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Bring Home ‘The Russian Bride’ This March

The film is a timely new horror thriller from writer-director Michael S. Ojeda (Avenged), stars Corbin Bernsen (Psych), Oksana Orlan, and Kristina Pimenova. Child supermodel Pimenova, named “the most beautiful girl in the world” by Women Daily magazine in 2014, makes her feature motion picture debut. The Russian Bride, a young Russian woman (Orlan) and her daughter (Pimenova) who come to America to marry a reclusive billionaire (Bernsen), but they soon discover he is a madman with sinister plans and finds themselves fighting for their lives. The movie premiered last year at the Cinepocalypse Genre Film Festival and was recently the closing night film at Fantasporto. VMI Worldwide is handling international sales. Ojeda’s supernatural horror thriller Avenged (aka savaged), a revenge tale about a woman reincarnated as the spirit of an Apache warrior, was a critical and commercial hit, playing at Sitges, FrightFest, Screamfest, and many other festivals before its release in 2015. The bulk of The Russian Bride was

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 14, 2019

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Psychological-Horror Game ‘Someday You’ll Return’ Coming Fall 2019

What could be described as a lovechild between Outlast 2, Firewatch, Resident Evil 7, and Vanishing of Ethan Carter; comes a whole new psychological-horror adventure game, Someday You’ll Return. The game comes from the 2-man indie developer team out of Brno, CBE Software. This first-person experience follows Daniel as he searches the Moravian forests for his runaway daughter Stela. It’s a mystery as to why Stela chose these woods that Daniel swore he would never return to, which adds to the mystery of WHY does he not want to go back there. Daniel will encounter locals and supernatural forces that will help fill in the blanks of his past and answer why Stela is always running away from home. The game is horror but has a strong narrative-driven exploration element as the open world (a forest) is full of trails that can be explored using Daniel’s tracking skills and rock-climbing ability. There’s also a crafting mechanic where you can create

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Capt McNeely

Mar 14, 2019

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Poster Premieres For Robert Rodriguez’s $7,000 Film ‘Red 11’

Robert Rodriguez has come along from his indie start with his most recent film Alita: Battle Angel having a budget close to $200 million, but Rodriguez is returning to his indie roots with the horror film Red 11, set to premiere at SXSW. With a budget of just $7,000 (the same as his debut feature El Mariachi), the film was written by Rodriguez and his son Racer. Adapted from a script written 25 years ago that was based on Rodriguez’s real-life experiences in a Medical Research Facility, Red 11 is set in a dark, warped version of the world of the legal drug research. “At these Facilities, young guys become Lab Rats to make quick money, but our hero RED 11 is here to buy his way out of a huge debt to the tune of $7,000. This story shows the quirks, characters, and comedy of Robert’s experiences of being a human Lab Rat, but with a sci-fi and horror

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 11, 2019

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Blu-ray Review: Blood Hunger: The Films Of Jose Larraz (1970 – 1978)

When I heard Arrow Video (along with our ghoulishly good pals at MVD Entertainment) were releasing a collection of films from famed genre director Jose Larraz, I was excited as…as…okay, I wasn’t excited; in fact I had barely any idea who this cat even was (though I had seen the remake of his film Vampyres back in 2015, and I dug that…but more on that title in a bit). So let’s see what all the hub bub is about this guy shall we? First on the collection is: The Coming of Sin (1978): You know shit is going to go sour when worlds collide in a film with the word “sin” in the title, and boy-fuckin’-howdy do they ever here. When an illiterate and superstitious gypsy girl comes to stay with a worldly female artist in her secluded, rural abode, the nightmares come fast and furious…like actual nightmares of a naked mother fucker on a horse who’s into the kink…and

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DanXIII

Mar 9, 2019

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Watch The SXSW Teaser Trailer For ‘The Woman’ Sequel ‘Darlin”

“The Walking Dead’s” Pollyanna McIntosh, makes her directorial debut with Darlin’ whose SXSW teaser trailer has been unveiled on a fitting day, International Women’s Day. Lauryn Canny stars in the film that continues the twisted, vicious adventure of Lucky McKee’s 2011 cult hit The Woman, which he novelized with famed horror writer Jack Ketchum and which starred McIntosh in the title role. McIntosh reprises her role from The Woman and stars alongside Lauryn Canny (1,000 Times Good Night, Amber), Bryan Batt (Mad Men, 12 Years a Slave), Nora-Jane Noone (The Magdalene Sisters, The Descent, Brooklyn) and Cooper Andrews (The Walking Dead, Shazam, Halt and Catch Fire), as well as fellow “Walking Dead” alumni Sabrina Gennarino and Thomas Francis Murphy. In the film, “Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a “good girl” as an example

