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Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural has just released the trailer for the Shudder Original Deadstream ahead of the film’s debut this October. The film marks the feature directorial debut of husband-and-wife filmmaking couple Vanessa and Joseph Winter, who also share writing co-credits. It premiered earlier this year at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in the Midnight section to wild acclaim from audiences and critics (review). Joseph Winter also stars in the film alongside Melanie Stone and Jason K. Wixom. Deadstream follows a disgraced internet personality who attempts to win back his followers by live-streaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life. The horror comedy is as frightening as it is funny. The work of the filmmaking duo can next be seen in a segment from Shudder’s hotly-anticipated V/H/S/99, the latest installment in the
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Take the elements of a found-footage horror movie and add in the fact that the film is a documentary, and you have the intriguing feature Wedding 93. In fine Fortean style, director Paul Zagaris’ documentary leaves the interpretation of the proceedings up to individual viewers. Using film footage recently obtained by Zagaris from sources who wish to remain anonymous, Wedding 93 shows how a traditional rural wedding in 1993 Cambodia takes a disastrous turn. Bol, a well-off farmer, is set for an arranged marriage with Rah, who felt forced into the arrangement by her mother. As the festivities begin, a happy Bol sits next to a stone-faced Rah. The bride-to-be begins crying, and then displays chilling behavior that leads some wedding guests to believe she is possessed by an occult entity. The proceedings were captured on two different cameras by members of the wedding party. With jump-scare shots that could have come from a narrative found footage film, the footage
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Are you intrigued by the unbelievable, the unusual, and the unexplained? If so, the International Fortean Film Festival’s 2022 edition, set for September 2 and 3 in Gloucester, U.K., should be your destination for high-strangeness cinema. From the supernatural to cryptozoology to alien life and far beyond, the fest has selected an outstanding array of narrative and documentary features and short films. I can already attest to the hypnotic draw of writer/director Alexander Roman’s New Orleans-set occult mystery Cats of the Bayou (ASMR). Following are a few of the other highlights from the festival’s official selections that I am greatly looking forward to. For more information including the full list of official selections and ticket purchasing, visit https://www.forteanfilmfestival.com/. PANTHERA BRITTANIA: Director Matt Everett’s documentary delves into the possibility of Alien Big Cats (ABCs) as the filmmaker lets experts and eyewitnesses have their say. LADY OF THE LAKE: THE SEARCH FOR CHAMP: Champ is an aquatic cryptid said to inhabit Lake
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Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a reclusive life deep within the woods in a mountain top house she shares with her mother (played by her real life mother Toby Poser… but more on all that in a bit my fiends) where the two of them get up to all manner of mother/daughter biz primarily consisting of creating some sweet-ass tunes with their two woman band, Hellbender, while glammed up in their home rehearsal space and eating pinecones, roots, and other assorted plant-based crunchy bits. Things are all art and river swimmin’ for Izzy, so life is pretty damn good except for one thing… she’s sick and cannot leave her property or interact with others. That of course goes to hell in a handbasket when Izzy learns that a girl her age lives just opposite her and it isn’t long before Izzy befriends said girl, Amber (LuLu Adams) by name, and soon that ol’ hoary chestnut “teen drinking” eventually leads our heroine
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Team 17 and Black Salt Games today announced their partnership in bringing the fishing adventure game (with a twist) DREDGE to PC and Consoles in 2023, giving you plenty of time to get a bigger boat… In DREDGE, players will step into the boots of a down-on-their-luck fisherman and explore a collection of remote isles while scouring the surrounding depths for various fish and valuable deep-sea curios. Once their trawler is full, they can sell their haul to the peculiar locals while completing quests and unraveling more about each area. They can also reinforce their vessel, skills, and knowledge to dredge deeper and reach more secluded lands. Beginning in their new home in the remote islands of ‘The Marrows’, players can investigate each inlet while completing tasks for the yesteryear locals and taking trips to neighboring regions – each with their unique fish to find, inhabitants to meet, and secrets to uncover.
