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This June Saban Films’ horror flick We Summon the Darkness will be unleashed on Blu-ray. From My Friend Dahmer director Marc Meyers comes this dark tale of satanic murder and mayhem. “On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be tied to a series of satanic killings. After the show, the girls invite three guys to join them at the estate owned by Alexis’s father, a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Johnny Knoxville). What starts as a party suddenly turns dark and deadly in this devilishly entertaining thriller.” Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, San Andreas), Johnny Knoxville (Bad Grandpa, Jackass), Keean Johnson (Midway), Maddie Hasson (“Impulse”), Logan Miller (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest) and Austin Swift (Live by Night) star in the film written by Alan Trezza (Burying the Ex). We Summon the Darkness, which we called “Badass and Bloody” in our review, slashes
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There is a lot of controversial music out there, but you may not know that cult leader Charle Manson had quite a musical career with his songs being covered by many big-name musicians and bands. After listening to the album “Lie: The Love and Terror Cult”, Axel Rose thought “Look at Your Game Girl” had real merit, not taking into consideration that fans might object. When it was featured on Guns N’ Roses’ 1993 album “The Spaghetti Incident?” fans and critics alike voiced their anger and concern about the band covering the song knowing Manson was behind it and that he might profit from sales. To appease critics and fans, the studio left the song’s listing off of all new printings but the song remains on “The Spaghetti Incident?”. Manson’s share of the royalties are assigned to Bartek Frykowsk, son of Manson’s victim Voytek Frykowski who was murdered alongside his friend Sharon Tate on August 9, 1969. This isn’t the
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Take a look at the trailer for the documentary Kubrick by Kubrick which takes us into the mind of legendary filmmaker Stanely Kubrick. The film features rare insight into his films with interviews he conducted with the veteran French film critic Michel Ciment, who had a 30-year relationship with the filmmaker and interviewed him at length on four occasions, despite Kubrick famously shunning the press. This is the first time that audio has been harnessed and it will appear alongside exclusive material from the Kubrick family, Deadline reports. Kubrick’s legendary career includes films such as The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and A Clockwork Orange Grégory Monro directed the project produced by Martin Laurent and Jeremy Zelnik. Maciej Kubicki and Anna Kępińska served co-producers. The documentary was meant to premiere at the Tribeca film festival which was canceled due to the pandemic.
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This June Monsterflix Awards will have genre fans screaming in terror with the first-ever online terror film festival which will be available all over the world. The international festival set up by filmmakers for film-makers in the hope of giving them the platform they deserve. The Monsterflix team wants to see the very best horror, thriller and science-fiction projects out there. With special guest judges that include big names in sales and distribution each project will be viewed by some of the most respectable names in the industry. Teaming up with Film-Freeway, Click for Festivals, Fest home and MoviBeta Festival we are making sure film-makers feel secure and of course find it easy to submit. As well as the obvious selections in features, short, student shorts we have the 60 second horror challenge so we hope some of the talented film-makers will grab their camera, phone and shoot something special and send it our way. June 27th and 28th fans
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Hot off the heels of his role in Color Out of Space Nicolas Cage will next star in the animatronic horror Wally’s Wonderland from director Kevin Lewis (The Drop). Today, we’ve got the first behind-the-scenes look! Actress Emily Tosta (“Party of Five”, “Mayans M.C.”). Tosta’s character Liv joins Cage’s character “The Janitor”, in a bid to survive a hellish night trapped inside an abandoned family entertainment center populated by possessed animatronics. Rounding out the cast are Beth Grant (No Country for Old Men), Ric Reitz (The Resident), and Chris Warner (Machete). G.O. Parsons wrote the script, which was featured on the Blood List.
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Some of the biggest names in the horror genre are gathering for the zombie film 16 States. Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez is helming the project with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT, The Ring) producing the film penned by “This Is Us” writing duo John Requa (They’re Watching) and Glenn Ficarra (Jungle Cruise), Deadline reports. The pandemic based film centers on a mother trying to reach her family in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment is also producing along with Zaftig Films’ Requa, Ficarra and Charlie Gogolak, and Bad Hombre’s Alvarez, Rodolfo Sayagues and Shintaro Shimosawa. Lionsgate, who brought us Saw and many other great horror films, has acquired 16 States.
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Alex Williams, the godson to Hilary Heath, confirmed via Facebook that the former film actress turned film producer and one of the founders of Duncan Heath Associates, passed away last week from complications caused by Coronavirus, she was 74. Heath stared opposite Vincent Price in multiple horror films through American International Pictures as well as other films before retiring from acting and becoming a film producer. In 1973 She co-founded Duncan Heath Associates with her then-husband Duncan Heath who is now co-chairman of Independent Talent Group after the agency was sold in the 1980’s. Heath’s acting career began in 1965 where she was billed by her maiden name Hilary Dwyer where she appeared in seven films her last being Cry of the Banshee in 1970.
