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Movie Review: Answer The Call And Watch The Must See Horror 'The Black Phone'

‘The Black Phone’ Is Now Streaming Exclusively On Peacock!

The wait is over, Scott Derrickson‘s critically acclaimed horror The Black Phone is out today, streaming exclusively on Peacock! The movie centers on “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney. Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke appears in the terrifying role of his career and Mason Thames in his film debut, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson who wrote and directed Sinister, which also starred Hawke. He’s also behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also star. The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Aug 12, 2022
From The Mind Of Stan Lee Comes 'Alliances: Orphans' (First Look)

From The Mind Of Stan Lee Comes ‘Alliances: Orphans’ (First Look)

Diamond Comics has just announced the release of a new science fiction epic from the mind of Stan Lee – ALLIANCES: ORPHANS, coming this October from Dynamite Entertainment. This brand-new original graphic novel is set in the New York Times best-selling ALLIANCES universe, co-written by Lee with Luke Lieberman (Red Sonja) and Ryan Silbert (The Coldest Case). This cosmic adventure features fully painted artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz, who handles the prologue and cover, and Szymon Kudranski. Orphans blasts readers into the heart of our galaxy alongside William Ackerson, a man lost in space on a quest to find the source of his uncanny abilities. As gravity waves ripple across reality, warping time and space, he meets the Orphans. They are each the last of their kind, all their kin having been wiped outby the alien Hive: Little Boy, their giant childlike leader; Haze, a caustic creature of pure vapor; Rascal, a self-loathing zealot with dark secrets; and Critter, a being

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
Sisters Swear To Stick Together In The Trailer For Apple TV's New Series "Bad Sisters"

Sisters Swear To Stick Together In The Trailer For Apple TV’s New Series “Bad Sisters”

A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, Apple TV+‘s new series “Bad Sisters” is headed your way next week. The series follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another as a murder mystery unfolds. Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff (“Suffragette,” “The Salisbury Poisonings”), Eva Birthistle (“Brooklyn,” “The Last Kingdom”), Sarah Greene (“Frank of Ireland,” “Dublin Murders”), Eve Hewson (“Behind her Eyes,” “The Luminaries”), and Claes Bang (“Dracula”) star. Karen Cogan, Ailbhe Keogan, Daniel Cullen, Perrie Balthazar, Paul Howard, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer serve as the show’s writers with Dearbhla Walsh, Josephine Bornebusch, and Rebecca Gatward directing episodes. Executive Producers include Sharon Horgan, Brett Baer, Dave Finkel, Malin-Sarah Gozin, Faye Dorn, Clelia Mountford, Bert Hamelinck, Dearbhla Walsh, and Michael Sagol. Season one of “Bad Sisters” features ten episodes and premieres on Apple TV+ on August 19, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
On Set Cinema Announces Special 'Lost Boys' On Location Screening And Tour

Sink Your Fangs Into ‘The Lost Boys’ Ultra HD Blu-Ray This September

When it comes to vampire movies you don’t get much more iconic than Joel Schumacher’s 1987 classic The Lost Boys! Sink your fangs in The Lost Boys on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack or Digital, for the first time, from Warner Bros.! Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Corey Feldman, The Lost Boys will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on September 20, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film’s screenplay was written by Janice Fischer & James Jeremias, and Jeffrey Boam from a story by Fischer & Jeremias. The film was produced by Harvey Bernhard. Richard Donner served as executive producer. The cast also includes Jami Gertz, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander, and Alex Winter. “When their parent’s divorce, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) move with their mother to their grandfather’s house in a California town nicknamed, “The Murder

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
A Pig Comes To The Rescue In The New Clip From The Dark Fairytale 'Squeal'

A Pig Comes To The Rescue In The New Clip From The Dark Fairytale ‘Squeal’

From director Aik Karapetian, who co-wrote the script with Aleksandr Rodionov, comes the dark fairy tale, Squeal. In the new clip, released ahead of the film’s August premiere, a cute little piggy comes to the rescue, proving he’s no common pig. The film 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
The Horror Classic 'Poltergeist' Is Coming To 4K Ultra For The First Time

