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Netflix Review: Nobody Sleeps In The Woods Tonight Is Basic At Best

I had heard good things about writer-director Bartosz M. Kowalski’s new horror film Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight so I decided to give it a try. The movie centers on a group of teens who have been sent to a remote camp in the woods because of their addiction to technology, phones, computers, gaming, YouTube, etc… Of course, when you take a bunch of teens into the woods on a camping trip things are bound to go wrong. When a cannibal killer discovers the group he begins picking them off one by one. If imitation is the biggest form of flattery, then this movie is a love letter to slashers. What I saw was a mishmash of bits of and ideas from horror classics, including Friday the 13th, Wrong Turn, Scream, Hatchet, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and more. And It’s filled to the brim with basic horror troupes. Every character is right out of the horror handbook, a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
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We May Actually Be Getting A Sequel To ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space”

After years of rumors, we may be actually getting a sequel to the 1988 horror comedy Killer Klowns From Outer Space! During a discussion with ComicBook.com about his Netflix film Alien Xmas, Stephen Chiodo talked about his and his brother’s (Charles Chiodo) classic, saying that the brother duo is currently in talks with Netflix about making a Kill Klowns sequel. We are talking to them. We’re talking all the time. Get this: we’ve been trying to do a sequel (Killer Klowns From Outer Space) since we made the film and fans get angry with us. We don’t mention it too much, because they get angry. They say, ‘Oh, what’s the matter with you guys?’ But we’re trying. The business is just a bear, moves at a glacial pace. There’s interest, and it wanes and flows. You get some executives who really want to do it, then, all of a sudden, musical chairs. They’re out, a new regime is in, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
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First Look: A Blind Woman Is The Victim Of A Home Invasion In “See For Me”

We’ve got the first image from the home invasion horror-thriller See For Me, from director Randall Okita and writers Adam Yorke and Tommy Gushue. “The film follows blind teenager Sophie who is house-sitting at a secluded mansion which comes under attack from thieves seeking a hidden safe. Her only means of defense is an i-phone app called See for Me which connects her to Kelly, a veteran and volunteer across the country who spends her days playing first-person shooter games online and who now must see on Sophie’s behalf.” Visually impaired actress Skyler Davenport stars in her first leading film role, adding realism to the film that also stars “Sons of Anarchy” actor Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy (“The Flash”), Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”), George Tchortov Joe Pingue, and Pascal Langdale. See For Me, inspired by a real app, is currently in post-production. The film joins the emerging new sub-genre of horror we like to call “Speak No Evil (A Quiet

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
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Movie Review: The Oak Room (Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend)

Canadian feature The Oak Room is a lean, gripping, dark thriller with horror overtones that celebrates the art of storytelling. Its settings are two closed bars in isolated locations on bitterly cold nights with snowstorms, with each bar story set a week apart. Prodigal son Steve (RJ Mitte) returns to his hometown after not bothering to do so for his father Gordon’s (Nicholas Campbell) funeral, and receives an unwelcoming reception from Gordon’s bartender buddy Paul (Peter Outerbridge). Paul has been saving Gordon’s ashes in a fishing tackle box, but he is not about to turn them over to Steve until the drifter son pays off a monetary debt. Steve tries to bargain to settle up with a story instead of cash, which kicks off the second tale set in another bar in which a stranger (Martin Roach) seeks a few minutes of shelter from an equally unwelcoming barkeep (Ari Millen). Peter Genoway’s screenplay unfolds at a tantalizing pace, slowly revealing

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Joseph Perry
Nov 25, 2020
This January, 'Spell' Comes Home On Blu-ray And DVD

This January, ‘Spell’ Comes Home On Blu-ray And DVD

Spell, which we call “spooky as Hell” in our 5/5 review, is coming to home video! Omari Hardwick (“Power,” Sorry to Bother You), Loretta Devine (“Black-ish,” Crash), and John Beasley (The Sum of All Fears, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) star in the terrifying thriller directed by Mark Tonderai and written by Kurt Wimmer. While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis (Omari Hardwick) to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone, and trapped in Ms. Eloise’s (Loretta Devine) attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon. Be sure to check out our interview with Loretta Devine, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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There’s Now Two Ways To Watch The Creepy AF Movie “Come Play”

