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Christian Bale Starring In Netflix's Upcoming Poe Adaptation 'The Pale Blue Eye'

Christian Bale Starring In Netflix’s Upcoming Poe Adaptation ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Christian Bale, star of the iconic horror film American Psycho will lead the cast as Augustus Landor in Netflix’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Pale Blue Eye, with Antler‘s Scott Cooper in the director’s chair. Word is, the film is also roughly based on the novel by Louis Bayard. The movie is described as, “An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe—from the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln. At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet’s body swinging from a rope.“ The film will see Poe as a central character who is played by Harry Melling. Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, Lucy Boynton, Charlie Tahan, Timothy Spall, and Toby Jones co-star. The release date has yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
The Ouija Shark Faces A New Enemy In The First Trailer For 'Ouija Shark 2"

The Ouija Shark Faces A New Enemy In The First Trailer For ‘Ouija Shark 2″

Let’s be honest, sometimes we as horror fans crave something a little wild, a little cheesy. Well, if that’s what you are looking for we have great news. Wild Eye Releasing is getting ready to unleash the sequel, Ouija Shark 2, to their hit 2020 paranormal shark movie. Actor-director John Migliore brings a sequel of Kaiju-sized proportions — delving deep into the mystic realm of the Ouija Shark and expanding upon the original’s supernatural elements and pits the shark against a new enemy. The movie, produced by Rob Hauschild, has already been acquired for Japan, where it will enjoy a theatrical release in August 2022, before swimming into the U.S, next year.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
Feast Your Eyes On Cannibal Horror 'Human Hibachi' - Now Out Everywhere (NSFW Trailer)

Feast Your Eyes On Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ – Now Out Everywhere (NSFW Trailer)

Mario Cerrito’s love letter to cannibalism films, Human Hibachi is now available everywhere from Invincible Pictures. This instant cult classic has already been seen in Australia, Italy, China, Japan, Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, Mexico, the US, Canada, and Brazil. The fans of cannibalism have spoken. In the film, “a man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” During our interview with writer-director Cerrito, he explains where the inspiration for the film came from. “I was at a hibachi restaurant with my wife and brother-in-law and we were drinking and one of them said ‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if it was human meat?’ You hear stories about how some eat cats and all and that myth? Well, we wondered if a place was shady and late at night opened up for people who came to eat it, like rich cannibals and paid good money for the restaurant

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
'Zero Avenue' Finds Two People, Covered In Blood And Falling In Love (Trailer)

‘Zero Avenue’ Finds Two People, Covered In Blood And Falling In Love (Trailer)

“Law & Order: Organized Crime’s” Allison Siko stars alongside Braeson Herold (Vinyl), in his award-winning performance, in Zero Avenue – available now to rent or buy on Apple TV via Gravitas Ventures. Equal parts comedy, horror, and family drama, and insanity, “Zero Avenue is a morbid meet-cute dancing on the edge of hysteria. Joshua and Veronica take us on a wildly inventive encounter where they trick, drug, and flirt with each other, ending up paralyzed, in suitcases, or roller-skating into insanity… all the while, falling in love (and covered in blood).” Directed by Daniel Frei and written by Braeson Herold, Zero Avenue is dialogue-driven with quick-witted characters exploring a thoughtful meditation on the dangers of family… and the unknown. Zero Avenue is available now to rent or buy on Apple Movies.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
Season One Of SYFY's "Day Of The Dead" Coming To Blu-ray

Season One Of SYFY’s “Day Of The Dead” Coming To Blu-ray

Get ready to sink your teeth into SYFY’s zombie series, “Day of the Dead,” inspired by George A. Romero’s iconic 1985 film of the same name, coming to home release. The series “takes place in a small town where an ordinary day takes a terrifying turn when the dead begin to rise. Townspeople Mayor Bowman is up for re-election, Jai is hours away from his wedding, Luke has a party to attend, Lauren is going to lead a funeral, McDermott has a mystery to solve, and Cam has a lawn to mow. This ode to Romero’s flesh-eaters is a reminder that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart.” Dazzler Media presents “Day of the Dead” on Blu-ray, DVD & Download-to-Own on September 5, 2022. Pre-order your copy of season one now on Amazon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
New Clips Unveiled To Celebrate Release Of The Smart House Horror 'Margaux'

