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A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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Short Film Review: The Ghost of Weatherton Hall (2021)

Under perpetually dark, and oft times stormy skies, sits Weatherton Hall; the former Gothic abode of a clan of aristocratic misanthropes and know the dread dwelling of paranormal perils that gather in the dark shadows of the walls of the manse. We soon learn of the source of the festering malignancy; one of the lords of the arcane abode (himself a rather vampiric fellow) decides his sister must be put to an end for her cruelty and does the act one winters night via the cruel blade of an axe! Utilizing an impressive array of authentic props, elaborate miniatures, silent film techniques, and puppetry (which will bring to mind the ghostly glory of the old ViewMaster Dracula reels… ans that is a wickedly wonderful thing indeed my cats n’ creeps!); writer/director Mark Dickinson has truly created a bite-sized monsterpiece that is a feast for the eerie eyeballs through and through! As our marionette cast (created by the artisans at Czech

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DanXIII
Feb 6, 2021
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Mario Cerrito’s Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ Debuts On Troma Now

After being deemed too extreme for Amazon due to violence and gore, Mario Cerrito‘s cannibal horror film Human Hibachi has now debuted on the streaming service Troma Now! In the film, “A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Director Mario Cerrito sat down with us for an interview in which we discuss the film’s more sensitive topics like cannibalism and more. Be sure to check it out. Cerrito will continue the story with the sequel, Human Hibachi 2: Feast in the Forest set to film later this year. Currently, he is busy at work on the upcoming 80s style horror film The House In The Pines. Troma Now‘s streaming service is a chaotic mix of lost 80s schlock and modern no-budget films, making exploring it quite

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021
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Buckle Up For The Hi-Tech Thriller ‘4×4’ Based On True Events

Buckle up and watch the trailer for the high-tech carjacking thriller 4×4 out this February from filmmaker Mariano Cohn. In 4×4, when petty thief Ciro (Peter Lanzani) tries to rob an ordinary-looking car, he finds out that his target is actually a high-tech machine – one that’s determined to trap him inside unless he can find a way to escape. To make matters worse, someone on the outside is in control of the car, and they seem to have a plan. Peter Lanzani, Dady Breva, and Luis Brandoni star in the film based on true events. 4×4 is gearing up to land on VOD and Digital on February 2, 2021, from Red Hound Films. Check out the action-packed trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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This February A ‘Reunion’ Takes A Horrifying Turn

This February, a woman’s visit to her ancestral home takes a terrifying turn in writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s (Free in Deed) Runion, starring Julia Ormond (TV’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”). In the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, a pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. Emma Draper (Wellington Paranormal), Cohen Holloway (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows), Ava Keane (Daffodils), Gina Laverty (Wellington Paranormal), and John Bach (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) also star. Nadia Maxwell, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, and Mike S. Ryan produce. Reunion opens in theaters and arrives on VOD and Digital Platforms on February 5, 2021. Check out the trailer from Dark Sky Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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A Young Woman Seeks Revenge In The Thriller #LIKE

A young woman will discover just how far she will go to get justice in the dark thriller #LIKE. Sarah Rich (“Blacklist”) and Marc Menchaca (Alone, “The Outsider”) star in the Sarah Pirozek film that centers on Woodstock teen Rosie (Rich) who is mourning the first anniversary of her younger sister Amelia’s death when she discovers that the mysterious man (Menchaca) who sexploited and bullied her sister into committing suicide, is back online trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved, Rosie discovers a darker side she never knew she had as she takes justice into her own hands. #LIKE is set to be released on VOD, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, FandangoNow, and on Microsoft Store on January 26, 2021, by Giant Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2021
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Murderous Mayhem Is Unleashed In The Horror Comedy ‘Happy Times’

Michael Mayer (Out in the Dark) returns to filmmaking with Happy Times, a decidedly raucous horror-comedy to be released this February. In the film, “an Israeli American couple invite friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust, and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem. Filmed with a mix of English and Hebrew, this “Jews Behaving Badly” story stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Out in the Dark, Netflix’s Shtisel), Shani Atias (Ten Days in the Valley, Shameless, MacGyver), Guy Adler (The Angel, Big Bad Wolves), and Israeli TV star Liraz Chamami (Manayek, Unchained, Asylum City, Malkot). Watch Happy Times turn into a bloody affair on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming platforms on February 9, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2021
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Juan Ortiz’s Fantastic Phobia Horror-Comedy ‘Fingers’ Now On Shudder

We all have some type of phobia, but one woman’s growing list of irrational fears is spiraling out of control in the horror-comedy Fingers from writer-director-producer Juan Ortiz. Produced by Natalé Olsen (Steve Jobs), the movie stars Sabina Friedman-Seitz (The Boy Downstairs), Jeremy Gardner (Bliss), and Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler). Fingers follows Amanda (Sabina Friedman-Seitz), a woman who has a number of truly terrible phobias. It’s starting to affect her marriage, her fears are growing in their inconsistency and levels of strangeness, and her husband is struggling to cope with it. When Walter, an employee at her mental health app business, shows up to work one day grossly missing his pinky finger, Amanda is so disgusted that she runs out of work in a flurried panic, thus prompting her to reach out to a therapist to try and help conquer her life-altering problems. Attempting a form of immersion therapy, Dr. Scotty forces Amanda to meet with Walter, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Theater Bizarre (2011)

