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First Look: Three Elite Soldiers Are On Mission In The Creature Feature 'Dead Zone'

First Look: Three Elite Soldiers Are On Mission In The Creature Feature ‘Dead Zone’

The first look at the cast of the new action-packed creature feature Dead Zone, from Automatic Entertainment, has been shared by Deadline, featuring Chad Michael Collins (Sniper: Assasin’s End, Creepshow), Michael Jai White (Spawn, Black Dynomite), and Antoune Torbert (Jurassic Hunt, Speed Demon). In the movie, the three elite soldiers are sent into a radiation-poisoned town with a creature on the loose. To stop the collapse of humanity, the team must complete a stealth mission with the help of high-tech weapons. Hank Braxtan (Snakes Outta Compton, Unnatural) is in the director’s chair for the film that also stars Lawnmower Man‘s, Jeff Fahey. Michael Lurie, Tarkan Gospel, and Jeffrey Giles are producing the movie which is currently in post-production.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2022
New Vampire Film 'Kicking Blood' Treats Vampires Like Addicts (Trailer)

New Vampire Film ‘Kicking Blood’ Treats Vampires Like Addicts (Trailer)

The stunning new poster and trailer for the dark vampire film Kicking Blood is here and it treats the red stuff like an addiction. In the film, which premiered last year at TIFF,“ Alanna Bale stars as a modern-day vampire who falls for a charming recovering alcoholic and resolves to quit drinking blood and become human again.” Bale stars alongside Luke Bilyk, Ella Jonas Farlinger, Vinessa Antoine, Rosemary Dunsmore, and Ben Sutherland. Blaine Thurber directs from the screenplay he co-wrote along with Leonard Farlinger, and Matt Watts. David Aboussafy, Danielle Henderson, and David Henderson executive produce with Jennifer Jones Producing. “We wanted to make a meaningful film about the human side of vampires: What do they say about us, about our desires, our appetites, our fears, and weaknesses?” Director Blaine Thurier told ScreenDaily “Vampires suffer through an eternal cycle of murder, getting high off their victims’ blood, and suffering blood hangovers. But for our protagonist, Anna, the emptiness, loneliness, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

“The Boys Presents: Diabolical,“ an animated anthology spin-off of the hit series based on Garth Ennis’ violent comics, is out now on Prime Video. The eight-episode short anthology series features stories from the bloody, ultraviolent universe of “The Boys” and features characters like Homelander as well as new characters. The premiere episode, titled “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” features a story by executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and was directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson and Derek Thompson. “For last few years, have really wanted to do some dialogue-free comedy; just tell a story without dialogue. When we realized that we could do an “Animatrix” style TV show out of “The Boys” Universe, we just instantly came to this idea. It is heavily based on the movie Baby’s Day Out and the start of Roger Rabbit. That animation is the direction we were going in the whole time because it just played best to the comment and the gag in relation

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel's 'Kraven The Hunter' Movie

Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel’s ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Movie

Alessandro Nivola (The Eye, Jurassic Park III) has been cast in Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, Deadline reports. Nivola joins previously announced cast member Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) who will play the title character. Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Fred Hechinger (“The White Lotus”) will also star. J.C. Chandor is in the director’s chair for the movie produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk penned the screenplay. Kraven the Hunter is one of Marvel’s most notorious anti-heroes. Kraven the Hunter has had encounters with Venom and Black Panther as well as being one of Spider-Man’s most formidable enemies. Born to Russian aristocrats and an abusive father, Sergei Kravinoff aka “Kraven the Hunter” becomes a maniacal big game hunter in Africa. After imbibing a potion his physical prowess is increased, including, his strength and speed. After hunting every type of animal on earth he becomes bored and sets his sights on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Don't Breathe's Fede Alvarez Directing New 'Alien' Movie For Hulu

Don’t Breathe’s Fede Alvarez Directing New ‘Alien’ Movie For Hulu

Fede Alvarez, the brilliant filmmaker behind Don’t Breathe and the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, has boarded a new stand-alone Alien film for 20th Century. The film will be produced by the 1979 original director, Ridley Scott under his Scott Free banner and is part of 20th Century’s goal to make at least ten films a year for Hulu, THR reports. The original Alien movie centers on a doomed crew of a cargo ship in space and starring Sigourney Weaver as the badass character Ripley who quickly became iconic along with the alien Xenomorphs in the franchise that spawned a total of eight films, with several crossing over with the Predator franchise. There is no information on the film’s plot yet. Alvarez’s upcoming film is not the Alien project headed your way, there is also a series in the works. FX’s series will serve as an origin story of sorts set on earth. Noah Hawley, who wrote for “Fargo,” “Legion,”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan Starring In Upcoming 'I Am Legend' Sequel

Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan Starring In Upcoming ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel

Warner Bros. has officially announced that a follow-up to 2007’s I Am Legend is in the works with Will Smith returning to star alongside Black Panther actor Michael B. Jordan. Smith will reprise his role as brilliant scientist Robert Neville who survives the outbreak of a mutated virus that turns humans into blood-thirsty creatures. Will Smith will also be producing along with Michael B. Jordan. Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the original, is writing the sequel’s script. The film’s director has yet to be named as have other cast members, but we will keep you posted. In the meantime, here’s a look back at the trailer for I Am Legend, directed by Francis Lawrence.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
True Story Inspired Horror 'The Burned Over District' Uncovers Dark Secrets

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Burned Over District’ Uncovers Dark Secrets

Coleman Bros. Films have just released the Official Trailer and poster (by Deadite Corpse) for their new indie horror movie The Burned Over District. Co-produced by White Lion Studios, The Burned Over District is written and directed by Rochester natives James and Vince Coleman and is based on actual historic events that occurred near their hometown in the 1800s. In the film, “After losing his wife in a horrific car accident, grieving widower Will (Jon Sheedy) retreats to a quiet town in Western New York. His respite is cut short when he discovers that the town and its residents are hiding a dark and terrible secret. Together Will and his sister Katie (Amy Zubieta) must fight to survive the ancient darkness that has consumed The Burned Over District.” Special Effects veteran Michael Del Rossa (“Humanoids From the Deep,” “300”) splatters the screen with his visceral creations in the film described as “Pet Sematary meets Mandy, with a little Hereditary thrown

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
From Eli Roth Comes The Podcast "A Ghost Ruined My Life" Based On The Series

From Eli Roth Comes The Podcast “A Ghost Ruined My Life” Based On The Series

From master of horror, Eli Roth comes “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH,” an eight-part podcast series that shares the shocking true stories of hauntings that have left emotional (and sometimes physical) scars on those unlucky enough to have experienced them. The first episode will premiere on March 11, 2022, with new episodes dropping weekly on Fridays. Listen to A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. The full TV series is currently available to stream on discovery+. Hosted and hand-picked by Roth, and as told by the victims themselves, listeners will hear the terrifying first-person stories of hauntings. From confrontations with ghosts to demons and dark entities to poltergeists, every 30-minute episode of “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH” plays out as a “mini-horror film,” as Roth immerses listeners in the real-life worlds of people dragged through hell and back. The “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
Irish Horror-Comedy 'Let The Wrong One In' Bears It Fangs In New Trailer

Irish Horror-Comedy ‘Let The Wrong One In’ Bears It Fangs In New Trailer

Irish filmmaker Conor McMahon‘s upcoming horror-comedy, Let The Wrong One In, is gearing up to bear its fangs this April. The blood-drenched, laugh-out-loud trailer will leave you ready to sink your teeth into this vampire flick. Let the Wrong One In “follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he’s faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further?” Karl Rice and Eoin Duffy star along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, who plays a taxi driver with a side job, vampire hunting. McMahon, who previously made the genre festival hits Stitches and From the Dark, takes vampire movies into new directions while aiming to honor the genre’s classic tropes and charms. The film is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
Trailer Surfaces For Vampire Shark Movie 'Sharkula' (Yes, You Read That Right)

Trailer Surfaces For Vampire Shark Movie ‘Sharkula’ (Yes, You Read That Right)

Earlier today, we reported the trailer had landed for filmmaker Mark Polonia‘s upcoming horror Amityville in Space. Now the trailer for his other film, Sharkula has surfaced. Two words, vampire shark, do I even need to say anything else? In the no-budget flick, “The curse of Count Dracula lives on in shark-infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness, and bloodshed. This great white is putting the bite back into terror, and it has helped with the aid of new vampires intent on seeing it survive.” Jeff Kirkendall stars as Dracula, Kyle Rappaport as Renfield, and Jamie Morgan as Mina. Natalie Himmelberger, James Kelly, and Titus Himmelberger co-star. Mark Polonia is not new to the horror genre. He currently has seventy credits to his name including Splatter Farm, Lethal Nightmare, Sharkenstein, Peter Rottentail, Sister Krampus, and Bigfoot vs Zombies. Wild Eye Releasing will unleash Sharkula this summer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 4, 2022

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First Look: Three Elite Soldiers Are On Mission In The Creature Feature 'Dead Zone'

First Look: Three Elite Soldiers Are On Mission In The Creature Feature ‘Dead Zone’

