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With a feel of The Strangers and featuring a hot ensemble cast, Minutes to Midnight arrives on VOD this July from director Christopher Ray (Circus Kane, The First Purge). Scripted by Victoria Dadi and Christopher M. Don, in the film seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains and as the clock begins the countdown to the New Year, they discover that the end of the old year may be the end of all their years as they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a deadly agenda. Award-winning actor William Baldwin (Backdraft, Flatliners, Sliver), Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), John Hennigan (Never Leave Alive), Dominique Swain (Astro), Viva Bianca (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”), Jared Cohn (Pernicious) and Christopher Judge (“Stargate SG-1”) star. Minutes to Midnight will be released on VOD July 3, 2018, followed by its arrival on DVD on September 4th, from Uncork’d
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Let’s face it, most of us still have nightmares about our awkward days as a kid, maybe it was the acne, the strange social situations, or maybe you were a bit plump. Well, Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus is gearing up to take us on a trip back to those awkward days with Fat Camp Massacre, a horror comedy being described to as “Friday the 13th meets Mean Girls” Written by Lindsay Hollister, Marcus’ Skeleton Crew Productions is teaming up for the film with Heather Olt and Sarah Chaney’s 6 With Heels Productions who will produce. In the film, “within the brutal walls of her high school, Margie, the overweight outcast, is perpetually tormented by the pretty, thin and popular, Laura. Margie finally stands up to the bullying and a physical altercation ensues, landing them both in detention. When the school’s efforts fail to resolve their situation, the girls’ weight obsessed mothers decide to send them to a
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Clara’s Ghost starring Haley Joel Osment (Tusk) and Chris Elliott (Scary Movie 2) has been picked up by the newly formed banner Orion Classics which has snagged both the North American and Latin American rights. Deadline reports that the film is a family affair with Elliott’s wife Paula Niedert Elliott and his daughters Abby and Bridey Elliott co-starring. Bridey will also be directing from the script she penned. By wstale.com “Set during the course of one evening in the Reynolds family home in suburban Connecticut, the plot centers on Clara Reynolds who, fed up with constant ribbing from her self-absorbed showbiz family, finds solace in and guidance from the supernatural force she believes is haunting her.” Sarah Winshall and Rachel Nederveld are producing. Chris Burch, Chloe Gordon, and Daniel Powell serve as executive producers. Clara’s Ghost opens in theaters and arrives on VOD this Fall.
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Man-o-man did I ever love me some Trancers flicks back in my misspent youth…but I haven’t laid eyes on any of these scintillatin’ sci-fi thrillers in many a year. To that end, I was pleased as poison punch when the first three films in the Trancers series arrived on my demonic doorstep courtesy of those sexy lil’ devils at Full Moon Entertainment! So, let’s kick back, pop open a brew or twenty and dive into the first feature… Trancers (1984): In a Blade Runner style future (replete with voice over narration), Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is a bounty hunter hot on the trail of master criminal Whistler (Michael Stefani); a bad motherfucker who can hypnotize folks turning them into zombie like creatures called Trancers (‘natch). Said trail leads our hard boiled hero back in time to 1985 where Whistler has traveled “down the line” (a process by which an individual can possess the body of their ancestor) to kill the
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A new Comic Con is coming to Sacramento this month featuring some of the world’s biggest name in comics, celebrities, and creators. The Fandemic Tour Comic Con will bring its new tour to Sacramento this June. Fandemic Tour is produced by the veteran comic conproducer, John Macaluso, who is bringing his new comic con experience to Sacramento June 22-24 at the Sacramento Convention Center. The tour will arrive at the NRG Center in Houston September 14-16, 2018. Fandemic Tour is a brand new experiential convention weekend that will bring together celebrities, well-known and emerging comic artists, cosplayers of all shapes and sizes, and exhibitors with merchandise designed to offer something for every type of pop culture fan. Fandemic Tour celebrates not only celebrity access for fans but the opportunity to speak one-on-one with fans’ favorite artists and creators. Fandemic Tour Sacramento will highlight guest artists such as Neal Adams (Batman, X-Men), Phil Ortiz(The Simpsons and Muppet Babies), Michael Golden (Marvel
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The Strangers: Prey At Night (review), the fantastically twisted sequel to 2008’s home invasion hit The Strangers, is now out on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital, from Universal Pictures. Directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) (interview), the film centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive. Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman star alongside Damien Maffei, Emma Bellomy, and Lea Enslin. We highly recommend that you check out this action-filled slasher flick that’s based on a true story. Luckily, The Strangers: Prey At Night is now out on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD!
