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There’s a new drug on the mean streets called Ozone, and it has the nasty habit of making those that take it explode… and those are the lucky ones! Enter: Detective Eddie Boone (James Black), who finds himself injected with Ozone while on a bust that also results in his partner, Mike (Tom Hoover) being maimed and abducted by a gang of Ozone “zombies”. Now Boone must search for his partner while suffering nightmarish Ozone hallucinations, and contending with the monstrous mutant addicts that stand in his way! Shot on Super VHS-C, for next to no cash, Ozone is punk rock fright flick filmmaking at it’s best! Director/Co-writer J.R. Bookwalter (along with Co-writer David A. Wagner) creates a truly unique vision of endless mutations, body-melts, Cenobite-style punks, and gallons of grizzly gore (most realized via excellent practical effects work, though some early CG “morphs” are utilized as well) that parade around a world just a few minutes ahead of our
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The future of the Wolf Creek franchise has been in question for a while now. But that has just changed. Star John Jarratt took to social media this week teasing that Wolf Creek has two new projects in the works, but like many others is stuck in Covid limbo. To my delight – I have received an overwhelming amount of messages about Wolf Creek 3 – the season and the movie. [Franchise creator/director] Greg McLean and I have both projects in the works but unfortunately Covid-19 has the world at a standstill. I promise to keep you updated as we all try our best to get through these tough times.” Jarratt wrote. Jarratt stars as stone-cold serial killer Mick Taylor who roams the Aussie Outback, first conning victims with his rugged charms to bring them in before brutally murdering them. The original film, written and directed by Greg McLean, was released back in 2005 with the sequel following in 2013.
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Writer-director Phillip G. Carroll Jr. examines marriage in the new sci-fi horror-thriller The Honeymoon Phase, out this August from Dark Sky Films. “Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter The Millennium Project, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is. Starring Jim Schubin (“Boardwalk Empire”), Chloe Carroll, with Tara Westwood (The Grudge 2020) and Francois Chau (“Lost”, “TheExpanse”), the film is a paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic Twilight Zone as contemporary
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From the award-winning filmmaker, Kyle Couch comes The Tent starring Lulu Dahl and Shelby Bradley. Winner of multiple awards, and featuring an applauded turn from actor Tim Kaiser, the end-of-days thriller fixes on an apocalyptic event that leaves a man isolated and alone on the edge of the wilderness. Soon enough, another survivor emerges who disrupts the fragile balance of power. An apocalyptic event known as The Crisis has devastated David’s world leaving him to rely on survival tactics learned from childhood. Isolated and alone, David has taken refuge in a tent on the edge of the wilderness. Soon enough, another survivor emerges, Mary, who immediately begins questioning David’s tactics and ultimately putting them in the crosshairs of “Those Who Walk In Darkness”, unseen creatures that may or may not be responsible for The Crisis. The Tent is now available On Demand and is coming soon to DVD (pre-order the DVD from Target).
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We’ve got good news and bad news for those waiting to see Halloween Kills. Let’s start with the good. First, the first footage has been released. Next, Composer and executive producer John Carpenter, director David Gordan Green, and co-writer Danny McBride have all teased new details of Halloween Kills over the past week. The cut is done. They’ll mix it in New York in the next week or so.” Carpenter told Indiewire. “Then it will be in the can. My work is all done.” He went on to tease, “The movie is something else. It’s fun, intense and brutal, a slasher movie times one hundred, big time. It’s huge.” Green offers more details about the movie’s plot in this week’s Empire Magazine Big-Screen Preview. The first one was more about Laurie’s life of isolation after Michael and her attempts at revenge. This is more about the unraveling of a community into chaos. It’s about how fear spreads virally.” The director
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The second season trailer for Netflix’s hit series “The Umbrella Academy” has arrived ahead of its premiere later this month. This season, the Hargreeves family finds themselves reunited after being sent to different times in season one. They find themselves in 1960s Dallas, Texas where they face another apocalypse after living very different lives. To save themselves and the world they will have to find a way to come together. Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin H. Min will all be returning and joined by Marin Ireland, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Tom Sinclair, and Jason Brydon. The series is based on the comic created Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá who serve as executive producers alongside Mike Richardson, Jeff F. King, Keith Goldberg, and Steve Blackman, the series’ showrunner. “The Umbrella Academy” returns to Netflix on July 31, 2020.