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The filmmaking team behind the Sundance hit The Night House are teaming up again for the “re-imagining” of the 1980s horror classic Hellraiser. David Bruckner will be directing from the script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, for Spyglass. The 1987 original Hellraiser was written and directed by Clive Barker based on his own novella, The Hellbound Heart. The original introduced us to the puzzle box that opens a gateway to a horrific world as well as unleashes the terrifying beings known as the Cenobites, led by Pinhead.
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Almost exactly a year ago we reported that James Wan would be producing a new take on Stephen King’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot. We informed you back then that Gary Dauberman (IT, Annabelle Comes Home) would be penning the script. Now, news has come (via THR) that Dauberman will also be in the director’s chair. Published in 1975, Salem’s Lot centers on a writer who returns to his childhood home, the town of Jerusalem’s Lot where he discovers there’s a vampire plaguing the town. Dauberman had this to say last year: I did have a unique way into it but again, I think the book in itself is unique,” Dauberman told Slash Films. “I haven’t seen a scary vampire movie in a long, long time and I’d really love to tackle that. It’s one of my favorite books. It’s one of my favorite Stephen King books. We felt it should have the cinematic treatment that we gave IT; IT was
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Less than a year ago we reported about the coulrophobia inducing flick Clown Motel, which was a hit among horror fans. Now, the sequel Clown Motel: 2 Death Do Us Part has kicked off its Kickstarter campaign. With just 10 days left of the campaign and 75% funded, award-winning Director Joseph Kelly (Clown Motel, Bloody Island, Community Service) needs your help to make the campaign a success. Genre icons from some of the biggest horror films ever made are set to star in the movie, including Ari Lehman from Friday the 13th, Tony Moran, the first Michael Myers, Eileen Dietz of The Exorcist, and Ezra Buzzington of The Hills Have Eyes franchise, along with many others. Clown Motel: 2 Death Do Us Part “picks up six months after the events of Clown Motel, with the search for Brooke (Elinor Price) in full swing when Brooke’s fiance Sergeant Kelly (Joseph Kelly) gets new Intel on her possible whereabouts. Gathering a group
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This June Saban Films’ horror flick We Summon the Darkness will be unleashed on Blu-ray. From My Friend Dahmer director Marc Meyers comes this dark tale of satanic murder and mayhem. “On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be tied to a series of satanic killings. After the show, the girls invite three guys to join them at the estate owned by Alexis’s father, a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Johnny Knoxville). What starts as a party suddenly turns dark and deadly in this devilishly entertaining thriller.” Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, San Andreas), Johnny Knoxville (Bad Grandpa, Jackass), Keean Johnson (Midway), Maddie Hasson (“Impulse”), Logan Miller (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest) and Austin Swift (Live by Night) star in the film written by Alan Trezza (Burying the Ex). We Summon the Darkness, which we called “Badass and Bloody” in our review, slashes
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There is a lot of controversial music out there, but you may not know that cult leader Charle Manson had quite a musical career with his songs being covered by many big-name musicians and bands. After listening to the album “Lie: The Love and Terror Cult”, Axel Rose thought “Look at Your Game Girl” had real merit, not taking into consideration that fans might object. When it was featured on Guns N’ Roses’ 1993 album “The Spaghetti Incident?” fans and critics alike voiced their anger and concern about the band covering the song knowing Manson was behind it and that he might profit from sales. To appease critics and fans, the studio left the song’s listing off of all new printings but the song remains on “The Spaghetti Incident?”. Manson’s share of the royalties are assigned to Bartek Frykowsk, son of Manson’s victim Voytek Frykowski who was murdered alongside his friend Sharon Tate on August 9, 1969. This isn’t the
Continue reading →
DocumentariesMoviesNewsTrailers
Take a look at the trailer for the documentary Kubrick by Kubrick which takes us into the mind of legendary filmmaker Stanely Kubrick. The film features rare insight into his films with interviews he conducted with the veteran French film critic Michel Ciment, who had a 30-year relationship with the filmmaker and interviewed him at length on four occasions, despite Kubrick famously shunning the press. This is the first time that audio has been harnessed and it will appear alongside exclusive material from the Kubrick family, Deadline reports. Kubrick’s legendary career includes films such as The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, and A Clockwork Orange Grégory Monro directed the project produced by Martin Laurent and Jeremy Zelnik. Maciej Kubicki and Anna Kępińska served co-producers. The documentary was meant to premiere at the Tribeca film festival which was canceled due to the pandemic.
