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Last year’s based on a true crime mini-series, “Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters, made waves, garnering acclaim from viewers and critics alike with over 196.2 million viewers in its first week alone on Netflix, according to Variety. News has now come that creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy has chosen his next subject for the series that tells the “stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society.” Season two of the series will explore the crimes of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who butchered their parents. Netflix made the announcement with a teaser for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which you can watch below. The Crime The brothers butchered their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez, in their Beverly Hills home On August 20, 1989. Lyle and Erik entered the living room where their parents were sitting, carrying Mossberg 12-gauge shotguns. They shot their father six times. Their mother, Kitty, was shot ten
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Stephen King fans and horror fans alike have been eagerly awaiting the premiere of the series “Welcome to Derry.” Well, we’ve got some bad news. It has been hit with a major delay. Originally intended to premiere in 2024, it’s now been rescheduled. They are now aiming at a 2025 Halloween premiere, according to HBO and MAX CEO Casey Bloys. Bloys said during a recent press event in New York. “Welcome to Derry” was scheduled for Halloween of 2024. That’s likely 2025.” Set in Stephen King’s ‘IT‘ universe, “Welcome to Derry” expands on the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the first chapter of the new film adaptation, which premiered in 2017, and its sequel IT: Chapter Two, which debuted in 2019. “Welcome to Derry” got the series order by MAX back in February and was developed for television by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs. Fuchs is writing the first episode. Muschetti who directed both new movie
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Hailed as one of the “scariest films of the year,” the supernatural horror When Evil Lurks, now playing in select theaters, makes its Shudder premiere today. “When brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimmy (Demián Salomón) discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse — its very proximity poisoning the local livestock — they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community. Now, they must outrun an encroaching evil as it corrupts and mutilates everyone it is exposed to and enlist the aid of a wizened “cleaner,” who holds the only tools that can stop this supernatural plague.” Argentinian director Demián Rugna’s frightening film made its World Premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It marks his second feature following his fright-filled film Terrified, which won Best Horror Feature at Fantastic Fest 2017. The
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HorrorFuel has nabbed the exclusive on the upcoming sci-fi horror film Fiber Burn, which has just announced its cast and revealed its character posters. In the film, directed by Dusty Austen, “After a near-catastrophic 2nd civil war, the Internet is a thing of the past. A lonely young woman named Becca finds a decimated robot in a post-war junkyard. When she discovers it’s CPU A.I. is aware, the two develop an unlikely friendship. It’s only when she agrees to build a new body that its intentions become violently revealed, and the bloodshed begins. When the robot enables the home’s lockdown mode, no one in, no one out, Becca becomes trapped inside with the metal beast and must fight for her life in a deadly game of cat and mouse.” The film from Street Rat Studios has officially started pre-production on Fiber Burn – An intense and gory sci-fi thriller inspired by the “new French extremity” movement of the late 90s/early
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After four years, the indie horror film Paralyzed with Fear, written and directed by Glenn Berggoetz, was finally released. Horror icon Kane Hodder, known for his roles in the Friday the 13th franchise as Jason Vorhees and the Hatchet franchise, stars alongside Haidyn Harvey and Andrea Rabold. In the film, “When a 15th-century demon is unleashed on a house full of women, he won’t stop until he has destroyed them all.” Paralyzed with Fear is out now on Prime Video from Bayview Entertainment.
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It has just been announced that IFC Films and Shudder have acquired Image Nation and Spooky Pictures’ acclaimed supernatural thriller Late Night with the Devil. Written, directed, and edited by Australian filmmakers Cameron and Colin Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign), the film stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Oppenheimer), who plays the charismatic Late-Night talk show host Jack Delroy, whose live broadcast unexpectedly unleashes evil into the nation’s living rooms. Currently rated “Certified Freah’ with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100%, Late Night with the Devil premiered at SXSW to critical acclaim and has screened at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal and others and recently won Best Screenplay at the Sitges Film Festival and numerous accolades at Toronto After Dark, including Best Feature Film and Best Lead Performance for Dastmalchian. “Late Night With The Devil is an exhilarating demonstration of how the horror genre continues to present new and exciting storytelling. We’re delighted to partner with Cameron and Colin,
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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…but a creature is stirring, and it’s not a mouse… Well Go USA is gifting horror fans an early Christmas present: the trailer for the holiday horror film A Creature is Stirring. In this twisted holiday horror film, Faith (Chrissy Metz) keeps her troubled teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) on a tightly controlled regimen of experimental drugs, their only means of fending off a mysterious, terrifying affliction. But after two burglars (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) attempt to rob the home on Christmas, they stumble upon a long-kept family secret—with monstrous consequences. From director Damien LeVeck and writer Shannon Wells and producers Natalie Leveck and Aaron B. Koontz comes A Creature is Stirring, opening in select theaters on December 8, 2023, followed by its debut on VOD on December 12, 2023.
