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The Verotika Trailer will Melt Your Mind!

Nothing can prepare you for the first NSFW trailer for Glenn Danzig’s blood-drenched, erotic horror Verotika. Danzig makes his directorial debut with the anthology, featuring stories from Danzig’s line of comic books of the same name that often features scantily-clad female protagonists. Alice Tate (The Kominsky Method), Sean Kanan (The Karate Kid Part III), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) and Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino) star along with Ashley Wisdom, Natalia Borowsky, Kayden Kross, Rachel Alig, and Scotch Hopkins. Verotika debuts on VOD platforms February 25, 2020, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on March 3rd.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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This February Join ‘The Hunt For Vlad The Impaler’ (Trailer)

This February witness the war thriller The Hunt for Vlad the Impaler from director Osman Kaya. The film is set in the middle of the 15th century, “in the depths of Turkey during the Ottoman Empire, the land is torn apart by horrendous atrocities and bloody murders are inflicted against the terrified people by the cruel and blood-thirsty, Vlad the Impaler. The ruler, Baba Sultan, orders a group of seven fearless warriors known as Deliler, to hunt down Vlad and end the persecution once and for all. The seven heroes set out on their long journey, stopping at nothing until they find the inhumane Vlad and defeat him in what will be a battle to end all battles…” Erkan Petekkaya, Cem Uçan, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoğlu, İsmail Filiz, Hakan Yufkacıgil, Gökçe Özyol, Rüzgar Aksoy, Gülşah Şahin Uçan, Demet Tuncer, Kamil Güler, Namık Rüstemhanlı, Mehmet Pala, Mehmet Ali Karakuş, Batın Uçan, and Baran Öztürk ve Berat Efe Parlar star in the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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‘The Horrific Evil Monsters’ Unleashed In New Trailer

The first official teaser has arrived for the indie horror The Horrific Evil Monsters in which a superhero takes on a group of horror icons, a zombie, an alien, a werewolf, the grim reaper, and an unstoppable masked killer. Commissioned by a secret government agency code name T.H.E.M. (The Horrific Evil Monsters) and lead by a mysterious man named ‘Mick’ as he recruits some of the most hazardous horror and science fiction characters of all time to take on a biblical unrelenting force that brings the apocalypse with them. The Horrific Evil Monsters was directed by Adam R. Steigert (Fang) who co-wrote the film with Kristin Steigert. The all-star cast is led by Bishop Stevens (Empire, Chicago PD), Gregory Blair (Garden Party Massacre, Deadly Revisions), scream queens Kaylee Williams (Mrs. Claus, Teacher Shortage), and Jennie Russo (She Kills, FANG) as well as horror icon Jason John Beebe (Ombis: Alien Invasion, Crossbreed) with a special appearance by Dawna Lee Heising. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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A Vampire Is On The Hunt In ‘Blood Widow’ – In Theaters And On DVD This February

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a serial killer in a small Arizona town, not knowing their villain is much more dangerous than the could ever imagine in Blood Widow (aka Viuda de Sangre), from Limbo director Brendan Guy Murphy (Limbo). James Craven (Tuscaloosa), Dallas Thomas (Wastelander), and stage actor Hector Ayala star in this bloody flick. In the film, a clan of vampires has been reduced to just one. Desperate, this sole remaining predator is preying on women, in Tucson, Arizona. Detectives Valentine (Craven) and Stokes (Thomas) are hot on the killer’s trail. But, this night stalker is determined to spill more blood on the streets and spread a dark cloud across this terror-filled city. Blood Widow is now out on Digital and will arrive on DVD on February 4th as well as open in theaters in Texas, New Mexico, and California. https://vimeo.com/371288673

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020
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A Medium Unleashes An Evil Entity This February In ‘Agramon’s Gate’

From writer-director Harley Wallen comes Agramon’s Gate starring genre icons Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop) and Yan Birch (The People Under The Stairs). In the film, a psychic reader and Medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong and something comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it’s too late. Agramon will not be easy to stop. Also starring Kris Reilly, Calhoun Koenig, Harley Wallen, and Kaiti Wallen, Agramon’s Gate will be available on digital platforms February 11, 2020, from Midnight Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020
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An American Dream Turns Into A Nightmare This March In ‘Beneath Us’