Enola Penny (Virginia Newcomb) enters a ramshackle theater where a human-sized puppet (horror legend Udo Kier) offers up strange tales of… well strange-ass shit (all loosely fitting the gore-packed French theater tradition of Grand Guignol… shows comprised of short horror vignettes containing copious bloodshed and gore) in what serves as the framing segments of off-the-rails horror anthology The Theater Bizarre, one of the newest Blu-ray offerings from those delightful devils over at Severin! Kicking of this creepy collection of terror tales is Richard Stanley’s The Mother Of Toads, which concerns the misadventures of young travelers Martin (Shane Woodward) and Karina (Victoria Maurette) who, as fate would have it, encounter Mere Antoinette (Lucio Fulci regular Catriona MacColl)… a mystic jewelry seller who claims to have a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, which interests Martin to no fuckin’ end! Karina soon pisses off to the spa, leaving Martin to explore all of Antoinette’s wicked wonders… which results in a glimpse at the

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DanXIII
Jan 22, 2021
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A Killer Night Out Turns Deadly In The ‘Dreamcatcher’ Trailer

The new trailer for writer-director Jacob Johnston‘s horror Dreamcatcher introduces us to a group of friends looking to have a killer night out, but things go terribly wrong when they come face to face with a killer that’s looking to have a little fun too. In the film, “Dylan, known to his fans as DJ Dreamcatcher, is on the brink of global stardom. Everything changes the night of Cataclysm, an underground music festival, where two estranged sisters and their friends meet Dylan. After a drug-fueled gruesome event, things begin to spiral into a 48-hour whirlwind of violence and mayhem.” Niki Koss, Zachary Gordon, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III, Olivia Sui, Emrhys Cooper, Elizabeth Posey, Nazanin Mandi, Adrienne Wilkinson, and Lou Ferrigno Jr. star. Dreamcatcher opens in theaters and arrives on Digital and Demand on March 5, 2021, presented by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Grab your friends and have a killer night!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2021

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A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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Short Film Review: The Ghost of Weatherton Hall (2021)

Under perpetually dark, and oft times stormy skies, sits Weatherton Hall; the former Gothic abode of a clan of aristocratic misanthropes and know the dread dwelling of paranormal perils that gather in the dark shadows of the walls of the manse. We soon learn of the source of the festering malignancy; one of the lords of the arcane abode (himself a rather vampiric fellow) decides his sister must be put to an end for her cruelty and does the act one winters night via the cruel blade of an axe! Utilizing an impressive array of authentic props, elaborate miniatures, silent film techniques, and puppetry (which will bring to mind the ghostly glory of the old ViewMaster Dracula reels… ans that is a wickedly wonderful thing indeed my cats n’ creeps!); writer/director Mark Dickinson has truly created a bite-sized monsterpiece that is a feast for the eerie eyeballs through and through! As our marionette cast (created by the artisans at Czech

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

Mario Cerrito’s Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ Debuts On Troma Now

After being deemed too extreme for Amazon due to violence and gore, Mario Cerrito‘s cannibal horror film Human Hibachi has now debuted on the streaming service Troma Now! In the film, “A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Director Mario Cerrito sat down with us for an interview in which we discuss the film’s more sensitive topics like cannibalism and more. Be sure to check it out. Cerrito will continue the story with the sequel, Human Hibachi 2: Feast in the Forest set to film later this year. Currently, he is busy at work on the upcoming 80s style horror film The House In The Pines. Troma Now‘s streaming service is a chaotic mix of lost 80s schlock and modern no-budget films, making exploring it quite

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021
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Buckle Up For The Hi-Tech Thriller ‘4×4’ Based On True Events

Buckle up and watch the trailer for the high-tech carjacking thriller 4×4 out this February from filmmaker Mariano Cohn. In 4×4, when petty thief Ciro (Peter Lanzani) tries to rob an ordinary-looking car, he finds out that his target is actually a high-tech machine – one that’s determined to trap him inside unless he can find a way to escape. To make matters worse, someone on the outside is in control of the car, and they seem to have a plan. Peter Lanzani, Dady Breva, and Luis Brandoni star in the film based on true events. 4×4 is gearing up to land on VOD and Digital on February 2, 2021, from Red Hound Films. Check out the action-packed trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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This February A ‘Reunion’ Takes A Horrifying Turn

