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Road Rage Puts A Woman’s Life At Risk In ‘Unhinged’ – Starring Russell Crowe

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close you are to someone who is about to become unhinged. Solstice Studios and Ingenious Media present the Derrick Borte film that stars Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, and Austin P. McKenzie. Guy Botham, Crystal Bourbeau, Mary C. Russell, Christopher Milburn, Gareth West, Peter Touche, and Anders Erden serve as Executive Producers. Unhinged is produced

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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A Couples’ Dream Of A New Life Becomes A Nightmare In Netflix’s ‘His House’ Trailer

Netflix continues to reveal upcoming horror films that will leave you terrified this Halloween. Now, the Streaming giant has just unleashed the dark trailer for His House, from director Remi Weekes. In the film, after making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and Matt Smith, the film was penned by Weekes based on a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables. His House was produced by New Regency’s Arnon Milchan; Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee; Martin Gentles and Edward King of Starchild Pictures; Aidan Elliott; in association with BBC. Executive producers include New Regency’s Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer and Natalie Lehman; BBC Films Eva Yates; Stuart Manashil, and Steven Schneider. His House premieres worldwide on Netflix on October 30th, 2020, just in time for Halloween.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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Zac Efron Set To Star In The New ‘Firestarter’ Adaptation

Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman) has signed on to star in Firestarter, the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s classic sci-fi thriller, from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse, and Weed Road Productions. The film centers on a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Keith Thomas (The Vigil) will direct the film that is being adapted by Halloween Kills writer Scott Teems who will also executive produce. Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Firestarter reunites Goldsman and Blum who have previously collaborated on the Paranormal Activity franchise. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 adaptation of Firestarter starring a young Drew Barrymore, will executive produce. Efron, who currently is the host as well as a producer for Netflix’s docu-series “Down to Earth,” is represented by CAA, Alchemy Entertainment, Viewpoint, and Felker,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Vampires VS. The Bronx’

There’s one thing you can say for sure when it comes to the residents of the Bronx, they’re tough and they don’t believe in taking any crap off anyone. That’s a good thing because this October they’ll face bloodthirsty vampires in director Oz Rodriguez‘ Vampires vs. The Bronx, coming to Netflix. Written by Oz Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway, this fright-filled flick follows a group of friends who go head to head with vampires in an attempt to save their neighborhood. Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña star in the film produced by Lorne Michaels and Erin David. Vampires vs. The Bronx premieres on Netflix on October 2, 2020. Check out the new trailer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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Blumhouse Conjures A Trailer And Release Date For ‘The Craft: Legacy’

Back last March, we reported that Blumhosue was working on a new version of The Craft. Today, we can tell you that the official title is The Craft: Legacy and that the movie is actually a sequel, not a reboot (thank god). To top it all off, the trailer is also here, introducing us to the new witches! Legacy is a continuation of the cult hit The Craft (1996), in which an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. Written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, the film stars Cailee Spaeny (Bad Times at the El Royale, On the Basis of Sex), Gideon Adlon (The Society, Blockers, The Mustang), Lovie Simone (Selah & the Spades, Greenleaf), Zoey Luna (Pose, Boundless), and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella), with Michelle Monaghan and David Duchovny. Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing, and executive producing. Jason Blum is producing for Blumhouse. Academy Award-winning producer Douglas Wick

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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New Trailer Teases The Horrors Of Sam Raimi’s Series “50 States Of Fright”

From executive producer and horror legend, Sam Raimi comes “50 States of Fright”, Quibi‘s new series that explores dark legends from every state and we’ve got the new trailer! Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Lulu Wilson (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Annabelle: Creation), Victoria Justice (Victorious), Jacob Batalon (Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home), Warren Christie (The Resident, The Village), and Erica Tremblay (The Twilight Zone) star in the series directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place writers), Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), Daniel Goldhaber (Cam), Cate Devaney (Realizing Recovery) 50 States of Fright explores stories based on urban legends from every state, taking viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath. This horror anthology series launched in the spring, showcasing stories from Michigan, Kansas, Oregon, Minnesota, and Florida. New tales will be released from Iowa, Washington, Colorado, and Missouri starting September 28th. NEW EPISODES Iowa: Almost There – With the ghost of her dead

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman Discusses New Films ‘Death Of Me’ And ‘Spiral’

Darren Lynn Bousman, the horror heavy hitter behind films like Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Tales of Halloween, Repo! The Genetic Opera, and other frightening flicks, sat down with me to discuss his new film Death of Me as well as his new highly anticipated installment of the Saw franchise, Spiral, out in theaters next year. Death of Me follows a woman visiting an island off of Thailand with her photographer husband, played by Luke Hemsworth. After a night of celebrating the couple wakeup in their room with a huge gap of time missing from their memory of the night before. Upon discovering a terrifying video on her husband’s camera Christine’s (Maggie Q) world spirals into a nightmare filled with horrors and mysterious traditions. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of your movies, especially Repo. It is brilliant!” Darren Lynn Bousman: “Oh, thank you very much!” Horror Fuel: “A few days ago I watched your new movie Death of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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From The Writer-Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

