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This August A Group Of ‘Wicked Witches’ Will Be Unleashed

This August, Midnight Releasing will unleash Wicked Witches (formerly known as The Witches of Dumpling Farm), the new horror film The Pickering Brothers. In the film, after being thrown out of his home by his wife for being promiscuous, Mark finds himself back at Dumpling Farm, a place filled with youthful memories, but things aren’t quite right. His old friend Ian, who has never left the place, is possessed by a group demonic, flesh-eating Witches. Using Ian and his farm, these beautiful Witches trap Mark and his friends to consume their souls. Duncan Casey, Justin Marosa, Kitt Proudfoot, Samantha Schnitzler, and Jasmin Clark star in Wicked Witches, set for release in theaters, digital and DVD August 9, 2019.

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Jul 13, 2019
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Short Film Review: Crybaby Bridge: A Louisiana Urban Legend (2019)

Down Louisiana way, two dudes, Lionel (Adrian Richard) and Derek (Zakery Jones) get a wild hair up their ass and head out to a supposedly cursed bridge in the middle of nowhere to conduct a lil’ paranormal investigation. Back in town at the local watering hole, the duo’s girlfriends, Imee (Anna Medley) and Corrie (Stephanie Wells) discuss the grizzly legend of the bridge before being interrupted by a stranger (Joey Alonzo) that knows all to well that the legends are in fact a horrifying reality. Our heroes are going to have one hell of a rough fuckin’ night… Crybaby Bridge is as solid a sinister short as your’s cruelly has ever seen! Writer (along with Joey Brana)/Director J.P. Willie delivers a fully realized mythology set in a world of personable, down home folks that are ill-equipped to withstand the sinister supernatural events they get involved in. Adding to the ambiance is cinematography that shifts depending on the mood; from slick

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Jul 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Dolls (2019)

Ol’ Robert (Thomas Downey) is having a bit of a tough go; he’s a struggling children’s book author who’s mother has bought the farm. Naturally he moves right on into Mommy Dearest’s home along with his ass-pain of a daughter, Sammy (Trinity Simpson). He’s also drunk off his ass a lot of the time, and his wife has left him. This is our hero folks… Anyway, Boob (that is a type-o I simply refuse to fix because this dude is a chump through and through) and Sam soon discover a trio of diabolical dolls that keep moving location around the house seemingly of their own accord. Soon (and by that I mean after a loooong fucking time…see below) the dolls get up to the devil’s business, but will you give a damn when they do? Like fast paced fright flicks where things actually happen? Well “fuck you” says Dolls as most of this film concerns bickering family members treating us

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Jul 4, 2019
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A&E Announces Four Paranormal Series Including The Revival Of “Ghost Hunters”

A&E Network dives back into the unexplained paranormal universe, greenlighting five compelling shows including the revival of “Ghost Hunters,” one of the most successful paranormal series of all time. The network has also greenlit four additional supernatural-focused shows and specials including reimagined versions of A+E Networks’ hit series “Psychic Kids” and “Celebrity Ghost Stories,” the brand new series “Trey the Texas Medium” (working title), and the two-hour special “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt” (working title.) A&E has been on the forefront of programming in the paranormal space and with that success, we have been eager to bring the genre back to the network for some time,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and Head of Programming, A&E Network. “Each of these series has a unique point of view, but will collectively give our audience a window into a world of spellbinding stories that have to be seen to be believed.” Fifteen years after introducing the world to the field of authentic paranormal

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Jun 26, 2019
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Paramount And Blumhouse Team Up For New Paranormal Activity Movie

Paramount and Blumhouse are teaming up for another installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Paramount’s Studio Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos confirmed the announcement at a CineEurope event saying “We are partnering with uber horror producer Jason Blum to bring a new installment of Paranormal Activity.” At the moment that’s all we know about what will be the seventh film of the found footage franchise which also includes Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and 2015’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. But don’t worry, will update you when we know more. The franchise kicked-off with Paranormal Activity in 2007. Written and directed by Oren Peli, the film was made for a meager $15,000 but brought in a massive $193,311,485. Every sequel has followed that trend by bringing in much more at box offices than the film’s cost to produce. Here’s a look back at the trailer from the sixth film of the franchise, The Ghost Dimension.

