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Evil Is Unleashed In The New Game Inspired Horror 'The Red Book Ritual' (Trailer)

Evil Is Unleashed In The New Game Inspired Horror ‘The Red Book Ritual’ (Trailer)

From New Zealand’s company, Black Mandala comes The Red Book Ritual with Argentinean director Ariel Luque writing and directing the film along with Dean Puckett, Chris Beyrooty, Dean Law, Daniel J. Phillips, and Jiwon Moon. In the film, three friends decide to play “The Red Book Game”. What they don’t know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual and with every question they ask, they get closer and closer to her. The film gets its name and story from “The Red Book,” a paranormal game from Mexico. Similar to the Ouija Board, through this game you can connect with spirits. To play you need an old book with a red cover. Turn out the lights and light the room with red candles. The question to start the ritual is; “Red book, Can I join your game?” The book will reveal the answers to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
HorrorFuel.com Talks With The Director And The Star Of 'The Kindred'

HorrorFuel.com Talks With The Director And The Star Of ‘The Kindred’

After watching the new indie horror film The Kindred (review), I sat down to talk with its director Jamie Patterson and April Pearson, because I had to learn more about this terrific, dark, and disturbing film that follows a woman (Pearson) suffering from amnesia who pieces together the events that led to her father’s suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered. Pearson not only gives an incredible performance as the lead actress, Helen, but she also serves as executive producer for The Kindred along with Patterson. Kelli M. McNeely: “I have to tell you, I loved The Kindred. I used words like “fantastic” more than once in my review. I rarely get this excited about a film these days.” April: “Thank you.” Jamie: “Oh, that’s really good. It would have been really awkward if you thought it was terrible and you were like, ‘I hate your film.’ [laughter].” Kelli M.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
Brutal New Clip Arrives Ahead Of The Premiere Of 'The Last Thing Mary Saw' On Shudder

A Family Stands Vigil In The New Clip From Shudder ‘s ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’

Shudder unveiled today a new clip, titled “Finger,” from their dark original film The Last Thing Mary Saw. In it, we see a family standing vigil over an old woman, with their gaze locked on her hands, watching for the slightest sign of life. This period horror-thriller stars Rory Culkin (Waco, Halston), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan). The Last Thing Mary Saw was written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, who is making his feature debut. Set in Southold, New York, in 1843: Young Mary (Scott), who has blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes, is interrogated about the events surrounding her grandmother’s death. As the story jumps back in time, we witness Mary, raised in a repressively religious household, finding fleeting happiness in the arms of Eleanor (Fuhrman), the home’s maid. Her family, who believe they are seeing, speaking, and acting on God’s behalf, view the girls’ relationship as an abomination, to be

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
This February Dark Secrets Haunt A Town In 'Ghosts Of The Ozarks' (Trailer)

Dark Secrets Haunt The New ‘Ghosts Of The Ozarks’ Trailer

From directors, Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long comes the haunting tale of a doctor who moves to a new town not knowing it is stalked by ghosts out for blood. The new trailer is here for The Ghosts of the Ozarks reminding us that if something looks too good to be true usually is. The Ghosts of the Ozarks has an impressive cast that includes Thomas Hobson (Star Trek III), Tara Perry (12 Hour Shift), Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou?), Angela Bettis (Carrie), and David Arquette from the Scream franchise. In the film, “James (Hobson) is a kind and shy man, struggling with both the mental and physical scars he received in the war. In disbelief at the kind way he is treated by the town, he believes he may have finally found a place to belong, but soon hints begin to reveal that there is a darkness that lurks just outside the town’s high walls

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
Psychological Thriller 'Find Her' Gets A Final Poster And Synopsis

Psychological Thriller ‘Find Her’ Gets A Final Poster And Synopsis

The new final poster and synopsis have surfaced for the upcoming psychological thriller Find Her ahead of its 2022 release. In the film, “a mysterious ex-cop named Isaiah Slade arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his still-missing daughter. It slowly becomes clear that not only are there multiple suspects but that Slade himself has his own personal agenda to find her.” The noir stars Nick McCallum (Burning Kentucky), Richard Gunn (Clemency), Stelio Savante (Running For Grace), Rebecca Lines (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Anais Lilit (“The Walking Dead: Red Machete”), Randal Gonzalez (Greenland), John James (Axcellerator), Mary Drew Ahrens, John Daniel Gates, and G. Andrew Ahrens who also serves as producer. Filmed in Louisiana and Florida, Find Her was directed by Nick McCallum from his own script with Emmy award-winning director of photography, Evan Zissimopulos providing the cinematography.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
IFC Midnight Announces Release Date For Home Invasion Horror 'Barbarians'

