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Back in 2015, a family was intimidated into leaving their new home after receiving creepy letters from a mysterious stalker only known as “The Watcher”. In 2018, Netflix snagged the rights with the intent of turning the real-life horror story into a feature film. Things have been quiet for a while, but an update has now arrived via Deadline. According to the site, “The Watcher” will now be turned into a limited series from “American Horror Story’s” Ryan Murphy who serves as co-creator along with Ian Brennan (“Glee”). The two will also produce. As for the cast, Naomi Watts (King Kong, “Twin Peaks”) and Bobby Cannavale (Ant-Man, “Mr. Robot”) will lead the cast. . Deadline states, “The series, which evokes the first season of Murphy’s hit American Horror Story, is inspired by the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey. A couple bought the 1905 Dutch colonial revival in 2014 for nearly $1.4 million. They were forced to abandon their new
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with a giant shark in the new Great White trailer. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of survival is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favor. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the
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The supernatural horror-thriller Agnes is set to make its premiere at Tribeca. Ahead of its debut, we sat down with its star, Molly C. Quinn, to discuss not only her role but also how it affected her personally. Molly C. Quinn is a name you should recognize, she’s had roles in many films, such as We Are the Millers, Doctor Sleep, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, but you will probably recognize her more from her long-running series role on the crime series “Castle”, in which she played Alexis, Castle’s (Nathon Fillion) daughter. She’s easy to spot with her stunning long red hair. In Agnes, directed and co-written by Mickey Reece, a nun’s disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma, and another nun struggling with her faith. Kelli McNeely: “Let me start by confessing
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Headed your way this July is the thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass, starring Bruce Willis and Megan Fox. “While in Florida on another case, FBI agents Helter (Willis) and Lombardo (Fox) cross paths with state cop Crawford (Hirsch), who’s investigating a string of female murders that appear to be related. Lombardo and Crawford team up for an undercover sting, but it goes horribly wrong, plunging Lombardo into grave danger and pitting Crawford against a serial killer in a twisted game of cat and mouse.” The cast for this intense film, directed by Randall Emmett and written by Alan Horsnail, also includes Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, Machine Gun Kelly, Caitlin Carmichael, and Sistine Stallone. Midnight in the Switchgrass opens in theaters and lands On Demand and on Digital on July 23, 2021, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on July 27th.
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Coming from a period of massive social upheaval in 1970’s Italy, the “Years of Lead” as they were called, inspired filmmakers of the time to dip their toes in all-manner brutal crime pictures (the poliziotteschi genre), and our fine fiends at Arrow Video have collected some of them in the aptly named Years of Lead collection, a series of five films on Blu-ray that represent the era to a “T”! First up comes 1975’s Savage Three which concerns Turin-based computer programmer Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro), and his two pals Peppi (Guido Di Carli) and Giacomo (Gianfranco De Grassi); a trio of bored-ass mother fuckers that aren’t above starting a soccer riot, stealing a car, and riding folks down if they like their wheels better… ya know, just for kicks! Making matter worse, the men all have shitty home lives, and are in danger of being replaced by machines at work, which in turn fuels larger and larger crime sprees featuring those
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Otsuya (Ayako Wakao) has it all, being the daughter of a well-off merchant type back in the days of yore down Japan-way. Not content to live a life on Easy Street, Otsuya falls head over ass for one of her father’s employees (read dirt-poor bastard), Shinsuke ( Akio Hasegawa) to be precise. Anyway, the dynamic duo decide to beat feet and elope, because you can bet demons to diamonds that Daddy Dearest would never approve of that bit of bad romance. Speaking of “bad”, that whole eloping idea was right shit and long story short; Otsuya ends up a prostitute who’s fortune gets even more like a puddle of puke when she meets a shady-as-fuck master tattooist who decides Otsuya’s ivory-white skin would make one hell of a canvas for his latest work; a big-ass monster spider with a human face, and right on her back that shit goes. Along with her new ink comes the ire of nearly fuckin’
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Thomas Jane (“The Expanse”, The Mist, Deep Blue Sea), and his daughter, Harlow Jane (“Texas Rising” I Love Us) will star in the roles of father and daughter in the thriller Dig, whose international rights have just been acquired by Screen Media Ventures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) and Liana Liberato (If I Stay) also star in DIG, directed by K. Asher Levin. from the script penned by brothers Banipal Ablakhad and Benhur Ablakhad. Contracted for home demolition, a widowed father (Thomas Jane) and his daughter suffering from major hearing loss (Harlow Jane) arrive at the construction site. They are soon taken hostage by a dangerous couple (Hirsch and Liberato), who will stop at nothing to retrieve what lies beneath the property. The father and daughter must work together to outsmart their captors and survive the grueling night. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment will launch international
