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Horror and thriller titles streaming on Amazon Prime Video — new arrivals, originals and the hidden gems worth a queue slot.
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This past September writer-director Ping Lumpraploeng‘s creature feature The Pool took home the award for “Most Fun Movie to See with an Audience” at Fantastic Fest. Now, it has just debuted on Amazon Prime. The film centers on a man (Theeradej Wongpuapan) and his girlfriend (Ratnamon Ratchiratham) who become trapped in an empty swimming pool with a deadly crocodile. Check out this action-packed flick on Amazon Prime now.
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News first came back in 2018 that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the dynamic duo behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, were working on a horror-comedy series titled “Truth Seekers“. Things have been quiet since, until now. The ghost hunting series has now found a home at Amazon and is set to begin filming this month. The series will feature half-hour long episodes that takes viewers to haunted churches, abandoned hospitals, and other spooky places. As the series goes along things get spookier and the guys discover a conspiracy that could put the entire human race in danger. Of course there will plenty of laughs along the way. Hopefully, it won’t be long until a premiere date is announced, and when it is you’ll be the first to know.
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Hunting for something to watch? Sink your teeth into the vampire series “Age of the Living Dead“, now streaming on Amazon Prime in the UK and US following its initial premiere on Fox in Asia. In the series, an America quarantined by the rest of the world, humans and vampires co-exist on opposite coasts thanks to a peace treaty, while each side plots to destroy the other. Nicola Posener (Mythica), Eve Mauro (The Oath), Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds), William McNamara (Copycat), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), Deji LaRay (Bosch), Julia Farino (Veep), and Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes) star in the series directed by Paul Tanter who co-wrote the series with Simon Phillips, and Christopher Jolley.
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In anticipation of the premiere of the neo-Victorian fantasy television series “Carnival Row”, Legendary Comics has announced From the Dark and Sparrowhawk, two prequel one-shot comic book companions available today on comiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service. The two issues introduce readers to the show’s two main characters: the war-hardened investigator Rycroft Philostrate played by Orlando Bloom and faerie refugee Vignette Stonemoss Cara Delevingne, allowing readers to get a sneak peek into the histories of both protagonists prior to the launch of the highly-anticipated television series. Both issues are free to enjoy for the first week and $0.99 after September 4. A rich world with intriguingly complex characters,” said Robert Napton, Senior Vice President of Legendary Comics. “We enjoyed working with the creative team to delve even further into both Philo and Vignette’s backstories offering viewers a chance to learn more about these enthralling characters, as well as get a deeper understanding of their motivations.” Legendary Comics developed both stories
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Michael Jason Allen‘s intense new serial killer thriller Emulator has arrived on Amazon Prime in the US and the UK, as well as on Video On Demand worldwide from Reel Nightmare Films. In the film, “After serving 50 years in prison, a reformed high-profile serial killer is recruited by a homicide detective to catch his own sadistic copycat.” In the tradition of high-octane thrillers like Se7en & Kiss the Girls, Emulator is a gripping 90-minute film with lots of suspense, strong lead performances, and an emotional twist ending. A can’t miss for fans of true crime stories.” Says Armand Petri of Reel Nightmare Films. Known for The Twilight Zone-inspired horror film An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Playground, Michael Jason Allen stars and direct in Emulator, alongside frequent collaborators Kip Rosser and Rhett Crosby.
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In the tradition of The Exorcist and End of Days comes a paranormal whodunnit that pits a detective, priest, and photographer against unexplainable evil, in The Pining. From director Eduardo Castrillo, the film stars Tom Sizemore (“Twin Peaks”, Natural Born Killers), Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (“Nashville”, Return of the Living Dead) and “Stranger Things”‘ Jackie Dallas, The Pining is available this August on Amazon Prime. Jonez Cain, Natalie Gibson, and Diogo Hausen also star. “When members of a therapy group start dying under mysterious circumstances, A hardboiled detective is forced to reopen a cold case. Her only leads are a burnt-out priest and a handicapped photographer, who seem to know more than what is in their police statements.” From Uncia films, The Pining available now on Amazon Prime.
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Earlier today we reported that Amazon is bringing genre fans the new series “Truth Seekers” starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. We’ve just learned that Amazon will also be adapting Paul W.S. Anderson‘s sci-fi horror classic Event Horizon as a new original series. Variety is reporting that Godzilla vs Kong’s Adam Wingard is set to executive produce and possibly direct. Wingard was also behind the hit horror movie You’re next and The Guest. In the 1997 film, starring Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne, a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned…with someone or something new on-board. Check out the classic’s trailer.
