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‘Scare Zone’, Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

Scare Zone, a feature film made at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, is set to debut on VOD and The Terror Film Channel this week. “Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House …or, is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives, and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it’s one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things begin to happen and people end up dead, the visitors of Scare Zone think it’s all just part of the “show”!” From writer-director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, starring “SEAL Team’s” Neil Brown, Jr, Arian Ash (Lonely Hearts), Michele Simms (Sex Drive), Jordan Woods-Robinson (The Walking Dead), Chris Burns (Bloodline) and Simon Needham. “Ever since I first walked through a Halloween haunted house, I’ve had the same dreadful thought; “What if a killer has nested in the attraction and, dressed as one of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022

Something Ancient Stalks The Trailer For Shudder’s “Moloch”

Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural has acquired rights to and set a summer release date for Dutch director Nico van den Brink’s directorial debut Moloch, an official selection of the Fantasia International Film Festival. In Moloch, 38-year-old Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient. Written by van den Brink and Daan Bakker, Moloch stars Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049, Catch) and Alexandre Willaume (The Wheel of Time, The Last Kingdom) and is produced by Sabine Brian and Ronald Versteeg. XYZ Films are Executive Producers and handle worldwide sales on the project. Moloch will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2022

Mermaid Horror ‘Erzulie’ Swims Into Theaters (Trailer)

A reunion between four friends quickly goes awry when they find themselves face to face with a swamp mermaid goddess in director Christine Chen’s frightening mermaid horror Erzulie. A Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures release, this indie film stars a hot young ensemble including Zoe Graham, Elizabeth Trieu, Courtney Olivier, Diana Rose, Leila Annastasia Scott, and Jason Kirkpatrick. Scripted by Christine Chen and Camille Gladney, the film is produced by Christine Chen, Payten Brewer, Andrew van den Houten, and Candice Barley, with Han Soto as executive producers. Erzulie opened in select theaters on May 14th, and swims onto VOD on June 14, 2022, from Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures. May 27th – June 2nd: Laemmle Theater, Glendale

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

Two Salesmen Get More Than They Bargained For In The Horror Comedy ‘Keeping Company’ (Trailer)

From 1091 Pictures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. comes the indie horror-comedy Keeping Company. starring Jacob Grodnik, Ahmed Bharoocha, Devin Das, Gillian Vigman, Andy Buckley, Rex Lee, and more. In the film, “A fateful chain of events begins to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped inside of a serial killer’s basement, putting their lives and their jobs on the line.” Keeping Company is from the creative minds of co-writers Devin Das and Josh Wallace with Wallace directing and Das starring in the film. The horror comedy will be available on Video on Demand on June 7, 2022. Check out the new trailer below!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

A Woman Is Forced To Face Her Monsters In The Horror ‘Machination’ Out This Week On Digital

This May, witness psychological horror at its finest with the one-of-a-kind indie film Machination, from directors Sarah Jayne Portelli and Ivan Malekin. Machination: ˌma-kə-ˈnā-shən Noun -an act of machinating -a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish something evil. “Backstage machinations … that have dominated the film industry.” Starring Steffi Thake, Rambert Attard, Sean James Sutton, and Andrew Bonnello, Machination is an entirely improvised film about a young woman forced to confront the monsters that haunt her. News of an out-of-control pandemic has gripped the world and mass panic is pushing humanity into an uncertain future. Maria, a sensitive and anxious woman, struggles to cope with self-isolation. With fear mounting and the demands of the world closing in, Maria is forced to confront her past and the monsters that surround her … both without and within. Machination is a psychological horror/drama inspired by COVID-19 and its effect on mental health. Described as “claustrophobic” and “intense,” the film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

