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Eion Bailey Discusses His Role In Epix’s Upcoming Horror Series “From”
Epix’s upcoming supernatural horror series “From,” will premiere later this month, and take it from me, it’s not to be missed. Ahead of the premiere, I sat down for an interview with Eion Bailey (“Band of Brothers”) who plays Jim Mathews, a father who, along with his wife and children becomes trapped in a town where every night entities emerge from the woods to try and brutally kill the residents. Kelli McNeely: “I’ve seen the first four episodes and love it so far! Out of curiosity, what was your first thought after reading the script?” Eion Bailey: “I have to do this. That was an easy decision. Yeah, it was because I felt like I was just reading a brilliant understanding or take on the world as it is now, the world we find ourselves in through allegory so everything is all the true circumstances we’re all emotionally feeling and the real things that play in the world, but in
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Movie Review: ‘The Cursed’ Is A Fresh And Frightening Werewolf Tale
From writer-director Sean Ellis comes the Gothic werewolf horror film The Cursed (aka Eight For Silver). When the trailer debuted it automatically went on my “must-see” list. The trailer looked fantastic, but because we get so few great werewolf films these days I was expecting to be somewhat disappointed. I’m here to tell you, it exceeded my every expectation. The film begins with soldiers in the trenches in 1917, being pelted by gas, grenades, and gunfire. We see a soldier being carried into a tent, wounded with three gunshots. The next scene jumps thirty-five years in the past. A group of gypsies is slaughtered by men out to take their land. Before the last is killed, an old woman utters a curse as she’s buried alive. Soon, everyone in the village begins to have terrible dreams of the slaughter. When a group of children ventures to the spot of the killings occurred, they discover a set of silver teeth. A
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“Freddy’s Nightmares” Series Coming To Screambox
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to sleep, Screambox announced today, the acquisition of U.S. rights for all 44 episodes of the iconic horror series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, for its streaming service. “Based on one of horror’s most storied franchises, “Freddy’s Nightmares” is an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each episode tells a different story of a dark rooted and grim nature that takes place in this fictitious town on Elm Street; the same setting as the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. The series picks up with where the films left off, with Krueger terrorizing the citizens of his hometown and taking his revenge out through their dream.” The producers of the series not only retained Englund for “Freddy’s Nightmares” but also cast a slew of unknown names who later became very notable actors including Brad Pitt, Lori Petty, John Cameron
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UK’s Horror Channel Serves Up a Killer Thriller Week for March
Horror Channel turns up the tension in March with KILLER THRILLER WEEK, featuring the UK premiere of mystery thriller PARADISE COVE, staring Mena Suvari and the channel premiere of cat-and-mouse road thriller COP CAR, starring Kevin Bacon. The ultimate 7-day suspense ride also includes Gus Van Sant’s revival of the Hitchcock classic PSYCHO (1988), the 2014 version of erotic thriller THE LOFT starring Karl Urban, Colin Minihan’s deliciously warped WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE, Rod Lurie’s 2011 pulsating remake of STRAW DOGS and BAD SAMARITAN, starring a cunningly murderous David Tennant. Plus, there are four additional UK TV premieres, highlighted by the late Johnny Kevorkian’s last film, AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, a powder keg of throat-grabbing suspense, Cronenbergian intensity and mind-bending body horror, starring Sam Gittins, David Bradley, Grant Masters and Holly Weston, slasher thriller WIRED SHUT, CASTLE FREAK, Tate Steinsiek’s reboot of the 1995 Stuart Gordon film by the same name and Jesse Thomas Cook’s dark zombie thriller DEADSIGHT. There are
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Alexandra Park Crawls Through The Mud In The First Image From Horror Thriller ‘Carnifex’
Producers Helen Leake AM and Gena Ashwell from Dancing Road Productions announced today that the feature film Carnifex is currently in post-production after wrapping principal photography in Adelaide, South Australia. Today, the first image has arrived featuring actress Alexandra Park crawling through the mud and the muck on her belly. Developed from an original concept by Dancing Road, Carnifex is an environmental horror-thriller with a talented cast that includes Alexandra Park (The Royals), Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat), and Harry Greenwood (Wakefield), along with one of Australia’s best-loved actors, Darren Gilshenan. In Carnifex, “As Australia recovers from unprecedented bushfires, Bailey (Alexandra Park), an aspiring documentary filmmaker, joins conservationists Grace (Sisi Stringer) and Ben (Harry Greenwood) as they travel deep into the Australian outback to track and record the animals left displaced and devastated by the fires. As night falls, the trio discovers a terrifying species and quickly becomes the one being tracked. The film marks the feature directorial debut of acclaimed
