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

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
Four New Cast Members Announced For 'Scream 6'

Four New Cast Members Announced For ‘Scream 6’

The cast of the upcoming Scream sequel is going to be huge! We’ve already reported that Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, franchise star Courtney Cox, and Hayden Panettiere from Scream 4 will be reprising their roles. We have also shared that Dermot Mulroney, who has starred in films such as Insidious 3, as well as “The Purge” series, has joined the cast. Now, Deadline reports that four new cast members have been announced for the sequel, including Jack Champion (Avatar: The Way of Water), Liana Liberato (The Beach House), Devyn Nekoda (Ghostwriter), and Josh Segarra of “Arrow”. Scream 6 will follow the four survivors of the Ghostface killings from Scream (2022) as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) will helm the film, with James Vanderbilt (Scream, Murder Mystery) and Guy Busick (Scream, Ready or Not) writing the script. Project

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Things You Didn't Know About 'The Thing'

Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Thing’

The Thing, directed by John Carpenter was released in 1982 and became a classic. Odds are, you’ve seen it at least once. But there are some things that you probably don’t know about the masterpiece. We’re here to correct that. In the film, a research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. It’s Origins The Thing is actually both a reboot and an adaptation. The original movie, released in 1951, was titled The Thing From Another World. The Thing is a more faithful adaptation of the story that both films are based on, Who Goes There, by John W. Campbell,, Jr. which was first published back in 1938 in the magazine Outstanding Science Fiction. The Director John Carpenter was not the original choice for director, Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw) was. Universal wasn’t a fan of the script he had ,written so he was removed. John Landis (American Werewolf) was the next

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Movie Review: 'American Carnage' Is A Brutal, But Fun Tale About The Horrors Of Immigration

Horror-Comedy ‘American Carnage’ Takes Aim At The Immigration System This July

Scream actress Jenna Ortega stars in director Diego Hallivis’ upcoming twisted film American Carnage, a comedy-laced immigration horror. In the film, “After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old.” Ortega stars alongside Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Allen Maldonado, Bella Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, Yumarie Morales, Catherine McCafferty, Brett Cullen, and Eric Dane. Written by the Hallivis Brothers, American Carnage opens in theaters and arrives on Digital and On Demand on July 15, 2022, from Saban Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Horror 'The Mothman Tapes' Delves Into The Disappearance Of Three Kids

Horror ‘The Mothman Tapes’ Delves Into The Disappearance Of Three Kids

Everyone has heard of the legendary Mothman, a creature often seen just before a great catastrophe. The upcoming found-footage horror film, The Mothman Tapes, will explore the legend in a fresh new way. Today, we’ve got your first look at the film. From 1289 Films’ Jesse P. Pollack and Dan Jones, the critically acclaimed directors of 2021’s Satanic Panic-fueled true crime documentary, The Acid King, comes The Mothman Tapes, a brand-new found footage horror film that explores the 1987 disappearance of three best friends who set out on a road trip for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in search of the entity that had terrorized the region two decades prior. The 1987 portions of the film, which has recently acquired distribution from the independent horror curators at Wild Eye Releasing, will be shot on period-correct vintage equipment on location at the original Mothman sighting points in Point Pleasant, lending an aesthetic of authenticity that is often missing from the modern found

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Indie Vampire Film 'Bad Blood' Sinks Its Fangs Into A June Release Date

Indie Vampire Film ‘Bad Blood’ Sinks Its Fangs Into A June Release Date

Genre outfit Devilworks is gearing up to release the horror film Bad Blood this month, a modern offering on the vampire genre. In the indie film, a dedicated social worker forms a bond with a young boy and takes him into her care, only to discover that he is, in fact, a vampire. As his thirst for human blood increases, she must protect him and sets out to help him in any way she can, including hunting his first kill. Bad Blood stars Laura Montgomery Bennett, Tosca Bell, and Lennon Leckey. Eric Steele wrote, directed, and co-produced alongside Barry Morton for Vamoose Productions. Bad Blood will be released on June 21, 2022, on Premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Become The Undertaker’s Understudy In 'The Mortuary Assistant'

Become The Undertaker’s Understudy In ‘The Mortuary Assistant’

Dread XP and Darkstone Digital have announced the release o the highly anticipated first-person horror game that’s been in the works for a while now, The Mortuary Assistant where players take on the role of a recent graduate student called in late one night to the River Fields Mortuary, a place where rumors and local legends talk of being involved in demonic rights and possessions, to perform some embalming procedures on some corpses only to get a call telling her she now can’t leave the office, and soon realizes something is not right with these bodies. In The Mortuary Assistant players need to perform authentic mortician tasks around the mortuary including embalmings, body tagging, and general upkeep. Perform standard exorcisms on bodies that won’t stay dead, and find items all over the mortuary that are useful or collectible. The Mortuary Assistant will be haunting your workspace on August 2nd, 2022 for PC.