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This November, the true story-inspired horror film Squealer will slash its way onto Digital and Demand. Inspired by the real-life serial killer Robert Pickton, this brutal and bloody film centers on a police officer and a street-smart social worker following clues to a remote pig farm, where they discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home and pork isn’t the only thing on the menu. The film stars Tyrese Gibson, Wes Chatham, Kate Moennig, Ronnie Gene Bevans, and Danielle Burgio, who not only stars but also wrote the film along with director Andy Armstrong. Director Andy Armstrong has had an amazing career in the stunt industry, including being a stunt coordinator and working on films like The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Lephrecan, and Total Recall. He is now making his feature film directorial debut. As for Danielle Burgio, she began her career as a dancer before becoming an actress, writer, and producer. She has appeared in movies like The
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The filmmakers who brought us 2022’s “highly watchable entry in the found-footage subgenre” Curse of Aurore (full review here) are hard at work on their latest effort, and are seeking finishing funds with an Indiegogo campaign. Cult Cinema Productions is underway on the second cut of its psychological thriller/horror film Behold!. The official plot description follows. Rebecca and her husband, Reverend Peter, have been separated for months following a tragic event. Alone in their stately home, Rebecca has become a shell of her former self. She suffers from severe depression, drinks too much, and can’t seem to get her life together. She believes fixing the marriage is the solution. Everything changes when Peter shows up with divorce papers, setting off an emotional explosion that gets interrupted by the appearance of a foreboding, otherworldly presence. Disturbing secrets and lies from the past are brought to light as Rebecca and Peter attempt to confront the mysterious presence from beyond. For more information
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(Pri)sons, reportedly the most brutal and bloody film ever made in Finland, is giving viewers a glimpse at the action with its first teaser. The film centers on a ragtag group of criminals who must band together to fight for survival when an army of bloodthirsty assassins besieges an underground marketplace of illegal activities. (Pri)sons marks the most ambitious film of director-cinematographer Esa Jussila, who has built a long-lasting career in genre and exploitation underground film. The film deals with organized crime, the degeneration of human beings, and the natural urge to survive. The film is unique because of the amount of violence, special effects, and demanding stunts that all the actors had to perform. “To me, this film is an amalgamation of two genres I hold very dear, those being old school action movies and extreme horror. And I think it’s a genre cocktail that will give the audience some unique thrills. I essentially aimed to produce a big
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Last year’s based on a true crime mini-series, “Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story,” starring Evan Peters, made waves, garnering acclaim from viewers and critics alike with over 196.2 million viewers in its first week alone on Netflix, according to Variety. News has now come that creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy has chosen his next subject for the series that tells the “stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society.” Season two of the series will explore the crimes of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who butchered their parents. Netflix made the announcement with a teaser for “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which you can watch below. The Crime The brothers butchered their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez, in their Beverly Hills home On August 20, 1989. Lyle and Erik entered the living room where their parents were sitting, carrying Mossberg 12-gauge shotguns. They shot their father six times. Their mother, Kitty, was shot ten
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Stephen King fans and horror fans alike have been eagerly awaiting the premiere of the series “Welcome to Derry.” Well, we’ve got some bad news. It has been hit with a major delay. Originally intended to premiere in 2024, it’s now been rescheduled. They are now aiming at a 2025 Halloween premiere, according to HBO and MAX CEO Casey Bloys. Bloys said during a recent press event in New York. “Welcome to Derry” was scheduled for Halloween of 2024. That’s likely 2025.” Set in Stephen King’s ‘IT‘ universe, “Welcome to Derry” expands on the vision established by filmmaker Andy Muschietti in the first chapter of the new film adaptation, which premiered in 2017, and its sequel IT: Chapter Two, which debuted in 2019. “Welcome to Derry” got the series order by MAX back in February and was developed for television by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs. Fuchs is writing the first episode. Muschetti who directed both new movie
Continue reading →
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Hailed as one of the “scariest films of the year,” the supernatural horror When Evil Lurks, now playing in select theaters, makes its Shudder premiere today. “When brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodríguez) and Jimmy (Demián Salomón) discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse — its very proximity poisoning the local livestock — they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community. Now, they must outrun an encroaching evil as it corrupts and mutilates everyone it is exposed to and enlist the aid of a wizened “cleaner,” who holds the only tools that can stop this supernatural plague.” Argentinian director Demián Rugna’s frightening film made its World Premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It marks his second feature following his fright-filled film Terrified, which won Best Horror Feature at Fantastic Fest 2017. The
Continue reading →
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HorrorFuel has nabbed the exclusive on the upcoming sci-fi horror film Fiber Burn, which has just announced its cast and revealed its character posters. In the film, directed by Dusty Austen, “After a near-catastrophic 2nd civil war, the Internet is a thing of the past. A lonely young woman named Becca finds a decimated robot in a post-war junkyard. When she discovers it’s CPU A.I. is aware, the two develop an unlikely friendship. It’s only when she agrees to build a new body that its intentions become violently revealed, and the bloodshed begins. When the robot enables the home’s lockdown mode, no one in, no one out, Becca becomes trapped inside with the metal beast and must fight for her life in a deadly game of cat and mouse.” The film from Street Rat Studios has officially started pre-production on Fiber Burn – An intense and gory sci-fi thriller inspired by the “new French extremity” movement of the late 90s/early
Continue reading →
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After four years, the indie horror film Paralyzed with Fear, written and directed by Glenn Berggoetz, was finally released. Horror icon Kane Hodder, known for his roles in the Friday the 13th franchise as Jason Vorhees and the Hatchet franchise, stars alongside Haidyn Harvey and Andrea Rabold. In the film, “When a 15th-century demon is unleashed on a house full of women, he won’t stop until he has destroyed them all.” Paralyzed with Fear is out now on Prime Video from Bayview Entertainment.
