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With Halloween quickly approaching, Hulu is getting ready to give genre fans a real treat, the premiere of the highly-anticipated horror anthology series “Monsterland.” Created and executed produced by Mary Laws, based on Nathan Ballingrud’s short story collection “North American Lake Monsters“, the gore-filled 8-episode series is set in different cities across America, featuring tales of mermaids, vampires, angels, and wild beasts as well as people struggling to get their lives back on track. The cast includes Kelly Marie Tran (The Last Jedi), Jonathan Tucker (“Hannibal”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Taylor Schilling (The Prodigy), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), and Mike Colter (“Evil”). Head to Hulu on October 2, 2020, for the premiere of “Monsterland!”
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Dystopian Films, the production company behind Amazon’s “Age of the Living Dead” and the upcoming film The Nights Before Christmas, has launched its largest and most ambitious project to date, a trilogy of horror anthologies titled The United States of Horror. Funded by an Indiegogo campaign, the production will feature 50 short horror films, one from every state in the US. Perks include everything from pre-order copies to executive producer credits. It also provides a way for you to get in touch with producers include Simon Phillips, Paul Tanter, and Ken Bressers if you are interested in directing a segment. Promoting the production Simon Phillips said “This is a personal passion project for Paul, Ken and I – we all love the horror genre so much and the horror community is like no other! I want to ensure that the trilogy we make this fall is something bigger than the sum of its parts, and we look forward to scaring
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Netflix has a great track record with its originals these days (bar Cuties), so when I saw first saw the trailer for their thriller The Devil All the Time I was excited, however, neither the trailer nor the plot description prepared me for the true darkness of this film. First, the cast. With stars like Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Robert Pattinson, Haley Bennett, and Jason Clarke, the film could have been one of those obnoxious movies that simply rely on star power, but that’s not the case. These stars come together to create a truly fantastic story whose events and characters are all connected to Tom Holland’s character Arvin Russell’s life story. But don’t get me wrong, we don’t just see glimpses of the other characters, we are put into their lives, dreams, and the hardships they endure. Every actor puts their heart and soul into their roles and it shows, each was amazing. Bill Skarsgård exudes the trauma, heartbreak,
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Director John Hymas’ thriller Alone is an intense tale of one woman’s fight to survive as a serial killer hunts her down. When Jessica (Jules Willcox) backs up her belongings and heads off to start a new life in a new town she has no idea of the horrors she is about to face. A serial killer has set his sights on her and will stop at nothing to get her. Warning: Spoilers Ahead Jessica is a complicated character. She’s still coping with the loss of her husband and her family’s opinion that she’s making a mistake leaving town to start over. When Jessica stops at a gas station she meets a stranger (Marc Menchaca) who asks a few to many questions like where is she going, where is she from, if she’s traveling alone. Of course, this automatically raises red flags. Every time she stops he pops up and it doesn’t take long for her to realize that she’s
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This month, NOLA Horror Film Fest celebrates its 10th year with a real-time virtual online festival chock-full of fear-fare delights. The superb new occult feature The Reckoning from director Neil Marshall, the mind-blowing sophomore feature Sister Tempest from director Joe Badon of The God Inside My Ear fame, and U.K. supernatural outing The Unfamilar are just a few of the outstanding feature-length and short films on tap for the festival. Following is the official press release from NOLA Horror Film Fest. In its tenth year, NOLA Horror Film Fest will be a virtual online festival experience hosted live in real time when presented Central Standard Time on September 25-27, 2020. This year’s official selections include 54 films and 50 screenplay finalists from all over the world, chosen from 865 national and international submissions exclusively through FilmFreeway. Through three days of the best horror & sci-fi programs (Features & Film Shorts Screenings and Zoom Panel Discussions) the NOLA Horror Film Fest
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Marco Television Studios is currently developing a new vampire series for HBO. Titled “Thirst,” this series is described as a “hip hop vampire drama,” by Variety. Scripted by Leah Benavides Rodriguez and Carlito Rodriguez, “The series tells the story of a brilliant but cocky Atlanta rapper who thinks he’s found his way to stardom when he links up with hip-hop’s hottest group. But he has no idea they are hiding a terrifying secret: They are a family of vampires with roots going back centuries.” Music has been integral to both our lives and ‘Thirst’ is the perfect opportunity to blend genres, while exploring the intersection of fame, culture, and what it means to be American,” Benavides Rodriguez and Rodriguez said in a statement. “We’re excited to bring it to life with Macro Television Studios and the rest of our dope team, and thrilled it has found its home at HBO.” The concept for the upcoming series was created by Kevin