IFC Midnight Announces Release Date For Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’

IFC Midnight announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to Charles Dorfman‘s directorial debut, Barbarians, whose script he also wrote. The film’s all-star cast includes Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”)), Tom Cullen (“Downtown Abbey”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero), Connor Swindells (“Sex Education”), Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up), and Will Kemp (Reign). “Set over the course of twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), a property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a dark night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
IFC Midnight Gives Birth To The Unsettling 'Hatching' Trailer

IFC Midnight Gives Birth To The Unsettling ‘Hatching’ Trailer

IFC Midnight has just given birth to the unsettling trailer for Hatching which gives off seriously creepy vibes as we watch a little girl caught between two monsters, one being an actual monster and the other being her mother. In the film, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see. Directed by Hanna Bergholm and written by IIja Rautsi, Hatching stars Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila, and Reino Nordin. Mika Ritalahti, Nico Ritalahti, and Nima Yousefi produce. Hatching will make its World Premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
Horror And Sex Meet In The Trailer For Ti West's 'X'

Horror And Sex Meet In The Trailer For Ti West’s ‘X’

A24 is back with another unnerving horror film, X, written and directed by Ti West, the filmmaker behind movies such as The Innkeepers, The House of the Devil, and the true-story-inspired film The Sacrament. In the film, a group arrives at a Texas farmhouse ready to film their new porn film, not knowing that a darkness takes over the farmer’s wife when the sun goes down. Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Mia Goth (Suspiria) star along with Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) (Don’t Look Up, Creepshow) and Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Pitch Perfect). Sex meets horror in X, opening in theaters on March 18, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022
Lovecraft Dating Sim 'Sucker For Love: First Date' Slides Into DMs Soon

Lovecraft Dating Sim ‘Sucker For Love: First Date’ Slides Into DMs Soon

DreadXP is taking on the visual novel dating sim genre in gaming and adding an eldritch twist, I’m speaking of Sucker for Love: Fist Date the first of three stories featuring a hero trying to score a date with one of three ladies who are Lovecraftian creatures. In Sucker for Love, players will have to keep their eldritch ladies happy by performing dangerous rituals and staying alive from the otherworldly horrors you let loose, all to earn a kiss from Estir (Hastur), Ln’Eta (Cthulhu), and Nyanlathotep (Nyarlathotep). Sucker for Love: First Date will be sliding into your DMs on January 22nd on STEAM. Players can wishlist the game now by clicking HERE.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jan 12, 2022
Vampire Rom-Com "Bite Me" Bears Its Fangs This Week

Sink Your Teeth Into The Vampire Romcom ‘Bite Me’

Adventure Kid and Blue Firefly Films have just announced their new romantic horror-comedy Bite Me is coming to Digital this February. In the film, when Sarah, a real-life vampire, gets audited by the IRS, the last thing she expects to get out of it is a date. But James, her hopelessly romantic IRS agent, thinks she’s other-worldly. As an unlikely attraction sparks between the two misfits, they are forced to confront whether they have the courage to commit the terrifying, radical act of falling in love. The film is from the award-winning writer and director duo of Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. And features an impressive cast, including Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful, “Boardwalk Empire”) who also wrote and produced the film, Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Mozart in The Jungle), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”, Ctrl, Alt, Delete) and Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black,” Cheers). Sink your teeth into Bite Me,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022

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Evil Is Unleashed In The New Game Inspired Horror 'The Red Book Ritual' (Trailer)

Evil Is Unleashed In The New Game Inspired Horror ‘The Red Book Ritual’ (Trailer)

