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Game Review: ‘Tormented Souls’

When I first heard of this game, I saw it on a post on Twitter showing testing of the combat animation and was instantly taken in by the look (though it was roughly done) but now Tormented Souls has been unleashed and PQube was amazing enough to let me have a look-see at their game that touts its bringing back classic survival horror. Tormented Souls follows Caroline Walker, a young woman who was suddenly called on to visit an abandoned mansion that is also a hospital, upon arriving she is knocked out and wakes up in a nightmarish scenario where twisted creatures roam the halls and her only weapon is a nail gun. The controls of the game are very smooth and can be mastered quite quickly and handle very much like the classic survival horror games we grew up on! No surprise as the game is heavily inspired by “Resident Evil” and “Silent Hill”, which you definitely see a

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Sep 10, 2021
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Three Award-Winning Filmmakers Come Together For Horror Anthology ‘Devil’s Five’

Three award-winning filmmakers, Terry R. Wickam, George Brianka, and Edwin M. Figueroa, come together for the indie horror anthology Devil’s Five. Featuring four tales of the macabre and a wrap-around, Devil’s Five stars Ralf Scheepers, Siakie Tetteh, Walter Masterson, Megan Penn, and Almog Pail. In Devil’s Five, “an ancient evil unleashes a deadly computer virus hell-bent on destroying humanity. “Abandoned,” a photographer does a photoshoot with a sexy video vixen in a deserted location supposedly haunted. Soon after they begin taking pictures, they are interrupted by something evil the leads to a white-knuckle conclusion. “Don’t Say These Words!” is based on the true story of the satanic ritual murders that transpired on Long Island in the 1980s, making headlines across the county. It recounts the chilling story of Satanism and demon worship slaying. It is also an homage to classic horror movies and books of that time period. “Choke,” a filmmaker betrayed by his adulteress wife and his business partner,

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Enter ‘Apartment 413’ This September (Trailer)

Nicholas Saenz (“American Crime”), Brea Grant (Beyond the Gates), and Dave Buckman star in Matt Patterson‘s unnerving horror Apartment 413, out On Digital this September from Terror Films. In the indie film, “Marco spends his days applying for jobs online and waiting for Dana, his pregnant girlfriend, to get home. Strange post-it notes mysteriously appear around the apartment with cryptic warnings. A mechanic texts and calls him with menacing messages from an old non-functioning cell phone. The walls close in and tensions build between Marco and Dana’s relationship until all sense of safety dwindles as the lines between imagined and reality blur for both Marco and the audience. When Marco discovers the root of it all, his real problems begin.” Terror Films presents Apartment 413 on Digital on September 17, 2021.

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Watch The New Clip From The Horror Comedy ‘When The Screaming Starts’

Following its World Premiere at FrightFest last week, we’ve got a brand new clip from the horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts, from Riotous Films in association with FOUR plus10 Films and Little Narwhal Films. In the clip we see a pair playing a serial killer version of the children’s game “Guess Who” and now I want one. The mockumentary marks the directorial debut of Conor Boru and stars “The Witcher” alum Yasen Atour, as well as Ed Hartland (“The Crown”), Octavia Gilmore (For Sale), and Jared Rogers (Killer Weekend). In the film, Aidan Mendle has a dream; he aspires to be an infamous serial killer. When a struggling journalist, Norman, is invited to follow Aidan on his journey, he believes he has finally landed his big break. But as Aidan and his newly recruited murder cult embark on a bloodsoaked rampage, will Norman’s dream of becoming a renowned filmmaker turn into a nightmare. Who will be remembered, who will be

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Blu-ray Review: Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman (1955 – 1957)

Producer Sam Katzman was responsible for a stunning array of poverty-row shockers, and this new box set from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment) brings forth the creepy cream of the crop! Without further arcane ado, let’s dip out terror toes in this putrid pond, shall we? First comes Creature with the Atom Brain (1955): Gangsters are being found tits up, with radioactive dead man’s fingerprints found all over the scene, so the police are baffled. How is this a thing? Well, exiled gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) hooks up with Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye), a Nazi mad scientist who is trying to create a new mindless work force created from the bodies of the dead. Frank likes the sound of that shit, believe you me, and before long him and Dr. Feelbad are back in the States and putting a murder on each and every gangster that has ever crossed Buchanan… wait, why are the police angry this dude

