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Hitchcock Style Thriller ‘Number 37’ Coming To Theaters And On Demand

Director Nospiho Dumia‘s award-winning Hitchockian thriller Number 37 is set to arrive in theaters this November. In a gritty homage to perennial Alfred Hitchcock favorite Rear Window, the film “focuses on the residents of a block of apartments in the down-and-out Cape Flats neighborhood–which, with its petty thugs, crooked cops, violent loan sharks, and troubled pastors, soon reveals itself to be a very different place from Rear Window’s Greenwich Village of 1954.” Irshaad Ally, Monique Rockman, Ephraim Gordon, Sandi Schultz, Danny Ross, David Manuel, Elton Landrew, and Deon Lotz star in Number 37 scripted by Dumisa, Travis Taute, and Daryne Joshua. Set in a rough section of Cape Town, Number 37 follows Randal Hendricks, a small-time crook who becomes wheelchair-bound in a drug deal gone wrong, and his hard-working girlfriend Pam Ismael. To distract Randal during his homebound days of limited mobility, Pam gives him a pair of binoculars. While idly surveying his block, he accidentally witnesses a dirty cop

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 29, 2018
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A Hungry Creature Is Unleashed In New ‘Blood Bags’ Trailer

A hungry creature is unleashed in Devilworks’ new trailer for director Emiliano Ranzani’s Blood Bags ahead of its arrival on Halloween at AFM. In the film, a “creature stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion. Two friends break in and discover that all exits have been sealed off and the creature that hunts them is growing hungry for their blood; there is no escape.” Makenna Guyler stars alongside Emanuele Turetta, Marta Tananyan, Alberto Sette, and Salvatore Palombi. Ranzani co-wrote the script with Davide Mela. Alessandro Regaldo executive produced the film under the banner of Grey Ladder Productions. Blood Bags will be presented at the American Film Market by Devilworks.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2018
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“Walking Dead” Actress Joins “Swamp Thing”

DC’s upcoming “Swamp Thing” continues to add cast for the James Wan-produced series. The latest addition is “The Walking Dead” actress Jeryl Prescott who is set to play Madame Xanadu, a blind fortune teller with a mysterious past, Deadline reports. Prescott joins the previously announced cast that includes Jennifer Beals, Maria Sten, and Crystal Reed. Friday the 13th‘s Derek Mears is playing the title character. The series is based on the comic created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. “Ash vs. Evil Dead” writer Mark Verheiden and Gary Dauberman (IT) are writing the script. “Swamp Thing” “centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane. When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2018
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Shudder Announces New Killer Original Series ‘Deadwax’

A killer strikes terror from the turntable in Shudder‘s first original scripted short-form series, “Deadwax“. Created and directed by filmmaker, acclaimed sound designer and electronic musician Graham Reznick (I Can See You, co-writer of the PlayStation hit Until Dawn), Deadwax chronicles the hunt for a rare recording believed to cause madness and death to anyone who dares listen. In the eight-episode series, Etta (Hannah Gross, Mindhunter), an audiophile and rare vinyl record dealer, is hired to find the only existing print of a notorious record that kills whoever listens to it. At the time of its pressing, the engineer had a heart attack and the vinyl supposedly captured the sound of death itself. When Etta comes across Perry (Evan Gamble, Hap & Leonard), a police officer afflicted by the record, she discovers that hearing even a single note can cause insanity. In order to save Perry and survive the job, she must race to unravel the deadly record’s otherworldly origins.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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“True Blood” Actor Joins The Cast Of ‘Godzilla vs Kong’

Director Adam Wingard‘s Godzilla vs. Kong has made a series of cast announcements, today it’s been announced, via Deadline, that “True Blood” actor Alexander Skarsgard has joined the cast. Skarsgard joins previously announced cast members Demián Bichir (The Nun), Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play remake), Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2), and Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things). Wingard directs from the screenplay written by Terry Rossio. Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, and Brian Rogers are producing. Godzilla vs. Kong is set to open theaters on May 22, 2020, from Legendary and Warner Bros.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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The New ‘Possession Of Hannah Grace’ Poster Is Creepy As Hell!

