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Critically Acclaimed Thriller ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Comes To Netflix This Week
The highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing is coming to Netflix following a successful theatrical run. Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within
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Set Sail With The Mystery And Terror Filled New Netflix Series “1899”
In a week, Netflix’s new upcoming dark series “1899” premieres and sees a ship full of unsuspecting passengers seized by terror and mysteries as they sail closer to the Bermuda Triangle. The series comes from Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, the creators of “Dark” and stars Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Anton Lesser, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mathilde Ollivier, and Andreas Pietschmann. Netflix describes “1899” as “A visually stunning odyssey where nothing is as it seems. The makers of the internationally acclaimed series “Dark” takes us back to the year “1899” aboard the Kerberos.” Multinational immigrants traveling from the old continent to the new encounter a nightmarish riddle aboard a second ship adrift on the open sea.” Set sail with “1899” on November 17, 2022, exclusively on Netflix.
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Star Says New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King’s Story
Writer-director Gary Dauberman‘s new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is currently in production. Star Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Strangers: Prey At Night) has now said that this adaptation is much closer to the book than the mini-series that debuted back in 1979. “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters.” Pullman told ComicBook.com. “So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in, but for the most part, he’s really true to the book and keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty. So I think it’s in good hands, Gary’s a really smart guy who has a keen
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Horror-on-Sea Film Festival Announces 10th Anniversary Lineup and Opens Ticket Sales
The U.K.’s Horror-on-Sea Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in January 2023 with a mind-shattering, blood-spattering array of independent scare-fare cinema. From monsters to murderers to other assorted mayhem, the fest features something for sppoky-cinema lovers of all stripes. Following is the official press announcement. Halloween may be over, but the horror will continue as the website for Horror-on-Sea 2023 is now live and the terrifying full line up has now been revealed. Horror-on-Sea is recognised by many as the true home of independent horror and remains one of the UK’s biggest independent film festivals. Originally formed to promote independent horror films and will continue to uphold that tradition, giving the horror fans an opportunity to see independent titles which would not normally be played on the big screen. Hosted once again at The Park Inn Palace Hotel (Southend-on-Sea) the festival will be running over two weekends from Friday 14th January to Sunday 16th January and Friday 21st January to
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Isabelle Fuhrman Fights For Her Life In Upcoming Thriller ‘Unit 234’
Hot off the heels of her return in Orphan: First Kill, Isabelle Fuhrman is heading to a storage facility in the upcoming thriller Unit 234, from Andy Tennant, the same director who brought you Sweet Home Alabama and Hitch. Today the image has surfaced, via Variety. In the thriller, “Laurie Saltair (Fuhrman) discovers the comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility, while working the night shift alone. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to survive the night.” Jack Huston (“House of Gucci”) and Don Johnson (Knives Out) also star in Unit 234, written by Derek Steiner (Insurgent, Warm Bodies). Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, and Lee Dreyfus are producing alongside Productivity Media’s William G. Santor and Doug Murray. Colleen Camp is serving as executive producer. As for a release date, we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, if you haven’t seen the new prequel to Orphan, Orphan: First Kill
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Movie Review: The Kindred (1987)
Ol’ scientist type John (David Allen Brooks) is having one hell of a shit day. Not only has his mother Amanda (Planet of the Apes‘ Kim Hunter), a scientist as well, been in the shittiest of health, but she is screaming all manner of shit about a brother John never knew he had (not before imploring him to destroy everything pertaining to her experiments). Speaking of “experiments”, the head of the lab where John toils away, Dr. Phillip Lloyd (Rod Steiger in a baffling choice of hairpiece) knows all about the things Amanda was cooking up in that lab of hers, and he’d do anything to posses it’s secrets… probably to add to the legions of monstrous murderous mutants he keeps in a secret prison. So anyway, John, his girlfriend Sharon (Talia Balsam), a cadre of students, and a devotee of his mother’s work, Melissa Leftridge (Max Headroom‘s Amanda Pays… and yes, I know she was in the ’90s Flash
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Seven Classic Horror Franchises Debut On Tubi
Tubi, the FREE streaming service that features a library of over 13,000 movies and series has just announced new franchises they have just added. A few of the franchises available this month is the ass-kicking action franchise John Wick, the Merch with the mouth, Deadpool, The Matrix, Vamps face off against Lycans in the Underworld franchise, you can also sink your teeth into the 28 Days franchise,seek justice with the Robocop franchise, or watch the Blair Witch movies. Tubi has no shortage of things to watch including more horror movies and series than Netflix and Prime Video combined and it’s all free (as long as you don’t mind the occasional commercial). Watch on any device and sign up for Tubi today.