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jun 15, 2022
Shudder Original Horror-comedy 'Who Invited Them' To Debut This Summer

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
H.P. Lovecraft's 'Witch House' Conjures A July Release Date And Trailer

H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Witch House’ Conjures A July Release Date And Trailer

From Horror Wasteland Pictures International, H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House is coming to digital and DVD this July. The new trailer for this wild supernatural horror is like a fever dream, filled with horrors. In the film, “Graduate student Alice Gilman (Portia Chellelynn, Hematic Web) is running from an abusive past. She seeks refuge in the infamous Hannah house, a historic home with an ominous history. Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, she unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Facing bizarre and violent events, Alice is plagued by nightmarish dreams of these evil entities. Trapped between the 4th dimension and reality, Alice’s sinister truth is revealed as she fights for her sanity and soul. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, Witch House blurs the boundaries between reality, dreams, and the beyond. Easley and Ken Wallace penned the script for the film, which was shot in Indiana’s Historical Hannah House, which is known

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2022
Teens Make Horrible Discovery In 'Where The Scary Things Are' (Trailer)

Teens Make Horrible Discovery In ‘Where The Scary Things Are’ (Trailer)

A group of teens discovers something horrid and dangerous in a closed Halloween haunted attraction in Where the Scary Things Are, from writer-director Harrison Smith (Death House, Camp Dread). Paul Cottman, Michael Cervantes, Peter F.Cote, Quinn Andrew Fickes, Selina Flanscha, Oliver Givens, Emma Lim, Asher Ruppert, and Riley Sullivan star. Where The Scary Things Are is coming to DVD and VOD June 28, 2022, from Lionsgate and Class of ’85 in association with Everything’s Fire and Hollywood Media Bridge. ‘

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2022

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

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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2022
Four New Cast Members Announced For 'Scream 6'

Four New Cast Members Announced For ‘Scream 6’

The cast of the upcoming Scream sequel is going to be huge! We’ve already reported that Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, franchise star Courtney Cox, and Hayden Panettiere from Scream 4 will be reprising their roles. We have also shared that Dermot Mulroney, who has starred in films such as Insidious 3, as well as “The Purge” series, has joined the cast. Now, Deadline reports that four new cast members have been announced for the sequel, including Jack Champion (Avatar: The Way of Water), Liana Liberato (The Beach House), Devyn Nekoda (Ghostwriter), and Josh Segarra of “Arrow”. Scream 6 will follow the four survivors of the Ghostface killings from Scream (2022) as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York. Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream, Ready or Not) will helm the film, with James Vanderbilt (Scream, Murder Mystery) and Guy Busick (Scream, Ready or Not) writing the script. Project

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Things You Didn't Know About 'The Thing'

Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Thing’

The Thing, directed by John Carpenter was released in 1982 and became a classic. Odds are, you’ve seen it at least once. But there are some things that you probably don’t know about the masterpiece. We’re here to correct that. In the film, a research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims. It’s Origins The Thing is actually both a reboot and an adaptation. The original movie, released in 1951, was titled The Thing From Another World. The Thing is a more faithful adaptation of the story that both films are based on, Who Goes There, by John W. Campbell,, Jr. which was first published back in 1938 in the magazine Outstanding Science Fiction. The Director John Carpenter was not the original choice for director, Tobe Hooper (Texas Chainsaw) was. Universal wasn’t a fan of the script he had ,written so he was removed. John Landis (American Werewolf) was the next

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Movie Review: 'American Carnage' Is A Brutal, But Fun Tale About The Horrors Of Immigration

Horror-Comedy ‘American Carnage’ Takes Aim At The Immigration System This July

Scream actress Jenna Ortega stars in director Diego Hallivis’ upcoming twisted film American Carnage, a comedy-laced immigration horror. In the film, “After a governor issues an executive order to arrest the children of undocumented immigrants, the newly detained youth are offered an opportunity to have their charges dropped by volunteering to provide care to the elderly. Once inside the eldercare facility, the volunteers discover the governor and the facility’s supervisor have cooked up a horrifyingly depraved conspiracy that endangers the young and the old.” Ortega stars alongside Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Allen Maldonado, Bella Ortiz, Jorge Diaz, Yumarie Morales, Catherine McCafferty, Brett Cullen, and Eric Dane. Written by the Hallivis Brothers, American Carnage opens in theaters and arrives on Digital and On Demand on July 15, 2022, from Saban Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Horror 'The Mothman Tapes' Delves Into The Disappearance Of Three Kids

