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Sylvester Stallone Plays A Reluctant Hero In ‘Samaritan’ – Out This August

Acting legend Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo) stars in the upcoming action-thriller Samaritan which is headed your way this August on Prime Video. In the film, “Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith (Sylvester Stallone) is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty-five years ago, Granite City’s super-powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.” Directed by Julius Avery, it was written by Bragi F. Schut. Stallone Produces the film with Braden Aftergood. Bragi F. Schut, David Kern, Adam Rosenberg, and Guy Riedel executive produce. Stallone stars alongside Javon “Wanna” Walton, Pilou Asbæk,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 27, 2022

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Sophie Skelton Is Trapped With A Man Obsessed In The New ‘Stalker’ Trailer

Being stuck in an elevator is bad enough on its own, but imagine being stuck with a stranger who is secretly obsessed with you. That’s the premise of the horror thriller Stalker, starring “Outlander” actress Sophie Skelton. Directed by Steve Johnson (Convergence), this tense and atmospheric horror, centers on Rose Hepburn, a young actress, who returns to her empty hotel. Forced to use the old freight elevator, it jolts to a halt on the twelfth floor, leaving her trapped with an unusual stranger. Left with no phone signal as a storm approaches, tensions escalate and suspicions rise when Rose discovers the identity of the mysterious man is Daniel Reed, a camera operator who is seemingly obsessed with her. Stalker also stars BAFTA winner Stuart Brennan (Risen) and WWE legend Bret Hart. Stalker debuts at FrightFest on August 28th followed by its arrival on DVD and Digital on October 10, 2022, from Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment. .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 27, 2022

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The Final ‘The Reef: Stalked’ Trailer Features Real Sharks!

Writer-director Andrew Traucki‘s sequel to The Reef, The Reef: Stalked, is swimming into theaters and on to Digital and Demand this July, ahead of its premiere the final trailer has just been released giving us a look at the real sharks (yes, you read that right, real sharks) that were featured in the film. In the film, starring Teressa Liane, Ann Truong, Saskia Archer, Kate Lister, and Tim Ross, “In an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder, Nic travels to a tropical resort with her friends for a kayaking and diving adventure. Only hours into their expedition, the women are stalked and then attacked by a great white shark. To survive they will need to band together and Nic will have to overcome her post-traumatic stress, face her fears and slay the monster.” The Reef: Stalked, which we called “worth diving into” in our review, sinks its teeth into theaters, Digital, Demand, and Shudder on July 29,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 26, 2022

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Movie Review: ‘The Reef: Stalked’ Is Worth Diving Into

Nic, struggling with PTSD after finding her friend murdered, joins her friends for a day of kayaking. While having fun, a rogue (one more aggressive than usual) great white begins to hunt them, and the children that are playing in the water. After one of them is killed and a child injured the women, which have landed on an empty, secluded island must enter the water again to get help. That’s the premise of The Reef: Stalked, the sequel to The Reef. Unlike most killer shark movies with terrible CGI, Stalked features live sharks, like the 2009 original. And for that I am thankful. As a shark lover, I can’t stand to see those fake AF sharks. The movie turns a stunning, big, beautiful great white into the villain. I will say this, I don’t like to see sharks turned into villains. They aren’t murderous, they don’t form grudges, and they don’t have motives. They simply are what they are,

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Jul 25, 2022

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Blu-ray Review: Lux Aeterna (2019)

Lux Aeterna begins with legendary French actress Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue) playing herself (or writer/director Gaspar Noé’s version of her anyway) having a lengthy conversation with the star of her upcoming witch trial flick God’s Work, Lars von Trier muse Charlotte Gainsbourg. The fireside chat steers towards the perils they have faced in the entertainment industry (and seems agonizingly authentic even if it was faked for film), and as the conversation progresses we can’t help but think of the parallels between the way women are treated in a male dominated world and the witches of old… yeah man, this is an art house flick with plenty on its mind, and the point is hard to dismiss right down to the usage of sequences from Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 cinematic treatise on the evolution of witchcraft, Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages during the film’s opening. Naturally, the production goes slightly off the rails when a bunch of clueless dudes (an American director,

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Jul 23, 2022

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Sharknado Director’s Serious Horror ‘Nix’ Unveils Trailer Featuring Icon Dee Wallace

