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July Programming Highlights For AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder, & Sundance Now

This July, AMC Network is releasing a ton of new series, films, specials, and more, and we’ve got the highlights from AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder, and Sundance Now, to make sure you stay entertained! On ACORN TV: Jack Irish (Acorn TV Exclusive) Final Season Premieres Monday, July 12 Emmy® Award-winner Guy Pearce (Mare of Easttown) reprises his iconic role as Jack Irish, a former criminal lawyer, part-time debt collector, and private investigator with a penchant for getting wrapped up in things he shouldn’t. The explosive final season delves deep into Jack’s past, questioning everything he thought he knew about his life and bringing him face-to-face with an antagonist more personal and destructive than he has ever encountered. Joining Pearce in this final journey are the series’ veteran stars Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home), Roy Billing (The End), Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road), and Shane Jacobson (Guardians of the Tomb). The Heart Guy (Acorn TV Exclusive)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 27, 2021
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AMC Sinks Its Teeth Into New “Interview With The Vampire” Series

AMC has officially ordered the new series adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” with an eight-episode first season, Deadline reports. The series is created by Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) who will also serve as showrunner and writer. Deadline notes, that “Interview With the Vampire” will premiere in 2022 on both AMC and AMC+. “The challenge of adapting for television the groundbreaking and immensely compelling work of Anne Rice is both intimidating and exhilarating,” Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad”) said in a statement shared by Deadline. “Having previously produced films from such singular works, I recognize both the responsibility and the obligation we owe the material. I strongly believe that with AMC and Rolin Jones we are equipped to meet this challenge and to thrill and entertain both the loyal Anne Rice fan and the viewer who is just now discovering her work.” The “Interview With the Vampire” saga centers on vampires Louis and Lestat, who were played by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2021
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AMC & Shudder Team Up With Adopt-A-Pet To Help You Find A Watch Buddy

Shudder and AMC have teamed up with Adopt-a-pet.com in both the US and Canada to promote pet adoption – especially the many under-adopted cats and dogs – during Halloween with a new PSA that encourages genre fans to find their purrfect watch buddy. That’s a mission we can get behind! Let’s be honest, you don’t get much better than curling up with a horror movie and a pet for a night in. With AMC’s annual horror marathon FearFest, they aim to raise awareness for pet adoption with ‘FurFest.’ All month long, AMC, AMC+, and Shudder are encouraging viewers to support Adopt-a-Pet.com’s mission to end the overpopulation of companion animals in shelters and help pets find loving forever homes through custom, PET-tacular spots airing across linear, digital, and social channels. The custom spots, featuring a few four-legged horror fans, encourage viewers to find their perfect watch buddies through adoptions and especially raise awareness for black cat and black dog adoptions this

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2020
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Series Review: Season 2 Of “NOS4A2” Is Out Today On Blu-ray

Season two of “NOS4A2” is out today on Blu-ray and DVD and we’ve got a mostly spoiler-free review to share with you. Based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill, the second season finds Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) still struggling eight years after the events in the first season. Now with a son and a boyfriend (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Vic still fears Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto). When his body is discovered she has to go see for herself, but not everything is as it appears to be. When her son is kidnapped by Manx’s errand boy Bing (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) she sets out to rescue him leading her to enter Christmas Land with the help of her friend Maggie (Jahkara Smith) We finally learn the history of Charlie Manx and how he became the monster he is, as well as discover how Christmas Land came to life. We see a ton of character development this season. We see not only their

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2020
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AMC’s 2020 FearFest Will Be The Biggest Yet, Featuring 91 Movies!

It wouldn’t be Halloween without AMC‘s FearFest! This year AMC is going all out, with a lineup that is bigger and better than ever! Kicking off on October 1st, this year’s FearFest will run all October long for the first time and will feature marathons, series premieres, specials, and 91 films including some of horror’s biggest Movies and classic franchises such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, The Amityville Horror, Insidious, Children of the Corn and many more. Films featured this FearFest on AMC: Body Snatchers (1993) Graveyard Shift (1990) 6 Souls (2010) An American Haunting (2005) The Amityville Horror (1979) The Amityville II: Possession (1982) The Amityville Horror (2005) Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1993) Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996) Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return (1999) Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) Bride of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2020

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July Programming Highlights For AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder, & Sundance Now

