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IFC Midnight Snags Coming-Of-Age Thriller ‘Knives And Skin’

News has come that IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Jennifer Reeder’s visionary coming-of-age thriller Knives and Skin, which will screen next at Fantastic Fest. The film follows the “investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in a stylized version of a rural Midwest town that hovers just above reality, led by an inexperienced local sheriff. Unusual coping techniques develop among the traumatized small-town residents with each new secret revealed. The ripple of fear and suspicion destroys some relationships and strengthens others. The backdrop of trauma colors quintessential rituals—classrooms, dances, courtship, football games—in which the teenagers experience an accelerated loss of innocence while their parents are forced to confront adulthood failures. This mystical teen noir presents coming of age as a lifelong process and examines the profound impact of grief.” Starring Kate Arrington (The Irishman, Hello I Must Be Going), Tony Fitzpatrick (Married to the Mob, Philadelphia), Tim Hopper (School of Rock, Vanilla Sky), Raven Whitley (Red Line), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
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Fantasy Horror ‘KOKO-DI KOKO-DA’ Coming This November

Dark Star Pictures has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA and plan to release the film in theaters this November. Critically acclaimed fantasy horror film KOKO-DI KOKO-DA comes from writer-director Johannes Nyholm, who helmed genre festival hit The Giant. Elin (Katarina Jakobson) and Tobias (Leif Edlund) are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
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Elizabeth Blake-Thomas’ ‘Unseen’ Explores True Horrors Of Human Trafficking (Trailer)

Ahead of its world premiere this September, the trailer has arrived for Elizabeth Blake-Thomas‘ dark short film Unseen, which puts the horror of human trafficking in the spotlight. Thomas felt compelled to make a film about child trafficking and fake social media modeling contests with promises of fame and fortune to teenagers around the world with “fame lures,” after hearing the story of a girl from Utah who was abducted and trafficked for five years before she escaped and returned to her family. The film stars Rhyon Nicole Brown (Fox’s Empire) and Isabella Blake-Thomas (Disney’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals, role in ABCs Once Upon a Time) as best friends who come across what seems to be a modeling contest on social media. It is not. The film also stars Yolanda Wood (Extinct), Rebecca Da Costa (The Bag Man), and Hillary Barraford (The United States of Tara). “In Unseen, a teenage girl’s innocent social media mistake has dire consequences.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 25, 2019
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Movie Review: Brightburn

If you are like me, you’ve been eagerly awaiting James Gunn’s genre-crossing antihero movie Brightburn. I snagged my copy yesterday, and let me tell you, it lives up to the hype. Holy hell, this movie was good, I mean, like make your jaw drop good. It’s dark, gritty and just f*cking fantastic all the way around. And the gore, Jesus, it was stomach-turning. That eye scene was so incredibly well shot! But don’t get me wrong, it’s not all about the blood and gore it’s about the family. And it will make your run a gambit of emotions from pity, sadness, shock, and heartbreak before it goes nuclear and turns disturbing and downright scary. By the end of the movie, you will be begging for more (hint, hint James Gunn, we want a sequel). At the heart of this film is a family, played by David Denman and Elizabeth Banks. Banks, whose determination to love and support her son no

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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“The Purge” Returns This October With Its Second Season

USA is gearing for the season two premiere of the hit series “The Purge” this October and we couldn’t be more excited! Based on the hit movie franchise, “The Purge” revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Season 2 explores how a single Purge night affects the lives of four interconnected characters over the course of the ensuing year, all inevitably leading up to the next Purge. From Blumhouse Television and UCP, the second season of the anthology series opens on Purge night but dives deeper than ever before into what the Purge world looks like the other 364 days of the year for the first time. Season 2 is executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, who executive produces along with his partner for Man in a Tree, Sébastien K. Lemercier; Krystal Houghton Ziv, James Roland, Tim Andrew, and Jason Blum. Additionally, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, from the film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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‘Minutes To Midnight’ Writer Is Back With Survival Horror ‘Restricted Area’

The first art is here for survival horror Restricted Area from Minutes to Midnight‘s (review) Christopher M. Don who both wrote and directed the film. Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgment), Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), and Shawn C. Phillips star alongside Robert Don, Paige Lindsay Betts, Emily Gardt, Ross Britz, and West Murphy. Restricted Area follows four blue-collar friends, recently laid off from the steel mill, take one last camping trip into the wilderness when they discover a backwoods cult with a cataclysmic agenda and must fight to stay alive. Featuring an original score from Michael Levinson and bands Agent 51 and The Megas, Restricted Area will land on VOD this October via ITN Distribution. The trailer is set to be released soon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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A Life-Saving Transplant Leads To Terror In ‘What Death Leaves Behind’