Lost Horror ‘All About Evil’ Rediscovered And Set To Be Released This Summer

Following a world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival and a limited theatrical run in 2010, Peaches Christ‘s All About Evil disappeared underground for years, becoming the stuff of legend. Now, the demented, blood-splattered classic is back for good, coming to both Blu-ray and Shudder this June. To celebrate, Peaches Christ herself will present the film at “Peaches Christ 4-D Screenings” along the West Coast, including the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles on June 9 and the Victoria Theater in San Francisco on June 11 where the film was shot. Fans in Los Angeles can also attend a Blu-ray signing event at Dark Delicacies on June 12 with Peaches Christ and members of the cast. All About Evil combines a wildly imaginative script with eye-popping buckets of blood. The film is anchored by a first-class including Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”, “Orange Is the New Black”) as the mad projectionist, Thomas Dekker (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, Kaboom),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

Full Moon’s Pothead Horror Franchise Is Back With ‘Evil Bong 888: Infinity High’ (Trailer)

Pothead horror fans will be excited to learn that this week, the latest installment of Full Moon Features’ Evil Bong franchise, Evil Bong 888: Infinity High, is set to arrive this week. In the movie, “when he’s finally given a chance to go legit by opening a restaurant, Rabbit (series regular Sonny Carl Davis) can’t stop himself from sliding back to his old ways. With Eebee as his Master Chef, weed is definitely on the menu and this high-end joint is the toke of the town. Staffed with tons of familiar faces and fan-favorite buds, will Rabbit end on a high note? Or will he be chopped by the cops in a kitchen nightmare that goes up in smoke?” This cast includes Diana Prince (Shudder series “The Last Drive-In”), John Reinke (the bionic zookeeper from cultural phenomenon “Tiger King”), John Patrick Jordan (“Law & Order: SVU”, “Mad Men”), Sonny Carl Davis (Last Night at the Alamo, Fast Times at Ridgemont

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

Horror Anthology “13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Slashes Its Way Onto Tubi!

The free streaming service Tubi is the gift that just keeps on giving. One of the several new horror films recently added to their library is the holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas, from Blood Moon Pictures. 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar in a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks (interview), the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories, interview) and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

New Horror Distribution Co. Red Water Entertainment Announces First Six Films

On the heels of the release of Junta Yamaguchi’s festival hit film Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, Avi Federgreen’s Indiecan Entertainment is launching a new international genre-focused distribution arm, Red Water Entertainment, and has announced six new international genre titles for late 2022 release. The six films include Stefano Lodovichi’s The Guest Room (Italy), John Farrelly’s The Sleep Experiment (Ireland), Carlo Lavagna’s Shadows (Italy/Ireland), Rasmus Merivoo’s Kratt (Estonia), and Xiaofeng Li’s Back to the Warf(China) will be released in Canada and the US. Karen Lam’s The Curse of Willow Song (Canada) will be a Canada-only release. The Guest Room (aka The Room) (Italy): The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke her heart, joins them at home, the situation immediately

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2022

Blu-ray Review: The Halfway House (2004)

Things start off with that hot n’ heavy jogging action so popular with the youth of today before dovetailing into a naked sacrifice to a monster… so begins Kenneth J. Hall’s horror-comedy/creature-feature/softcore sex flick, The Halfway House! So about that jogger… well, she’s the sister of one Larissa Morgan (Janet Tracy Keijser) and she isn’t the type to take a missing sister lying down… unless she’s busy fucking a detective, one Dick Sheen (Shawn Savage) by name, to convince her to help her find her missing sib. Said investigation leads to our heroine going undercover at the local church-run halfway house for wayward “girls” lorded over by the stern Sister Cecilia (genre legend Mary Woronov of Roger Corman’s Death Race 2000 fame… and about a billion others), who by day keeps the ladies in line through a healthy dose of fear, and by night sacrifices anyone that tries to escape the house’s wicked walls to the tooth and tentacle heavy

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DanXIII
May 15, 2022

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‘Scare Zone’, Shot At Halloween Horror Nights, Premieres This Week (Trailer)