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Ahead of its release later this month, Distorted has a new virtual reality 360 trailer courtesy of Minds Eye Entertainment and Sky VR, titled Distorted Reality, which is a 10-minute VR experience distributed through OneTouch VR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go and Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and iOs, as well as the Littlstar app on Sony’s Playstation VR, Deadline reports. The film “follows a woman suffering from bipolar disorder whom comes to suspect the proprietor of the state-of-the-art ”smart apartment” she and her husband just moved into is using the building’s residents as unwitting guinea pigs for a ”synthetic telepathy” brainwashing plot with dire global ramifications.” Directed by Rob W. King, Distorted stars Christina Ricci, Brendan Fletcher, and John Cusack. It is set to be released on June 22, 2018.
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In the near future, Herbert West surrogate Dr. Wojick Borge (Cooper Hoag) perfects the resurrection of the dead (green fluid and all); first by bringing back a cat, then a T-Rex (as one does)…yeah; this movie features zombie dinosaur…a zombie dinosaur that can turn humans into zombies as well…this may be the best fucking premise I’ve ever heard in my life! Opposing his machinations are a group of hard ass mercenaries and a gaggle of tech nerds…the most unlikely of combinations thrown together after an EMP asteroid attack (this just gets better and better fiends…). Can our heroes defeat the evil Borge and his putrid pet, or will they become the living dead after they find themselves deep within the mad Doctor’s fortified bunker?!! Armed with an incredibly fun comic book aesthetic featuring mad scientists, tough as nails soldiers, action, and monsters; The Jurassic Dead is one hell of an entertaining ride on the horror biz express and plays out
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Portola Pictures has announced the Digital HD release of Tyler Savage‘s Inheritance, following the world premiere at Dances with Films, Inheritance has received high marks at festivals around the country. Savage directed from his own script, putting a chilling twist on the universal feeling of being trapped by your family history, for better or worse. Dread Central raved, “Savage uses the dark essences of an even more gloomy past to highlight this modern-day ghost story.” Tyler Savage makes his feature film debut alongside executive producer Nicholas Gonda (Tree of Life), cinematographer Drew Daniels (Krisha, It Comes At Night) and producers J.P. Castel (Krisha), Dash Hawkins (Party Crashers), and Chase Joliet (It Comes at Night), who also leads the cast. Sara Montez (“Pitch”), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, “True Blood”), Krisha Fairchild (Krisha), and Drew Powell (“Gotham”) co-star. The film was shot on location along the California coast and LA-based
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This year’s Fantasia Film Festival has announced the latest additions to their lineup. They have also announced that Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott’s highly anticipated Tales From the Hood 2 will be making its world debut at the festival which runs from July 12 to August 1st, along with other films. The full lineup of 130 films is to be announced on June 28th. TRIPPING THE FOG FANTASTIQUE: DANIEL ROBY’S DANS LA BRUME IS FANTASIA 2018’S OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT FILM Fantasia is proud to announce that the festival’s 22nd edition will open with the North American Premiere of DANS LA BRUME (“Just a Breath Away”), a large-scale genre co-production between France and Canada, directed by celebrated Quebec filmmaker Daniel Roby (LOUIS CYR, WHITE SKIN), starring Romain Duris (MOOD INDIGO), Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE), and Fantine Harduin (HAPPY END). Paris is hit by an earthquake, then filled with a mysterious toxic gas that seems to come from below ground. A
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With a feel of The Strangers and featuring a hot ensemble cast, Minutes to Midnight arrives on VOD this July from director Christopher Ray (Circus Kane, The First Purge). Scripted by Victoria Dadi and Christopher M. Don, in the film seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains and as the clock begins the countdown to the New Year, they discover that the end of the old year may be the end of all their years as they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a deadly agenda. Award-winning actor William Baldwin (Backdraft, Flatliners, Sliver), Richard Grieco (“21 Jump Street”), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects), John Hennigan (Never Leave Alive), Dominique Swain (Astro), Viva Bianca (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”), Jared Cohn (Pernicious) and Christopher Judge (“Stargate SG-1”) star. Minutes to Midnight will be released on VOD July 3, 2018, followed by its arrival on DVD on September 4th, from Uncork’d
