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ARROW Unveils Its “Shocktober” Schedule

Halloween is quickly approaching and streaming service has begun to announce their October lineups. Today, ARROW unveiled the schedule for their movie releases and specials for “Shocktober” which kicks off on October 1st. We’ve got the schedule here so you don’t miss a moment of the Halloween season. The October lineup leads with the ARROW release of Chad Kinkle’s sophomore feature Dementer. Raw and unsettling, Dementer is a brave and unflinching story of lives lived on the fringes of society, and a battle with demons inside and out. The film will debut on ARROW October 1. Other notable titles include the documentary Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth, Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters, and more. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth features interviews with every major principal (including Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Wayne Bell, Robert Burns, Marilyn Burns, and Gunnar Hansen), visits locations, talks to experts, covers the sequels, and examines the ongoing effect Texas Chainsaw Massacre has on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2021
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Invite Monsters, Demons, and UFO Cult Members into Your Home with NIGHTSTREAM Online Film Festival

After joining together last year to present the NIGHTSTREAM online-only film festival, the four film festivals behind that project — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook — have banded together again to present a 2021 edition from October 7th-13th. With 31 feature films and 4 blocks of short films scheduled, the virtual festival offers everything from world and virtual premieres of horror, science fiction, and other genres to a mouth-watering selection of retro fright-fare titles. Following is the official press announcement. NIGHTSTREAM is thrilled to unveil its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month for U.S. audiences. Returning for a second edition, the celebrated online-only event formed as a banner uniting multiple U.S. genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook — will take place from October 7th-13th. All proceeds from the upcoming edition of NIGHTSTREAM will be shared with the filmmakers and artists involved, and further allocated toward

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Joseph Perry
Sep 30, 2021
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Hex Arcana Set To Revive Cult Horrors With Retro Paperback Collection

Last year, Scottish film company Hex Studios announced its new publishing wing Hex Arcana, and released hardback short story anthology ‘The Book of Beastly Creatures’. Next on the Hex Arcana agenda; revive the pulp horror paperback. Their first offering in the collection is a new edition of Sarban’s classic alt-history horror ‘The Sound of His Horn’. First published in 1952, the much-loved novel imagines a nightmare world where the Nazis won the war, and people are hunted for sport. The retro edition is inspired by the cult horror paperbacks of the 70s and 80s, and features an original, hand-painted cover by legendary artist of the era, Lisa Falkenstern. Acclaimed horror critic and scholar Kim Newman provides an insightful new foreword to the volume. According to Editorial Director Sarah Daly, “We’re honoured and excited to present a brand new edition of this genre gem as the first volume in our collectable paperback range. With Hex Arcana, we want to reignite the

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Greg Kershaw
Sep 30, 2021
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Shudder Acquires Creature Feature ‘The Seed’ Ahead Of World Premiere

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, has acquired worldwide rights to the black comedy creature feature The Seed, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Beyond Fest, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 5th In the Shudder Original film, lifelong friends Deidre (Lucy Martin, Vikings), Heather (Sophie Vavasseur, Resident Evil: Apocalypse), and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge, I Hate Suzie) are finally getting some time away together, using the upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts out as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends into a battle for survival with the arrival of an invasive alien force whose air of mystery soon proves to be alluring and irresistible to them. Before long the situation devolves into a battle to the death, where the stakes have galaxy-wide implications. The Seed is produced by Shudder, Camelot Films, and Hardman Pictures, in association with Lipsync Productions, Amp International, The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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A Child’s Drawing Come To Life In The Horror Thriller ‘Marionette’

A psychiatrist trying to start a new life gets more than she’s bargained for when she takes on a new patient in the horror-thriller Marionette. In the wake of losing her husband in a seemingly random accident, child psychiatrist Marianne Winter starts life anew in Scotland. There, she begins treating a secretive 10-year-old who claims to control the future through his drawings. When his horrific sketches start coming true, Marianne begins an obsession that will derail her life and reality. Thekla Reuten, Peter Mullan, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliot, Sam Hazeldine, and Bill Paterson star in this intense film from director Elbert van Strien. Marionette arrives On Demand, on Amazon, and on Vimeo on November 3, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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‘Rick and Morty: The Complete Fifth Season’ Arriving Just In Time For Christmas

America’s favorite crazy scientist and his grandson return for their long-awaited and highly anticipated misadventures when the latest season of Adult Swim’s hit series Rick and Morty: The Complete Fifth Season arrives on Blu-ray Steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD this December, and would make a shwifty gift for any fan on your Christmas list. From creators, Justin Roiland (“Solar Opposites”) and Dan Harmon (“Community”), get ready to binge on one of cables #1 watched comedies featuring all 10 episodes from Season 5, as well as outrageous bonus content including the never-before-seen featurette – “Fighting Gravity”: The Making of Season 5. Exclusive to the set, follow co-creator Dan Harmon and the crew as they reflect on the challenges of completing this season in the middle of a pandemic. Additional special features include “Inside the Episode” segments for every episode, numerous featurettes, and more. The multi-Emmy® Award-winning half-hour comedy series airs on Adult Swim, the #1 destination for young adults for over a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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Lionsgate Announces The Killer ‘Evil Dead Groovy Collection’