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Blumhouse has teamed with Amazon Studios to unleash the four of eight films this October as the first half of the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” collection. And we’ve got all four trailers here in one place for you to check out. The Killing‘s Veena Sud directs The Lie, a tale that follows two parents attempt to cover up a murder their daughter has confessed to. It stars Mireille Enos (The Killing), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), and Joey King (The Conjuring). In Black Box, directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., who co-wrote the film with Stephen Herman, a single father loses both his wife and his memory in a can accident. After undergoing an experimental procedure he begins to question who he really is. Evil Eye is based on playwright Madhuri Shekar and centers on a seemingly perfect romance that turns into a nightmare. Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani directed. Writer-director Zu Quirke makes her directorial debut with Nocturne, set inside an
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“Sleepy Hollow” and “True Blood” actress Janina Gavankar (The Way Back) co-wrote and is set to star in an upcoming untitled female-driven supernatural horror, Deadline reports. The mysterious film is based on the ancient Hindu myth of the Rakshasa, a bloodthirsty demon that makes mankind its prey after it is banished from the realm of the gods and forced to live amongst humankind. Gavankar co-wrote the script with Russo Schelling who she also worked with on the 2019 17 minutes long short horror film Stucco which has already been viewed 14 million times online (Watch Below). The untitled film will be shot in India and is being executive produced by Abhi Rastogi, Matthew Francis Wilson, and Justin Deimen. 108 Media is both financing and producing the project. Hopefully, we will know more soon but in the meantime, you can catch Janina Gavankar in the Amazon Studios/Film 4 sci-fi thriller Invasion, directed by BAFTS-winning director Michael Pearce, in which she plays
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“Game of Thrones” actress Maisie Williams stars in co-writer-director Julius Berg‘s (The Forest) horror-thriller The Owners, out this October. In The Owners, set in the 1990s, a group of friends thinks they have found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined. Williams stars alongside Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, and Rita Tushingham. Berg co-wrote the script with Matthieu Gompel. The film is based on the comic by Yves H. and artist Herrmann. During our interview with Sylvester McCoy, he described the film as “A sweet love story of horror and Mayhem.” The Owners, which we described as “everything a horror film should be,” in our 5/5 review,
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Writer-director Erick Lorine is soon serving up his retro holiday horror film The Last Thanksgiving and day we’ve got the tasty trailer for you to sink your teeth into. In the film, a family of brutal cannibalistic pilgrims attacks a restaurant that has made the mistake of remaining open on Thanksgiving. Scream Queen Linnea Quigley stars along with Madelin Marchant, Michael Vitovich, Robert Richards Jr., Alex Michell, and Samantha Ferrand, as well as others. The film is set to make its premiere at the all-virtual Salem Horror Fest. You can get your tickets here. Here’s a taste of the horrors The Last Thanksgiving has cooked up.
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With Halloween quickly approaching, Hulu is getting ready to give genre fans a real treat, the premiere of the highly-anticipated horror anthology series “Monsterland.” Created and executed produced by Mary Laws, based on Nathan Ballingrud’s short story collection “North American Lake Monsters“, the gore-filled 8-episode series is set in different cities across America, featuring tales of mermaids, vampires, angels, and wild beasts as well as people struggling to get their lives back on track. The cast includes Kelly Marie Tran (The Last Jedi), Jonathan Tucker (“Hannibal”, Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Taylor Schilling (The Prodigy), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), and Mike Colter (“Evil”). Head to Hulu on October 2, 2020, for the premiere of “Monsterland!”
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Dystopian Films, the production company behind Amazon’s “Age of the Living Dead” and the upcoming film The Nights Before Christmas, has launched its largest and most ambitious project to date, a trilogy of horror anthologies titled The United States of Horror. Funded by an Indiegogo campaign, the production will feature 50 short horror films, one from every state in the US. Perks include everything from pre-order copies to executive producer credits. It also provides a way for you to get in touch with producers include Simon Phillips, Paul Tanter, and Ken Bressers if you are interested in directing a segment. Promoting the production Simon Phillips said “This is a personal passion project for Paul, Ken and I – we all love the horror genre so much and the horror community is like no other! I want to ensure that the trilogy we make this fall is something bigger than the sum of its parts, and we look forward to scaring
Continue reading →
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Netflix has a great track record with its originals these days (bar Cuties), so when I saw first saw the trailer for their thriller The Devil All the Time I was excited, however, neither the trailer nor the plot description prepared me for the true darkness of this film. First, the cast. With stars like Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård, Robert Pattinson, Haley Bennett, and Jason Clarke, the film could have been one of those obnoxious movies that simply rely on star power, but that’s not the case. These stars come together to create a truly fantastic story whose events and characters are all connected to Tom Holland’s character Arvin Russell’s life story. But don’t get me wrong, we don’t just see glimpses of the other characters, we are put into their lives, dreams, and the hardships they endure. Every actor puts their heart and soul into their roles and it shows, each was amazing. Bill Skarsgård exudes the trauma, heartbreak,
Continue reading →