The first look at the cast of the new action-packed creature feature Dead Zone, from Automatic Entertainment, has been shared by Deadline, featuring Chad Michael Collins (Sniper: Assasin’s End, Creepshow), Michael Jai White (Spawn, Black Dynomite), and Antoune Torbert (Jurassic Hunt, Speed Demon). In the movie, the three elite soldiers are sent into a radiation-poisoned town with a creature on the loose. To stop the collapse of humanity, the team must complete a stealth mission with the help of high-tech weapons. Hank Braxtan (Snakes Outta Compton, Unnatural) is in the director’s chair for the film that also stars Lawnmower Man‘s, Jeff Fahey. Michael Lurie, Tarkan Gospel, and Jeffrey Giles are producing the movie which is currently in post-production.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2022
New Vampire Film 'Kicking Blood' Treats Vampires Like Addicts (Trailer)

New Vampire Film ‘Kicking Blood’ Treats Vampires Like Addicts (Trailer)

The stunning new poster and trailer for the dark vampire film Kicking Blood is here and it treats the red stuff like an addiction. In the film, which premiered last year at TIFF,“ Alanna Bale stars as a modern-day vampire who falls for a charming recovering alcoholic and resolves to quit drinking blood and become human again.” Bale stars alongside Luke Bilyk, Ella Jonas Farlinger, Vinessa Antoine, Rosemary Dunsmore, and Ben Sutherland. Blaine Thurber directs from the screenplay he co-wrote along with Leonard Farlinger, and Matt Watts. David Aboussafy, Danielle Henderson, and David Henderson executive produce with Jennifer Jones Producing. “We wanted to make a meaningful film about the human side of vampires: What do they say about us, about our desires, our appetites, our fears, and weaknesses?” Director Blaine Thurier told ScreenDaily “Vampires suffer through an eternal cycle of murder, getting high off their victims’ blood, and suffering blood hangovers. But for our protagonist, Anna, the emptiness, loneliness, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

Animated Spin-Off “The Boys Presents: Diabolical“ Out Now On Prime Video

“The Boys Presents: Diabolical,“ an animated anthology spin-off of the hit series based on Garth Ennis’ violent comics, is out now on Prime Video. The eight-episode short anthology series features stories from the bloody, ultraviolent universe of “The Boys” and features characters like Homelander as well as new characters. The premiere episode, titled “Laser Baby’s Day Out,” features a story by executive producers Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen and was directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson and Derek Thompson. “For last few years, have really wanted to do some dialogue-free comedy; just tell a story without dialogue. When we realized that we could do an “Animatrix” style TV show out of “The Boys” Universe, we just instantly came to this idea. It is heavily based on the movie Baby’s Day Out and the start of Roger Rabbit. That animation is the direction we were going in the whole time because it just played best to the comment and the gag in relation

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel's 'Kraven The Hunter' Movie

Alessandro Nivola Joins Marvel’s ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Movie

Alessandro Nivola (The Eye, Jurassic Park III) has been cast in Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, Deadline reports. Nivola joins previously announced cast member Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) who will play the title character. Russell Crowe (Gladiator) and Fred Hechinger (“The White Lotus”) will also star. J.C. Chandor is in the director’s chair for the movie produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk penned the screenplay. Kraven the Hunter is one of Marvel’s most notorious anti-heroes. Kraven the Hunter has had encounters with Venom and Black Panther as well as being one of Spider-Man’s most formidable enemies. Born to Russian aristocrats and an abusive father, Sergei Kravinoff aka “Kraven the Hunter” becomes a maniacal big game hunter in Africa. After imbibing a potion his physical prowess is increased, including, his strength and speed. After hunting every type of animal on earth he becomes bored and sets his sights on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Don't Breathe's Fede Alvarez Directing New 'Alien' Movie For Hulu

Don’t Breathe’s Fede Alvarez Directing New ‘Alien’ Movie For Hulu

Fede Alvarez, the brilliant filmmaker behind Don’t Breathe and the 2013 remake of Evil Dead, has boarded a new stand-alone Alien film for 20th Century. The film will be produced by the 1979 original director, Ridley Scott under his Scott Free banner and is part of 20th Century’s goal to make at least ten films a year for Hulu, THR reports. The original Alien movie centers on a doomed crew of a cargo ship in space and starring Sigourney Weaver as the badass character Ripley who quickly became iconic along with the alien Xenomorphs in the franchise that spawned a total of eight films, with several crossing over with the Predator franchise. There is no information on the film’s plot yet. Alvarez’s upcoming film is not the Alien project headed your way, there is also a series in the works. FX’s series will serve as an origin story of sorts set on earth. Noah Hawley, who wrote for “Fargo,” “Legion,”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 6, 2022
Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan Starring In Upcoming 'I Am Legend' Sequel