This July, AMC Network is releasing a ton of new series, films, specials, and more, and we’ve got the highlights from AMC+, Acorn TV, ALLBLK, IFC Films Unlimited, Shudder, and Sundance Now, to make sure you stay entertained! On ACORN TV: Jack Irish (Acorn TV Exclusive) Final Season Premieres Monday, July 12 Emmy® Award-winner Guy Pearce (Mare of Easttown) reprises his iconic role as Jack Irish, a former criminal lawyer, part-time debt collector, and private investigator with a penchant for getting wrapped up in things he shouldn’t. The explosive final season delves deep into Jack’s past, questioning everything he thought he knew about his life and bringing him face-to-face with an antagonist more personal and destructive than he has ever encountered. Joining Pearce in this final journey are the series’ veteran stars Marta Dusseldorp (A Place to Call Home), Roy Billing (The End), Aaron Pedersen (Mystery Road), and Shane Jacobson (Guardians of the Tomb). The Heart Guy (Acorn TV Exclusive)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 27, 2021
Horror Fuel

AMC Sinks Its Teeth Into New “Interview With The Vampire” Series

AMC has officially ordered the new series adaptation of Anne Rice’s “Interview With the Vampire” with an eight-episode first season, Deadline reports. The series is created by Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) who will also serve as showrunner and writer. Deadline notes, that “Interview With the Vampire” will premiere in 2022 on both AMC and AMC+. “The challenge of adapting for television the groundbreaking and immensely compelling work of Anne Rice is both intimidating and exhilarating,” Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad”) said in a statement shared by Deadline. “Having previously produced films from such singular works, I recognize both the responsibility and the obligation we owe the material. I strongly believe that with AMC and Rolin Jones we are equipped to meet this challenge and to thrill and entertain both the loyal Anne Rice fan and the viewer who is just now discovering her work.” The “Interview With the Vampire” saga centers on vampires Louis and Lestat, who were played by

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2021
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AMC & Shudder Team Up With Adopt-A-Pet To Help You Find A Watch Buddy

Shudder and AMC have teamed up with Adopt-a-pet.com in both the US and Canada to promote pet adoption – especially the many under-adopted cats and dogs – during Halloween with a new PSA that encourages genre fans to find their purrfect watch buddy. That’s a mission we can get behind! Let’s be honest, you don’t get much better than curling up with a horror movie and a pet for a night in. With AMC’s annual horror marathon FearFest, they aim to raise awareness for pet adoption with ‘FurFest.’ All month long, AMC, AMC+, and Shudder are encouraging viewers to support Adopt-a-Pet.com’s mission to end the overpopulation of companion animals in shelters and help pets find loving forever homes through custom, PET-tacular spots airing across linear, digital, and social channels. The custom spots, featuring a few four-legged horror fans, encourage viewers to find their perfect watch buddies through adoptions and especially raise awareness for black cat and black dog adoptions this

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2020
Horror Fuel

Series Review: Season 2 Of “NOS4A2” Is Out Today On Blu-ray

Season two of “NOS4A2” is out today on Blu-ray and DVD and we’ve got a mostly spoiler-free review to share with you. Based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill, the second season finds Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) still struggling eight years after the events in the first season. Now with a son and a boyfriend (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Vic still fears Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto). When his body is discovered she has to go see for herself, but not everything is as it appears to be. When her son is kidnapped by Manx’s errand boy Bing (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) she sets out to rescue him leading her to enter Christmas Land with the help of her friend Maggie (Jahkara Smith) We finally learn the history of Charlie Manx and how he became the monster he is, as well as discover how Christmas Land came to life. We see a ton of character development this season. We see not only their

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 20, 2020
Horror Fuel

AMC’s 2020 FearFest Will Be The Biggest Yet, Featuring 91 Movies!

It wouldn’t be Halloween without AMC‘s FearFest! This year AMC is going all out, with a lineup that is bigger and better than ever! Kicking off on October 1st, this year’s FearFest will run all October long for the first time and will feature marathons, series premieres, specials, and 91 films including some of horror’s biggest Movies and classic franchises such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, Final Destination, The Amityville Horror, Insidious, Children of the Corn and many more. Films featured this FearFest on AMC: Body Snatchers (1993) Graveyard Shift (1990) 6 Souls (2010) An American Haunting (2005) The Amityville Horror (1979) The Amityville II: Possession (1982) The Amityville Horror (2005) Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1993) Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996) Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998) Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return (1999) Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001) Bride of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 25, 2020