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Evil Lives Within The Walls Of ‘The Castle’ – Exclusive Trailer And Poster Reveal
HorrorFuel.com has some exclusive news for you today, writer-director Arish Sirkissoon’s terrifying horror The Castle, which opens its ghastly gates next month! In The Castle, Michael and Catherine break down in the middle of nowhere on their wedding day. After walking several kilometers, they discover an old castle. Against her better judgment, Catherine is convinced by Michael to spend the night. Once she enters the castle, she feels like something is watching her. What she discovers in the castle will change her life forever. “It’s always been important to me to write deep psychological thrillers that are borderline horror. In my personal view there is nothing better than a great feature with a worthy twist. I wrote this film with many ideas in mind and it came together beautifully in one swift stroke. I know audiences are going to appreciate the attention to detail I have put into this film both on paper and on the screen. This is my
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Italian Horror-Thriller Invites You To Check Into ‘The Guest Room’ (Trailer)
Stefao Lodovichi‘s Italian psychological thriller The Guest Room (La Stanza), the follow-up to his directorial debut Deep in the Wood, is coming to a TV near you on VOD. In the film, “The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella’s heart, joins them at home, this odd situation turns immediately into chaos: Giulio, the stranger, starts unveiling all the secrets of the couple and the house. Who is Giulio? And what are Stella and Sandro hiding?” The Guest Room stars Guido Caprino (“Il commissario Manara”, “That Dirty Black Bag”), Camilla Filippi (“The Trial”, The Big Step), and Edoardo Pesce (Dogman, Non sono un assassino) as an unlikely trio on the precipice of chaos in an isolated house.
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Evil Dead Rise’s Paul Gerrard Teams With Mike Clarke For Horror ‘The Stranger’ (Trailer)
Hellraiser: Origins creator and Evil Dead Rise concept artist, Paul Gerrard and Mike Clarke, who is making his feature film debut, have teamed up to write and direct the tentacled home invasion horror The Stranger, with a Lovecraftian twist. In the film, following the death of her husband, the grieving proprietor of a small hotel finds her life turned further upside down after the arrival of a mysterious guest who won’t leave. The Stranger stars Damien Ashley, Jennifer K. Preston, Isabella Percival, Jake Francis, Lindy Pieri, and Wendy Laurence James. The Stranger is out now on VOD in the US and will soon be available worldwide on both VOD and DVD, from High Octane Pictures. Check out the trailer.
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Don’t Miss Shudder’s Special ‘The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Haunted Halloween Hangout’
What would Halloween be without Joe Bob Briggs? Shudder has just announced the Original special, The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Haunted Halloween Hangout featuring special guest, the legendary Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira. In what has become an annual tradition, join iconic horror host and foremost drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs as he returns with a special The Last Drive-In double feature just in time for Halloween. You’ll have to tune in to find out which spooky movies Joe Bob has selected, but you can count on something scary and perfect for the season. The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings. AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers, and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland,
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Movie Reviews: “The Revelation” and “Shaky Shivers” (Screamfest)
The Revelation There are several horror films set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but writer/director Chris W. Mitchell’s Dutch feature The Revelation (De Openbaring, 2022) is the first one to fully capture my attention and hold it throughout. One of the main reasons for that is the terrific performance by star Victor Löw as Jacob, a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, as lockdowns begin and people are deciding how to react to the rapidly spreading virus. Jacob falls into a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories that drive him to paranoia, as he quits his job to move in with his elderly mother (Leny Breederveld) and shield her from the outside world. His sister Magda (Monic Hendrickx) tries to talk sense into him, but is far too late as visions of his recently deceased father (Peter Bolhuis), who was a highly skilled animal skinner, and the ravings of a dubious
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A Family Reunion Turns Into A Fight For Survival This October In ‘Dangerous Game’
Let’s face it, family reunions can take a turn for the worse quickly. But in the new film Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders, worse is an understatement when relatives are forced to play a deadly game. In this edge-of-your-seat film, “A family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.” Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings) and Academy Award® Winner Jon Voight (Coming Home) star in this thriller filled with twists and turns. Will Sasso, Skyler Shaye, Sean McNamara, Megan Charpentier, Dylan Playfair, Bradley Stryker, Laura Mennell, and Kaya Coleman co-star in the film directed by Sean McNamara and written by Brian Buccellato. Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders opens in select theaters and slashes its way onto VOD and Digital on October 21, 2022, from Paramount.
