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Award-Winning Film ‘Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes’ To Be Released Next Week

Director Kevin Kopacka‘s (Hades) award-winning gothic, genre-bending thriller Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes is coming to digital next week. In the film, “Margo, who comes from a noble family, inherited a castle that she inspects with her ill-tempered husband, Dieter. When they arrive at the run-down keep, their relationship is put to the test as their sanity slowly deteriorates. This opens up a new world. As time and space shift around them, a reality that only exists within the walls of the eerie building is exposed – a truth full of warmth and excess. Things aren’t as they seem in this genre-bending film that shifts between different story layers in unpredictable ways. It is a love letter to European cinema of the sixties and seventies that will leave viewers guessing what will happen next.” Written and produced by Lili Villányi and Kevin Kopacka, the German thriller stars Anna Platen (Para – Wir sind King), Jeff Wilbusch (Peacock’s The Missing, Netflix’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 17, 2022

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Shudder Original Horror-comedy ‘Who Invited Them’ To Debut This Summer

Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the release date for its latest Original Film, the horror-comedy Who Invited Them from writer-director Duncan Birmingham (Maron, Blunt Talk). The film, which made its U.S. premiere at the New Orleans’ Overlook Film Festival, stars Ryan Hansen (Party Down), Melissa Tang (The Kominsky Method), Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why) and Perry Mattfeld (In the Dark). In Who invited Them, Adam and Margo’s (Hansen, Tang) housewarming party is a success. However, one mysterious couple (Granaderos, Mattfeld) linger long after all the other guests have left. The uninvited couple reveals themselves to be their wealthy neighbors, Tom and Sasha. But as a single nightcap leads to another, Adam and Margo start to suspect these new friends are actually duplicitous strangers. The feature is a Shudder Original Production, produced by Mary Pat Bentel (This Close, Holly Slept Over). The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto and Nicholas Lazo on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 15, 2022

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A Woman Finds Herself Trapped Alone In ‘Isolated’ (Trailer)

KateLynn E. Newberry (Widow’s Point, Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge) stars in Isolated, out today On Demand. The self-contained mystery/action thriller, similar in concept to Red Eye and Devil, tells of a woman who wakes up trapped inside a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there. As she fights to find a way to escape, she ends up talking to a man in a room next to hers that claims he, too, is trapped. As she questions whether or not to trust this man, she starts to remember things from her past that lead her to question not only where she might be but also what she might be. Directed by Tyler Lee Allen, the film stars Newberry, Lanny Joon, and David Solomon. “Newberry commands the screen in this captivating mystery,” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “We look forward to audiences discovering the masterful work Allen has done on ISOLATED this June.” Isolated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 14, 2022

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A Cult Is At Work In The First Trailer For ‘The Dead Rose’

The first trailer has premiered for the indie film The Dead Rose, and teases a world in which black magic, cults, and politics go hand in hand. The Dead Rose, currently in production in Denver and LA, stars Vernon Wells (Mad Max 2), Oscar nominee Eric Roberts (The Pope of Greenich Village), Cooper Huckabee (Space Cowboys), and Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop). Jimmy Drain (The Initiation), Rachel Alig (First Blush), Natasha Coppola-Shalom (Last Call), Erika Monet (Night Things), Michael S. Rodriguez (Last American Horror Show), Sparkle Soojian (The Last Battleship), Bob Bagnall (Shoot From the Hip), Maggie Wagner (Sallywood), Harley Wallen (Investigation Discovery’s Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda), Marcus D. Spencer (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and and Eric Cartwright (Crisis Point) round out the cast. After the death of his father, Robby Duray’s (Drain) faith is to put to the test when he is seduced into the corrupt world of organized crime, extortion and violence; masked in the form of an underground cult

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Jun 13, 2022

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A Great White Hunts A Group Of Friends In ‘The Reef: Stalked’ Trailer

