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Ghosts, hauntings, possession and poltergeist cases on screen — paranormal horror films, series and the stories behind them.
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The dark and disturbing British horror, Shepherd is set to arrive in theaters and on Digital this May from Saban Films. The new trailer is filled with nightmarish imagery and terrifying glimpses of a man whose life is in a chaotic downwards spiral towards insanity. Written and directed by Russell Owen, the film centers on Eric Black, a man, “running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, who takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiraling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life.” Tom Hughes (Red Joan, Victoria), Kate Dickie (“Game of Thrones”, The Witch), Gaia Weiss (“Vikings,” “Medici”), and Greta Scacchi (The Player) star in Shepherd. Shepherd opens in theaters on May 6, 2022, followed by its debut on Digital and On Demand on May 10th, from Saban Films.
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First released on Netflix back in 2018, the horror film Veronica has earned its title as one of the scariest things on the service and has been featured on many “Best Of” lists. Well, Netflix has just announced that “Veronica” is getting a prequel, titled Sister Death! And we are here for it! From the co-director of [REC], Paco Plaza‘, Veronica centers on a young woman, Veronica, who struggles to protect her younger siblings after she unleashes something evil when attempts to contact the spirit of her dead father through a ritual while she and her friends use a Ouija board. What makes the film even more frightening is the fact that it was inspired by a true story. You can learn more about that here. Sister Death will see the return of and focus on the character of Hermana Muerte, played by Consuelo Trujillo in Veronica. Trujillo will star along with Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor, and Maru Valdivielso. Jorge
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Why do cattle mutilations still plague the American West? According to the new documentary On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors, the latest documentary from Small Town Monsters, the phenomenon which was popularized through references in shows like “The X-Files” and “Unsolved Mysteries”, continues to this day. Today, cattle mutilations are thought to go hand in hand with mysterious objects in the skies (commonly referred to as UFOs or UAPs) and that’s what first brought indie documentary crew Small Town Monsters and investigator Shannon LeGro to the Miller Ranch in southern Colorado. While filming this latest chapter in their series, LeGro and company found an unusual amount of activity centered around this particular ranch. Everything from odd lights seen in the air and on the ground, to unusual sounds, enigmatic government black helicopters and even specific corners of the property that seemed to invite deadly accidents. At the heart of all this bizarre activity was a series of cattle mutilations
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Nickelodeon has done well with their “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” series reboot, so it’s no surprise that another season, the third installment, has just been ordered. The series reboot began in 2019, with “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows” following. The new season, Deadline reports is titled “Ghost Island” and will follow new characters whose vacation at an island resort takes a terrifying turn. The cast includes Telci Huynh (Modern Love) as Kayla; Connor Sherry plays Max (The Devil You Know); Luca Padovan (“School of Rock the Musical”) as Leo, Dior Goodjohn (Head of the Class), Chance Hurstfield (A Million Little Things), with Julian Curtis (Wish Man) playing Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” will likely premiere later this year.
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Sinister, eerie, and menacing, there’s only one place that comes to mind: the notorious Winchester Mystery House of San Jose. With a reputation for being one of California’s most unusual haunted houses, this ghostly residence is an architectural masterpiece and historic landmark worth seeing—that is if you have the guts. Touring the grounds of the Winchester Mystery House is like playing live Roulette; the stakes are pretty high. But this wasn’t always a haunted house. In fact, it once had promises of being the forever home of the Winchester family. However, not every story has a happily ever after. The Origins of the Winchester Mystery House It all began when firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester died in 1881. The tycoon was the son of Winchester Repeating Arms founder Oliver Winchester. Upon passing away, Winchester gave a considerable inheritance to his wife, Sarah. She relocated from her New Haven, Connecticut, family home to a modest, eight-room farmhouse in San Jose, California.
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Horror distributor Devilworks has just announced the March release date for the supernatural horror The Occupant. Written and directed by Samuel Krebs, the filmmaker behind the true-story-inspired film The Whooper Returns, The Occupant follows four estranged siblings, who find themselves in the grip of demonic possession, after inheriting their family home. When an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which have malevolent effects on everyone in the house. The indie film stars Rik Billock (The Barn), David Flick (American Pastoral, Jack Reacher, One for the Money) Dylan Grunn (The Retreat, Lake Artifact), Nathan Hollabaugh (Concussion, Father’s & Daughters), Caroline Nicolina, and Megan Bolton. The Occupant will be released on March 29, 202 on premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release on all platforms across the USA and Canada.
