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The bone-chilling survival horror thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey (Dent) and Bart Johnson (Initiation), is coming to a screen near you this July. In the film, “Emma (Jill Awbrey and Henry’s (Bart Johnson) marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they plan a vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder, they quickly decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late.” Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, and written by star Jill Awbrey, Held arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD, and On Demand on July 13, 2021, from
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Production has begun on the survival thriller The Reef: Stalked, the sequel to 2010’s shark movie The Reef with writer-director and creature feature master Andrew Traucki returning. Starring Australian actors Teressa Liane (Neighbours, The Vampire Diaries), Ann Truong (Cowboy Bebop, Strike Back), Kate Lister (Unhinged, Fox Trap), and newcomer Saskia Archer, the story follows four girlfriends on a kayaking and diving adventure that goes horribly wrong, and draws on themes of resilience, healing from trauma and strength in sisterhood and female friendship. Filming is taking place in Bowen in The Whitsundays, the region off of Papua New Guinea with its gorgeous landscape and reefs serving as the backdrop for the character’s thrilling fight for survival against nature’s ultimate predator. Andrew Traucki said, “I’m thrilled The Reef: Stalked is in production and back to Bowen where we shot parts of The Reef eleven years ago! As a lover of survival tales, there is nothing I enjoy more than storytelling that pits
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Things are heating up this June on discovery+ and Travel Channel with a ton of new episodes, premieres, and more delving into the unknown and the world of the paranormal. Here’s what’s headed your way. discovery+ PREMIERES SHOCK DOCS – THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (review) TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Friday, June 11 on discovery+ Charged with a brutal murder, a Connecticut man claims his innocence insisting, “the devil made me do it.” For the first time in U.S. history, the existence of demonic forces is used as a defense at trial. SHOCK DOCS: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT examines the harrowing events leading up to the murder and the astonishing court case that followed. Getting to the very heart of evil and to where the actual terror lies, the family, aided by renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, must do battle with overpowering demons. Based on the real-life inspiration for New Line Cinema’s upcoming horror film,
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On October 22nd, players will strap up their boots and head to Iraq where terror is not just on the battlefield but under it where winged creatures stalk a group of soldiers who have found themselves trapped underground in an old Sumerian temple where the player’s choices and actions will determine who will make it out alive and who will be dragged into the shadows. Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will also have an exclusive Pazuzu Edition, which includes the “House of Ashes” game, the Pazuzu Edition box, an exclusive underworld creature figurine (9x9x10cm), a metal pin, exclusive art print, stickers, and access to the pre-order bonus, known as The Curator’s Cut. Day-1 access to The Curator’s Cut opens up previously unavailable scenes with different playable characters and outcomes. Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will release in the Americas on October 22, 2021, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
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Get ready to go back to the park and see life finding its way, Frontier Development today has announced that their park-building sim game Jurassic World: Evolution is getting a sequel. In Jurassic World Evolution 2, players again take on the role of running and maintaining their own Jurassic World park but this time they’re no longer on the Muertes Archipelago. Players can now have their parks in new biomes such as dense forests, and deserts as each biome will have its own unique challenges. The roster of dinos that players can create has been increased to more than 75 species including fan favorites from the “Jurassic Park/World” films and new highly requested ones such as flying and aquatic dinosaur species. Along with new dinos and challenges comes four new game modes, normal campaign mode that the new one of a kind story takes place following the events of the Jurassic World Fallen: Kingdom film, Chaos Theory Mode where players
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Warner Bro. Games and Turtle Rock Studios released the gameplay trailer for Back 4 Blood at the Summer Game fest Kickoff Live! digital event. Along with the trailer reveal came information about the game’s beta registration. Back 4 Blood Open Beta will begin with an Early Access portion from Aug. 5-9 for those who pre-order the game. Players can also register at Back4Blood.com/Beta for a chance to get into the Early Access portion. The Open Beta will continue from Aug. 12-16 and be available for all players. Both Open Beta portions will be playable on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC, including cross-play and cross-gen support. Keep an eye out for the Back 4 Blood E3 2021 PvP Showcase on June 13 at 2 p.m. PDT, an in-depth look at the game’s new PvP (player versus player) mode. Tune in to the official Back 4 Blood Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook channels to watch the upcoming
