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Keke Palmer Is On A Mission For Revenge In The True Story Inspired Thriller 'Alice' (Trailer)

Keke Palmer Is On A Mission For Revenge In The True Story Inspired Thriller ‘Alice’ (Trailer)

Keke Palmer (“Scream” series) stars in Alice, a post-Civil Rights tale of modern empowerment inspired by true events, directed by Van Linden. In the thriller, “Alice (Keke Palmer) yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation.” Palmer is also set to star in Jordan Peele’s upcoming mysterious film Nope and will lend her voice to the new animated spin-off of “Big Mouth”, titled “Human Resources.” Vertical Entertainment is set to release Alice on March 18, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2022
First Image Surfaces From The Shark Survival Thriller 'The Black Demon'

First Image Surfaces From The Shark Survival Thriller ‘The Black Demon’

Principle photography has now officially wrapped in the Dominican Republic on the survival thriller The Black Demon, starring Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Sweet Home Alabama) who is featured in the first image from the film (below). Directed by Adrian Grünberg (Rambo: Last Blood, Get the Gringo), the film is based on a Mexican legend. While on a trip to Baja, an oilman finds himself and his family stranded on a rig where the sins of his past have put him and all he holds dear in the crosshairs of a sinister force. Fernanda Urrejola (Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho, Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico”), and Julio Cesar Cedillo (Netflix’s The Harder They Fall and “Narcos: Mexico,” Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario), also star in The Black Demon, written by Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival nominated “Blackwater”). Producers include Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Silk Mass’ Jon Silk, alongside R.U. and Robot’s Petr Jákl with Mucho Mas’ Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Sci-Fi Horror FPS 'RIPOUT' Coming Later This Year

Sci-Fi Horror FPS ‘RIPOUT’ Coming Later This Year

Indie game developer Pet Project Games is getting a major boost with their newly formed partnership with legendary game publisher 3D Realms to get their latest project out later this year, first-person sci-fi horror shooter RIPOUT. RIPOUT takes players to the year 2084 as one of Humanity’s lone survivors. Earth developed a bio-weapon to fight off an alien invasion, but in typical sci-fi horror fashion…it turned against us. Now surrounded by mutated creatures once human, you must fight for survival with your living weapon. RIPOUT will feature procedurally generated levels with a variety of objectives, hoards of enemies who can configure their bodies requiring you to exploit their weaknesses, customizable weapon loadouts and character classes, 10 to 20 minute long missions, scalable difficulty (the more players, the harder the gameplay), single-player or online co-op with up to four players. RIPOUT is expected to be released later in 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 11, 2022
Guillermo Del Toro's Award-Winning Thriller 'Nightmare Alley' Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Guillermo Del Toro’s Award-Winning Thriller ‘Nightmare Alley’ Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Nominated for best picture, Gullermo del Toro‘s beautifully twisted film Nightmare Alley is getting a home release this March after premiering on HBO Max and Hulu earlier this month. Starring Bradley Cooper, Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara, the suspenseful psychological thriller has been nominated for four Academy Awards® including Best Picture, 8 Critics’ Choice Awards, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, and BAFTA, SDSA, MPSE, ADG, CDG, VES, and WGA Awards. In Nightmare Alley, “When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Shudder Announces Killer March Lineup

Shudder Announces Killer March Lineup

Shudder, the ultimate streaming service for horror and thrillers has a killer lineup this March with a ton of new movies, series, and Originals. To make sure you don’t miss a thing, we’ve got your guide! March 3rd The Scary of Sixty-First Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret. Directed by Dasha Nekrasova, The Scary of Sixty-First won the “Best First Feature Award” at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Madeline Quinn, Betsey Brown, and Dasha Nekrasova, and was written by Quinn and Nekrasova. March 10th The Seed This horror-comedy centers on Deidre (Lucy Martin), Heather (Sophie Vavasseur), and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge), lifelong friends finally getting some time away together, using an upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends into a battle for survival with the arrival of an alien