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Heartbreaking & Horrific 3-Part True Crime Documentary ‘The Missing Children’ Premiering On Topic
Real-life tragedies are often far more frightening than those in horror films. The documentary The Missing Children explores the tragedies and horrors that occurred at the Irish Tuam Home, where the bodies of 796 babies were discovered buried in a septic tank. Hundreds of children died of neglect or were adopted, often illegally, from the notorious institution run by Bon Secours nuns. “40 years ago, thousands of children were snatched from unwed mothers in Ireland at the behest of the Catholic Church. The remains of 796 of them were found in a septic tank of a Mother and Baby home run by Catholic nuns – many more were trafficked to the US in forced adoptions, and thousands are still unaccounted for. How was this allowed to occur and who is to be held accountable? The Missing Children is an extraordinary true crime story that exposes the Catholic Church’s involvement in the trafficking, neglect, and suspicious deaths of babies born to
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Shudder Snags The Romantic Horror Film ‘Attachment’
With today being Valentine’s Day, is perfect timing for Shudder to announce that the streaming service for horror and thrillers, has acquired the horror-romance Attachment. Attachment is a film about love at first sight, steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbor: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated – and that the woman she loves might be carrying the biggest secret of all.
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“Moon Knight” TV Spot Gives Us New Action-Packed Footage
During the Super Bowl, we got to see a ton of new trailers and TV Spots for upcoming movies and series, including Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange, and AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire.” We can also add to the list the new TV Spot that gives us new footage from Marvel’s Moon Knight. Dune star Oscar Isaac plays the role of Marc Spector, suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). After dying and being brought back to life by the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu he becomes Moon Knight. To hide his identity he creates the alter ego of a high-roller and playboy Steven Grant. He also uses the identity of taxi driver Jake Lockley to obtain information from lower-level contacts. Moon Knight frequently goes head to head with the evil syndicate known as “The Committee” in the comics. Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night
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TV Spot Gives The First Footage From AMC’s “Interview With The Vampire’ Series
As always, the Super Bowl didn’t disappoint, well maybe it did to Bengals fans, but for those of us who tuned in for the commercials, TV spots, and new trailers, it was a winner, unveiling videos for Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange and more. AMC+ took to Twitter sharing the TV Spot that showcases some of their upcoming projects, including giving us our first glimpse at their Anne Rice series “Interview with the Vampire.” Sam Reid (“The Hunting”) stars as the vampire Lestat, Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”) plays Louis, and Bailey Bass (Law & Order SVU) stars as Claudia. Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) created the series and is serving as showrunner as well as a writer for the series, premiering on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2022. Iconic characters. Epic new worlds. Legendary series. It’s all here. pic.twitter.com/VFBHn9zPgu — AMC+ (@AMCPlus) February 14, 2022
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True Crime Film ‘Ted K’ Explores The Life & Mind Of The Unabomber (Trailer)
From the mind of acclaimed director Tony Stone comes TED K– a cinematic journey into the tortured mind of The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who took the lives of three people and injured twenty-three others with a series of bombs. Deep in the American Rocky Mountains lived a man who sought refuge from modern society. His dark writings forewarned of a society ruled by technology. As the outside world encroached on his mountain sanctuary, he slowly became radicalized with rage. What began with small acts of sabotage, culminated with deadly bomb attacks, national media attention, and the largest manhunt in American history. Actor Sharlto Copley brings a dark intensity and unnerving intimacy to this chilling real-life portrait of America’s most notorious and enigmatic terrorist. TED K is a film about the American soul: dark, criminal, and fantastic. D.H. Lawrence said, “the essential American soul is hard, isolated, stoic, and a killer.” One man fits that description perfectly: UNABOMBER Theodore J. Kaczynski,
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Eion Bailey Discusses His Role In Epix’s Upcoming Horror Series “From”