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Bandai Namco has released more information about the upcoming game that will be the season finale for the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology titled The Devil In Me. Along with the new information comes a new trailer and release date! The Devil In Me introduces to the series new gameplay features designed to enhance player immersion and reward exploration. Players can now interact with the world around them by manipulating objects and running, jumping, or climbing to get to hard-to-reach areas. Also new is the inventory system which provides each character with useful tools such as a microphone, camera, and camera flash, along with other objects that can be used to save (or take) a life. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me is scheduled to release on November 18, 2022, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via STEAM.
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This October, ‘Ghostober,’ featuring more than 55 hours of must-see programming, is back! ‘Ghostober V‘ kicks off with 55 hours of new series/specials and returning shows from Travel Channel, Food Network, and discovery+. Beginning September 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in a one-hour special on Travel Channel, GHOSTOBER PREVIEW PARTY will give fans a sneak peek of upcoming “Ghostober” programming, hosted by Atlanta’s premiere ghost hunting team, the Ghost Brothers, with special appearances by “Ghost Hunters” star Jason Hawes and psychic medium Cindy Kaza. The fright-fest jumpstarts into high gear with the highly anticipated and terrifying return of the hit series “Ghost Adventures” and its all-star paranormal investigation team Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley. Then, expanding on the successful creative partnership with master of horror Eli Roth, come two fear-inducing tales of terror not for the faint of heart –”Eli Roth Presents My Possessed Pet” and “Urban Legend.” GHOST HUNTERS Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango,
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You may or may not remember 2013’s comic book adaptation R.I.P.D. starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, which was a box office flop. Well, after ten years it seems Universal Pictures is calling upon the Rest in Peace Department once again for a sequel, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned. While no announcement has been made about the sequel, it showed up on the MPA ratings bulletin this week, according to Bloody-Disgusting, and scored a “PG-13” rating due to “sequences of violence, language, disturbing images, and some crude/sexual references.” In the original movie, A recently slain cop (Reynolds) joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Chaos ensues and the the two must solve a crime to keep the tunnel of souls to the afterlife open and running the right way to prevent evil from escaping. There is no word yet Reynold or Bridges will
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Discovery+ And Travel Channel Highlights August 29th – September 11th Discovery+ and Travel Channel have a ton of thrilling and chilling headed your way and we’ve got your guide. Specials and episodes include Jack Osbourne heading to Utah with actor Jay Mewes and Jamie Kennedy to explore reports of skinwalkers and other phenomena in the all-new special Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror: UFOs. There’s also the new Shock Docs Special, The Visitors, Revisits the True Story of Author Whitley Strieber’s Terrifying Alien Encounter as He Returns to the Scene of His Abduction for the First Time in 30 Years. discovery+ PREMIERES: JACK OSBOURNE’S NIGHT OF TERROR: UFOs TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Saturday, September 3 on discovery+ Jack Osbourne brings his friends, actors Jay Mewes and Jamie Kennedy, to the edge of the unknown in search of the truth behind UFOs. Utah’s Uinta Basin has been shrouded in mysteries for centuries, with stories of otherworldly visitors dating back to ancient
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IllFonic announced today the release date for the upcoming multiplayer game that will turn you and your friends into Ghostbusters, and one friend into a Ghost causing mayhem. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed can be played with friends, or bots for solo gameplay, where three players are Ghostbusters and one friend is a ghost that’s haunting a location causing all sorts of mischief by possessing objects, scaring people, sliming the Ghostbusters, summoning minions to fight, and shift around ghost rifts to confuse the Ghostbusters of your location. Meanwhile, the Ghostbusters use P.K.E. meters to sniff out ghosts, destroy rifts they find, use particle throwers to wrangle ghosts, and traps to capture them. Explore the Firehouse, a familiar home base filled with new and recognizable characters alike, before departing on a mission with any combo of friends, random matchmaking, and/or AI bots online or offline in solo mode. Personalize your Ghostbuster’s equipment at the workbench and test out the changes with some target
