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The Trailer For The Asylum’s ‘Planet Dune’ Has Landed

The Trailer For The Asylum’s ‘Planet Dune’ Has Landed

Asylum Entertainment has just unleashed the out-of-this-world trailer for their new sci-fi flick Planet Dune. In the movie, a crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet’s apex predators: giant sand worms. Directed by Glenn Campbell and Tammy Klein, and written by Lauren Pritchard and Joe Roche, Planet Dune stars Sean Young (Dune, Blade Runner) Emily Killian, Tammy Klein, Clark Moore, and others. Planet Dune lands on October 29, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Is Out This October On Blu-ray

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Is Out This October On Blu-ray

Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, who brought you films such as The Sixth Sense and Glass, unveils a chilling, mysterious new tale, Old. In this unnerving film, a family on a tropical holiday discovers that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly. Both written and directed by Shyamalan, the film is an adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, which made its debut in 2011. Old stars an impressive international cast including Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal (Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread), Rufus Sewell (Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle), Ken Leung (Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Jupiter Ascending), Abbey Lee (HBO’s Lovecraft Country), Aaron Pierre (Syfy’s Krypton), Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Embeth Davidtz (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Emun Elliott (Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens), Kathleen Chalfant (Showtime’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Horror Begins at Home with Virtual Portion of Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival

Horror Begins at Home with Virtual Portion of Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival

Super Channel and Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS) — a top-notch fest featuring an incredible array of Canadian horror and science fiction films — are teaming up again for a hybrid edition of this year’s BITS with a Halloween weekend virtual portion. Following is the official press announcement. Super Channel and Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS), a unique and imaginative showcase of contemporary Canadian horror films, are pleased to announce that they have joined forces once again to bring a hybrid edition of the upcoming 2021 BITS to Canadian horror film fans across the nation. This year’s festival is sure to shock and delight horror lovers with the virtual portion running on Super Channel Fuse over Halloween weekend from Friday, Oct 29 – Sunday Oct 31, and the in-person festival returning to the Royal Cinema November 18 to 23. “We are proud to be partnering once again with Kelly and the incredible team at BITS to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
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Movies That Made Us

Netflix’s hit documentary series “The Movies That Made Us” will delve into the untold stories behind the horror classics A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th, and Halloween, on October 12, 2021. The show’s third season will also feature three other blockbuster films: sci-fi action blockbusters Aliens and Robocop and Eddie Murphy’s comedy Coming To America. The series looks inside the movies that have shaped generations and what it took to make them happen, telling the story of how these movies were made, the involvement of studio producers, writers, directors, and BTS tidbits shared by cast and crew. The show was created and produced by Brian Volk-Wess and The Nacelle Company, the studio also behind Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction for Disney+ and the Emmy Award winning Down To Earth with Zac Efron.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
New ‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Reminds You That Laurie Is A Warrior

New ‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Reminds You That Laurie Is A Warrior

The release of Halloween Kills grows closer every day. Today, we’ve got a new featurette titled “Warriors” which features two of the main stars, Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), and Andi Matichak who plays Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson, as well director David Gordon Green discussing the film’s women, who are warriors in every since of the word. Last we saw Michael Myers he was caged and burning in Laurie’s basement as Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all. David Gordan Green‘s Halloween Kills has a huge returning cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet, and original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan Producing Thriller ‘The Vanishings At Caddo Lake’

M. Night Shyamalan Producing Thriller ‘The Vanishings At Caddo Lake’

News has come today via Deadline that M. Night Shyamalan is set to produce the upcoming thriller The Vanishings At Caddo Lake under his Blinding Edge Pictures banner. The film is written and directed by Celine Held and Logan George (Topside) who directed two upcoming episodes of Shyamalan’s award-winning Apple TV+ series “Servant“. The film centers around an 8-year-old girl who mysteriously vanishes at Caddo Lake, where a series of deaths and disappearances have taken place. Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Lauren Ambrose, Eric Lange, Sam Hennings, and Diana Hopper star in The Vanishings At Caddo Lake.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Thomas Doherty Joins The Cast Of Dracula Inspired Film ‘The Bride’

Thomas Doherty Joins The Cast Of Dracula Inspired Film ‘The Bride’

Screen Gem’s upcoming Dracula-inspired film, The Bride, from director Jessica M. Thompson, has had a change in the cast. Originally, the film was supposed to star both Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Garrett Hedlund (The United States vs. Billie Holiday). However, Deadline is reporting that Hedlund has exited the project with Thomas Doherty (“Gossip Girl”, pictured above) stepping into the role. The cast will also include Hugh Skinner, Sean Pertwee, and Courtney Taylor, Alana Boden, and Stephanie Corneliussen. The Bride is described as “a contemporary horror thriller that tells the story of a young woman who is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.” Blair Butler penned the original script which has been revised by Jessica M. Thompson.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Deeply Disturbing Horror ‘The Family’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