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Two of the most successful franchise in modern history, the Saw franchise, and The Conjuring franchise, are uniting for a new franchise based on the true horrific events that took place at the infamous property known as The Lalaurie Mansion, still considered one of the most haunted houses in the world. We first reported the news back in October of 2019, but today, it was officially announced that brilliant filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman (Spiral, Saw franchise) will be in the director’s chair and that Chad and Carey Hayes, the creators of The Conjuring franchise, are teaming with Faster Horse Pictures, the film and TV production and financing outfit founded and run by Cindy Bond, Doug McKay, and Michael Whalen, to build the new horror film franchise. Talk about a horror dream team. Bousman’s most recent addition in the Saw universe, Spiral, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, opened as the #1 film in the U.S. and held the top
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Liquid Death, what a killer name for a brand of water! Recently, Liquid Death teamed up with Netflix for Zach Snyder’s Army of the Dead (review). As part of their advertising Liquid Death released their “No Brainer,” part hat, part koozie that not only keeps your water cold but is also a hat that protects your brain from those pesky zombies. It’s a trip! I decided to dive into the brand and discovered a great company on a serious mission, to lower plastic pollution. I spoke with Mike Cessario, founder and CEO of Liquid Death, who is a former Netflix creative, to learn more about the company. Kelli McNeely: “How did Liquid Death come to be?” Mike Cessario: “Liquid Death was essentially the perfect combo of my love for music, art, comedy, and health, along with my passion and experience for pushing the boundaries of marketing and advertising to make it suck less. I was tired of all the unhealthy
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Writer-director Mathieu Turi‘s claustrophobic horror film Meander is headed your way this July. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “after getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 10 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…” Gaïa Weiss, Peter Franzen, and Romane Libert star in Meander, arriving in theaters and VOD on July 9, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.
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All roads lead to Fear Street… Today, the trailer debuted for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy at the first-ever Geeked Week (@NetflixGeeked), a virtual fan-facing event revealing first looks and celebrating all things genre entertainment at Netflix. In the trilogy, a group of teenagers discovers the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected – and they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling horror series, Fear Street follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making. FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounters the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside. FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978 Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a
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The bone-chilling survival horror thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey (Dent) and Bart Johnson (Initiation), is coming to a screen near you this July. In the film, “Emma (Jill Awbrey and Henry’s (Bart Johnson) marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they plan a vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder, they quickly decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late.” Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, and written by star Jill Awbrey, Held arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD, and On Demand on July 13, 2021, from
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Production has begun on the survival thriller The Reef: Stalked, the sequel to 2010’s shark movie The Reef with writer-director and creature feature master Andrew Traucki returning. Starring Australian actors Teressa Liane (Neighbours, The Vampire Diaries), Ann Truong (Cowboy Bebop, Strike Back), Kate Lister (Unhinged, Fox Trap), and newcomer Saskia Archer, the story follows four girlfriends on a kayaking and diving adventure that goes horribly wrong, and draws on themes of resilience, healing from trauma and strength in sisterhood and female friendship. Filming is taking place in Bowen in The Whitsundays, the region off of Papua New Guinea with its gorgeous landscape and reefs serving as the backdrop for the character’s thrilling fight for survival against nature’s ultimate predator. Andrew Traucki said, “I’m thrilled The Reef: Stalked is in production and back to Bowen where we shot parts of The Reef eleven years ago! As a lover of survival tales, there is nothing I enjoy more than storytelling that pits
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Things are heating up this June on discovery+ and Travel Channel with a ton of new episodes, premieres, and more delving into the unknown and the world of the paranormal. Here’s what’s headed your way. discovery+ PREMIERES SHOCK DOCS – THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT (review) TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Friday, June 11 on discovery+ Charged with a brutal murder, a Connecticut man claims his innocence insisting, “the devil made me do it.” For the first time in U.S. history, the existence of demonic forces is used as a defense at trial. SHOCK DOCS: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT examines the harrowing events leading up to the murder and the astonishing court case that followed. Getting to the very heart of evil and to where the actual terror lies, the family, aided by renowned demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, must do battle with overpowering demons. Based on the real-life inspiration for New Line Cinema’s upcoming horror film,