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Discovery is in the final stages of acquiring Warner Media from AT&T. So, what does that mean? One thing that will come out of the deal is that eventually, Discovery+ and HBO Max will be combining into one massive service. Gunnar Wiedenfels, the chief financial officer of Discovery had this to say to Variety. “So right out of the gate, we’re working on getting the bundling approach ready, maybe a single sign-on, ingesting content into the other product, etc., so that we can start to get some benefits early on. But the main thrust is going to be harmonizing the technology platform. Building one very, very strong combined direct-to-consumer product and platform, that’s going to take a while.” HBO Max already hosts several channels on its service including TCM, DC, Adult Swim, and others. It would be fairly simple for HBO to just add more sections for Discovery properties such as the Travel Channel, HGTV, and the other 80 plus
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Polonium Studio is currently making a horror game and they’re doing something that most devs don’t do, calling on the help of horror game fans to offer their input! The game in development right now is Death Damnation, a first-person horror where players take on the role of a graveyard worker on the first night of the job and everything goes to hell. To survive, players will have to decide how to get rid of the paranormal entities plaguing the Cemetary while at the same time trying to solve the mystery as to why this event is happening. The community will be involved in every step of development and can provide us feedback and suggestions in the Steam Discussions as well as our Discord server. Private betas for development builds will be offered to those who offer us regular feedback and can directly influence the future of the game.” Those who wish to partake can check Death Damnation out on
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Wild Eye Releasing is taking horror fans into outer space for the frightening intergalactic horror film Amityville in Space. In Amityville in Space, witness the ultimate battle against the Amityville curse which begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space. Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton, and Jeff Kirkendall star in this sci-fi-horror flick that reminds you that screams go unheard in space. Witness a fight against evil in Amityville in Space, out this July.
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Ahead of its premiere this April, HBO has released the trailer for their new horror-comedy series “The Baby” which presents a darkly funny, raw examination of motherhood, from the perspective of a woman who doesn’t want to be one. Michelle De Swarte (“The Duchess”) stars as 38-year-old Natasha, who is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. But when she is unexpectedly landed with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative, but incredibly cute, the baby twists Natasha’s life into a surreal horror show. As she discovers the true extent of the baby’s deadly nature, Natasha makes increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it. She doesn’t want a baby. But the baby definitely wants her. The eight-episode limited series also stars Amira Ghazala (“The Rhythm Section”) as Mrs. Eaves, the 70-year-old enigma who has spent the last fifty years living out of her car and seems to be everywhere the Baby is, and
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The dark and disturbing British horror, Shepherd is set to arrive in theaters and on Digital this May from Saban Films. The new trailer is filled with nightmarish imagery and terrifying glimpses of a man whose life is in a chaotic downwards spiral towards insanity. Written and directed by Russell Owen, the film centers on Eric Black, a man, “running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, who takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiraling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life.” Tom Hughes (Red Joan, Victoria), Kate Dickie (“Game of Thrones”, The Witch), Gaia Weiss (“Vikings,” “Medici”), and Greta Scacchi (The Player) star in Shepherd. Shepherd opens in theaters on May 6, 2022, followed by its debut on Digital and On Demand on May 10th, from Saban Films.
Continue reading →
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First released on Netflix back in 2018, the horror film Veronica has earned its title as one of the scariest things on the service and has been featured on many “Best Of” lists. Well, Netflix has just announced that “Veronica” is getting a prequel, titled Sister Death! And we are here for it! From the co-director of [REC], Paco Plaza‘, Veronica centers on a young woman, Veronica, who struggles to protect her younger siblings after she unleashes something evil when attempts to contact the spirit of her dead father through a ritual while she and her friends use a Ouija board. What makes the film even more frightening is the fact that it was inspired by a true story. You can learn more about that here. Sister Death will see the return of and focus on the character of Hermana Muerte, played by Consuelo Trujillo in Veronica. Trujillo will star along with Aria Bedmar, Almudena Amor, and Maru Valdivielso. Jorge
Continue reading →
DocumentariesMoviesNewsParanormalTrailers
Why do cattle mutilations still plague the American West? According to the new documentary On the Trail of UFOs: Night Visitors, the latest documentary from Small Town Monsters, the phenomenon which was popularized through references in shows like “The X-Files” and “Unsolved Mysteries”, continues to this day. Today, cattle mutilations are thought to go hand in hand with mysterious objects in the skies (commonly referred to as UFOs or UAPs) and that’s what first brought indie documentary crew Small Town Monsters and investigator Shannon LeGro to the Miller Ranch in southern Colorado. While filming this latest chapter in their series, LeGro and company found an unusual amount of activity centered around this particular ranch. Everything from odd lights seen in the air and on the ground, to unusual sounds, enigmatic government black helicopters and even specific corners of the property that seemed to invite deadly accidents. At the heart of all this bizarre activity was a series of cattle mutilations
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsParanormalStreaming TV
Nickelodeon has done well with their “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” series reboot, so it’s no surprise that another season, the third installment, has just been ordered. The series reboot began in 2019, with “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows” following. The new season, Deadline reports is titled “Ghost Island” and will follow new characters whose vacation at an island resort takes a terrifying turn. The cast includes Telci Huynh (Modern Love) as Kayla; Connor Sherry plays Max (The Devil You Know); Luca Padovan (“School of Rock the Musical”) as Leo, Dior Goodjohn (Head of the Class), Chance Hurstfield (A Million Little Things), with Julian Curtis (Wish Man) playing Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” will likely premiere later this year.