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Let’s face it, most of us still have nightmares about our awkward days as a kid, maybe it was the acne, the strange social situations, or maybe you were a bit plump. Well, Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus is gearing up to take us on a trip back to those awkward days with Fat Camp Massacre, a horror comedy being described to as “Friday the 13th meets Mean Girls” Written by Lindsay Hollister, Marcus’ Skeleton Crew Productions is teaming up for the film with Heather Olt and Sarah Chaney’s 6 With Heels Productions who will produce. In the film, “within the brutal walls of her high school, Margie, the overweight outcast, is perpetually tormented by the pretty, thin and popular, Laura. Margie finally stands up to the bullying and a physical altercation ensues, landing them both in detention. When the school’s efforts fail to resolve their situation, the girls’ weight obsessed mothers decide to send them to a
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Clara’s Ghost starring Haley Joel Osment (Tusk) and Chris Elliott (Scary Movie 2) has been picked up by the newly formed banner Orion Classics which has snagged both the North American and Latin American rights. Deadline reports that the film is a family affair with Elliott’s wife Paula Niedert Elliott and his daughters Abby and Bridey Elliott co-starring. Bridey will also be directing from the script she penned. By wstale.com “Set during the course of one evening in the Reynolds family home in suburban Connecticut, the plot centers on Clara Reynolds who, fed up with constant ribbing from her self-absorbed showbiz family, finds solace in and guidance from the supernatural force she believes is haunting her.” Sarah Winshall and Rachel Nederveld are producing. Chris Burch, Chloe Gordon, and Daniel Powell serve as executive producers. Clara’s Ghost opens in theaters and arrives on VOD this Fall.
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Man-o-man did I ever love me some Trancers flicks back in my misspent youth…but I haven’t laid eyes on any of these scintillatin’ sci-fi thrillers in many a year. To that end, I was pleased as poison punch when the first three films in the Trancers series arrived on my demonic doorstep courtesy of those sexy lil’ devils at Full Moon Entertainment! So, let’s kick back, pop open a brew or twenty and dive into the first feature… Trancers (1984): In a Blade Runner style future (replete with voice over narration), Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is a bounty hunter hot on the trail of master criminal Whistler (Michael Stefani); a bad motherfucker who can hypnotize folks turning them into zombie like creatures called Trancers (‘natch). Said trail leads our hard boiled hero back in time to 1985 where Whistler has traveled “down the line” (a process by which an individual can possess the body of their ancestor) to kill the
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A new Comic Con is coming to Sacramento this month featuring some of the world’s biggest name in comics, celebrities, and creators. The Fandemic Tour Comic Con will bring its new tour to Sacramento this June. Fandemic Tour is produced by the veteran comic conproducer, John Macaluso, who is bringing his new comic con experience to Sacramento June 22-24 at the Sacramento Convention Center. The tour will arrive at the NRG Center in Houston September 14-16, 2018. Fandemic Tour is a brand new experiential convention weekend that will bring together celebrities, well-known and emerging comic artists, cosplayers of all shapes and sizes, and exhibitors with merchandise designed to offer something for every type of pop culture fan. Fandemic Tour celebrates not only celebrity access for fans but the opportunity to speak one-on-one with fans’ favorite artists and creators. Fandemic Tour Sacramento will highlight guest artists such as Neal Adams (Batman, X-Men), Phil Ortiz(The Simpsons and Muppet Babies), Michael Golden (Marvel
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The Strangers: Prey At Night (review), the fantastically twisted sequel to 2008’s home invasion hit The Strangers, is now out on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital, from Universal Pictures. Directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) (interview), the film centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle to survive. Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, and Lewis Pullman star alongside Damien Maffei, Emma Bellomy, and Lea Enslin. We highly recommend that you check out this action-filled slasher flick that’s based on a true story. Luckily, The Strangers: Prey At Night is now out on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD!