A Smart House Turns Deadly In The New Trailer for ‘Margaux’

From Paramount Home Entertainment, comes the trailer for the sci-fi thriller Margaux starring Madison Pettis and Vanessa Morgan. “What Margaux wants, she gets. As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house’s highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux’s plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.” Directed by Steven C. Miller, Margaux also stars Richard Harmon, Lochlyn Munro, Jedidiah Goodacre, Phoebe Miu, Jordan Buhat, Brittany Mitchell, and Louis Lay. Watch the new trailer now, ahead of the film’s September 9, 2022 premiere.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
Celebrate Today's Release Of Alex Garland's 'Men' With Two New Featurettes

Celebrate Today’s Release Of Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ With Two New Featurettes

To celebrate the release of Alex Garland‘s A24 horror film Men on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital today, we’ve gotten our claws into two new featurettes that take you behind the scenes for discussions with two of the film’s stars and more. Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, and Paapa Essiedu, “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s shape-shifting new horror film.” Bonus Features: Rebirth: The Making of Men A24’s Men is out on August 9, 2022, from Lionsgate. Get your copy today!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
The Netherlands' BUT Film Festival Focuses on Vigilante and Female Revenge for Its 2022 Edition

The Netherlands’ BUT Film Festival Focuses on Vigilante and Female Revenge for Its 2022 Edition

BUT Film Festival (BUTFF) is announcing its line-up of special guests, movie screenings, music shows, and performances. The festival takes place between August 31 and September 4 in Breda, the Netherlands. The main guests this year are Pollyanna McIntosh, the star of The Walking Dead and Vikings, and Robert Bronzi, a performer, actor, stuntman, and Charles Bronson’s clone. BUTFF will show several of the movies in which the guests starred, such as Revenge Ride or The Woman for McIntosh and Escape from Death Block 13 and Death Kiss for Bronzi. The guests will introduce their respective films and hold a Q&A session. FILMS This year’s theme is “Eye for an Eye”, which encapsulates vigilante and female revenge films. For the former, BUTFF will show, among others, New York Ninja, Black Gestapo, or Deadbeat at Dawn. Female revenge movies at the festival will include A Gun for Jennifer, I Spit on Your Grave, and Thriller: A Cruel Picture. BUTFF runs several

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Joseph Perry
Aug 9, 2022
First Trailer Arrives For Netflix's True Story Based Cult Thriller Series "Devil In Ohio"

First Trailer Arrives For Netflix’s True Story Based Cult Thriller Series “Devil In Ohio”

This September a mystery will unfold in Netflix‘s new thrilling series, “Devil in Ohio,” based on the true story of a young woman trying to escape a cult. ‘ Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Daria Polatin, who serves as showrunner, the limited series centers on Mae (Madeleine Arthur). Mae is brought home by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) who has three daughters. Quickly a series of incidents leave the family in chaos, and Suzanne’s daughter, Jules (Xaria Dotson), suspects that there’s more to the mysterious girl’s past. When Polatin’s novel was first released we sat down with her for an interview in which she went into detail about the story and the real events that inspired the novel. “When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, and her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
'The Fearway's' First Trailer Teases A Wild Ride For Horror Fans

‘The Fearway’s’ First Trailer Teases A Wild Ride For Horror Fans

Black Mandala is gearing up to take horror on the road with The Fearway, directed by Robert Gajic, a suffocating chase film, in which a young couple suffers bestial harassment, by a strange and violent being in the film’s first trailer. In the film, “A young couple traveling down the freeway seems to be unable to get off the road after being hunted by someone intent on keeping them on the road.” Shannon Dalonzo, Justin Gordon, John D. Hickman, Jessica Gray, Briahn Auguillard, Robin Bookhout, Simon Phillips, and Eileen Dietz star. Mem Ferda produces with Michael Kraetzer, Nicolás Onetti, Sayf Aram, Rochelle Claerbaut, Gene Fallaize, Ramin André Fathie, Peter Griffiths, Gill Holland, Rabia Mustafa, and James Velissaris executive producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022

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Christian Bale Starring In Netflix's Upcoming Poe Adaptation 'The Pale Blue Eye'

Christian Bale Starring In Netflix’s Upcoming Poe Adaptation ‘The Pale Blue Eye’