The Horror Classic ‘Poltergeist’ Is Coming To 4K Ultra For The First Time

They’re heeere … One of the most iconic paranormal horror films ever made, 1982’s Poltergeist, is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment for the first time! . Directed by Tobe Hooper, Poltergeist was written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor, from a story by Spielberg. The film was produced by Frank Marshall and Spielberg and stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight and Heather O’Rourke. Suburbanites Steve (Nelson) and Diane (Williams) suddenly experience paranormal activity in their home. What starts off as minor excitement quickly turns into nasty ghostly encounters. The disappearance of their daughter Carol Anne (O’Rourke) forces the Freelings to bring in parapsychologists and a professional exorcist to exorcise their home. Directed by Tobe Hooper and featuring Oscar Nominated Visual Effects by Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson, Poltergeist is one of the most entertaining horror films of its time. Ultra HD* showcases 4K resolution

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
A Man Witnesses Something Truly Terrifying In The New Clip From 'The Harbinger'

A Man Witnesses Something Truly Terrifying In The New Clip From ‘The Harbinger’

Screen Media’s The Harbinger will soon be released. Today, a new creepy clip was unveiled for the supernatural horror-thriller. In it we see a man l looking for a woman, but what he finds is something supernatural that will shake him to his core. In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
Shudder Announces Its 61 Day Halloween Celebration!

Shudder Announces Its 61 Day Halloween Celebration!

Shudder is going BIG this Halloween season, with a 61-Day celebration, featuring must-see original movies and series, and new and old favorites from September 1st to October 31st! Get ready to get your spooky on! SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31 New Film Premieres: V/H/S/99 Resurrection Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses Deadstream Speak No Evil Saloum Raven’s Hollow Sissy Who Invited Them She Will New Series Premieres: Queer for Fear: A History of Queer Horror The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time • A New Series from The Boulet Brothers Plus, A New Last Drive-In Halloween Special with Joe Bobb Briggs • A New “Ghoul Log” Live Phone-In Recommendations from Shudder’s Curator and more! “Halloween is the best time of year on Shudder, and this Halloween, we’re featuring the best lineup of programming in our history,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “We have 11 original and exclusive movie premieres, including a new film from horror master Dario Argento, a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
'Halloween Ends' Is Slashing Its Way Into IMAX Theaters!

‘Halloween Ends’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating Due To Violence And Gore

The release of Halloween Ends is just around the corner. The movie has just scored an R-rating for “Bloody horror violence and gore, language throughout and some sexual references.” Let’s be honest, anything less would be a tragedy. Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the last time as Laurie Strode, for Halloween Ends, set four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell; The Hardy Boys, Virgin River), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
Netflix Review: 'Day Shift' Is A Perfect Combo Of Horror And Comedy

Jamie Foxx Kicks Vampire Butt In ‘Day Shift,’ Premiering This Week On Netflix

This Friday, Jamie Foxx goes to work slaying vampires in Netflix’s Day Shift, from the people behind the John Wick franchise. In Day Shift, Jamie Foxx stars as a hard-working blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters. Day Shift also stars Dave Franco, Oliver Masucci, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Tetiana Gaidar, “Shameless” actor Steve Howey, and action star Scott Adkins, as well as “The Dogg Father” himself, Snoop Dogg. Day Shift, directed by J.J. Perry, bares its fangs on Netflix on Friday, August 12, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022

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Movie Review: Answer The Call And Watch The Must See Horror 'The Black Phone'

‘The Black Phone’ Is Now Streaming Exclusively On Peacock!

