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Writer-director Kirill Sokolov is making his feature debut with Why Don’t You Just Die!, a blood-soaked black comedy that is a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. In the film, “Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honor. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.” Ahead of the release, Sokolov shared, “Despite our exaggerated use of genre tropes and all the flashy effects, Why Don’t You Just Die! remains, for me, an incredibly personal and sincere story. The film’s inherent violence is the result
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The cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird known as MidWest WeirdFest returns to the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire from March 6-8 for its fourth edition. Fans of narrative horror films, documentaries of the supernatural and unexplained, and offbeat, unusual film fare will find much to celebrate about in this fourth edition of the festival, which includes special side events, more guests, more films (including three world premieres), and two additional venue partners: Ivy Creatives and the Volume One Gallery. “When we started to plan on screening Hellier, we knew that Midwest WeirdFest had to be the first festival we submitted to, said Greg Newkirk, renowned paranormal investigator, co-creator/star of the hit paranormal series Hellier, and one of the fest’s headlining guests. “The festival’s commitment to celebrating the underground, the independent, and the just plain weird is a mission that’s very near and dear to our hearts, so we’re beyond thrilled to be
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Over the years there have been rumors of cursed films, such as The Exorcist and the original Poltergeist. A new five-part documentary series titled “Cursed Films” is headed to Shudder. “Cursed Films” explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie? Cursed Films reveals the events that haunted these productions through interviews with experts, witnesses and the cast, directors, and producers who lived through real-life events. Were these films really cursed, as many believe, or just the victims of bad luck and bizarre circumstances? The series is written, directed, and edited by Jay Cheel. Cheel also serves as executive producer alongside Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Laura Perlmutter, and Brian Robertson. The series will make its
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Seven women struggle for survival against a group of deranged killers in The Furies, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this March. Written and directed by Tony D’Aquino (Alpha Male), the film stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), and Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O’Sullivan (A Man on the Edge) In The Furies, when Kayla (Airlie Dodds) wakes up in a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the first thing she sees is a terrifying masked man with an ax running straight for her. As she runs to try to get away, she realizes she is part of an insane and deadly game. Six other women running scared in the woods, each with a masked assassin assigned to protect them and kill everyone else. Kayla races to save herself and as many women as she can, but when they start to turn on
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After six years, Terror Films is set to finally release the long-gestating 80’s horror throwback The Torment of Laurie Ann Cullom. In the film, a woman who suffers from agoraphobia soon realizes her fear of the outside world is nothing compared to what she finds in her home. Inspired by actual events, director Mark Dossett’s critically acclaimed indie horror film began its festival run in 2014 and has been praised by horror critics including Horror Fuel’s own Noah Manginelli who proclaimed back in 2016 that it is “one of the best slasher movies of the year,” in his review. When asked why he waited so long to distribute his feature film debut, director Mark Dossett had this to say: “I had four previous distribution offers before signing with Terror Films. I had everything from one distributor telling me they didn’t like the name of the film and they would figure it out once I signed. Another one quoted me on
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The wrestling world bodyslams the horror genre this June’s with the funny fright-flick, Wrestlemassacre! Check out the trailer below. Randy is an awkward groundskeeper who is obsessed with professional wrestling. Longing for a sense of belonging with grandiose dreams of becoming a wrestling superstar, he is only met with abject humiliation. A brutal shaming at a local wrestling school pushes Randy over the edge and sets out on a blood-soaked rampage to punish those who wronged him. Wrestlemassacre, starring Richie Acevedo aka The Cuban Assassin, The WWE’s Tony Atlas, Julio Bana Fernandez (“House of Cards”), Jason John Beebe (Crossbreed) and Canadian pro wrestler Rene Dupree, will be available On Demand and DVD June 16, 2020, from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Robert Eggers, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Witch and The Lighthouse will next bring to life The Northman, a Viking revenge film. Described as a “saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century,” The Northman was written by Eggers and Icelandic pet and novelist Sjón. According to Deadline, the list of impressive actors currently in talks to star includes brothers Alexander Skarsgård (“True Blood”) and Bill Skarsgård (IT), Nicole Kidman (The Others), Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass), and Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse). Eggers is once again teaming up with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jarin Blaschke who did an amazing job with The Lighthouse (review). The Northman will be the third entry in a “trilogy of sorts” revolving around dark folk tales, according to Eggers. He also states that this film will be “bigger than the others” and that it will be “dark and unusually violent.” The Lighthouse is now out on Blu-ray and DVD from A24.