Christian Bale, star of the iconic horror film American Psycho will lead the cast as Augustus Landor in Netflix’s adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Pale Blue Eye, with Antler‘s Scott Cooper in the director’s chair. Word is, the film is also roughly based on the novel by Louis Bayard. The movie is described as, “An ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe—from the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln. At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet’s body swinging from a rope.“ The film will see Poe as a central character who is played by Harry Melling. Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, Lucy Boynton, Charlie Tahan, Timothy Spall, and Toby Jones co-star. The release date has yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2022
The Ouija Shark Faces A New Enemy In The First Trailer For 'Ouija Shark 2"

The Ouija Shark Faces A New Enemy In The First Trailer For ‘Ouija Shark 2″

Let’s be honest, sometimes we as horror fans crave something a little wild, a little cheesy. Well, if that’s what you are looking for we have great news. Wild Eye Releasing is getting ready to unleash the sequel, Ouija Shark 2, to their hit 2020 paranormal shark movie. Actor-director John Migliore brings a sequel of Kaiju-sized proportions — delving deep into the mystic realm of the Ouija Shark and expanding upon the original’s supernatural elements and pits the shark against a new enemy. The movie, produced by Rob Hauschild, has already been acquired for Japan, where it will enjoy a theatrical release in August 2022, before swimming into the U.S, next year.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
Feast Your Eyes On Cannibal Horror 'Human Hibachi' - Now Out Everywhere (NSFW Trailer)

Feast Your Eyes On Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ – Now Out Everywhere (NSFW Trailer)

Mario Cerrito’s love letter to cannibalism films, Human Hibachi is now available everywhere from Invincible Pictures. This instant cult classic has already been seen in Australia, Italy, China, Japan, Hungary, Germany, England, Spain, Mexico, the US, Canada, and Brazil. The fans of cannibalism have spoken. In the film, “a man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” During our interview with writer-director Cerrito, he explains where the inspiration for the film came from. “I was at a hibachi restaurant with my wife and brother-in-law and we were drinking and one of them said ‘Wouldn’t it be crazy if it was human meat?’ You hear stories about how some eat cats and all and that myth? Well, we wondered if a place was shady and late at night opened up for people who came to eat it, like rich cannibals and paid good money for the restaurant

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
'Zero Avenue' Finds Two People, Covered In Blood And Falling In Love (Trailer)

‘Zero Avenue’ Finds Two People, Covered In Blood And Falling In Love (Trailer)

“Law & Order: Organized Crime’s” Allison Siko stars alongside Braeson Herold (Vinyl), in his award-winning performance, in Zero Avenue – available now to rent or buy on Apple TV via Gravitas Ventures. Equal parts comedy, horror, and family drama, and insanity, “Zero Avenue is a morbid meet-cute dancing on the edge of hysteria. Joshua and Veronica take us on a wildly inventive encounter where they trick, drug, and flirt with each other, ending up paralyzed, in suitcases, or roller-skating into insanity… all the while, falling in love (and covered in blood).” Directed by Daniel Frei and written by Braeson Herold, Zero Avenue is dialogue-driven with quick-witted characters exploring a thoughtful meditation on the dangers of family… and the unknown. Zero Avenue is available now to rent or buy on Apple Movies.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
Season One Of SYFY's "Day Of The Dead" Coming To Blu-ray

Season One Of SYFY’s “Day Of The Dead” Coming To Blu-ray

Get ready to sink your teeth into SYFY’s zombie series, “Day of the Dead,” inspired by George A. Romero’s iconic 1985 film of the same name, coming to home release. The series “takes place in a small town where an ordinary day takes a terrifying turn when the dead begin to rise. Townspeople Mayor Bowman is up for re-election, Jai is hours away from his wedding, Luke has a party to attend, Lauren is going to lead a funeral, McDermott has a mystery to solve, and Cam has a lawn to mow. This ode to Romero’s flesh-eaters is a reminder that sometimes all it takes to bring people together is a horde of hungry zombies trying to rip them apart.” Dazzler Media presents “Day of the Dead” on Blu-ray, DVD & Download-to-Own on September 5, 2022. Pre-order your copy of season one now on Amazon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 10, 2022
New Clips Unveiled To Celebrate Release Of The Smart House Horror 'Margaux'

