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Molly (Isabella Alberti) wakes up in a trunk, with no memory of how her ass got in there, and wanders into a trap laden cemetery. Sounds like a typical Tuesday to me boils n’ ghouls… So how in the hell did Molly end up in the sinister soup anyway? Could it be because of the large debt her cheap skate boyfriend Hunter (Matthew McCoy) owes ye olde local drug dealer (Jeremy Sande)… or maybe it was jealous AF Hunter himself… he did quite peeved she was jawin’ with ol’ Noah (Michael Anthony Bagozzi). Regardless of how she got to the charmingly named Hangman’s Hollow, Molly is drfinitely going to have to keep her shit together to avoid the local slasher; namely the Hangman (Scott Alan Warner) his own damn self… a deformed sick-ticket religious nut, who hangs his male victims and keeps the ladies as his brides! Told in part via flashbacks, Backwoods manages to throw some fun twists and
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Lorenzo P. Adams (Rotary) makes his feature directorial debut with Why Mona Rae? We’ve got the first teaser for the film premiering in 2021. On an isolated road, a blind military veteran begins to suspect something sinister brewing after she is rescued from a car accident by a mysterious pair of siblings from an Amish community. The thriller stars Georgia Morgan (The Torment of Penelope), Jeremy Gladen (I See You, The Theatre Bizzare), Sara Davenport-Ebersole (Together, Monday Morning), and Vincent Kevin Daniels (Be Strong). The story centers around Mona (Morgan), a blind military veteran who sets out on a road trip getaway with her fiancé (Daniels) to celebrate her recent discharge from a physical therapy facility, after being severely injured during combat. Their trip through the countryside leads the duo into the clutches of a pair of strange Amish siblings, Ellen (Davenport-Ebersole) and Cain (Gladen). Why Mona Rae? serves as a love letter from me to the horror fans of
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This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, currently ranked at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. Minor Premise was written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. It will be out on VOD
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After a moody, dialog-free opening (a trend that will continue for much of the film’s runtime) that shows the Manson family planning the Tate-LaBianca Murders as ol’ Charlie observes, we shift our focus to some wild-ass hippie hootenanny taking place on the outskirts of the Spahn Ranch interspersed with scenes of the Family in court on trial for their murder biz! As the story unfolds we are introduced to the doomed starlet Sharon Tate (Debbie Duff), and before long we are balls-deep into the events of the night of August 9th and10th in all of their disturbing detail… all of which is presented in a fashion akin to a documentary, which makes the horror all the more impactful. Does this all sound a bit disjointed? Well it certainly is… but The Other Side of Madness has a shit-ton of energy and some truly arty-farty touches that makes the entire affair as hallucinogenic and fever-dream addled as the times would dictate!
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Friends/couples Mina (Sheila Vand, A Woman Walks Home Alone At Night), Josh (Jeremy Allen White), Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle (Alison Brie, she of the late, great Netflix series GLOW) head out to a loverly rental house situated along a scenic coastline for a lil’ r&r. The one in charge of said dwelling, Taylor (Toby Huss) by name, is a creepy-ass racist… but the house is so damn groovy our heroes shelve their feelings about the caretaker and they settle in for some of that good ol’ drinkin’, druggin’ and fuckin’ that is so popular with telephone operators between the ages of 22 and 45. As fate, and the screenplay, would have it, the friends begin to learn each other’s deepest secrets which causes relationships to fray… but what really causes static is the camera they find installed in the home’s shower. Now normally one would call the cops right quick after making a discovery such as this, but these
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Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.
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Run, starring Sarah Paulson, continues to break records, nabbing the title of “most-watched” movie ever on Hulu during its opening weekend after premiering on November 20th. While the exact number of views remains a mystery, according to Deadline, Run has beat out not only Hulu originals but also streaming video On Demand films. And has surpassed the previous record-holder, Palms Spring, for the title of “most-watched.” The film, from the visionary writers, producers, and director of the breakout film Searching, is a suspense thriller that shows that centers on a mother and daughter. “They say you can never escape a mother’s love… but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort — it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (newcomer Kiera Allen) and her mom, Diane (Sarah Paulson). Diane has raised her daughter in total isolation, controlling every move she’s made since birth, and there are secrets that Chloe’s only beginning to grasp.” Run was directed
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Forty Acres, the debut novel by Dwayne Alexander Smith, was published back in 2014. Now, news has come that it’s getting a film adaptation over at Netflix. The script is from writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who was also behind the streaming giant’s fantastic series “Luke Cage.” And get this, one of the producers of the film is none other than Beyonce’s bae Jay-Z. “Forty Acres follows a civil rights attorney who must fight for survival when he’s invited to join an elite Black organization with a mind-blowing secret.” Described as a political thriller, the story is being called a “cross between The Firm and Get Out.”
