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Paramount+ Releases Intense Trailer For Upcoming Thriller 'Significant Other'

Paramount+ Releases Intense Trailer For Upcoming Thriller ‘Significant Other’

Paramount+ released today the official trailer and poster for its upcoming original high-concept thriller, Significant Other, which will hold its World Premiere at the 2022 New York Comic Con and will exclusively debut on the service this October. Presented by Paramount+ in Association with Paramount Pictures’ Players Label, Significant Other follows a young couple Harry (Jake Lacy, “White Lotus”) and Ruth (Maika Monroe, “It Follows”) who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone. Written and directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen, the film is produced by Dan Kagan and executive produced by Dan Berk, Robert Olsen, Maika Monroe, and Kevin Sullivan. Watch Significant Other on Paramount+ on October 7, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 6, 2022
Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Reunite For Horror Thriller 'A Horrible Way To Die'

Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Reunite For Horror Thriller ‘A Horrible Way To Die’

As the Toronto Internation Film Festival winds down, deals continue to be made. One of the latest deals to be struck is Anchor Bay Films and Celluloid Nightmares distribution deal for the horror thriller A Horrible Way To Die, a fresh twist on the serial killer subgenre. The film follows, “an escaped serial killer as he blazes a violent cross-country path to reunite with his ex-girlfriend, the one who put him behind bars.” The cast includes Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, and AJ Bowen who plays the movie’s killer. Director Adam Wingard reunites with writer Simon Barrett for A Horrible Way To Die. The duo previously teamed up for the hit invasion horror You’re Next, the thriller The Guest, and the horror anthology V/H/S.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2022
An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In 'The Dead Thing'

An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In ‘The Dead Thing’

Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)

Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)

After learning the film was distributed by someone named “Brian”… and only “Brian”… and his distribution company, we get down to brass tacks with Massacre at Central High… Mark (Andrew Stevens), along with his bully buddies Bruce (Ray Underwood), Craig (Steve Bond), and Paul (Damon Douglas) rule Central High through a reign of douche-baggery seldom seen on the silver screen! Take for instance their harassment of nerdy Spoony (Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds coincidentally… ) who is busy painting swastikas on school lockers which they force him to clean off… okay, that one is a bit dodgy… would it help if I told you he was painting them in protest of their raucous regime? Enter: David (Derrel Maury), a new man on campus who just so happens to be an old buddy of Mark’s… an old buddy that helped him out of a “jam” at their old alma mater. Now David is one aloof mother fucker, so when he’s

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DanXIII
Sep 3, 2022
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Shudder's Horror-Thriller 'Speak No Evil' Debuts This Week

Shudder Review: Speak No Evil

Shudder’s horror-thriller Speak No Evil is set to premiere this September. But is it worth watching? Let’s talk about it. From director Christian Tafdrup comes the film about two families who become friends during an Italian getaway. When Patrick (Fedja van Huêt) and Karin (Karina Smulders) invite Bjorn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) to their remote home for a few days, they quickly say yes. Bjorn, Louise, and their young daughter are greeted with joy upon arriving, but that wouldn’t last long. After a few days, Bjorn and Louise begin to notice that something is off with the other family, soon they will learn just how off the family is when their true selves begin to shine through and the reality of Patrick and his wife’s nefarious motives are revealed. The film is good at building tension, but be prepared for a slow burn. And while the film features psychological horror, you won’t find any scares. The main

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2022
Horror-Thriller 'The Inhabitant' Scores An October Release Date

Horror-Thriller ‘The Inhabitant’ Scores An October Release Date

The horror film The Inhabitant, from director Jarren Lauder (Stay Out of the Attic), has just scored anThe October release date, Gravitas Ventures announced today. The film centers on “Tara (Odessa A’zion) who is like any other teenage girl, just surviving high school yet her father Ben (Dermot Mulroney), and mother Emily (Leslie Bibb) seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome axe murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry. After a visit to her aunt in a mental asylum and a night in Lizzie Borden’s actual home, Tara realizes she is inextricably tied to the horrifying curse that has plagued her bloodline for almost a century. As victims pile up and the police close in, Tara is left with no choice but to face her own demons.” This dark story was written by Kevin Bachar, produced by Leone Marucci, Petr Jakl, and executive produced by Ara Keshishian, Martin

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller 'Ash'

Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ash’

Musician-turned-filmmaker Flying Lotus (Kuso) not only has a segment in the upcoming horror anthology V/H/S/99, but he also has a new feature film on the way, the sci-fi thriller Ash, starring Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden). Deadline reports that the film centers on ”a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Flying Lotus will also create the score for Ash which is being executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie). Jonni Remmler penned the original script. XYZ Films and GFC Films are producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Four Friends Are 'Hunted' Like Animals In This New Action-Packed Trailer

