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Nightmares Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup
24 features and 164 shorts over the four days, Oct. 18-21 For horror fans, Christmas has come three months early – in the form of the Nightmares Film Festival 2018 program, revealed today by the leading genre fest. True to its “#BetterHorror” motto, the program is jammed top to bottom with a mix of premier genre films from around the globe. Across the 188 films, there are dozens of world and North American premieres, a short accompanied by live in-theater music, projects from genre favorites, a Stephen King block, and even a new documentary section. We’re on a never-ending, worldwide quest to discover the films that are reshaping the boundaries of horror — bold voices, new visions of terror, films that haunt you,” said co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin. “That’s how we build every nightmare, and this may be our best lineup yet.” The features lineup is stacked with the world premieres of some of horror’s most anticipated new movies,
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Movie Review: ‘Afraid’ Starring “The Walking Dead’s” Alanna Masterson
Jason Golberg, the co-creator of prank series “Punk’d”, makes his directorial debut with Afraid, starring “The Walking Dead’s” Alanna Masterson and George Byrne. The film opens with a screen filled with twelve security channels. This where I should explain that the entire film is shown from security camera feeds inside and outside of a remote cabin, which often leaves the cast’s faces blurry. After the couple arrives we learn that Masterson’s character has chosen a college overseas and her boyfriend (Byrne) is trying everything in his power to stop her from leaving, which comes across in my opinion as pathetic, not romantic. He’s way too desperate. Throughout the movie we see computer screens of phone numbers be cloned and someone messaging Masterson’s character uncovering some bad deeds she has committed. When someone begins to leave messages on the walls of her room and stalk the couple the action begins (if that’s what you want to call it). We only get
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New Images Arrive As ‘Overlord’ Gears Up To Invade Theaters
The bloody, highly-anticipated film Overlord is set to land in theaters this November following its theatrical premiere last night at Alamo Drafthouse. From producer J.J. Abrams, Overlord is a thrilling, pulse-pounding action adventure with a twist. Today, we have some new images to share with you. In the WWII set film, “with only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that’s crucial to the invasion’s success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager to penetrate the walls and take down the tower. But, in a mysterious Nazi lab beneath the church, the outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.” Directed by Julius Avery, Overlord stars Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell star of “Ladder 49”, along with Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), Dominic Applewhite (The King’s Speech), Pilou Asbaek (“Game of Thrones”),
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Travel Channels’ Series “Monster Encounters” Introduces Viewers To Nightmare Causing Creatures
Sometimes, the monsters we create in our imagination are not nearly as frightening as the beasts that lurk outside in the real world. Travel Channel‘s new Series “Monster Encounters” will introduce viewers to some of those nightmarish, deadly creatures. Wildlife expert Casey Anderson is not afraid to get dangerously close to the largest and fiercest creatures on the planet. In Travel Channel’s new series his mission is to track down and document evidence of animals so large, or unusual, that they defy belief. Employing the latest technologies and his lifetime of wildlife experience, Anderson travels to remote corners of the earth in search of elusive creatures. Throughout the eight hour-long episodes, he leaves no stone unturned, collecting clues and connecting the dots until he gets up-close and personal with the beasts he seeks. I traveled to some of the earth’s most inaccessible regions. My daily commute to work put me on the back of elephants, in acrobatic helicopters, or on
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Step Right Up! The Trailer For CarousHELL Has Arrived!
People take everything so seriously these days. Sometimes what we need is a campy horror flick to take our minds off the terror that awaits in the real world. Wild Eye Releasing’s CarousHELL fits the bill. Check out the trailer and you’ll see what I mean. From filmmaker Steve Rudzinski, director of films such as Red Christmas, Captain Z & the Terror of Leviathan and Everyone Must Die!, comes this bloody, fun ride straight to hell. Based on a script by Rudzinski and Aleen Isley, this horror-comedy tells of a sentient carousel unicorn that gets pushed too far by a brat. The unicorn breaks free of his spinning prison to go on a revenge-driven murder spree on his way to kill the kid. Set to be released next year, CarouHELL stars Steve Rimpici, Sé Marie, and Haley Madison.
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The Trailer For ‘Thriller’ Reminds Of The 70’s Horror We Love So Much
Blumhouse’s new horror flick Thriller gives off a major Prom Night meets Scream vibe in its first trailer, all while reminding us of the 70’s horror we love so much. The 70’s were a great decade, giving us classic films like Prom Night, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist, each having the same type of feel and look. An introverted young man named Chauncey Page is sent to juvenile detention after he accidentally kills a member of a group of bullies after they play a cruel prank on him. Four years later he is back and he’s out for revenge. Jason Woods stars alongside Fences actor Mykelti Williamson and rapper turned actor RZA. Jessica Allain, Luke Tennie, Tequan Richmond, page Hurd, Chelsea Rendon, and Mitchell Edwards, Deadline reports. Divide/Conquer are producing the film written and directed by Dallas Jackson. Thriller will make its World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018.