Vital Pictures’ socially relevant horror Beneath Us, the directorial debut of Max Pachman, is set to be released this March, and is being described as “a suspenseful and socially-relevant original horror story.” In the film, “The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple (Lynn Collins and James Tupper). What they hope to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival at the couple’s secluded mansion, and those thought to be helpless must prove they can’t be discarded so easily.” Rigo Sanchez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Josue Aguirre, and Robert “Sanz” Sanchez also star. Beneath Us opens in select theaters on March 6, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2020
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Movie Review: A Stranger Among the Living

Henry (Jake Milton) would rather spend his time in the limelight than enriching young minds. To that end, he plays hooky from work to go on an audition an inadvertently initiates Operation: Save Ass as a student goes hog wild shooting up the school. Soon, ol’ Hank makes like Haley Joel circa ’99 and seeing dead folk everywhere. This leads to a bit of the soul searchin’ bag as our hero has to deal with the voices of the dead and the worth of pursuing his desires… oh, and those ghost-toasties are quite miffed because our “hero” knew the shooter was a bit “off”, but never alerted anyone. Smooth move Ex-lax. A Stranger Among the Living is not your average ghost story boils n’ ghouls. Rather, what we get from writer/director Chris Moore is an atmospheric, Twilight Zone style slow burn (at times this works against the film as explained below) that teaches us that people can be haunted as

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DanXIII
Jan 21, 2020
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DVD Review: The Siren (2019)

Pious mute Tom (Evan Dumouchel) goes on a sabbatical to one of those remote lake houses that are all the rage with kids ages 18 to 54. Seems all well and good, but the location is an odd choice for our hero seeing as he had a water related tragedy as a youth that resulted in his current malady. Once he makes the scene he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews), whose husband drowned in the local lake… as have many. Al thinks there’s a mystery afoot… a mystery perhaps related to a woman named Nina (Margaret Ying Drake) who often swims to the cabin and chats with tom who has become all cat with a shiny object with the lass, who as fate and this movie would have it may be more than she seems. So what makes The Siren worth your time? Let’s start with the performances of Dumouchel, Drake, and Andrews. Dumouchel is absolutely amazing to watch in a

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DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
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Vampire Film ‘Caleb’ Bares Its Fangs In New Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for writer-director Robert D’Antona‘s vampire film Caleb has arrived which promises a distressing gothic tale. This film represents a return to the origins, to the themes dear to the director. The fascinating mythological creatures are inspired by the ancient European folkloristic legend while, for the staging, Caleb aims to convey the same feelings of anguish, eroticism, and elegance that are present in the great cult films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Interview with Vampire directed by Neil Jordan. In the first trailer, we get a taste of what the film will be, according to the words of the director, a “visionary, frightening and distressing movie, but that will make you excited at the same time” and presents “Timere”, an imaginary village geographically located in the Alps on the borders with Switzerland, recreated thanks to the two beautiful Piedmontese towns of Vogogna (VB) and Oleggio (NO). The filming of Caleb lasted 47

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020
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This February Meet ‘A Perfect Host’ In This Airbnb Horror

Director Chad Werner makes his directorial debut with the indie Airbnb horror A Perfect Host about a group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness-obsessed man with mysterious intentions. “Four friends rent an isolated lake house for a weekend getaway. While the dramas of the friends’ relationships unfold, they are continually interrupted by the home’s owner: a health-obsessed bodybuilder named Tad. Throughout the group’s short stay, Tad’s seemingly affable gestures take an eerie and sinister twist, turning their dream vacation into a nightmare. Mystery entangles this tale that questions the blind acceptance of modern-day practices.” Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in the film produced by Grace Potter, Jon Michael Simpson, and Chad Werner. From Three Hair Production and One Chameleon Entertainment comes A Perfect Host out February 4th on DVD and Digital by Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020

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The Verotika Trailer will Melt Your Mind!

