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Shudder Celebrates ‘Halfway To Halloween’ With Killer April Lineup

April marks halfway to Halloween and Shudder is celebrating with new seasons including of “Creepshow” and the return of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs“, and a ton of new films such as Corrina Faith’s The Power. Don’t know what to watch? Try the live ‘Halfway to Halloween Hotline’ that will provide members with personalized horror movie recommendations! Some do Christmas in July but at Shudder we celebrate Halloween in April to mark the halfway point to the greatest holiday of the year,” said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder. “‘Halfway to Halloween Month’ is going to be the biggest month of programming in Shudder history with new movies, series, a killer documentary and more.” This year’s ‘Halfway to Halloween’ lineup includes two Shudder Original series, five new Shudder Original and Shudder Exclusive premieres, an exclusive documentary, the 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, and more. Some of the great films to catch are the highly anticipated follow-up to Yeon Sang-ho’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 4, 2021
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A Killer Pair Of Jeans Racks Up A Body Count This March In Shudder’s ‘Slaxx’

Shudder is taking fashion seriously with the horror-comedy Slaxx, about killer designer jeans (yes, really) and we’ve got the new trailer which may make you want to never wear pants again. From the producers of Turbo Kid and director, Elza Kaphert comes the Shudder Original about “A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection.” Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Sehar Bhojani, Tianna Nori, and Hanneke Talbot star in this bloody, fun flick. Kaphert co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez. Blood Brothers FX, the special effects company behind Turbo Kid, Blood Quantum, and Ravenous, brought the unique titular villain to life, and Canadian sustainable and premium denim brand Naked & Famous designed and manufactured the jeans. Slaxx is out on Shudder on March 18, 2021. Be sure

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2021
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Get Your Copy Now Of The Remastered True Story Inspired Film ‘Who Put Ella In The Wych Elm’

The award-winning folk horror feature Bella in the Wych Elm, inspired by a true story, has returned in a spanking new remastered definitive cut in this special BLU+DVD set loaded with extras including a reversible sleeve, fold-out poster with brand new artwork commissioned by SLUDGEWORK, liner notes booklet, special silent movie edition with choice of 3 alternate scores and more! Now available for pre-order, the film is an unnerving look at the famous “Who put Bella in the wych elm” mystery which is local to the filmmakers serves as a love letter to Black Country heritage and the power of modern folklore and storytelling. In the real-life mystery, four children discovered the skeletal remains of a woman inside of a wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England in 1943. The victim is thought to have been murdered and placed in the tree two years earlier. Not long after the discovery, graffiti began to appear around the town asking the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
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A Group Of Psychopaths Stalk A Victim In The New ‘Hyde’ Trailer

Led by a ruthless leader, a group of psychopaths, who look like they stepped right out of The Purge, leave a path of death and destruction in the trailer for Hyde, the directorial debut of Dallas Burgess. The movie stars Avi Lake (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) as a journalist who wakes up from a coma having lost ten years of her memory. Texas Rangers and a murderous gang of masked psychopaths, led by the criminal HYDE, hound her every step as she struggles to piece together who or what she has become. After relocating to Texas to further his film career, Burgess joined co-writer, Ian Neligh and the two wrote four feature screenplays, one of which, Hyde. Kelsey Pribilski, Diana Rose, and Chip Llorens also star in Hyde that lands on Digital and VOD on March 2, 2021, from High Octane Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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Movie Adaptation Of “Werewolves Within” Game Hunts Down A 2021 Release Date

IFC Films has sunk its teeth into the modern-day werewolf whodunnit Werewolves Within starring Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and Milana Vayntrub of “This Is Us”. Directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me), Werewolves Within was written by best-selling author Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. In the film, “After a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.” The ensemble cast also includes George Basil (Crashing), Sarah Burns (“Barry”), Michael Chernus (Tommy), Catherine Curtin (“Orange Is the New Black”), Wayne Duvall (The Hunt), Harvey Guillén (What We do in the Shadows), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”), Michaela Watkins (Brittany Runs a Marathon), and Glenn Fleshler

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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A Trip To Turns Deadly In The ‘Shark Island’ Trailer