Four Friends Are ‘Hunted’ Like Animals In This New Action-Packed Trailer

From director Tommy Boulding and writers Dean Lines and Ray Bogdanovich comes the action-packed horror-thriller Hunted which sees four friends make the mistake of a lifetime and find themselves unwilling participants in the “most dangerous game.” In the film, “Hired by an antiquities dealer to steal a family heirloom, four young friends break into the seemingly abandoned Redwick Estate in pursuit of the treasure. Once inside the mansion, they discover they are not alone. Attacked and bound by their captors, they are spirited away from the home and released in the middle of nowhere. As punishment for breaking into their ancestral home, the Redwick’s will hunt the four friends like animals on their sprawling, secluded estate grounds. Tracked by hounds and pursued by the armed family on horseback, the foursome soon realizes the treacherous property is covered with traps. This is not Redwick’s first time hunting humans. The blood sport has been a decades-long, sadistic family entertainment. After a shockingly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In 'Pig Killer'

New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In ‘Pig Killer’

From Girls and Corpses/Crappy World Films, comes this horrific tale, Pig Killer, starring Jake Busey (Stranger Things, Starship Troopers, The Frighteners) in the role of his life, as Canadian serial killer Willie Pickman. The story was inspired by the true story of Vancouver serial killer Willie Pickton who murdered 49 women and fed them to his pigs. The film also stars Bai Ling (The Crow, Exorcism At 60,000 Feet), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), and Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects) as Pickman’s mother. The film was written and directed by Chad Ferrin (Exorcism At 60,000 Feet (2020), Night Caller 2022) and produced by Robert Rhine (Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020), Cynthia (2018) who also co-stars RCMP Detective Schneer and his partner Michael Pare’ (Eddie and The Cruisers) who plays Detective Oppal. The film was executive produced by Kate Patel, who also stars. This film follows the success Rhine and Ferrin have had producing Parasites (Attack on LA), The Chair, Exorcism

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Movie Review: 'Fall' Keeps You On The Edge Of Your Seat

‘Fall’ Takes Terror To New Heights On Blu-ray

Lionsgate takes fear to new heights in the edge-of-your-seat thriller Fall, out now in theaters nationwide and heading to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital this September! Directed by Scott Mann, who co-wrote the film with Jonathan Frank, the film centers on two best friends, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), whose lives are all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights in this adrenaline-fueled thriller co-starring “The Walking Dead” star Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Produced by Christian Mercuri, James Harris, Mark Lane, and Scott Mann, Fall comes home on Digital on September 27, 2022, followed by its arrival on Blu-ray + Digital and DVD on October 18th, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2022

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Paramount+ Releases Intense Trailer For Upcoming Thriller 'Significant Other'

Paramount+ Releases Intense Trailer For Upcoming Thriller ‘Significant Other’

Paramount+ released today the official trailer and poster for its upcoming original high-concept thriller, Significant Other, which will hold its World Premiere at the 2022 New York Comic Con and will exclusively debut on the service this October. Presented by Paramount+ in Association with Paramount Pictures’ Players Label, Significant Other follows a young couple Harry (Jake Lacy, “White Lotus”) and Ruth (Maika Monroe, “It Follows”) who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but things take a dark turn when they realize they may not be alone. Written and directed by Dan Berk & Robert Olsen, the film is produced by Dan Kagan and executive produced by Dan Berk, Robert Olsen, Maika Monroe, and Kevin Sullivan. Watch Significant Other on Paramount+ on October 7, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 6, 2022
Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Reunite For Horror Thriller 'A Horrible Way To Die'

Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett Reunite For Horror Thriller ‘A Horrible Way To Die’

As the Toronto Internation Film Festival winds down, deals continue to be made. One of the latest deals to be struck is Anchor Bay Films and Celluloid Nightmares distribution deal for the horror thriller A Horrible Way To Die, a fresh twist on the serial killer subgenre. The film follows, “an escaped serial killer as he blazes a violent cross-country path to reunite with his ex-girlfriend, the one who put him behind bars.” The cast includes Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, and AJ Bowen who plays the movie’s killer. Director Adam Wingard reunites with writer Simon Barrett for A Horrible Way To Die. The duo previously teamed up for the hit invasion horror You’re Next, the thriller The Guest, and the horror anthology V/H/S.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2022
An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In 'The Dead Thing'

An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In ‘The Dead Thing’

Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)

Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)

After learning the film was distributed by someone named “Brian”… and only “Brian”… and his distribution company, we get down to brass tacks with Massacre at Central High… Mark (Andrew Stevens), along with his bully buddies Bruce (Ray Underwood), Craig (Steve Bond), and Paul (Damon Douglas) rule Central High through a reign of douche-baggery seldom seen on the silver screen! Take for instance their harassment of nerdy Spoony (Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds coincidentally… ) who is busy painting swastikas on school lockers which they force him to clean off… okay, that one is a bit dodgy… would it help if I told you he was painting them in protest of their raucous regime? Enter: David (Derrel Maury), a new man on campus who just so happens to be an old buddy of Mark’s… an old buddy that helped him out of a “jam” at their old alma mater. Now David is one aloof mother fucker, so when he’s

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 3, 2022
Shudder's Horror-Thriller 'Speak No Evil' Debuts This Week