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The first cast member for Annabelle and Wish Upon director John R. Leonetti‘s new movie Lullaby is “Game of Thrones” actress and ballerina Oona Chaplin. Lullaby is based on the mythical figure Lillith and follows a new mother who discovers a lullaby in an ancient book. Soon, her world becomes a nightmare when the lullaby unleashes the ancient demon. The film was written by Alex Greenfield (Abducted) and Ben Powell (Satanic), the duo behind 2015’s The Sand. Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson are producing. Lee Nelson, David Tish, Scott Parish, and Carl Rogers are executive producing along with Markus Goerg, Dick Hillenbrand, Mikhail Nayfeld, Jeff Boler, John Lewis Bret Saxon, and Mark Holder. In “Game of Thrones,” Chaplin played the role of Talisa Maegyr, the wife of King Robb Stark. Her character was murdered during the infamous Red Wedding episode along with her unborn baby, King Stark, and many others. Production is set to begin in Toronto this March on
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Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)
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Today, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) announced via Twitter that production has begun of Jurassic World 3. If you look closely at the slate in the image you will notice the name of the movie has been revealed as Jurassic World: Dominion. Dominion is a nod to the biblical passage about God giving man dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). The previous film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, directed by J.A. Bayona, ends with dinosaurs being released into the modern world so the question is, will the dinosaurs rule the earth again? Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Trevorrow is in the director’s chair for Dominion which he also co-wrote with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising), based on the story by Derek Connolly. Trevorrow is executive producing along with Steven Spielberg. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are producing. Jurassic World: Dominion
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Writer-director Kirill Sokolov is making his feature debut with Why Don’t You Just Die!, a blood-soaked black comedy that is a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. In the film, “Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honor. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.” Ahead of the release, Sokolov shared, “Despite our exaggerated use of genre tropes and all the flashy effects, Why Don’t You Just Die! remains, for me, an incredibly personal and sincere story. The film’s inherent violence is the result
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The cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird known as MidWest WeirdFest returns to the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire from March 6-8 for its fourth edition. Fans of narrative horror films, documentaries of the supernatural and unexplained, and offbeat, unusual film fare will find much to celebrate about in this fourth edition of the festival, which includes special side events, more guests, more films (including three world premieres), and two additional venue partners: Ivy Creatives and the Volume One Gallery. “When we started to plan on screening Hellier, we knew that Midwest WeirdFest had to be the first festival we submitted to, said Greg Newkirk, renowned paranormal investigator, co-creator/star of the hit paranormal series Hellier, and one of the fest’s headlining guests. “The festival’s commitment to celebrating the underground, the independent, and the just plain weird is a mission that’s very near and dear to our hearts, so we’re beyond thrilled to be
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Over the years there have been rumors of cursed films, such as The Exorcist and the original Poltergeist. A new five-part documentary series titled “Cursed Films” is headed to Shudder. “Cursed Films” explores the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen to the rumored use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary amongst film fans and filmmakers alike. But where does the truth lie? Cursed Films reveals the events that haunted these productions through interviews with experts, witnesses and the cast, directors, and producers who lived through real-life events. Were these films really cursed, as many believe, or just the victims of bad luck and bizarre circumstances? The series is written, directed, and edited by Jay Cheel. Cheel also serves as executive producer alongside Andrew Nicholas McCann Smith, Laura Perlmutter, and Brian Robertson. The series will make its
Continue reading →
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Seven women struggle for survival against a group of deranged killers in The Furies, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this March. Written and directed by Tony D’Aquino (Alpha Male), the film stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), and Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O’Sullivan (A Man on the Edge) In The Furies, when Kayla (Airlie Dodds) wakes up in a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the first thing she sees is a terrifying masked man with an ax running straight for her. As she runs to try to get away, she realizes she is part of an insane and deadly game. Six other women running scared in the woods, each with a masked assassin assigned to protect them and kill everyone else. Kayla races to save herself and as many women as she can, but when they start to turn on