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Sep 5, 2021
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A Camping Trip Turns Deadly This October In ‘Ashburn Waters’ (Trailer)

The award-winning Australian indie horror Ashburn Waters is coming to DVD this October, just in time for Halloween. Directed by David Pether, the film centers on Brett who has agreed to join his friends on a high school reunion camping trip. He thought the height of his worries would be dealing with his ex-girlfriend and her new flame, but little did he know that the campground, Ashburn Waters, has been closed due to unexplained murders and now his friends are in danger of falling victim to the campground’s curse, one by one. Kyal Scott, Jade Prechelt, and Maia Rose Michaels star in Ashburn Waters, landing on DVD on October 19, 2021, from Bayview Entertainment.

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Blu-ray Review: Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection (1965 – 1988)

Bill Rebane; that Wisconsin bred mother fucker of a regional schlock-meister… I love him, and I wager after you park your ass in front of this rich motherload of drive-in awesome-fuckery flyin’ your way from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment) you will too! Kicking off the collection is 1965’s cobbled together mess-terpiece, Monster a Go-Go: A space capsule (pronounced here as cap-soool, which was too much for me) tumbles back to Earth and the astronaut inside goes missing. Coincidentally, a ten foot tall, radiation scarred mutant begins wandering about, just waiting to put the gruesome murder biz upon anyone that stands in his way of… well, wandering around killing people mostly… In a flash of cinematic Frankenstein frenzy, the Godfather of Gore himself; Herschell Gordon Lewis acquired the footage to an unfinished Rebane picture from 1961, added some new footage and narration (provided by H.G. Lewis himself), and released the jarring results to horror hounds everywhere back in ’65!

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Sep 3, 2021
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Humanity Fights Dark Entities And Each Other This September In ‘Companion’

Humanity fights to survive both evil entities and each other in writer-director John Darbonne‘s (The Cottages) indie horror Companion, out on Demand this September. “In 2030, society fell as malicious entities appeared around the world. The survivors must fight each other and the dead. Across this brutal landscape, Ella Grace’s burden of guilt is exposed. The past, and the horrors of what she will become, force Ella to kill what she loves in order to discover the terrifying meaning of the ghosts that feed on her fear.” The cast includes Russell Shealy (Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird”, The Farmhand, Surrender Me), Eric Hanson (The Challenger Disaster, No Ordinary Love, Brady’s Lot), Christine Nguyen (Vigilante Diaries, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Get Him to the Greek), Stephen Brodie (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Anna Flynn (Persuasion), Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie), and Marcus Anthony. Companion lands on Digital on September 14, 2021, from Level 33 Entertainment.

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An Influencer Gets More Than She Bargained For In ‘Beyond Paranormal’

Writer-director Matteo Ribaudo‘s new indie horror film Beyond Paranormal is set to be released later this month. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Starring Ryan Donowho, Cortney Palm, and Oliver Cooper, Beyond Paranormal centers on Box Girl Lily, an influencer wannabe, who will risk anything for fans including her boyfriend’s sanity. Promoting her next project she receives a mysterious statue. Desperate for likes she recruits him to capture her own possession. The social media-crazed couple gets more than they can bargain for when she calls upon powers that are beyond paranormal. Beyond Paranormal lands on Digital on September 28, 2021, from Make It Happen Films.

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A Woman Is Out For Revenge This September In ‘The Madness Inside Me’

From award-winning writer-director, Matthew Berkowitz comes the twist-filled thriller The Madness Inside Me, out this September. In the film, “Madison Taylor (Merrin Dungey) is a forensic psychiatrist, spending her days interviewing prison inmates and her evenings with her husband Jeremy. When Jeremy is killed in a home invasion by Francis Tate (Devon Graye), her world begins to turn itself inside out. Madison’s fascination with morbid crime begins to gnaw away at her character. She becomes sleepless and now spends her evenings stalking and photographing strangers. She refuses to identify her husband’s killer and instead chooses to stalk him for revenge. Now finding pleasure in her thrill-seeking, dangerous life choices, she starts to put herself in compromising situations for arousal. Is her relationship with criminals an excuse for her to rebel or is this the person who has always been inside her?” Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Alias, American Horror Stories), Devon Graye (I See You, American Horror Stories), and Thomas

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Game Review: ‘Tormented Souls’