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Horror Fuel

‘Candyman 3: Day Of The Dead’ Is Now Out On Blu-ray

The Collector’s Series of 1999’s Candyman 3: Day of the Dead has just been released. The question is, should you buy it? The film opens with a young woman, Caroline (Donna D’Errico) unhappy with the way a gallery owner is presenting the art by her ancestor, Daniel Robitaille, who became known as the legendary Candyman. His great, great, granddaughter also wants people to see him for who he was, a gifted artist. However, when she is pushed into calling his name by the gallery owner, her romantic notions of the artist give way to the horror of who he has become, a supernatural killer. This all begins just days before the Day of the Dead, the day that is celebrated as a day to honor the dead. While you can tell the movie was made in the ’90s, before special effects and camera quality reached today’s standards, it’s still entertaining. And is still is heavily connected to its predecessors story-wise,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
'Willy's Wonderland' Director Is Back With 'The Accursed'

‘Willy’s Wonderland’ Director Is Back With ‘The Accursed’

Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, announced today the acquisition of all North American rights to the upcoming horror movie The Accursed, the follow up to Kevin Lewis’ Willy Wonderland. Starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sarah Grey (Power Rangers), Meg Foster (They Live), and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on. Currently, in post-production, The Accursed is set to premiere this Fall. GFM Film Sales is handling worldwide sales for the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Movie Review: 'Tethered'

The New ‘Tethered’ Trailer Reminds Us To Always Follow The Rules

Director Daniel Robinette is taking horror fans deep into the woods with the trailer for his horror film Tethered, which reminds you that you must always follow the rules. “In the remote woods of North Carolina, a blind teenager named Solomon lives by himself in total isolation. Despite his impairment, Solomon can navigate his surroundings by tying a long rope around his waist that stays tethered to the cabin where he lives. Armed with only his tether, Solomon survives by fishing, foraging, and trapping small animals for food. His only other stimulation is a tape-recorded message containing three mysterious rules: The First Rule: When you hunt or scavenge, do it for two—one for the forest and one for you. The Second Rule: When your will is almost gone and you feel like giving up, find comfort in singing our song.The Third Rule: You must never, ever let go of the rope.” Starring Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared L. Cook, Brody

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022
Haunting South African Horror 'Good Madam' Is Heading To Shudder

Haunting South African Horror ‘Good Madam’ Is Heading To Shudder

L Shudder has just announced that it has acquired the haunting South African psychological horror Good Madam which will premiere on the streaming service later this year following its screening at the Glasgow Film Festival. It is also an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, AFI Fest, and Gothenburg Film Festival. The film, from writer-director Jenna Cato Bass (Flatland, High Fantasy) and co-writer Babalwa Baartman, centers on Tsidi, a single mother, who is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir. “Jenna Cato Bass delivers a sensationally fresh take on the haunted house story while layering in cutting social satire about the lingering horrors of apartheid,” said Shudder General Manager, Craig Engler. “Horror audiences are probably the most enthusiastic and open-minded I’ve encountered, so

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022
Film Mode Makes A Deal With 'dEVIL' Ahead Of Premiere

Film Mode Makes A Deal With ‘dEVIL’ Ahead Of Premiere

Film Mode Entertainment has made a deal with dEVIL, the new spine-tingling horror feature film from director Nathan Frankowski, ahead of its premiere at the Berlin World Market. In the film, “the hottest biotech company in the world has discovered they can clone history’s most influential people from the dead. Now, they are auctioning clones of Michelangelo, Galileo, Vivaldi, and others for tens of millions of dollars to the world’s ultra-rich. But when they steal the Shroud of Turin and clone the DNA of Jesus Christ, all hell breaks loose. Lucifer finds a way out of Hell and fights to possess it. Our only hope is Archangel Michael, to stop him before it’s too late.” dEVIL features an impressive ensemble cast that includes Alice Orr-Ewing (The Theory of Everything, The Courier, Atonement), Joe Doyle (Salem, Raw), Eveline Hall (Whiskey Cavalier, Euphoria), Peter Mensah (Spartacus, Avatar, 300), Joe Anderson (Hangman, The Grey, Across The Universe), Spencer Wilding (Rogue One: A Star

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022

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Keke Palmer Is On A Mission For Revenge In The True Story Inspired Thriller 'Alice' (Trailer)

Keke Palmer Is On A Mission For Revenge In The True Story Inspired Thriller ‘Alice’ (Trailer)

