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‘King Knight’ Conjures A New Trailer Ahead Of Fantasia Premiere
Double double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Writer-director Richard Bates Jr’s King Knight makes its world premiere this weekend at the Fantasia Film Festival. Ahead of its debut, we’ve conjured the new trailer filled with dark humor and witchcraft. King Knight is an outsider’s outsider comedy starring “Criminal Minds” actor Matthew Gray Gubler and Angela Sarafyan as Thorn and Willow, husband-and-wife high priest and priestess of a coven of witches in a small California community. When Willow unearths a secret from Thorn’s past, their lives are thrown into turmoil in this kooky, clever film. Andy Milonakis, Kate Comer, Johnny Pemberton, Josh Fadem, Nelson Franklin, Emily Chang, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Swati Kapila, Shane Brady, AnnaLynne McCord, Alice Glass, Aubrey Plaza, with Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise also star. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know.
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We’ve Got Your Ultimate Guide To The Characters Of ‘The Suicide Squad’
DC’s The Suicide Squad, Part sequel, part reboot, is here! The movie features a team of obscure supervillains who go on deadly missions in hopes of lowering their incarceration sentence. These expendable criminals make up the black ops team of Task Force X, otherwise known as “The Suicide Squad”. The movie features a massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad opened in theaters and premiered on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. To celebrate the release, we’ve got your ultimate guide to the squad with every character from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, plus their
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‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Delayed Till February
Fear not headline reactors! Though the news of Evil Dead: The Game’s release is being pushed back to February 2022, there’s some positive news for players, especially for us lone wolf players. Saber Interactive is going to add a single-player mode to the game, they most likely foresaw friendships being torn apart by arguments of who will be playing their favorite characters. The question now is will the single-player option include a standalone game/story mode? We will have to see. Evil Dead: The Game is a 4v1 game pitting four friends playing as characters from the “Evil Dead” film and TV series while one plays as one of the films/show’s villains who is able to summon minions and possess the environment as well as other players. The game will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
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Killer Jeans Are On The Loose In ‘SLAXX’ – Coming To Blu-ray And DVD
RLJE Films has acquired the horror film, SLAXX from Shudder and has set to release it next month on home video. Directed by Elza Kephart (Go in the Wilderness, Graveyard Alive) who co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez Zlatar (Graveyard Alive), SLAXX stars Romane Denis (Slut in a Good Way), Brett Donahue (“Private Eyes,” “Bad Blood”), Sehar Bhojani (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Seth and Ethnicity”), and Stephen Bogaert (American Psycho, It). RLJE Films will release SLAXX on DVD for an SRP of $27.97. In SLAXX, a possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, the killer jeans proceed to wreak carnage on staff who are locked in overnight to set up the new collection. SLAXX will be unleashed on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD on September 7, 2021. Bonus features on the DVD include: The Story Behind SLAXX The Pants Are Alive Producing A Killer
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‘Great White’ Swimming Onto Blu-Ray And DVD
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with the ultimate predator in the survival thriller Great White, swimming onto Blu-ray and DVD this September. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the script, with Martin Wilson making his feature directorial debut. Great White (review) is out on Blu-ray and DVD on
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Casting For The Doomsday Thriller ‘X The End Time’ Continues To Be Announced
Sean GK, co-founder of NewWayFilm Studios in New York, and his NewWayFilm Studios team are currently in the pre-production stage of their action-packed survival story X The End Time. We’ve got the first trailer that reveals a world in chaos and a fight for survival. The doomsday thriller is written and produced by Sean GK. Maxx Oliver also produces. The film features cinematography by Erol Civan with music by Chance Wilder Onody. In the film, “Astrology specialist Lou Diot notices remarkable changes in the sky. Explosions on the surface of the sun and other stars have clearly increased. Believing that the end of the world is near, Lou wants to share this news with everyone, but no one will believe him. Even his neighbor AleXis and her friends think that he is just a madman who’s totally losing it. Convinced that he is right, Lou builds a shelter and starts preparing for the upcoming doomsday. When the chaos hits Earth,
