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Ghosts, hauntings, possession and poltergeist cases on screen — paranormal horror films, series and the stories behind them.
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IFC Midnight continues to deliver haunting genre films. The newest film She Will, the directorial debut of Charlotte Colbert. The psychological horror film is produced by horror legend Dario Argento (Suspiria). She Will is a gothic-tinged drama about a declining movie star, Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige), who, after complex surgery, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse, Desi (Kota Eberhardt). Veronica starts to confront past traumas endured on movie sets with her own identity in doubt. The two women develop an unlikely bond as mysterious natural forces of the wilderness give Veronica the power to enact revenge. The award-winning film took home “Best First Feature” at the Locarno Film Festival. It was screened at notable festivals worldwide, including the London Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Sitges, and Thessaloniki. IFC Midnight will release She Will in select theaters and on-demand on Friday, July 15, 2022, with Shudder launching the title on October 14, 2022.
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Earlier this year fans finally got a new sequel from the Ghostbusters franchise worth watching, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which was a vast improvement over the 2016 sequel that was hated by both viewers and critics alike. In the final moments of Afterlife it was teased that a sequel might be on its way, and well, it is and the premiere date has just been announced for the movie rumored to be set in New York. At the moment the cast remains unconfirmed but we wouldn’t be surprised if many or all of the cast of Ghostbusters: Afterlife return including Paul Rudd (Antman), Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel), Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), and Carrie Coon (Gone Girl). Afterlife was directed by Jason Reitman, who co-wrote the script along with Gil Kenan. Afterlife centered on a single mom (Carrie Coon) and her two kids (Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace) as they move to their grandfather’s farm and discover their family’s ties to the Ghostbusters.
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Aconyte Books is a publication that takes gamers’ favorite games to the next level by publishing books that take place in the game’s worlds. Aconyte Books and Humble Bundle have recently teamed up to release the Fantasy Gaming Fiction book bundle where proceeds go towards the charity Worldreader, whose mission is to help children to learn how to read. As for the bundle itself, it features $213 of books based on popular board games such as Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Twilight Imperium, KeyForge, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic and video games such as Watchdogs Legion, and Assassin’s Creed. The bundle is on sale now till July 21st and can be found HERE.
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The Atomic Age (1945-1965) saw a big surge in horror films as the public enjoyed having their fears played with on the big screen or on the little screens that were now appearing in their homes. The influx of horror films saturating the market birthed the ever-loving B-movies, the kitschy nature and look of these films are what make them immortal which is why I love the hell out of them! But there’s only one issue, I want to be comfortable while watching them and I like a good blanket to snuggle in while watching a good horror. You may think that the perfect horror-watching blanket doesn’t exist… but you’re wrong! Let me introduce you to Retro-a-go-go! an online store specializing in Retro Kitsch! I want to make a big shoutout to Retro-a-go-go! for helping make this review possible! The title image of this review is featuring the Monster Movie Ads Throw Blanket which features ads and posters for some
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Terror Films will release the paranormal found footage horror film INFRARED, starring The Room’s Gregory Sestero, worldwide this July. In the film, “A paranormal investigator and his production crew gain access to a mysterious, abandoned school. But when the thrilling haunt turns deadly, the team must race to uncover the terrifying truth before becoming the school’s next victims.” Jesse Janzen, Leah Finity, and Lori Richardson star along with Sestero in INFRARED, directed by Robert Livings and Randy Nundall Jr. “INFRARED is first and foremost a horror film, but at its heart, it is a movie about siblings reconnecting in a time of need. Often in horror films, we find ourselves rooting for the characters we don’t like to die, so it was important for us to develop characters we wanted to survive, creating a larger emotional investment for those watching. With this intention in mind, we set out to wholly develop their backstories and create a believable connection. From there
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When a woman’s brother is found dead of mysterious circumstances, she sets out to uncover the truth in The Haunting at Gabriel Street (AKA The Sigil), out today on DVD from Bayview Entertainment. Directed by Brandon Cano-Errecart and co-written by Nathan D. Snyder, the movie stars Brittney Daylee, Matthew Black, Sumiko Braun, Brian Burke, and Brandon Cano-Errecart. In the movie, “Logan Lewis and 41 others are reported dead on Gabriel Street in Los Angeles. The government quickly releases an unconvincing statement blaming exposure to a uranium source located beneath the house. Broken and confused by her brother’s death, Logan s sister and two friends seek answers and closure to their living nightmare. Obsessed with uncovering a possible conspiracy, they journey to the house searching for the truth, but what they find is unlike anything they ever expected. Not everyone in the house that night is dead…” Get your copy today.