Scare Zone, a feature film made at Universal Studio’s Halloween Horror Nights, is set to debut on VOD and The Terror Film Channel this week. “Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House …or, is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives, and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it’s one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things begin to happen and people end up dead, the visitors of Scare Zone think it’s all just part of the “show”!” From writer-director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, starring “SEAL Team’s” Neil Brown, Jr, Arian Ash (Lonely Hearts), Michele Simms (Sex Drive), Jordan Woods-Robinson (The Walking Dead), Chris Burns (Bloodline) and Simon Needham. “Ever since I first walked through a Halloween haunted house, I’ve had the same dreadful thought; “What if a killer has nested in the attraction and, dressed as one of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2022

Something Ancient Stalks The Trailer For Shudder’s “Moloch”

Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural has acquired rights to and set a summer release date for Dutch director Nico van den Brink’s directorial debut Moloch, an official selection of the Fantasia International Film Festival. In Moloch, 38-year-old Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The more she digs, the more she becomes convinced that she is being hunted by something ancient. Written by van den Brink and Daan Bakker, Moloch stars Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049, Catch) and Alexandre Willaume (The Wheel of Time, The Last Kingdom) and is produced by Sabine Brian and Ronald Versteeg. XYZ Films are Executive Producers and handle worldwide sales on the project. Moloch will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2022

Mermaid Horror ‘Erzulie’ Swims Into Theaters (Trailer)

A reunion between four friends quickly goes awry when they find themselves face to face with a swamp mermaid goddess in director Christine Chen’s frightening mermaid horror Erzulie. A Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures release, this indie film stars a hot young ensemble including Zoe Graham, Elizabeth Trieu, Courtney Olivier, Diana Rose, Leila Annastasia Scott, and Jason Kirkpatrick. Scripted by Christine Chen and Camille Gladney, the film is produced by Christine Chen, Payten Brewer, Andrew van den Houten, and Candice Barley, with Han Soto as executive producers. Erzulie opened in select theaters on May 14th, and swims onto VOD on June 14, 2022, from Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures. May 27th – June 2nd: Laemmle Theater, Glendale

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

Two Salesmen Get More Than They Bargained For In The Horror Comedy ‘Keeping Company’ (Trailer)

From 1091 Pictures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. comes the indie horror-comedy Keeping Company. starring Jacob Grodnik, Ahmed Bharoocha, Devin Das, Gillian Vigman, Andy Buckley, Rex Lee, and more. In the film, “A fateful chain of events begins to unravel after two brash insurance salesmen go knocking on the wrong door and find themselves trapped inside of a serial killer’s basement, putting their lives and their jobs on the line.” Keeping Company is from the creative minds of co-writers Devin Das and Josh Wallace with Wallace directing and Das starring in the film. The horror comedy will be available on Video on Demand on June 7, 2022. Check out the new trailer below!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

A Woman Is Forced To Face Her Monsters In The Horror ‘Machination’ Out This Week On Digital

This May, witness psychological horror at its finest with the one-of-a-kind indie film Machination, from directors Sarah Jayne Portelli and Ivan Malekin. Machination: ˌma-kə-ˈnā-shən Noun -an act of machinating -a scheming or crafty action or artful design intended to accomplish something evil. “Backstage machinations … that have dominated the film industry.” Starring Steffi Thake, Rambert Attard, Sean James Sutton, and Andrew Bonnello, Machination is an entirely improvised film about a young woman forced to confront the monsters that haunt her. News of an out-of-control pandemic has gripped the world and mass panic is pushing humanity into an uncertain future. Maria, a sensitive and anxious woman, struggles to cope with self-isolation. With fear mounting and the demands of the world closing in, Maria is forced to confront her past and the monsters that surround her … both without and within. Machination is a psychological horror/drama inspired by COVID-19 and its effect on mental health. Described as “claustrophobic” and “intense,” the film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2022

