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Nicolas Cage Is Dracula In New Universal Movie 'Renfield'

Nicolas Cage Is Dracula In New Universal Movie ‘Renfield’

Hot off the heels of his role in the critically acclaimed thriller Pig, Nicolas Cage has found his next role, as the legendary vampire Dracula in Universal’s upcoming monster movie Renfield. Cage stars alongside Nichols Hoult who is playing the title role of Dracula’s lackey R. M. Renfield. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Renfield is believed to be suffering from delusions and madness, but in reality, he is under the influence of Dracula. Awkwafina has also joined the cast. Renfield is set to be directed by Chris McKay and is based on an original story from Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead”). Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”) penned the script. Filming is set to begin in early 2022 in New Orleans. This won’t be the first time Cage has bared his fangs, he also starred in the “oh so bad it’s almost good” 1988 flick Vampire’s Kiss. Hopefully, we’ll see Cage will play things a little more seriously this time around. We’ll

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 2, 2021
Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" & "Mayfair Witches" Series Coming To AMC

Anne Rice’s “Interview With The Vampire” & “Mayfair Witches” Series Coming To AMC

AMC has just ordered the series adaptation of Anne Rice’s famous novel “Interview With the Vampire,” part of the novelist’s “Vampire Chronicles” series. It will feature eight episodes in its first season premiering in 2022. Earlier this year it was reported that Belle, ’71, and “The Hunting” actor Sam Reid has been cast as the vampire Lestat, played in the film adaptation by Tom Cruise. That’s not all, AMC has also given the go-ahead for “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches,” the series adaptation of her “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy. “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” will be an expanding universe inspired by Rice’s novels which were acquired by AMC earlier this year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
'Aliens: Fireteam Elite' Season 2 Coming Soon!

‘Aliens: Fireteam Elite’ Season 2 Coming Soon!

Cold Iron Studios and Focus Entertainment‘s co-op survival shooter set in the “Alien” universe, Aliens: Fireteam Elite will be releasing its second season full of free new content to players this month full of new weapons, weapon attachments, and cosmetics. Along with the new items comes a new game mode that will challenge players. The new game mode titled Point Defense will challenge players to protect, repair, and hold three strategic points while fighting off waves of Xenomorphs. Along with the new game mode and weapons/attachments will come new challenge cards, and lifetime stats. Coinciding with the release of Season 2, the second Endeavor Pass DLC Pack (the Nostromo Salvage Pack) will also be available. This pack includes over 20 exclusive items, including two Nostromo-themed class kit skin designs, eight weapon colors, four decals, four head accessories, four emotes, and more! Aliens: Fireteam Elite season 2 will drop on December 14th for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 1, 2021
Witness The Terror Filled Horror Thriller 'The Darkness Of The Road'

Witness The Terror Filled Horror Thriller ‘The Darkness Of The Road’

Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia: Part II) stars in the spine-chilling new horror-thriller The Darkness of the Road, premiering on DVD and Digital this December. In the film, “A single mother and her young daughter are driving on a desolate road in a moonless desert. After meeting a young female hitchhiker at a gas station, the mother realizes her daughter is missing. As they search for her, a merciless force begins to torment the two women, unraveling a world of terror they must survive if they are to discover the terrifying truth behind the daughter’s disappearance.” From director Eduardo Rodriguez (Fright Night II, El Gringo), the film also stars Leah Lauren and Johnny Whitworth (“The 100”, Empire Records). Discover the horrors of The Darkness of the Road on DVD and Digital on December 14, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
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Sci-Fi Thriller 'Portal Runner' Lands This December

Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Portal Runner’ Lands This December