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Amazon Prime has been adding a lot of fantastic original series to their line-up lately including “The Boys”, which reveals the dark side of superheroes. But that’s not all, they’re also adding a new horror-comedy titled “Truth Seekers,” starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as paranormal investigators. Variety reports that the new series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video, which has scored international rights to the comedy-horror series which will begin production this month. In the series, “Frost and Pegg’s characters, Gus and Dave, team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. in the series. They stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers, and abandoned hospitals using an array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos and share their adventures on an online channel. Their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, terrifying, and even deadly as the pair begin to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the entire human race.” Pegg and Frost make a terrific team, starring in the hit films
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Horror heavy Hitter James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring, Aquaman) will be directing and producing the pilot of the new series based on the ’97 slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The Amazon series is being described as ” a young adult horror series based on the Moritz-produced hit movie franchise.” The original film, directed by Jim Gillespie, four friends are bound together by a tragic accident. When they are reunited they are stalked by a hook-wielding killer in their small seaside town. The series is part of the new three-year deal inked by The Fast and the Furious producer Neal H. Moritz and Sony Pictures Television. Mortiz is also behind the series “Happy”, “S.W.A.T”, “Preacher”, and “Prison Break”, and films such as Goosebumps, Cruel Intentions, and R.I.P.D.
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Sharpen the axes and load the silver bullets for High Moon round 2! Things are about to get messy (again) when a cowboy gunslinger awakens in the modern day, just in time to take down a gang of vicious werewolf bikers – this time on DVD after a successful run on VOD and Digital earlier this spring (for our review head here)! Written and directed by Josh Ridgway (Lionsgate’s The Sector), the film stars Chad Michael Collins (Sony’s Sniper military action franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) alongside co-stars Sean Patrick Flanery (Saw 3D, Boondock Saints), Chelsea Edmundson (Thunder Road), and Matthew Tompkins (Sicario). Colt (Chad Michael Collins)—a gunslinging werewolf slayer from the old west—mysteriously rises from the grave, only to find that the band of werewolves that brutally murdered his wife are still running rampant generations later. Aided by a beautiful widow (Chelsea Edmundson), a skeptical town sheriff (Matthew Thompkins) and a corrupt Mayor (Sean Patrick Flanery), Colt must
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This past September writer-director Ping Lumpraploeng‘s creature feature The Pool took home the award for “Most Fun Movie to See with an Audience” at Fantastic Fest. Now, it has just debuted on Amazon Prime. The film centers on a man (Theeradej Wongpuapan) and his girlfriend (Ratnamon Ratchiratham) who become trapped in an empty swimming pool with a deadly crocodile. Check out this action-packed flick on Amazon Prime now.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoNewsParanormalStreaming TV
News first came back in 2018 that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the dynamic duo behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, were working on a horror-comedy series titled “Truth Seekers“. Things have been quiet since, until now. The ghost hunting series has now found a home at Amazon and is set to begin filming this month. The series will feature half-hour long episodes that takes viewers to haunted churches, abandoned hospitals, and other spooky places. As the series goes along things get spookier and the guys discover a conspiracy that could put the entire human race in danger. Of course there will plenty of laughs along the way. Hopefully, it won’t be long until a premiere date is announced, and when it is you’ll be the first to know.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoNewsStreaming TVTrailers
Hunting for something to watch? Sink your teeth into the vampire series “Age of the Living Dead“, now streaming on Amazon Prime in the UK and US following its initial premiere on Fox in Asia. In the series, an America quarantined by the rest of the world, humans and vampires co-exist on opposite coasts thanks to a peace treaty, while each side plots to destroy the other. Nicola Posener (Mythica), Eve Mauro (The Oath), Bill Oberst Jr. (Criminal Minds), William McNamara (Copycat), Simon Phillips (No Easy Days), Deji LaRay (Bosch), Julia Farino (Veep), and Estella Warren (Planet of the Apes) star in the series directed by Paul Tanter who co-wrote the series with Simon Phillips, and Christopher Jolley.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoComic Books/Graphic NovelsNewsStreaming TVTrailers
In anticipation of the premiere of the neo-Victorian fantasy television series “Carnival Row”, Legendary Comics has announced From the Dark and Sparrowhawk, two prequel one-shot comic book companions available today on comiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service. The two issues introduce readers to the show’s two main characters: the war-hardened investigator Rycroft Philostrate played by Orlando Bloom and faerie refugee Vignette Stonemoss Cara Delevingne, allowing readers to get a sneak peek into the histories of both protagonists prior to the launch of the highly-anticipated television series. Both issues are free to enjoy for the first week and $0.99 after September 4. A rich world with intriguingly complex characters,” said Robert Napton, Senior Vice President of Legendary Comics. “We enjoyed working with the creative team to delve even further into both Philo and Vignette’s backstories offering viewers a chance to learn more about these enthralling characters, as well as get a deeper understanding of their motivations.” Legendary Comics developed both stories