Acclaimed film What Death Leaves Behind, described as a“Hitchcockian Journey,” is receiving a theatrical release across North America this September and October via Artist Rights Distribution. Directed by Scott A. Hamilton, and scripted by Hamilton, Chad Morton, Nico Giampietro, and Rachel K. Ofori, What Death Leaves Behind centers on a man who, after a kidney transplant, experiences reoccurring nightmares he believes to be visions of his donor’s violent murder, sending him on a dark path of vengeance, leading to an unbearable truth. Christopher Mann, Vincent Young, Erin O’Brien, Johnny Alonso, Alexandra Tydings, Shaira Barton, Amanda Diaz, Kelly Dowdle, and Khalil McMillan star in a Scott A.Hamilton film. What Death Leaves Behind, from Artist Rights Distribution and Smash Entertainment, opens in theaters nationwide this fall. Following the premiere in Los Angeles on September 11th, the multi-award winner will open in other markets including Ohio, San Diego, New York, Tennessee, Florida, DC, and Philadelphia. You can find participating theaters and screening dates

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Is Swimming Our Way

While it’s still early in the development phase, production Weekly is reporting that a new sequel for the Deep Blue Sea franchise is swimming our way, this time from Netflix. Unfortunately, no other details have been revealed. The franchise made a splash back in 1999 with the Renny Harlin-directed feature starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, L.L. Cool J, and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie centered on a group of scientists at an isolated research facility where they have been creating intelligent sharks. Last year Warner Bros. unleashed a sequel about scientists experimenting on bull sharks, of course, the sharks get out causing death and destruction. Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, and Michael Beach starred.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Oscar Winner Hilary Swank Stars In Deon Taylor’s Thriller ‘Fatale’

From Deon Taylor, the director behind The Intruder comes Fatale, which has now been acquired Lionsgate, Deadline reports. “Fatale centers on a married man who finds himself living a nightmare as he is relentlessly compromised, out-witted and morally manipulated by a mysterious woman with whom he had a wild one night stand. How far will he go to save his marriage from his mistake?” Written and produced by David Loughery (The Intruder, Lakeview Terrace, Obsessed) this thriller stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank along with Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, and Tyrin Turner. Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group partnered with Roxanne Taylor to produce and is executive produced by partner Robert F. Smith.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019

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IFC Midnight Snags Coming-Of-Age Thriller ‘Knives And Skin’

News has come that IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Jennifer Reeder’s visionary coming-of-age thriller Knives and Skin, which will screen next at Fantastic Fest. The film follows the “investigation of a young girl’s disappearance in a stylized version of a rural Midwest town that hovers just above reality, led by an inexperienced local sheriff. Unusual coping techniques develop among the traumatized small-town residents with each new secret revealed. The ripple of fear and suspicion destroys some relationships and strengthens others. The backdrop of trauma colors quintessential rituals—classrooms, dances, courtship, football games—in which the teenagers experience an accelerated loss of innocence while their parents are forced to confront adulthood failures. This mystical teen noir presents coming of age as a lifelong process and examines the profound impact of grief.” Starring Kate Arrington (The Irishman, Hello I Must Be Going), Tony Fitzpatrick (Married to the Mob, Philadelphia), Tim Hopper (School of Rock, Vanilla Sky), Raven Whitley (Red Line), and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
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Fantasy Horror ‘KOKO-DI KOKO-DA’ Coming This November

Dark Star Pictures has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA and plan to release the film in theaters this November. Critically acclaimed fantasy horror film KOKO-DI KOKO-DA comes from writer-director Johannes Nyholm, who helmed genre festival hit The Giant. Elin (Katarina Jakobson) and Tobias (Leif Edlund) are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
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Elizabeth Blake-Thomas’ ‘Unseen’ Explores True Horrors Of Human Trafficking (Trailer)

Ahead of its world premiere this September, the trailer has arrived for Elizabeth Blake-Thomas‘ dark short film Unseen, which puts the horror of human trafficking in the spotlight. Thomas felt compelled to make a film about child trafficking and fake social media modeling contests with promises of fame and fortune to teenagers around the world with “fame lures,” after hearing the story of a girl from Utah who was abducted and trafficked for five years before she escaped and returned to her family. The film stars Rhyon Nicole Brown (Fox’s Empire) and Isabella Blake-Thomas (Disney’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals, role in ABCs Once Upon a Time) as best friends who come across what seems to be a modeling contest on social media. It is not. The film also stars Yolanda Wood (Extinct), Rebecca Da Costa (The Bag Man), and Hillary Barraford (The United States of Tara). “In Unseen, a teenage girl’s innocent social media mistake has dire consequences.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 25, 2019
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Movie Review: Brightburn