The new poster (above) for director Diederik Van Rooijen‘s upcoming supernatural thriller The Possession of Hannah Grace will give you chills down your spine. It’s simply creepy as hell! Originally titled Cadaver, in the film we witness a shocking exorcism as it spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) is working the graveyard shift in the morgue when she takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver. Locked alone inside the basement corridors, Megan begins to experience horrifying visions and starts to suspect that the body may be possessed by a ruthless demonic force. Starring Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson, and Stana Katic, the film was penned by Brian Sieve. Todd Garner and Sean Robins produce with Glenn S. Gainor executive producing. It has been rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: gruesome images and terror throughout. The Possession of Hannah Grace opens in theaters

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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Bill Moseley Stars In ‘Crepitus’ Premiering Tonight At Spooky Empire

Horror icon Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses) stars in Crepitus, making its World Premiere today at the Spooky Empire Film Festival in Orlando, Florida. To celebrate executive producer Lance Paul has released the film’s official trailer. Right on the heels of reprising his role of Otis in Rob Zombie’s freshly wrapped film Three From Hell, Moseley stars as a dark entity in Crepitus that centers on seventeen year old Elizabeth and her younger sister Sam who are thrust into circumstances more terrifying than life with their abusive, drunken mother when they are forced to move into their deceased Grandfather’s house. Frightened beyond belief, they learn horrible things about their family history. Never mind the ghosts in the house, there is something far worse that takes an interest in them … a cannibalistic clown named Crepitus. Crepitus was directed by Haynze Whitmore from the screenplay was written by Eddie and Sarah Renner. Crepitus also stars Chalet Lizette Brannan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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Middle School Girls Plotted Bloody Massacre

Two Floridian girls were arrested by authorities at their middle school in central Florida. The girls’ ages 12 and 11 are self-proclaimed Satanists who planned to murder their classmates in order to “sin” enough to go to hell. The girls planned on killing and dismembering 15-25 students, drink their blood and possibly eat their flesh. The girls planned to hide in one of the restrooms of the school to ambush younger classmates they believe they could overpower. A tip to faculty resulted in the police arriving and finding the girls in the restroom. Upon searching the duo, police recovered three knives, a pair of scissors, and a pizza cutter. Authorities found text messages between the youths discussing their plans and even a handwritten note saying “go to kill in bathroom”. Upon questioning, the girls (according to police) answered questions “matter of factly”. The overall goal of the girls was to kill as many students as possible to earn enough sins

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Capt McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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15 Second Horror Film Challenge Announces Celebrity Judges And Halloween Showcase

This year marks the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge‘s fourth year of bringing short films to genre fans. And they are ready to deliver spooky and frightening short flicks for their Halloween showcase which includes over 500 entries from around the world. From November to December they have two-judge panels, featuring 40 celebrity judges, to determine the top films and who will take home awards in a variety of categories. This year’s featured celebrity judges include: Adam Marcus (Jason Goes to Hell) Alan Bagh (Birdemic 1 & 2) Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes) Amy Steel (Friday the 13th Part II) Barbara Magnolfi (Suspiria) Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II) Bloodbath & Beyond (News/Reviews/Interviews) Bonnie Aarons (The Conjuring 2, Mulholland Drive) Catherine Mary Stewart (Night of the Creeps) Cindy Hinds (The Brood, The Dead Zone) Count Gore de Vol (Horror Host) Crypticon Seattle David Howard Thornton (Terrifier) Deborah Voorhees (Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning) Ellie Church (Frankenstein Created Bikers) Felissa

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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Punk Rock Horror Flick ‘The Ranger’ Hunts Down A January Release

A71 Entertainment is set to release the punk rock slasher The Ranger early in January. The film is the feature debut of Jenn Wexler, a past Shudder Labs master, and producer of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize-winner, Most Beautiful Island. The festival favorite, which premiered at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, follows a group of young punks who are forced to flee the city to lay low, only to run into a park ranger who shares a mysterious past with one of their own. The film has been lauded for its standout performances from Chloë Levine (The Transfiguration, The OA) as the pink-haired punk with a secret, and Jeremy Holm (House of Cards, “Mr. Robot”) as the maniacal ranger, ready to get his hands bloody in defense of the woods. Granit Lahu (“The Sinner”), Jeremy Pope, Bubba Weiler (Puzzle), Amanda Grace Benitez (School of Rock), Jeté Laurence (Pet Sematary) and horror icon Larry Fessenden (Habit, We Are Still Here)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018

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Hitchcock Style Thriller ‘Number 37’ Coming To Theaters And On Demand

