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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Portal Runner’ Lands This December
A nail-biting, action-packed, sci-fi adventure for the entire family, Portal Runner is headed your way this December from Kairos Productions and Terror Films. Elise Eberle (“Shameless”, “Salem”) stars alongside Sloane Morgan Siegel (The Call, Life on Normal Street, Gotham Knights video game), and Brian S. Lewis (“The Gamers series Dwight in Shining Armor). In Portal Runner, “when 15-year-old Nolan (Siegel) discovers a secreted family legacy and a portal than enables him to travel to parallel worlds, it’s a young boy’s dream come true … until it becomes a nightmare when he realizes he’s being pursued across the ages by an evil force. When he becomes stranded on Christmas in an alternate timeline with his quirky family and a rebellious and petulant older sister he’s never met before, he realizes Mae (Eberle) may be the key to defeating his adversary and must enlist her help fast … before it’s too late for them all.” Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée
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Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release
Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes
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The Spirit From ‘Chhorii’ Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video
Crypt TV’s chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, an Amazon Original, is now available on the streaming service and marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film, from director Vishal Furia, is a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story produced by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a new caliber
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Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’
Filming has officially wrapped on the horror-comedy film Mean Spirited, from director Jeff Ryan (Mass Hysteria), and is set for a 2022 release. The found-footage flick stars Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky,” and “The Baker and the Beauty”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The Block Island Sound), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (Euphonia), Charlie Pollock (The Good Wife), and Will Madden along with his fellow Beast Beast alum Daniel Rashid, in addition to Ryan, who also acts in the feature shares writing credits with Joe Adams. The film was shot in the Poconos Mountains and lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test). Will Madden leads the cast as Andy, an up-and-coming Vlogger whose attempts to reconnect with his estranged friend, Bryce (Ryan) fall apart while a demonic presence begins tormenting the vacationing group. There’s no better way to spend your October than filming a movie in the Poconos Mountains amidst abandoned hotels, ice-cold waterfalls, and haunted mansions,” said Ryan
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Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now
From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to
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Movie Review: “Cats of the Bayou (ASMR)” (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
Writer/director Alexander Roman returns with another feature to warm the hearts of viewers who appreciate old-school occult movies and noir films with some modern twists, Cats of the Bayou (ASMR). Like Roman’s previous features, it deals in style and elegance, eschewing graphic gore and violence in favor of good storytelling and leaving certain elements to the imagination of viewers. Members of a group called The Cat Society meet in New Orleans to listen to a tape from Egyptologist Horace, and then learn that one of their members has been found dead, with scratches all over his face and body. A few months later, a young woman named Jacqueline (Max Reeves) returns to the city, where she had lived as a child before being moved to an abbey. As she begins to become increasingly intrigued about the secretive Cat Society and its members, and as she starts to unearth shocking clues about the death of her parents, esoteric mysteries begin to
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“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!
Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and
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Movie Review: “Motherly”
Canadian feature Motherly is a slick horror thriller full of intriguing twists and turns. Though savvy viewers may have a strong inclination early on as to the big, climactic reveal, director Craig David Wallace — working from a screenplay that he cowrote with Ian Malone — makes the full ride worth taking nevertheless. Kate (Lora Burke) is trying to give her daughter Beth (Tessa Kozma) a happy ninth birthday party, but Kate isn’t having it. She wants to be with her father, who is in prison for killing a child. The mother and daughter are staying in a safe house located in the woods with her daughter, with law enforcement agent Hal (Colin Paradine) as their contact with the outside world. Kate investigates around the house when she thinks she hears a noise, maybe even seeming a little paranoid, but it turns out someone really is out to get her . . . Let’s leave the plot information at that,
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Sequel ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer
A new Wyrmwood movie is headed your way and we’ve got the new badass, gory trailer. Titled Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, the sequel is set in the zombie-infested Australian wasteland where a soldier named Rhys (Luke Mckenzie) has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors in hopes of finding a cure. Rhys teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The sequel to 2015’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Apocalypse stars Kiah Roache-Turner, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Nicholas Boshier, Bianca Bradey, and Jay Gallagher. XYZ Films will release Wyrmwood: Apocalyse sometime next year.