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‘The Willowbrook,’ Produced By Final Destination Creator, Is Coming To Digital (Trailer)
This November, witness the duplicitous side of social media when Gravitas Ventures releases the gripping award-winning film The Willowbrook, produced by the creator of the Final Destination franchise. In the film, “A renowned wellness influencer invites one of her recently overdosed followers to seek recovery at her small-town manor. Once the follower arrives, she realizes the dark world existing within the manor is not what she–nor millions of others–perceived from the internet.” The Willowbrook, a film for the Tik Tok generation, was both written and directed by Zach Klopp, who is making his feature film debut. It stars Jessica Bishop, Erin Day, and Lawrence J. Hughes. It was executive produced by Koepp and Bethe H. Gordon and produced by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), Jessica Bishop, Krista Kolegraff, Aaron Hammersley, and Greg Bekkers. The film is a Rag Tag Pictures Production. Gravitas Ventures will release the film on digital platforms on November 8, 2022.
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First Images From Action Horror Film ‘Skinford: Death Sentence’ Surface
Genre specialist Black Mandala presents the new action-horror movie, Skinford: Death Sentence, directed by Nik Kacevski. A dangerous game, in an underworld with mad scientists and kidnapped women, where blood and eccentric gangsters abound. In the film, James “Skinny” Skinford has a simple plan: steal and flip a mysterious truck to make some quick cash and save his ailing Dad from a hideous terminal illness. It’s all cherry pie until everything goes rightly tits up when he finds a woman – who cannot die – buried alive in the grave he was being forced to dig for himself. Anyone touching her becomes immortal, but being near her is also a death sentence. Directed by Nik Kacevski and written by Nik Kacevski and Tess Meyer, the film stars Joshua Brennan, Charlotte Best, Goran D. Kleut, Roger Sciberras, Edward McKenna, Lara Schwerdt, Ric Herbert, Georgia Scott. Cinematography: Kieran Fowler, and Carl Robertson. Enzo Tedeschi, George Kacevski, Tess Meyer, and Tom Pope produce.
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Trailer Debuts For Kidnap Horror-Thriller ‘Creatures Of Necessity’
Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment company, has just announced the release date for Creatures of Necessity, the directorial debut of acclaimed South African cinematographer Christian Kazadi (“24 Hours Blind,” Blinkers”). The indie film was written and produced by prolific Nigerian novelist Njedeh Anthony (“Exceptional Beings,” “Mind Crawlers”). Creatures of Necessity is being hailed as “the most delicious dish this holiday season.” And is equal parts Reservoir Dogs meets Fleabag with just the right touch of Gone Girl, this wickedly enjoyable thriller will keep you guessing until the last frame. In the thriller, “After 13 days without receiving a ransom and their identities now unveiled, everyone involved with the kidnapping of Isabella Contini, has hit their breaking point and releases their demons. The chaotic issues in the lives of the kidnappers overshadow their crime, while their victim, weighed by her wavering mind, must figure out how to escape, armed only with her wits.” The cast includes Mindy Gilkerson (“The
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Critically Acclaimed Thriller ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’ Comes To Netflix This Week
The highly-anticipated and critically acclaimed suspense thriller Where the Crawdads Sing is coming to Netflix following a successful theatrical run. Outcasts are always the first to have suspicions cast upon them. That’s the case in Where the Crawdads Sing. The highly-anticipated adaptation of Delia Owens‘ New York Time Best Selling novel, which spent 32 weeks at the top of the “Best Sellers” list, tells the story of “Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Drawn to two young men from town, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world; but when one of them is found dead, she is immediately cast by the community as the main suspect. As the case unfolds, the verdict as to what actually happened becomes increasingly unclear, threatening to reveal the many secrets that lay within
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Set Sail With The Mystery And Terror Filled New Netflix Series “1899”
In a week, Netflix’s new upcoming dark series “1899” premieres and sees a ship full of unsuspecting passengers seized by terror and mysteries as they sail closer to the Bermuda Triangle. The series comes from Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, the creators of “Dark” and stars Emily Beecham, Aneurin Barnard, Anton Lesser, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mathilde Ollivier, and Andreas Pietschmann. Netflix describes “1899” as “A visually stunning odyssey where nothing is as it seems. The makers of the internationally acclaimed series “Dark” takes us back to the year “1899” aboard the Kerberos.” Multinational immigrants traveling from the old continent to the new encounter a nightmarish riddle aboard a second ship adrift on the open sea.” Set sail with “1899” on November 17, 2022, exclusively on Netflix.