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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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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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Molly (Isabella Alberti) wakes up in a trunk, with no memory of how her ass got in there, and wanders into a trap laden cemetery. Sounds like a typical Tuesday to me boils n’ ghouls… So how in the hell did Molly end up in the sinister soup anyway? Could it be because of the large debt her cheap skate boyfriend Hunter (Matthew McCoy) owes ye olde local drug dealer (Jeremy Sande)… or maybe it was jealous AF Hunter himself… he did quite peeved she was jawin’ with ol’ Noah (Michael Anthony Bagozzi). Regardless of how she got to the charmingly named Hangman’s Hollow, Molly is drfinitely going to have to keep her shit together to avoid the local slasher; namely the Hangman (Scott Alan Warner) his own damn self… a deformed sick-ticket religious nut, who hangs his male victims and keeps the ladies as his brides! Told in part via flashbacks, Backwoods manages to throw some fun twists and
Continue reading →
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Lorenzo P. Adams (Rotary) makes his feature directorial debut with Why Mona Rae? We’ve got the first teaser for the film premiering in 2021. On an isolated road, a blind military veteran begins to suspect something sinister brewing after she is rescued from a car accident by a mysterious pair of siblings from an Amish community. The thriller stars Georgia Morgan (The Torment of Penelope), Jeremy Gladen (I See You, The Theatre Bizzare), Sara Davenport-Ebersole (Together, Monday Morning), and Vincent Kevin Daniels (Be Strong). The story centers around Mona (Morgan), a blind military veteran who sets out on a road trip getaway with her fiancé (Daniels) to celebrate her recent discharge from a physical therapy facility, after being severely injured during combat. Their trip through the countryside leads the duo into the clutches of a pair of strange Amish siblings, Ellen (Davenport-Ebersole) and Cain (Gladen). Why Mona Rae? serves as a love letter from me to the horror fans of
Continue reading →
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This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, currently ranked at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. Minor Premise was written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. It will be out on VOD
Continue reading →
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After a moody, dialog-free opening (a trend that will continue for much of the film’s runtime) that shows the Manson family planning the Tate-LaBianca Murders as ol’ Charlie observes, we shift our focus to some wild-ass hippie hootenanny taking place on the outskirts of the Spahn Ranch interspersed with scenes of the Family in court on trial for their murder biz! As the story unfolds we are introduced to the doomed starlet Sharon Tate (Debbie Duff), and before long we are balls-deep into the events of the night of August 9th and10th in all of their disturbing detail… all of which is presented in a fashion akin to a documentary, which makes the horror all the more impactful. Does this all sound a bit disjointed? Well it certainly is… but The Other Side of Madness has a shit-ton of energy and some truly arty-farty touches that makes the entire affair as hallucinogenic and fever-dream addled as the times would dictate!
Continue reading →
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Friends/couples Mina (Sheila Vand, A Woman Walks Home Alone At Night), Josh (Jeremy Allen White), Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle (Alison Brie, she of the late, great Netflix series GLOW) head out to a loverly rental house situated along a scenic coastline for a lil’ r&r. The one in charge of said dwelling, Taylor (Toby Huss) by name, is a creepy-ass racist… but the house is so damn groovy our heroes shelve their feelings about the caretaker and they settle in for some of that good ol’ drinkin’, druggin’ and fuckin’ that is so popular with telephone operators between the ages of 22 and 45. As fate, and the screenplay, would have it, the friends begin to learn each other’s deepest secrets which causes relationships to fray… but what really causes static is the camera they find installed in the home’s shower. Now normally one would call the cops right quick after making a discovery such as this, but these
Continue reading →
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Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.
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Run, starring Sarah Paulson, continues to break records, nabbing the title of “most-watched” movie ever on Hulu during its opening weekend after premiering on November 20th. While the exact number of views remains a mystery, according to Deadline, Run has beat out not only Hulu originals but also streaming video On Demand films. And has surpassed the previous record-holder, Palms Spring, for the title of “most-watched.” The film, from the visionary writers, producers, and director of the breakout film Searching, is a suspense thriller that shows that centers on a mother and daughter. “They say you can never escape a mother’s love… but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort — it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (newcomer Kiera Allen) and her mom, Diane (Sarah Paulson). Diane has raised her daughter in total isolation, controlling every move she’s made since birth, and there are secrets that Chloe’s only beginning to grasp.” Run was directed
Continue reading →
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Forty Acres, the debut novel by Dwayne Alexander Smith, was published back in 2014. Now, news has come that it’s getting a film adaptation over at Netflix. The script is from writer Cheo Hodari Coker, who was also behind the streaming giant’s fantastic series “Luke Cage.” And get this, one of the producers of the film is none other than Beyonce’s bae Jay-Z. “Forty Acres follows a civil rights attorney who must fight for survival when he’s invited to join an elite Black organization with a mind-blowing secret.” Described as a political thriller, the story is being called a “cross between The Firm and Get Out.”
Continue reading →
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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 →
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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 →