From New Zealand’s company, Black Mandala comes The Red Book Ritual with Argentinean director Ariel Luque writing and directing the film along with Dean Puckett, Chris Beyrooty, Dean Law, Daniel J. Phillips, and Jiwon Moon. In the film, three friends decide to play “The Red Book Game”. What they don’t know is that in the house evil is waiting to be released. A long time ago a witch died as part of a satanic ritual and with every question they ask, they get closer and closer to her. The film gets its name and story from “The Red Book,” a paranormal game from Mexico. Similar to the Ouija Board, through this game you can connect with spirits. To play you need an old book with a red cover. Turn out the lights and light the room with red candles. The question to start the ritual is; “Red book, Can I join your game?” The book will reveal the answers to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
HorrorFuel.com Talks With The Director And The Star Of 'The Kindred'

HorrorFuel.com Talks With The Director And The Star Of ‘The Kindred’

After watching the new indie horror film The Kindred (review), I sat down to talk with its director Jamie Patterson and April Pearson, because I had to learn more about this terrific, dark, and disturbing film that follows a woman (Pearson) suffering from amnesia who pieces together the events that led to her father’s suicide, only to be haunted by the ghosts of children that she begins to suspect were murdered. Pearson not only gives an incredible performance as the lead actress, Helen, but she also serves as executive producer for The Kindred along with Patterson. Kelli M. McNeely: “I have to tell you, I loved The Kindred. I used words like “fantastic” more than once in my review. I rarely get this excited about a film these days.” April: “Thank you.” Jamie: “Oh, that’s really good. It would have been really awkward if you thought it was terrible and you were like, ‘I hate your film.’ [laughter].” Kelli M.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
Brutal New Clip Arrives Ahead Of The Premiere Of 'The Last Thing Mary Saw' On Shudder

A Family Stands Vigil In The New Clip From Shudder ‘s ‘The Last Thing Mary Saw’

Shudder unveiled today a new clip, titled “Finger,” from their dark original film The Last Thing Mary Saw. In it, we see a family standing vigil over an old woman, with their gaze locked on her hands, watching for the slightest sign of life. This period horror-thriller stars Rory Culkin (Waco, Halston), Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3), and Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan). The Last Thing Mary Saw was written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti, who is making his feature debut. Set in Southold, New York, in 1843: Young Mary (Scott), who has blood trickling from behind the blindfold tied around her eyes, is interrogated about the events surrounding her grandmother’s death. As the story jumps back in time, we witness Mary, raised in a repressively religious household, finding fleeting happiness in the arms of Eleanor (Fuhrman), the home’s maid. Her family, who believe they are seeing, speaking, and acting on God’s behalf, view the girls’ relationship as an abomination, to be

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 14, 2022
This February Dark Secrets Haunt A Town In 'Ghosts Of The Ozarks' (Trailer)

Dark Secrets Haunt The New ‘Ghosts Of The Ozarks’ Trailer

From directors, Matt Glass and Jordan Wayne Long comes the haunting tale of a doctor who moves to a new town not knowing it is stalked by ghosts out for blood. The new trailer is here for The Ghosts of the Ozarks reminding us that if something looks too good to be true usually is. The Ghosts of the Ozarks has an impressive cast that includes Thomas Hobson (Star Trek III), Tara Perry (12 Hour Shift), Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou?), Angela Bettis (Carrie), and David Arquette from the Scream franchise. In the film, “James (Hobson) is a kind and shy man, struggling with both the mental and physical scars he received in the war. In disbelief at the kind way he is treated by the town, he believes he may have finally found a place to belong, but soon hints begin to reveal that there is a darkness that lurks just outside the town’s high walls

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
Psychological Thriller 'Find Her' Gets A Final Poster And Synopsis

Psychological Thriller ‘Find Her’ Gets A Final Poster And Synopsis

The new final poster and synopsis have surfaced for the upcoming psychological thriller Find Her ahead of its 2022 release. In the film, “a mysterious ex-cop named Isaiah Slade arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his still-missing daughter. It slowly becomes clear that not only are there multiple suspects but that Slade himself has his own personal agenda to find her.” The noir stars Nick McCallum (Burning Kentucky), Richard Gunn (Clemency), Stelio Savante (Running For Grace), Rebecca Lines (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Anais Lilit (“The Walking Dead: Red Machete”), Randal Gonzalez (Greenland), John James (Axcellerator), Mary Drew Ahrens, John Daniel Gates, and G. Andrew Ahrens who also serves as producer. Filmed in Louisiana and Florida, Find Her was directed by Nick McCallum from his own script with Emmy award-winning director of photography, Evan Zissimopulos providing the cinematography.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
IFC Midnight Announces Release Date For Home Invasion Horror 'Barbarians'