Continue reading →
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It has just been announced that IFC Films and Shudder have acquired Image Nation and Spooky Pictures’ acclaimed supernatural thriller Late Night with the Devil. Written, directed, and edited by Australian filmmakers Cameron and Colin Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres, Scare Campaign), the film stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Oppenheimer), who plays the charismatic Late-Night talk show host Jack Delroy, whose live broadcast unexpectedly unleashes evil into the nation’s living rooms. Currently rated “Certified Freah’ with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 100%, Late Night with the Devil premiered at SXSW to critical acclaim and has screened at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal and others and recently won Best Screenplay at the Sitges Film Festival and numerous accolades at Toronto After Dark, including Best Feature Film and Best Lead Performance for Dastmalchian. “Late Night With The Devil is an exhilarating demonstration of how the horror genre continues to present new and exciting storytelling. We’re delighted to partner with Cameron and Colin,
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorMoviesNewsTrailers
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…but a creature is stirring, and it’s not a mouse… Well Go USA is gifting horror fans an early Christmas present: the trailer for the holiday horror film A Creature is Stirring. In this twisted holiday horror film, Faith (Chrissy Metz) keeps her troubled teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) on a tightly controlled regimen of experimental drugs, their only means of fending off a mysterious, terrifying affliction. But after two burglars (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) attempt to rob the home on Christmas, they stumble upon a long-kept family secret—with monstrous consequences. From director Damien LeVeck and writer Shannon Wells and producers Natalie Leveck and Aaron B. Koontz comes A Creature is Stirring, opening in select theaters on December 8, 2023, followed by its debut on VOD on December 12, 2023.
Continue reading →
InterviewsMoviesNewsThrillerTrailersTrue Crime
This November, the true story-inspired horror film Squealer will slash its way onto Digital and Demand. Inspired by the real-life serial killer Robert Pickton, this brutal and bloody film centers on a police officer and a street-smart social worker following clues to a remote pig farm, where they discover the local butcher has been bringing his work home and pork isn’t the only thing on the menu. The film stars Tyrese Gibson, Wes Chatham, Kate Moennig, Ronnie Gene Bevans, and Danielle Burgio, who not only stars but also wrote the film along with director Andy Armstrong. Director Andy Armstrong has had an amazing career in the stunt industry, including being a stunt coordinator and working on films like The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Lephrecan, and Total Recall. He is now making his feature film directorial debut. As for Danielle Burgio, she began her career as a dancer before becoming an actress, writer, and producer. She has appeared in movies like The
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The filmmakers who brought us 2022’s “highly watchable entry in the found-footage subgenre” Curse of Aurore (full review here) are hard at work on their latest effort, and are seeking finishing funds with an Indiegogo campaign. Cult Cinema Productions is underway on the second cut of its psychological thriller/horror film Behold!. The official plot description follows. Rebecca and her husband, Reverend Peter, have been separated for months following a tragic event. Alone in their stately home, Rebecca has become a shell of her former self. She suffers from severe depression, drinks too much, and can’t seem to get her life together. She believes fixing the marriage is the solution. Everything changes when Peter shows up with divorce papers, setting off an emotional explosion that gets interrupted by the appearance of a foreboding, otherworldly presence. Disturbing secrets and lies from the past are brought to light as Rebecca and Peter attempt to confront the mysterious presence from beyond. For more information
Continue reading →
ForeignIndieMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
(Pri)sons, reportedly the most brutal and bloody film ever made in Finland, is giving viewers a glimpse at the action with its first teaser. The film centers on a ragtag group of criminals who must band together to fight for survival when an army of bloodthirsty assassins besieges an underground marketplace of illegal activities. (Pri)sons marks the most ambitious film of director-cinematographer Esa Jussila, who has built a long-lasting career in genre and exploitation underground film. The film deals with organized crime, the degeneration of human beings, and the natural urge to survive. The film is unique because of the amount of violence, special effects, and demanding stunts that all the actors had to perform. “To me, this film is an amalgamation of two genres I hold very dear, those being old school action movies and extreme horror. And I think it’s a genre cocktail that will give the audience some unique thrills. I essentially aimed to produce a big
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