When I first heard of this game, I saw it on a post on Twitter showing testing of the combat animation and was instantly taken in by the look (though it was roughly done) but now Tormented Souls has been unleashed and PQube was amazing enough to let me have a look-see at their game that touts its bringing back classic survival horror. Tormented Souls follows Caroline Walker, a young woman who was suddenly called on to visit an abandoned mansion that is also a hospital, upon arriving she is knocked out and wakes up in a nightmarish scenario where twisted creatures roam the halls and her only weapon is a nail gun. The controls of the game are very smooth and can be mastered quite quickly and handle very much like the classic survival horror games we grew up on! No surprise as the game is heavily inspired by “Resident Evil” and “Silent Hill”, which you definitely see a

Continue reading →
Sep 10, 2021
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Three Award-Winning Filmmakers Come Together For Horror Anthology ‘Devil’s Five’

Three award-winning filmmakers, Terry R. Wickam, George Brianka, and Edwin M. Figueroa, come together for the indie horror anthology Devil’s Five. Featuring four tales of the macabre and a wrap-around, Devil’s Five stars Ralf Scheepers, Siakie Tetteh, Walter Masterson, Megan Penn, and Almog Pail. In Devil’s Five, “an ancient evil unleashes a deadly computer virus hell-bent on destroying humanity. “Abandoned,” a photographer does a photoshoot with a sexy video vixen in a deserted location supposedly haunted. Soon after they begin taking pictures, they are interrupted by something evil the leads to a white-knuckle conclusion. “Don’t Say These Words!” is based on the true story of the satanic ritual murders that transpired on Long Island in the 1980s, making headlines across the county. It recounts the chilling story of Satanism and demon worship slaying. It is also an homage to classic horror movies and books of that time period. “Choke,” a filmmaker betrayed by his adulteress wife and his business partner,

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Enter ‘Apartment 413’ This September (Trailer)

Nicholas Saenz (“American Crime”), Brea Grant (Beyond the Gates), and Dave Buckman star in Matt Patterson‘s unnerving horror Apartment 413, out On Digital this September from Terror Films. In the indie film, “Marco spends his days applying for jobs online and waiting for Dana, his pregnant girlfriend, to get home. Strange post-it notes mysteriously appear around the apartment with cryptic warnings. A mechanic texts and calls him with menacing messages from an old non-functioning cell phone. The walls close in and tensions build between Marco and Dana’s relationship until all sense of safety dwindles as the lines between imagined and reality blur for both Marco and the audience. When Marco discovers the root of it all, his real problems begin.” Terror Films presents Apartment 413 on Digital on September 17, 2021.

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Watch The New Clip From The Horror Comedy ‘When The Screaming Starts’

Following its World Premiere at FrightFest last week, we’ve got a brand new clip from the horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts, from Riotous Films in association with FOUR plus10 Films and Little Narwhal Films. In the clip we see a pair playing a serial killer version of the children’s game “Guess Who” and now I want one. The mockumentary marks the directorial debut of Conor Boru and stars “The Witcher” alum Yasen Atour, as well as Ed Hartland (“The Crown”), Octavia Gilmore (For Sale), and Jared Rogers (Killer Weekend). In the film, Aidan Mendle has a dream; he aspires to be an infamous serial killer. When a struggling journalist, Norman, is invited to follow Aidan on his journey, he believes he has finally landed his big break. But as Aidan and his newly recruited murder cult embark on a bloodsoaked rampage, will Norman’s dream of becoming a renowned filmmaker turn into a nightmare. Who will be remembered, who will be

Continue reading →
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Cold War Creatures: Four Films from Sam Katzman (1955 – 1957)

Producer Sam Katzman was responsible for a stunning array of poverty-row shockers, and this new box set from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment) brings forth the creepy cream of the crop! Without further arcane ado, let’s dip out terror toes in this putrid pond, shall we? First comes Creature with the Atom Brain (1955): Gangsters are being found tits up, with radioactive dead man’s fingerprints found all over the scene, so the police are baffled. How is this a thing? Well, exiled gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) hooks up with Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye), a Nazi mad scientist who is trying to create a new mindless work force created from the bodies of the dead. Frank likes the sound of that shit, believe you me, and before long him and Dr. Feelbad are back in the States and putting a murder on each and every gangster that has ever crossed Buchanan… wait, why are the police angry this dude