A Smart House Turns Deadly In The New Trailer for ‘Margaux’

From Paramount Home Entertainment, comes the trailer for the sci-fi thriller Margaux starring Madison Pettis and Vanessa Morgan. “What Margaux wants, she gets. As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house’s highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux’s plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.” Directed by Steven C. Miller, Margaux also stars Richard Harmon, Lochlyn Munro, Jedidiah Goodacre, Phoebe Miu, Jordan Buhat, Brittany Mitchell, and Louis Lay. Watch the new trailer now, ahead of the film’s September 9, 2022 premiere.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
Celebrate Today's Release Of Alex Garland's 'Men' With Two New Featurettes

Celebrate Today’s Release Of Alex Garland’s ‘Men’ With Two New Featurettes

To celebrate the release of Alex Garland‘s A24 horror film Men on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital today, we’ve gotten our claws into two new featurettes that take you behind the scenes for discussions with two of the film’s stars and more. Starring Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, and Paapa Essiedu, “In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper (Buckley) retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to have found a place to heal. But someone or something from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her. What begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears in visionary filmmaker Alex Garland’s shape-shifting new horror film.” Bonus Features: Rebirth: The Making of Men A24’s Men is out on August 9, 2022, from Lionsgate. Get your copy today!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
The Netherlands' BUT Film Festival Focuses on Vigilante and Female Revenge for Its 2022 Edition

The Netherlands’ BUT Film Festival Focuses on Vigilante and Female Revenge for Its 2022 Edition

BUT Film Festival (BUTFF) is announcing its line-up of special guests, movie screenings, music shows, and performances. The festival takes place between August 31 and September 4 in Breda, the Netherlands. The main guests this year are Pollyanna McIntosh, the star of The Walking Dead and Vikings, and Robert Bronzi, a performer, actor, stuntman, and Charles Bronson’s clone. BUTFF will show several of the movies in which the guests starred, such as Revenge Ride or The Woman for McIntosh and Escape from Death Block 13 and Death Kiss for Bronzi. The guests will introduce their respective films and hold a Q&A session. FILMS This year’s theme is “Eye for an Eye”, which encapsulates vigilante and female revenge films. For the former, BUTFF will show, among others, New York Ninja, Black Gestapo, or Deadbeat at Dawn. Female revenge movies at the festival will include A Gun for Jennifer, I Spit on Your Grave, and Thriller: A Cruel Picture. BUTFF runs several

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Aug 9, 2022
First Trailer Arrives For Netflix's True Story Based Cult Thriller Series "Devil In Ohio"

First Trailer Arrives For Netflix’s True Story Based Cult Thriller Series “Devil In Ohio”

This September a mystery will unfold in Netflix‘s new thrilling series, “Devil in Ohio,” based on the true story of a young woman trying to escape a cult. ‘ Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Daria Polatin, who serves as showrunner, the limited series centers on Mae (Madeleine Arthur). Mae is brought home by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) who has three daughters. Quickly a series of incidents leave the family in chaos, and Suzanne’s daughter, Jules (Xaria Dotson), suspects that there’s more to the mysterious girl’s past. When Polatin’s novel was first released we sat down with her for an interview in which she went into detail about the story and the real events that inspired the novel. “When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, and her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
'The Fearway's' First Trailer Teases A Wild Ride For Horror Fans

‘The Fearway’s’ First Trailer Teases A Wild Ride For Horror Fans

Black Mandala is gearing up to take horror on the road with The Fearway, directed by Robert Gajic, a suffocating chase film, in which a young couple suffers bestial harassment, by a strange and violent being in the film’s first trailer. In the film, “A young couple traveling down the freeway seems to be unable to get off the road after being hunted by someone intent on keeping them on the road.” Shannon Dalonzo, Justin Gordon, John D. Hickman, Jessica Gray, Briahn Auguillard, Robin Bookhout, Simon Phillips, and Eileen Dietz star. Mem Ferda produces with Michael Kraetzer, Nicolás Onetti, Sayf Aram, Rochelle Claerbaut, Gene Fallaize, Ramin André Fathie, Peter Griffiths, Gill Holland, Rabia Mustafa, and James Velissaris executive producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022
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