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Jun 19, 2019
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Movie Review: Head Count (2018)

Evan (Isaac W. Jay) and his older bro Peyton (Cooper Rowe) are spending some quality time together, now matter how disparate their personalities. You see, Evan is a college party dude, and Peyton is a clean livin’ type, balls deep into New Age bullshit who resides in a trailer in the desert…so fun is in short supply. Before long our heroes soon cross paths with a group of students on a hike…and that group contains a comely lass named Zoe (Ashleigh Morghan) who Evan gets an instant case of the hornies for…so it’s “later bro” to ol’ Peyton…even though our boy is awkward A.F. around Z-dawg. So what do these gang of goofs do for funsies? Why get loaded and read rando terror tales from a Creepypasta-esque website…which summons a shape-shifting Hisji, a demon totally all up in the number five and as is always the case, the fight to survive this preternatural menace is well and truly on! Let’s

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Jun 12, 2019
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Sigourney Weaver Returning For Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters

For months it’s been rumored that Sigourney Weaver will be joining the cast of Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters. Today, Parade confirmed that Weaver is indeed set to reprise her role as Dana Barrett. It’s going to be crazy working with the guys again!” Weaver told Parade.” Weaver will be joining her fellow Ghostbuster alums, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. “Stranger Things” actor Finn Wolfhard will star alongside Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel) and Carrie Coon (Widows). In the film, a “family moves back home to a small town where they learn more about who they are.” Co-written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, Ghostbusters opens in theaters on July 10, 2020.

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Vera Farmiga Confirms The Conjuring 3 Has Begun Filming

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are reprising their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren in Annabelle Comes Home, opening in theaters later this month. Just weeks before its premiere, Wilson and Farmiga have already moved on to their next project, The Conjuring 3 which has just begun filming. The news was shared by Farmiga on Twitter (below). Conjuring 3 will be a doozy,” Farmiga recently to EW. “It will be big. So for me, visiting these characters [in Annabelle Comes Home], it’s like practicing your scales and doing a few arpeggios before having to dive deep into the next one. Because the next one is massive.” This time around, Michael Chaves, the man behind The Curse of La Llorona, will be in the director’s chair for The Conjuring 3, a movie centers on a man on trial for murder. He claims that when the crime took place he was possessed by a demon. Producer James Wan recently said of the

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E3 Trailer For Upcoming Dark Fantasy RPG ‘GreedFall’

With E3 fast approaching, Spiders and Focus Home Interactive today released the story trailer for their upcoming dark fantasy RPG GreedFall and showcases one of the major elements in the game’s story, making choices. GreedFall takes place in a 17th-century world where settlers go and establish settlements on a mysterious island called GreedFall that’s rumored to be full of lost treasure, magic, and secrets. The player’s character is venturing to GreedFall to look for a cure for an illness ravishing their home country. While on the island, Players will be dropped in the middle of increased tension between settlers and the native inhabitants who believe in supernatural guardians that protect the island and lives within nature. Players will have to journey through this world and make choices that will determine the outcome of the story as well as affecting their fate. There’s no one way to complete missions in the game. Players can use combat, diplomacy, or deception to accomplish

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Jun 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Terror In The Skies (2019)

Following an absolutely gorgeous opening sequence set in 1948 where a young boy who dreams of being a pilot is confronted by a gigantic bird of prey he can scarcely believe, we begin our journey into the investigation of preternatural beings who have made their home in the skies over Illinois for decades in Terror in the Skies; the latest cryptid-focused documentary from Small Town Monsters and their resident demonic director (and writer too) Supernatural Seth Breedlove (okay…maybe he isn’t supernatural, but he sure does talk about the creepy side o’ life quite a bit. Don’t believe me? Check out my revoltin’ reviews of some of his past docs here, and here)! First up we learn the history of this monster-laden land; including chit-chat about the Thunderbirds (called the Piasa Bird in this region) that tormented the Native Americans indigenous to ancient Illinois, and supposedly resided in a deep cave littered with human bones (a cave that some dude in

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Jun 6, 2019

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This August A Group Of ‘Wicked Witches’ Will Be Unleashed

This August, Midnight Releasing will unleash Wicked Witches (formerly known as The Witches of Dumpling Farm), the new horror film The Pickering Brothers. In the film, after being thrown out of his home by his wife for being promiscuous, Mark finds himself back at Dumpling Farm, a place filled with youthful memories, but things aren’t quite right. His old friend Ian, who has never left the place, is possessed by a group demonic, flesh-eating Witches. Using Ian and his farm, these beautiful Witches trap Mark and his friends to consume their souls. Duncan Casey, Justin Marosa, Kitt Proudfoot, Samantha Schnitzler, and Jasmin Clark star in Wicked Witches, set for release in theaters, digital and DVD August 9, 2019.

