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1091 Celebrates The Release Of Their Slasher ‘Student Body’ With Three New Clips

Surviving high school takes on a whole new meaning in writer-director Lee Ann Kurr‘s slasher Student Body. To celebrate the release of the film today, we’ve got three new clips that give you a taste of the horrors that await you. Christian Camargo, Montse Hernandez, Cheyenne Haynes, Harley Quinn Smith, Austin Zajur, and Anthony Keyvan star in the film about a group of friends pit against a mascot-wearing killer roaming the halls of their high school. Student Body is out on Digital on February 8, 2022, from 1091 Pictures. You can order it now on Apple TV and Prime Video.

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Feb 8, 2022

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Mutant ‘Crabs’ Take Over A Town In This Movie’s New Trailer

The official trailer has arrived for the horror-comedy Crabs, being described as “Zombeavers meets Godzilla versus The Crab Monsters.” In the film, “Mutated by nuclear runoff, a horde of murderous horseshoe crabs descend on a sleepy California town causing Prom Night terror. As the deadly crustaceans claw their way through the disbelieving population, it’s up to a ramshackle band of students and police to address the increasingly ginormous crab menace in a love letter to such practical effects horrors as Gremlins and nostalgic Roger Corman classics. Directed by Pierce Berolzheimer this fun flick stars Dylan Riley Snyder, Jessica Morris, Robert Craighead, Allie Jennings, Bryce Durfee, and Chase Padgett. We’ll let you know when the release date is announced by Raven’s Banner. In the meantime, chaeck out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 8, 2022

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Possess The Supernatural Horror ‘Exorcist Vengence’ Tomorrow On DVD And Digital

Tomorrow, witnesses action star Robert Bronzi (Death Kiss, The Gardener) and acclaimed actor Stephen Berkoff (Rambo: First Blood Part II, Beverly Hills Cop, “Vikings” ) go head to head with evil in Exorcist Vengence. A possession tale with state-of-the-art special effects, the film tells of a tough priest (Bronzi), someone the Vatican calls to do their dirty work. When a prominent family is terrorized by a demonic force, the priest is called upon by Bishop Canelo to root out the evil, but soon realizes the solution to this mystery is tied to his past. He must find the killer and stop the Devil’s hold on the family before it’s too late. Directed by Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca J Matthews, Exorcist Vengeance is written by Matthew B.C. (Medusa: Queen of the Serpents) and Jeff Miller (The Toybox; Ouija House; Clowntown), based on Miller’s story. The film also stars Sarah Alexandra Marks, Nicola Wright, Simon Furness, Nicole Nabi, and Anna Liddell. Exorcist

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 7, 2022

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Vampire Rom-Com “Bite Me” Bears Its Fangs This Week

Adventure Kid and Blue Firefly Films’ new romantic horror-comedy Bite Me will bear its fangs on Digital this week. In the film, when Sarah, a real-life vampire, gets audited by the IRS, the last thing she expects to get out of it is a date. But James, her hopelessly romantic IRS agent, thinks she’s other-worldly. As an unlikely attraction sparks between the two misfits, they are forced to confront whether they dare to commit the terrifying, radical act of falling in love. The film is from the award-winning writer and director duo of Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. And features an impressive cast, including Naomi McDougall Jones (Imagine I’m Beautiful, “Boardwalk Empire”) who also produced the film, Christian Coulson (Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, Mozart in The Jungle), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”, Ctrl, Alt, Delete) and Annie Golden (“Orange Is the New Black,” Cheers). Sink your teeth into Bite Me, on Digital on February 8, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 7, 2022

The Tasty Horror 'Flux Gourmet' Is Out Today From IFC Midnight!