There are now two ways to watch the fantastically creepy AF film Come Play, which we gave an outstanding 5/5 in our review! Written and directed by Jacob Chase, the movie features newcomer Azhy Robertson as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses Oliver’s devices against him to break into our world, Oliver’s parents (Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.) must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen. Watch Come Play, now on VOD or Digital, from Focus Features! You’ll thank us.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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A Group Of Teens Find Terror In The ‘Backwoods’ Trailer

This December, a terrifying legend turns out to be very real in director Thomas Smith’s Backwoods. In the film, “High school cheerleader Molly woke bound and gagged in the trunk of her boyfriend’s car. That was the high point of her night. After escaping and fleeing into the nearby forest, she comes face-to-face with the town urban legend: The Hangman, a deformed zealot said to lynch male trespassers and keep the women as “brides”. Now, Molly, along with her best friend and would-be rescuer Noah must work together to avoid becoming his latest victims.” Jeremy Sande, Tahj Vaughans, Isabella Alberti, Micahel Anthony Bagozzi, Erin Liley, and Scott Alan Warner star. Backwoods arrives on VOD on December 1, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Star In Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker that brought us Hereditary and Midsommar, has been hard at work on developing his next project, described as a four-hour “nightmare comedy.” He has now found his star, Joaquin Phoenix. According to Discussing Film, Pheonix is currently in talks to play the lead role in the film, titled Beau Is Afraid. The feature horror is based on Aster’s 2011 short film Beau, Film Stage reports. The film is being described as a “surrealist horror film set in an alternative present,” with Beau being an, “extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father.” When his mother dies, he journey’s back to his home, facing supernatural threats along the way. Phoenix has starred in a long list of fantastic films including 2019’s Joker, 2005’s Walk the Line, Gladiator, Inherent Vice, and You Were Never Really Here. Check out the 2011 short film below that inspired Beau

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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Movie Review: Flay (2019)

Patricia (Peggy Schott) is one of those long sufferin’ artist types, but her problems are going to expand 666-fold as she acquires a cursed chain (which has been around since those days of covered wagons and rampant dysentery) which ends up resulting in a serious case of the deaths for anyone unlucky enough to come in possession of those loathsome links! Can Pat get her shit together and end the curse? Special effects wizard turned director Eric Pham and screenwriter Matthew Daley, aren’t exactly re-inventing the wicked wheel with Flay; this is your typical ancient curse causes mayhem in the modern day yarn at it’s heart… but goddamn do they manage to keep things fresh! To wit: the way the curse spreads here is rather inventive, as the links of the chain (which were given that ol’ wild whammy by an imprisoned Native American shaman) give anyone that touches them a permanent bad day, and since our heroine has utilized

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 23, 2020
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’30 Days Of Night’ Creator Launches Monster Forge Productions

Steve Niles, the man behind the 30 Days of Night comic book series, is ramping up his presence in the genre by launching Monster Forge Productions, THR reports. Niles has teamed up with Shannon Eric Denton to create the company which will bring to life “a spectrum of horror properties, ranging from light monster fare for children to full-blown adult scares.” The site also states that “Monster Forge enters the entertainment space with a multi-platform production division bringing their monstrous library of titles and creator relationships to film, television, interactive entertainment, gaming, and merchandising.” Comics, animation, games, and toys that have grown into a cultural phenomenon over the past two decades” Niles said in a statement shared by THR. “Monster Forge will build a bridge from our own creations and those of like-minded creators’ works to film, TV, toys, games, and beyond.” Horror, sci-fi, kids’ animation, Hammer films, black-and-white creature features, and modern VFX-driven genre fun is all the stuff

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2020

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Netflix Review: Nobody Sleeps In The Woods Tonight Is Basic At Best