Keke Palmer (“Scream” series) stars in Alice, a post-Civil Rights tale of modern empowerment inspired by true events, directed by Van Linden. In the thriller, “Alice (Keke Palmer) yearns for freedom as an enslaved person on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation.” Palmer is also set to star in Jordan Peele’s upcoming mysterious film Nope and will lend her voice to the new animated spin-off of “Big Mouth”, titled “Human Resources.” Vertical Entertainment is set to release Alice on March 18, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2022
First Image Surfaces From The Shark Survival Thriller 'The Black Demon'

First Image Surfaces From The Shark Survival Thriller ‘The Black Demon’

Principle photography has now officially wrapped in the Dominican Republic on the survival thriller The Black Demon, starring Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Sweet Home Alabama) who is featured in the first image from the film (below). Directed by Adrian Grünberg (Rambo: Last Blood, Get the Gringo), the film is based on a Mexican legend. While on a trip to Baja, an oilman finds himself and his family stranded on a rig where the sins of his past have put him and all he holds dear in the crosshairs of a sinister force. Fernanda Urrejola (Clint Eastwood’s Cry Macho, Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico”), and Julio Cesar Cedillo (Netflix’s The Harder They Fall and “Narcos: Mexico,” Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario), also star in The Black Demon, written by Boise Esquerra (Austin Film Festival nominated “Blackwater”). Producers include Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Silk Mass’ Jon Silk, alongside R.U. and Robot’s Petr Jákl with Mucho Mas’ Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Sci-Fi Horror FPS 'RIPOUT' Coming Later This Year

Sci-Fi Horror FPS ‘RIPOUT’ Coming Later This Year

Indie game developer Pet Project Games is getting a major boost with their newly formed partnership with legendary game publisher 3D Realms to get their latest project out later this year, first-person sci-fi horror shooter RIPOUT. RIPOUT takes players to the year 2084 as one of Humanity’s lone survivors. Earth developed a bio-weapon to fight off an alien invasion, but in typical sci-fi horror fashion…it turned against us. Now surrounded by mutated creatures once human, you must fight for survival with your living weapon. RIPOUT will feature procedurally generated levels with a variety of objectives, hoards of enemies who can configure their bodies requiring you to exploit their weaknesses, customizable weapon loadouts and character classes, 10 to 20 minute long missions, scalable difficulty (the more players, the harder the gameplay), single-player or online co-op with up to four players. RIPOUT is expected to be released later in 2022 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Feb 11, 2022
Guillermo Del Toro's Award-Winning Thriller 'Nightmare Alley' Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Guillermo Del Toro’s Award-Winning Thriller ‘Nightmare Alley’ Is Coming To 4K Ultra

Nominated for best picture, Gullermo del Toro‘s beautifully twisted film Nightmare Alley is getting a home release this March after premiering on HBO Max and Hulu earlier this month. Starring Bradley Cooper, Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, and Rooney Mara, the suspenseful psychological thriller has been nominated for four Academy Awards® including Best Picture, 8 Critics’ Choice Awards, a Screen Actors’ Guild Award for Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett, and BAFTA, SDSA, MPSE, ADG, CDG, VES, and WGA Awards. In Nightmare Alley, “When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) loyally by his side, Stanton plots to con a dangerous tycoon (Richard Jenkins) with the aid of a mysterious psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who might

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Shudder Announces Killer March Lineup

Shudder Announces Killer March Lineup

Shudder, the ultimate streaming service for horror and thrillers has a killer lineup this March with a ton of new movies, series, and Originals. To make sure you don’t miss a thing, we’ve got your guide! March 3rd The Scary of Sixty-First Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret. Directed by Dasha Nekrasova, The Scary of Sixty-First won the “Best First Feature Award” at the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars Madeline Quinn, Betsey Brown, and Dasha Nekrasova, and was written by Quinn and Nekrasova. March 10th The Seed This horror-comedy centers on Deidre (Lucy Martin), Heather (Sophie Vavasseur), and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge), lifelong friends finally getting some time away together, using an upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends into a battle for survival with the arrival of an alien