Lionsgate is about to horror fans a massive treat, The Evil Dead Groovy Collection and it’s a must-have for fans of the franchise! I mean just look at the set, it’s groovy, baby! Horror fans, return to that iconic cabin in the woods, then travel decades beyond it, with this Evil Dead Groovy Collection. Wisecracking ladies’ man Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is reborn as a slayer of Deadites in The Evil Dead (4K + Blu-ray™) after a vacation in the country is ruined by the reading of an ancient demon-summoning text. In Evil Dead II (4K + Blu-ray™), a chainsaw-armed Ash is pushed to the brink of madness by unhinged evil yet again, while “Ash vs Evil Dead” (Blu-ray™) follows an older, grayer Ash over three wild seasons as he reckons with his bloody past in the face of a Deadite plague. The collection will include the original two Evil Dead films as well as the three-season “Ash vs Evil

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
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Peacock Unleashes New ‘Halloween Kills’ Trailer

One of the most highly anticipated horror films of the year, Halloween Kills will be here before you know it, on October 15, 2021, in both theaters and streaming exclusively on Peacock as part of the service’s Halloween lineup. To celebrate, a brand new trailer has arrived and it looks good as hell. In the movie, minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer), and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster. David Gordan Green‘s Halloween Kills has a huge returning cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet, and original Halloween

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
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If ‘FallOut’ And ‘Metro’ Had A Baby: Game Review Of ‘Chernobylite’

The Farm 51 and All in! Games were awesome enough to allow me the chance to explore the decaying ruins of Pripyat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Chernobylite, an FPS survival game that takes players to the most radiated zone in the world. In Chernobylite players take on the role of Igor, a Ukrainian physicist, who worked at Chernobyl doing research involving interdimensional travel along with his fiancé who went missing during the meltdown of the power plant. After the disaster, a new element was made that Igor is studying called Chernobylite that also has attracted the attention of the NAR who have taken over the wasteland. Along with the human threat, there are now also mysterious creatures that thanks to the Chernobylite, have traverse dimensions and now stalk the wasteland. Now onto the game itself! Once you get the game starting players will have to adjust the sensitivity as I noticed at the start I turn too slow,

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 28, 2021

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ARROW Unveils Its “Shocktober” Schedule

Halloween is quickly approaching and streaming service has begun to announce their October lineups. Today, ARROW unveiled the schedule for their movie releases and specials for “Shocktober” which kicks off on October 1st. We’ve got the schedule here so you don’t miss a moment of the Halloween season. The October lineup leads with the ARROW release of Chad Kinkle’s sophomore feature Dementer. Raw and unsettling, Dementer is a brave and unflinching story of lives lived on the fringes of society, and a battle with demons inside and out. The film will debut on ARROW October 1. Other notable titles include the documentary Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth, Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters, and more. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth features interviews with every major principal (including Tobe Hooper, Kim Henkel, Wayne Bell, Robert Burns, Marilyn Burns, and Gunnar Hansen), visits locations, talks to experts, covers the sequels, and examines the ongoing effect Texas Chainsaw Massacre has on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2021
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Invite Monsters, Demons, and UFO Cult Members into Your Home with NIGHTSTREAM Online Film Festival

After joining together last year to present the NIGHTSTREAM online-only film festival, the four film festivals behind that project — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook — have banded together again to present a 2021 edition from October 7th-13th. With 31 feature films and 4 blocks of short films scheduled, the virtual festival offers everything from world and virtual premieres of horror, science fiction, and other genres to a mouth-watering selection of retro fright-fare titles. Following is the official press announcement. NIGHTSTREAM is thrilled to unveil its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month for U.S. audiences. Returning for a second edition, the celebrated online-only event formed as a banner uniting multiple U.S. genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, and Overlook — will take place from October 7th-13th. All proceeds from the upcoming edition of NIGHTSTREAM will be shared with the filmmakers and artists involved, and further allocated toward

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 30, 2021
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Hex Arcana Set To Revive Cult Horrors With Retro Paperback Collection

Last year, Scottish film company Hex Studios announced its new publishing wing Hex Arcana, and released hardback short story anthology ‘The Book of Beastly Creatures’. Next on the Hex Arcana agenda; revive the pulp horror paperback. Their first offering in the collection is a new edition of Sarban’s classic alt-history horror ‘The Sound of His Horn’. First published in 1952, the much-loved novel imagines a nightmare world where the Nazis won the war, and people are hunted for sport. The retro edition is inspired by the cult horror paperbacks of the 70s and 80s, and features an original, hand-painted cover by legendary artist of the era, Lisa Falkenstern. Acclaimed horror critic and scholar Kim Newman provides an insightful new foreword to the volume. According to Editorial Director Sarah Daly, “We’re honoured and excited to present a brand new edition of this genre gem as the first volume in our collectable paperback range. With Hex Arcana, we want to reignite the