Nothing can prepare you for the first NSFW trailer for Glenn Danzig’s blood-drenched, erotic horror Verotika. Danzig makes his directorial debut with the anthology, featuring stories from Danzig’s line of comic books of the same name that often features scantily-clad female protagonists. Alice Tate (The Kominsky Method), Sean Kanan (The Karate Kid Part III), Caroline Williams (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) and Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino) star along with Ashley Wisdom, Natalia Borowsky, Kayden Kross, Rachel Alig, and Scotch Hopkins. Verotika debuts on VOD platforms February 25, 2020, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on March 3rd.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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This February Join ‘The Hunt For Vlad The Impaler’ (Trailer)

This February witness the war thriller The Hunt for Vlad the Impaler from director Osman Kaya. The film is set in the middle of the 15th century, “in the depths of Turkey during the Ottoman Empire, the land is torn apart by horrendous atrocities and bloody murders are inflicted against the terrified people by the cruel and blood-thirsty, Vlad the Impaler. The ruler, Baba Sultan, orders a group of seven fearless warriors known as Deliler, to hunt down Vlad and end the persecution once and for all. The seven heroes set out on their long journey, stopping at nothing until they find the inhumane Vlad and defeat him in what will be a battle to end all battles…” Erkan Petekkaya, Cem Uçan, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoğlu, İsmail Filiz, Hakan Yufkacıgil, Gökçe Özyol, Rüzgar Aksoy, Gülşah Şahin Uçan, Demet Tuncer, Kamil Güler, Namık Rüstemhanlı, Mehmet Pala, Mehmet Ali Karakuş, Batın Uçan, and Baran Öztürk ve Berat Efe Parlar star in the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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‘The Horrific Evil Monsters’ Unleashed In New Trailer

The first official teaser has arrived for the indie horror The Horrific Evil Monsters in which a superhero takes on a group of horror icons, a zombie, an alien, a werewolf, the grim reaper, and an unstoppable masked killer. Commissioned by a secret government agency code name T.H.E.M. (The Horrific Evil Monsters) and lead by a mysterious man named ‘Mick’ as he recruits some of the most hazardous horror and science fiction characters of all time to take on a biblical unrelenting force that brings the apocalypse with them. The Horrific Evil Monsters was directed by Adam R. Steigert (Fang) who co-wrote the film with Kristin Steigert. The all-star cast is led by Bishop Stevens (Empire, Chicago PD), Gregory Blair (Garden Party Massacre, Deadly Revisions), scream queens Kaylee Williams (Mrs. Claus, Teacher Shortage), and Jennie Russo (She Kills, FANG) as well as horror icon Jason John Beebe (Ombis: Alien Invasion, Crossbreed) with a special appearance by Dawna Lee Heising. The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2020
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A Vampire Is On The Hunt In ‘Blood Widow’ – In Theaters And On DVD This February

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a serial killer in a small Arizona town, not knowing their villain is much more dangerous than the could ever imagine in Blood Widow (aka Viuda de Sangre), from Limbo director Brendan Guy Murphy (Limbo). James Craven (Tuscaloosa), Dallas Thomas (Wastelander), and stage actor Hector Ayala star in this bloody flick. In the film, a clan of vampires has been reduced to just one. Desperate, this sole remaining predator is preying on women, in Tucson, Arizona. Detectives Valentine (Craven) and Stokes (Thomas) are hot on the killer’s trail. But, this night stalker is determined to spill more blood on the streets and spread a dark cloud across this terror-filled city. Blood Widow is now out on Digital and will arrive on DVD on February 4th as well as open in theaters in Texas, New Mexico, and California. https://vimeo.com/371288673

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020
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A Medium Unleashes An Evil Entity This February In ‘Agramon’s Gate’

From writer-director Harley Wallen comes Agramon’s Gate starring genre icons Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop) and Yan Birch (The People Under The Stairs). In the film, a psychic reader and Medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong and something comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it’s too late. Agramon will not be easy to stop. Also starring Kris Reilly, Calhoun Koenig, Harley Wallen, and Kaiti Wallen, Agramon’s Gate will be available on digital platforms February 11, 2020, from Midnight Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2020
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An American Dream Turns Into A Nightmare This March In ‘Beneath Us’

