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‘Freaky’ Coming To VOD Only 17 Days After It Opens In Theaters

We’ve got great news for fans of Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon. Landon’s new body-swapping slasher Freaky is set to open in theaters this November on Friday the 13th and today Blumhouse’s Jason Blum confirmed via Twitter that the slasher is being fast-tracked to VOD and will be coming to home video after just 17 days from opening night! In the film, “Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton, Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of “The Butcher” (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. “When The Butcher’s mystical ancient dagger causes him and Millie to wake up in each other’s bodies, Millie learns that she has just 24 hours to get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she’s trapped in the form of a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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‘Return To Splatter Farm’ This November

30 years after the infamous Death Farm murders, the killer is back in Return to Splatter Farm, directed by Jeff Kirkendall who co-wrote the film with Mark Polonia. A young woman and her friends descend upon the farm to party after discovering that she has inherited the land. But soon after, the strange occurrences and brutal murders begin again in the shocking sequel to the 1987 cult classic Splatter Farm. Danielle Donahue, Nico Bryant, Mel Heflin, Marie DeLorenzo, James Kelly, and Jeff Kirkendall star in Return to Splatter Farm out now on DVD and Digital from Wild Eye Releasing!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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This December Enter ‘The Facility’

The Facility, the highly anticipated follow up to 2017’s The Rizen, is set to premiere on DVD and Digital this December from Uncork’d Entertainment. Harriet Madeley, Michael Fatogun, Sarine Sofair, Kevin Leslie, Sophie Miller, Marcus Bronzy, James Barnes, Lewis Saunderson, Clarice Burton, Connor Williams, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Marcus, Laurence Kennedy, Jenny Lathan, and Carol Cleveland star in this Matt Mitchell film. Set in 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces conducted secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. They succeeded, but what they unleashed almost tore our world apart. Now a group of young urban explorers and a private military unit could become the final pieces in a 60-year plan to reopen a door that should have stayed closed. The Facility lands on DVD and Digital on December 8, 2020, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer for this action-packed film!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Dwayne Johnson Is Rebooting 2002’s ‘The Scorpion King’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with Universal and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions for the reboot of the 2002 movie The Scorpion King in which Johnson played the title role. ‘The Scorpion King’ was my very first role ever on the silver screen and I’m honored and excited to reimagine and deliver this cool mythology to a new generation.” Variety quotes Johnson as saying. In the original, a desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy’s key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert, and prepares for a final showdown. The Scorpion King served as somewhat of a prequel explaining the backstory of Johnson’s character that appears briefly in The Mummy Returns, which was plagued with terrible CGI. The new script is being penned by Jonathan Herman, produced by Johnson and Garcia, along with Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ production president. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Killer Insects Attack L.A. In ‘Cicada’ – Out Now On DVD

Odds are you’ve heard the haunting song of the Cicada or seen the dried husks they shed and leave latched on to trees which look terrifying. Now imagine a swarm of those monster bugs, but they are giant and they are descending on a town, and they’re hungry for human flesh. From writer-director David Willis, the giant insect horror Cicada flies onto DVD and Digital this November from Wild Eye Releasing. In Cicada, after an environmental disaster, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend Los Angeles from a swarm of bloodthirsty cicadas. Jeffrey Ryan Kent, Cassandra Hein, Beau Crawford, Mike Nielsen, and Lawrence Mandle star in the film executive produced by Nasser Othman and Tom Diridon, with David Aguilera, Jon Tucker, David Willis, Jeffrey Ryan Kent, and Beau Crawford producing. Cicada is out now on DVD and Digital.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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An Exclusive Indepth Interview With Tony Award Winner Shuler Hensley

You don’t know this, but the only thing I love as much as horror are musicals, so when I got the opportunity to talk to actor, Tony Award-winner, and Broadway star Shuler Hensley I jumped at the chance. Known for his roles in films like Van Helsing, Odd Thomas, The Greatest Showman, “The OA”, and Cruiser as well as Broadway musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Young Frankenstein, and Oklahoma, Shuler filled us in on a little of everything. I not only talked with Hensley about his role in the 2004 horror film Van Helsing but also Cruiser, the indie horror thriller from director Randy Ser and writer Sam Hensley Jr. The film follows a killer (Hensley) who after murdering a cop, steals his patrol car and sets off on a night of carnage and terror in a small Georgia town. Horror Fuel: “I really want to talk to you about your film career, but first, I have to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Twisted Thanksgiving Horror ‘Derelicts’ Is Out This Friday The 13th!