Continue reading →
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Sinister, eerie, and menacing, there’s only one place that comes to mind: the notorious Winchester Mystery House of San Jose. With a reputation for being one of California’s most unusual haunted houses, this ghostly residence is an architectural masterpiece and historic landmark worth seeing—that is if you have the guts. Touring the grounds of the Winchester Mystery House is like playing live Roulette; the stakes are pretty high. But this wasn’t always a haunted house. In fact, it once had promises of being the forever home of the Winchester family. However, not every story has a happily ever after. The Origins of the Winchester Mystery House It all began when firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester died in 1881. The tycoon was the son of Winchester Repeating Arms founder Oliver Winchester. Upon passing away, Winchester gave a considerable inheritance to his wife, Sarah. She relocated from her New Haven, Connecticut, family home to a modest, eight-room farmhouse in San Jose, California.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsParanormalStreaming TVTrailers
Horror distributor Devilworks has just announced the March release date for the supernatural horror The Occupant. Written and directed by Samuel Krebs, the filmmaker behind the true-story-inspired film The Whooper Returns, The Occupant follows four estranged siblings, who find themselves in the grip of demonic possession, after inheriting their family home. When an eccentric stranger arrives, claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which have malevolent effects on everyone in the house. The indie film stars Rik Billock (The Barn), David Flick (American Pastoral, Jack Reacher, One for the Money) Dylan Grunn (The Retreat, Lake Artifact), Nathan Hollabaugh (Concussion, Father’s & Daughters), Caroline Nicolina, and Megan Bolton. The Occupant will be released on March 29, 202 on premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release on all platforms across the USA and Canada.
Continue reading →
HBO MaxMoviesNewsParanormalStreaming TVTrue Crime
Discovery is in the final stages of acquiring Warner Media from AT&T. So, what does that mean? One thing that will come out of the deal is that eventually, Discovery+ and HBO Max will be combining into one massive service. Gunnar Wiedenfels, the chief financial officer of Discovery had this to say to Variety. “So right out of the gate, we’re working on getting the bundling approach ready, maybe a single sign-on, ingesting content into the other product, etc., so that we can start to get some benefits early on. But the main thrust is going to be harmonizing the technology platform. Building one very, very strong combined direct-to-consumer product and platform, that’s going to take a while.” HBO Max already hosts several channels on its service including TCM, DC, Adult Swim, and others. It would be fairly simple for HBO to just add more sections for Discovery properties such as the Travel Channel, HGTV, and the other 80 plus
Continue reading →
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Polonium Studio is currently making a horror game and they’re doing something that most devs don’t do, calling on the help of horror game fans to offer their input! The game in development right now is Death Damnation, a first-person horror where players take on the role of a graveyard worker on the first night of the job and everything goes to hell. To survive, players will have to decide how to get rid of the paranormal entities plaguing the Cemetary while at the same time trying to solve the mystery as to why this event is happening. The community will be involved in every step of development and can provide us feedback and suggestions in the Steam Discussions as well as our Discord server. Private betas for development builds will be offered to those who offer us regular feedback and can directly influence the future of the game.” Those who wish to partake can check Death Damnation out on
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsParanormalTrailers
Wild Eye Releasing is taking horror fans into outer space for the frightening intergalactic horror film Amityville in Space. In Amityville in Space, witness the ultimate battle against the Amityville curse which begins after the infamous murder house is exorcised from Earth and reappears in outer space. Titus Himmelberger, Cassandra Hayes, Tim Hatch, Ryan Dalton, and Jeff Kirkendall star in this sci-fi-horror flick that reminds you that screams go unheard in space. Witness a fight against evil in Amityville in Space, out this July.
Continue reading →
HBO MaxNewsParanormalStreaming TVTrailers
Ahead of its premiere this April, HBO has released the trailer for their new horror-comedy series “The Baby” which presents a darkly funny, raw examination of motherhood, from the perspective of a woman who doesn’t want to be one. Michelle De Swarte (“The Duchess”) stars as 38-year-old Natasha, who is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. But when she is unexpectedly landed with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative, but incredibly cute, the baby twists Natasha’s life into a surreal horror show. As she discovers the true extent of the baby’s deadly nature, Natasha makes increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it. She doesn’t want a baby. But the baby definitely wants her. The eight-episode limited series also stars Amira Ghazala (“The Rhythm Section”) as Mrs. Eaves, the 70-year-old enigma who has spent the last fifty years living out of her car and seems to be everywhere the Baby is, and
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