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Ahead of its release later this month, Distorted has a new virtual reality 360 trailer courtesy of Minds Eye Entertainment and Sky VR, titled Distorted Reality, which is a 10-minute VR experience distributed through OneTouch VR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go and Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and iOs, as well as the Littlstar app on Sony’s Playstation VR, Deadline reports. The film “follows a woman suffering from bipolar disorder whom comes to suspect the proprietor of the state-of-the-art ”smart apartment” she and her husband just moved into is using the building’s residents as unwitting guinea pigs for a ”synthetic telepathy” brainwashing plot with dire global ramifications.” Directed by Rob W. King, Distorted stars Christina Ricci, Brendan Fletcher, and John Cusack. It is set to be released on June 22, 2018.
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In the near future, Herbert West surrogate Dr. Wojick Borge (Cooper Hoag) perfects the resurrection of the dead (green fluid and all); first by bringing back a cat, then a T-Rex (as one does)…yeah; this movie features zombie dinosaur…a zombie dinosaur that can turn humans into zombies as well…this may be the best fucking premise I’ve ever heard in my life! Opposing his machinations are a group of hard ass mercenaries and a gaggle of tech nerds…the most unlikely of combinations thrown together after an EMP asteroid attack (this just gets better and better fiends…). Can our heroes defeat the evil Borge and his putrid pet, or will they become the living dead after they find themselves deep within the mad Doctor’s fortified bunker?!! Armed with an incredibly fun comic book aesthetic featuring mad scientists, tough as nails soldiers, action, and monsters; The Jurassic Dead is one hell of an entertaining ride on the horror biz express and plays out
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Portola Pictures has announced the Digital HD release of Tyler Savage‘s Inheritance, following the world premiere at Dances with Films, Inheritance has received high marks at festivals around the country. Savage directed from his own script, putting a chilling twist on the universal feeling of being trapped by your family history, for better or worse. Dread Central raved, “Savage uses the dark essences of an even more gloomy past to highlight this modern-day ghost story.” Tyler Savage makes his feature film debut alongside executive producer Nicholas Gonda (Tree of Life), cinematographer Drew Daniels (Krisha, It Comes At Night) and producers J.P. Castel (Krisha), Dash Hawkins (Party Crashers), and Chase Joliet (It Comes at Night), who also leads the cast. Sara Montez (“Pitch”), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, “True Blood”), Krisha Fairchild (Krisha), and Drew Powell (“Gotham”) co-star. The film was shot on location along the California coast and LA-based
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This year’s Fantasia Film Festival has announced the latest additions to their lineup. They have also announced that Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott’s highly anticipated Tales From the Hood 2 will be making its world debut at the festival which runs from July 12 to August 1st, along with other films. The full lineup of 130 films is to be announced on June 28th. TRIPPING THE FOG FANTASTIQUE: DANIEL ROBY’S DANS LA BRUME IS FANTASIA 2018’S OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT FILM Fantasia is proud to announce that the festival’s 22nd edition will open with the North American Premiere of DANS LA BRUME (“Just a Breath Away”), a large-scale genre co-production between France and Canada, directed by celebrated Quebec filmmaker Daniel Roby (LOUIS CYR, WHITE SKIN), starring Romain Duris (MOOD INDIGO), Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE), and Fantine Harduin (HAPPY END). Paris is hit by an earthquake, then filled with a mysterious toxic gas that seems to come from below ground. A
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