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Jonathan Rhys Myers Hunts For Answers In The New ‘Hide And Seek’ Clip

Jonathan Rhys Myers Hunts For Answers In The New ‘Hide And Seek’ Clip

From writer-director Joel David Moore (Youth in Oregon), best known for his roles in films such as Avatar and series such as “Bones”, comes the dark thriller Hide and Seek. Ahead of its release, we have a new clip, titled “You Know Something.” In the dark thriller, filled with shocking twists and turns. After the death of his wealthy father, Noah (Jonathan Rhys Myers) seeks his outcast brother to make amends and share the family fortune. But the family harbors a dark secret and a series of cryptic clues will lead Noah on a terrifying trail to the truth that threatens to tear him apart from the ones he loves the most. Jonathan Rhys Myers (“Vikings”, “Dracula”) Jacinda Barrett, Sue Jean Kim, Mustafa Shakir, and Joe Pantoliano star in Hide and Seek, in theaters and on Digital and On Demand on November 19, 2021, from Saban Films and Paramount Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Great White’ Swims Onto Shudder This November

‘Great White’ Swims Onto Shudder This November

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with the ultimate predator in the survival thriller Great White, swimming onto Shudder exclusively this November. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the script, with Martin Wilson making his feature directorial debut. Great White (review) premieres exclusively on Shudder on November 11, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Johnny’ Comes Home Today

‘Johnny’ Comes Home Today

On November 5, 2021, Johnny comes home. Director John Charles Gerald‘s indie horror, Johnny centers on Floyd, a surviving child abuse victim constantly being tormented by the voices in his head. After numerous hallucinations, Floyd comes across a talking puppet that is somehow linked to his abusive childhood and the horror begins. John Charles Gerald, Gary Quart, Joshaway Kingsbury, and Nick Gerald star. Watch Johnny today on VOD and Digital, from Midnight Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Ahead Of Its World Premiere, Horror ‘Father Of Flies’ Unveils Its Trailer

Ahead Of Its World Premiere, Horror ‘Father Of Flies’ Unveils Its Trailer

Father of Flies, part psychological thriller, part supernatural horror, will make its UK Physical Premiere at Raindance Film Festival on November 6th. Shot in Suffern – upstate New York, the film stars Camilla Rutherford (Gosford Park, Phantom Thread), Sandra Andreis (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Davi Santos (Tell Me a Story), Page Ruth (Shameless), and Nicholas Tucci, the star of cult horror film You’re Next’who, unfortunately, has since passed away. This was one of the final films Nicholas had completed. The film is written and directed by Ben Charles Edwards who The British Film Institute said ‘has crafted distinctive, admirable work that seems to have emerged from the unseen margins of British cinema.’ He was also recently nominated for ‘The Discovery Award’ ‘Outstanding Achievement in Craft’ and ‘Newcomer Discovery Award’ at the British Independent Film Awards. Co-written by Edwards’ writing partner Nadia Doherty, the film is based on a story Edwards had written as a child, a haunting tale of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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French Horror ‘The Advent Calander’ Premieres On Shudder This December

French Horror ‘The Advent Calander’ Premieres On Shudder This December

Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural will release writer-director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar exclusively this holiday season. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. 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, which made

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
New Discovery+ Documentary Examines Paranormal Activity At The White House

New Discovery+ Documentary Examines Paranormal Activity At The White House

The new Shock Doc documentary Demon in the White House will take viewers on a dark journey this month as it examines an act between two grieving First Ladies that may have released a malevolent presence that still haunts America’s presidents, their families, the presidents’ closest advisors, and guests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Franklin Pierce and First Lady Jane Pierce lost their son Benjamin at age 11. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd’s son, William, died at the same age. Both children perished during their father’s administration. The Shock Doc thriller opens archival papers, correspondence, and diaries to document a timeline of supernatural events that unfolded after these grieving families sought solace in the fashionable new spiritualism and seance movement – and the potentially catastrophic consequences that followed. As new presidential families moved into the White House over the past 150 years, there continued to be supernatural activity and strange happenings within the walls of this famous