Director Nospiho Dumia‘s award-winning Hitchockian thriller Number 37 is set to arrive in theaters this November. In a gritty homage to perennial Alfred Hitchcock favorite Rear Window, the film “focuses on the residents of a block of apartments in the down-and-out Cape Flats neighborhood–which, with its petty thugs, crooked cops, violent loan sharks, and troubled pastors, soon reveals itself to be a very different place from Rear Window’s Greenwich Village of 1954.” Irshaad Ally, Monique Rockman, Ephraim Gordon, Sandi Schultz, Danny Ross, David Manuel, Elton Landrew, and Deon Lotz star in Number 37 scripted by Dumisa, Travis Taute, and Daryne Joshua. Set in a rough section of Cape Town, Number 37 follows Randal Hendricks, a small-time crook who becomes wheelchair-bound in a drug deal gone wrong, and his hard-working girlfriend Pam Ismael. To distract Randal during his homebound days of limited mobility, Pam gives him a pair of binoculars. While idly surveying his block, he accidentally witnesses a dirty cop

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 29, 2018
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A Hungry Creature Is Unleashed In New ‘Blood Bags’ Trailer

A hungry creature is unleashed in Devilworks’ new trailer for director Emiliano Ranzani’s Blood Bags ahead of its arrival on Halloween at AFM. In the film, a “creature stalks the corridors of an abandoned mansion. Two friends break in and discover that all exits have been sealed off and the creature that hunts them is growing hungry for their blood; there is no escape.” Makenna Guyler stars alongside Emanuele Turetta, Marta Tananyan, Alberto Sette, and Salvatore Palombi. Ranzani co-wrote the script with Davide Mela. Alessandro Regaldo executive produced the film under the banner of Grey Ladder Productions. Blood Bags will be presented at the American Film Market by Devilworks.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2018
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“Walking Dead” Actress Joins “Swamp Thing”

DC’s upcoming “Swamp Thing” continues to add cast for the James Wan-produced series. The latest addition is “The Walking Dead” actress Jeryl Prescott who is set to play Madame Xanadu, a blind fortune teller with a mysterious past, Deadline reports. Prescott joins the previously announced cast that includes Jennifer Beals, Maria Sten, and Crystal Reed. Friday the 13th‘s Derek Mears is playing the title character. The series is based on the comic created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. “Ash vs. Evil Dead” writer Mark Verheiden and Gary Dauberman (IT) are writing the script. “Swamp Thing” “centers on CDC researcher Abby Arcane. When she returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But as powerful forces descend on Houma, intent on exploiting the swamp’s mysterious properties for their own purposes, Abby will discover that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2018
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Shudder Announces New Killer Original Series ‘Deadwax’

A killer strikes terror from the turntable in Shudder‘s first original scripted short-form series, “Deadwax“. Created and directed by filmmaker, acclaimed sound designer and electronic musician Graham Reznick (I Can See You, co-writer of the PlayStation hit Until Dawn), Deadwax chronicles the hunt for a rare recording believed to cause madness and death to anyone who dares listen. In the eight-episode series, Etta (Hannah Gross, Mindhunter), an audiophile and rare vinyl record dealer, is hired to find the only existing print of a notorious record that kills whoever listens to it. At the time of its pressing, the engineer had a heart attack and the vinyl supposedly captured the sound of death itself. When Etta comes across Perry (Evan Gamble, Hap & Leonard), a police officer afflicted by the record, she discovers that hearing even a single note can cause insanity. In order to save Perry and survive the job, she must race to unravel the deadly record’s otherworldly origins.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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“True Blood” Actor Joins The Cast Of ‘Godzilla vs Kong’

Director Adam Wingard‘s Godzilla vs. Kong has made a series of cast announcements, today it’s been announced, via Deadline, that “True Blood” actor Alexander Skarsgard has joined the cast. Skarsgard joins previously announced cast members Demián Bichir (The Nun), Brian Tyree Henry (Child’s Play remake), Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2), and Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things). Wingard directs from the screenplay written by Terry Rossio. Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, and Brian Rogers are producing. Godzilla vs. Kong is set to open theaters on May 22, 2020, from Legendary and Warner Bros.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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The New ‘Possession Of Hannah Grace’ Poster Is Creepy As Hell!