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Director John Hymas’ thriller Alone is an intense tale of one woman’s fight to survive as a serial killer hunts her down. When Jessica (Jules Willcox) backs up her belongings and heads off to start a new life in a new town she has no idea of the horrors she is about to face. A serial killer has set his sights on her and will stop at nothing to get her. Warning: Spoilers Ahead Jessica is a complicated character. She’s still coping with the loss of her husband and her family’s opinion that she’s making a mistake leaving town to start over. When Jessica stops at a gas station she meets a stranger (Marc Menchaca) who asks a few to many questions like where is she going, where is she from, if she’s traveling alone. Of course, this automatically raises red flags. Every time she stops he pops up and it doesn’t take long for her to realize that she’s
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This month, NOLA Horror Film Fest celebrates its 10th year with a real-time virtual online festival chock-full of fear-fare delights. The superb new occult feature The Reckoning from director Neil Marshall, the mind-blowing sophomore feature Sister Tempest from director Joe Badon of The God Inside My Ear fame, and U.K. supernatural outing The Unfamilar are just a few of the outstanding feature-length and short films on tap for the festival. Following is the official press release from NOLA Horror Film Fest. In its tenth year, NOLA Horror Film Fest will be a virtual online festival experience hosted live in real time when presented Central Standard Time on September 25-27, 2020. This year’s official selections include 54 films and 50 screenplay finalists from all over the world, chosen from 865 national and international submissions exclusively through FilmFreeway. Through three days of the best horror & sci-fi programs (Features & Film Shorts Screenings and Zoom Panel Discussions) the NOLA Horror Film Fest
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Marco Television Studios is currently developing a new vampire series for HBO. Titled “Thirst,” this series is described as a “hip hop vampire drama,” by Variety. Scripted by Leah Benavides Rodriguez and Carlito Rodriguez, “The series tells the story of a brilliant but cocky Atlanta rapper who thinks he’s found his way to stardom when he links up with hip-hop’s hottest group. But he has no idea they are hiding a terrifying secret: They are a family of vampires with roots going back centuries.” Music has been integral to both our lives and ‘Thirst’ is the perfect opportunity to blend genres, while exploring the intersection of fame, culture, and what it means to be American,” Benavides Rodriguez and Rodriguez said in a statement. “We’re excited to bring it to life with Macro Television Studios and the rest of our dope team, and thrilled it has found its home at HBO.” The concept for the upcoming series was created by Kevin
Continue reading →
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Blumhouse has teamed with Amazon Studios to unleash the four of eight films this October as the first half of the “Welcome to the Blumhouse” collection. And we’ve got all four trailers here in one place for you to check out. The Killing‘s Veena Sud directs The Lie, a tale that follows two parents attempt to cover up a murder their daughter has confessed to. It stars Mireille Enos (The Killing), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), and Joey King (The Conjuring). In Black Box, directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr., who co-wrote the film with Stephen Herman, a single father loses both his wife and his memory in a can accident. After undergoing an experimental procedure he begins to question who he really is. Evil Eye is based on playwright Madhuri Shekar and centers on a seemingly perfect romance that turns into a nightmare. Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani directed. Writer-director Zu Quirke makes her directorial debut with Nocturne, set inside an
Continue reading →
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“Sleepy Hollow” and “True Blood” actress Janina Gavankar (The Way Back) co-wrote and is set to star in an upcoming untitled female-driven supernatural horror, Deadline reports. The mysterious film is based on the ancient Hindu myth of the Rakshasa, a bloodthirsty demon that makes mankind its prey after it is banished from the realm of the gods and forced to live amongst humankind. Gavankar co-wrote the script with Russo Schelling who she also worked with on the 2019 17 minutes long short horror film Stucco which has already been viewed 14 million times online (Watch Below). The untitled film will be shot in India and is being executive produced by Abhi Rastogi, Matthew Francis Wilson, and Justin Deimen. 108 Media is both financing and producing the project. Hopefully, we will know more soon but in the meantime, you can catch Janina Gavankar in the Amazon Studios/Film 4 sci-fi thriller Invasion, directed by BAFTS-winning director Michael Pearce, in which she plays
Continue reading →
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“Game of Thrones” actress Maisie Williams stars in co-writer-director Julius Berg‘s (The Forest) horror-thriller The Owners, out this October. In The Owners, set in the 1990s, a group of friends thinks they have found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined. Williams stars alongside Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, and Rita Tushingham. Berg co-wrote the script with Matthieu Gompel. The film is based on the comic by Yves H. and artist Herrmann. During our interview with Sylvester McCoy, he described the film as “A sweet love story of horror and Mayhem.” The Owners, which we described as “everything a horror film should be,” in our 5/5 review,
Continue reading →
Holiday HorrorMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers
Writer-director Erick Lorine is soon serving up his retro holiday horror film The Last Thanksgiving and day we’ve got the tasty trailer for you to sink your teeth into. In the film, a family of brutal cannibalistic pilgrims attacks a restaurant that has made the mistake of remaining open on Thanksgiving. Scream Queen Linnea Quigley stars along with Madelin Marchant, Michael Vitovich, Robert Richards Jr., Alex Michell, and Samantha Ferrand, as well as others. The film is set to make its premiere at the all-virtual Salem Horror Fest. You can get your tickets here. Here’s a taste of the horrors The Last Thanksgiving has cooked up.
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