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

RLJE Films is set to release Shudder’s hit original series CREEPSHOW Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Christmas. The Blu-ray and DVD will feature the five-episode season as well as the bonus episodes “A Creepshow Animated Special” and “A Creepshow Holiday Special” from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) which star Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Ted Raimi (“Buddy Thunderstruck”), and Ali Larter (House On Haunted Hill), Season 2’s cast includes Thomas Howell (The Amazing Spider-Man), Iman Benson (“Alexa and Katie”), Josh McDermitt (“The Walking Dead”), Ashley Laurence (HellraiserFranchise), Keith David (21 Bridges), Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Molly Ringwald (“Riverdale”), Eric Edelstein (“Shameless”), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Denise Crosby (“Ray Donovan”), Justin Long (Lady of the Manor), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”), Kiefer Sutherland (“Designated Survivor”), Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”). It’s still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! Following CREEPSHOW

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Adam Ethan Crow Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Lair’

Adam Ethan Crow Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Lair’

Adam Ethan Crow makes his feature directorial with the haunting horror film Lair, being released this November. The film stars Corey Johnson (Morbius), Oded Fehr (Star Trek: Discovery), Alexandra Gilbreath (Becoming Elizabeth), Sean Buchanan (Mary Queen of Scotts), Aislinn De’ath, Kashif O’Connor, and newcomers Anya Newall and Alana Wallace. In Lair, Ben Dollarhdye is accused of murder, saying he was possessed by a demonic force, Steven Caramore investigates his friend’s claims, setting off a chain of events that forces a young family into a terrifying battle for survival. Lair, which was completed in January 2021 during the global pandemic, is the feature debut from London-based writer-director Adam Ethan Crow following a series of celebrated and award-winning short films. The film is produced by ex-Fox VP Shelley Atkin, with an original score from Mario Grigorov (Fantastic Beasts) and SFX from Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Tristan Versluis. Lair comes home to Digital and VOD on November 9, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
New ‘Freak’ Trailer Reveals A Woman Desperate To Free Herself

New ‘Freak’ Trailer Reveals A Woman Desperate To Free Herself

Check out the new trailer for Bianca Crespo’s indie horror-thriller Freak, starring legendary scream queen Debbie Rochon who has appeared in over 260 films and series. In the film, “Following a harrowing incident in LA, writer Ava retreats to a remote cabin in the woods of Bucks County to escape, but the longer she stays, the more she realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.” Rochon stars alongside Amelia Duncombe and Shelby Hightower in Freak, coming soon from Bayview Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Creature Feature ‘They Crawl Beneath’ Snagged By Well Go USA

Creature Feature ‘They Crawl Beneath’ Snagged By Well Go USA

Well Go USA, who brought you films such as Train to Busan and Train to Busan: Penninsula, has acquired the horror-thriller They Crawl Beneath from Film Mode Entertainment. Starring Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer, Gone) and Joseph Almani (Law of Attraction) the film is directed by Dale Fabrigar, produced by Suzanne DeLaurentiis, executive produced by Kevin Goetz, and co-executive produced by Stephen Hornyak and Neil Goetz. FME will be showing first-look footage to buyers during AFM. In They Crawl Beneath, Danny (Joseph Almani), is a young cop working on his Uncle Bill’s (Michael Pare) classic vintage car on a secluded ranch when a major earthquake hits. Uncle Bill is crushed, and Danny becomes trapped under the car, creating a claustrophobic nightmare. The situation intensifies when something horrifying emerges out of the cracks in the ground that leaves Danny fighting for his life. Kevin and Suzanne have produced a phenomenally entertaining film. There is no better partner than Doris and her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021