Continue reading →
Greg Kershaw
Sep 30, 2021
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Shudder Acquires Creature Feature ‘The Seed’ Ahead Of World Premiere

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, has acquired worldwide rights to the black comedy creature feature The Seed, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Beyond Fest, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 5th In the Shudder Original film, lifelong friends Deidre (Lucy Martin, Vikings), Heather (Sophie Vavasseur, Resident Evil: Apocalypse), and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge, I Hate Suzie) are finally getting some time away together, using the upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts out as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends into a battle for survival with the arrival of an invasive alien force whose air of mystery soon proves to be alluring and irresistible to them. Before long the situation devolves into a battle to the death, where the stakes have galaxy-wide implications. The Seed is produced by Shudder, Camelot Films, and Hardman Pictures, in association with Lipsync Productions, Amp International, The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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A Child’s Drawing Come To Life In The Horror Thriller ‘Marionette’

A psychiatrist trying to start a new life gets more than she’s bargained for when she takes on a new patient in the horror-thriller Marionette. In the wake of losing her husband in a seemingly random accident, child psychiatrist Marianne Winter starts life anew in Scotland. There, she begins treating a secretive 10-year-old who claims to control the future through his drawings. When his horrific sketches start coming true, Marianne begins an obsession that will derail her life and reality. Thekla Reuten, Peter Mullan, Elijah Wolf, Emun Elliot, Sam Hazeldine, and Bill Paterson star in this intense film from director Elbert van Strien. Marionette arrives On Demand, on Amazon, and on Vimeo on November 3, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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‘Rick and Morty: The Complete Fifth Season’ Arriving Just In Time For Christmas

America’s favorite crazy scientist and his grandson return for their long-awaited and highly anticipated misadventures when the latest season of Adult Swim’s hit series Rick and Morty: The Complete Fifth Season arrives on Blu-ray Steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD this December, and would make a shwifty gift for any fan on your Christmas list. From creators, Justin Roiland (“Solar Opposites”) and Dan Harmon (“Community”), get ready to binge on one of cables #1 watched comedies featuring all 10 episodes from Season 5, as well as outrageous bonus content including the never-before-seen featurette – “Fighting Gravity”: The Making of Season 5. Exclusive to the set, follow co-creator Dan Harmon and the crew as they reflect on the challenges of completing this season in the middle of a pandemic. Additional special features include “Inside the Episode” segments for every episode, numerous featurettes, and more. The multi-Emmy® Award-winning half-hour comedy series airs on Adult Swim, the #1 destination for young adults for over a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2021
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Lionsgate Announces The Killer ‘Evil Dead Groovy Collection’

Lionsgate is about to horror fans a massive treat, The Evil Dead Groovy Collection and it’s a must-have for fans of the franchise! I mean just look at the set, it’s groovy, baby! Horror fans, return to that iconic cabin in the woods, then travel decades beyond it, with this Evil Dead Groovy Collection. Wisecracking ladies’ man Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is reborn as a slayer of Deadites in The Evil Dead (4K + Blu-ray™) after a vacation in the country is ruined by the reading of an ancient demon-summoning text. In Evil Dead II (4K + Blu-ray™), a chainsaw-armed Ash is pushed to the brink of madness by unhinged evil yet again, while “Ash vs Evil Dead” (Blu-ray™) follows an older, grayer Ash over three wild seasons as he reckons with his bloody past in the face of a Deadite plague. The collection will include the original two Evil Dead films as well as the three-season “Ash vs Evil

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
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Peacock Unleashes New ‘Halloween Kills’ Trailer

One of the most highly anticipated horror films of the year, Halloween Kills will be here before you know it, on October 15, 2021, in both theaters and streaming exclusively on Peacock as part of the service’s Halloween lineup. To celebrate, a brand new trailer has arrived and it looks good as hell. In the movie, minutes after Laurie Strode (Curtis), her daughter Karen (Judy Greer), and granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her pain and prepares to defend herself against him, she inspires all of Haddonfield to rise up against their unstoppable monster. David Gordan Green‘s Halloween Kills has a huge returning cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet, and original Halloween

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2021
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If ‘FallOut’ And ‘Metro’ Had A Baby: Game Review Of ‘Chernobylite’

The Farm 51 and All in! Games were awesome enough to allow me the chance to explore the decaying ruins of Pripyat and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Chernobylite, an FPS survival game that takes players to the most radiated zone in the world. In Chernobylite players take on the role of Igor, a Ukrainian physicist, who worked at Chernobyl doing research involving interdimensional travel along with his fiancé who went missing during the meltdown of the power plant. After the disaster, a new element was made that Igor is studying called Chernobylite that also has attracted the attention of the NAR who have taken over the wasteland. Along with the human threat, there are now also mysterious creatures that thanks to the Chernobylite, have traverse dimensions and now stalk the wasteland. Now onto the game itself! Once you get the game starting players will have to adjust the sensitivity as I noticed at the start I turn too slow,

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Sep 28, 2021
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