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Donnie Darko Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With 4K Restoration And Limited Theatrical Run
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Ricahrd Kelly’s ‘Donnie Darko premieres, Arrow Films will be unveiling the 4k restorations of both the theatrical and the director’s cut as well a limited theatrical run beginning May 31st. From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Arrow Films has announced the March 31st domestic theatrical debut of the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly’s cult hit Donnie Darko. Following a wildly successful re-release in the UK for its fifteenth anniversary, the film will return to theaters in cities across the United States. Fifteen years before “Stranger Things” combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. The 4K restoration of Donnie Darko will premiere at the Vista in Los Angeles on March 30th, and officially open
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A Woman Fights To Survive A Coldblooded Killer In The Trailer For ‘The Dark Below’
Parade Deck Films has announced the upcoming theatrical release of Douglas Schulze’s festival favorite ‘The Dark Below’ as well as the film’s trailer and poster. The story centers on a young woman (Shafer) trapped and struggling beneath a frozen lake while a serial killer (Brown) stalks her from the surface. Starring ‘Alien’ actress Veronica Cartwright, Lauren Mae Shafer (Fractured) , David G.B. Brown (Mimesis), Zachary Levine (Legion), Seraphina Anne Zom (Blood of Soldiers), and Tiffany Burs (The Parricidal Effect), ‘The Dark Below’ has been highly anticipated since it made its rounds at film festivals, including FrightFest, Fantasia, Toronto After Dark and Monsters of Film in Sweden. This tense, fear driven, survival film is the forth from acclaimed writer-director Douglas Shulze, who also directed ‘Mimesis’ and ‘Dark Fields’. The film features a soundtrack by multi-platinum recording artist Eric Bobo (Cypress Hill, The Beastie Boys). ‘The Dark Below’ will open in select theaters in the US on March 10, 2017.
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‘Get Out’ Is The First Of A Series Of Films From Writer-Director Jordan Peele
While comedian-turned-horror writer-director Jordan Peele’s genre hit ‘Get Out‘ is still burning up the box office, he’s already planning his next project. Fans will be happy to learn that ‘Get Out’ is only the beginning. The film is just the first of in series of five films he plans to make to examine what he refers to as “social demons”, according to the interview he had with Business Insider. I have four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade. The best and scariest monsters in the world are human beings and what are capable of especially when we get together. I’ve been working on these premises about these different social demons, these innately human monsters that are woven into the fabric of how we think and how we interact, and each one of my movies is going to be about a different one of these social demons.” The social statement Peele made with ‘Get Out’
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Allerleiruh…A Fairy Tale to Make You Uncomfortable
I have done a few articles on Fairy Tales and still profess that they are the precursors of horror. These stories, though fanciful, are dark, brooding, didactic, and often gory or disturbing. The real tragedy is that so many of the greatest fairy tales are unknown because Disney hasn’t watered them down yet; however, I feel that those ones are the best ones because there really isn’t a natural way to water them down. All-Kinds-of-Fur (Allerleiruh) is one of those fairy tales that isn’t gory or anything, but it is a great story that leaves a very uncomfortable feeling I the pit of the reader’s stomach…and isn’t that what we all crave? The tale starts off with the death of a queen who was the most beautiful woman in all the land. On her death bed, she told her husband that he could marry again, but “if thou wishest to marry again after my death, take no one who is
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Holy Hell, The New Alien: Covenant Trailer Is Intense
Last week, the prologue from Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ was unveiled and it gave us all a taste of the awesomeness to come. The second trailer arrived moments ago and holy hell is it intense! The trailer begins with the crew exploring a new world with a landscape that is similar to our own. At first it seems to be a paradise, but it quickly turns into a hell. Not only to see glimpses of the world, we see Xenomorphs in various stages of development. We also have a new poster (above) that urges you to “hide”. James Franco stars alongside Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Benjamin Rigby, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Callie Henandez and Carmen Ejogo, and Micahael Fassbender. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. ‘Alien: Covenant’ will