Deeply Disturbing Horror ‘The Family’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

The deeply disturbing horror film The Family, from the creative duo Dan Slater (director, co-writer) and Adam Booth (producer, co-writer), is set to make its World Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival on October 8, 2021. Ahead of its debut, we’ve got the trailer. The Family delves into brooding and unpredictable family ethics. The feature redefines the notion of terror and explores psychological and physical trauma in a genre-bending sinister tale. Raised to fear what lurks beyond the borders of their farm, a young family must free themselves from the tyrannical rule of their merciless Father and Mother. The co-writers Slater and Booth were inspired by the vulnerability of people and the ability of cults to exploit their fears and beliefs to separate them from the rest of the world. This reflection led the filmmakers to invent a cult religion from scratch. “We’ve both always been fascinated by the idea of cults and people in society being indoctrinated by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
New Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Shepherd’s’ BFI World Premiere

New Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Shepherd’s’ BFI World Premiere

Darkland Distribution’s upcoming dark and disturbing British horror, Shepherd, is set to make its World Premiere this October at the BFI London Film Festival with its theatrical release to follow this November. To mark the occasion, the new trailer has been released, teasing a horror-filled film. Writer and Director of Shepherd, Russell Owen, was delighted with the news of the film’s selection, saying, “I’ve followed the BFI London Film Festival for decades, so to actually be a part of it is surreal and a massive honour. I can’t think of a better platform to bring Shepherd to an audience and I’m over the moon.” In the film, “running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, Eric Black takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiraling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
‘The Black Phone’ Hit With A Minor Delay

‘The Black Phone’ Hit With A Minor Delay

The filmmaking duo of Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who brought us Sinister and Doctor Strange, is back with The Black Phone, the Blumhouse adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story. Unfortunately, we are going to have to wait a bit longer to see it. Originally set to open in theaters this January, the movie now has a new February release date. In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is 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.” Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) star along with Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames, and Madeleine McGraw. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021

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The Trailer For The Asylum’s ‘Planet Dune’ Has Landed

The Trailer For The Asylum’s ‘Planet Dune’ Has Landed

Asylum Entertainment has just unleashed the out-of-this-world trailer for their new sci-fi flick Planet Dune. In the movie, a crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet’s apex predators: giant sand worms. Directed by Glenn Campbell and Tammy Klein, and written by Lauren Pritchard and Joe Roche, Planet Dune stars Sean Young (Dune, Blade Runner) Emily Killian, Tammy Klein, Clark Moore, and others. Planet Dune lands on October 29, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Is Out This October On Blu-ray

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Old’ Is Out This October On Blu-ray

Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, who brought you films such as The Sixth Sense and Glass, unveils a chilling, mysterious new tale, Old. In this unnerving film, a family on a tropical holiday discovers that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly. Both written and directed by Shyamalan, the film is an adaptation of the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters, which made its debut in 2011. Old stars an impressive international cast including Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal (Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread), Rufus Sewell (Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle), Ken Leung (Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens), Nikki Amuka-Bird (Jupiter Ascending), Abbey Lee (HBO’s Lovecraft Country), Aaron Pierre (Syfy’s Krypton), Alex Wolff (Hereditary), Embeth Davidtz (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Emun Elliott (Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens), Kathleen Chalfant (Showtime’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Horror Begins at Home with Virtual Portion of Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival

Horror Begins at Home with Virtual Portion of Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival

Super Channel and Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS) — a top-notch fest featuring an incredible array of Canadian horror and science fiction films — are teaming up again for a hybrid edition of this year’s BITS with a Halloween weekend virtual portion. Following is the official press announcement. Super Channel and Blood in the Snow Film Festival (BITS), a unique and imaginative showcase of contemporary Canadian horror films, are pleased to announce that they have joined forces once again to bring a hybrid edition of the upcoming 2021 BITS to Canadian horror film fans across the nation. This year’s festival is sure to shock and delight horror lovers with the virtual portion running on Super Channel Fuse over Halloween weekend from Friday, Oct 29 – Sunday Oct 31, and the in-person festival returning to the Royal Cinema November 18 to 23. “We are proud to be partnering once again with Kelly and the incredible team at BITS to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Horror Fuel

Movies That Made Us

Netflix’s hit documentary series “The Movies That Made Us” will delve into the untold stories behind the horror classics A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday The 13th, and Halloween, on October 12, 2021. The show’s third season will also feature three other blockbuster films: sci-fi action blockbusters Aliens and Robocop and Eddie Murphy’s comedy Coming To America. The series looks inside the movies that have shaped generations and what it took to make them happen, telling the story of how these movies were made, the involvement of studio producers, writers, directors, and BTS tidbits shared by cast and crew. The show was created and produced by Brian Volk-Wess and The Nacelle Company, the studio also behind Netflix’s The Toys That Made Us, Behind The Attraction for Disney+ and the Emmy Award winning Down To Earth with Zac Efron.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
New ‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Reminds You That Laurie Is A Warrior