Epix’s upcoming supernatural horror series “From,” will premiere later this month, and take it from me, it’s not to be missed. Ahead of the premiere, I sat down for an interview with Eion Bailey (“Band of Brothers”) who plays Jim Mathews, a father who, along with his wife and children becomes trapped in a town where every night entities emerge from the woods to try and brutally kill the residents. Kelli McNeely: “I’ve seen the first four episodes and love it so far! Out of curiosity, what was your first thought after reading the script?” Eion Bailey: “I have to do this. That was an easy decision. Yeah, it was because I felt like I was just reading a brilliant understanding or take on the world as it is now, the world we find ourselves in through allegory so everything is all the true circumstances we’re all emotionally feeling and the real things that play in the world, but in
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Movie Review: ‘The Cursed’ Is A Fresh And Frightening Werewolf Tale
From writer-director Sean Ellis comes the Gothic werewolf horror film The Cursed (aka Eight For Silver). When the trailer debuted it automatically went on my “must-see” list. The trailer looked fantastic, but because we get so few great werewolf films these days I was expecting to be somewhat disappointed. I’m here to tell you, it exceeded my every expectation. The film begins with soldiers in the trenches in 1917, being pelted by gas, grenades, and gunfire. We see a soldier being carried into a tent, wounded with three gunshots. The next scene jumps thirty-five years in the past. A group of gypsies is slaughtered by men out to take their land. Before the last is killed, an old woman utters a curse as she’s buried alive. Soon, everyone in the village begins to have terrible dreams of the slaughter. When a group of children ventures to the spot of the killings occurred, they discover a set of silver teeth. A
Continue reading →
“Freddy’s Nightmares” Series Coming To Screambox
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to sleep, Screambox announced today, the acquisition of U.S. rights for all 44 episodes of the iconic horror series “Freddy’s Nightmares,” from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, for its streaming service. “Based on one of horror’s most storied franchises, “Freddy’s Nightmares” is an anthology series starring the original Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund. Airing from 1988 to 1990, each episode tells a different story of a dark rooted and grim nature that takes place in this fictitious town on Elm Street; the same setting as the A Nightmare on Elm Street films. The series picks up with where the films left off, with Krueger terrorizing the citizens of his hometown and taking his revenge out through their dream.” The producers of the series not only retained Englund for “Freddy’s Nightmares” but also cast a slew of unknown names who later became very notable actors including Brad Pitt, Lori Petty, John Cameron
Continue reading →
UK’s Horror Channel Serves Up a Killer Thriller Week for March
Horror Channel turns up the tension in March with KILLER THRILLER WEEK, featuring the UK premiere of mystery thriller PARADISE COVE, staring Mena Suvari and the channel premiere of cat-and-mouse road thriller COP CAR, starring Kevin Bacon. The ultimate 7-day suspense ride also includes Gus Van Sant’s revival of the Hitchcock classic PSYCHO (1988), the 2014 version of erotic thriller THE LOFT starring Karl Urban, Colin Minihan’s deliciously warped WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE, Rod Lurie’s 2011 pulsating remake of STRAW DOGS and BAD SAMARITAN, starring a cunningly murderous David Tennant. Plus, there are four additional UK TV premieres, highlighted by the late Johnny Kevorkian’s last film, AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS, a powder keg of throat-grabbing suspense, Cronenbergian intensity and mind-bending body horror, starring Sam Gittins, David Bradley, Grant Masters and Holly Weston, slasher thriller WIRED SHUT, CASTLE FREAK, Tate Steinsiek’s reboot of the 1995 Stuart Gordon film by the same name and Jesse Thomas Cook’s dark zombie thriller DEADSIGHT. There are
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Alexandra Park Crawls Through The Mud In The First Image From Horror Thriller ‘Carnifex’
Producers Helen Leake AM and Gena Ashwell from Dancing Road Productions announced today that the feature film Carnifex is currently in post-production after wrapping principal photography in Adelaide, South Australia. Today, the first image has arrived featuring actress Alexandra Park crawling through the mud and the muck on her belly. Developed from an original concept by Dancing Road, Carnifex is an environmental horror-thriller with a talented cast that includes Alexandra Park (The Royals), Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat), and Harry Greenwood (Wakefield), along with one of Australia’s best-loved actors, Darren Gilshenan. In Carnifex, “As Australia recovers from unprecedented bushfires, Bailey (Alexandra Park), an aspiring documentary filmmaker, joins conservationists Grace (Sisi Stringer) and Ben (Harry Greenwood) as they travel deep into the Australian outback to track and record the animals left displaced and devastated by the fires. As night falls, the trio discovers a terrifying species and quickly becomes the one being tracked. The film marks the feature directorial debut of acclaimed
