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Walking Dead & Bridgeton Stars Lead Cast Of Upcoming Series “Burning Girls”
“Walking Dead ” star Samantha Morton is set to lead Paramount+’s upcoming series “Burning Girls” alongside “Bridgerton” star Ruby Stokes, Deadline reports. The show is from Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and is an adaptation of the novel by C.J. Tudor. It has now entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history. “Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.” Conrad Khan (Peaky Blinders), Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Emma), Stranger Things star Elodie Grace Orkin, Janie Dee, David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), Paul Bradley (EastEnders), Jane Lapotaire (The Crown, Marie Curie), Jack Roth (Bohemian Rhapsody), Mollie Holder (Sanditon), Safia Oakley-Green
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Vienna’s SLASH Filmfestival 2022: Short Films in Focus
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival presents its 2022 edition from September 22—October 2, and the fest is loaded with amazing slices of cinema from around the world, including a specially curated selection of short films. Following is the official press announcement about SLASH Film Festival’s short-film selections. The programs Five carefully curated programs and a handful of shorts before features bring a total of 47 short films from all corners of the world to Vienna. With over 35 Austrian, European or International premieres, the 13th edition of SLASH Filmfestival has one of its largest short film lineups yet and sees the festival double down on its commitment to celebrate the short form in its own right. In addition to program mainstays like Fantastic Shorts Chapters 1 and 2, SLASH is delighted to share treats with viewers young and old. My First SLASH is the festival’s first ever sidebar dedicated to younger moviegoers and intended as an introduction to the world of
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Outbreak Horror ‘Winter Hunger’ Finds People Fighting To Survive (Trailer)
This Fall, writer-director Álvaro García Gutiérrez’s action-packed outbreak horror The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD. Rated TV-MA, the film centers on five people who are trying to hide from a terrible threat hanging over them: a mutation of the rabies virus, B249, which is transmissible to humans. There is no electricity, no communication, no military, and no government, and Winter is coming. Gustavo Fernández, Beatriz Toyos, Mariu RuÍz OrtÍz, Consuelo Carravilla, David Fernández Mayora, and Jeison Ossa lead the cast. The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment, but you can pre-order your copy now.
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New Cast Members Join Sarah Paulson For The 1930’s Set Horror ‘Dust’
Searchlight Pictures is taking us back to Oklahoma in 1930 for Dust. The Hulu Original movie starring Sarah Paulson Of “The American Horror Story” franchise. Variety is reporting that Amiah Miller (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) have also signed on to star along with Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”) and Annaleigh Ashford. “Dust follows a woman trapped by increasingly perilous dust storms and is haunted by her past encounters with a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family.” Will Joines and Karrie Crouse are directing the film, which Crouse wrote. Filming wrapped this week, according to Variety.
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Movie Review: The Gravedigger (2019)
A Gravediggin’ man (Paul Homza) has a bit of surprise at work when he sees an actual living being in his cemetery instead of the usual stiffs he associates with. Fear not for our hero though, as the “living” being he has found is stitched together from pieces of more corpses than currently reside in the boneyard he tends… that’s right boils n’ ghouls, he has run across none other than Frankenstein’s monster (Gisbert Heuer)! Soon our protagonist is helping that misunderstood monster try to find any scrap of humanity left in that shamblin’ shell of patchwork flesh, but all isn’t well for long as the monsters creator, Victor (Tyler Charles Kane), is hot on his trail, and he’s eager to make that poor bastard double-dead for what he did to the “good” doctor’s family! Directed by Erynn Dalton and written by Joseph Zettelmaier, The Gravedigger is a study in minimalism that manages to be engaging while offering a refreshingly
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Season One Of Peacock’s ‘Twisted Metal’ Series Has Wrapped Production
Production has now officially wrapped on Peacock’s upcoming live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” gaming franchise. Writer and executive producer Michael Jonathan Smith shared the news on social media (below). Peacock has yet to announce the premiere date of season one of “Twisted Metal,” which stars Neve Campbell, Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Samoa Joe (who will be playing Sweet Tooth) with funny man Will Arnett voicing Sweet Tooth. Anthony Mackie (Captain America franchise) stars as John Doe in the series about a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” Doe is a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. “Twisted Metal” is
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An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In ‘The Dead Thing’
Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string
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Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)
After learning the film was distributed by someone named “Brian”… and only “Brian”… and his distribution company, we get down to brass tacks with Massacre at Central High… Mark (Andrew Stevens), along with his bully buddies Bruce (Ray Underwood), Craig (Steve Bond), and Paul (Damon Douglas) rule Central High through a reign of douche-baggery seldom seen on the silver screen! Take for instance their harassment of nerdy Spoony (Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds coincidentally… ) who is busy painting swastikas on school lockers which they force him to clean off… okay, that one is a bit dodgy… would it help if I told you he was painting them in protest of their raucous regime? Enter: David (Derrel Maury), a new man on campus who just so happens to be an old buddy of Mark’s… an old buddy that helped him out of a “jam” at their old alma mater. Now David is one aloof mother fucker, so when he’s
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The Past Comes Back To Haunt Three Friends In The ‘Never Forgotten’ Trailer
Ty Gordon makes his feature directorial debut with the new thriller Never Forgotten, whose trailer and poster have arrived. In the film, “three friends struggle to cope with reality as the darkness from their past threatens to destroy their friendship, and along with it, their sanity.” Besides both writing and directing the film, Gordon also stars alongside Robert Thomas Preston and Andrew John. Rodes Phire, Robert Thomas Preston, and Stephen Gibler produce. Never Forgotten will be available On Demand on September 30th, 2022.