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An Interview With Actor-Writer-Director Keith Sutliff
Keith Sutliff made his full length directorial debut with the upcoming crime thriller ‘The Mason Brothers‘, set to premiere this April. Sutliff was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the film. Horror Fuel: “As an actor, writer, and director, how did you get your start in the industry?” KS: “It really started when I came to Los Angeles. I started doing stunt work. Like most people, I got into acting. From there I went on a little hiatus for about six or seven months. I’ve always been interested in filmmaking and I’ve always wanted to make my own content. However, I didn’t know how to go about doing it So I went to a trade school for filmmaking and graduated. I started doing short films there. Then I continued making short films after I got out. I opened my company, KS Pictures LLC., and made my first feature film, The Mason Brothers.” Horror Fuel: “How does
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Behold The Red Band Trailer For The Belko Experiment – In Theaters March 17
Earlier this week, we shared the exclusive claymation short film for ‘The Belko Experiment’, written by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and directed by Greg McLean (Wolf Creek). Today, we have another treat, the Red Band trailer! ‘The Belko Experiment’, executive produced by Jason Blum, boasts an impressive cast that includes Josh Brener, Tony Goldwyn, John Gallagher Jr. , Sean Gunn , John C. McGinley , Adria Arjona, Brent Sexton , Melonie Diaz , Abraham Benrubi, David Dastmalchain, Owain Yeoman, Rusty Schwimmer, and Michael Rooker. Official Synopsis: In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed. ‘The Belko Experiment’ opens in theaters nationwide on March 17, 2017 via Orion and BH Tilt. Follow ‘The Belko Experiment’ on Facebook for regular updates and more.
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Genre Legend Ken Foree Stars As ‘The Midnight Man’ – First Trailer
Genre legend Ken Foree, who has appeared in films such as ‘Dawn of the Dead’, ‘The Devil’s Rejects’, ‘Lords of Salem’, and 2007’s ‘Halloween’, stars in Aitor Uribarri’s ‘The Midnight Man’. And we have the first trailer. Co-starring Wendie Weldon, Tommy Day Carey and Tony D. Czech, ‘The Midnight Man’ was formerly titled ‘Curse of Midnight’. Hoping to fix their dysfunctional marriage, a couple travels to an isolated mountain cabin to work out their problems – but the one problem they didn’t anticipate is the maniac trying to kill them. As soon as release date is announced for ‘The Midnight Man’ we will let you know. In the meantime check out the trailer.
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Filming Begins On The Supernatural Thriller ‘Cadaver’ Starring Shay Mitchell
Amsterdam’s Diederik Van Rooijen (Penoza) has begun filming for his supernatural thriller ‘Cadaver’. Brian Sieve, the man behind the ‘Boogeyman’ franchise and MTV’s ‘Scream’, penned the script. In the film, a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue. She faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity possessing one of the corpses. ‘Pretty Little Liars” Shay Mitchell stars alongside Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Louis Herthum, James A. Watson Jr., and Larry Eudene. Andrea Ajemain, Todd Garner and Sean Robins are producing, with Glenn S. Gainor serving as executive producer. ‘Cadaver’ is set to be released on February 2, 2018. We will continue to follow the film’s development. We will update you when we know more.
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Get To A Theater And See ‘Get Out’ – A SPOILER FREE Review
It is truly rare these days to come across a film that is truly unique. Not just unique, but brilliant. To find a film that also shines a light on a social subject that needs to be explored, to be discussed, is something bigger than just a scary movie. Writer-director Jordan Peele has created a film that is all of those things, ‘Get Out’. And I have no doubt that it is going to be an instant classic. For that reason, I will NOT spoil it for you. Besides being brilliantly written, it has all of the hallmarks of the great genre films before it. It is incredibly creepy. The expressions, movements, and tone were perfectly executed by the cast which includes Daniel Kaluuy and Allison Williams who star in the lead roles, Betty Gabriel (The Purge: Election Year), Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men series), Milton “LilRel” Howery (The Carmichael Show), Marcus Henderson (Pete’s Dragon) and Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton).