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Press Play On ‘V/H/S/99’ This Week On Shudder (Trailer)
The hit found footage horror anthology franchise, V/H/S, is back with an all-new installment, V/H/S/99 premiering exclusively on Shudder this week. V/H/S/99 “takes us back to the final punk rock analog days of the VHS while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium. In the film, a video leads to a series of horrifying revelations.” The film features segments from renowned genre filmmakers such as Maggie Levin (Into The Dark: My Valentine), Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City), Flying Lotus (Kuso), Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls), and Joseph & Vanessa Winter (Deadstream). Producer Josh Goldbloom said this about the film: “We’re confident this is the biggest, baddest, and most wildly savage V/H/S yet!” Producers include Goldbloom for Cinepocalypse, Brad Miska for Bloody Disgusting, David Bruckner (V/H/S, The Night House, Hellraiser), filmmaking collective Radio Silence (Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, & Tyler Gillett; Ready or Not, Scream), and James Harris. V/H/S/99 is executive produced by
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True Crime Inspired Thriller ‘The Good Nurse’ Coming Netflix (Trailer)
While its title may be The Good Nurse, Netflix’s upcoming thriller is about someone who is anything but good. Set to premiere this October, the film is based on a real-life serial killer, Charles Cullen, and is an adaptation of Charles Graeber’s 2013 book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder. The film is from BAFTA-nominated director Tobias Lindholm (Mindhunter, The Hunt) and Oscar-nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917) and stars Jessica Chastain (It Chapter Two) and Fantastic Beast’s Eddie Redmayne. In The Good Nurse, based on a true story, an infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. Jessica Chastain’s character, a fellow nurse, risks her life to stop him from killing again. The true story: In reality, Charles Cullen has been implicated in around 300 -yes, you read that right, 300 – deaths and earned himself the title of “Angel of Death.” Born in 1960, after leaving the Navy, the real
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Movie Reviews: Deer Camp ‘86 and KillHer (Screamfest)
Sylvan shockers are in no shortage at Screamfest this year. Here’s a look at two of those woods-set features. Deer Camp ‘86 Combining supernatural cabin-in-the-woods elements with slasher fare, first-time director L. Van Dyke Siboutszen’s Deer Camp ‘86 (2022) goes for the jugular, along with several other body parts, in its tale of a group of Detroit friends who head out to the forest to open up the 1986 deer hunting season. They make an ill-fated stop at the bar, where nice guy of the group Wes (Noah LaLonde) falls hard for Native American bartender Star (Tina Manera) while the group is confronted by local racists. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Wes, Star is assaulted and murdered behind the bar before the group leaves. That’s doubly unfortunate, as every time a Native American woman in the area is killed, something attacks any hunters in the area, which Sheriff Paulson (Paul Wilson) puts down to bear attacks — though he knows better. Most
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Movie Review: Freeze (H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival)
Prolific fear-fare director Charlie Steeds’ latest effort Freeze (U.K., 2022) is a Lovecraftian creature feature that punches above the weight of its budgetary limitations, resulting in a solid-looking, highly entertaining period piece. The crew of the HMS Innsmouth is on a mission to rescue the HMS Eibon, which was lost during its expedition to the North Pole. HMS Innsmouth’s Captain Mortimer’s (Rory Wilson) good friend Captain Streiner (Tim Cartwright) commanded the lost ship, so he is determined to learn the fate of his friend. Meanwhile, Crewman Redgrave (Jake Watkins) helps hide a woman stowaway named Carmen (Beatrice Barillá), whose brother was an officer on the Eibon. Tension heightens when crewman Spriggs (Ricardo Freitas) (who you just can’t wait to see get his) learns of this. Mortimer’s first mate McCullough (Johnny Vivash) warns the captain that sailing any further ahead in the ice will result in disaster, but Lieutenant Roth (David Lenik), whose father owns HMS Innsmouth, persuades Streiner to forge
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Evil Lives Within The Walls Of ‘The Castle’ – Exclusive Trailer And Poster Reveal
HorrorFuel.com has some exclusive news for you today, writer-director Arish Sirkissoon’s terrifying horror The Castle, which opens its ghastly gates next month! In The Castle, Michael and Catherine break down in the middle of nowhere on their wedding day. After walking several kilometers, they discover an old castle. Against her better judgment, Catherine is convinced by Michael to spend the night. Once she enters the castle, she feels like something is watching her. What she discovers in the castle will change her life forever. “It’s always been important to me to write deep psychological thrillers that are borderline horror. In my personal view there is nothing better than a great feature with a worthy twist. I wrote this film with many ideas in mind and it came together beautifully in one swift stroke. I know audiences are going to appreciate the attention to detail I have put into this film both on paper and on the screen. This is my