This February, a woman’s visit to her ancestral home takes a terrifying turn in writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s (Free in Deed) Runion, starring Julia Ormond (TV’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”). In the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, a pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. Emma Draper (Wellington Paranormal), Cohen Holloway (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows), Ava Keane (Daffodils), Gina Laverty (Wellington Paranormal), and John Bach (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) also star. Nadia Maxwell, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, and Mike S. Ryan produce. Reunion opens in theaters and arrives on VOD and Digital Platforms on February 5, 2021. Check out the trailer from Dark Sky Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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A Young Woman Seeks Revenge In The Thriller #LIKE

A young woman will discover just how far she will go to get justice in the dark thriller #LIKE. Sarah Rich (“Blacklist”) and Marc Menchaca (Alone, “The Outsider”) star in the Sarah Pirozek film that centers on Woodstock teen Rosie (Rich) who is mourning the first anniversary of her younger sister Amelia’s death when she discovers that the mysterious man (Menchaca) who sexploited and bullied her sister into committing suicide, is back online trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved, Rosie discovers a darker side she never knew she had as she takes justice into her own hands. #LIKE is set to be released on VOD, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, FandangoNow, and on Microsoft Store on January 26, 2021, by Giant Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2021
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Murderous Mayhem Is Unleashed In The Horror Comedy ‘Happy Times’

Michael Mayer (Out in the Dark) returns to filmmaking with Happy Times, a decidedly raucous horror-comedy to be released this February. In the film, “an Israeli American couple invite friends and family over to their Hollywood mansion for a Shabbat dinner party. But a deadly mix of alcohol, inflated egos, inappropriate lust, and raging jealousy turns the sedate affair into a cauldron of murderous mayhem. Filmed with a mix of English and Hebrew, this “Jews Behaving Badly” story stars Israeli actor Michael Aloni (Out in the Dark, Netflix’s Shtisel), Shani Atias (Ten Days in the Valley, Shameless, MacGyver), Guy Adler (The Angel, Big Bad Wolves), and Israeli TV star Liraz Chamami (Manayek, Unchained, Asylum City, Malkot). Watch Happy Times turn into a bloody affair on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming platforms on February 9, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2021
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Juan Ortiz’s Fantastic Phobia Horror-Comedy ‘Fingers’ Now On Shudder

We all have some type of phobia, but one woman’s growing list of irrational fears is spiraling out of control in the horror-comedy Fingers from writer-director-producer Juan Ortiz. Produced by Natalé Olsen (Steve Jobs), the movie stars Sabina Friedman-Seitz (The Boy Downstairs), Jeremy Gardner (Bliss), and Michael St. Michaels (The Greasy Strangler). Fingers follows Amanda (Sabina Friedman-Seitz), a woman who has a number of truly terrible phobias. It’s starting to affect her marriage, her fears are growing in their inconsistency and levels of strangeness, and her husband is struggling to cope with it. When Walter, an employee at her mental health app business, shows up to work one day grossly missing his pinky finger, Amanda is so disgusted that she runs out of work in a flurried panic, thus prompting her to reach out to a therapist to try and help conquer her life-altering problems. Attempting a form of immersion therapy, Dr. Scotty forces Amanda to meet with Walter, who

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Theater Bizarre (2011)

Enola Penny (Virginia Newcomb) enters a ramshackle theater where a human-sized puppet (horror legend Udo Kier) offers up strange tales of… well strange-ass shit (all loosely fitting the gore-packed French theater tradition of Grand Guignol… shows comprised of short horror vignettes containing copious bloodshed and gore) in what serves as the framing segments of off-the-rails horror anthology The Theater Bizarre, one of the newest Blu-ray offerings from those delightful devils over at Severin! Kicking of this creepy collection of terror tales is Richard Stanley’s The Mother Of Toads, which concerns the misadventures of young travelers Martin (Shane Woodward) and Karina (Victoria Maurette) who, as fate would have it, encounter Mere Antoinette (Lucio Fulci regular Catriona MacColl)… a mystic jewelry seller who claims to have a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, which interests Martin to no fuckin’ end! Karina soon pisses off to the spa, leaving Martin to explore all of Antoinette’s wicked wonders… which results in a glimpse at the

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 22, 2021
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A Killer Night Out Turns Deadly In The ‘Dreamcatcher’ Trailer

The new trailer for writer-director Jacob Johnston‘s horror Dreamcatcher introduces us to a group of friends looking to have a killer night out, but things go terribly wrong when they come face to face with a killer that’s looking to have a little fun too. In the film, “Dylan, known to his fans as DJ Dreamcatcher, is on the brink of global stardom. Everything changes the night of Cataclysm, an underground music festival, where two estranged sisters and their friends meet Dylan. After a drug-fueled gruesome event, things begin to spiral into a 48-hour whirlwind of violence and mayhem.” Niki Koss, Zachary Gordon, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III, Olivia Sui, Emrhys Cooper, Elizabeth Posey, Nazanin Mandi, Adrienne Wilkinson, and Lou Ferrigno Jr. star. Dreamcatcher opens in theaters and arrives on Digital and Demand on March 5, 2021, presented by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Grab your friends and have a killer night!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2021
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