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Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’
Devon Sawa, who stars in season one of SyFy and USA’s “Chucky” series, recently revealed during an interview with the Boo Crew Podcast that he’s starring in the upcoming secret horror film from the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s basically about… it’s the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre… some of the makers, there’s a lot of makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I’ve learned. My character is out in the woods, kidnapping hikers, killing them and rotting their bodies to feed to this monster. And I pick up a couple of hikers… it’s just the three of us in this bunker. It’s got a very psychological… my guy’s almost like a Kurtz character in Apocalypse Now… he’s gone a little bit kooky and it’s really cool. It’s a cool project.” At the moment, that’s all we know about the movie. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Sawa, made famous by his roles in Final Destination and Idle Hands, stars
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Portal Runner’ Lands This December
A nail-biting, action-packed, sci-fi adventure for the entire family, Portal Runner is headed your way this December from Kairos Productions and Terror Films. Elise Eberle (“Shameless”, “Salem”) stars alongside Sloane Morgan Siegel (The Call, Life on Normal Street, Gotham Knights video game), and Brian S. Lewis (“The Gamers series Dwight in Shining Armor). In Portal Runner, “when 15-year-old Nolan (Siegel) discovers a secreted family legacy and a portal than enables him to travel to parallel worlds, it’s a young boy’s dream come true … until it becomes a nightmare when he realizes he’s being pursued across the ages by an evil force. When he becomes stranded on Christmas in an alternate timeline with his quirky family and a rebellious and petulant older sister he’s never met before, he realizes Mae (Eberle) may be the key to defeating his adversary and must enlist her help fast … before it’s too late for them all.” Portal Runner was directed by Cornelia Duryée
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Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release
Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes
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The Spirit From ‘Chhorii’ Stalks The Streets Of India In New Stunt Video
Crypt TV’s chilling paranormal thriller Chhorii, an Amazon Original, is now available on the streaming service and marks the first entry into India for LA-based Crypt TV, founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by horror genre heavyweights Blumhouse Productions. Chhorii follows the story of a young couple forced to flee their city home and seek shelter in a house within a haunted sugarcane field. Soon, the couple realise that the shelter they once sought for refuge from danger is in fact the very location for a seriously sinister paranormal threat. The housewife, eight months pregnant, must now fight to save her unborn baby from the spirits out to snatch her away. The film, from director Vishal Furia, is a seriously hair-raising, tentatively twisted story produced by T-Series, Abundantia Entertainment, and Crypt TV. A remake of the Marathi film Lapachhapi, the film features Nushrratt Bharuccha in the lead role. Crypt TV is known for showcasing a new caliber
Continue reading →
Filming Wraps On Horror Comedy ‘Mean Spirited’
Filming has officially wrapped on the horror-comedy film Mean Spirited, from director Jeff Ryan (Mass Hysteria), and is set for a 2022 release. The found-footage flick stars Michelle Veintimilla (“Gotham,” ABC’s “Big Sky,” and “The Baker and the Beauty”), Neville Archambault (13 Cameras, The Block Island Sound), Will Martin (Youthmin), Maria DeCotis (Euphonia), Charlie Pollock (The Good Wife), and Will Madden along with his fellow Beast Beast alum Daniel Rashid, in addition to Ryan, who also acts in the feature shares writing credits with Joe Adams. The film was shot in the Poconos Mountains and lensed by cinematographer Kenneth Wales (The Beta Test). Will Madden leads the cast as Andy, an up-and-coming Vlogger whose attempts to reconnect with his estranged friend, Bryce (Ryan) fall apart while a demonic presence begins tormenting the vacationing group. There’s no better way to spend your October than filming a movie in the Poconos Mountains amidst abandoned hotels, ice-cold waterfalls, and haunted mansions,” said Ryan
Continue reading →
Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now
From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to
Continue reading →
Movie Review: “Cats of the Bayou (ASMR)” (Another Hole in the Head Film Festival)
Writer/director Alexander Roman returns with another feature to warm the hearts of viewers who appreciate old-school occult movies and noir films with some modern twists, Cats of the Bayou (ASMR). Like Roman’s previous features, it deals in style and elegance, eschewing graphic gore and violence in favor of good storytelling and leaving certain elements to the imagination of viewers. Members of a group called The Cat Society meet in New Orleans to listen to a tape from Egyptologist Horace, and then learn that one of their members has been found dead, with scratches all over his face and body. A few months later, a young woman named Jacqueline (Max Reeves) returns to the city, where she had lived as a child before being moved to an abbey. As she begins to become increasingly intrigued about the secretive Cat Society and its members, and as she starts to unearth shocking clues about the death of her parents, esoteric mysteries begin to
Continue reading →
“Chucky” Renewed Ahead Of This Week’s Finale!
