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Set Sail This Weekend With The Haunting Pirate Film 'The Abode' (Trailer)

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Not Even Death Could End Their Love: ‘The Abode’ Haunts Digital And DVD This July

Not even death can end one couple’s love in Claudia La Bianca’s haunting horror film The Abode, coming to Digital and DVD this July. Set in the 1800s, a young, handsome Native American named Talako is caught with the wife of a ruthless pirate, Redbeard, who orders him killed. Witnessing Talako’s execution, Redbeard’s wife, Lara, takes her own life. Almost 300 years later, Lara and Talako meet face to face and learn that everything happens for a reason. Ariadna Gonzalez Medina, Montana Cypress, Karmel Bortoleti, and Chris Darsow star in The Abode, available July 11, 2023, on digital and on DVD July 18, 2023, from Dark Star Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 24, 2023

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Killer New ‘Natty Knock’ Trailer Features Robert Englund & Bill Moseley

The upcoming horror Natty Knocks is set to be released this July, starring horror icons Robert Englund (Nightmare on Elm Street), Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects), and Danielle Harris (Halloween). Directed by Dwight H. Little, the film stars Charlotte Fountain-Jardim as a small-town babysitter where she, and the kids she is looking after, struggle to survive a serial killer on Halloween Eve. Witness the fight for survival on July 21, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 23, 2023

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A Murder Mystery: Trailer For Animated Thriller ‘Inspector Sun And The Curse Of The Black Widow’

A murder mystery unfolds in Viva’s animated feature Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow, opening in theaters this October. With shades of Murder on the Orient Express, the animated mystery features the voice of Ronny Chieng (M3gan, Crazy Rich Asians) as the titular inspector. The film follows a spider detective who boards a seaplane to San Francisco when a murder on his flight draws him into a plot that threatens both the human and bug worlds. The cast also includes Andrea Villaverde as Janey, Catherina Martinez as Arabella, Txema Moscoso as Sr. Escarabeo, Fernando Cabrera as Skeleton, Pedro Tena as Langosta, Ana Jiménez as Reina, and Vicente Gil voices Bugsy. The PG-rated film was directed by Julio Soto Gúrpide (Deep) from a screenplay by Rocco Pucillo, who won the 2013 Samuel Goldwyn Writing Award for the script. Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow is currently screening at the 2023 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

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Jun 21, 2023

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Trailer Lands For Anthology ‘Tales From The Apocalypse’ Ahead Of Release

The science-fiction anthology Tales from the Apocalypse, featuring segments directed by the likes of Thomas Wilson Brown, Damon Duncan, and Gabriel Kalim Mucci, is coming home this July. Tales from the Apocalypse includes five terrifying tales, including stories about “an engineer circling a black hole in a pod, a 14-year-old girl and her father on the return journey to Earth when an explosion cripples their aircraft, and a self-conscious Artificial Intelligence goes to the 4th dimension to fix humans future.” The cast includes Rachel House, Jacqueline Joe, Jiao Xu, Arthur Roberts, Katie Simmons, Levi Payne, Steph Barkley, and Thomas Wilson Brown. Tales from the Apocalypse lands on Digital and DVD on July 4, 2023, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 21, 2023

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Trailer Premieres For Horror-Thriller ‘Bibi’ Ahead Of Dances With Films

Christopher Beatty’s award-winning psychological horror-thriller, Bibi, is next screening at the Dances With Films Film Festival on June 29, 2023. Ahead of its screening, we have the first trailer. In the film, “Vivian Ashwood (Elizabeth Paige, Modern Love) is failing to cope after a tragic loss. Struggling to raise her daughter Bibi (Judith Ann DiMinni), she turns to prescription drugs and alcohol to soothe her anxieties and depression. Soon, the lines begin to blur between Vivian’s routine nightmare and her reality. A strange man begins stalking Vivian, causing her to unravel even further. Bibi, also devastated by the loss of her sister and upset at Vivian for not protecting them both, only makes Vivian more unsure of the truth. After continuous torment, Vivian searches for a way to protect herself and Bibi from the stalker by whatever means necessary.” Beatty says, “My inspiration for writing BIBI was to create a beautiful, colorful world that contrasts as we venture off into

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 19, 2023

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Chilling Horror-Thriller ‘Peppergrass’ Comes To Digital (Trailer)