Continue reading →
Italian Horror-Thriller Invites You To Check Into ‘The Guest Room’ (Trailer)
Stefao Lodovichi‘s Italian psychological thriller The Guest Room (La Stanza), the follow-up to his directorial debut Deep in the Wood, is coming to a TV near you on VOD. In the film, “The morning Stella decides to take her own life, a stranger knocks at her door claiming the guest room he booked for the night. Surprised but charmed by this man who seems to know her very well, Stella decides to let him in. But when Sandro, the man who broke Stella’s heart, joins them at home, this odd situation turns immediately into chaos: Giulio, the stranger, starts unveiling all the secrets of the couple and the house. Who is Giulio? And what are Stella and Sandro hiding?” The Guest Room stars Guido Caprino (“Il commissario Manara”, “That Dirty Black Bag”), Camilla Filippi (“The Trial”, The Big Step), and Edoardo Pesce (Dogman, Non sono un assassino) as an unlikely trio on the precipice of chaos in an isolated house.
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Evil Dead Rise’s Paul Gerrard Teams With Mike Clarke For Horror ‘The Stranger’ (Trailer)
Hellraiser: Origins creator and Evil Dead Rise concept artist, Paul Gerrard and Mike Clarke, who is making his feature film debut, have teamed up to write and direct the tentacled home invasion horror The Stranger, with a Lovecraftian twist. In the film, following the death of her husband, the grieving proprietor of a small hotel finds her life turned further upside down after the arrival of a mysterious guest who won’t leave. The Stranger stars Damien Ashley, Jennifer K. Preston, Isabella Percival, Jake Francis, Lindy Pieri, and Wendy Laurence James. The Stranger is out now on VOD in the US and will soon be available worldwide on both VOD and DVD, from High Octane Pictures. Check out the trailer.
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Don’t Miss Shudder’s Special ‘The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Haunted Halloween Hangout’
What would Halloween be without Joe Bob Briggs? Shudder has just announced the Original special, The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Haunted Halloween Hangout featuring special guest, the legendary Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira. In what has become an annual tradition, join iconic horror host and foremost drive-in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs as he returns with a special The Last Drive-In double feature just in time for Halloween. You’ll have to tune in to find out which spooky movies Joe Bob has selected, but you can count on something scary and perfect for the season. The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings. AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers, and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland,
Continue reading →
Movie Reviews: “The Revelation” and “Shaky Shivers” (Screamfest)
The Revelation There are several horror films set during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but writer/director Chris W. Mitchell’s Dutch feature The Revelation (De Openbaring, 2022) is the first one to fully capture my attention and hold it throughout. One of the main reasons for that is the terrific performance by star Victor Löw as Jacob, a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with the dangers of COVID-19 in its early stages, as lockdowns begin and people are deciding how to react to the rapidly spreading virus. Jacob falls into a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories that drive him to paranoia, as he quits his job to move in with his elderly mother (Leny Breederveld) and shield her from the outside world. His sister Magda (Monic Hendrickx) tries to talk sense into him, but is far too late as visions of his recently deceased father (Peter Bolhuis), who was a highly skilled animal skinner, and the ravings of a dubious
Continue reading →
A Family Reunion Turns Into A Fight For Survival This October In ‘Dangerous Game’
Let’s face it, family reunions can take a turn for the worse quickly. But in the new film Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders, worse is an understatement when relatives are forced to play a deadly game. In this edge-of-your-seat film, “A family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.” Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Vikings) and Academy Award® Winner Jon Voight (Coming Home) star in this thriller filled with twists and turns. Will Sasso, Skyler Shaye, Sean McNamara, Megan Charpentier, Dylan Playfair, Bradley Stryker, Laura Mennell, and Kaya Coleman co-star in the film directed by Sean McNamara and written by Brian Buccellato. Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders opens in select theaters and slashes its way onto VOD and Digital on October 21, 2022, from Paramount.