Ahead of its season finale this week, news has come that USA and SYFY’s hit series “Chucky” has officially been renewed for a second season! We’re thrilled to start pulling the strings on a second season of puppet mayhem with ‘Chucky,’” said executive producer Don Mancini. “Many thanks to our partners at USA, SYFY and UCP for their incredible support and guidance bringing ‘Chucky’ to the small screen, bigger than ever. And to the fans, Chucky sends his still-undying thanks and a message: ‘This isn’t over, not by a long shot. You better watch your backs in 2022!’” In season one of the television series, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos after a vintage ‘Good Guy’ doll turns up at a suburban yard sale. Soon, everyone must grapple with a series of horrifying murders that begin to expose the town’s deep hypocrisies and hidden secrets. Meanwhile, friends and foes from Chucky’s past creep back into his world and
Continue reading →
Movie Review: “Motherly”
Canadian feature Motherly is a slick horror thriller full of intriguing twists and turns. Though savvy viewers may have a strong inclination early on as to the big, climactic reveal, director Craig David Wallace — working from a screenplay that he cowrote with Ian Malone — makes the full ride worth taking nevertheless. Kate (Lora Burke) is trying to give her daughter Beth (Tessa Kozma) a happy ninth birthday party, but Kate isn’t having it. She wants to be with her father, who is in prison for killing a child. The mother and daughter are staying in a safe house located in the woods with her daughter, with law enforcement agent Hal (Colin Paradine) as their contact with the outside world. Kate investigates around the house when she thinks she hears a noise, maybe even seeming a little paranoid, but it turns out someone really is out to get her . . . Let’s leave the plot information at that,
Continue reading →
Sequel ‘Wyrmwood: Apocalypse’ Drops New Bloody, Badass Trailer
A new Wyrmwood movie is headed your way and we’ve got the new badass, gory trailer. Titled Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, the sequel is set in the zombie-infested Australian wasteland where a soldier named Rhys (Luke Mckenzie) has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors in hopes of finding a cure. Rhys teams up with a group of super-powered survivors to save a young woman from death by military experimentation. The sequel to 2015’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, Apocalypse stars Kiah Roache-Turner, Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Nicholas Boshier, Bianca Bradey, and Jay Gallagher. XYZ Films will release Wyrmwood: Apocalyse sometime next year.
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Devon Sawa Teases His Role In New Movie From The Makers Of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’
Devon Sawa, who stars in season one of SyFy and USA’s “Chucky” series, recently revealed during an interview with the Boo Crew Podcast that he’s starring in the upcoming secret horror film from the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It’s basically about… it’s the makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre… some of the makers, there’s a lot of makers of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I’ve learned. My character is out in the woods, kidnapping hikers, killing them and rotting their bodies to feed to this monster. And I pick up a couple of hikers… it’s just the three of us in this bunker. It’s got a very psychological… my guy’s almost like a Kurtz character in Apocalypse Now… he’s gone a little bit kooky and it’s really cool. It’s a cool project.” At the moment, that’s all we know about the movie. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Sawa, made famous by his roles in Final Destination and Idle Hands, stars
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