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‘Umma’ Actress Set To Star In Upcoming Horror ‘Wake’
Hot off the heels of her role in the haunting horror Umma, Fivel Stewart has found her next project, she will be both starring in and executive producing Wake. Deadline reports that Tom Arizmendi and Austin Parks Stewart are directing the film that centers on, “A struggling actress, desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, tracks down the lead of the original film, who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare.” Elizabeth H. Vu wrote the script. Daniel Blake Smith, Teddy Van Gough, and Sam Logan are also producing.
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Walking Dead & Bridgeton Stars Lead Cast Of Upcoming Series “Burning Girls”
“Walking Dead ” star Samantha Morton is set to lead Paramount+’s upcoming series “Burning Girls” alongside “Bridgerton” star Ruby Stokes, Deadline reports. The show is from Marcella producer Buccaneer Media and is an adaptation of the novel by C.J. Tudor. It has now entered production and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history. “Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.” Conrad Khan (Peaky Blinders), Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Emma), Stranger Things star Elodie Grace Orkin, Janie Dee, David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), Paul Bradley (EastEnders), Jane Lapotaire (The Crown, Marie Curie), Jack Roth (Bohemian Rhapsody), Mollie Holder (Sanditon), Safia Oakley-Green
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Vienna’s SLASH Filmfestival 2022: Short Films in Focus
Vienna’s SLASH Film Festival presents its 2022 edition from September 22—October 2, and the fest is loaded with amazing slices of cinema from around the world, including a specially curated selection of short films. Following is the official press announcement about SLASH Film Festival’s short-film selections. The programs Five carefully curated programs and a handful of shorts before features bring a total of 47 short films from all corners of the world to Vienna. With over 35 Austrian, European or International premieres, the 13th edition of SLASH Filmfestival has one of its largest short film lineups yet and sees the festival double down on its commitment to celebrate the short form in its own right. In addition to program mainstays like Fantastic Shorts Chapters 1 and 2, SLASH is delighted to share treats with viewers young and old. My First SLASH is the festival’s first ever sidebar dedicated to younger moviegoers and intended as an introduction to the world of
Continue reading →
Outbreak Horror ‘Winter Hunger’ Finds People Fighting To Survive (Trailer)
This Fall, writer-director Álvaro García Gutiérrez’s action-packed outbreak horror The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD. Rated TV-MA, the film centers on five people who are trying to hide from a terrible threat hanging over them: a mutation of the rabies virus, B249, which is transmissible to humans. There is no electricity, no communication, no military, and no government, and Winter is coming. Gustavo Fernández, Beatriz Toyos, Mariu RuÍz OrtÍz, Consuelo Carravilla, David Fernández Mayora, and Jeison Ossa lead the cast. The Winter Hunger is coming to DVD on October 4th, 2022 from Bayview Entertainment, but you can pre-order your copy now.
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New Cast Members Join Sarah Paulson For The 1930’s Set Horror ‘Dust’
Searchlight Pictures is taking us back to Oklahoma in 1930 for Dust. The Hulu Original movie starring Sarah Paulson Of “The American Horror Story” franchise. Variety is reporting that Amiah Miller (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) have also signed on to star along with Ebon Moss-Bachrach (“The Bear”) and Annaleigh Ashford. “Dust follows a woman trapped by increasingly perilous dust storms and is haunted by her past encounters with a threatening presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect her family.” Will Joines and Karrie Crouse are directing the film, which Crouse wrote. Filming wrapped this week, according to Variety.