Brett Glassberg’s twisted holiday horror film, Derelicts, is out this Friday the 13th, from Terror Films! Written by Glassberg, Andre Evrenos, and Clay Shirley, the film introduces us to a dysfunctional family on Thanksgiving Day. From the over-sexed grandparents to the squabbling siblings and an emotionless husband who seems uninterested in touching his wife – all appears normal for this particular household. That is until a gang of vicious vagrants invades their home, not only to cause havoc, pain, and death but also laying bare everyone’s faults and inhumanity while exposing some deeper family secrets along the way. Produced by Udoy Rahim and co-produced by Mark Newton and Matt Stryker, Derelicts premiered at the Telluride Horror Show Film Festival in 2017. During its festival run the film received praise from critics, including Modern Horrors who referred to the film as “A visual feast of sex, violence, and insanity” and Killer Horror Critic who stated, “Derelicts is the Thanksgiving horror film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Saban Films Acquires The Rights To The ‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot

Saban Films has snagged the rights from Constantin Films to the upcoming reboot of the 2003 movie Wrong Turn that went on to spawn six sequels and has plans to take if to AFM this week. Wrong Turn follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail, who are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. Mike P. Nelson’s reboot of Wrong Turn stars Charlotte Vega (The Lodgers), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), and Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”). Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for Constantin Film productions this week out of the AFM, where it will be screening for buyers. The franchise reboot was written by Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original film. Robert Kulzer, Constantin Film, in association with James Harris, Tea Shop Productions, produced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘The Devil’s Heist’ Steals From The Devil This December

This December, there’ll be hell to pay if you steal from the devil! The supernatural indie horror The Devil’s Heist is heading to VOD. After being released from prison, Ted and his associates rob Coven National Bank, later to find out it is owned by Lucifer and the employees are witches. Bryan Sapphire, Mike Ferguson, Sandra Rosko, and Sheri Davis star in a devilish new horror film. From director Fernando Acevedo, and writers Bryan Sapphire and Sophia Louisa Lee, The Devil’s Heist breaks onto VOD on December 8, 2020, from Midnight Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Jordan Peele’s Upcoming Projects Include A New Movie And Two Remakes

Jordan Peele is a busy guy. Not only does he have multiple series currently on TV including “Twilight Zone,” “Hunters,” and the brilliant series “Lovecraft Country” he’s also been busy producing films including Nia DaCosta’s Candyman. We reported last week that Peele is working on a remake of The People Under the Stairs. Now, news has come that on top of all that, the Get Out and Us filmmaker has just inked a deal with Universal Pictures. The new arrangement gives Peele a sweet five-year production deal. One of the films to be included is reportedly a remake of Nightmare of Elm Street. But wait, there’s more! Peele is currently working on his next film, which he will direct, and he is already promising it will be scarier than both Get Out and Us. While we don’t know much about the movie, we do know it will be released on July 22, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020

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‘Freaky’ Coming To VOD Only 17 Days After It Opens In Theaters

We’ve got great news for fans of Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon. Landon’s new body-swapping slasher Freaky is set to open in theaters this November on Friday the 13th and today Blumhouse’s Jason Blum confirmed via Twitter that the slasher is being fast-tracked to VOD and will be coming to home video after just 17 days from opening night! In the film, “Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton, Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of “The Butcher” (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. “When The Butcher’s mystical ancient dagger causes him and Millie to wake up in each other’s bodies, Millie learns that she has just 24 hours to get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she’s trapped in the form of a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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‘Return To Splatter Farm’ This November

30 years after the infamous Death Farm murders, the killer is back in Return to Splatter Farm, directed by Jeff Kirkendall who co-wrote the film with Mark Polonia. A young woman and her friends descend upon the farm to party after discovering that she has inherited the land. But soon after, the strange occurrences and brutal murders begin again in the shocking sequel to the 1987 cult classic Splatter Farm. Danielle Donahue, Nico Bryant, Mel Heflin, Marie DeLorenzo, James Kelly, and Jeff Kirkendall star in Return to Splatter Farm out now on DVD and Digital from Wild Eye Releasing!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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This December Enter ‘The Facility’

The Facility, the highly anticipated follow up to 2017’s The Rizen, is set to premiere on DVD and Digital this December from Uncork’d Entertainment. Harriet Madeley, Michael Fatogun, Sarine Sofair, Kevin Leslie, Sophie Miller, Marcus Bronzy, James Barnes, Lewis Saunderson, Clarice Burton, Connor Williams, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Sally Phillips, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Marcus, Laurence Kennedy, Jenny Lathan, and Carol Cleveland star in this Matt Mitchell film. Set in 1955, NATO and the Allied Forces conducted secret, occult experiments in a bid to win the Arms Race. They succeeded, but what they unleashed almost tore our world apart. Now a group of young urban explorers and a private military unit could become the final pieces in a 60-year plan to reopen a door that should have stayed closed. The Facility lands on DVD and Digital on December 8, 2020, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer for this action-packed film!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Dwayne Johnson Is Rebooting 2002’s ‘The Scorpion King’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is teaming up with Universal and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions for the reboot of the 2002 movie The Scorpion King in which Johnson played the title role. ‘The Scorpion King’ was my very first role ever on the silver screen and I’m honored and excited to reimagine and deliver this cool mythology to a new generation.” Variety quotes Johnson as saying. In the original, a desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland. He captures the enemy’s key sorcerer, takes her deep into the desert, and prepares for a final showdown. The Scorpion King served as somewhat of a prequel explaining the backstory of Johnson’s character that appears briefly in The Mummy Returns, which was plagued with terrible CGI. The new script is being penned by Jonathan Herman, produced by Johnson and Garcia, along with Hiram Garcia, Seven Bucks’ production president. Here’s a look back at the original trailer for