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Horror Fuel

‘Candyman 3: Day Of The Dead’ Is Now Out On Blu-ray

The Collector’s Series of 1999’s Candyman 3: Day of the Dead has just been released. The question is, should you buy it? The film opens with a young woman, Caroline (Donna D’Errico) unhappy with the way a gallery owner is presenting the art by her ancestor, Daniel Robitaille, who became known as the legendary Candyman. His great, great, granddaughter also wants people to see him for who he was, a gifted artist. However, when she is pushed into calling his name by the gallery owner, her romantic notions of the artist give way to the horror of who he has become, a supernatural killer. This all begins just days before the Day of the Dead, the day that is celebrated as a day to honor the dead. While you can tell the movie was made in the ’90s, before special effects and camera quality reached today’s standards, it’s still entertaining. And is still is heavily connected to its predecessors story-wise,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
'Willy's Wonderland' Director Is Back With 'The Accursed'

‘Willy’s Wonderland’ Director Is Back With ‘The Accursed’

Screen Media, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, announced today the acquisition of all North American rights to the upcoming horror movie The Accursed, the follow up to Kevin Lewis’ Willy Wonderland. Starring Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Sarah Grey (Power Rangers), Meg Foster (They Live), and Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect), The Accursed follows a young woman who is forced to return home following the death of her mother. Consumed by guilt and desperate to escape the haunting visions playing out in her head, she takes a temporary caregiver position for a comatose old lady living alone in the woods. It does not take long before she realizes that not all is as it seems and that the old lady harbors a demonic secret; an evil secret that the old lady’s daughter is intent on passing on. Currently, in post-production, The Accursed is set to premiere this Fall. GFM Film Sales is handling worldwide sales for the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2022
Movie Review: 'Tethered'

The New ‘Tethered’ Trailer Reminds Us To Always Follow The Rules

Director Daniel Robinette is taking horror fans deep into the woods with the trailer for his horror film Tethered, which reminds you that you must always follow the rules. “In the remote woods of North Carolina, a blind teenager named Solomon lives by himself in total isolation. Despite his impairment, Solomon can navigate his surroundings by tying a long rope around his waist that stays tethered to the cabin where he lives. Armed with only his tether, Solomon survives by fishing, foraging, and trapping small animals for food. His only other stimulation is a tape-recorded message containing three mysterious rules: The First Rule: When you hunt or scavenge, do it for two—one for the forest and one for you. The Second Rule: When your will is almost gone and you feel like giving up, find comfort in singing our song.The Third Rule: You must never, ever let go of the rope.” Starring Alexandra Paul, Kareem Ferguson, Jared L. Cook, Brody

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022
Haunting South African Horror 'Good Madam' Is Heading To Shudder

Haunting South African Horror ‘Good Madam’ Is Heading To Shudder

L Shudder has just announced that it has acquired the haunting South African psychological horror Good Madam which will premiere on the streaming service later this year following its screening at the Glasgow Film Festival. It is also an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, AFI Fest, and Gothenburg Film Festival. The film, from writer-director Jenna Cato Bass (Flatland, High Fantasy) and co-writer Babalwa Baartman, centers on Tsidi, a single mother, who is forced to move in with her estranged mother Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. As Tsidi tries to heal her family however, a sinister specter begins to stir. “Jenna Cato Bass delivers a sensationally fresh take on the haunted house story while layering in cutting social satire about the lingering horrors of apartheid,” said Shudder General Manager, Craig Engler. “Horror audiences are probably the most enthusiastic and open-minded I’ve encountered, so

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022
Film Mode Makes A Deal With 'dEVIL' Ahead Of Premiere

Film Mode Makes A Deal With ‘dEVIL’ Ahead Of Premiere

Film Mode Entertainment has made a deal with dEVIL, the new spine-tingling horror feature film from director Nathan Frankowski, ahead of its premiere at the Berlin World Market. In the film, “the hottest biotech company in the world has discovered they can clone history’s most influential people from the dead. Now, they are auctioning clones of Michelangelo, Galileo, Vivaldi, and others for tens of millions of dollars to the world’s ultra-rich. But when they steal the Shroud of Turin and clone the DNA of Jesus Christ, all hell breaks loose. Lucifer finds a way out of Hell and fights to possess it. Our only hope is Archangel Michael, to stop him before it’s too late.” dEVIL features an impressive ensemble cast that includes Alice Orr-Ewing (The Theory of Everything, The Courier, Atonement), Joe Doyle (Salem, Raw), Eveline Hall (Whiskey Cavalier, Euphoria), Peter Mensah (Spartacus, Avatar, 300), Joe Anderson (Hangman, The Grey, Across The Universe), Spencer Wilding (Rogue One: A Star

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2022
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