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Star Says New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie Is A True Adaptation Of King’s Story
Writer-director Gary Dauberman‘s new adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot is currently in production. Star Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick, Strangers: Prey At Night) has now said that this adaptation is much closer to the book than the mini-series that debuted back in 1979. “Gary Dauberman, the director, is really keen on doing justice to the book. But also, the previous adaptation was a two-parter, because it’s such a hefty book and there are so many different moving parts and so many characters.” Pullman told ComicBook.com. “So there are some parts where Gary had to press and find what was really at the heart of the movie to keep in, but for the most part, he’s really true to the book and keeping a lot of the original dialogue in there. He’s a Stephen King hound dog so he doesn’t wanna do Stephen dirty. So I think it’s in good hands, Gary’s a really smart guy who has a keen
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Horror-on-Sea Film Festival Announces 10th Anniversary Lineup and Opens Ticket Sales
The U.K.’s Horror-on-Sea Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in January 2023 with a mind-shattering, blood-spattering array of independent scare-fare cinema. From monsters to murderers to other assorted mayhem, the fest features something for sppoky-cinema lovers of all stripes. Following is the official press announcement. Halloween may be over, but the horror will continue as the website for Horror-on-Sea 2023 is now live and the terrifying full line up has now been revealed. Horror-on-Sea is recognised by many as the true home of independent horror and remains one of the UK’s biggest independent film festivals. Originally formed to promote independent horror films and will continue to uphold that tradition, giving the horror fans an opportunity to see independent titles which would not normally be played on the big screen. Hosted once again at The Park Inn Palace Hotel (Southend-on-Sea) the festival will be running over two weekends from Friday 14th January to Sunday 16th January and Friday 21st January to
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Isabelle Fuhrman Fights For Her Life In Upcoming Thriller ‘Unit 234’
Hot off the heels of her return in Orphan: First Kill, Isabelle Fuhrman is heading to a storage facility in the upcoming thriller Unit 234, from Andy Tennant, the same director who brought you Sweet Home Alabama and Hitch. Today the image has surfaced, via Variety. In the thriller, “Laurie Saltair (Fuhrman) discovers the comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility, while working the night shift alone. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to survive the night.” Jack Huston (“House of Gucci”) and Don Johnson (Knives Out) also star in Unit 234, written by Derek Steiner (Insurgent, Warm Bodies). Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, and Lee Dreyfus are producing alongside Productivity Media’s William G. Santor and Doug Murray. Colleen Camp is serving as executive producer. As for a release date, we’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, if you haven’t seen the new prequel to Orphan, Orphan: First Kill
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Movie Review: The Kindred (1987)
Ol’ scientist type John (David Allen Brooks) is having one hell of a shit day. Not only has his mother Amanda (Planet of the Apes‘ Kim Hunter), a scientist as well, been in the shittiest of health, but she is screaming all manner of shit about a brother John never knew he had (not before imploring him to destroy everything pertaining to her experiments). Speaking of “experiments”, the head of the lab where John toils away, Dr. Phillip Lloyd (Rod Steiger in a baffling choice of hairpiece) knows all about the things Amanda was cooking up in that lab of hers, and he’d do anything to posses it’s secrets… probably to add to the legions of monstrous murderous mutants he keeps in a secret prison. So anyway, John, his girlfriend Sharon (Talia Balsam), a cadre of students, and a devotee of his mother’s work, Melissa Leftridge (Max Headroom‘s Amanda Pays… and yes, I know she was in the ’90s Flash
Continue reading →
Seven Classic Horror Franchises Debut On Tubi
Tubi, the FREE streaming service that features a library of over 13,000 movies and series has just announced new franchises they have just added. A few of the franchises available this month is the ass-kicking action franchise John Wick, the Merch with the mouth, Deadpool, The Matrix, Vamps face off against Lycans in the Underworld franchise, you can also sink your teeth into the 28 Days franchise,seek justice with the Robocop franchise, or watch the Blair Witch movies. Tubi has no shortage of things to watch including more horror movies and series than Netflix and Prime Video combined and it’s all free (as long as you don’t mind the occasional commercial). Watch on any device and sign up for Tubi today.
