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Indiegogo Campaign Begins For Short Horror Film ‘The Elsewhere’

333 Productions has kicked off their campaign for the short horror film The Elsewhere. The Elsewhere tells the story of Emma (Shanda Renee), a struggling writer who begins her day by receiving incredible news about her latest story. Upon hearing the incredible news, her sister Sharon throws an impromptu celebration party for her later that night. Soon after arriving, Emma runs into an ex-boyfriend, Brad, who shows up uninvited and reminding her why they are no longer dating. At the height of the party, Emma is approached by a suave film executive, Steven, who appears to have ulterior motives for attending, but before his true intentions are known, their conversation is interrupted by a mysterious young woman named Jasmine. The party lasts well into the night with Emma being the center of attention for each of these individuals. The next morning finds Emma alone in her bedroom unable to speak or hear. Anxiety, fear, and hysteria build as we learn

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 15, 2020

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1974’s Controversial Film ‘The Night Porter’ Getting A 4K Restoration Release

CultFilms has now announced the 4K restoration of Liliana Cavani‘s highly controversial 1974 thriller The Night Porter. In the film, “former SS Officer Max (Dirk Bogarde) is a night porter in a Vienna hotel in the 1950s, and a member of a group of covert Nazis who is ruthlessly covering up the atrocities they committed. When beautiful Lucia (Charlotte Rampling) checks in with her husband, she recognizes the night porter from her traumatic past: Max was an officer in the concentration camp who had abused and tortured her when she was his teenage prisoner. Soon Lucia’s husband leaves the hotel for work and Lucia stays behind, finding herself compelled to re-ignite the sadomasochistic relationship she had with her vicious captor.” The Night Porter has been controversial since its initial release in 1974, with Roger Ebert describing the film as ‘a despicable attempt to titillate us by exploiting memories of persecution and suffering’. Now, over 45 years later, Liliana Cavani‘s story

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 14, 2020

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A Blogger Becomes A Doctor’s Obsession In The ‘Incision’ Trailer

One blogger learns that the obsession with beauty can be dangerous when she’s kidnapped by a deranged doctor in Incision, starring Costas Mandylor (the Saw franchise) and Korrina Rico (“Ray Donavan”). “Beauty Blogger Alexa Landry (Rico) only had one fear, plastic surgery. She ultimately had to face this fear when she was kidnapped with her friends by Dr. Cunningham (James Allen Brewer), a deranged plastic surgeon who is obsessed with beautifying his victims.” Lee Kholafai, Caylee Cowan, Kev Adams, Tristan Tales, James Allen Brewer, Jonathan McDaniel, Olga Safari, Marik Knight, John Wallbank, Elaine Partnow, Hailee Lautenbach, Olivia Day, Madison Bontempo, Kyler Fisher, Josefin Nilsson, Amanda Paris, Courtney Paige, Kristen Solis, Gary Daniel Mosher, Malia Maquera, & Tohi co-star in a film directed by Az and was written by Chris Kato. Incision is out now out On Demand, from Eleven Seven Productions.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 13, 2020

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WWII Set Horror Film ‘Werewolf’ Soon To Be Unleashed

This December writer-director Adrian Panek is taking us back to World War II where we will encounter monstrous beasts in Werewolf. In Werewolf, a group of Jewish and Gypsie children is liberated from a Nazi concentration only to be left at a crumbling mansion surrounded by a forest. They must not only survive soldiers and vicious dogs on the attack but hunger and thirst as well in this tale of terror, and prejudice. Can they survive the dogs of war? Kamil Polnisiak, Nicolas Przygoda, Sonia Mietielica, Danuta Stenka, and Werner Daehn star. The Polish award-winning and fourteen-time nominated festival hit is headed to Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, and VOD in the U.S. on December 1, 2020, from Indiecan Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 13, 2020

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Blu-ray Review: Lake Michigan Monster (2018)

Lake Michigan Monster concerns the adventures of Captain Seafield (Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, who also co-wrote/directed the picture); a man obsessed with the monster he believes killed his father in the shallow depths of Lake Michigan… though the details of said event are rather mutable in our hero’s constantly shifting narrative. Anyhow, that slap-happy seaman assembles a crack team to find and dispatch the beast… a team who’s ranks include: sonar expert Nedge Pepsi (Beulah Peters), weapons master Sean Shaughnessy (Erick West), and former N.A.V.Y. (Nautical Athletes and Venture Yunit) man Dick Flynn (Daniel Long). Of course Seafield is pretty much a complete moron, and his epic plans, which feature such grandiose titles as ‘Operation Master Baiters’ and ‘Operation Naughty Lady’, are pretty much a complete bust from the get-go; but still he soldiers on no matter how many monsters and madmen (besides himself) stand in his way! Lake Michigan Monster is an insane love letter to late ’50s/early ’60s