Continue reading →
Film FestivalsIndieMoviesNews
This June Monsterflix Awards will have genre fans screaming in terror with the first-ever online terror film festival which will be available all over the world. The international festival set up by filmmakers for film-makers in the hope of giving them the platform they deserve. The Monsterflix team wants to see the very best horror, thriller and science-fiction projects out there. With special guest judges that include big names in sales and distribution each project will be viewed by some of the most respectable names in the industry. Teaming up with Film-Freeway, Click for Festivals, Fest home and MoviBeta Festival we are making sure film-makers feel secure and of course find it easy to submit. As well as the obvious selections in features, short, student shorts we have the 60 second horror challenge so we hope some of the talented film-makers will grab their camera, phone and shoot something special and send it our way. June 27th and 28th fans
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
Hot off the heels of his role in Color Out of Space Nicolas Cage will next star in the animatronic horror Wally’s Wonderland from director Kevin Lewis (The Drop). Today, we’ve got the first behind-the-scenes look! Actress Emily Tosta (“Party of Five”, “Mayans M.C.”). Tosta’s character Liv joins Cage’s character “The Janitor”, in a bid to survive a hellish night trapped inside an abandoned family entertainment center populated by possessed animatronics. Rounding out the cast are Beth Grant (No Country for Old Men), Ric Reitz (The Resident), and Chris Warner (Machete). G.O. Parsons wrote the script, which was featured on the Blood List.
Continue reading →
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Some of the biggest names in the horror genre are gathering for the zombie film 16 States. Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead director Fede Alvarez is helming the project with Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT, The Ring) producing the film penned by “This Is Us” writing duo John Requa (They’re Watching) and Glenn Ficarra (Jungle Cruise), Deadline reports. The pandemic based film centers on a mother trying to reach her family in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment is also producing along with Zaftig Films’ Requa, Ficarra and Charlie Gogolak, and Bad Hombre’s Alvarez, Rodolfo Sayagues and Shintaro Shimosawa. Lionsgate, who brought us Saw and many other great horror films, has acquired 16 States.
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Alex Williams, the godson to Hilary Heath, confirmed via Facebook that the former film actress turned film producer and one of the founders of Duncan Heath Associates, passed away last week from complications caused by Coronavirus, she was 74. Heath stared opposite Vincent Price in multiple horror films through American International Pictures as well as other films before retiring from acting and becoming a film producer. In 1973 She co-founded Duncan Heath Associates with her then-husband Duncan Heath who is now co-chairman of Independent Talent Group after the agency was sold in the 1980’s. Heath’s acting career began in 1965 where she was billed by her maiden name Hilary Dwyer where she appeared in seven films her last being Cry of the Banshee in 1970.
Continue reading →
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The filmmaking team behind the Sundance hit The Night House are teaming up again for the “re-imagining” of the 1980s horror classic Hellraiser. David Bruckner will be directing from the script written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, for Spyglass. The 1987 original Hellraiser was written and directed by Clive Barker based on his own novella, The Hellbound Heart. The original introduced us to the puzzle box that opens a gateway to a horrific world as well as unleashes the terrifying beings known as the Cenobites, led by Pinhead.
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
Almost exactly a year ago we reported that James Wan would be producing a new take on Stephen King’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot. We informed you back then that Gary Dauberman (IT, Annabelle Comes Home) would be penning the script. Now, news has come (via THR) that Dauberman will also be in the director’s chair. Published in 1975, Salem’s Lot centers on a writer who returns to his childhood home, the town of Jerusalem’s Lot where he discovers there’s a vampire plaguing the town. Dauberman had this to say last year: I did have a unique way into it but again, I think the book in itself is unique,” Dauberman told Slash Films. “I haven’t seen a scary vampire movie in a long, long time and I’d really love to tackle that. It’s one of my favorite books. It’s one of my favorite Stephen King books. We felt it should have the cinematic treatment that we gave IT; IT was
Continue reading →
MoviesNewsTrailers
Less than a year ago we reported about the coulrophobia inducing flick Clown Motel, which was a hit among horror fans. Now, the sequel Clown Motel: 2 Death Do Us Part has kicked off its Kickstarter campaign. With just 10 days left of the campaign and 75% funded, award-winning Director Joseph Kelly (Clown Motel, Bloody Island, Community Service) needs your help to make the campaign a success. Genre icons from some of the biggest horror films ever made are set to star in the movie, including Ari Lehman from Friday the 13th, Tony Moran, the first Michael Myers, Eileen Dietz of The Exorcist, and Ezra Buzzington of The Hills Have Eyes franchise, along with many others. Clown Motel: 2 Death Do Us Part “picks up six months after the events of Clown Motel, with the search for Brooke (Elinor Price) in full swing when Brooke’s fiance Sergeant Kelly (Joseph Kelly) gets new Intel on her possible whereabouts. Gathering a group
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