Shark season is here! Michael Paré and country music star Erin Alvey jump into the waters of Thailand in Shark Island. In the film, directed by Stephen “Scruffy” Edgewood, several beautiful models are invited to an exotic location for a photoshoot. There they model a rare $10 million dollar necklace for a wealthy investor. Unbeknownst to them, the island’s waters are infested with sharks. But, perhaps it’s not the sharks in the water they need to worry about. Alan Collett and Erin Alvey star with Russell Geoffrey Banks, Zara Dragon, Poi Haywood, Alexandra Merle, Jude S. Walko, and Selina Weismann rounding out the cast. Dustin Alexander penned the script based on the story by Daniel Zirilli. Paul Collett executive produced with Dante del Mare and Pranom Thumcha, Victory of the People, Blue Falcon Productions LLC, Pop Art Film Factory, and Oscuro Films producing. Lee Gibson and Andrew Reyes co-produced. The film’s soundtrack features songs by Ho’ Aikane, Erin Alvey, Evol

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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Finland’s New Holiday Horror Film Will Give You ‘The Creeps’ This December

Horror, action, and comedy meet in The Creeps, from writer-director Marko Mäkilaakso (Sorjonen, War of the Dead, It Cape from the Desert) set to begin filming this March in Kajawood, Vuokatti, as well as in Jyväskylä, Finland. Produced by Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flam Pictures, The Creeps stars Hollywood legend Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Greystoke, Mortal Kombat), and Chris Cavalier (Hidden Figures, Teenage Bounty Hunters) along with Iiro Panula (Teit meistä kauniin, Sorjonen, Veljeni vartija, Valmentaja). Miika J. Norvanto and Timo Puustinen (Rendel movies) produce. “In the film, two young Americans prepare for the celebration of Monsterfest, an event in the skiing center of Vuokatti, but the party is soon interrupted when the Creeps – small but lethal – take over the event.” Inspired by 80-90’s classics like Gremlins, Critters, and Highlander. The Creeps brings in Nordic style to the subgenre. The creatures are designed by Disney veteran Barry Atkinson (The Lion King, Heavy Metal, Pocahontas, An American Tail, The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2021
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Movie Review: I Need You Dead! (2020)

Down Schmucksville way, a gaggle of young punks (some literally) are rippin’ shit up at a local house party. One said punk is the Lou Reed-lookin’ mother fucker known as Dood (Estevan Muñoz, who it has to be said is funny, relatable, and all-around top shelf in his role), who makes the scene, gets his palm read, and gets blasted on gummy bears laced with some of those good ol’ Made in the USA drugs that are all the rage with milk maids between the ages of 27 and 36… and are guaran-fuckin-teed to get your arcane ass “dummy high”. Anyway, after some hallucinogenic hullaballoo, our high hero encounters a toothsome tumor that crawls from a sewer grate and straight into… well, into a plush Mogwai… but after he’s done fuckin’ that thing six ways to Sunday, the creature (performed to gravely voiced perfection by Ty Anderson) becomes a kind of life coach for our Dood… sort of… I mean,

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DanXIII
Feb 21, 2021
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Movie Review: Bad Girls (2021)

Those eponymous Bad Girls, Val (Morgan Shaley Renew), Mitzi (Senethia Dresch), and Carolyn (Shelby Lois Guinn) by name, are (metaphorically) balls deep in one hell of an orgy of sex and violence as they rob and fuck their way on a roadtrip down Mexico way and sweet, sweet freedom. Along the way, our anti-heroines kidnap some rock stars, Bard Gainsworth (Cleveland Langdale) of Christmas Tits and Zerox Rhodesia (Micah Peroulis) of Poltergasm to be precise, which adds to the “sex” quotient mentioned up yonder, not to mention adding fistfuls of drugs (including theta from co-writer/director Christopher Bickel’s 2017 flick The Theta Girl)… so yeah, this turns into a complete psychotronic experience right fuckin’ quick! Will Val and the gals make it through this ballet of bullets (and the occasional knife), boobs, and bloodshed intact? Yeah, like I’d really tell you that… Because you cats n’ creeps dig on comparisons, let’s go with: Bad Girls is like the end result of

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DanXIII
Feb 20, 2021
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Dive Into The True Story Inspired Aquatic Horror ‘Buoyancy’

From Dutch filmmaker, Roel Leijten is making his feature writing and directing debut with the true-story-inspired aquatic horror-thriller Buoyancy, starring “The Flash” actress Rebecca Finch. In the film, “when an overly ambitious student gets invited for a submarine journey by an eccentric entrepreneur, she comes to realize that deep-down inside people are not who they pretend to be.” Michael Wagner (“Rosamunde Pilcher”), Eline Havenaar and Portia Booroff also star. In 2018, Leijten wrote and directed the short film Never Mind about the MeToo-era, which was selected at several international festivals and premiered at the 32nd edition of the Braunschweig International Film Festival. Dive into Buoyancy when it arrives on VOD and Digital on March 2, 2021, from High Octane Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2021