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This September, A Woman Uncovers The Truth Of Her Past In The Horror Thriller ‘Censor’
Director Prano Bailey-Bond, who is making their feature debut, takes us into the world of “video nasties” in the new horror film Censor (review), out on DVD and On Demand this September. Starring Niamh Algar, the film centers on “Enid, who takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences against the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.” Prano Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher penned the script for Censor that also stars. Michael Smiley, Nicholas Franklin, and Sophia La Porta also star. Bring home Censor on DVD and watch On Demand on September 14,
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Fantasia 2021: Five Fright Films We Can’t Wait to See
Montreal’s vaunted Fantasia International Film Festival continues its reputation of being North America’s largest fest highlighting genre-film fabulousness with this year’s 25th edition, which runs online August 5–25. Science fiction, thriller, dark comedy, action, animation, and other exciting genres are all on tap, and as always, horror is a huge part of Fantasia. Here are five of Fantasia’s exciting fright-fare features for this year’s edition, with descriptions from official press materials and the fest’s website, along with comments in italics from yours truly. STEADY YOUR GAZE FOR THE LAST THING MARY SAW Brace yourself for THE LAST THING MARY SAW, a breathtaking period occult drama set in an isolated farmhouse in the winter of 1843, where a young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. It soon becomes apparent that ageless forces are at play, from within and without. An eerie and hypnotic nightmare vision from debuting writer/director Edoardo Vitaletti, starring Stefanie Scott (INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER
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Brutal Thriller ‘Coming Home In The Dark’ Coming To Theaters And VOD
Coming Home in the Dark left viewers at Sundance on the edge of their seats. Now, it’s gearing up to open in theaters and land on VOD this October. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer for this dark, brutal, horror thriller. In Coming Home in the Dark, directed by James Ashcroft, “A family’s idyllic outing at an isolated coastline descends into terror when high school teacher Alan ‘Hoaggie’ Hoaganraad, his wife Jill, and stepsons Maika and Jordon unexpectedly come across a pair of murderous drifters – the enigmatic psychopath Mandrake and his hulking man-child accomplice Tubs – who thrust them into a nightmare road trip. At first, the family’s terror seems to be born of a random encounter with two sociopaths, but as the night drags on, Hoaggie and Jill realize that this nightmare was set in motion 20 years earlier; and as they approach their mysterious final destination, Mandrake reveals the horrible secret driving his actions.
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‘Labyrinth’ Returning To Theaters For 35th Anniversary
Jim Henson’s magical classic Labyrinth, from Sony Pictures, returns to movie theaters nationwide this fall as the 1986 fantasy adventure celebrates its 35th anniversary, and the legendary filmmaker’s 85th birthday, with three days of screenings from Fathom Events. David Bowie stars as Jareth, the Goblin King, and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah, who must rescue her baby brother by finding her way through the massive maze in the fantasy world. Preceding the 35th Anniversary screening Labyrinth, audiences will be treated to a featurette including behind-the-scenes footage, the Henson Family, and others reflecting on the creative process behind the iconic film. Directed by Jim Henson, Labyrinth was executive produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas and presented by Henson Associates, Inc., and Lucasfilm Ltd. The film’s screenplay is by Terry Jones of “Monty Python” fame, from a story by Dennis Lee and Jim Henson. Brian Froud served as the conceptual designer of the groundbreaking fantasy, with a score by Trevor Jones and songs by
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‘King Knight’ Conjures A New Trailer Ahead Of Fantasia Premiere
Double double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Writer-director Richard Bates Jr’s King Knight makes its world premiere this weekend at the Fantasia Film Festival. Ahead of its debut, we’ve conjured the new trailer filled with dark humor and witchcraft. King Knight is an outsider’s outsider comedy starring “Criminal Minds” actor Matthew Gray Gubler and Angela Sarafyan as Thorn and Willow, husband-and-wife high priest and priestess of a coven of witches in a small California community. When Willow unearths a secret from Thorn’s past, their lives are thrown into turmoil in this kooky, clever film. Andy Milonakis, Kate Comer, Johnny Pemberton, Josh Fadem, Nelson Franklin, Emily Chang, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Swati Kapila, Shane Brady, AnnaLynne McCord, Alice Glass, Aubrey Plaza, with Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise also star. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know.