Continue reading →
Heartbreaking & Horrific 3-Part True Crime Documentary ‘The Missing Children’ Premiering On Topic
Real-life tragedies are often far more frightening than those in horror films. The documentary The Missing Children explores the tragedies and horrors that occurred at the Irish Tuam Home, where the bodies of 796 babies were discovered buried in a septic tank. Hundreds of children died of neglect or were adopted, often illegally, from the notorious institution run by Bon Secours nuns. “40 years ago, thousands of children were snatched from unwed mothers in Ireland at the behest of the Catholic Church. The remains of 796 of them were found in a septic tank of a Mother and Baby home run by Catholic nuns – many more were trafficked to the US in forced adoptions, and thousands are still unaccounted for. How was this allowed to occur and who is to be held accountable? The Missing Children is an extraordinary true crime story that exposes the Catholic Church’s involvement in the trafficking, neglect, and suspicious deaths of babies born to
Continue reading →
Shudder Snags The Romantic Horror Film ‘Attachment’
With today being Valentine’s Day, is perfect timing for Shudder to announce that the streaming service for horror and thrillers, has acquired the horror-romance Attachment. Attachment is a film about love at first sight, steeped in Jewish folklore. Maja, a Danish has-been actress falls in love with Leah, a young, Jewish academic from London. But when Leah suffers a mysterious seizure, leading to a debilitating injury, Maja fears their whirlwind romance might be cut short – and decides to follow Leah back to her home in the Hasidic area of Stamford Hill, London. There, she meets her new downstairs neighbor: Leah’s mother, Chana. An overbearing and secretive woman, Chana seems resistant to all of Maja’s attempts to win her over. And as Maja begins to notice strange occurrences in the building, she begins to suspect that Chana’s secrets could be much darker that first anticipated – and that the woman she loves might be carrying the biggest secret of all.
Continue reading →
“Moon Knight” TV Spot Gives Us New Action-Packed Footage
During the Super Bowl, we got to see a ton of new trailers and TV Spots for upcoming movies and series, including Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange, and AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire.” We can also add to the list the new TV Spot that gives us new footage from Marvel’s Moon Knight. Dune star Oscar Isaac plays the role of Marc Spector, suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). After dying and being brought back to life by the ancient Egyptian god Khonshu he becomes Moon Knight. To hide his identity he creates the alter ego of a high-roller and playboy Steven Grant. He also uses the identity of taxi driver Jake Lockley to obtain information from lower-level contacts. Moon Knight frequently goes head to head with the evil syndicate known as “The Committee” in the comics. Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin and was introduced in the comic Werewolf by Night
Continue reading →
TV Spot Gives The First Footage From AMC’s “Interview With The Vampire’ Series
As always, the Super Bowl didn’t disappoint, well maybe it did to Bengals fans, but for those of us who tuned in for the commercials, TV spots, and new trailers, it was a winner, unveiling videos for Jurassic World: Dominion, “Lord of the Rings“, Doctor Strange and more. AMC+ took to Twitter sharing the TV Spot that showcases some of their upcoming projects, including giving us our first glimpse at their Anne Rice series “Interview with the Vampire.” Sam Reid (“The Hunting”) stars as the vampire Lestat, Jacob Anderson (“Game of Thrones”) plays Louis, and Bailey Bass (Law & Order SVU) stars as Claudia. Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) created the series and is serving as showrunner as well as a writer for the series, premiering on AMC and AMC+ sometime in 2022. Iconic characters. Epic new worlds. Legendary series. It’s all here. pic.twitter.com/VFBHn9zPgu — AMC+ (@AMCPlus) February 14, 2022
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True Crime Film ‘Ted K’ Explores The Life & Mind Of The Unabomber (Trailer)
From the mind of acclaimed director Tony Stone comes TED K– a cinematic journey into the tortured mind of The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who took the lives of three people and injured twenty-three others with a series of bombs. Deep in the American Rocky Mountains lived a man who sought refuge from modern society. His dark writings forewarned of a society ruled by technology. As the outside world encroached on his mountain sanctuary, he slowly became radicalized with rage. What began with small acts of sabotage, culminated with deadly bomb attacks, national media attention, and the largest manhunt in American history. Actor Sharlto Copley brings a dark intensity and unnerving intimacy to this chilling real-life portrait of America’s most notorious and enigmatic terrorist. TED K is a film about the American soul: dark, criminal, and fantastic. D.H. Lawrence said, “the essential American soul is hard, isolated, stoic, and a killer.” One man fits that description perfectly: UNABOMBER Theodore J. Kaczynski,
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