The wait is over, Scott Derrickson‘s critically acclaimed horror The Black Phone is out today, streaming exclusively on Peacock! The movie centers on “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney. Starring four-time Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke appears in the terrifying role of his career and Mason Thames in his film debut, The Black Phone is produced, directed, and co-written by Scott Derrickson who wrote and directed Sinister, which also starred Hawke. He’s also behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone also star. The film’s screenplay is by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill

Continue reading →
Ella Rebecca Horton
Aug 12, 2022
From The Mind Of Stan Lee Comes 'Alliances: Orphans' (First Look)

From The Mind Of Stan Lee Comes ‘Alliances: Orphans’ (First Look)

Diamond Comics has just announced the release of a new science fiction epic from the mind of Stan Lee – ALLIANCES: ORPHANS, coming this October from Dynamite Entertainment. This brand-new original graphic novel is set in the New York Times best-selling ALLIANCES universe, co-written by Lee with Luke Lieberman (Red Sonja) and Ryan Silbert (The Coldest Case). This cosmic adventure features fully painted artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz, who handles the prologue and cover, and Szymon Kudranski. Orphans blasts readers into the heart of our galaxy alongside William Ackerson, a man lost in space on a quest to find the source of his uncanny abilities. As gravity waves ripple across reality, warping time and space, he meets the Orphans. They are each the last of their kind, all their kin having been wiped outby the alien Hive: Little Boy, their giant childlike leader; Haze, a caustic creature of pure vapor; Rascal, a self-loathing zealot with dark secrets; and Critter, a being

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
Sisters Swear To Stick Together In The Trailer For Apple TV's New Series "Bad Sisters"

Sisters Swear To Stick Together In The Trailer For Apple TV’s New Series “Bad Sisters”

A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, Apple TV+‘s new series “Bad Sisters” is headed your way next week. The series follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another as a murder mystery unfolds. Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff (“Suffragette,” “The Salisbury Poisonings”), Eva Birthistle (“Brooklyn,” “The Last Kingdom”), Sarah Greene (“Frank of Ireland,” “Dublin Murders”), Eve Hewson (“Behind her Eyes,” “The Luminaries”), and Claes Bang (“Dracula”) star. Karen Cogan, Ailbhe Keogan, Daniel Cullen, Perrie Balthazar, Paul Howard, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer serve as the show’s writers with Dearbhla Walsh, Josephine Bornebusch, and Rebecca Gatward directing episodes. Executive Producers include Sharon Horgan, Brett Baer, Dave Finkel, Malin-Sarah Gozin, Faye Dorn, Clelia Mountford, Bert Hamelinck, Dearbhla Walsh, and Michael Sagol. Season one of “Bad Sisters” features ten episodes and premieres on Apple TV+ on August 19, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
On Set Cinema Announces Special 'Lost Boys' On Location Screening And Tour

Sink Your Fangs Into ‘The Lost Boys’ Ultra HD Blu-Ray This September

When it comes to vampire movies you don’t get much more iconic than Joel Schumacher’s 1987 classic The Lost Boys! Sink your fangs in The Lost Boys on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack or Digital, for the first time, from Warner Bros.! Starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Corey Feldman, The Lost Boys will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital on September 20, it was announced today by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film’s screenplay was written by Janice Fischer & James Jeremias, and Jeffrey Boam from a story by Fischer & Jeremias. The film was produced by Harvey Bernhard. Richard Donner served as executive producer. The cast also includes Jami Gertz, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Dianne Wiest, Jamison Newlander, and Alex Winter. “When their parent’s divorce, Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) move with their mother to their grandfather’s house in a California town nicknamed, “The Murder

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
A Pig Comes To The Rescue In The New Clip From The Dark Fairytale 'Squeal'

A Pig Comes To The Rescue In The New Clip From The Dark Fairytale ‘Squeal’

From director Aik Karapetian, who co-wrote the script with Aleksandr Rodionov, comes the dark fairy tale, Squeal. In the new clip, released ahead of the film’s August premiere, a cute little piggy comes to the rescue, proving he’s no common pig. The film 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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
The Horror Classic 'Poltergeist' Is Coming To 4K Ultra For The First Time