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The bone-chilling survival horror thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey (Dent) and Bart Johnson (Initiation), is coming to a screen near you this July. In the film, “Emma (Jill Awbrey and Henry’s (Bart Johnson) marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they plan a vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder, they quickly decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late.” Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, and written by star Jill Awbrey, Held arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD, and On Demand on July 13, 2021, from
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Production has begun on the survival thriller The Reef: Stalked, the sequel to 2010’s shark movie The Reef with writer-director and creature feature master Andrew Traucki returning. Starring Australian actors Teressa Liane (Neighbours, The Vampire Diaries), Ann Truong (Cowboy Bebop, Strike Back), Kate Lister (Unhinged, Fox Trap), and newcomer Saskia Archer, the story follows four girlfriends on a kayaking and diving adventure that goes horribly wrong, and draws on themes of resilience, healing from trauma and strength in sisterhood and female friendship. Filming is taking place in Bowen in The Whitsundays, the region off of Papua New Guinea with its gorgeous landscape and reefs serving as the backdrop for the character’s thrilling fight for survival against nature’s ultimate predator. Andrew Traucki said, “I’m thrilled The Reef: Stalked is in production and back to Bowen where we shot parts of The Reef eleven years ago! As a lover of survival tales, there is nothing I enjoy more than storytelling that pits
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Writer-director Mathieu Turi‘s claustrophobic horror film Meander is headed your way this July. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “after getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 10 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…” Gaïa Weiss, Peter Franzen, and Romane Libert star in Meander, arriving in theaters and VOD on July 9, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.
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Back in 2015, a family was intimidated into leaving their new home after receiving creepy letters from a mysterious stalker only known as “The Watcher”. In 2018, Netflix snagged the rights with the intent of turning the real-life horror story into a feature film. Things have been quiet for a while, but an update has now arrived via Deadline. According to the site, “The Watcher” will now be turned into a limited series from “American Horror Story’s” Ryan Murphy who serves as co-creator along with Ian Brennan (“Glee”). The two will also produce. As for the cast, Naomi Watts (King Kong, “Twin Peaks”) and Bobby Cannavale (Ant-Man, “Mr. Robot”) will lead the cast. . Deadline states, “The series, which evokes the first season of Murphy’s hit American Horror Story, is inspired by the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey. A couple bought the 1905 Dutch colonial revival in 2014 for nearly $1.4 million. They were forced to abandon their new
Continue reading →
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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with a giant shark in the new Great White trailer. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of survival is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favor. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the
Continue reading →
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The supernatural horror-thriller Agnes is set to make its premiere at Tribeca. Ahead of its debut, we sat down with its star, Molly C. Quinn, to discuss not only her role but also how it affected her personally. Molly C. Quinn is a name you should recognize, she’s had roles in many films, such as We Are the Millers, Doctor Sleep, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2, but you will probably recognize her more from her long-running series role on the crime series “Castle”, in which she played Alexis, Castle’s (Nathon Fillion) daughter. She’s easy to spot with her stunning long red hair. In Agnes, directed and co-written by Mickey Reece, a nun’s disturbing behavior sparks rumors of demonic possession at a remote convent. When a priest-in-waiting and his disillusioned mentor are sent to investigate, their methods backfire, leaving a wake of terror and trauma, and another nun struggling with her faith. Kelli McNeely: “Let me start by confessing
Continue reading →
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Headed your way this July is the thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass, starring Bruce Willis and Megan Fox. “While in Florida on another case, FBI agents Helter (Willis) and Lombardo (Fox) cross paths with state cop Crawford (Hirsch), who’s investigating a string of female murders that appear to be related. Lombardo and Crawford team up for an undercover sting, but it goes horribly wrong, plunging Lombardo into grave danger and pitting Crawford against a serial killer in a twisted game of cat and mouse.” The cast for this intense film, directed by Randall Emmett and written by Alan Horsnail, also includes Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, Machine Gun Kelly, Caitlin Carmichael, and Sistine Stallone. Midnight in the Switchgrass opens in theaters and lands On Demand and on Digital on July 23, 2021, followed by its Blu-ray and DVD release on July 27th.
