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Movie Review: Empathy, Inc (2018)

Poor Joel (Zack Robidas) has lost his job, but all is not food stamps, pot noodles, and The Price is Right for our hero as an old friend invites him to invest in a new company Empathy, Inc. What exactly does this operation provide to it’s customers? Why the ability for it’s rich-ass customers to experience life as someone that has nothing by inhabiting their body through VR technology and therefore appreciate what they have in life more. Absolutely nothing will go awry here. Now honestly, unemployed Joel could just wait a bit and experience this for real minus all the technology and doo-dads, but I digress… So, what does Empathy, Inc have going for it? First of all; director Yedidya Gorsetman and screenwriter Mark Leidner have delivered a hell of a tight sci-fi thriller with a nice undercurrent of mystery that keeps your putrid peepers locked on the screen throughout, and the truth behind the VR experiment pays off

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DanXIII

Aug 16, 2019

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GIVEAWAY: Noir Horror Game ‘Dollhouse’

Video games are awesome, what’s better than a video game? A FREE VIDEO GAME! Soedesco is giving Horror Fuel fans a chance to win some copies of their current and upcoming horror titles! Interested? Good! Keep on reading to learn how you can win a copy of Dollhouse for PC or PlayStation 4. Dollhouse is a first-person horror Noir where players take on the role of Marie, a detective trapped in her own mind with no memory of what’s going on, all she can remember is that her daughter Emily died and she must interpret her surroundings to unravel the truth she’s kept hidden in her own thoughts while trying to outwit a pursuer with murderous intent! Uncover the dark side of Hollywood in single-player as you search for clues in procedurally generated maps (no new game is alike!) while trying to escape your pursuer in a game of cat and mouse. You can customize and upgrade Marie with over

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Capt McNeely

Aug 15, 2019

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Wet Your Appetite With The First Images From Miles Doleac’s ‘The Dinner Party’

Writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons, Hallowed Ground) comes his latest film, The Dinner Party, “a wickedly delish slice of horror that’s part Guto Parente’s The Cannibal Club, part Mother, and all scares!” In the film, currently filming in Hattiesburg, MS, the film centers on a ” budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer’s latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.” The Dinner Party stars Bill Sage, Lindsay Anne Williams, Jeremy London, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Doleac, best known for his roles on TV’s “Banshee” and “American Horror Story”. The Dinner Party is this delightfully weird, yet poignant piece of horror satire that presents itself as the twisted love child of “Eyes Wide Shut”, “Mother”, the “American Horror Story” anthology, and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Doleac says. “It’s unlike anything I’ve directed to date and certainly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 12, 2019

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Casting Announced For Indie Horror ‘The Headmistress’

The makers of last year’s indie horror hit The Nursery has announced the cast of their new film, the upcoming supernatural horror-thriller The Headmistress, along with a crowdfunding campaign to support the film’s production. We are thrilled to have assembled a talented, versatile cast from across the country, with dozens of TV and film credits among them…including plenty of indie horror,” said the film’s producers, Glenn Chung, Christopher A. Micklos, and Jay Sapiro. The ensemble cast of The Headmistress will be led by Chicago-based actress Katherine Bellantone and includes Thomas J. McCarthy, Ayden Skye, Tom Dacey Carr, Hunter O’Harrow, DeChantel Kosmatka, David Sapiro, and Valerie Meachum. In the film, “a debt-ridden young teacher inherits an abandoned lakefront inn; and when she takes a group of potential buyers to visit the property, they discover a dark, sinister secret…as well as a malignant supernatural presence determined to keep them there forever. The film will be shot on location at an abandoned lakeside

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 10, 2019

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Tech Horror A.M.I. Unleashed

The tech horror film A.M.I. (Artificial Machine Intelligence) is now out on all major platforms from Viva Pictures in the U. S. and IndustryWorks Studios in Canada. Coping with the loss of her mother, 17-year-old Cassie develops a mother-daughter bond with technology’s latest intelligent personal assistant. Their relationship takes a twisted turn when the Artificial Machine Intelligence begins to manipulate Cassie into committing heinous acts of murder. The young, talented cast of A.M.I. also includes Debs Howard (“Sonic The Hedgehog”), Sam Robert Muik (CW’s “Riverdale”), Havana Guppy (Hulu’s “Shut Eye”), and Phil Granger (Syfy’s “Ghost Wars”). Bonnie Hay (TV’s “A Million Little Things”) lends her voice to A.M.I., which is eerily soothing, yet creepy. Rusty Nixon directed from the script penned by James Clayton. In the USA, you can find A.M.I. on DIRECTV, Amazon, iTunes, and more. If you’re in Canada, check it out on iTunes, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store. But here’s a warning, you will never look