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David Arquette And Luke Wilson Star In ‘High Voltage’ (AKA Hollow Body)
David Arquette and Luke Wilson are starring in the electrifying flick High Voltage, previously known as Hollow Body, which was just acquired by SP Releasing, Deadline reports. From writer-director-producer, Alex Keledjiam who created Project Greenlight comes the story of “a struggling rock band led by washed-out rock star Jimmy Kleen (Arquette) that strikes a deal with a cynical record executive (Wilson). Things take a turn when the band’s lead singer Rachel (Allie Gonino) and her controlling stage mother Barb (Perrey Reeves) are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel is brought back to life, but now lightning courses through her veins and she uses her new powers to drain the life from men and turn it into electrifying stage performances. Her bandmates discover her secret and must decide how far are they are willing to let her go to help them succeed.” High Voltage is ready to shock viewers on October 19th, arriving in theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Boston,
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New ‘Halloween’ Trailer Is Shot Documentary Style
The new trailer for Halloween is shot as if it is from a crime documentary and we’re digging it. It’s fitting, seeing that the David Gordan Green-directed movie features a documentary crew working making a feature about the masked killer. “Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.” “A British documentary crew comes to the States to visit Michael in prison for a retrospective of the maniac’s night of terror — but their project becomes way more interesting when Myers escapes custody, retrieves his signature mask and seeks revenge on Laurie, with others naturally being part of his impressive career body count along the way. In the decades following the fateful Halloween night that forever altered the former babysitter’s life, Laurie has armed and prepped herself for Michael’s inevitable return — to the detriment of her family, including
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Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation
Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying
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Future of ‘Telltale’s The Walking Dead’ Uncertain After Shakeup
Just like the sudden and dramatic exit of your favorite character on “The Walking Dead”, the same shocking end has come to the developers of “Telltale’s The Walking Dead” as of this afternoon around 90% of staff was laid off from Telltale Games, the developer of the hit TWD games, and “The Wolf Among Us”. Friday started with 250 employees and ended with 225 seeking employment elsewhere. Due to the sudden “Red Wedding” surprise has now put the remainder of TWD final season in jeopardy as episode 2 will be coming out in a couple of days. Among other projects that are now in limbo (in the gaming industry, it means Canceled) is “The Wolf Among Us 2” and a “Stranger Things” game. The story is currently developing.
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Nightmares Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup
24 features and 164 shorts over the four days, Oct. 18-21 For horror fans, Christmas has come three months early – in the form of the Nightmares Film Festival 2018 program, revealed today by the leading genre fest. True to its “#BetterHorror” motto, the program is jammed top to bottom with a mix of premier genre films from around the globe. Across the 188 films, there are dozens of world and North American premieres, a short accompanied by live in-theater music, projects from genre favorites, a Stephen King block, and even a new documentary section. We’re on a never-ending, worldwide quest to discover the films that are reshaping the boundaries of horror — bold voices, new visions of terror, films that haunt you,” said co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin. “That’s how we build every nightmare, and this may be our best lineup yet.” The features lineup is stacked with the world premieres of some of horror’s most anticipated new movies,
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Movie Review: ‘Afraid’ Starring “The Walking Dead’s” Alanna Masterson
Jason Golberg, the co-creator of prank series “Punk’d”, makes his directorial debut with Afraid, starring “The Walking Dead’s” Alanna Masterson and George Byrne. The film opens with a screen filled with twelve security channels. This where I should explain that the entire film is shown from security camera feeds inside and outside of a remote cabin, which often leaves the cast’s faces blurry. After the couple arrives we learn that Masterson’s character has chosen a college overseas and her boyfriend (Byrne) is trying everything in his power to stop her from leaving, which comes across in my opinion as pathetic, not romantic. He’s way too desperate. Throughout the movie we see computer screens of phone numbers be cloned and someone messaging Masterson’s character uncovering some bad deeds she has committed. When someone begins to leave messages on the walls of her room and stalk the couple the action begins (if that’s what you want to call it). We only get
Continue reading →
New Images Arrive As ‘Overlord’ Gears Up To Invade Theaters
The bloody, highly-anticipated film Overlord is set to land in theaters this November following its theatrical premiere last night at Alamo Drafthouse. From producer J.J. Abrams, Overlord is a thrilling, pulse-pounding action adventure with a twist. Today, we have some new images to share with you. In the WWII set film, “with only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drops into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that’s crucial to the invasion’s success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager to penetrate the walls and take down the tower. But, in a mysterious Nazi lab beneath the church, the outnumbered G.I.s come face-to-face with enemies unlike any the world has ever seen.” Directed by Julius Avery, Overlord stars Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell star of “Ladder 49”, along with Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”), Dominic Applewhite (The King’s Speech), Pilou Asbaek (“Game of Thrones”),
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Travel Channels’ Series “Monster Encounters” Introduces Viewers To Nightmare Causing Creatures
Sometimes, the monsters we create in our imagination are not nearly as frightening as the beasts that lurk outside in the real world. Travel Channel‘s new Series “Monster Encounters” will introduce viewers to some of those nightmarish, deadly creatures. Wildlife expert Casey Anderson is not afraid to get dangerously close to the largest and fiercest creatures on the planet. In Travel Channel’s new series his mission is to track down and document evidence of animals so large, or unusual, that they defy belief. Employing the latest technologies and his lifetime of wildlife experience, Anderson travels to remote corners of the earth in search of elusive creatures. Throughout the eight hour-long episodes, he leaves no stone unturned, collecting clues and connecting the dots until he gets up-close and personal with the beasts he seeks. I traveled to some of the earth’s most inaccessible regions. My daily commute to work put me on the back of elephants, in acrobatic helicopters, or on
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Step Right Up! The Trailer For CarousHELL Has Arrived!