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Well Go USA Entertainment announced today that the highly anticipated action-packed zombie thriller Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula will debut in North American theaters this August! AMC Networks’ genre streaming service Shudder has also come on board for the exclusive North American streaming rights to the Train to Busan sequel and plans to premiere the film on their subscription platform in early 2021. The original film, Train to Busan is set to re-release theatrically across North America starting in July, and will feature an exclusive first look at Peninsula. Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on
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John Constantine has been a popular character over the past decade, being featured in the 2005 hit movie Constantine starring Keanu Reeves as the title demon-hunting character, based on the Hellblazer graphic novels by Alan Moore and Stephen R. Bissette. We saw the character again in 2014’s series “Constantine” starring Matt Ryan who then joined “Legends of Tomorrow.” Constantine will now be kicking demon ass in J.J. Abrams’ “Just League Dark.” Reports are now coming in ( via Dread Central) that there will be feature film spin-offs of “Just League Dark” which includes a new live-action Constantine movie that Abrams will be producing! But that’s not all! According to the Dread Central, Keanu Reeves is returning to reprise his epic role! So far there are no details about the plot or other cast members, but we’ll keep you posted. The original film, written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, centers on demon hunter John Constantine who has literally been to
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Level 33 Entertainment’s new award-winning independent sci-fi horror film Ingenium, from award-winning producer Eric Sonnenberg (The Witch and the Ottoman) is out today on Digital and On Demand. In the film, “Felicitas’ world is turned upside down after being attacked on vacation in Bangkok. She doesn’t know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her life. The only way to find out the truth is to free her best friend Natascha from an insane asylum, as she is key to a mysterious superpower that both women were never supposed to discover.” Esther Maaß, Judith Hoersch, Adrian Topol, Jan Yousagoon, Augustin Kramann, and Anne Alexander-Sieder star in the film written by Michael Knoll.
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Over the past 9 years of my career, I’ve interviewed upwards of a thousand writers, directors, actors, artists, musicians, and more. Rarely have I ever been interviewed myself. But recently, I sat down for an interview and discussion with the podcast Indie Horror Rising of Three Tortured Minds, hosted by Chris Micklos and Jay Sapiro, producers of the indie horror The Nursery. During the podcast, we discuss everything from how Horror Fuel was born, trends, personal projects, upcoming films, the state the indie world, and much more. Be sure to subscribe to Indie Horror Rising and follow them on Facebook. Check out our interview!
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There’s a new drug on the mean streets called Ozone, and it has the nasty habit of making those that take it explode… and those are the lucky ones! Enter: Detective Eddie Boone (James Black), who finds himself injected with Ozone while on a bust that also results in his partner, Mike (Tom Hoover) being maimed and abducted by a gang of Ozone “zombies”. Now Boone must search for his partner while suffering nightmarish Ozone hallucinations, and contending with the monstrous mutant addicts that stand in his way! Shot on Super VHS-C, for next to no cash, Ozone is punk rock fright flick filmmaking at it’s best! Director/Co-writer J.R. Bookwalter (along with Co-writer David A. Wagner) creates a truly unique vision of endless mutations, body-melts, Cenobite-style punks, and gallons of grizzly gore (most realized via excellent practical effects work, though some early CG “morphs” are utilized as well) that parade around a world just a few minutes ahead of our
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The future of the Wolf Creek franchise has been in question for a while now. But that has just changed. Star John Jarratt took to social media this week teasing that Wolf Creek has two new projects in the works, but like many others is stuck in Covid limbo. To my delight – I have received an overwhelming amount of messages about Wolf Creek 3 – the season and the movie. [Franchise creator/director] Greg McLean and I have both projects in the works but unfortunately Covid-19 has the world at a standstill. I promise to keep you updated as we all try our best to get through these tough times.” Jarratt wrote. Jarratt stars as stone-cold serial killer Mick Taylor who roams the Aussie Outback, first conning victims with his rugged charms to bring them in before brutally murdering them. The original film, written and directed by Greg McLean, was released back in 2005 with the sequel following in 2013.
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Phillip G. Carroll Jr. examines marriage in the new sci-fi horror-thriller The Honeymoon Phase, out this August from Dark Sky Films. “Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter The Millennium Project, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is. Starring Jim Schubin (“Boardwalk Empire”), Chloe Carroll, with Tara Westwood (The Grudge 2020) and Francois Chau (“Lost”, “TheExpanse”), the film is a paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic Twilight Zone as contemporary
Continue reading →
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From the award-winning filmmaker, Kyle Couch comes The Tent starring Lulu Dahl and Shelby Bradley. Winner of multiple awards, and featuring an applauded turn from actor Tim Kaiser, the end-of-days thriller fixes on an apocalyptic event that leaves a man isolated and alone on the edge of the wilderness. Soon enough, another survivor emerges who disrupts the fragile balance of power. An apocalyptic event known as The Crisis has devastated David’s world leaving him to rely on survival tactics learned from childhood. Isolated and alone, David has taken refuge in a tent on the edge of the wilderness. Soon enough, another survivor emerges, Mary, who immediately begins questioning David’s tactics and ultimately putting them in the crosshairs of “Those Who Walk In Darkness”, unseen creatures that may or may not be responsible for The Crisis. The Tent is now available On Demand and is coming soon to DVD (pre-order the DVD from Target).