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We’ve Got Your Ultimate Guide To The Characters Of ‘The Suicide Squad’
DC’s The Suicide Squad, Part sequel, part reboot, is here! The movie features a team of obscure supervillains who go on deadly missions in hopes of lowering their incarceration sentence. These expendable criminals make up the black ops team of Task Force X, otherwise known as “The Suicide Squad”. The movie features a massive cast list includes Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Sylvester Stallone who lends his voice to King Shark, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, John Cena, Pete Davidson, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, Taika Waititi, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Steve Agee, Storm Reid, Flula Borg, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Sean Gunn, Joaquín Cosío, Mayling Ng, Juan Diego Botto, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese. The Suicide Squad opened in theaters and premiered on HBO Max on August 6, 2021, from Warner Bros. To celebrate the release, we’ve got your ultimate guide to the squad with every character from James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, plus their
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‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Delayed Till February
Fear not headline reactors! Though the news of Evil Dead: The Game’s release is being pushed back to February 2022, there’s some positive news for players, especially for us lone wolf players. Saber Interactive is going to add a single-player mode to the game, they most likely foresaw friendships being torn apart by arguments of who will be playing their favorite characters. The question now is will the single-player option include a standalone game/story mode? We will have to see. Evil Dead: The Game is a 4v1 game pitting four friends playing as characters from the “Evil Dead” film and TV series while one plays as one of the films/show’s villains who is able to summon minions and possess the environment as well as other players. The game will be available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
Continue reading →
Killer Jeans Are On The Loose In ‘SLAXX’ – Coming To Blu-ray And DVD
RLJE Films has acquired the horror film, SLAXX from Shudder and has set to release it next month on home video. Directed by Elza Kephart (Go in the Wilderness, Graveyard Alive) who co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez Zlatar (Graveyard Alive), SLAXX stars Romane Denis (Slut in a Good Way), Brett Donahue (“Private Eyes,” “Bad Blood”), Sehar Bhojani (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Seth and Ethnicity”), and Stephen Bogaert (American Psycho, It). RLJE Films will release SLAXX on DVD for an SRP of $27.97. In SLAXX, a possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, the killer jeans proceed to wreak carnage on staff who are locked in overnight to set up the new collection. SLAXX will be unleashed on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD on September 7, 2021. Bonus features on the DVD include: The Story Behind SLAXX The Pants Are Alive Producing A Killer
Continue reading →
‘Great White’ Swimming Onto Blu-Ray And DVD
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with the ultimate predator in the survival thriller Great White, swimming onto Blu-ray and DVD this September. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predator. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, Killer Elite, The Loved Ones) penned the script, with Martin Wilson making his feature directorial debut. Great White (review) is out on Blu-ray and DVD on
Continue reading →
Casting For The Doomsday Thriller ‘X The End Time’ Continues To Be Announced
Sean GK, co-founder of NewWayFilm Studios in New York, and his NewWayFilm Studios team are currently in the pre-production stage of their action-packed survival story X The End Time. We’ve got the first trailer that reveals a world in chaos and a fight for survival. The doomsday thriller is written and produced by Sean GK. Maxx Oliver also produces. The film features cinematography by Erol Civan with music by Chance Wilder Onody. In the film, “Astrology specialist Lou Diot notices remarkable changes in the sky. Explosions on the surface of the sun and other stars have clearly increased. Believing that the end of the world is near, Lou wants to share this news with everyone, but no one will believe him. Even his neighbor AleXis and her friends think that he is just a madman who’s totally losing it. Convinced that he is right, Lou builds a shelter and starts preparing for the upcoming doomsday. When the chaos hits Earth,