Vital Pictures’ socially relevant horror Beneath Us, the directorial debut of Max Pachman, is set to be released this March, and is being described as “a suspenseful and socially-relevant original horror story.” In the film, “The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple (Lynn Collins and James Tupper). What they hope to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival at the couple’s secluded mansion, and those thought to be helpless must prove they can’t be discarded so easily.” Rigo Sanchez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Josue Aguirre, and Robert “Sanz” Sanchez also star. Beneath Us opens in select theaters on March 6, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2020
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Movie Review: A Stranger Among the Living

Henry (Jake Milton) would rather spend his time in the limelight than enriching young minds. To that end, he plays hooky from work to go on an audition an inadvertently initiates Operation: Save Ass as a student goes hog wild shooting up the school. Soon, ol’ Hank makes like Haley Joel circa ’99 and seeing dead folk everywhere. This leads to a bit of the soul searchin’ bag as our hero has to deal with the voices of the dead and the worth of pursuing his desires… oh, and those ghost-toasties are quite miffed because our “hero” knew the shooter was a bit “off”, but never alerted anyone. Smooth move Ex-lax. A Stranger Among the Living is not your average ghost story boils n’ ghouls. Rather, what we get from writer/director Chris Moore is an atmospheric, Twilight Zone style slow burn (at times this works against the film as explained below) that teaches us that people can be haunted as

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 21, 2020
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DVD Review: The Siren (2019)

Pious mute Tom (Evan Dumouchel) goes on a sabbatical to one of those remote lake houses that are all the rage with kids ages 18 to 54. Seems all well and good, but the location is an odd choice for our hero seeing as he had a water related tragedy as a youth that resulted in his current malady. Once he makes the scene he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews), whose husband drowned in the local lake… as have many. Al thinks there’s a mystery afoot… a mystery perhaps related to a woman named Nina (Margaret Ying Drake) who often swims to the cabin and chats with tom who has become all cat with a shiny object with the lass, who as fate and this movie would have it may be more than she seems. So what makes The Siren worth your time? Let’s start with the performances of Dumouchel, Drake, and Andrews. Dumouchel is absolutely amazing to watch in a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
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Vampire Film ‘Caleb’ Bares Its Fangs In New Teaser Trailer

The teaser trailer for writer-director Robert D’Antona‘s vampire film Caleb has arrived which promises a distressing gothic tale. This film represents a return to the origins, to the themes dear to the director. The fascinating mythological creatures are inspired by the ancient European folkloristic legend while, for the staging, Caleb aims to convey the same feelings of anguish, eroticism, and elegance that are present in the great cult films such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Interview with Vampire directed by Neil Jordan. In the first trailer, we get a taste of what the film will be, according to the words of the director, a “visionary, frightening and distressing movie, but that will make you excited at the same time” and presents “Timere”, an imaginary village geographically located in the Alps on the borders with Switzerland, recreated thanks to the two beautiful Piedmontese towns of Vogogna (VB) and Oleggio (NO). The filming of Caleb lasted 47

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020
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This February Meet ‘A Perfect Host’ In This Airbnb Horror

Director Chad Werner makes his directorial debut with the indie Airbnb horror A Perfect Host about a group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness-obsessed man with mysterious intentions. “Four friends rent an isolated lake house for a weekend getaway. While the dramas of the friends’ relationships unfold, they are continually interrupted by the home’s owner: a health-obsessed bodybuilder named Tad. Throughout the group’s short stay, Tad’s seemingly affable gestures take an eerie and sinister twist, turning their dream vacation into a nightmare. Mystery entangles this tale that questions the blind acceptance of modern-day practices.” Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in the film produced by Grace Potter, Jon Michael Simpson, and Chad Werner. From Three Hair Production and One Chameleon Entertainment comes A Perfect Host out February 4th on DVD and Digital by Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2020
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