Continue reading →
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After six years, Terror Films is set to finally release the long-gestating 80’s horror throwback The Torment of Laurie Ann Cullom. In the film, a woman who suffers from agoraphobia soon realizes her fear of the outside world is nothing compared to what she finds in her home. Inspired by actual events, director Mark Dossett’s critically acclaimed indie horror film began its festival run in 2014 and has been praised by horror critics including Horror Fuel’s own Noah Manginelli who proclaimed back in 2016 that it is “one of the best slasher movies of the year,” in his review. When asked why he waited so long to distribute his feature film debut, director Mark Dossett had this to say: “I had four previous distribution offers before signing with Terror Films. I had everything from one distributor telling me they didn’t like the name of the film and they would figure it out once I signed. Another one quoted me on
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The wrestling world bodyslams the horror genre this June’s with the funny fright-flick, Wrestlemassacre! Check out the trailer below. Randy is an awkward groundskeeper who is obsessed with professional wrestling. Longing for a sense of belonging with grandiose dreams of becoming a wrestling superstar, he is only met with abject humiliation. A brutal shaming at a local wrestling school pushes Randy over the edge and sets out on a blood-soaked rampage to punish those who wronged him. Wrestlemassacre, starring Richie Acevedo aka The Cuban Assassin, The WWE’s Tony Atlas, Julio Bana Fernandez (“House of Cards”), Jason John Beebe (Crossbreed) and Canadian pro wrestler Rene Dupree, will be available On Demand and DVD June 16, 2020, from Wild Eye Releasing.
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Robert Eggers, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Witch and The Lighthouse will next bring to life The Northman, a Viking revenge film. Described as a “saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century,” The Northman was written by Eggers and Icelandic pet and novelist Sjón. According to Deadline, the list of impressive actors currently in talks to star includes brothers Alexander Skarsgård (“True Blood”) and Bill Skarsgård (IT), Nicole Kidman (The Others), Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass), and Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse). Eggers is once again teaming up with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jarin Blaschke who did an amazing job with The Lighthouse (review). The Northman will be the third entry in a “trilogy of sorts” revolving around dark folk tales, according to Eggers. He also states that this film will be “bigger than the others” and that it will be “dark and unusually violent.” The Lighthouse is now out on Blu-ray and DVD from A24.
Continue reading →
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The first cast member for Annabelle and Wish Upon director John R. Leonetti‘s new movie Lullaby is “Game of Thrones” actress and ballerina Oona Chaplin. Lullaby is based on the mythical figure Lillith and follows a new mother who discovers a lullaby in an ancient book. Soon, her world becomes a nightmare when the lullaby unleashes the ancient demon. The film was written by Alex Greenfield (Abducted) and Ben Powell (Satanic), the duo behind 2015’s The Sand. Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson are producing. Lee Nelson, David Tish, Scott Parish, and Carl Rogers are executive producing along with Markus Goerg, Dick Hillenbrand, Mikhail Nayfeld, Jeff Boler, John Lewis Bret Saxon, and Mark Holder. In “Game of Thrones,” Chaplin played the role of Talisa Maegyr, the wife of King Robb Stark. Her character was murdered during the infamous Red Wedding episode along with her unborn baby, King Stark, and many others. Production is set to begin in Toronto this March on
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Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)
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Today, director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) announced via Twitter that production has begun of Jurassic World 3. If you look closely at the slate in the image you will notice the name of the movie has been revealed as Jurassic World: Dominion. Dominion is a nod to the biblical passage about God giving man dominion over the earth (Genesis 1:26). The previous film, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, directed by J.A. Bayona, ends with dinosaurs being released into the modern world so the question is, will the dinosaurs rule the earth again? Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard are returning. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern will be reprising their roles from the 1993 classic Jurassic Park. Trevorrow is in the director’s chair for Dominion which he also co-wrote with Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim: Uprising), based on the story by Derek Connolly. Trevorrow is executive producing along with Steven Spielberg. Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley are producing. Jurassic World: Dominion
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