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Jonathan Rhys Myers Hunts For Answers In The New ‘Hide And Seek’ Clip

Jonathan Rhys Myers Hunts For Answers In The New ‘Hide And Seek’ Clip

From writer-director Joel David Moore (Youth in Oregon), best known for his roles in films such as Avatar and series such as “Bones”, comes the dark thriller Hide and Seek. Ahead of its release, we have a new clip, titled “You Know Something.” In the dark thriller, filled with shocking twists and turns. After the death of his wealthy father, Noah (Jonathan Rhys Myers) seeks his outcast brother to make amends and share the family fortune. But the family harbors a dark secret and a series of cryptic clues will lead Noah on a terrifying trail to the truth that threatens to tear him apart from the ones he loves the most. Jonathan Rhys Myers (“Vikings”, “Dracula”) Jacinda Barrett, Sue Jean Kim, Mustafa Shakir, and Joe Pantoliano star in Hide and Seek, in theaters and on Digital and On Demand on November 19, 2021, from Saban Films and Paramount Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Great White’ Swims Onto Shudder This November

‘Great White’ Swims Onto Shudder This November

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with the ultimate predator in the survival thriller Great White, swimming onto Shudder exclusively this November. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the script, with Martin Wilson making his feature directorial debut. Great White (review) premieres exclusively on Shudder on November 11, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
‘Johnny’ Comes Home Today

‘Johnny’ Comes Home Today

On November 5, 2021, Johnny comes home. Director John Charles Gerald‘s indie horror, Johnny centers on Floyd, a surviving child abuse victim constantly being tormented by the voices in his head. After numerous hallucinations, Floyd comes across a talking puppet that is somehow linked to his abusive childhood and the horror begins. John Charles Gerald, Gary Quart, Joshaway Kingsbury, and Nick Gerald star. Watch Johnny today on VOD and Digital, from Midnight Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Ahead Of Its World Premiere, Horror ‘Father Of Flies’ Unveils Its Trailer

Ahead Of Its World Premiere, Horror ‘Father Of Flies’ Unveils Its Trailer

Father of Flies, part psychological thriller, part supernatural horror, will make its UK Physical Premiere at Raindance Film Festival on November 6th. Shot in Suffern – upstate New York, the film stars Camilla Rutherford (Gosford Park, Phantom Thread), Sandra Andreis (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Davi Santos (Tell Me a Story), Page Ruth (Shameless), and Nicholas Tucci, the star of cult horror film You’re Next’who, unfortunately, has since passed away. This was one of the final films Nicholas had completed. The film is written and directed by Ben Charles Edwards who The British Film Institute said ‘has crafted distinctive, admirable work that seems to have emerged from the unseen margins of British cinema.’ He was also recently nominated for ‘The Discovery Award’ ‘Outstanding Achievement in Craft’ and ‘Newcomer Discovery Award’ at the British Independent Film Awards. Co-written by Edwards’ writing partner Nadia Doherty, the film is based on a story Edwards had written as a child, a haunting tale of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
French Horror ‘The Advent Calander’ Premieres On Shudder This December

French Horror ‘The Advent Calander’ Premieres On Shudder This December

Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural will release writer-director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar exclusively this holiday season. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. 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, which made

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
New Discovery+ Documentary Examines Paranormal Activity At The White House

New Discovery+ Documentary Examines Paranormal Activity At The White House

The new Shock Doc documentary Demon in the White House will take viewers on a dark journey this month as it examines an act between two grieving First Ladies that may have released a malevolent presence that still haunts America’s presidents, their families, the presidents’ closest advisors, and guests at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Franklin Pierce and First Lady Jane Pierce lost their son Benjamin at age 11. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Todd’s son, William, died at the same age. Both children perished during their father’s administration. The Shock Doc thriller opens archival papers, correspondence, and diaries to document a timeline of supernatural events that unfolded after these grieving families sought solace in the fashionable new spiritualism and seance movement – and the potentially catastrophic consequences that followed. As new presidential families moved into the White House over the past 150 years, there continued to be supernatural activity and strange happenings within the walls of this famous