Lost Horror ‘All About Evil’ Rediscovered And Set To Be Released This Summer

Following a world premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival and a limited theatrical run in 2010, Peaches Christ‘s All About Evil disappeared underground for years, becoming the stuff of legend. Now, the demented, blood-splattered classic is back for good, coming to both Blu-ray and Shudder this June. To celebrate, Peaches Christ herself will present the film at “Peaches Christ 4-D Screenings” along the West Coast, including the Los Feliz 3 in Los Angeles on June 9 and the Victoria Theater in San Francisco on June 11 where the film was shot. Fans in Los Angeles can also attend a Blu-ray signing event at Dark Delicacies on June 12 with Peaches Christ and members of the cast. All About Evil combines a wildly imaginative script with eye-popping buckets of blood. The film is anchored by a first-class including Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll”, “Orange Is the New Black”) as the mad projectionist, Thomas Dekker (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, Kaboom),

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

Full Moon’s Pothead Horror Franchise Is Back With ‘Evil Bong 888: Infinity High’ (Trailer)

Pothead horror fans will be excited to learn that this week, the latest installment of Full Moon Features’ Evil Bong franchise, Evil Bong 888: Infinity High, is set to arrive this week. In the movie, “when he’s finally given a chance to go legit by opening a restaurant, Rabbit (series regular Sonny Carl Davis) can’t stop himself from sliding back to his old ways. With Eebee as his Master Chef, weed is definitely on the menu and this high-end joint is the toke of the town. Staffed with tons of familiar faces and fan-favorite buds, will Rabbit end on a high note? Or will he be chopped by the cops in a kitchen nightmare that goes up in smoke?” This cast includes Diana Prince (Shudder series “The Last Drive-In”), John Reinke (the bionic zookeeper from cultural phenomenon “Tiger King”), John Patrick Jordan (“Law & Order: SVU”, “Mad Men”), Sonny Carl Davis (Last Night at the Alamo, Fast Times at Ridgemont

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

Horror Anthology “13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Slashes Its Way Onto Tubi!

The free streaming service Tubi is the gift that just keeps on giving. One of the several new horror films recently added to their library is the holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas, from Blood Moon Pictures. 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar in a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks (interview), the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories, interview) and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher),

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2022

New Horror Distribution Co. Red Water Entertainment Announces First Six Films

On the heels of the release of Junta Yamaguchi’s festival hit film Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, Avi Federgreen’s Indiecan Entertainment is launching a new international genre-focused distribution arm, Red Water Entertainment, and has announced six new international genre titles for late 2022 release. The six films include Stefano Lodovichi’s The Guest Room (Italy), John Farrelly’s The Sleep Experiment (Ireland), Carlo Lavagna’s Shadows (Italy/Ireland), Rasmus Merivoo’s Kratt (Estonia), and Xiaofeng Li’s Back to the Warf(China) will be released in Canada and the US. Karen Lam’s The Curse of Willow Song (Canada) will be a Canada-only release. The Guest Room (aka The Room) (Italy): The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke her heart, joins them at home, the situation immediately

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2022

Blu-ray Review: The Halfway House (2004)

Things start off with that hot n’ heavy jogging action so popular with the youth of today before dovetailing into a naked sacrifice to a monster… so begins Kenneth J. Hall’s horror-comedy/creature-feature/softcore sex flick, The Halfway House! So about that jogger… well, she’s the sister of one Larissa Morgan (Janet Tracy Keijser) and she isn’t the type to take a missing sister lying down… unless she’s busy fucking a detective, one Dick Sheen (Shawn Savage) by name, to convince her to help her find her missing sib. Said investigation leads to our heroine going undercover at the local church-run halfway house for wayward “girls” lorded over by the stern Sister Cecilia (genre legend Mary Woronov of Roger Corman’s Death Race 2000 fame… and about a billion others), who by day keeps the ladies in line through a healthy dose of fear, and by night sacrifices anyone that tries to escape the house’s wicked walls to the tooth and tentacle heavy

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 15, 2022
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