Volume 2' Promises Double The Scares

Anthology ‘The Last American Horror Show Volume 2’ Promises Double The Scares

Samera Entertainment’s horrific anthology film The Last American Horror Show Volume 2 from Midnight Releasing, a love letter to “Creepshow” and “Tales From the Crypt,” is out now on VOD and sees a death row inmate entertaining a grim story-time before his ultimate demise. Directors Michael S. Rodriguez, Ricardo J. Vasquez, and Montgomery Dodson bring to life three twisted tales of horror framed around a notorious child murderer known as “Killer Callahan” (Mike Ferguson) as he awaits his fate. To kill time before his switch is flipped, Callahan converses with a confidant named Moses (Mel Novak), who reads him demented tales from a mysterious book. The stories that are told unfold on screen, and as each tale is told, a true reality is brought to light that reveals “Killer Callahan’s” ultimate purpose by the end. “The first Last American Horror Show was My Love Letter to Creepshow and Tales From the Crypt. Horror Show Vol. 2 is the Blood-Soaked Second

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
'Dune' Star Will Lead The Cast Of 'Suspiria' Director's Cannibal Horror 'Bones And All'

‘Dune’ Star Will Lead The Cast Of ‘Suspiria’ Director’s Cannibal Horror ‘Bones And All’

Director Luca Guadagnino received critical acclaim for his 2018 horror remake of Suspiria. The brilliant filmmaker is back with a new tale of terror, Bones and All, which has just been acquired by MGM. Dune star Timothée Chalamet (pictured), who also starred in Guadagnino’s Call Me by Your Name, is set to star alongside Taylor Russell (Escape Room) in the film described as a cannibal love story. The cast for the adaptation also includes Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, David Gordon-Green, Francesca Scorsese, Michael Stuhlbarg, and We Are Who We Are actress Chloë Sevigny. Screen Daily describes the film as about “two outsiders who embark on a 1,000-mile odyssey through Ronald Reagan’s America. When they discover they cannot outrun their terrifying pasts the pair take a final stand to determine whether their love can survive their otherness.” The script was penned by David Kajganich, who also wrote Guadagnino’s Suspiria. The film is based on the 2015 novel by Camille

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
A YouTuber Dives Too Deep In 'Dark Web: Descent Into Hell' - Out Now

A YouTuber Dives Too Deep In ‘Dark Web: Descent Into Hell’ – Out Now

A YouTuber thinks it’s all a game, but they are about to get more than they bargained for in the indie horror film Dark Web: Descent Into Hell – out now. “The Dark Web is the large part of the Internet that is inaccessible to conventional search engines. Experts estimate that search engines crawl and index less than 1% of all the content that can be accessed over the Internet. A young YouTuber, “Ludovico 122″, will try to reach the eighth level of the Dark Web, penetrating the deepest and unknown part of the internet while he films the experience for his audience. But he is not prepared for a horrible surprise that will change his life…” Lucas Saquiz, Jimena Frontera, and Chucho Fernández star in this disturbing horror thriller from director Diego Savignano (The Birth of Evil) and is now available on all major streaming and cable platforms in North America, Canada, the UK, and Ireland, from Black Mandala.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2022
Larry Fessenden Among Filmmakers Featured In Upcoming Museum Of Modern Art Event

Larry Fessenden Among Filmmakers Featured In Upcoming Museum Of Modern Art Event

Filmmaker Larry Fessenden, who has delivered horror films such as The House of the Devil, Wendigo, Stake Land, and the film The Transfiguration, is teaming up with The Museum of Modern Art for an exploration of his contribution to the world of film. Titled “Oh, The Humanity! The Films of Larry Fessenden & Glass Eye Pix”, the event will run from March 30th through April 19, 2022, featuring 26 feature films, shorts, and oddities in theaters and online. Glass Eye Pix, the New York independent production shingle headed by art-horror auteur Larry Fessenden, is pleased to announce that a retrospective of 26 feature films along with numerous shorts, animations, and early works created during its 37 years of operation, is being presented by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) March 30 through April 19. The run of films will be hosted by Fessenden and many of the directors who have participated in the Glass Eye Pix mission to support “individual

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 22, 2022
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