The Horror Classic ‘Poltergeist’ Is Coming To 4K Ultra For The First Time

They’re heeere … One of the most iconic paranormal horror films ever made, 1982’s Poltergeist, is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment for the first time! . Directed by Tobe Hooper, Poltergeist was written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor, from a story by Spielberg. The film was produced by Frank Marshall and Spielberg and stars JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight and Heather O’Rourke. Suburbanites Steve (Nelson) and Diane (Williams) suddenly experience paranormal activity in their home. What starts off as minor excitement quickly turns into nasty ghostly encounters. The disappearance of their daughter Carol Anne (O’Rourke) forces the Freelings to bring in parapsychologists and a professional exorcist to exorcise their home. Directed by Tobe Hooper and featuring Oscar Nominated Visual Effects by Richard Edlund, Michael Wood and Bruce Nicholson, Poltergeist is one of the most entertaining horror films of its time. Ultra HD* showcases 4K resolution

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2022
A Man Witnesses Something Truly Terrifying In The New Clip From 'The Harbinger'

A Man Witnesses Something Truly Terrifying In The New Clip From ‘The Harbinger’

Screen Media’s The Harbinger will soon be released. Today, a new creepy clip was unveiled for the supernatural horror-thriller. In it we see a man l looking for a woman, but what he finds is something supernatural that will shake him to his core. In the film, “Hoping to escape their past, Daniel and Theresa Snyder move their troubled young daughter Rosalie to a quaint Midwestern town, but they are followed by the evil they tried to leave behind. When locals begin to die, the Snyders turns to a Native American seer and uncover a legend that may be the key to saving their family or a path to a grisly end for them and all they hold dear.” Irene Bedard (Pocahontas), Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), Will Klipstine, Amanda MacDonald, and Steve Monroe star. The film is directed by Will Klipstine who co-wrote the script with Amy Willis. It is produced by Will Klipstine, Steven Reed C., and Amy

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
Shudder Announces Its 61 Day Halloween Celebration!

Shudder Announces Its 61 Day Halloween Celebration!

Shudder is going BIG this Halloween season, with a 61-Day celebration, featuring must-see original movies and series, and new and old favorites from September 1st to October 31st! Get ready to get your spooky on! SEPTEMBER 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31 New Film Premieres: V/H/S/99 Resurrection Dario Argento’s Dark Glasses Deadstream Speak No Evil Saloum Raven’s Hollow Sissy Who Invited Them She Will New Series Premieres: Queer for Fear: A History of Queer Horror The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time • A New Series from The Boulet Brothers Plus, A New Last Drive-In Halloween Special with Joe Bobb Briggs • A New “Ghoul Log” Live Phone-In Recommendations from Shudder’s Curator and more! “Halloween is the best time of year on Shudder, and this Halloween, we’re featuring the best lineup of programming in our history,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “We have 11 original and exclusive movie premieres, including a new film from horror master Dario Argento, a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
'Halloween Ends' Is Slashing Its Way Into IMAX Theaters!

‘Halloween Ends’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating Due To Violence And Gore

The release of Halloween Ends is just around the corner. The movie has just scored an R-rating for “Bloody horror violence and gore, language throughout and some sexual references.” Let’s be honest, anything less would be a tragedy. Scream Queen Jamie Lee Curtis returns for the last time as Laurie Strode, for Halloween Ends, set four years after the events of last year’s Halloween Kills, Laurie is living with her granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak) and is finishing writing her memoir. Michael Myers hasn’t been seen since. Laurie, after allowing the specter of Michael to determine and drive her reality for decades, has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man, Corey Cunningham (Rohan Campbell; The Hardy Boys, Virgin River), is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of violence and terror that will force Laurie to finally confront the evil she can’t control, once and for all.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
Netflix Review: 'Day Shift' Is A Perfect Combo Of Horror And Comedy

Jamie Foxx Kicks Vampire Butt In ‘Day Shift,’ Premiering This Week On Netflix

This Friday, Jamie Foxx goes to work slaying vampires in Netflix’s Day Shift, from the people behind the John Wick franchise. In Day Shift, Jamie Foxx stars as a hard-working blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income: hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters. Day Shift also stars Dave Franco, Oliver Masucci, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Tetiana Gaidar, “Shameless” actor Steve Howey, and action star Scott Adkins, as well as “The Dogg Father” himself, Snoop Dogg. Day Shift, directed by J.J. Perry, bares its fangs on Netflix on Friday, August 12, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
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