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Let The New Teaser Trailer Whet Your Appetite For ‘Flux Gourmet’

Whet your appetite for horror with the teaser trailer for accalimed writer-director Peter Strickland‘s (In Fabric, Duke of Burgandy) Flux Gourmet, starring Asa Butterfield (“Sex Education”), Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones”), Richard Bremmer (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). In the film, “A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin, and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities. Upon hearing of Stones’s visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective’s plans to use his condition for their art

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 7, 2022

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New Trailer For Religious Horror ‘Sin Eater’ Will Leave You With Dental Phobia

A brutal new religious horror film, Sin Eater, is headed your way this March from Carmela Chimera (After Mask). The trailer is here and it’s nasty. Consider this a warning to those who suffer from dental phobia. In the film, after suffering a horrible injury during an accident, a woman (Jessie Neurd) finds herself stranded in a remote town that is harboring a dark secret. As she tries to recuperate, she discovers a bizarre religious phenomenon happening around her. With no one to trust and her time running out, Christine realizes that she will have to fight her inner demons as well as the actual demons to survive. Sin Eater is inspired by the real-life religious practice known as sin eating. A sin-eater is a person who performs a ritual in which they consume a meal to spiritually take on the sins of a deceased person. The food is believed to absorb the sins of a recently dead person, thus

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 7, 2022

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Two New Clips Surface From The Post-Apocalyptic Thriller ‘Last Survivors’ – Out Today

The post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller Last Survivors, starring Drew Van Acker (“Titans”), Alicia Silverstone (Clueless), and Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”), is out today in theaters and On Demand from Vertical Entertainment. To celebrate, we’ve got two new clips to share with you, the first shows a father injured during a fight, and in the second clip we see a woman in danger. Last Survivors takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where Troy (Stephen Moyer) raised his now-grown son, Jake (Drew Van Acker), in a perfect wooded utopia thousands of miles away from the decayed cities. When Troy is severely wounded, Jake is forced to travel to the outside world to find life-saving medicine. Ordered to kill any humans he encounters, Jake defies his father by engaging in a forbidden relationship with a mysterious woman, Henrietta (Alicia Silverstone). As Jake continues this dangerous affair, Troy will do anything to get rid of Henrietta and protect the perfect utopia he created. Directed by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 5, 2022

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Irish Horror ‘The Cellar’ Coming To Shudder This Spring

Shudder announced today that they have acquired The Cellar, from critically-acclaimed Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney ahead of the film’s world premiere at SXSW. Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland, The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods (Elisha Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever. Starring Elisha Cuthbert and Eoin Macken, The Cellar will have a day-and-date premiere on April 15th, streaming exclusively on Shudder in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand with a U.S. theatrical release through RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks. “The Cellar is a riveting story that we think will appeal to both horror lovers and broader audiences alike, and we’re delighted to work with RLJE Films to bring it to the widest possible audience,” said

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 5, 2022

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This Valentine’s Day, Dark Forces Plague A Family In ‘The Accursed’

Inspired by Eastern European folklore, comes The Accursed, a female-driven supernatural horror written and directed by Kathryn Michelle and Elizabeta Vidovic. In the film, “an unthinkable betrayal leads to a maleficent curse being placed upon a family’s bloodline. Decades later, a wedding unites the next generation of the estranged family. When one of them unknowingly awakens the dark forces that start picking them off one by one, matriarch Hana (Yancy Butler, Kick-Ass, Hard Target) must figure out who is working against them before the bloody curse takes hold of them forever.” The Accursed is out on DVD and Digital on Valentine’s Day from Dazzler Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 4, 2022

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A Man Speaks To The Dead In The Horror ‘The Long Walk’ Coming To Digital

The UK trailer and poster have now been released for Mattie Do‘s ghosty film The Long Walk, which made its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, followed by screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Busan, Locarno, and Sitges. The Long Walk marks the Laotian director Mattie Do’s third feature and centers around an old man, who discovers that he can travel back in time and speak with the dead. The film stars Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Noutnapha Soydara, Vilouna Phetmany, Chansamone Inoudom, and Por Silatsa. Lightbulb Film Distribution will release The Long Walk on Digital platforms on February 28, 2022, from Yellow Veil Pictures. We also recommend that you check out Do’s previous film, Dearest Sister, which is now streaming on Shudder.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 4, 2022

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