People take everything so seriously these days. Sometimes what we need is a campy horror flick to take our minds off the terror that awaits in the real world. Wild Eye Releasing’s CarousHELL fits the bill. Check out the trailer and you’ll see what I mean. From filmmaker Steve Rudzinski, director of films such as Red Christmas, Captain Z & the Terror of Leviathan and Everyone Must Die!, comes this bloody, fun ride straight to hell. Based on a script by Rudzinski and Aleen Isley, this horror-comedy tells of a sentient carousel unicorn that gets pushed too far by a brat. The unicorn breaks free of his spinning prison to go on a revenge-driven murder spree on his way to kill the kid. Set to be released next year, CarouHELL stars Steve Rimpici, Sé Marie, and Haley Madison.
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The Trailer For ‘Thriller’ Reminds Of The 70’s Horror We Love So Much
Blumhouse’s new horror flick Thriller gives off a major Prom Night meets Scream vibe in its first trailer, all while reminding us of the 70’s horror we love so much. The 70’s were a great decade, giving us classic films like Prom Night, Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist, each having the same type of feel and look. An introverted young man named Chauncey Page is sent to juvenile detention after he accidentally kills a member of a group of bullies after they play a cruel prank on him. Four years later he is back and he’s out for revenge. Jason Woods stars alongside Fences actor Mykelti Williamson and rapper turned actor RZA. Jessica Allain, Luke Tennie, Tequan Richmond, page Hurd, Chelsea Rendon, and Mitchell Edwards, Deadline reports. Divide/Conquer are producing the film written and directed by Dallas Jackson. Thriller will make its World Premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018.
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David Arquette And Luke Wilson Star In ‘High Voltage’ (AKA Hollow Body)
David Arquette and Luke Wilson are starring in the electrifying flick High Voltage, previously known as Hollow Body, which was just acquired by SP Releasing, Deadline reports. From writer-director-producer, Alex Keledjiam who created Project Greenlight comes the story of “a struggling rock band led by washed-out rock star Jimmy Kleen (Arquette) that strikes a deal with a cynical record executive (Wilson). Things take a turn when the band’s lead singer Rachel (Allie Gonino) and her controlling stage mother Barb (Perrey Reeves) are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel is brought back to life, but now lightning courses through her veins and she uses her new powers to drain the life from men and turn it into electrifying stage performances. Her bandmates discover her secret and must decide how far are they are willing to let her go to help them succeed.” High Voltage is ready to shock viewers on October 19th, arriving in theaters in New York, Los Angeles, Boston,
Continue reading →
New ‘Halloween’ Trailer Is Shot Documentary Style
The new trailer for Halloween is shot as if it is from a crime documentary and we’re digging it. It’s fitting, seeing that the David Gordan Green-directed movie features a documentary crew working making a feature about the masked killer. “Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.” “A British documentary crew comes to the States to visit Michael in prison for a retrospective of the maniac’s night of terror — but their project becomes way more interesting when Myers escapes custody, retrieves his signature mask and seeks revenge on Laurie, with others naturally being part of his impressive career body count along the way. In the decades following the fateful Halloween night that forever altered the former babysitter’s life, Laurie has armed and prepped herself for Michael’s inevitable return — to the detriment of her family, including
Continue reading →
Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation
Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying
Continue reading →
Future of ‘Telltale’s The Walking Dead’ Uncertain After Shakeup
Just like the sudden and dramatic exit of your favorite character on “The Walking Dead”, the same shocking end has come to the developers of “Telltale’s The Walking Dead” as of this afternoon around 90% of staff was laid off from Telltale Games, the developer of the hit TWD games, and “The Wolf Among Us”. Friday started with 250 employees and ended with 225 seeking employment elsewhere. Due to the sudden “Red Wedding” surprise has now put the remainder of TWD final season in jeopardy as episode 2 will be coming out in a couple of days. Among other projects that are now in limbo (in the gaming industry, it means Canceled) is “The Wolf Among Us 2” and a “Stranger Things” game. The story is currently developing.
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