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Nov 13, 2020

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‘Return To Splatter Farm’ This November

30 years after the infamous Death Farm murders, the killer is back in Return to Splatter Farm, directed by Jeff Kirkendall who co-wrote the film with Mark Polonia. A young woman and her friends descend upon the farm to party after discovering that she has inherited the land. But soon after, the strange occurrences and brutal murders begin again in the shocking sequel to the 1987 cult classic Splatter Farm. Danielle Donahue, Nico Bryant, Mel Heflin, Marie DeLorenzo, James Kelly, and Jeff Kirkendall star in Return to Splatter Farm out now on DVD and Digital from Wild Eye Releasing!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 12, 2020

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This December Enter ‘The Facility’

The Facility, the highly anticipated follow up to 2017’s The Rizen, is set to premiere on DVD and Digital this December from Uncork’d Entertainment. Harriet Madeley, Michael Fatogun, Sarine Sofair, Kevin Leslie, Sophie Miller, Marcus Bronzy, James Barnes, Lewis Saunderson, Clarice Burton, Connor Williams, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Marcus, Laurence Kennedy, Jenny Lathan, and Carol Cleveland star in this Matt Mitchell film. Set in 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces conducted secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. They succeeded, but what they unleashed almost tore our world apart. Now a group of young urban explorers and a private military unit could become the final pieces in a 60-year plan to reopen a door that should have stayed closed. The Facility lands on DVD and Digital on December 8, 2020, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer for this action-packed film!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 12, 2020

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Killer Insects Attack L.A. In ‘Cicada’ – Out Now On DVD

Odds are you’ve heard the haunting song of the Cicada or seen the dried husks they shed and leave latched on to trees which look terrifying. Now imagine a swarm of those monster bugs, but they are giant and they are descending on a town, and they’re hungry for human flesh. From writer-director David Willis, the giant insect horror Cicada flies onto DVD and Digital this November from Wild Eye Releasing. In Cicada, after an environmental disaster, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend Los Angeles from a swarm of bloodthirsty cicadas. Jeffrey Ryan Kent, Cassandra Hein, Beau Crawford, Mike Nielsen, and Lawrence Mandle star in the film executive produced by Nasser Othman and Tom Diridon, with David Aguilera, Jon Tucker, David Willis, Jeffrey Ryan Kent, and Beau Crawford producing. Cicada is out now on DVD and Digital.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 12, 2020

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Twisted Thanksgiving Horror ‘Derelicts’ Is Out This Friday The 13th!

Brett Glassberg’s twisted holiday horror film, Derelicts, is out this Friday the 13th, from Terror Films! Written by Glassberg, Andre Evrenos, and Clay Shirley, the film introduces us to a dysfunctional family on Thanksgiving Day. From the over-sexed grandparents to the squabbling siblings and an emotionless husband who seems uninterested in touching his wife – all appears normal for this particular household. That is until a gang of vicious vagrants invades their home, not only to cause havoc, pain, and death but also laying bare everyone’s faults and inhumanity while exposing some deeper family secrets along the way. Produced by Udoy Rahim and co-produced by Mark Newton and Matt Stryker, Derelicts premiered at the Telluride Horror Show Film Festival in 2017. During its festival run the film received praise from critics, including Modern Horrors who referred to the film as “A visual feast of sex, violence, and insanity” and Killer Horror Critic who stated, “Derelicts is the Thanksgiving horror film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 11, 2020

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Indie Horror ‘The Devil’s Heist’ Steals From The Devil This December

This December, there’ll be hell to pay if you steal from the devil! The supernatural indie horror The Devil’s Heist is heading to VOD. After being released from prison, Ted and his associates rob Coven National Bank, later to find out it is owned by Lucifer and the employees are witches. Bryan Sapphire, Mike Ferguson, Sandra Rosko, and Sheri Davis star in a devilish new horror film. From director Fernando Acevedo, and writers Bryan Sapphire and Sophia Louisa Lee, The Devil’s Heist breaks onto VOD on December 8, 2020, from Midnight Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 11, 2020

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