From the writer-director who brought us the Stangers, Bryan Bertino comes a new tale of terror, The Dark and the Wicked, starring Marin Ireland (“The Umbrella Academy,” Hell or High Water), Michael Abbott Jr. (Loving, Mud), and Xander Berkeley (“The Walking Dead”). On a secluded farm, a man is slowly dying. Bedridden and fighting through his final breaths, his wife is slowly succumbing to overwhelming grief. To help their mother and say goodbye to their father, siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family farm. It doesn’t take long for them to see that something’s wrong with mom, though—something more than her heavy sorrow. Gradually, as their own grief mounts, Louise and Michael begin suffering from a darkness similar to their mother’s, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over their family. The Dark and the Wicked arrives in theaters, on Digital, and On Demand November 6, 2020, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
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This Christmas Cute But Deadly ‘Creatures’ Invade Earth

Post-production has been completed on Creatures, the new movie from Tony Jopia, the director that brought you Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf, the executive producer of The Hive, and the creator of Good Tidings. In the movie, “a group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien creatures.” Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC aimed to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work, and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horror-comedies truly away.“ Director Tony Jopia says. “Creatures’ will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
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“Rick And Morty: Season 4” Is Now Out Blu-Ray And DVD!

Awe, yeah, it’s time to schwifty! Season four of Adult Swim’s badass series “Rick and Morty” is out on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital! The Blu-ray is filled with gore, action, and hijinx. Witness the duo get themselves into stranger and stranger situations, like dealing with slut dragons (yes, you read that right) and chaos causing apps. Rick even learns a lesson about fatherhood. Hell, Ruth Bader Ginsberg even makes a cameo. The Blu-ray and DVD are jam-packed with goodies, including ten episodes and a ton of bonus features including behind-the-scenes videos, and a special short film titled “Samurai and Shogun.” Learn how snake Jazz is created, and what goes into designing characters. Season four of the Emmy winning-series (Outstanding Animated Program) is hilarious and badass in every way. Keeping its unique charm, the series does not disappoint. The characters we have come to love continue to evolve, especially Morty who seems to finally be coming into his own and learning

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020

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Road Rage Puts A Woman’s Life At Risk In ‘Unhinged’ – Starring Russell Crowe

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close you are to someone who is about to become unhinged. Solstice Studios and Ingenious Media present the Derrick Borte film that stars Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, and Austin P. McKenzie. Guy Botham, Crystal Bourbeau, Mary C. Russell, Christopher Milburn, Gareth West, Peter Touche, and Anders Erden serve as Executive Producers. Unhinged is produced

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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A Couples’ Dream Of A New Life Becomes A Nightmare In Netflix’s ‘His House’ Trailer

Netflix continues to reveal upcoming horror films that will leave you terrified this Halloween. Now, the Streaming giant has just unleashed the dark trailer for His House, from director Remi Weekes. In the film, after making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and Matt Smith, the film was penned by Weekes based on a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables. His House was produced by New Regency’s Arnon Milchan; Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee; Martin Gentles and Edward King of Starchild Pictures; Aidan Elliott; in association with BBC. Executive producers include New Regency’s Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer and Natalie Lehman; BBC Films Eva Yates; Stuart Manashil, and Steven Schneider. His House premieres worldwide on Netflix on October 30th, 2020, just in time for Halloween.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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Zac Efron Set To Star In The New ‘Firestarter’ Adaptation

Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, The Greatest Showman) has signed on to star in Firestarter, the upcoming film adaptation of Stephen King’s classic sci-fi thriller, from Universal Pictures, Blumhouse, and Weed Road Productions. The film centers on a young girl who develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Keith Thomas (The Vigil) will direct the film that is being adapted by Halloween Kills writer Scott Teems who will also executive produce. Jason Blum and Academy Award® winner Akiva Goldsman will produce. Firestarter reunites Goldsman and Blum who have previously collaborated on the Paranormal Activity franchise. Martha De Laurentiis, who was an associate producer on the 1984 adaptation of Firestarter starring a young Drew Barrymore, will executive produce. Efron, who currently is the host as well as a producer for Netflix’s docu-series “Down to Earth,” is represented by CAA, Alchemy Entertainment, Viewpoint, and Felker,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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Sink Your Fangs Into The Trailer For Netflix’s ‘Vampires VS. The Bronx’

There’s one thing you can say for sure when it comes to the residents of the Bronx, they’re tough and they don’t believe in taking any crap off anyone. That’s a good thing because this October they’ll face bloodthirsty vampires in director Oz Rodriguez‘ Vampires vs. The Bronx, coming to Netflix. Written by Oz Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway, this fright-filled flick follows a group of friends who go head to head with vampires in an attempt to save their neighborhood. Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña star in the film produced by Lorne Michaels and Erin David. Vampires vs. The Bronx premieres on Netflix on October 2, 2020. Check out the new trailer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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Blumhouse Conjures A Trailer And Release Date For ‘The Craft: Legacy’