A nail-biting, action-packed, sci-fi adventure for the entire family, Portal Runner is headed your way this December from Kairos Productions and Terror Films. Elise Eberle (“Shameless”, “Salem”) stars alongside Sloane Morgan Siegel (The Call, Life on Normal Street, Gotham Knights video game), and Brian S. Lewis (“The Gamers series Dwight in Shining Armor). In Portal Runner, “when 15-year-old Nolan (Siegel) discovers a secreted family legacy and a portal than enables him to travel to parallel worlds, it’s a young boy’s dream come true … until it becomes a nightmare when he realizes he’s being pursued across the ages by an evil force. When he becomes stranded on Christmas in an alternate timeline with his quirky family and a rebellious and petulant older sister he’s never met before, he realizes Mae (Eberle) may be the key to defeating his adversary and must enlist her help fast … before it’s too late for them all.” Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
Shudder Shares New Clip From 'The Advent Calander' Ahead Of Its Release

Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release

Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
The Spirit From 'Chhorii' Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video

The Spirit From ‘Chhorii’ Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video

Crypt TV’s chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, an Amazon Original, is now available on the streaming service and marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film, from director Vishal Furia, is a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story produced by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a new caliber

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy 'Mean Spirited'

Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’

Filming has officially wrapped on the horror-comedy film Mean Spirited, from director Jeff Ryan (Mass Hysteria), and is set for a 2022 release. The found-footage flick stars Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky,” and “The Baker and the Beauty”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The Block Island Sound), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (Euphonia), Charlie Pollock (The Good Wife), and Will Madden along with his fellow Beast Beast alum Daniel Rashid, in addition to Ryan, who also acts in the feature shares writing credits with Joe Adams. The film was shot in the Poconos Mountains and lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test). Will Madden leads the cast as Andy, an up-and-coming Vlogger whose attempts to reconnect with his estranged friend, Bryce (Ryan) fall apart while a demonic presence begins tormenting the vacationing group. There’s no better way to spend your October than filming a movie in the Poconos Mountains amidst abandoned hotels, ice-cold waterfalls, and haunted mansions,” said Ryan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film 'Stay Pretty, No Pity' Now

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
"Chucky" Renewed Ahead Of This Week's Finale!

“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!

Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021

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Nicolas Cage Is Dracula In New Universal Movie 'Renfield'

Nicolas Cage Is Dracula In New Universal Movie ‘Renfield’

Hot off the heels of his role in the critically acclaimed thriller Pig, Nicolas Cage has found his next role, as the legendary vampire Dracula in Universal’s upcoming monster movie Renfield. Cage stars alongside Nichols Hoult who is playing the title role of Dracula’s lackey R. M. Renfield. In Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Renfield is believed to be suffering from delusions and madness, but in reality, he is under the influence of Dracula. Awkwafina has also joined the cast. Renfield is set to be directed by Chris McKay and is based on an original story from Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead”). Ryan Ridley (“Rick and Morty”) penned the script. Filming is set to begin in early 2022 in New Orleans. This won’t be the first time Cage has bared his fangs, he also starred in the “oh so bad it’s almost good” 1988 flick Vampire’s Kiss. Hopefully, we’ll see Cage will play things a little more seriously this time around. We’ll

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 2, 2021
Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire" & "Mayfair Witches" Series Coming To AMC

Anne Rice’s “Interview With The Vampire” & “Mayfair Witches” Series Coming To AMC

AMC has just ordered the series adaptation of Anne Rice’s famous novel “Interview With the Vampire,” part of the novelist’s “Vampire Chronicles” series. It will feature eight episodes in its first season premiering in 2022. Earlier this year it was reported that Belle, ’71, and “The Hunting” actor Sam Reid has been cast as the vampire Lestat, played in the film adaptation by Tom Cruise. That’s not all, AMC has also given the go-ahead for “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches,” the series adaptation of her “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy. “Interview With the Vampire” and “Mayfair Witches” will be an expanding universe inspired by Rice’s novels which were acquired by AMC earlier this year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
'Aliens: Fireteam Elite' Season 2 Coming Soon!

‘Aliens: Fireteam Elite’ Season 2 Coming Soon!