Shudder Review: Speak No Evil

Shudder’s horror-thriller Speak No Evil is set to premiere this September. But is it worth watching? Let’s talk about it. From director Christian Tafdrup comes the film about two families who become friends during an Italian getaway. When Patrick (Fedja van Huêt) and Karin (Karina Smulders) invite Bjorn (Morten Burian) and Louise (Sidsel Siem Koch) to their remote home for a few days, they quickly say yes. Bjorn, Louise, and their young daughter are greeted with joy upon arriving, but that wouldn’t last long. After a few days, Bjorn and Louise begin to notice that something is off with the other family, soon they will learn just how off the family is when their true selves begin to shine through and the reality of Patrick and his wife’s nefarious motives are revealed. The film is good at building tension, but be prepared for a slow burn. And while the film features psychological horror, you won’t find any scares. The main

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2022
Horror-Thriller 'The Inhabitant' Scores An October Release Date

Horror-Thriller ‘The Inhabitant’ Scores An October Release Date

The horror film The Inhabitant, from director Jarren Lauder (Stay Out of the Attic), has just scored anThe October release date, Gravitas Ventures announced today. The film centers on “Tara (Odessa A’zion) who is like any other teenage girl, just surviving high school yet her father Ben (Dermot Mulroney), and mother Emily (Leslie Bibb) seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome axe murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry. After a visit to her aunt in a mental asylum and a night in Lizzie Borden’s actual home, Tara realizes she is inextricably tied to the horrifying curse that has plagued her bloodline for almost a century. As victims pile up and the police close in, Tara is left with no choice but to face her own demons.” This dark story was written by Kevin Bachar, produced by Leone Marucci, Petr Jakl, and executive produced by Ara Keshishian, Martin

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller 'Ash'

Tessa Thompson & Joseph Gordon-Levitt Are Heading Into Space For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Ash’

Musician-turned-filmmaker Flying Lotus (Kuso) not only has a segment in the upcoming horror anthology V/H/S/99, but he also has a new feature film on the way, the sci-fi thriller Ash, starring Tessa Thompson (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Snowden). Deadline reports that the film centers on ”a woman (Thompson) who wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed and must then decide if she can trust the man (Gordon-Levitt) sent to rescue her. But as their investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events, he begins to wonder how innocent she really is.” Flying Lotus will also create the score for Ash which is being executive produced by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Chappie). Jonni Remmler penned the original script. XYZ Films and GFC Films are producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Four Friends Are 'Hunted' Like Animals In This New Action-Packed Trailer

Four Friends Are ‘Hunted’ Like Animals In This New Action-Packed Trailer

From director Tommy Boulding and writers Dean Lines and Ray Bogdanovich comes the action-packed horror-thriller Hunted which sees four friends make the mistake of a lifetime and find themselves unwilling participants in the “most dangerous game.” In the film, “Hired by an antiquities dealer to steal a family heirloom, four young friends break into the seemingly abandoned Redwick Estate in pursuit of the treasure. Once inside the mansion, they discover they are not alone. Attacked and bound by their captors, they are spirited away from the home and released in the middle of nowhere. As punishment for breaking into their ancestral home, the Redwick’s will hunt the four friends like animals on their sprawling, secluded estate grounds. Tracked by hounds and pursued by the armed family on horseback, the foursome soon realizes the treacherous property is covered with traps. This is not Redwick’s first time hunting humans. The blood sport has been a decades-long, sadistic family entertainment. After a shockingly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In 'Pig Killer'

New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In ‘Pig Killer’

From Girls and Corpses/Crappy World Films, comes this horrific tale, Pig Killer, starring Jake Busey (Stranger Things, Starship Troopers, The Frighteners) in the role of his life, as Canadian serial killer Willie Pickman. The story was inspired by the true story of Vancouver serial killer Willie Pickton who murdered 49 women and fed them to his pigs. The film also stars Bai Ling (The Crow, Exorcism At 60,000 Feet), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), and Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects) as Pickman’s mother. The film was written and directed by Chad Ferrin (Exorcism At 60,000 Feet (2020), Night Caller 2022) and produced by Robert Rhine (Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020), Cynthia (2018) who also co-stars RCMP Detective Schneer and his partner Michael Pare’ (Eddie and The Cruisers) who plays Detective Oppal. The film was executive produced by Kate Patel, who also stars. This film follows the success Rhine and Ferrin have had producing Parasites (Attack on LA), The Chair, Exorcism

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022
Movie Review: 'Fall' Keeps You On The Edge Of Your Seat

‘Fall’ Takes Terror To New Heights On Blu-ray

Lionsgate takes fear to new heights in the edge-of-your-seat thriller Fall, out now in theaters nationwide and heading to Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital this September! Directed by Scott Mann, who co-wrote the film with Jonathan Frank, the film centers on two best friends, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), whose lives are all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights in this adrenaline-fueled thriller co-starring “The Walking Dead” star Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Produced by Christian Mercuri, James Harris, Mark Lane, and Scott Mann, Fall comes home on Digital on September 27, 2022, followed by its arrival on Blu-ray + Digital and DVD on October 18th, from Lionsgate.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2022
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