Back last March, we reported that Blumhosue was working on a new version of The Craft. Today, we can tell you that the official title is The Craft: Legacy and that the movie is actually a sequel, not a reboot (thank god). To top it all off, the trailer is also here, introducing us to the new witches! Legacy is a continuation of the cult hit The Craft (1996), in which an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers. Written and directed by Zoe Lister-Jones, the film stars Cailee Spaeny (Bad Times at the El Royale, On the Basis of Sex), Gideon Adlon (The Society, Blockers, The Mustang), Lovie Simone (Selah & the Spades, Greenleaf), Zoey Luna (Pose, Boundless), and Nicholas Galitzine (Cinderella), with Michelle Monaghan and David Duchovny. Zoe Lister-Jones is writing, directing, and executive producing. Jason Blum is producing for Blumhouse. Academy Award-winning producer Douglas Wick

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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New Trailer Teases The Horrors Of Sam Raimi’s Series “50 States Of Fright”

From executive producer and horror legend, Sam Raimi comes “50 States of Fright”, Quibi‘s new series that explores dark legends from every state and we’ve got the new trailer! Rory Culkin (Lords of Chaos), Lulu Wilson (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Annabelle: Creation), Victoria Justice (Victorious), Jacob Batalon (Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home), Warren Christie (The Resident, The Village), and Erica Tremblay (The Twilight Zone) star in the series directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place writers), Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), Daniel Goldhaber (Cam), Cate Devaney (Realizing Recovery) 50 States of Fright explores stories based on urban legends from every state, taking viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath. This horror anthology series launched in the spring, showcasing stories from Michigan, Kansas, Oregon, Minnesota, and Florida. New tales will be released from Iowa, Washington, Colorado, and Missouri starting September 28th. NEW EPISODES Iowa: Almost There – With the ghost of her dead

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman Discusses New Films ‘Death Of Me’ And ‘Spiral’

Darren Lynn Bousman, the horror heavy hitter behind films like Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Tales of Halloween, Repo! The Genetic Opera, and other frightening flicks, sat down with me to discuss his new film Death of Me as well as his new highly anticipated installment of the Saw franchise, Spiral, out in theaters next year. Death of Me follows a woman visiting an island off of Thailand with her photographer husband, played by Luke Hemsworth. After a night of celebrating the couple wakeup in their room with a huge gap of time missing from their memory of the night before. Upon discovering a terrifying video on her husband’s camera Christine’s (Maggie Q) world spirals into a nightmare filled with horrors and mysterious traditions. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of your movies, especially Repo. It is brilliant!” Darren Lynn Bousman: “Oh, thank you very much!” Horror Fuel: “A few days ago I watched your new movie Death of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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From The Writer-Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

From the writer-director who brought us the Stangers, Bryan Bertino comes a new tale of terror, The Dark and the Wicked, starring Marin Ireland (“The Umbrella Academy,” Hell or High Water), Michael Abbott Jr. (Loving, Mud), and Xander Berkeley (“The Walking Dead”). On a secluded farm, a man is slowly dying. Bedridden and fighting through his final breaths, his wife is slowly succumbing to overwhelming grief. To help their mother and say goodbye to their father, siblings Louise (Marin Ireland) and Michael (Michael Abbott Jr.) return to their family farm. It doesn’t take long for them to see that something’s wrong with mom, though—something more than her heavy sorrow. Gradually, as their own grief mounts, Louise and Michael begin suffering from a darkness similar to their mother’s, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over their family. The Dark and the Wicked arrives in theaters, on Digital, and On Demand November 6, 2020, from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
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This Christmas Cute But Deadly ‘Creatures’ Invade Earth

Post-production has been completed on Creatures, the new movie from Tony Jopia, the director that brought you Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf, the executive producer of The Hive, and the creator of Good Tidings. In the movie, “a group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien creatures.” Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC aimed to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work, and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horror-comedies truly away.“ Director Tony Jopia says. “Creatures’ will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
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“Rick And Morty: Season 4” Is Now Out Blu-Ray And DVD!

Awe, yeah, it’s time to schwifty! Season four of Adult Swim’s badass series “Rick and Morty” is out on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital! The Blu-ray is filled with gore, action, and hijinx. Witness the duo get themselves into stranger and stranger situations, like dealing with slut dragons (yes, you read that right) and chaos causing apps. Rick even learns a lesson about fatherhood. Hell, Ruth Bader Ginsberg even makes a cameo. The Blu-ray and DVD are jam-packed with goodies, including ten episodes and a ton of bonus features including behind-the-scenes videos, and a special short film titled “Samurai and Shogun.” Learn how snake Jazz is created, and what goes into designing characters. Season four of the Emmy winning-series (Outstanding Animated Program) is hilarious and badass in every way. Keeping its unique charm, the series does not disappoint. The characters we have come to love continue to evolve, especially Morty who seems to finally be coming into his own and learning

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
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