Called “Chilling,’ by HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry (review), the award-winning revenge horror-thriller Peppergrass is coming to Digital this week. In the film, during the pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive World War 2 veteran in the movie from filmmaking duo Steven Garbas and Chantelle Han. Producers include Grant Cooper, Bennet De Brabandere, Michael Flax, Steven Garbas, Chantelle Han, Philip Irwin, Michael Kraetzer, Nicolas Onetti, and Gayna Theophilus. Throughout its festival tour, Peppergrass has continued to take home awards and nominations, including Best Feature and Best Performance at the 2021 Nightmares Film Festival, nominated for Best Thriller and Best Supporting Performance, and nominated for Best Picture at the 2021 Blood in the Snow Film Festival in Toronto. Peppergrass was written to be a bit of a horror genre tour, where the protagonist, Eula, walks the viewer through a heist, survival, and revenge film. We wanted to take apart and reassemble the elements in each act

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Jun 14, 2023

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Groundhog Day Style Horror-Thriller ‘Jagged Mind’ Debuting On Hulu

Out this week, Hulu’s new LBGTQ+ horror-thriller Jagged Mind, from director Kelley Kali, sees a woman plagued by visions and a sense of reliving her days over and over. Written by Allyson Morgan, the film stars Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward, Jagged Mind sees a woman plagued by blackouts and strange visions that lead her to discover she’s stuck in a series of time loops, possibly related to her mysterious new girlfriend. The film, which made its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival, is based on the short film “First Date,” which was included in the first season of 20th Digital Studio’s “Bite Size Halloween.” The feature is part of the studio’s existing slate of horror features for Hulu, including Grimcutty, Matriarch, Clock, and the upcoming films Appendage and The Mill. 20th Digital Studio developed Jagged Mind with David Worthen Brooks, Arbi Pedrossian, and Jenna Cavelle as executive producers. Daniela Ruiz produced under her Palabra Productions banner. Kelley

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 14, 2023

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‘Cocaine Cougar’ Clawing Its Way Onto VOD And Blu-ray (Trailer)

Cocaine Bear (review) has inspired several drug-fueled creature features, the latest, Cocaine Cougar, claws its way onto streaming services next week. This fun flick, directed by Dustin Ferguson (“Mega Ape”), follows a deadly Black Cougar high on Cocaine after it escapes a Los Angeles lab. As it begins picking off the locals, the men in charge are too busy snorting lines of their own and enjoying “cougars” of another kind to do anything to stop it. Dawna Lee Heising (“Blade Runner,” Bad President), Jonathan Nation (The Sixth Sense), Tyrone Tann (Starship Troopers), Erik Anthony Russo (Hell of the Screaming Undead ), and Rocky DeMarco (Demolition High, Murderbot ), star in the film from SoCal Cinema Studios. Sink your teeth into the trailer below. Watch Cocaine Cougar on Prime Video or Tubi next week, or own it on Blu-Ray or DVD.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 10, 2023

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Reincarnation Horror ‘Run Rabbit Run’ Coming To Netflix (Trailer)

Sarah Snook (Predestination, The Dressmaker, Steve Jobs) stars in the unsettling horror-thriller Run Rabbit Run, the feature film directorial debut of “Succession” actress Diana Reid. Snook stars as Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged as her seventh birthday approaches. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, sending Sarah down a terrifying rabbit hole. Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star in this intense film written by Australian novelist Hannah Kent. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver produce, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid. Run Rabbit Run premieres on Netflix on June 28, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 9, 2023

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Spoiler-Free Review: SOMEWHERE QUIET (Tribeca Festival 2023)

Writer/director Olivia West Lloyd’s Somewhere Quiet is a drama/mystery feature with horror and thriller elements. Psychological fear and illusions vs. reality are in constant play. Meg (Jennifer Kim) was the recent victim of a kidnapping and naturally she is still suffering PTSD from the ordeal. Her significant other Scott (Kentucker Audley) is having difficulty with her state, including her distrust of him and her wanting to discuss the details of her kidnapping. The couple takes time away from their lives in the city to spend a quiet retreat at his rather remote family estate in Cape Cod. Not long after settling in, though, a woman named Madelin (Marin Ireland) makes her presence known. She is a brusque person who is immediately at odds with Meg. Scott and Madelin tell Meg that they are cousins, and here Somewhere Quiet begins to further cloud Meg’s grip on reality. Already prone to visions, hallucinations, and flashbacks, she now may or may not also

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Jun 9, 2023

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