The new poster (above) for director Diederik Van Rooijen‘s upcoming supernatural thriller The Possession of Hannah Grace will give you chills down your spine. It’s simply creepy as hell! Originally titled Cadaver, in the film we witness a shocking exorcism as it spirals out of control, claiming the life of a young woman. Months later, Megan Reed (Shay Mitchell) is working the graveyard shift in the morgue when she takes delivery of a disfigured cadaver. Locked alone inside the basement corridors, Megan begins to experience horrifying visions and starts to suspect that the body may be possessed by a ruthless demonic force. Starring Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Kirby Johnson, and Stana Katic, the film was penned by Brian Sieve. Todd Garner and Sean Robins produce with Glenn S. Gainor executive producing. It has been rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America for the following reasons: gruesome images and terror throughout. The Possession of Hannah Grace opens in theaters

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 27, 2018
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Bill Moseley Stars In ‘Crepitus’ Premiering Tonight At Spooky Empire

Horror icon Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses) stars in Crepitus, making its World Premiere today at the Spooky Empire Film Festival in Orlando, Florida. To celebrate executive producer Lance Paul has released the film’s official trailer. Right on the heels of reprising his role of Otis in Rob Zombie’s freshly wrapped film Three From Hell, Moseley stars as a dark entity in Crepitus that centers on seventeen year old Elizabeth and her younger sister Sam who are thrust into circumstances more terrifying than life with their abusive, drunken mother when they are forced to move into their deceased Grandfather’s house. Frightened beyond belief, they learn horrible things about their family history. Never mind the ghosts in the house, there is something far worse that takes an interest in them … a cannibalistic clown named Crepitus. Crepitus was directed by Haynze Whitmore from the screenplay was written by Eddie and Sarah Renner. Crepitus also stars Chalet Lizette Brannan

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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Middle School Girls Plotted Bloody Massacre

Two Floridian girls were arrested by authorities at their middle school in central Florida. The girls’ ages 12 and 11 are self-proclaimed Satanists who planned to murder their classmates in order to “sin” enough to go to hell. The girls planned on killing and dismembering 15-25 students, drink their blood and possibly eat their flesh. The girls planned to hide in one of the restrooms of the school to ambush younger classmates they believe they could overpower. A tip to faculty resulted in the police arriving and finding the girls in the restroom. Upon searching the duo, police recovered three knives, a pair of scissors, and a pizza cutter. Authorities found text messages between the youths discussing their plans and even a handwritten note saying “go to kill in bathroom”. Upon questioning, the girls (according to police) answered questions “matter of factly”. The overall goal of the girls was to kill as many students as possible to earn enough sins

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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15 Second Horror Film Challenge Announces Celebrity Judges And Halloween Showcase

This year marks the 15 Second Horror Film Challenge‘s fourth year of bringing short films to genre fans. And they are ready to deliver spooky and frightening short flicks for their Halloween showcase which includes over 500 entries from around the world. From November to December they have two-judge panels, featuring 40 celebrity judges, to determine the top films and who will take home awards in a variety of categories. This year’s featured celebrity judges include: Adam Marcus (Jason Goes to Hell) Alan Bagh (Birdemic 1 & 2) Alex Essoe (Starry Eyes) Amy Steel (Friday the 13th Part II) Barbara Magnolfi (Suspiria) Barbie Wilde (Hellbound: Hellraiser II) Bloodbath & Beyond (News/Reviews/Interviews) Bonnie Aarons (The Conjuring 2, Mulholland Drive) Catherine Mary Stewart (Night of the Creeps) Cindy Hinds (The Brood, The Dead Zone) Count Gore de Vol (Horror Host) Crypticon Seattle David Howard Thornton (Terrifier) Deborah Voorhees (Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning) Ellie Church (Frankenstein Created Bikers) Felissa

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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Punk Rock Horror Flick ‘The Ranger’ Hunts Down A January Release

A71 Entertainment is set to release the punk rock slasher The Ranger early in January. The film is the feature debut of Jenn Wexler, a past Shudder Labs master, and producer of the SXSW Grand Jury Prize-winner, Most Beautiful Island. The festival favorite, which premiered at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, follows a group of young punks who are forced to flee the city to lay low, only to run into a park ranger who shares a mysterious past with one of their own. The film has been lauded for its standout performances from Chloë Levine (The Transfiguration, The OA) as the pink-haired punk with a secret, and Jeremy Holm (House of Cards, “Mr. Robot”) as the maniacal ranger, ready to get his hands bloody in defense of the woods. Granit Lahu (“The Sinner”), Jeremy Pope, Bubba Weiler (Puzzle), Amanda Grace Benitez (School of Rock), Jeté Laurence (Pet Sematary) and horror icon Larry Fessenden (Habit, We Are Still Here)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2018
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