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Everyone has heard of the legendary Mothman, a creature often seen just before a great catastrophe. The upcoming found-footage horror film, The Mothman Tapes, will explore the legend in a fresh new way. Today, we’ve got your first look at the film. From 1289 Films’ Jesse P. Pollack and Dan Jones, the critically acclaimed directors of 2021’s Satanic Panic-fueled true crime documentary, The Acid King, comes The Mothman Tapes, a brand-new found footage horror film that explores the 1987 disappearance of three best friends who set out on a road trip for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in search of the entity that had terrorized the region two decades prior. The 1987 portions of the film, which has recently acquired distribution from the independent horror curators at Wild Eye Releasing, will be shot on period-correct vintage equipment on location at the original Mothman sighting points in Point Pleasant, lending an aesthetic of authenticity that is often missing from the modern found
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Dread XP and Darkstone Digital have announced the release o the highly anticipated first-person horror game that’s been in the works for a while now, The Mortuary Assistant where players take on the role of a recent graduate student called in late one night to the River Fields Mortuary, a place where rumors and local legends talk of being involved in demonic rights and possessions, to perform some embalming procedures on some corpses only to get a call telling her she now can’t leave the office, and soon realizes something is not right with these bodies. In The Mortuary Assistant players need to perform authentic mortician tasks around the mortuary including embalmings, body tagging, and general upkeep. Perform standard exorcisms on bodies that won’t stay dead, and find items all over the mortuary that are useful or collectible. The Mortuary Assistant will be haunting your workspace on August 2nd, 2022 for PC.
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The new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter is now out on Digital! From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes Stephen King’s tale about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who must fight to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; “Fear the Walking Dead”, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; “American Horror Story: Double Feature”, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative
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Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment revealed an exclusive trailer from their upcoming game A Plague Tale: Requiem, the direct sequel to the critically acclaimed and award-winning A Plague Tale: Innocence. A Plague Tale: Requiem continues where the first game left off and continues to follow siblings Amicia and Hugo as they continue their travels through war and plague-torn Europe as Hugo’s condition from the first game shows no sign of letting up. The trailer which showcases footage from Xbox Series X/S shows off Amicia’s new weapons and mechanics such as hand-to-hand combat, new stealth/hiding, and using knives, and a crossbow while also showing that something within Amica is changing and potentially not for the best. Focus Home will be having a showcase at the Tribeca Festival and will reveal A Plague Tale: Requiem‘s release date along with extended gameplay footage.
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IFC Midnight continues to deliver haunting genre films. The newest film She Will, the directorial debut of Charlotte Colbert. The psychological horror film is produced by horror legend Dario Argento (Suspiria). She Will is a gothic-tinged drama about a declining movie star, Veronica Ghent (Alice Krige), who, after complex surgery, goes to a healing retreat in rural Scotland with her young nurse, Desi (Kota Eberhardt). Veronica starts to confront past traumas endured on movie sets with her own identity in doubt. The two women develop an unlikely bond as mysterious natural forces of the wilderness give Veronica the power to enact revenge. The award-winning film took home “Best First Feature” at the Locarno Film Festival. It was screened at notable festivals worldwide, including the London Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Sitges, and Thessaloniki. IFC Midnight will release She Will in select theaters and on-demand on Friday, July 15, 2022, with Shudder launching the title on October 14, 2022.
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Earlier this year fans finally got a new sequel from the Ghostbusters franchise worth watching, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which was a vast improvement over the 2016 sequel that was hated by both viewers and critics alike. In the final moments of Afterlife it was teased that a sequel might be on its way, and well, it is and the premiere date has just been announced for the movie rumored to be set in New York. At the moment the cast remains unconfirmed but we wouldn’t be surprised if many or all of the cast of Ghostbusters: Afterlife return including Paul Rudd (Antman), Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel), Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”), and Carrie Coon (Gone Girl). Afterlife was directed by Jason Reitman, who co-wrote the script along with Gil Kenan. Afterlife centered on a single mom (Carrie Coon) and her two kids (Finn Wolfhard and McKenna Grace) as they move to their grandfather’s farm and discover their family’s ties to the Ghostbusters.
Continue reading →
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Aconyte Books is a publication that takes gamers’ favorite games to the next level by publishing books that take place in the game’s worlds. Aconyte Books and Humble Bundle have recently teamed up to release the Fantasy Gaming Fiction book bundle where proceeds go towards the charity Worldreader, whose mission is to help children to learn how to read. As for the bundle itself, it features $213 of books based on popular board games such as Arkham Horror, Legend of the Five Rings, Twilight Imperium, KeyForge, Descent: Journeys in the Dark, Terraforming Mars, Pandemic and video games such as Watchdogs Legion, and Assassin’s Creed. The bundle is on sale now till July 21st and can be found HERE.