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Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural has just released the trailer for the Shudder Original Deadstream ahead of the film’s debut this October. The film marks the feature directorial debut of husband-and-wife filmmaking couple Vanessa and Joseph Winter, who also share writing co-credits. It premiered earlier this year at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival in the Midnight section to wild acclaim from audiences and critics (review). Joseph Winter also stars in the film alongside Melanie Stone and Jason K. Wixom. Deadstream follows a disgraced internet personality who attempts to win back his followers by live-streaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life. The horror comedy is as frightening as it is funny. The work of the filmmaking duo can next be seen in a segment from Shudder’s hotly-anticipated V/H/S/99, the latest installment in the
Continue reading →
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Take the elements of a found-footage horror movie and add in the fact that the film is a documentary, and you have the intriguing feature Wedding 93. In fine Fortean style, director Paul Zagaris’ documentary leaves the interpretation of the proceedings up to individual viewers. Using film footage recently obtained by Zagaris from sources who wish to remain anonymous, Wedding 93 shows how a traditional rural wedding in 1993 Cambodia takes a disastrous turn. Bol, a well-off farmer, is set for an arranged marriage with Rah, who felt forced into the arrangement by her mother. As the festivities begin, a happy Bol sits next to a stone-faced Rah. The bride-to-be begins crying, and then displays chilling behavior that leads some wedding guests to believe she is possessed by an occult entity. The proceedings were captured on two different cameras by members of the wedding party. With jump-scare shots that could have come from a narrative found footage film, the footage
Continue reading →
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Are you intrigued by the unbelievable, the unusual, and the unexplained? If so, the International Fortean Film Festival’s 2022 edition, set for September 2 and 3 in Gloucester, U.K., should be your destination for high-strangeness cinema. From the supernatural to cryptozoology to alien life and far beyond, the fest has selected an outstanding array of narrative and documentary features and short films. I can already attest to the hypnotic draw of writer/director Alexander Roman’s New Orleans-set occult mystery Cats of the Bayou (ASMR). Following are a few of the other highlights from the festival’s official selections that I am greatly looking forward to. For more information including the full list of official selections and ticket purchasing, visit https://www.forteanfilmfestival.com/. PANTHERA BRITTANIA: Director Matt Everett’s documentary delves into the possibility of Alien Big Cats (ABCs) as the filmmaker lets experts and eyewitnesses have their say. LADY OF THE LAKE: THE SEARCH FOR CHAMP: Champ is an aquatic cryptid said to inhabit Lake
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesParanormalReviews
Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a reclusive life deep within the woods in a mountain top house she shares with her mother (played by her real life mother Toby Poser… but more on all that in a bit my fiends) where the two of them get up to all manner of mother/daughter biz primarily consisting of creating some sweet-ass tunes with their two woman band, Hellbender, while glammed up in their home rehearsal space and eating pinecones, roots, and other assorted plant-based crunchy bits. Things are all art and river swimmin’ for Izzy, so life is pretty damn good except for one thing… she’s sick and cannot leave her property or interact with others. That of course goes to hell in a handbasket when Izzy learns that a girl her age lives just opposite her and it isn’t long before Izzy befriends said girl, Amber (LuLu Adams) by name, and soon that ol’ hoary chestnut “teen drinking” eventually leads our heroine
Continue reading →
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Team 17 and Black Salt Games today announced their partnership in bringing the fishing adventure game (with a twist) DREDGE to PC and Consoles in 2023, giving you plenty of time to get a bigger boat… In DREDGE, players will step into the boots of a down-on-their-luck fisherman and explore a collection of remote isles while scouring the surrounding depths for various fish and valuable deep-sea curios. Once their trawler is full, they can sell their haul to the peculiar locals while completing quests and unraveling more about each area. They can also reinforce their vessel, skills, and knowledge to dredge deeper and reach more secluded lands. Beginning in their new home in the remote islands of ‘The Marrows’, players can investigate each inlet while completing tasks for the yesteryear locals and taking trips to neighboring regions – each with their unique fish to find, inhabitants to meet, and secrets to uncover.