Horror ‘The Mothman Tapes’ Delves Into The Disappearance Of Three Kids

Everyone has heard of the legendary Mothman, a creature often seen just before a great catastrophe. The upcoming found-footage horror film, The Mothman Tapes, will explore the legend in a fresh new way. Today, we’ve got your first look at the film. From 1289 Films’ Jesse P. Pollack and Dan Jones, the critically acclaimed directors of 2021’s Satanic Panic-fueled true crime documentary, The Acid King, comes The Mothman Tapes, a brand-new found footage horror film that explores the 1987 disappearance of three best friends who set out on a road trip for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in search of the entity that had terrorized the region two decades prior. The 1987 portions of the film, which has recently acquired distribution from the independent horror curators at Wild Eye Releasing, will be shot on period-correct vintage equipment on location at the original Mothman sighting points in Point Pleasant, lending an aesthetic of authenticity that is often missing from the modern found

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Indie Vampire Film 'Bad Blood' Sinks Its Fangs Into A June Release Date

Indie Vampire Film ‘Bad Blood’ Sinks Its Fangs Into A June Release Date

Genre outfit Devilworks is gearing up to release the horror film Bad Blood this month, a modern offering on the vampire genre. In the indie film, a dedicated social worker forms a bond with a young boy and takes him into her care, only to discover that he is, in fact, a vampire. As his thirst for human blood increases, she must protect him and sets out to help him in any way she can, including hunting his first kill. Bad Blood stars Laura Montgomery Bennett, Tosca Bell, and Lennon Leckey. Eric Steele wrote, directed, and co-produced alongside Barry Morton for Vamoose Productions. Bad Blood will be released on June 21, 2022, on Premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2022
Become The Undertaker’s Understudy In 'The Mortuary Assistant'

Become The Undertaker’s Understudy In ‘The Mortuary Assistant’

Dread XP and Darkstone Digital have announced the release o the highly anticipated first-person horror game that’s been in the works for a while now, The Mortuary Assistant where players take on the role of a recent graduate student called in late one night to the River Fields Mortuary, a place where rumors and local legends talk of being involved in demonic rights and possessions, to perform some embalming procedures on some corpses only to get a call telling her she now can’t leave the office, and soon realizes something is not right with these bodies. In The Mortuary Assistant players need to perform authentic mortician tasks around the mortuary including embalmings, body tagging, and general upkeep. Perform standard exorcisms on bodies that won’t stay dead, and find items all over the mortuary that are useful or collectible. The Mortuary Assistant will be haunting your workspace on August 2nd, 2022 for PC.

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Jun 15, 2022
Shudder Original Horror-comedy 'Who Invited Them' To Debut This Summer

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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2022
H.P. Lovecraft's 'Witch House' Conjures A July Release Date And Trailer

H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Witch House’ Conjures A July Release Date And Trailer

From Horror Wasteland Pictures International, H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House is coming to digital and DVD this July. The new trailer for this wild supernatural horror is like a fever dream, filled with horrors. In the film, “Graduate student Alice Gilman (Portia Chellelynn, Hematic Web) is running from an abusive past. She seeks refuge in the infamous Hannah house, a historic home with an ominous history. Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, she unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Facing bizarre and violent events, Alice is plagued by nightmarish dreams of these evil entities. Trapped between the 4th dimension and reality, Alice’s sinister truth is revealed as she fights for her sanity and soul. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, Witch House blurs the boundaries between reality, dreams, and the beyond. Easley and Ken Wallace penned the script for the film, which was shot in Indiana’s Historical Hannah House, which is known

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2022
Teens Make Horrible Discovery In 'Where The Scary Things Are' (Trailer)

Teens Make Horrible Discovery In ‘Where The Scary Things Are’ (Trailer)

A group of teens discovers something horrid and dangerous in a closed Halloween haunted attraction in Where the Scary Things Are, from writer-director Harrison Smith (Death House, Camp Dread). Paul Cottman, Michael Cervantes, Peter F.Cote, Quinn Andrew Fickes, Selina Flanscha, Oliver Givens, Emma Lim, Asher Ruppert, and Riley Sullivan star. Where The Scary Things Are is coming to DVD and VOD June 28, 2022, from Lionsgate and Class of ’85 in association with Everything’s Fire and Hollywood Media Bridge. ‘

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2022
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