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The Atomic Age (1945-1965) saw a big surge in horror films as the public enjoyed having their fears played with on the big screen or on the little screens that were now appearing in their homes. The influx of horror films saturating the market birthed the ever-loving B-movies, the kitschy nature and look of these films are what make them immortal which is why I love the hell out of them! But there’s only one issue, I want to be comfortable while watching them and I like a good blanket to snuggle in while watching a good horror. You may think that the perfect horror-watching blanket doesn’t exist… but you’re wrong! Let me introduce you to Retro-a-go-go! an online store specializing in Retro Kitsch! I want to make a big shoutout to Retro-a-go-go! for helping make this review possible! The title image of this review is featuring the Monster Movie Ads Throw Blanket which features ads and posters for some
Continue reading →
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Terror Films will release the paranormal found footage horror film INFRARED, starring The Room’s Gregory Sestero, worldwide this July. In the film, “A paranormal investigator and his production crew gain access to a mysterious, abandoned school. But when the thrilling haunt turns deadly, the team must race to uncover the terrifying truth before becoming the school’s next victims.” Jesse Janzen, Leah Finity, and Lori Richardson star along with Sestero in INFRARED, directed by Robert Livings and Randy Nundall Jr. “INFRARED is first and foremost a horror film, but at its heart, it is a movie about siblings reconnecting in a time of need. Often in horror films, we find ourselves rooting for the characters we don’t like to die, so it was important for us to develop characters we wanted to survive, creating a larger emotional investment for those watching. With this intention in mind, we set out to wholly develop their backstories and create a believable connection. From there
Continue reading →
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When a woman’s brother is found dead of mysterious circumstances, she sets out to uncover the truth in The Haunting at Gabriel Street (AKA The Sigil), out today on DVD from Bayview Entertainment. Directed by Brandon Cano-Errecart and co-written by Nathan D. Snyder, the movie stars Brittney Daylee, Matthew Black, Sumiko Braun, Brian Burke, and Brandon Cano-Errecart. In the movie, “Logan Lewis and 41 others are reported dead on Gabriel Street in Los Angeles. The government quickly releases an unconvincing statement blaming exposure to a uranium source located beneath the house. Broken and confused by her brother’s death, Logan s sister and two friends seek answers and closure to their living nightmare. Obsessed with uncovering a possible conspiracy, they journey to the house searching for the truth, but what they find is unlike anything they ever expected. Not everyone in the house that night is dead…” Get your copy today.
Continue reading →
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Everyone has heard of the legendary Mothman, a creature often seen just before a great catastrophe. The upcoming found-footage horror film, The Mothman Tapes, will explore the legend in a fresh new way. Today, we’ve got your first look at the film. From 1289 Films’ Jesse P. Pollack and Dan Jones, the critically acclaimed directors of 2021’s Satanic Panic-fueled true crime documentary, The Acid King, comes The Mothman Tapes, a brand-new found footage horror film that explores the 1987 disappearance of three best friends who set out on a road trip for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in search of the entity that had terrorized the region two decades prior. The 1987 portions of the film, which has recently acquired distribution from the independent horror curators at Wild Eye Releasing, will be shot on period-correct vintage equipment on location at the original Mothman sighting points in Point Pleasant, lending an aesthetic of authenticity that is often missing from the modern found
Continue reading →
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Dread XP and Darkstone Digital have announced the release o the highly anticipated first-person horror game that’s been in the works for a while now, The Mortuary Assistant where players take on the role of a recent graduate student called in late one night to the River Fields Mortuary, a place where rumors and local legends talk of being involved in demonic rights and possessions, to perform some embalming procedures on some corpses only to get a call telling her she now can’t leave the office, and soon realizes something is not right with these bodies. In The Mortuary Assistant players need to perform authentic mortician tasks around the mortuary including embalmings, body tagging, and general upkeep. Perform standard exorcisms on bodies that won’t stay dead, and find items all over the mortuary that are useful or collectible. The Mortuary Assistant will be haunting your workspace on August 2nd, 2022 for PC.
Continue reading →
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The new adaptation of Stephen King’s classic thriller Firestarter is now out on Digital! From the producers of The Invisible Man, comes Stephen King’s tale about a girl with extraordinary pyrokinetic powers who must fight to protect her family and herself from sinister forces that seek to capture and control her. For more than a decade, parents Andy (Zac Efron; Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; The Greatest Showman) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon; “Fear the Walking Dead”, Succession) have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera Armstrong; “American Horror Story: Double Feature”, The Tomorrow War) from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power, which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals the family’s location, a mysterious operative
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Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment revealed an exclusive trailer from their upcoming game A Plague Tale: Requiem, the direct sequel to the critically acclaimed and award-winning A Plague Tale: Innocence. A Plague Tale: Requiem continues where the first game left off and continues to follow siblings Amicia and Hugo as they continue their travels through war and plague-torn Europe as Hugo’s condition from the first game shows no sign of letting up. The trailer which showcases footage from Xbox Series X/S shows off Amicia’s new weapons and mechanics such as hand-to-hand combat, new stealth/hiding, and using knives, and a crossbow while also showing that something within Amica is changing and potentially not for the best. Focus Home will be having a showcase at the Tribeca Festival and will reveal A Plague Tale: Requiem‘s release date along with extended gameplay footage.
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