Continue reading →
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Bandai Namco has released more information about the upcoming game that will be the season finale for the first season of The Dark Pictures Anthology titled The Devil In Me. Along with the new information comes a new trailer and release date! The Devil In Me introduces to the series new gameplay features designed to enhance player immersion and reward exploration. Players can now interact with the world around them by manipulating objects and running, jumping, or climbing to get to hard-to-reach areas. Also new is the inventory system which provides each character with useful tools such as a microphone, camera, and camera flash, along with other objects that can be used to save (or take) a life. The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me is scheduled to release on November 18, 2022, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via STEAM.
Continue reading →
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This October, ‘Ghostober,’ featuring more than 55 hours of must-see programming, is back! ‘Ghostober V‘ kicks off with 55 hours of new series/specials and returning shows from Travel Channel, Food Network, and discovery+. Beginning September 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in a one-hour special on Travel Channel, GHOSTOBER PREVIEW PARTY will give fans a sneak peek of upcoming “Ghostober” programming, hosted by Atlanta’s premiere ghost hunting team, the Ghost Brothers, with special appearances by “Ghost Hunters” star Jason Hawes and psychic medium Cindy Kaza. The fright-fest jumpstarts into high gear with the highly anticipated and terrifying return of the hit series “Ghost Adventures” and its all-star paranormal investigation team Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley. Then, expanding on the successful creative partnership with master of horror Eli Roth, come two fear-inducing tales of terror not for the faint of heart –”Eli Roth Presents My Possessed Pet” and “Urban Legend.” GHOST HUNTERS Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango,
Continue reading →
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You may or may not remember 2013’s comic book adaptation R.I.P.D. starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, which was a box office flop. Well, after ten years it seems Universal Pictures is calling upon the Rest in Peace Department once again for a sequel, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned. While no announcement has been made about the sequel, it showed up on the MPA ratings bulletin this week, according to Bloody-Disgusting, and scored a “PG-13” rating due to “sequences of violence, language, disturbing images, and some crude/sexual references.” In the original movie, A recently slain cop (Reynolds) joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Chaos ensues and the the two must solve a crime to keep the tunnel of souls to the afterlife open and running the right way to prevent evil from escaping. There is no word yet Reynold or Bridges will
Continue reading →
NewsParanormalStreaming TVTrailersTravel Channel
Discovery+ And Travel Channel Highlights August 29th – September 11th Discovery+ and Travel Channel have a ton of thrilling and chilling headed your way and we’ve got your guide. Specials and episodes include Jack Osbourne heading to Utah with actor Jay Mewes and Jamie Kennedy to explore reports of skinwalkers and other phenomena in the all-new special Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror: UFOs. There’s also the new Shock Docs Special, The Visitors, Revisits the True Story of Author Whitley Strieber’s Terrifying Alien Encounter as He Returns to the Scene of His Abduction for the First Time in 30 Years. discovery+ PREMIERES: JACK OSBOURNE’S NIGHT OF TERROR: UFOs TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Saturday, September 3 on discovery+ Jack Osbourne brings his friends, actors Jay Mewes and Jamie Kennedy, to the edge of the unknown in search of the truth behind UFOs. Utah’s Uinta Basin has been shrouded in mysteries for centuries, with stories of otherworldly visitors dating back to ancient
Continue reading →
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IllFonic announced today the release date for the upcoming multiplayer game that will turn you and your friends into Ghostbusters, and one friend into a Ghost causing mayhem. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed can be played with friends, or bots for solo gameplay, where three players are Ghostbusters and one friend is a ghost that’s haunting a location causing all sorts of mischief by possessing objects, scaring people, sliming the Ghostbusters, summoning minions to fight, and shift around ghost rifts to confuse the Ghostbusters of your location. Meanwhile, the Ghostbusters use P.K.E. meters to sniff out ghosts, destroy rifts they find, use particle throwers to wrangle ghosts, and traps to capture them. Explore the Firehouse, a familiar home base filled with new and recognizable characters alike, before departing on a mission with any combo of friends, random matchmaking, and/or AI bots online or offline in solo mode. Personalize your Ghostbuster’s equipment at the workbench and test out the changes with some target
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