Will Smith & Michael B. Jordan Starring In Upcoming ‘I Am Legend’ Sequel

Warner Bros. has officially announced that a follow-up to 2007’s I Am Legend is in the works with Will Smith returning to star alongside Black Panther actor Michael B. Jordan. Smith will reprise his role as brilliant scientist Robert Neville who survives the outbreak of a mutated virus that turns humans into blood-thirsty creatures. Will Smith will also be producing along with Michael B. Jordan. Akiva Goldsman, who co-wrote the original, is writing the sequel’s script. The film’s director has yet to be named as have other cast members, but we will keep you posted. In the meantime, here’s a look back at the trailer for I Am Legend, directed by Francis Lawrence.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
True Story Inspired Horror 'The Burned Over District' Uncovers Dark Secrets

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Burned Over District’ Uncovers Dark Secrets

Coleman Bros. Films have just released the Official Trailer and poster (by Deadite Corpse) for their new indie horror movie The Burned Over District. Co-produced by White Lion Studios, The Burned Over District is written and directed by Rochester natives James and Vince Coleman and is based on actual historic events that occurred near their hometown in the 1800s. In the film, “After losing his wife in a horrific car accident, grieving widower Will (Jon Sheedy) retreats to a quiet town in Western New York. His respite is cut short when he discovers that the town and its residents are hiding a dark and terrible secret. Together Will and his sister Katie (Amy Zubieta) must fight to survive the ancient darkness that has consumed The Burned Over District.” Special Effects veteran Michael Del Rossa (“Humanoids From the Deep,” “300”) splatters the screen with his visceral creations in the film described as “Pet Sematary meets Mandy, with a little Hereditary thrown

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
From Eli Roth Comes The Podcast "A Ghost Ruined My Life" Based On The Series

From Eli Roth Comes The Podcast “A Ghost Ruined My Life” Based On The Series

From master of horror, Eli Roth comes “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH,” an eight-part podcast series that shares the shocking true stories of hauntings that have left emotional (and sometimes physical) scars on those unlucky enough to have experienced them. The first episode will premiere on March 11, 2022, with new episodes dropping weekly on Fridays. Listen to A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. The full TV series is currently available to stream on discovery+. Hosted and hand-picked by Roth, and as told by the victims themselves, listeners will hear the terrifying first-person stories of hauntings. From confrontations with ghosts to demons and dark entities to poltergeists, every 30-minute episode of “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH” plays out as a “mini-horror film,” as Roth immerses listeners in the real-life worlds of people dragged through hell and back. The “A GHOST RUINED MY LIFE WITH ELI ROTH”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
Irish Horror-Comedy 'Let The Wrong One In' Bears It Fangs In New Trailer

Irish Horror-Comedy ‘Let The Wrong One In’ Bears It Fangs In New Trailer

Irish filmmaker Conor McMahon‘s upcoming horror-comedy, Let The Wrong One In, is gearing up to bear its fangs this April. The blood-drenched, laugh-out-loud trailer will leave you ready to sink your teeth into this vampire flick. Let the Wrong One In “follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he’s faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further?” Karl Rice and Eoin Duffy star along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, who plays a taxi driver with a side job, vampire hunting. McMahon, who previously made the genre festival hits Stitches and From the Dark, takes vampire movies into new directions while aiming to honor the genre’s classic tropes and charms. The film is

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 5, 2022
Trailer Surfaces For Vampire Shark Movie 'Sharkula' (Yes, You Read That Right)

Trailer Surfaces For Vampire Shark Movie ‘Sharkula’ (Yes, You Read That Right)

Earlier today, we reported the trailer had landed for filmmaker Mark Polonia‘s upcoming horror Amityville in Space. Now the trailer for his other film, Sharkula has surfaced. Two words, vampire shark, do I even need to say anything else? In the no-budget flick, “The curse of Count Dracula lives on in shark-infested waters, claiming the lives of a tourist community. A sea hunt for the new species results in monsters, madness, and bloodshed. This great white is putting the bite back into terror, and it has helped with the aid of new vampires intent on seeing it survive.” Jeff Kirkendall stars as Dracula, Kyle Rappaport as Renfield, and Jamie Morgan as Mina. Natalie Himmelberger, James Kelly, and Titus Himmelberger co-star. Mark Polonia is not new to the horror genre. He currently has seventy credits to his name including Splatter Farm, Lethal Nightmare, Sharkenstein, Peter Rottentail, Sister Krampus, and Bigfoot vs Zombies. Wild Eye Releasing will unleash Sharkula this summer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 4, 2022
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