1091 Pictures, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Nasdaq: CSSE) company, has acquired all North American rights to the psychological horror film Nix, directed by Anthony C. Ferrante (Sharknado). Written by Skyler Caleb, James Zimbardi, Woodrow Wilson Hancock III, and Ferrante, the film stars James Zimbardi (Awaken the Shadowman), Dee Wallace (Halloween, E.T.), and Michael Pare (Streets of Fire). The film is financed by executive producer Gary Rubens and is produced by Hancock. The psychological horror film debuted its trailer yesterday during a panel at Comic-Con International: San Diego that featured Anthony C. Ferrante, Dee Wallace, Skyler Caleb, James Zimbardi, Woodrow Wilson Hancock III, Angie Teodora Dick, and Niesha Renee Guilbot. Inspired by Germanic folklore, the story of Nix follows a tragedy at a mysterious lake and its frightening consequences as a shattered family unravels the truth. Dee Wallace, an established film icon with roles in Rob Zombie’s Halloween, Cujo, The Frighteners, and Steven Spielberg’s E.T., stars as the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 22, 2022

A Soldier Stands Guard: New Poster For WWII Thriller 'Burial'

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IFC Midnight Unveils Trailer For Dark WWII Thriller ‘Burial’

IFC Midnight has released the trailer for writer-director Ben Parker‘s suspense-filled WWII thriller Burial, revealing a dark film that sees soldiers trying to protect their cargo, but something is lurking in the woods. Starring Charlotte Vega (Wrong Turn), Tom Felton (Harry Potter), Barry Ward (The End of the F***king World), and Harriet Walter (The Last Duel), the film is “set during the waning days of World War II, Burial tells the fictional story of a small band of Russian soldiers tasked with delivering the crated remains of Hitler back to Stalin in Russia. En route, the unit is attacked by German “Werewolf” partisans and picked off one by one. An intrepid female intelligence officer leads her surviving comrades in the last stand to ensure their cargo doesn’t fall into the hands of those who would hide the truth forever.” Burial is set to open in select theaters and arrive On Demand on September 2, 2022, from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 21, 2022

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Acting Legend J.K. Simmons Stars In The Lovecraftian Horror ‘Glorious’

Director Rebekah McKendry’s newest film Glorious, which stars legendary character actor J.K. Simmons alongside Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”) premieres at this year’s Fantasia in official selection. Ahead of its debut, the first teaser trailer, has been unleashed, teasing a film filled with Lovecraftian horrors. The film, co-written by Joshua Hull, David Ian McKendry and Todd Rigney, centers on Wes (Kwanten) as he waits out a hangover locked in a public restroom with a mysterious entity (Simmons) behind a glory hole. The story takes Wes deep into his own psyche as he wrestles with fate and a glimpse of the unthinkable in this Lovecraft-inspired comic horror. McKendry (“All the Creatures Were Stirring”) is not new to the genre, having worked for over a decade at Fangoria as well hosting the podcasts “Killer POV” and “Shock Waves”). J.K. Simmons has appeared in many films and series, 222 to be exact. You may recognize him from his roles in Whiplash, Spider-Man No Way

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 21, 2022

'Squeal' Trailer Teases That A Little Piggy Should Have Stayed Home

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First Images Surface From The Dark Film ‘Squeal’

From director Aik Karapetian comes the dark horror-comedy Squeal, written by the director and Aleksandr Rodionov. Today, we’ve got the first look at the film. The dark fairy tale centers on Samuel (Kevin Janssens), who is far from home, searching for his father. Lost in remotest Eastern Europe, on the edges of a mythical forest, a minor road accident leads to a chance meeting with a pig-farmer’s daughter Kirke (Laura Siliņa). Sam soon learns that his priorities must change if he wants to survive. Her initial hospitality is a smoke screen to capture him and make him a forced laborer on the farm. Alone, unable to speak the language, and chained up 24/7 with the pigs, he learns to adapt. Fortunately, a seemingly magical piglet gains Sam’s confidence and shows him the way to freedom and true love. The film, which was an official selection at Fantastic Fest (2022), stars Kevin Janssens, Laura Siliņa, Aigars Vilims, Normunds Griestiņš, Juris Bartkevičs,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 20, 2022

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New Clip For Episode 4 Of “Black Bird” Asks “What’s Her Name?”

Ahead of episode four premiering this Friday, July 22, Apple TV+ has shared a sneak peek clip from “Black Bird,” the new, six-episode psychological thriller inspired by actual events. From Dennis Lehane comes the new six-episode series starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, and Ray Liotta. In episode four, “What’s Her Name,” “in the aftermath of a prison riot, Jimmy and Larry find themselves with time to learn more about each other.” “Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 19, 2022

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