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Movie Review: The Gravedigger (2019)
A Gravediggin’ man (Paul Homza) has a bit of surprise at work when he sees an actual living being in his cemetery instead of the usual stiffs he associates with. Fear not for our hero though, as the “living” being he has found is stitched together from pieces of more corpses than currently reside in the boneyard he tends… that’s right boils n’ ghouls, he has run across none other than Frankenstein’s monster (Gisbert Heuer)! Soon our protagonist is helping that misunderstood monster try to find any scrap of humanity left in that shamblin’ shell of patchwork flesh, but all isn’t well for long as the monsters creator, Victor (Tyler Charles Kane), is hot on his trail, and he’s eager to make that poor bastard double-dead for what he did to the “good” doctor’s family! Directed by Erynn Dalton and written by Joseph Zettelmaier, The Gravedigger is a study in minimalism that manages to be engaging while offering a refreshingly
Continue reading →
Season One Of Peacock’s ‘Twisted Metal’ Series Has Wrapped Production
Production has now officially wrapped on Peacock’s upcoming live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” gaming franchise. Writer and executive producer Michael Jonathan Smith shared the news on social media (below). Peacock has yet to announce the premiere date of season one of “Twisted Metal,” which stars Neve Campbell, Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Samoa Joe (who will be playing Sweet Tooth) with funny man Will Arnett voicing Sweet Tooth. Anthony Mackie (Captain America franchise) stars as John Doe in the series about a “motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.” Doe is a smart-ass milkman who talks as fast as he drives. “Twisted Metal” is
Continue reading →
An Affair Breeds Dark Obsession In ‘The Dead Thing’
Elric Kane is making his directorial debut with The Dead Thing, a twist on the Invisible Man, in which an affair leads to a dark obsession. The Dead Thing is described by the site as being “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string of meaningless hookups, falls in love with a sensitive and charismatic man (Petersen) who she soon discovers harbors a dark secret that turns their affair into a twisted obsession.” Blu Hunt (The New Mutants), John Karna (Lady Bird), Ben Smith-Petersen (Mad Max: Fury Road), and Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) star in the film. Deadline states, “Billed as a neo-realist take on an Invisible Man story and a modern urban legend for the online dating era, the film follows a young woman (Hunt) who, lost in a string
Continue reading →
Blu-ray Review: Massacre at Central High (1976)
After learning the film was distributed by someone named “Brian”… and only “Brian”… and his distribution company, we get down to brass tacks with Massacre at Central High… Mark (Andrew Stevens), along with his bully buddies Bruce (Ray Underwood), Craig (Steve Bond), and Paul (Damon Douglas) rule Central High through a reign of douche-baggery seldom seen on the silver screen! Take for instance their harassment of nerdy Spoony (Robert Carradine, Revenge of the Nerds coincidentally… ) who is busy painting swastikas on school lockers which they force him to clean off… okay, that one is a bit dodgy… would it help if I told you he was painting them in protest of their raucous regime? Enter: David (Derrel Maury), a new man on campus who just so happens to be an old buddy of Mark’s… an old buddy that helped him out of a “jam” at their old alma mater. Now David is one aloof mother fucker, so when he’s
Continue reading →
The Past Comes Back To Haunt Three Friends In The ‘Never Forgotten’ Trailer
Ty Gordon makes his feature directorial debut with the new thriller Never Forgotten, whose trailer and poster have arrived. In the film, “three friends struggle to cope with reality as the darkness from their past threatens to destroy their friendship, and along with it, their sanity.” Besides both writing and directing the film, Gordon also stars alongside Robert Thomas Preston and Andrew John. Rodes Phire, Robert Thomas Preston, and Stephen Gibler produce. Never Forgotten will be available On Demand on September 30th, 2022.
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‘Umma’ Actress Set To Star In Upcoming Horror ‘Wake’
Hot off the heels of her role in the haunting horror Umma, Fivel Stewart has found her next project, she will be both starring in and executive producing Wake. Deadline reports that Tom Arizmendi and Austin Parks Stewart are directing the film that centers on, “A struggling actress, desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, tracks down the lead of the original film, who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare.” Elizabeth H. Vu wrote the script. Daniel Blake Smith, Teddy Van Gough, and Sam Logan are also producing.
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