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Donnie Darko Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary With 4K Restoration And Limited Theatrical Run
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Ricahrd Kelly’s ‘Donnie Darko premieres, Arrow Films will be unveiling the 4k restorations of both the theatrical and the director’s cut as well a limited theatrical run beginning May 31st. From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Arrow Films has announced the March 31st domestic theatrical debut of the 4K restoration of Richard Kelly’s cult hit Donnie Darko. Following a wildly successful re-release in the UK for its fifteenth anniversary, the film will return to theaters in cities across the United States. Fifteen years before “Stranger Things” combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Kelly set the template and the benchmark with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. The 4K restoration of Donnie Darko will premiere at the Vista in Los Angeles on March 30th, and officially open
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A Woman Fights To Survive A Coldblooded Killer In The Trailer For ‘The Dark Below’
Parade Deck Films has announced the upcoming theatrical release of Douglas Schulze’s festival favorite ‘The Dark Below’ as well as the film’s trailer and poster. The story centers on a young woman (Shafer) trapped and struggling beneath a frozen lake while a serial killer (Brown) stalks her from the surface. Starring ‘Alien’ actress Veronica Cartwright, Lauren Mae Shafer (Fractured) , David G.B. Brown (Mimesis), Zachary Levine (Legion), Seraphina Anne Zom (Blood of Soldiers), and Tiffany Burs (The Parricidal Effect), ‘The Dark Below’ has been highly anticipated since it made its rounds at film festivals, including FrightFest, Fantasia, Toronto After Dark and Monsters of Film in Sweden. This tense, fear driven, survival film is the forth from acclaimed writer-director Douglas Shulze, who also directed ‘Mimesis’ and ‘Dark Fields’. The film features a soundtrack by multi-platinum recording artist Eric Bobo (Cypress Hill, The Beastie Boys). ‘The Dark Below’ will open in select theaters in the US on March 10, 2017.
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‘Get Out’ Is The First Of A Series Of Films From Writer-Director Jordan Peele
While comedian-turned-horror writer-director Jordan Peele’s genre hit ‘Get Out‘ is still burning up the box office, he’s already planning his next project. Fans will be happy to learn that ‘Get Out’ is only the beginning. The film is just the first of in series of five films he plans to make to examine what he refers to as “social demons”, according to the interview he had with Business Insider. I have four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade. The best and scariest monsters in the world are human beings and what are capable of especially when we get together. I’ve been working on these premises about these different social demons, these innately human monsters that are woven into the fabric of how we think and how we interact, and each one of my movies is going to be about a different one of these social demons.” The social statement Peele made with ‘Get Out’
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Allerleiruh…A Fairy Tale to Make You Uncomfortable
I have done a few articles on Fairy Tales and still profess that they are the precursors of horror. These stories, though fanciful, are dark, brooding, didactic, and often gory or disturbing. The real tragedy is that so many of the greatest fairy tales are unknown because Disney hasn’t watered them down yet; however, I feel that those ones are the best ones because there really isn’t a natural way to water them down. All-Kinds-of-Fur (Allerleiruh) is one of those fairy tales that isn’t gory or anything, but it is a great story that leaves a very uncomfortable feeling I the pit of the reader’s stomach…and isn’t that what we all crave? The tale starts off with the death of a queen who was the most beautiful woman in all the land. On her death bed, she told her husband that he could marry again, but “if thou wishest to marry again after my death, take no one who is
Continue reading →
Holy Hell, The New Alien: Covenant Trailer Is Intense
Last week, the prologue from Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien: Covenant’ was unveiled and it gave us all a taste of the awesomeness to come. The second trailer arrived moments ago and holy hell is it intense! The trailer begins with the crew exploring a new world with a landscape that is similar to our own. At first it seems to be a paradise, but it quickly turns into a hell. Not only to see glimpses of the world, we see Xenomorphs in various stages of development. We also have a new poster (above) that urges you to “hide”. James Franco stars alongside Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Benjamin Rigby, Danny McBride, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Callie Henandez and Carmen Ejogo, and Micahael Fassbender. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. ‘Alien: Covenant’ will