Andrew Traucki’s shark movie The Reef made waves back in 2010 because the film used real sharks, not animatronic or CGI ones. Now, the sequel, The Reef: Stalked, is swimming your way and the first trailer reveals a shark-turned stalker. In the sequel, “Nic, in an effort to heal after witnessing her sister’s horrific murder, travels to a tropical resort with her friends for a kayaking and diving adventure. Only hours into their expedition, the women are stalked and 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.” Teressa Liane (“The Vampire Diaries”), Ann Truong (“Cowboy Bebop”), Saskia Archer (Boshack), Kate Lister (Clickbait), and Tim Ross (Wonderland) star in The Reef: Stalked The Reef: Stalked is produced by Neal Kingston (Great White), Michael Robertson (The Pack), Jack Christian (Black Water: Abyss), and Traucki (The Reef). AMP International is handling

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 13, 2022

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This July, The Horror ‘Glasshouse’ Reminds Us “To Trust No One” (Trailer)

From actress-writer (Mad Max: Fury Road, Warrior) turned director Kelsey Egan comes Glasshouse, out this July from Voyage Media. In this chilling film, “confined to their glasshouse, a family survives The Shred, a toxin that erases memory. Until the sisters are seduced by a Stranger who shatters their peace and stirs a past best left buried.” Starring Jessica Alexander, Kitty Harris, Helton Pelser, Adrienne Pearce, and Anja Taljaard, and written by Emma Lungiswa de Wet and Kelsey Egan, Glasshouse premieres on digital platforms on July 12, 2022.

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Jun 13, 2022

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The Past Comes Back To Haunt The Living In New Trailer For Irish Horror ‘Gateway’

This July, Dark Sky Films will unleash the Irish supernatural horror film, Gateway from writer-director Niall Owens, making his directorial feature film debut. Today, the first trailer has arrived, teasing a dark thriller. In the film, “Mike is a low-level drug dealer in debt to a ruthless supplier. When he and his gang set up shop in an abandoned house, he thinks his problems are solved. But a mysterious locked door inside the house and growing discord within the team bring old feuds boiling to the surface. As friendships unravel, the house begins to enact its own plan, using the gang’s own deepest dark thoughts against them. Like lambs to the slaughter, the men are lured one by one into the room, and there they are confronted by the evil world that lies within themselves. The once-locked door is now open, and what lies beyond has its own desires.” Gateway stars Tim Creed (Vikings, Dominion Creek), Kevin Barry (Michael Inside,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 11, 2022

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True Crime Thriller ‘When George Was Murdered’ Centers On The Cop Who Killed George Floyd (Trailer)

The upcoming true crime-inspired film, When George Was Murdered, explores what happened inside of the jail where the ex-cop who killed George Floyd was being held in the Spring of 2020. As the guards and the inmates are witnessing what is taking place in their city and around the world due to George Floyd’s murder, the news of the killers’ presence in the jail has spread. Inside the jail, the guards know that doing their job to keep the killer safe will not be an easy task. And they have recently become aware that none of the minority guards in the jail are being allowed to work the unit where the killer of George Floyd is being held. In addition, there is the mounting pressure of the inmates, who have begun making outright threats against the Killer ex-cop as their own form office, threats that every one of the guards knows could potentially happen. It does not take long before

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 11, 2022

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This August, ‘Fall’ Takes Fear To New Heights (Trailer)

From directed by Scott Mann, who co-wrote the film with Jonathan Frank, comes Fall, Which takes fear to new heights this August. Warning: the brand new trailer for the survival thriller may be too much to handle for those with acrophobia. In the film, for best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), life is 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 lands in theaters on August 12, 2022, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 10, 2022

True Crime Inspired Series "Black Bird" Lands On Apple TV+ This Week

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A Deal Is Struck In The Trailer For Apple TV’s True Crime Inspired Series “Black Bird”

The trailer for Apple’s highly-anticipated limited series “Black Bird,” a gritty, suspenseful psychological thriller, has just debuted. “Black Bird” stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall, Greg Kinnear as Brian Miller, Sepideh Moafi as Lauren McCauley, and Ray Liotta in his final role, playing Jimmy Keene’s father, Big Jim Keene. The series is adapted from the true crime memoir “In With The Devil: A Fallen Hero, A Serial Killer, and A Dangerous Bargain for Redemption” by James Keene and Hillel Levin. Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (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 (Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 9, 2022

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