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Jul 13, 2019
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Short Film Review: Crybaby Bridge: A Louisiana Urban Legend (2019)

Down Louisiana way, two dudes, Lionel (Adrian Richard) and Derek (Zakery Jones) get a wild hair up their ass and head out to a supposedly cursed bridge in the middle of nowhere to conduct a lil’ paranormal investigation. Back in town at the local watering hole, the duo’s girlfriends, Imee (Anna Medley) and Corrie (Stephanie Wells) discuss the grizzly legend of the bridge before being interrupted by a stranger (Joey Alonzo) that knows all to well that the legends are in fact a horrifying reality. Our heroes are going to have one hell of a rough fuckin’ night… Crybaby Bridge is as solid a sinister short as your’s cruelly has ever seen! Writer (along with Joey Brana)/Director J.P. Willie delivers a fully realized mythology set in a world of personable, down home folks that are ill-equipped to withstand the sinister supernatural events they get involved in. Adding to the ambiance is cinematography that shifts depending on the mood; from slick

Continue reading →
Jul 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Dolls (2019)

Ol’ Robert (Thomas Downey) is having a bit of a tough go; he’s a struggling children’s book author who’s mother has bought the farm. Naturally he moves right on into Mommy Dearest’s home along with his ass-pain of a daughter, Sammy (Trinity Simpson). He’s also drunk off his ass a lot of the time, and his wife has left him. This is our hero folks… Anyway, Boob (that is a type-o I simply refuse to fix because this dude is a chump through and through) and Sam soon discover a trio of diabolical dolls that keep moving location around the house seemingly of their own accord. Soon (and by that I mean after a loooong fucking time…see below) the dolls get up to the devil’s business, but will you give a damn when they do? Like fast paced fright flicks where things actually happen? Well “fuck you” says Dolls as most of this film concerns bickering family members treating us

Continue reading →
Jul 4, 2019
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A&E Announces Four Paranormal Series Including The Revival Of “Ghost Hunters”

A&E Network dives back into the unexplained paranormal universe, greenlighting five compelling shows including the revival of “Ghost Hunters,” one of the most successful paranormal series of all time. The network has also greenlit four additional supernatural-focused shows and specials including reimagined versions of A+E Networks’ hit series “Psychic Kids” and “Celebrity Ghost Stories,” the brand new series “Trey the Texas Medium” (working title), and the two-hour special “World’s Biggest Ghost Hunt” (working title.) A&E has been on the forefront of programming in the paranormal space and with that success, we have been eager to bring the genre back to the network for some time,” said Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP and Head of Programming, A&E Network. “Each of these series has a unique point of view, but will collectively give our audience a window into a world of spellbinding stories that have to be seen to be believed.” Fifteen years after introducing the world to the field of authentic paranormal

Continue reading →
Jun 26, 2019
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Paramount And Blumhouse Team Up For New Paranormal Activity Movie

Paramount and Blumhouse are teaming up for another installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise. Paramount’s Studio Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos confirmed the announcement at a CineEurope event saying “We are partnering with uber horror producer Jason Blum to bring a new installment of Paranormal Activity.” At the moment that’s all we know about what will be the seventh film of the found footage franchise which also includes Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and 2015’s Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension. But don’t worry, will update you when we know more. The franchise kicked-off with Paranormal Activity in 2007. Written and directed by Oren Peli, the film was made for a meager $15,000 but brought in a massive $193,311,485. Every sequel has followed that trend by bringing in much more at box offices than the film’s cost to produce. Here’s a look back at the trailer from the sixth film of the franchise, The Ghost Dimension.