Cold Iron Studios and Focus Entertainment‘s co-op survival shooter set in the “Alien” universe, Aliens: Fireteam Elite will be releasing its second season full of free new content to players this month full of new weapons, weapon attachments, and cosmetics. Along with the new items comes a new game mode that will challenge players. The new game mode titled Point Defense will challenge players to protect, repair, and hold three strategic points while fighting off waves of Xenomorphs. Along with the new game mode and weapons/attachments will come new challenge cards, and lifetime stats. Coinciding with the release of Season 2, the second Endeavor Pass DLC Pack (the Nostromo Salvage Pack) will also be available. This pack includes over 20 exclusive items, including two Nostromo-themed class kit skin designs, eight weapon colors, four decals, four head accessories, four emotes, and more! Aliens: Fireteam Elite season 2 will drop on December 14th for PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox One

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 1, 2021
Witness The Terror Filled Horror Thriller 'The Darkness Of The Road'

Witness The Terror Filled Horror Thriller ‘The Darkness Of The Road’

Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia: Part II) stars in the spine-chilling new horror-thriller The Darkness of the Road, premiering on DVD and Digital this December. In the film, “A single mother and her young daughter are driving on a desolate road in a moonless desert. After meeting a young female hitchhiker at a gas station, the mother realizes her daughter is missing. As they search for her, a merciless force begins to torment the two women, unraveling a world of terror they must survive if they are to discover the terrifying truth behind the daughter’s disappearance.” From director Eduardo Rodriguez (Fright Night II, El Gringo), the film also stars Leah Lauren and Johnny Whitworth (“The 100”, Empire Records). Discover the horrors of The Darkness of the Road on DVD and Digital on December 14, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
Sci-Fi Thriller 'Portal Runner' Lands This December

Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Portal Runner’ Lands This December

A nail-biting, action-packed, sci-fi adventure for the entire family, Portal Runner is headed your way this December from Kairos Productions and Terror Films. Elise Eberle (“Shameless”, “Salem”) stars alongside Sloane Morgan Siegel (The Call, Life on Normal Street, Gotham Knights video game), and Brian S. Lewis (“The Gamers series Dwight in Shining Armor). In Portal Runner, “when 15-year-old Nolan (Siegel) discovers a secreted family legacy and a portal than enables him to travel to parallel worlds, it’s a young boy’s dream come true … until it becomes a nightmare when he realizes he’s being pursued across the ages by an evil force. When he becomes stranded on Christmas in an alternate timeline with his quirky family and a rebellious and petulant older sister he’s never met before, he realizes Mae (Eberle) may be the key to defeating his adversary and must enlist her help fast … before it’s too late for them all.” Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2021
Shudder Shares New Clip From 'The Advent Calander' Ahead Of Its Release

Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release

Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
The Spirit From 'Chhorii' Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video

The Spirit From ‘Chhorii’ Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video

Crypt TV’s chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, an Amazon Original, is now available on the streaming service and marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film, from director Vishal Furia, is a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story produced by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a new caliber

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy 'Mean Spirited'

Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’

Filming has officially wrapped on the horror-comedy film Mean Spirited, from director Jeff Ryan (Mass Hysteria), and is set for a 2022 release. The found-footage flick stars Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky,” and “The Baker and the Beauty”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The Block Island Sound), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (Euphonia), Charlie Pollock (The Good Wife), and Will Madden along with his fellow Beast Beast alum Daniel Rashid, in addition to Ryan, who also acts in the feature shares writing credits with Joe Adams. The film was shot in the Poconos Mountains and lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test). Will Madden leads the cast as Andy, an up-and-coming Vlogger whose attempts to reconnect with his estranged friend, Bryce (Ryan) fall apart while a demonic presence begins tormenting the vacationing group. There’s no better way to spend your October than filming a movie in the Poconos Mountains amidst abandoned hotels, ice-cold waterfalls, and haunted mansions,” said Ryan

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film 'Stay Pretty, No Pity' Now

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021
"Chucky" Renewed Ahead Of This Week's Finale!

“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!

Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2021
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