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

RLJE Films is set to release Shudder’s hit original series CREEPSHOW Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Christmas. The Blu-ray and DVD will feature the five-episode season as well as the bonus episodes “A Creepshow Animated Special” and “A Creepshow Holiday Special” from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) which star Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Ted Raimi (“Buddy Thunderstruck”), and Ali Larter (House On Haunted Hill), Season 2’s cast includes Thomas Howell (The Amazing Spider-Man), Iman Benson (“Alexa and Katie”), Josh McDermitt (“The Walking Dead”), Ashley Laurence (HellraiserFranchise), Keith David (21 Bridges), Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Molly Ringwald (“Riverdale”), Eric Edelstein (“Shameless”), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Denise Crosby (“Ray Donovan”), Justin Long (Lady of the Manor), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”), Kiefer Sutherland (“Designated Survivor”), Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”). It’s still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! Following CREEPSHOW

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Adam Ethan Crow Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Lair’

Adam Ethan Crow Makes His Directorial Debut With ‘Lair’

Adam Ethan Crow makes his feature directorial with the haunting horror film Lair, being released this November. The film stars Corey Johnson (Morbius), Oded Fehr (Star Trek: Discovery), Alexandra Gilbreath (Becoming Elizabeth), Sean Buchanan (Mary Queen of Scotts), Aislinn De’ath, Kashif O’Connor, and newcomers Anya Newall and Alana Wallace. In Lair, Ben Dollarhdye is accused of murder, saying he was possessed by a demonic force, Steven Caramore investigates his friend’s claims, setting off a chain of events that forces a young family into a terrifying battle for survival. Lair, which was completed in January 2021 during the global pandemic, is the feature debut from London-based writer-director Adam Ethan Crow following a series of celebrated and award-winning short films. The film is produced by ex-Fox VP Shelley Atkin, with an original score from Mario Grigorov (Fantastic Beasts) and SFX from Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated Tristan Versluis. Lair comes home to Digital and VOD on November 9, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
New ‘Freak’ Trailer Reveals A Woman Desperate To Free Herself

New ‘Freak’ Trailer Reveals A Woman Desperate To Free Herself

Check out the new trailer for Bianca Crespo’s indie horror-thriller Freak, starring legendary scream queen Debbie Rochon who has appeared in over 260 films and series. In the film, “Following a harrowing incident in LA, writer Ava retreats to a remote cabin in the woods of Bucks County to escape, but the longer she stays, the more she realizes that her nightmare has only just begun.” Rochon stars alongside Amelia Duncombe and Shelby Hightower in Freak, coming soon from Bayview Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Creature Feature ‘They Crawl Beneath’ Snagged By Well Go USA

Creature Feature ‘They Crawl Beneath’ Snagged By Well Go USA

Well Go USA, who brought you films such as Train to Busan and Train to Busan: Penninsula, has acquired the horror-thriller They Crawl Beneath from Film Mode Entertainment. Starring Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer, Gone) and Joseph Almani (Law of Attraction) the film is directed by Dale Fabrigar, produced by Suzanne DeLaurentiis, executive produced by Kevin Goetz, and co-executive produced by Stephen Hornyak and Neil Goetz. FME will be showing first-look footage to buyers during AFM. In They Crawl Beneath, Danny (Joseph Almani), is a young cop working on his Uncle Bill’s (Michael Pare) classic vintage car on a secluded ranch when a major earthquake hits. Uncle Bill is crushed, and Danny becomes trapped under the car, creating a claustrophobic nightmare. The situation intensifies when something horrifying emerges out of the cracks in the ground that leaves Danny fighting for his life. Kevin and Suzanne have produced a phenomenally entertaining film. There is no better partner than Doris and her

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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