If you are like me, you’ve been eagerly awaiting James Gunn’s genre-crossing antihero movie Brightburn. I snagged my copy yesterday, and let me tell you, it lives up to the hype. Holy hell, this movie was good, I mean, like make your jaw drop good. It’s dark, gritty and just f*cking fantastic all the way around. And the gore, Jesus, it was stomach-turning. That eye scene was so incredibly well shot! But don’t get me wrong, it’s not all about the blood and gore it’s about the family. And it will make your run a gambit of emotions from pity, sadness, shock, and heartbreak before it goes nuclear and turns disturbing and downright scary. By the end of the movie, you will be begging for more (hint, hint James Gunn, we want a sequel). At the heart of this film is a family, played by David Denman and Elizabeth Banks. Banks, whose determination to love and support her son no

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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“The Purge” Returns This October With Its Second Season

USA is gearing for the season two premiere of the hit series “The Purge” this October and we couldn’t be more excited! Based on the hit movie franchise, “The Purge” revolves around a 12-hour period when all crime, including murder, is legal. Season 2 explores how a single Purge night affects the lives of four interconnected characters over the course of the ensuing year, all inevitably leading up to the next Purge. From Blumhouse Television and UCP, the second season of the anthology series opens on Purge night but dives deeper than ever before into what the Purge world looks like the other 364 days of the year for the first time. Season 2 is executive produced by the film franchise creator James DeMonaco, who executive produces along with his partner for Man in a Tree, Sébastien K. Lemercier; Krystal Houghton Ziv, James Roland, Tim Andrew, and Jason Blum. Additionally, Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Andrew Form, from the film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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‘Minutes To Midnight’ Writer Is Back With Survival Horror ‘Restricted Area’

The first art is here for survival horror Restricted Area from Minutes to Midnight‘s (review) Christopher M. Don who both wrote and directed the film. Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgment), Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), and Shawn C. Phillips star alongside Robert Don, Paige Lindsay Betts, Emily Gardt, Ross Britz, and West Murphy. Restricted Area follows four blue-collar friends, recently laid off from the steel mill, take one last camping trip into the wilderness when they discover a backwoods cult with a cataclysmic agenda and must fight to stay alive. Featuring an original score from Michael Levinson and bands Agent 51 and The Megas, Restricted Area will land on VOD this October via ITN Distribution. The trailer is set to be released soon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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A Life-Saving Transplant Leads To Terror In ‘What Death Leaves Behind’

Acclaimed film What Death Leaves Behind, described as a“Hitchcockian Journey,” is receiving a theatrical release across North America this September and October via Artist Rights Distribution. Directed by Scott A. Hamilton, and scripted by Hamilton, Chad Morton, Nico Giampietro, and Rachel K. Ofori, What Death Leaves Behind centers on a man who, after a kidney transplant, experiences reoccurring nightmares he believes to be visions of his donor’s violent murder, sending him on a dark path of vengeance, leading to an unbearable truth. Christopher Mann, Vincent Young, Erin O’Brien, Johnny Alonso, Alexandra Tydings, Shaira Barton, Amanda Diaz, Kelly Dowdle, and Khalil McMillan star in a Scott A.Hamilton film. What Death Leaves Behind, from Artist Rights Distribution and Smash Entertainment, opens in theaters nationwide this fall. Following the premiere in Los Angeles on September 11th, the multi-award winner will open in other markets including Ohio, San Diego, New York, Tennessee, Florida, DC, and Philadelphia. You can find participating theaters and screening dates

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 24, 2019
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‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Is Swimming Our Way

While it’s still early in the development phase, production Weekly is reporting that a new sequel for the Deep Blue Sea franchise is swimming our way, this time from Netflix. Unfortunately, no other details have been revealed. The franchise made a splash back in 1999 with the Renny Harlin-directed feature starring Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, L.L. Cool J, and Samuel L. Jackson. The movie centered on a group of scientists at an isolated research facility where they have been creating intelligent sharks. Last year Warner Bros. unleashed a sequel about scientists experimenting on bull sharks, of course, the sharks get out causing death and destruction. Danielle Savre, Rob Mayes, and Michael Beach starred.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Oscar Winner Hilary Swank Stars In Deon Taylor’s Thriller ‘Fatale’

From Deon Taylor, the director behind The Intruder comes Fatale, which has now been acquired Lionsgate, Deadline reports. “Fatale centers on a married man who finds himself living a nightmare as he is relentlessly compromised, out-witted and morally manipulated by a mysterious woman with whom he had a wild one night stand. How far will he go to save his marriage from his mistake?” Written and produced by David Loughery (The Intruder, Lakeview Terrace, Obsessed) this thriller stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank along with Michael Ealy, Mike Colter, and Tyrin Turner. Taylor’s Hidden Empire Film Group partnered with Roxanne Taylor to produce and is executive produced by partner Robert F. Smith.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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