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Shudder Celebrates ‘Halfway To Halloween’ With Killer April Lineup

April marks halfway to Halloween and Shudder is celebrating with new seasons including of “Creepshow” and the return of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs“, and a ton of new films such as Corrina Faith’s The Power. Don’t know what to watch? Try the live ‘Halfway to Halloween Hotline’ that will provide members with personalized horror movie recommendations! Some do Christmas in July but at Shudder we celebrate Halloween in April to mark the halfway point to the greatest holiday of the year,” said Craig Engler, general manager of Shudder. “‘Halfway to Halloween Month’ is going to be the biggest month of programming in Shudder history with new movies, series, a killer documentary and more.” This year’s ‘Halfway to Halloween’ lineup includes two Shudder Original series, five new Shudder Original and Shudder Exclusive premieres, an exclusive documentary, the 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, and more. Some of the great films to catch are the highly anticipated follow-up to Yeon Sang-ho’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 4, 2021
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A Killer Pair Of Jeans Racks Up A Body Count This March In Shudder’s ‘Slaxx’

Shudder is taking fashion seriously with the horror-comedy Slaxx, about killer designer jeans (yes, really) and we’ve got the new trailer which may make you want to never wear pants again. From the producers of Turbo Kid and director, Elza Kaphert comes the Shudder Original about “A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection.” Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Sehar Bhojani, Tianna Nori, and Hanneke Talbot star in this bloody, fun flick. Kaphert co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez. Blood Brothers FX, the special effects company behind Turbo Kid, Blood Quantum, and Ravenous, brought the unique titular villain to life, and Canadian sustainable and premium denim brand Naked & Famous designed and manufactured the jeans. Slaxx is out on Shudder on March 18, 2021. Be sure

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2021
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Get Your Copy Now Of The Remastered True Story Inspired Film ‘Who Put Ella In The Wych Elm’

The award-winning folk horror feature Bella in the Wych Elm, inspired by a true story, has returned in a spanking new remastered definitive cut in this special BLU+DVD set loaded with extras including a reversible sleeve, fold-out poster with brand new artwork commissioned by SLUDGEWORK, liner notes booklet, special silent movie edition with choice of 3 alternate scores and more! Now available for pre-order, the film is an unnerving look at the famous “Who put Bella in the wych elm” mystery which is local to the filmmakers serves as a love letter to Black Country heritage and the power of modern folklore and storytelling. In the real-life mystery, four children discovered the skeletal remains of a woman inside of a wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England in 1943. The victim is thought to have been murdered and placed in the tree two years earlier. Not long after the discovery, graffiti began to appear around the town asking the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Group Of Psychopaths Stalk A Victim In The New ‘Hyde’ Trailer

Led by a ruthless leader, a group of psychopaths, who look like they stepped right out of The Purge, leave a path of death and destruction in the trailer for Hyde, the directorial debut of Dallas Burgess. The movie stars Avi Lake (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) as a journalist who wakes up from a coma having lost ten years of her memory. Texas Rangers and a murderous gang of masked psychopaths, led by the criminal HYDE, hound her every step as she struggles to piece together who or what she has become. After relocating to Texas to further his film career, Burgess joined co-writer, Ian Neligh and the two wrote four feature screenplays, one of which, Hyde. Kelsey Pribilski, Diana Rose, and Chip Llorens also star in Hyde that lands on Digital and VOD on March 2, 2021, from High Octane Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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Movie Adaptation Of “Werewolves Within” Game Hunts Down A 2021 Release Date

IFC Films has sunk its teeth into the modern-day werewolf whodunnit Werewolves Within starring Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and Milana Vayntrub of “This Is Us”. Directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me), Werewolves Within was written by best-selling author Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. In the film, “After a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.” The ensemble cast also includes George Basil (Crashing), Sarah Burns (“Barry”), Michael Chernus (Tommy), Catherine Curtin (“Orange Is the New Black”), Wayne Duvall (The Hunt), Harvey Guillén (What We do in the Shadows), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”), Michaela Watkins (Brittany Runs a Marathon), and Glenn Fleshler

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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A Trip To Turns Deadly In The ‘Shark Island’ Trailer