Continue reading →
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We’ve got good news and bad news for those waiting to see Halloween Kills. Let’s start with the good. First, the first footage has been released. Next, Composer and executive producer John Carpenter, director David Gordan Green, and co-writer Danny McBride have all teased new details of Halloween Kills over the past week. The cut is done. They’ll mix it in New York in the next week or so.” Carpenter told Indiewire. “Then it will be in the can. My work is all done.” He went on to tease, “The movie is something else. It’s fun, intense and brutal, a slasher movie times one hundred, big time. It’s huge.” Green offers more details about the movie’s plot in this week’s Empire Magazine Big-Screen Preview. The first one was more about Laurie’s life of isolation after Michael and her attempts at revenge. This is more about the unraveling of a community into chaos. It’s about how fear spreads virally.” The director
Continue reading →
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The second season trailer for Netflix’s hit series “The Umbrella Academy” has arrived ahead of its premiere later this month. This season, the Hargreeves family finds themselves reunited after being sent to different times in season one. They find themselves in 1960s Dallas, Texas where they face another apocalypse after living very different lives. To save themselves and the world they will have to find a way to come together. Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin H. Min will all be returning and joined by Marin Ireland, Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, Tom Sinclair, and Jason Brydon. The series is based on the comic created Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá who serve as executive producers alongside Mike Richardson, Jeff F. King, Keith Goldberg, and Steve Blackman, the series’ showrunner. “The Umbrella Academy” returns to Netflix on July 31, 2020.
Continue reading →
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Well Go USA Entertainment announced today that the highly anticipated action-packed zombie thriller Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula will debut in North American theaters this August! AMC Networks’ genre streaming service Shudder has also come on board for the exclusive North American streaming rights to the Train to Busan sequel and plans to premiere the film on their subscription platform in early 2021. The original film, Train to Busan is set to re-release theatrically across North America starting in July, and will feature an exclusive first look at Peninsula. Set four years after South Korea’s total decimation in Train to Busan, the zombie thriller that captivated audiences worldwide, acclaimed director Yeon Sang-ho brings us Peninsula, the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world. Jung-seok, a soldier who previously escaped the diseased wasteland, relives the horror when assigned to a covert operation with two simple objectives: retrieve and survive. When his team unexpectedly stumbles upon survivors, their lives will depend on
Continue reading →
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John Constantine has been a popular character over the past decade, being featured in the 2005 hit movie Constantine starring Keanu Reeves as the title demon-hunting character, based on the Hellblazer graphic novels by Alan Moore and Stephen R. Bissette. We saw the character again in 2014’s series “Constantine” starring Matt Ryan who then joined “Legends of Tomorrow.” Constantine will now be kicking demon ass in J.J. Abrams’ “Just League Dark.” Reports are now coming in ( via Dread Central) that there will be feature film spin-offs of “Just League Dark” which includes a new live-action Constantine movie that Abrams will be producing! But that’s not all! According to the Dread Central, Keanu Reeves is returning to reprise his epic role! So far there are no details about the plot or other cast members, but we’ll keep you posted. The original film, written by Kevin Brodbin and Frank Cappello, centers on demon hunter John Constantine who has literally been to
Continue reading →
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Level 33 Entertainment’s new award-winning independent sci-fi horror film Ingenium, from award-winning producer Eric Sonnenberg (The Witch and the Ottoman) is out today on Digital and On Demand. In the film, “Felicitas’ world is turned upside down after being attacked on vacation in Bangkok. She doesn’t know if her nightmares are taking over or if something bigger is trying to control her life. The only way to find out the truth is to free her best friend Natascha from an insane asylum, as she is key to a mysterious superpower that both women were never supposed to discover.” Esther Maaß, Judith Hoersch, Adrian Topol, Jan Yousagoon, Augustin Kramann, and Anne Alexander-Sieder star in the film written by Michael Knoll.
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Over the past 9 years of my career, I’ve interviewed upwards of a thousand writers, directors, actors, artists, musicians, and more. Rarely have I ever been interviewed myself. But recently, I sat down for an interview and discussion with the podcast Indie Horror Rising of Three Tortured Minds, hosted by Chris Micklos and Jay Sapiro, producers of the indie horror The Nursery. During the podcast, we discuss everything from how Horror Fuel was born, trends, personal projects, upcoming films, the state the indie world, and much more. Be sure to subscribe to Indie Horror Rising and follow them on Facebook. Check out our interview!
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