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoMoviesNewsStreaming TVThrillerTrailers
Michael Jason Allen‘s intense new serial killer thriller Emulator has arrived on Amazon Prime in the US and the UK, as well as on Video On Demand worldwide from Reel Nightmare Films. In the film, “After serving 50 years in prison, a reformed high-profile serial killer is recruited by a homicide detective to catch his own sadistic copycat.” In the tradition of high-octane thrillers like Se7en & Kiss the Girls, Emulator is a gripping 90-minute film with lots of suspense, strong lead performances, and an emotional twist ending. A can’t miss for fans of true crime stories.” Says Armand Petri of Reel Nightmare Films. Known for The Twilight Zone-inspired horror film An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Playground, Michael Jason Allen stars and direct in Emulator, alongside frequent collaborators Kip Rosser and Rhett Crosby.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoMoviesNewsStreaming TVTrailers
In the tradition of The Exorcist and End of Days comes a paranormal whodunnit that pits a detective, priest, and photographer against unexplainable evil, in The Pining. From director Eduardo Castrillo, the film stars Tom Sizemore (“Twin Peaks”, Natural Born Killers), Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (“Nashville”, Return of the Living Dead) and “Stranger Things”‘ Jackie Dallas, The Pining is available this August on Amazon Prime. Jonez Cain, Natalie Gibson, and Diogo Hausen also star. “When members of a therapy group start dying under mysterious circumstances, A hardboiled detective is forced to reopen a cold case. Her only leads are a burnt-out priest and a handicapped photographer, who seem to know more than what is in their police statements.” From Uncia films, The Pining available now on Amazon Prime.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoMoviesNewsStreaming TV
Earlier today we reported that Amazon is bringing genre fans the new series “Truth Seekers” starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. We’ve just learned that Amazon will also be adapting Paul W.S. Anderson‘s sci-fi horror classic Event Horizon as a new original series. Variety is reporting that Godzilla vs Kong’s Adam Wingard is set to executive produce and possibly direct. Wingard was also behind the hit horror movie You’re next and The Guest. In the 1997 film, starring Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne, a rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned…with someone or something new on-board. Check out the classic’s trailer.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoNewsStreaming TV
Amazon Prime has been adding a lot of fantastic original series to their line-up lately including “The Boys”, which reveals the dark side of superheroes. But that’s not all, they’re also adding a new horror-comedy titled “Truth Seekers,” starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg as paranormal investigators. Variety reports that the new series will premiere on Amazon Prime Video, which has scored international rights to the comedy-horror series which will begin production this month. In the series, “Frost and Pegg’s characters, Gus and Dave, team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. in the series. They stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers, and abandoned hospitals using an array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos and share their adventures on an online channel. Their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, terrifying, and even deadly as the pair begin to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the entire human race.” Pegg and Frost make a terrific team, starring in the hit films
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoHoliday HorrorMoviesNewsStreaming TV
Horror heavy Hitter James Wan (Saw, The Conjuring, Aquaman) will be directing and producing the pilot of the new series based on the ’97 slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer. The Amazon series is being described as ” a young adult horror series based on the Moritz-produced hit movie franchise.” The original film, directed by Jim Gillespie, four friends are bound together by a tragic accident. When they are reunited they are stalked by a hook-wielding killer in their small seaside town. The series is part of the new three-year deal inked by The Fast and the Furious producer Neal H. Moritz and Sony Pictures Television. Mortiz is also behind the series “Happy”, “S.W.A.T”, “Preacher”, and “Prison Break”, and films such as Goosebumps, Cruel Intentions, and R.I.P.D.
Continue reading →
Amazon Prime VideoIndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Sharpen the axes and load the silver bullets for High Moon round 2! Things are about to get messy (again) when a cowboy gunslinger awakens in the modern day, just in time to take down a gang of vicious werewolf bikers – this time on DVD after a successful run on VOD and Digital earlier this spring (for our review head here)! Written and directed by Josh Ridgway (Lionsgate’s The Sector), the film stars Chad Michael Collins (Sony’s Sniper military action franchise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) alongside co-stars Sean Patrick Flanery (Saw 3D, Boondock Saints), Chelsea Edmundson (Thunder Road), and Matthew Tompkins (Sicario). Colt (Chad Michael Collins)—a gunslinging werewolf slayer from the old west—mysteriously rises from the grave, only to find that the band of werewolves that brutally murdered his wife are still running rampant generations later. Aided by a beautiful widow (Chelsea Edmundson), a skeptical town sheriff (Matthew Thompkins) and a corrupt Mayor (Sean Patrick Flanery), Colt must
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