Continue reading →
This September, A Woman Uncovers The Truth Of Her Past In The Horror Thriller ‘Censor’
Director Prano Bailey-Bond, who is making their feature debut, takes us into the world of “video nasties” in the new horror film Censor (review), out on DVD and On Demand this September. Starring Niamh Algar, the film centers on “Enid, who takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences against the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister, recently declared dead in absentia. When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past.” Prano Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher penned the script for Censor that also stars. Michael Smiley, Nicholas Franklin, and Sophia La Porta also star. Bring home Censor on DVD and watch On Demand on September 14,
Continue reading →
Fantasia 2021: Five Fright Films We Can’t Wait to See
Montreal’s vaunted Fantasia International Film Festival continues its reputation of being North America’s largest fest highlighting genre-film fabulousness with this year’s 25th edition, which runs online August 5–25. Science fiction, thriller, dark comedy, action, animation, and other exciting genres are all on tap, and as always, horror is a huge part of Fantasia. Here are five of Fantasia’s exciting fright-fare features for this year’s edition, with descriptions from official press materials and the fest’s website, along with comments in italics from yours truly. STEADY YOUR GAZE FOR THE LAST THING MARY SAW Brace yourself for THE LAST THING MARY SAW, a breathtaking period occult drama set in an isolated farmhouse in the winter of 1843, where a young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. It soon becomes apparent that ageless forces are at play, from within and without. An eerie and hypnotic nightmare vision from debuting writer/director Edoardo Vitaletti, starring Stefanie Scott (INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER
Continue reading →
Brutal Thriller ‘Coming Home In The Dark’ Coming To Theaters And VOD
Coming Home in the Dark left viewers at Sundance on the edge of their seats. Now, it’s gearing up to open in theaters and land on VOD this October. Ahead of its release, we’ve got the new trailer for this dark, brutal, horror thriller. In Coming Home in the Dark, directed by James Ashcroft, “A family’s idyllic outing at an isolated coastline descends into terror when high school teacher Alan ‘Hoaggie’ Hoaganraad, his wife Jill, and stepsons Maika and Jordon unexpectedly come across a pair of murderous drifters – the enigmatic psychopath Mandrake and his hulking man-child accomplice Tubs – who thrust them into a nightmare road trip. At first, the family’s terror seems to be born of a random encounter with two sociopaths, but as the night drags on, Hoaggie and Jill realize that this nightmare was set in motion 20 years earlier; and as they approach their mysterious final destination, Mandrake reveals the horrible secret driving his actions.
Continue reading →
‘Labyrinth’ Returning To Theaters For 35th Anniversary
Jim Henson’s magical classic Labyrinth, from Sony Pictures, returns to movie theaters nationwide this fall as the 1986 fantasy adventure celebrates its 35th anniversary, and the legendary filmmaker’s 85th birthday, with three days of screenings from Fathom Events. David Bowie stars as Jareth, the Goblin King, and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah, who must rescue her baby brother by finding her way through the massive maze in the fantasy world. Preceding the 35th Anniversary screening Labyrinth, audiences will be treated to a featurette including behind-the-scenes footage, the Henson Family, and others reflecting on the creative process behind the iconic film. Directed by Jim Henson, Labyrinth was executive produced by Star Wars creator George Lucas and presented by Henson Associates, Inc., and Lucasfilm Ltd. The film’s screenplay is by Terry Jones of “Monty Python” fame, from a story by Dennis Lee and Jim Henson. Brian Froud served as the conceptual designer of the groundbreaking fantasy, with a score by Trevor Jones and songs by
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