I had heard good things about writer-director Bartosz M. Kowalski’s new horror film Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight so I decided to give it a try. The movie centers on a group of teens who have been sent to a remote camp in the woods because of their addiction to technology, phones, computers, gaming, YouTube, etc… Of course, when you take a bunch of teens into the woods on a camping trip things are bound to go wrong. When a cannibal killer discovers the group he begins picking them off one by one. If imitation is the biggest form of flattery, then this movie is a love letter to slashers. What I saw was a mishmash of bits of and ideas from horror classics, including Friday the 13th, Wrong Turn, Scream, Hatchet, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, and more. And It’s filled to the brim with basic horror troupes. Every character is right out of the horror handbook, a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
Horror Fuel

We May Actually Be Getting A Sequel To ‘Killer Klowns From Outer Space”

After years of rumors, we may be actually getting a sequel to the 1988 horror comedy Killer Klowns From Outer Space! During a discussion with ComicBook.com about his Netflix film Alien Xmas, Stephen Chiodo talked about his and his brother’s (Charles Chiodo) classic, saying that the brother duo is currently in talks with Netflix about making a Kill Klowns sequel. We are talking to them. We’re talking all the time. Get this: we’ve been trying to do a sequel (Killer Klowns From Outer Space) since we made the film and fans get angry with us. We don’t mention it too much, because they get angry. They say, ‘Oh, what’s the matter with you guys?’ But we’re trying. The business is just a bear, moves at a glacial pace. There’s interest, and it wanes and flows. You get some executives who really want to do it, then, all of a sudden, musical chairs. They’re out, a new regime is in, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
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First Look: A Blind Woman Is The Victim Of A Home Invasion In “See For Me”

We’ve got the first image from the home invasion horror-thriller See For Me, from director Randall Okita and writers Adam Yorke and Tommy Gushue. “The film follows blind teenager Sophie who is house-sitting at a secluded mansion which comes under attack from thieves seeking a hidden safe. Her only means of defense is an i-phone app called See for Me which connects her to Kelly, a veteran and volunteer across the country who spends her days playing first-person shooter games online and who now must see on Sophie’s behalf.” Visually impaired actress Skyler Davenport stars in her first leading film role, adding realism to the film that also stars “Sons of Anarchy” actor Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy (“The Flash”), Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”), George Tchortov Joe Pingue, and Pascal Langdale. See For Me, inspired by a real app, is currently in post-production. The film joins the emerging new sub-genre of horror we like to call “Speak No Evil (A Quiet

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 25, 2020
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: The Oak Room (Popcorn Frights Wicked Weekend)

Canadian feature The Oak Room is a lean, gripping, dark thriller with horror overtones that celebrates the art of storytelling. Its settings are two closed bars in isolated locations on bitterly cold nights with snowstorms, with each bar story set a week apart. Prodigal son Steve (RJ Mitte) returns to his hometown after not bothering to do so for his father Gordon’s (Nicholas Campbell) funeral, and receives an unwelcoming reception from Gordon’s bartender buddy Paul (Peter Outerbridge). Paul has been saving Gordon’s ashes in a fishing tackle box, but he is not about to turn them over to Steve until the drifter son pays off a monetary debt. Steve tries to bargain to settle up with a story instead of cash, which kicks off the second tale set in another bar in which a stranger (Martin Roach) seeks a few minutes of shelter from an equally unwelcoming barkeep (Ari Millen). Peter Genoway’s screenplay unfolds at a tantalizing pace, slowly revealing

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Nov 25, 2020
This January, 'Spell' Comes Home On Blu-ray And DVD

This January, ‘Spell’ Comes Home On Blu-ray And DVD

Spell, which we call “spooky as Hell” in our 5/5 review, is coming to home video! Omari Hardwick (“Power,” Sorry to Bother You), Loretta Devine (“Black-ish,” Crash), and John Beasley (The Sum of All Fears, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) star in the terrifying thriller directed by Mark Tonderai and written by Kurt Wimmer. While flying to his father’s funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis (Omari Hardwick) to lose control of the plane carrying him and his family. He awakens wounded, alone, and trapped in Ms. Eloise’s (Loretta Devine) attic, who claims she can nurse him back to health with the Boogity, a Hoodoo figure she has made from his blood and skin. Unable to call for help, Marquis desperately tries to outwit and break free from her dark magic and save his family from a sinister ritual before the rise of the blood moon. Be sure to check out our interview with Loretta Devine, who