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‘The Willowbrook,’ Produced By Final Destination Creator, Is Coming To Digital (Trailer)
This November, witness the duplicitous side of social media when Gravitas Ventures releases the gripping award-winning film The Willowbrook, produced by the creator of the Final Destination franchise. In the film, “A renowned wellness influencer invites one of her recently overdosed followers to seek recovery at her small-town manor. Once the follower arrives, she realizes the dark world existing within the manor is not what she–nor millions of others–perceived from the internet.” The Willowbrook, a film for the Tik Tok generation, was both written and directed by Zach Klopp, who is making his feature film debut. It stars Jessica Bishop, Erin Day, and Lawrence J. Hughes. It was executive produced by Koepp and Bethe H. Gordon and produced by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination), Jessica Bishop, Krista Kolegraff, Aaron Hammersley, and Greg Bekkers. The film is a Rag Tag Pictures Production. Gravitas Ventures will release the film on digital platforms on November 8, 2022.
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First Images From Action Horror Film ‘Skinford: Death Sentence’ Surface
Genre specialist Black Mandala presents the new action-horror movie, Skinford: Death Sentence, directed by Nik Kacevski. A dangerous game, in an underworld with mad scientists and kidnapped women, where blood and eccentric gangsters abound. In the film, James “Skinny” Skinford has a simple plan: steal and flip a mysterious truck to make some quick cash and save his ailing Dad from a hideous terminal illness. It’s all cherry pie until everything goes rightly tits up when he finds a woman – who cannot die – buried alive in the grave he was being forced to dig for himself. Anyone touching her becomes immortal, but being near her is also a death sentence. Directed by Nik Kacevski and written by Nik Kacevski and Tess Meyer, the film stars Joshua Brennan, Charlotte Best, Goran D. Kleut, Roger Sciberras, Edward McKenna, Lara Schwerdt, Ric Herbert, Georgia Scott. Cinematography: Kieran Fowler, and Carl Robertson. Enzo Tedeschi, George Kacevski, Tess Meyer, and Tom Pope produce.
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Trailer Debuts For Kidnap Horror-Thriller ‘Creatures Of Necessity’
Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment company, has just announced the release date for Creatures of Necessity, the directorial debut of acclaimed South African cinematographer Christian Kazadi (“24 Hours Blind,” Blinkers”). The indie film was written and produced by prolific Nigerian novelist Njedeh Anthony (“Exceptional Beings,” “Mind Crawlers”). Creatures of Necessity is being hailed as “the most delicious dish this holiday season.” And is equal parts Reservoir Dogs meets Fleabag with just the right touch of Gone Girl, this wickedly enjoyable thriller will keep you guessing until the last frame. In the thriller, “After 13 days without receiving a ransom and their identities now unveiled, everyone involved with the kidnapping of Isabella Contini, has hit their breaking point and releases their demons. The chaotic issues in the lives of the kidnappers overshadow their crime, while their victim, weighed by her wavering mind, must figure out how to escape, armed only with her wits.” The cast includes Mindy Gilkerson (“The
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