Shark season is here! Michael Paré and country music star Erin Alvey jump into the waters of Thailand in Shark Island. In the film, directed by Stephen “Scruffy” Edgewood, several beautiful models are invited to an exotic location for a photoshoot. There they model a rare $10 million dollar necklace for a wealthy investor. Unbeknownst to them, the island’s waters are infested with sharks. But, perhaps it’s not the sharks in the water they need to worry about. Alan Collett and Erin Alvey star with Russell Geoffrey Banks, Zara Dragon, Poi Haywood, Alexandra Merle, Jude S. Walko, and Selina Weismann rounding out the cast. Dustin Alexander penned the script based on the story by Daniel Zirilli. Paul Collett executive produced with Dante del Mare and Pranom Thumcha, Victory of the People, Blue Falcon Productions LLC, Pop Art Film Factory, and Oscuro Films producing. Lee Gibson and Andrew Reyes co-produced. The film’s soundtrack features songs by Ho’ Aikane, Erin Alvey, Evol

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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Finland’s New Holiday Horror Film Will Give You ‘The Creeps’ This December

Horror, action, and comedy meet in The Creeps, from writer-director Marko Mäkilaakso (Sorjonen, War of the Dead, It Cape from the Desert) set to begin filming this March in Kajawood, Vuokatti, as well as in Jyväskylä, Finland. Produced by Black Lion Pictures and Frozen Flam Pictures, The Creeps stars Hollywood legend Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Greystoke, Mortal Kombat), and Chris Cavalier (Hidden Figures, Teenage Bounty Hunters) along with Iiro Panula (Teit meistä kauniin, Sorjonen, Veljeni vartija, Valmentaja). Miika J. Norvanto and Timo Puustinen (Rendel movies) produce. “In the film, two young Americans prepare for the celebration of Monsterfest, an event in the skiing center of Vuokatti, but the party is soon interrupted when the Creeps – small but lethal – take over the event.” Inspired by 80-90’s classics like Gremlins, Critters, and Highlander. The Creeps brings in Nordic style to the subgenre. The creatures are designed by Disney veteran Barry Atkinson (The Lion King, Heavy Metal, Pocahontas, An American Tail, The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2021
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Movie Review: I Need You Dead! (2020)

Down Schmucksville way, a gaggle of young punks (some literally) are rippin’ shit up at a local house party. One said punk is the Lou Reed-lookin’ mother fucker known as Dood (Estevan Muñoz, who it has to be said is funny, relatable, and all-around top shelf in his role), who makes the scene, gets his palm read, and gets blasted on gummy bears laced with some of those good ol’ Made in the USA drugs that are all the rage with milk maids between the ages of 27 and 36… and are guaran-fuckin-teed to get your arcane ass “dummy high”. Anyway, after some hallucinogenic hullaballoo, our high hero encounters a toothsome tumor that crawls from a sewer grate and straight into… well, into a plush Mogwai… but after he’s done fuckin’ that thing six ways to Sunday, the creature (performed to gravely voiced perfection by Ty Anderson) becomes a kind of life coach for our Dood… sort of… I mean,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 21, 2021
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Movie Review: Bad Girls (2021)

Those eponymous Bad Girls, Val (Morgan Shaley Renew), Mitzi (Senethia Dresch), and Carolyn (Shelby Lois Guinn) by name, are (metaphorically) balls deep in one hell of an orgy of sex and violence as they rob and fuck their way on a roadtrip down Mexico way and sweet, sweet freedom. Along the way, our anti-heroines kidnap some rock stars, Bard Gainsworth (Cleveland Langdale) of Christmas Tits and Zerox Rhodesia (Micah Peroulis) of Poltergasm to be precise, which adds to the “sex” quotient mentioned up yonder, not to mention adding fistfuls of drugs (including theta from co-writer/director Christopher Bickel’s 2017 flick The Theta Girl)… so yeah, this turns into a complete psychotronic experience right fuckin’ quick! Will Val and the gals make it through this ballet of bullets (and the occasional knife), boobs, and bloodshed intact? Yeah, like I’d really tell you that… Because you cats n’ creeps dig on comparisons, let’s go with: Bad Girls is like the end result of

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 20, 2021
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Dive Into The True Story Inspired Aquatic Horror ‘Buoyancy’

From Dutch filmmaker, Roel Leijten is making his feature writing and directing debut with the true-story-inspired aquatic horror-thriller Buoyancy, starring “The Flash” actress Rebecca Finch. In the film, “when an overly ambitious student gets invited for a submarine journey by an eccentric entrepreneur, she comes to realize that deep-down inside people are not who they pretend to be.” Michael Wagner (“Rosamunde Pilcher”), Eline Havenaar and Portia Booroff also star. In 2018, Leijten wrote and directed the short film Never Mind about the MeToo-era, which was selected at several international festivals and premiered at the 32nd edition of the Braunschweig International Film Festival. Dive into Buoyancy when it arrives on VOD and Digital on March 2, 2021, from High Octane Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2021
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