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

There’s Now Two Ways To Watch The Creepy AF Movie “Come Play”

There are now two ways to watch the fantastically creepy AF film Come Play, which we gave an outstanding 5/5 in our review! Written and directed by Jacob Chase, the movie features newcomer Azhy Robertson as Oliver, a lonely young boy who feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses Oliver’s devices against him to break into our world, Oliver’s parents (Gillian Jacobs and John Gallagher Jr.) must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen. Watch Come Play, now on VOD or Digital, from Focus Features! You’ll thank us.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Group Of Teens Find Terror In The ‘Backwoods’ Trailer

This December, a terrifying legend turns out to be very real in director Thomas Smith’s Backwoods. In the film, “High school cheerleader Molly woke bound and gagged in the trunk of her boyfriend’s car. That was the high point of her night. After escaping and fleeing into the nearby forest, she comes face-to-face with the town urban legend: The Hangman, a deformed zealot said to lynch male trespassers and keep the women as “brides”. Now, Molly, along with her best friend and would-be rescuer Noah must work together to avoid becoming his latest victims.” Jeremy Sande, Tahj Vaughans, Isabella Alberti, Micahel Anthony Bagozzi, Erin Liley, and Scott Alan Warner star. Backwoods arrives on VOD on December 1, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Star In Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’

Ari Aster, the brilliant filmmaker that brought us Hereditary and Midsommar, has been hard at work on developing his next project, described as a four-hour “nightmare comedy.” He has now found his star, Joaquin Phoenix. According to Discussing Film, Pheonix is currently in talks to play the lead role in the film, titled Beau Is Afraid. The feature horror is based on Aster’s 2011 short film Beau, Film Stage reports. The film is being described as a “surrealist horror film set in an alternative present,” with Beau being an, “extremely anxious but pleasant-looking man who has a fraught relationship with his overbearing mother and never knew his father.” When his mother dies, he journey’s back to his home, facing supernatural threats along the way. Phoenix has starred in a long list of fantastic films including 2019’s Joker, 2005’s Walk the Line, Gladiator, Inherent Vice, and You Were Never Really Here. Check out the 2011 short film below that inspired Beau

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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Movie Review: Flay (2019)

Patricia (Peggy Schott) is one of those long sufferin’ artist types, but her problems are going to expand 666-fold as she acquires a cursed chain (which has been around since those days of covered wagons and rampant dysentery) which ends up resulting in a serious case of the deaths for anyone unlucky enough to come in possession of those loathsome links! Can Pat get her shit together and end the curse? Special effects wizard turned director Eric Pham and screenwriter Matthew Daley, aren’t exactly re-inventing the wicked wheel with Flay; this is your typical ancient curse causes mayhem in the modern day yarn at it’s heart… but goddamn do they manage to keep things fresh! To wit: the way the curse spreads here is rather inventive, as the links of the chain (which were given that ol’ wild whammy by an imprisoned Native American shaman) give anyone that touches them a permanent bad day, and since our heroine has utilized

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 23, 2020
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’30 Days Of Night’ Creator Launches Monster Forge Productions

Steve Niles, the man behind the 30 Days of Night comic book series, is ramping up his presence in the genre by launching Monster Forge Productions, THR reports. Niles has teamed up with Shannon Eric Denton to create the company which will bring to life “a spectrum of horror properties, ranging from light monster fare for children to full-blown adult scares.” The site also states that “Monster Forge enters the entertainment space with a multi-platform production division bringing their monstrous library of titles and creator relationships to film, television, interactive entertainment, gaming, and merchandising.” Comics, animation, games, and toys that have grown into a cultural phenomenon over the past two decades” Niles said in a statement shared by THR. “Monster Forge will build a bridge from our own creations and those of like-minded creators’ works to film, TV, toys, games, and beyond.” Horror, sci-fi, kids’ animation, Hammer films, black-and-white creature features, and modern VFX-driven genre fun is all the stuff

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2020
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