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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Killer Insects Attack L.A. In ‘Cicada’ – Out Now On DVD

Odds are you’ve heard the haunting song of the Cicada or seen the dried husks they shed and leave latched on to trees which look terrifying. Now imagine a swarm of those monster bugs, but they are giant and they are descending on a town, and they’re hungry for human flesh. From writer-director David Willis, the giant insect horror Cicada flies onto DVD and Digital this November from Wild Eye Releasing. In Cicada, after an environmental disaster, four eccentric friends led by a disgraced baseball player must band together to defend Los Angeles from a swarm of bloodthirsty cicadas. Jeffrey Ryan Kent, Cassandra Hein, Beau Crawford, Mike Nielsen, and Lawrence Mandle star in the film executive produced by Nasser Othman and Tom Diridon, with David Aguilera, Jon Tucker, David Willis, Jeffrey Ryan Kent, and Beau Crawford producing. Cicada is out now on DVD and Digital.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
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An Exclusive Indepth Interview With Tony Award Winner Shuler Hensley

You don’t know this, but the only thing I love as much as horror are musicals, so when I got the opportunity to talk to actor, Tony Award-winner, and Broadway star Shuler Hensley I jumped at the chance. Known for his roles in films like Van Helsing, Odd Thomas, The Greatest Showman, “The OA”, and Cruiser as well as Broadway musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Young Frankenstein, and Oklahoma, Shuler filled us in on a little of everything. I not only talked with Hensley about his role in the 2004 horror film Van Helsing but also Cruiser, the indie horror thriller from director Randy Ser and writer Sam Hensley Jr. The film follows a killer (Hensley) who after murdering a cop, steals his patrol car and sets off on a night of carnage and terror in a small Georgia town. Horror Fuel: “I really want to talk to you about your film career, but first, I have to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2020
Horror Fuel

Twisted Thanksgiving Horror ‘Derelicts’ Is Out This Friday The 13th!

Brett Glassberg’s twisted holiday horror film, Derelicts, is out this Friday the 13th, from Terror Films! Written by Glassberg, Andre Evrenos, and Clay Shirley, the film introduces us to a dysfunctional family on Thanksgiving Day. From the over-sexed grandparents to the squabbling siblings and an emotionless husband who seems uninterested in touching his wife – all appears normal for this particular household. That is until a gang of vicious vagrants invades their home, not only to cause havoc, pain, and death but also laying bare everyone’s faults and inhumanity while exposing some deeper family secrets along the way. Produced by Udoy Rahim and co-produced by Mark Newton and Matt Stryker, Derelicts premiered at the Telluride Horror Show Film Festival in 2017. During its festival run the film received praise from critics, including Modern Horrors who referred to the film as “A visual feast of sex, violence, and insanity” and Killer Horror Critic who stated, “Derelicts is the Thanksgiving horror film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Saban Films Acquires The Rights To The ‘Wrong Turn’ Reboot

Saban Films has snagged the rights from Constantin Films to the upcoming reboot of the 2003 movie Wrong Turn that went on to spawn six sequels and has plans to take if to AFM this week. Wrong Turn follows a group of friends hiking the Appalachian Trail, who are confronted by ‘The Foundation’, a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years. Mike P. Nelson’s reboot of Wrong Turn stars Charlotte Vega (The Lodgers), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), and Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”). Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales for Constantin Film productions this week out of the AFM, where it will be screening for buyers. The franchise reboot was written by Alan B. McElroy, the writer of the original film. Robert Kulzer, Constantin Film, in association with James Harris, Tea Shop Productions, produced.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘The Devil’s Heist’ Steals From The Devil This December

This December, there’ll be hell to pay if you steal from the devil! The supernatural indie horror The Devil’s Heist is heading to VOD. After being released from prison, Ted and his associates rob Coven National Bank, later to find out it is owned by Lucifer and the employees are witches. Bryan Sapphire, Mike Ferguson, Sandra Rosko, and Sheri Davis star in a devilish new horror film. From director Fernando Acevedo, and writers Bryan Sapphire and Sophia Louisa Lee, The Devil’s Heist breaks onto VOD on December 8, 2020, from Midnight Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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Jordan Peele’s Upcoming Projects Include A New Movie And Two Remakes

Jordan Peele is a busy guy. Not only does he have multiple series currently on TV including “Twilight Zone,” “Hunters,” and the brilliant series “Lovecraft Country” he’s also been busy producing films including Nia DaCosta’s Candyman. We reported last week that Peele is working on a remake of The People Under the Stairs. Now, news has come that on top of all that, the Get Out and Us filmmaker has just inked a deal with Universal Pictures. The new arrangement gives Peele a sweet five-year production deal. One of the films to be included is reportedly a remake of Nightmare of Elm Street. But wait, there’s more! Peele is currently working on his next film, which he will direct, and he is already promising it will be scarier than both Get Out and Us. While we don’t know much about the movie, we do know it will be released on July 22, 2022.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2020
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