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On October 22nd, players will strap up their boots and head to Iraq where terror is not just on the battlefield but under it where winged creatures stalk a group of soldiers who have found themselves trapped underground in an old Sumerian temple where the player’s choices and actions will determine who will make it out alive and who will be dragged into the shadows. Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will also have an exclusive Pazuzu Edition, which includes the “House of Ashes” game, the Pazuzu Edition box, an exclusive underworld creature figurine (9x9x10cm), a metal pin, exclusive art print, stickers, and access to the pre-order bonus, known as The Curator’s Cut. Day-1 access to The Curator’s Cut opens up previously unavailable scenes with different playable characters and outcomes. Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes will release in the Americas on October 22, 2021, for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
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Get ready to go back to the park and see life finding its way, Frontier Development today has announced that their park-building sim game Jurassic World: Evolution is getting a sequel. In Jurassic World Evolution 2, players again take on the role of running and maintaining their own Jurassic World park but this time they’re no longer on the Muertes Archipelago. Players can now have their parks in new biomes such as dense forests, and deserts as each biome will have its own unique challenges. The roster of dinos that players can create has been increased to more than 75 species including fan favorites from the “Jurassic Park/World” films and new highly requested ones such as flying and aquatic dinosaur species. Along with new dinos and challenges comes four new game modes, normal campaign mode that the new one of a kind story takes place following the events of the Jurassic World Fallen: Kingdom film, Chaos Theory Mode where players
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Warner Bro. Games and Turtle Rock Studios released the gameplay trailer for Back 4 Blood at the Summer Game fest Kickoff Live! digital event. Along with the trailer reveal came information about the game’s beta registration. Back 4 Blood Open Beta will begin with an Early Access portion from Aug. 5-9 for those who pre-order the game. Players can also register at Back4Blood.com/Beta for a chance to get into the Early Access portion. The Open Beta will continue from Aug. 12-16 and be available for all players. Both Open Beta portions will be playable on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC, including cross-play and cross-gen support. Keep an eye out for the Back 4 Blood E3 2021 PvP Showcase on June 13 at 2 p.m. PDT, an in-depth look at the game’s new PvP (player versus player) mode. Tune in to the official Back 4 Blood Twitch, YouTube, or Facebook channels to watch the upcoming
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Two of the most successful franchise in modern history, the Saw franchise, and The Conjuring franchise, are uniting for a new franchise based on the true horrific events that took place at the infamous property known as The Lalaurie Mansion, still considered one of the most haunted houses in the world. We first reported the news back in October of 2019, but today, it was officially announced that brilliant filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman (Spiral, Saw franchise) will be in the director’s chair and that Chad and Carey Hayes, the creators of The Conjuring franchise, are teaming with Faster Horse Pictures, the film and TV production and financing outfit founded and run by Cindy Bond, Doug McKay, and Michael Whalen, to build the new horror film franchise. Talk about a horror dream team. Bousman’s most recent addition in the Saw universe, Spiral, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, opened as the #1 film in the U.S. and held the top
Continue reading →
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Liquid Death, what a killer name for a brand of water! Recently, Liquid Death teamed up with Netflix for Zach Snyder’s Army of the Dead (review). As part of their advertising Liquid Death released their “No Brainer,” part hat, part koozie that not only keeps your water cold but is also a hat that protects your brain from those pesky zombies. It’s a trip! I decided to dive into the brand and discovered a great company on a serious mission, to lower plastic pollution. I spoke with Mike Cessario, founder and CEO of Liquid Death, who is a former Netflix creative, to learn more about the company. Kelli McNeely: “How did Liquid Death come to be?” Mike Cessario: “Liquid Death was essentially the perfect combo of my love for music, art, comedy, and health, along with my passion and experience for pushing the boundaries of marketing and advertising to make it suck less. I was tired of all the unhealthy
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Writer-director Mathieu Turi‘s claustrophobic horror film Meander is headed your way this July. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “after getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 10 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…” Gaïa Weiss, Peter Franzen, and Romane Libert star in Meander, arriving in theaters and VOD on July 9, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.
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All roads lead to Fear Street… Today, the trailer debuted for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy at the first-ever Geeked Week (@NetflixGeeked), a virtual fan-facing event revealing first looks and celebrating all things genre entertainment at Netflix. In the trilogy, a group of teenagers discovers the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected – and they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling horror series, Fear Street follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making. FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounters the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside. FEAR STREET PART 2: 1978 Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a
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