New ‘Halloween Kills’ Featurette Reminds You That Laurie Is A Warrior

The release of Halloween Kills grows closer every day. Today, we’ve got a new featurette titled “Warriors” which features two of the main stars, Jamie Lee Curtis (Laurie Strode), and Andi Matichak who plays Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson, as well director David Gordon Green discussing the film’s women, who are warriors in every since of the word. Last we saw Michael Myers he was caged and burning in Laurie’s basement as Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. The Strode women join a group of other survivors of Michael’s first rampage who decide to take matters into their own hands, forming a vigilante mob that sets out to hunt Michael down, once and for all. David Gordan Green‘s Halloween Kills has a huge returning cast that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Robert Longstreet, and original

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan Producing Thriller ‘The Vanishings At Caddo Lake’

M. Night Shyamalan Producing Thriller ‘The Vanishings At Caddo Lake’

News has come today via Deadline that M. Night Shyamalan is set to produce the upcoming thriller The Vanishings At Caddo Lake under his Blinding Edge Pictures banner. The film is written and directed by Celine Held and Logan George (Topside) who directed two upcoming episodes of Shyamalan’s award-winning Apple TV+ series “Servant“. The film centers around an 8-year-old girl who mysteriously vanishes at Caddo Lake, where a series of deaths and disappearances have taken place. Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Lauren Ambrose, Eric Lange, Sam Hennings, and Diana Hopper star in The Vanishings At Caddo Lake.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Thomas Doherty Joins The Cast Of Dracula Inspired Film ‘The Bride’

Thomas Doherty Joins The Cast Of Dracula Inspired Film ‘The Bride’

Screen Gem’s upcoming Dracula-inspired film, The Bride, from director Jessica M. Thompson, has had a change in the cast. Originally, the film was supposed to star both Nathalie Emmanuel (“Game of Thrones”) and Garrett Hedlund (The United States vs. Billie Holiday). However, Deadline is reporting that Hedlund has exited the project with Thomas Doherty (“Gossip Girl”, pictured above) stepping into the role. The cast will also include Hugh Skinner, Sean Pertwee, and Courtney Taylor, Alana Boden, and Stephanie Corneliussen. The Bride is described as “a contemporary horror thriller that tells the story of a young woman who is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.” Blair Butler penned the original script which has been revised by Jessica M. Thompson.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
Deeply Disturbing Horror ‘The Family’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

Deeply Disturbing Horror ‘The Family’ Unveils Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

The deeply disturbing horror film The Family, from the creative duo Dan Slater (director, co-writer) and Adam Booth (producer, co-writer), is set to make its World Premiere at the Busan International Film Festival on October 8, 2021. Ahead of its debut, we’ve got the trailer. The Family delves into brooding and unpredictable family ethics. The feature redefines the notion of terror and explores psychological and physical trauma in a genre-bending sinister tale. Raised to fear what lurks beyond the borders of their farm, a young family must free themselves from the tyrannical rule of their merciless Father and Mother. The co-writers Slater and Booth were inspired by the vulnerability of people and the ability of cults to exploit their fears and beliefs to separate them from the rest of the world. This reflection led the filmmakers to invent a cult religion from scratch. “We’ve both always been fascinated by the idea of cults and people in society being indoctrinated by

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
New Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Shepherd’s’ BFI World Premiere

New Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Shepherd’s’ BFI World Premiere

Darkland Distribution’s upcoming dark and disturbing British horror, Shepherd, is set to make its World Premiere this October at the BFI London Film Festival with its theatrical release to follow this November. To mark the occasion, the new trailer has been released, teasing a horror-filled film. Writer and Director of Shepherd, Russell Owen, was delighted with the news of the film’s selection, saying, “I’ve followed the BFI London Film Festival for decades, so to actually be a part of it is surreal and a massive honour. I can’t think of a better platform to bring Shepherd to an audience and I’m over the moon.” In the film, “running from grief after the mysterious death of his wife, Eric Black takes a job as a shepherd. Trapped alone on a majestic weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiraling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
‘The Black Phone’ Hit With A Minor Delay

‘The Black Phone’ Hit With A Minor Delay

The filmmaking duo of Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who brought us Sinister and Doctor Strange, is back with The Black Phone, the Blumhouse adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story. Unfortunately, we are going to have to wait a bit longer to see it. Originally set to open in theaters this January, the movie now has a new February release date. In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is 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.” Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) star along with Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames, and Madeleine McGraw. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2021
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