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Press Play On ‘V/H/S/99’ This Week On Shudder (Trailer)
The hit found footage horror anthology franchise, V/H/S, is back with an all-new installment, V/H/S/99 premiering exclusively on Shudder this week. V/H/S/99 “takes us back to the final punk rock analog days of the VHS while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium. In the film, a video leads to a series of horrifying revelations.” The film features segments from renowned genre filmmakers such as Maggie Levin (Into The Dark: My Valentine), Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City), Flying Lotus (Kuso), Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls), and Joseph & Vanessa Winter (Deadstream). Producer Josh Goldbloom said this about the film: “We’re confident this is the biggest, baddest, and most wildly savage V/H/S yet!” Producers include Goldbloom for Cinepocalypse, Brad Miska for Bloody Disgusting, David Bruckner (V/H/S, The Night House, Hellraiser), filmmaking collective Radio Silence (Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, & Tyler Gillett; Ready or Not, Scream), and James Harris. V/H/S/99 is executive produced by
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True Crime Inspired Thriller ‘The Good Nurse’ Coming Netflix (Trailer)
While its title may be The Good Nurse, Netflix’s upcoming thriller is about someone who is anything but good. Set to premiere this October, the film is based on a real-life serial killer, Charles Cullen, and is an adaptation of Charles Graeber’s 2013 book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder. The film is from BAFTA-nominated director Tobias Lindholm (Mindhunter, The Hunt) and Oscar-nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917) and stars Jessica Chastain (It Chapter Two) and Fantastic Beast’s Eddie Redmayne. In The Good Nurse, based on a true story, an infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. Jessica Chastain’s character, a fellow nurse, risks her life to stop him from killing again. The true story: In reality, Charles Cullen has been implicated in around 300 -yes, you read that right, 300 – deaths and earned himself the title of “Angel of Death.” Born in 1960, after leaving the Navy, the real
Continue reading →
Movie Reviews: Deer Camp ‘86 and KillHer (Screamfest)
Sylvan shockers are in no shortage at Screamfest this year. Here’s a look at two of those woods-set features. Deer Camp ‘86 Combining supernatural cabin-in-the-woods elements with slasher fare, first-time director L. Van Dyke Siboutszen’s Deer Camp ‘86 (2022) goes for the jugular, along with several other body parts, in its tale of a group of Detroit friends who head out to the forest to open up the 1986 deer hunting season. They make an ill-fated stop at the bar, where nice guy of the group Wes (Noah LaLonde) falls hard for Native American bartender Star (Tina Manera) while the group is confronted by local racists. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Wes, Star is assaulted and murdered behind the bar before the group leaves. That’s doubly unfortunate, as every time a Native American woman in the area is killed, something attacks any hunters in the area, which Sheriff Paulson (Paul Wilson) puts down to bear attacks — though he knows better. Most
Continue reading →
Movie Review: Freeze (H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival)
Prolific fear-fare director Charlie Steeds’ latest effort Freeze (U.K., 2022) is a Lovecraftian creature feature that punches above the weight of its budgetary limitations, resulting in a solid-looking, highly entertaining period piece. The crew of the HMS Innsmouth is on a mission to rescue the HMS Eibon, which was lost during its expedition to the North Pole. HMS Innsmouth’s Captain Mortimer’s (Rory Wilson) good friend Captain Streiner (Tim Cartwright) commanded the lost ship, so he is determined to learn the fate of his friend. Meanwhile, Crewman Redgrave (Jake Watkins) helps hide a woman stowaway named Carmen (Beatrice Barillá), whose brother was an officer on the Eibon. Tension heightens when crewman Spriggs (Ricardo Freitas) (who you just can’t wait to see get his) learns of this. Mortimer’s first mate McCullough (Johnny Vivash) warns the captain that sailing any further ahead in the ice will result in disaster, but Lieutenant Roth (David Lenik), whose father owns HMS Innsmouth, persuades Streiner to forge
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