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 9, 2019

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Controversial Film ‘Flay’ Finally Has A Release Date

Phame Factory‘s controversial indie film Flay finally has a release date. The independent production company successfully took on Sony and headed to court after Sony attempted to stop their movie Flay from being released. Flay, originally due for release in 2017, tells of a young woman who goes up against a malevolent faceless spirit. Sony claimed Phame Factory’s film was a rip-off of the Slender Man legend, which the studio believed they had exclusive rights to. As a result of the messy legal tangle, writer and producer Eric Pham opted not to release the film until he met the studio in court. Sony, whose Slender Man movie was coming up for release, argued that Flay‘s villain was too similar to Slender Man (the Slender Man movie was released in August 2018). I’m now very happy to say that we obtained a very favorable resolution of this lawsuit and finally have the legal right to release our feature film”, says Eric

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 8, 2019

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Supernatural Thriller ‘The Wind’ Blows Into Theaters This April

Emma Tammi makes her debut with the haunting supernatural thriller The Wind, which held its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before heading to Fantastic Fest, Sitges, and others. The film explores an unseen evil as it haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be born of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband (Ashley Zukerman) dismisses as superstition. When a newlywed couple arrives on a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy’s fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events. Masterfully blending haunting visuals with pulse-pounding sound design, director Emma Tammi evokes a godforsaken world in which the forces of nature come alive with quivering menace. Julia

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 7, 2019

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Movie Review: Starfish (2018)

Aubrey (Virginia Gardner) is having one of those days; she wakes up the day after her friend Grace’s (Christina Masterson) funeral to find her small mountain town in the throws of a monster filled apocalyptic event (happens more than you think boils n’ ghouls…). Anyway, how her friend is connected to these events, and how they can be stopped, are up to Aubrey to discover as she goes on a scavenger hunt for a series of mix tapes Grace has left behind in various locations. Yup, some cassette tapes may cancel the apocalypse… Does that synopsis above sound weird, and perhaps a bit vague? Well, you can bet your ass the film it describes sure as hell is! Starfish is a post-modern, thinking person’s fright flick…but don’t let that turn ya off; this thing is packed with a sinister vibe, mysterious recordings, creepy monsters, and anime…and I don’t mean a character just digs on cartoons; there’s a full on, breathtaking

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DanXIII

Mar 6, 2019

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Shapeshifter Horror ‘Lifechanger’ Arriving On Home Video

Writer-director Justin McConnell‘s (interview), Lifechanger is headed your way on Blu-ray and DVD this month and features the most actors to ever play a single character in one film. Drew has an identity problem. Every few days he has to shape-shift or face a painful death. He has to find someone and make a copy. He takes everything: their looks, memories, hopes, and dreams. Their entire life. He becomes them, and they die horribly. Enter Julia, the object of Drew’s affection. How can he make things right when he’s never the same person for very long? How do you gain back trust when who you keep changing? Part psychological thriller, part body horror, Lifechanger follows one shape-shifters’ twisted quest to repair the damage he’s caused while leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Bill Oberst Jr. (interview), Lora Burke, Jack Foley, Elitsa Bako, Sam James White, Steve Kasan, Rachel Vanduzer, Peter Higginson, Adam Buller, Brian Quintero, Mark Rainmaker, Ry

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 5, 2019

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New Trailer Shows A New Sadako

Sadako is the most iconic horror character in modern horror films, even her American version Samara has become a staple in the genre. Sadako is the paranormal antagonist from the “Ringu” film series from Japan that was later remade as “The Ring” movie series in the US. Ringu was based on the 1991 novel by the same name written by Koji Suzuki. In 1998, the first film was made in Japan before being adapted for American audiences and spawned sequels. This new film is simply titled Sadako and will be directed by Hideo Nakata, who directed the original Ringu and Ringu 2. Sadako enters the modern era where she can be found, of all places…YouTube. The story revolves around Mayu, played by Eliza Ikeda, a mental health counselor and sister to a Youtuber. Mayu’s brother wants attention and views to reach Youtube stardom but in his attempt released Sadako’s curse on the web. Sadako will be in Japanese theatres May

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Capt McNeely

Mar 2, 2019

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