Continue reading →
Jun 19, 2019
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Movie Review: Head Count (2018)

Evan (Isaac W. Jay) and his older bro Peyton (Cooper Rowe) are spending some quality time together, now matter how disparate their personalities. You see, Evan is a college party dude, and Peyton is a clean livin’ type, balls deep into New Age bullshit who resides in a trailer in the desert…so fun is in short supply. Before long our heroes soon cross paths with a group of students on a hike…and that group contains a comely lass named Zoe (Ashleigh Morghan) who Evan gets an instant case of the hornies for…so it’s “later bro” to ol’ Peyton…even though our boy is awkward A.F. around Z-dawg. So what do these gang of goofs do for funsies? Why get loaded and read rando terror tales from a Creepypasta-esque website…which summons a shape-shifting Hisji, a demon totally all up in the number five and as is always the case, the fight to survive this preternatural menace is well and truly on! Let’s

Continue reading →
Jun 12, 2019
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Sigourney Weaver Returning For Jason Reitman’s Ghostbusters

For months it’s been rumored that Sigourney Weaver will be joining the cast of Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters. Today, Parade confirmed that Weaver is indeed set to reprise her role as Dana Barrett. It’s going to be crazy working with the guys again!” Weaver told Parade.” Weaver will be joining her fellow Ghostbuster alums, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. “Stranger Things” actor Finn Wolfhard will star alongside Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel) and Carrie Coon (Widows). In the film, a “family moves back home to a small town where they learn more about who they are.” Co-written by Reitman and Gil Kenan, Ghostbusters opens in theaters on July 10, 2020.

Continue reading →
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Vera Farmiga Confirms The Conjuring 3 Has Begun Filming

Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are reprising their roles as Ed and Lorraine Warren in Annabelle Comes Home, opening in theaters later this month. Just weeks before its premiere, Wilson and Farmiga have already moved on to their next project, The Conjuring 3 which has just begun filming. The news was shared by Farmiga on Twitter (below). Conjuring 3 will be a doozy,” Farmiga recently to EW. “It will be big. So for me, visiting these characters [in Annabelle Comes Home], it’s like practicing your scales and doing a few arpeggios before having to dive deep into the next one. Because the next one is massive.” This time around, Michael Chaves, the man behind The Curse of La Llorona, will be in the director’s chair for The Conjuring 3, a movie centers on a man on trial for murder. He claims that when the crime took place he was possessed by a demon. Producer James Wan recently said of the

Continue reading →
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E3 Trailer For Upcoming Dark Fantasy RPG ‘GreedFall’

With E3 fast approaching, Spiders and Focus Home Interactive today released the story trailer for their upcoming dark fantasy RPG GreedFall and showcases one of the major elements in the game’s story, making choices. GreedFall takes place in a 17th-century world where settlers go and establish settlements on a mysterious island called GreedFall that’s rumored to be full of lost treasure, magic, and secrets. The player’s character is venturing to GreedFall to look for a cure for an illness ravishing their home country. While on the island, Players will be dropped in the middle of increased tension between settlers and the native inhabitants who believe in supernatural guardians that protect the island and lives within nature. Players will have to journey through this world and make choices that will determine the outcome of the story as well as affecting their fate. There’s no one way to complete missions in the game. Players can use combat, diplomacy, or deception to accomplish

Continue reading →
Jun 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Terror In The Skies (2019)

Following an absolutely gorgeous opening sequence set in 1948 where a young boy who dreams of being a pilot is confronted by a gigantic bird of prey he can scarcely believe, we begin our journey into the investigation of preternatural beings who have made their home in the skies over Illinois for decades in Terror in the Skies; the latest cryptid-focused documentary from Small Town Monsters and their resident demonic director (and writer too) Supernatural Seth Breedlove (okay…maybe he isn’t supernatural, but he sure does talk about the creepy side o’ life quite a bit. Don’t believe me? Check out my revoltin’ reviews of some of his past docs here, and here)! First up we learn the history of this monster-laden land; including chit-chat about the Thunderbirds (called the Piasa Bird in this region) that tormented the Native Americans indigenous to ancient Illinois, and supposedly resided in a deep cave littered with human bones (a cave that some dude in

Continue reading →
Jun 6, 2019