Continue reading →
An Interview With Actor-Writer-Director Keith Sutliff
Keith Sutliff made his full length directorial debut with the upcoming crime thriller ‘The Mason Brothers‘, set to premiere this April. Sutliff was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the film. Horror Fuel: “As an actor, writer, and director, how did you get your start in the industry?” KS: “It really started when I came to Los Angeles. I started doing stunt work. Like most people, I got into acting. From there I went on a little hiatus for about six or seven months. I’ve always been interested in filmmaking and I’ve always wanted to make my own content. However, I didn’t know how to go about doing it So I went to a trade school for filmmaking and graduated. I started doing short films there. Then I continued making short films after I got out. I opened my company, KS Pictures LLC., and made my first feature film, The Mason Brothers.” Horror Fuel: “How does
Continue reading →
Behold The Red Band Trailer For The Belko Experiment – In Theaters March 17
Earlier this week, we shared the exclusive claymation short film for ‘The Belko Experiment’, written by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) and directed by Greg McLean (Wolf Creek). Today, we have another treat, the Red Band trailer! ‘The Belko Experiment’, executive produced by Jason Blum, boasts an impressive cast that includes Josh Brener, Tony Goldwyn, John Gallagher Jr. , Sean Gunn , John C. McGinley , Adria Arjona, Brent Sexton , Melonie Diaz , Abraham Benrubi, David Dastmalchain, Owain Yeoman, Rusty Schwimmer, and Michael Rooker. Official Synopsis: In a twisted social experiment, 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company’s intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be killed. ‘The Belko Experiment’ opens in theaters nationwide on March 17, 2017 via Orion and BH Tilt. Follow ‘The Belko Experiment’ on Facebook for regular updates and more.
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Genre Legend Ken Foree Stars As ‘The Midnight Man’ – First Trailer
Genre legend Ken Foree, who has appeared in films such as ‘Dawn of the Dead’, ‘The Devil’s Rejects’, ‘Lords of Salem’, and 2007’s ‘Halloween’, stars in Aitor Uribarri’s ‘The Midnight Man’. And we have the first trailer. Co-starring Wendie Weldon, Tommy Day Carey and Tony D. Czech, ‘The Midnight Man’ was formerly titled ‘Curse of Midnight’. Hoping to fix their dysfunctional marriage, a couple travels to an isolated mountain cabin to work out their problems – but the one problem they didn’t anticipate is the maniac trying to kill them. As soon as release date is announced for ‘The Midnight Man’ we will let you know. In the meantime check out the trailer.
Continue reading →
Filming Begins On The Supernatural Thriller ‘Cadaver’ Starring Shay Mitchell
Amsterdam’s Diederik Van Rooijen (Penoza) has begun filming for his supernatural thriller ‘Cadaver’. Brian Sieve, the man behind the ‘Boogeyman’ franchise and MTV’s ‘Scream’, penned the script. In the film, a cop who is just out of rehab takes the graveyard shift in a city hospital morgue. She faces a series of bizarre, violent events caused by an evil entity possessing one of the corpses. ‘Pretty Little Liars” Shay Mitchell stars alongside Stana Katic, Shay Mitchell, Grey Damon, Louis Herthum, James A. Watson Jr., and Larry Eudene. Andrea Ajemain, Todd Garner and Sean Robins are producing, with Glenn S. Gainor serving as executive producer. ‘Cadaver’ is set to be released on February 2, 2018. We will continue to follow the film’s development. We will update you when we know more.
Continue reading →
Get To A Theater And See ‘Get Out’ – A SPOILER FREE Review
It is truly rare these days to come across a film that is truly unique. Not just unique, but brilliant. To find a film that also shines a light on a social subject that needs to be explored, to be discussed, is something bigger than just a scary movie. Writer-director Jordan Peele has created a film that is all of those things, ‘Get Out’. And I have no doubt that it is going to be an instant classic. For that reason, I will NOT spoil it for you. Besides being brilliantly written, it has all of the hallmarks of the great genre films before it. It is incredibly creepy. The expressions, movements, and tone were perfectly executed by the cast which includes Daniel Kaluuy and Allison Williams who star in the lead roles, Betty Gabriel (The Purge: Election Year), Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men series), Milton “LilRel” Howery (The Carmichael Show), Marcus Henderson (Pete’s Dragon) and Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton).
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