Continue reading →
Sep 5, 2021
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A Camping Trip Turns Deadly This October In ‘Ashburn Waters’ (Trailer)

The award-winning Australian indie horror Ashburn Waters is coming to DVD this October, just in time for Halloween. Directed by David Pether, the film centers on Brett who has agreed to join his friends on a high school reunion camping trip. He thought the height of his worries would be dealing with his ex-girlfriend and her new flame, but little did he know that the campground, Ashburn Waters, has been closed due to unexplained murders and now his friends are in danger of falling victim to the campground’s curse, one by one. Kyal Scott, Jade Prechelt, and Maia Rose Michaels star in Ashburn Waters, landing on DVD on October 19, 2021, from Bayview Entertainment.

Continue reading →
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Blu-ray Review: Weird Wisconsin: The Bill Rebane Collection (1965 – 1988)

Bill Rebane; that Wisconsin bred mother fucker of a regional schlock-meister… I love him, and I wager after you park your ass in front of this rich motherload of drive-in awesome-fuckery flyin’ your way from Arrow Video (along with MVD Entertainment) you will too! Kicking off the collection is 1965’s cobbled together mess-terpiece, Monster a Go-Go: A space capsule (pronounced here as cap-soool, which was too much for me) tumbles back to Earth and the astronaut inside goes missing. Coincidentally, a ten foot tall, radiation scarred mutant begins wandering about, just waiting to put the gruesome murder biz upon anyone that stands in his way of… well, wandering around killing people mostly… In a flash of cinematic Frankenstein frenzy, the Godfather of Gore himself; Herschell Gordon Lewis acquired the footage to an unfinished Rebane picture from 1961, added some new footage and narration (provided by H.G. Lewis himself), and released the jarring results to horror hounds everywhere back in ’65!

Continue reading →
Sep 3, 2021
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Humanity Fights Dark Entities And Each Other This September In ‘Companion’

Humanity fights to survive both evil entities and each other in writer-director John Darbonne‘s (The Cottages) indie horror Companion, out on Demand this September. “In 2030, society fell as malicious entities appeared around the world. The survivors must fight each other and the dead. Across this brutal landscape, Ella Grace’s burden of guilt is exposed. The past, and the horrors of what she will become, force Ella to kill what she loves in order to discover the terrifying meaning of the ghosts that feed on her fear.” The cast includes Russell Shealy (Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird”, The Farmhand, Surrender Me), Eric Hanson (The Challenger Disaster, No Ordinary Love, Brady’s Lot), Christine Nguyen (Vigilante Diaries, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Get Him to the Greek), Stephen Brodie (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Anna Flynn (Persuasion), Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie), and Marcus Anthony. Companion lands on Digital on September 14, 2021, from Level 33 Entertainment.

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An Influencer Gets More Than She Bargained For In ‘Beyond Paranormal’

Writer-director Matteo Ribaudo‘s new indie horror film Beyond Paranormal is set to be released later this month. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Starring Ryan Donowho, Cortney Palm, and Oliver Cooper, Beyond Paranormal centers on Box Girl Lily, an influencer wannabe, who will risk anything for fans including her boyfriend’s sanity. Promoting her next project she receives a mysterious statue. Desperate for likes she recruits him to capture her own possession. The social media-crazed couple gets more than they can bargain for when she calls upon powers that are beyond paranormal. Beyond Paranormal lands on Digital on September 28, 2021, from Make It Happen Films.

Continue reading →
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A Woman Is Out For Revenge This September In ‘The Madness Inside Me’

From award-winning writer-director, Matthew Berkowitz comes the twist-filled thriller The Madness Inside Me, out this September. In the film, “Madison Taylor (Merrin Dungey) is a forensic psychiatrist, spending her days interviewing prison inmates and her evenings with her husband Jeremy. When Jeremy is killed in a home invasion by Francis Tate (Devon Graye), her world begins to turn itself inside out. Madison’s fascination with morbid crime begins to gnaw away at her character. She becomes sleepless and now spends her evenings stalking and photographing strangers. She refuses to identify her husband’s killer and instead chooses to stalk him for revenge. Now finding pleasure in her thrill-seeking, dangerous life choices, she starts to put herself in compromising situations for arousal. Is her relationship with criminals an excuse for her to rebel or is this the person who has always been inside her?” Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Alias, American Horror Stories), Devon Graye (I See You, American Horror Stories), and Thomas

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