IFC Midnight Announces Release Date For Home Invasion Horror ‘Barbarians’

IFC Midnight announced today that they have acquired the North American rights to Charles Dorfman‘s directorial debut, Barbarians, whose script he also wrote. The film’s all-star cast includes Iwan Rheon (“Game of Thrones”)), Tom Cullen (“Downtown Abbey”), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace), Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero), Connor Swindells (“Sex Education”), Tommy McDonnell (Starred Up), and Will Kemp (Reign). “Set over the course of twenty-four hours, Barbarians sees couple Adam (Rheon) and Eva (Moreno) wake up in their supposed dream house on Adam’s birthday. Lucas (Cullen), a property developer and friend of the couple, arrives for dinner with his actress girlfriend Chloe (Spiridonov), to celebrate Adam’s birthday and the couple’s buying of the house. But secrets unravel over dinner, and when the doorbell rings the evening takes a nightmarish turn. As manners give way to madness, an ‘idyllic’ evening of celebration descends into a dark night of terror; and the group’s civilized dinner party turns out to be anything

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
IFC Midnight Gives Birth To The Unsettling 'Hatching' Trailer

IFC Midnight Gives Birth To The Unsettling ‘Hatching’ Trailer

IFC Midnight has just given birth to the unsettling trailer for Hatching which gives off seriously creepy vibes as we watch a little girl caught between two monsters, one being an actual monster and the other being her mother. In the film, 12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see. Directed by Hanna Bergholm and written by IIja Rautsi, Hatching stars Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen, Oiva Ollila, and Reino Nordin. Mika Ritalahti, Nico Ritalahti, and Nima Yousefi produce. Hatching will make its World Premiere

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 13, 2022
Horror And Sex Meet In The Trailer For Ti West's 'X'

Horror And Sex Meet In The Trailer For Ti West’s ‘X’

A24 is back with another unnerving horror film, X, written and directed by Ti West, the filmmaker behind movies such as The Innkeepers, The House of the Devil, and the true-story-inspired film The Sacrament. In the film, a group arrives at a Texas farmhouse ready to film their new porn film, not knowing that a darkness takes over the farmer’s wife when the sun goes down. Jenna Ortega (Scream) and Mia Goth (Suspiria) star along with Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) (Don’t Look Up, Creepshow) and Brittany Snow (Prom Night, Pitch Perfect). Sex meets horror in X, opening in theaters on March 18, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022
Lovecraft Dating Sim 'Sucker For Love: First Date' Slides Into DMs Soon

Lovecraft Dating Sim ‘Sucker For Love: First Date’ Slides Into DMs Soon

DreadXP is taking on the visual novel dating sim genre in gaming and adding an eldritch twist, I’m speaking of Sucker for Love: Fist Date the first of three stories featuring a hero trying to score a date with one of three ladies who are Lovecraftian creatures. In Sucker for Love, players will have to keep their eldritch ladies happy by performing dangerous rituals and staying alive from the otherworldly horrors you let loose, all to earn a kiss from Estir (Hastur), Ln’Eta (Cthulhu), and Nyanlathotep (Nyarlathotep). Sucker for Love: First Date will be sliding into your DMs on January 22nd on STEAM. Players can wishlist the game now by clicking HERE.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jan 12, 2022
Vampire Rom-Com "Bite Me" Bears Its Fangs This Week

Sink Your Teeth Into The Vampire Romcom ‘Bite Me’

Adventure Kid and Blue Firefly Films have just announced their new romantic horror-comedy Bite Me is coming to Digital this February. In the film, when Sarah, a real-life vampire, gets audited by the IRS, the last thing she expects to get out of it is a date. But James, her hopelessly romantic IRS agent, thinks she’s other-worldly. As an unlikely attraction sparks between the two misfits, they are forced to confront whether they have the courage to commit the terrifying, radical act of falling in love. The film is from the award-winning writer and director duo of Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. And features an impressive cast, including Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful, “Boardwalk Empire”) who also wrote and produced the film, Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Mozart in The Jungle), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”, Ctrl, Alt, Delete) and Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black,” Cheers). Sink your teeth into Bite Me,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 12, 2022
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