Continue reading →
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Coming from a period of massive social upheaval in 1970’s Italy, the “Years of Lead” as they were called, inspired filmmakers of the time to dip their toes in all-manner brutal crime pictures (the poliziotteschi genre), and our fine fiends at Arrow Video have collected some of them in the aptly named Years of Lead collection, a series of five films on Blu-ray that represent the era to a “T”! First up comes 1975’s Savage Three which concerns Turin-based computer programmer Ovidio (Joe Dallesandro), and his two pals Peppi (Guido Di Carli) and Giacomo (Gianfranco De Grassi); a trio of bored-ass mother fuckers that aren’t above starting a soccer riot, stealing a car, and riding folks down if they like their wheels better… ya know, just for kicks! Making matter worse, the men all have shitty home lives, and are in danger of being replaced by machines at work, which in turn fuels larger and larger crime sprees featuring those
Continue reading →
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Otsuya (Ayako Wakao) has it all, being the daughter of a well-off merchant type back in the days of yore down Japan-way. Not content to live a life on Easy Street, Otsuya falls head over ass for one of her father’s employees (read dirt-poor bastard), Shinsuke ( Akio Hasegawa) to be precise. Anyway, the dynamic duo decide to beat feet and elope, because you can bet demons to diamonds that Daddy Dearest would never approve of that bit of bad romance. Speaking of “bad”, that whole eloping idea was right shit and long story short; Otsuya ends up a prostitute who’s fortune gets even more like a puddle of puke when she meets a shady-as-fuck master tattooist who decides Otsuya’s ivory-white skin would make one hell of a canvas for his latest work; a big-ass monster spider with a human face, and right on her back that shit goes. Along with her new ink comes the ire of nearly fuckin’
Continue reading →
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Thomas Jane (“The Expanse”, The Mist, Deep Blue Sea), and his daughter, Harlow Jane (“Texas Rising” I Love Us) will star in the roles of father and daughter in the thriller Dig, whose international rights have just been acquired by Screen Media Ventures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company. Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) and Liana Liberato (If I Stay) also star in DIG, directed by K. Asher Levin. from the script penned by brothers Banipal Ablakhad and Benhur Ablakhad. Contracted for home demolition, a widowed father (Thomas Jane) and his daughter suffering from major hearing loss (Harlow Jane) arrive at the construction site. They are soon taken hostage by a dangerous couple (Hirsch and Liberato), who will stop at nothing to retrieve what lies beneath the property. The father and daughter must work together to outsmart their captors and survive the grueling night. Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment will launch international
Continue reading →
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The bone-chilling survival horror thriller Held, starring Jill Awbrey (Dent) and Bart Johnson (Initiation), is coming to a screen near you this July. In the film, “Emma (Jill Awbrey and Henry’s (Bart Johnson) marriage is losing its spark. In an effort to reconnect, they plan a vacation to a remote high-end rental, complete with automated smart house features and integrated security. However, after suspecting a nighttime intruder, they quickly decide to flee, only to become forcibly trapped inside by the automated security system. Emitting from the house, an unknown ‘Voice’ watches their every move through an array of hidden cameras, revealing an intimate and unsettling knowledge of their relationship. While the situation grows increasingly brutal, Emma and Henry must work together to uncover the truth and find a way out before it’s too late.” Directed by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing, and written by star Jill Awbrey, Held arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD, and On Demand on July 13, 2021, from
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Production has begun on the survival thriller The Reef: Stalked, the sequel to 2010’s shark movie The Reef with writer-director and creature feature master Andrew Traucki returning. Starring Australian actors Teressa Liane (Neighbours, The Vampire Diaries), Ann Truong (Cowboy Bebop, Strike Back), Kate Lister (Unhinged, Fox Trap), and newcomer Saskia Archer, the story follows four girlfriends on a kayaking and diving adventure that goes horribly wrong, and draws on themes of resilience, healing from trauma and strength in sisterhood and female friendship. Filming is taking place in Bowen in The Whitsundays, the region off of Papua New Guinea with its gorgeous landscape and reefs serving as the backdrop for the character’s thrilling fight for survival against nature’s ultimate predator. Andrew Traucki said, “I’m thrilled The Reef: Stalked is in production and back to Bowen where we shot parts of The Reef eleven years ago! As a lover of survival tales, there is nothing I enjoy more than storytelling that pits
Continue reading →
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Writer-director Mathieu Turi‘s claustrophobic horror film Meander is headed your way this July. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer. In the film, “after getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 10 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…” Gaïa Weiss, Peter Franzen, and Romane Libert star in Meander, arriving in theaters and VOD on July 9, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.
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