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 10, 2019

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Beloved Indie Horror Game ‘Monstrum’ Coming To Consoles

Team Junkfish has teamed up with SOEDESCO to bring their popular PC horror game, Monstrum, into the homes of more gamers! The game has earned high praises from gamers, critics, YouTubers, and Streamers for its unique horror experience that’s not been seen in many horror titles. Monstrum takes players to a derelict cargo ship where they’re not alone. Onboard the ship is a monster that relentlessly hunts its prey and since you’re the only other person on the ship…you’re it! The game has a permadeath mechanic that if you’re killed by the monster, you’ll have to start over but this is where one of the game’s features comes into play. Each start of the gameplay is unique as the environment as well as the monster that’s hunting you chances. Your goal is to escape the ship by outwitting the monsters hunting you. You can distract the monsters, hide, and run but there are more dangers on the ship besides the

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Capt McNeely

Aug 8, 2019

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Suspense Thriller ‘A Dark Place’ On Blu-ray And Digital This August

Luke Baines (“Shadowhunters”, The Girl in the Photographs) stars in the captivating suspense drama A Dark Place, written, produced and directed by Christopher Piñero (Once Upon a Night, Leaving) in his feature-length directorial debut. arriving on Digital, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand August 13. Named Best Thriller at the Manhattan Film Festival (2018), A Dark Place follows Alex, a twenty-something struggling to put his life back together after mistakes and a reckless past render his job search hopeless. Just when things are looking up, Alex discovers a secret that sends him into a self-destructive downward spiral, bringing his two best friends down with him. The feature also stars Jazlyn Yoder (“Chicago P.D.,” “Chicago Justice”), Jay Eftimoski (Anatomy of Violence, Suburban Cowboy), Mike Miller (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Christopher Donnellon (Criminal Intention, Drama Class), and Veronica Diaz Carranza (Dark Was the Night, Taco Shop). A Dark Place arrives on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital, and On Demand August 13th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 5, 2019

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Unspeakable Things Happen In The ‘Investigation 13’ Trailer

Screen icon Meg Foster (“Twin Peaks”, They Live) stars in director Krisstian de Lara’s mesmerizing and unnerving Investigation 13, premiering on digital and DVD this September from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Incorporating traditional narrative story-telling, as well as numerous forms of pioneering technology, including found footage, hand-held cameras, surveillance cameras, and smart glasses, Investigation 13 is a new-age fright-fest chronicling the tale of a group of college science students investigating the urban legend of “The Mole Man”, an ex-patient said to still be residing within the walls of the Black Grove Asylum. When members of the group start missing, they soon learn that this myth is more real than they thought, making their 13th investigation one they will come to regret.” From Gorilla Studios, Investigation 13 also stars Stephanie Hernandez, Patrick Flanagan, Robert Paget, William Alexander, Giordan Diaz, Jesse Ramos, and Peter Aratari as ‘The Mole Man’. Clay Smith wrote the original screenplay, Rolando Vinas and de Lara wrote the most recent

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 5, 2019

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Plug In For VR Horror Thriller ‘Empathy Inc.’ This September

Dark Star Pictures will release the critically acclaimed virtual reality thriller Empathy Inc. in theaters and VOD this fall. Yedidya Gorsetman’s sci-fi thriller tells of an investor in a VR startup discovers that the reality the company provides isn’t actually virtual. Hotshot venture capitalist Joel has a multimillion-dollar deal go up in smoke, and he and his actress wife Jessica are forced to move in with her parents and start from scratch. At the lowest and most desperate moment in his life, Joel meets old friend Nicolaus and his business partner Lester, who are seeking investors in a new technology known as XVR—Xtreme Virtual Reality—from their company Empathy, Inc., which is said to offer the most realistic and moving experiences for users by placing them in the lives of the less fortunate. Joel gets the startup its funds but soon discovers that the tech’s creators have far more sinister uses in store for their creation and that the reality it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 1, 2019

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Movie Review: Wicked Witches (2018)

Mark (Duncan Casey) you dumb ass…when will you ever learn? You got fucked up, cheated on your wife, and got your ass kicked to the curb. has a problem. After his most recent night of drugs and infidelity, his wife has kicked his ass out. You’d think that would definitely fill his dance card of stupidity, but you’d be wrong as he heads to his friend Ian’s (Justin Marosa) farm where he used to get his party on in days past. Wait, that doesn’t sound like too bad of a decision…and on the surface it isn’t…but just you wait… You see, ol’ Ian is acting like he has murder biz on his mind, and it seems Anton LaVey is his interior decorator, and a whole slew of dudes have gone missing in the surrounding area. And that’s where the “stupid” comes in, because Mark decides to stick around. Anyway, nothing stops his good times roll, and party is thrown…a party

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DanXIII

Jul 30, 2019

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