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Watch The New NSFW Red Band Trailer For ‘Homewrecker’
Ahead of the June release of the critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker, a new NSFW Red Band trailer has been unleashed. Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes), from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures. “Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.” Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker is set to be released in select theaters June 26th and will arrive on Digital and DVD on July 3rd.
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Sci-Fi Psychodrama ‘Parallax’ Arrives In June
Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in this psychological sci-fi thriller from writer-director Michael W. Bachochin. Parallax is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallaxopens in theaters on July 10th.
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Season 2 of ‘The Twilight Zone’ Promo Is Released
The trailer for Season 2 of The Twilight Zone has been released! Narrated by show host Jordan Peele, the trailer shows clips of the upcoming season of CBC All Access’ hit show. Season 2 Premiers on Thursday, July 25…I’ll be ready! Check out the trailer below
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Short Film Review: The Drawing (2020)
A tortured artist (Christian Grose) has a real wild hair up his ass about a cloaked figure that keeps showing up in his drawings… even if he didn’t actually draw the entity with his putrid pencil. As the night goes on, that cloaked sumbitch proves he isn’t a mere eerie etching, and our hero won’t be able to just erase the darkness as he does in his scary sketchbook! Running a brief six minutes, this sinister short manages to set up a great lil’ conceit, namely; the artist that brings evil to life through his art… which has a true classical feel in my not so humble opinion. This gives the piece a nice sense of mythology, which sets off the joltin’ jump scares (that actually work) and gives everything a sense of depth… no easy feat given the runtime! All in all writer/director Dominic Grose (aided and abetted by the arcane artwork of Deidre Hume) has crafted a nice
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‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Release Pushed Back AGAIN!
As the world awaits the release of one of the most hyped FPS games of the year Cyberpunk 2077, fans have been punched in the gut again and again as the release date changes. The release date currently was set for September 17th but today on Twitter, CD Projekt RED tweeted a message to fans announcing that the game’s release will again be delayed to November 19th. After reading the reasons for the delay, it’s understandable and a breath of fresh air as it seems many games are released incomplete or filled with bugs now which affect how reviewers and the public see the game if you’ve read any of my reviews in the past you know I can be critical of things like that. As much as it sucks having to wait, I go back to what I said before; it’s nice to see Devs giving a damn about a product for once.
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Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ Receives A New Thrilling Trailer
Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial feature debut with The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival and it’s finally here, teasing an intense, action-packed thriller. Starring Alison Brie (“GLOW”), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in select theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand July 24th.
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Mistaken Identities And Shocking Violence Fill ‘The Oak Room’ Trailer
Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment Inc., the filmmaking team behind such genre hits as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, and Antisocial, have released the official trailer and poster for their newest collaboration, The Oak Room, a dark thriller set in a remote and winter-ravaged Canadian town. During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night’s events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses, and shocking violence. RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) stars in the lead role opposite character actor Peter Outerbridge (Suicide Squad, “V-Wars) and rising star Ari Millen. The cast also includes Martin Roach (The Shape of Water, Diary of the Dead, “The Expanse”), Nicholas Campbell (“Black Mirror”, Antiviral, Da Vinci’s Inquest), David Ferry (The Boondock Saints, Legion, “Hell on Wheels”), and
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Survive With Friends In ‘Monstrum 2’
Junkfish announced the sequel to their first-person horror survival game Monstrum will be coming out on PC later in 2020 and will be multiplayer. In Monstrum 2 four players have to escape from a floating fortress in the middle of the ocean while one plays the monster that stalks and kills them. The levels in the game much like the first will generate randomly adding to the stress of veteran players. Four players can be Prisoners who need to use teamwork to solve puzzles, clear obstacles, and to open new areas where they can scavenge for items that will help them outwit the monster that stalks them. Stealth is key to the player’s survival as they must hide and distract the monster. The lucky player that gets to be the Monster will have their choice of what monster to terrorize their friends with as each monster has its own unique ability. Some of these abilities will allow the player to
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South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Takes a Hybrid Approach to Horror for 2020
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) — Asia’s largest genre film fest — will take what it calls a hybrid approach for its July 9–16 run. Because of COVID-19 concerns, the fest will screen 174 features and short films from 42 countries on cinema screens, and offer 69 of those movies on a Korean online platform. According to the fest’s official website, “BIFAN 2020 would like to present the blueprint for future film festivals: a ‘hybrid’ film festival that keeps pace with the changing media environment, a festival that effectively combines offline and online events . . . Overseas directors who cannot travel to Korea will be meeting audiences by introducing their films and giving talks online.” As always, BIFAN is offering a treasure trove of intriguing horror films. Here are five that I am looking forward to watching at the fest, with program notes from the official BIFAN site. Amulet Tomaz is a homeless man in London
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’
Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.
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Watch The New NSFW Red Band Trailer For ‘Homewrecker’
Ahead of the June release of the critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker, a new NSFW Red Band trailer has been unleashed. Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes), from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures. “Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.” Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker is set to be released in select theaters June 26th and will arrive on Digital and DVD on July 3rd.
Continue reading →
Sci-Fi Psychodrama ‘Parallax’ Arrives In June
Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in this psychological sci-fi thriller from writer-director Michael W. Bachochin. Parallax is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallaxopens in theaters on July 10th.
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Season 2 of ‘The Twilight Zone’ Promo Is Released
The trailer for Season 2 of The Twilight Zone has been released! Narrated by show host Jordan Peele, the trailer shows clips of the upcoming season of CBC All Access’ hit show. Season 2 Premiers on Thursday, July 25…I’ll be ready! Check out the trailer below
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Short Film Review: The Drawing (2020)
A tortured artist (Christian Grose) has a real wild hair up his ass about a cloaked figure that keeps showing up in his drawings… even if he didn’t actually draw the entity with his putrid pencil. As the night goes on, that cloaked sumbitch proves he isn’t a mere eerie etching, and our hero won’t be able to just erase the darkness as he does in his scary sketchbook! Running a brief six minutes, this sinister short manages to set up a great lil’ conceit, namely; the artist that brings evil to life through his art… which has a true classical feel in my not so humble opinion. This gives the piece a nice sense of mythology, which sets off the joltin’ jump scares (that actually work) and gives everything a sense of depth… no easy feat given the runtime! All in all writer/director Dominic Grose (aided and abetted by the arcane artwork of Deidre Hume) has crafted a nice
Continue reading →
‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Release Pushed Back AGAIN!
As the world awaits the release of one of the most hyped FPS games of the year Cyberpunk 2077, fans have been punched in the gut again and again as the release date changes. The release date currently was set for September 17th but today on Twitter, CD Projekt RED tweeted a message to fans announcing that the game’s release will again be delayed to November 19th. After reading the reasons for the delay, it’s understandable and a breath of fresh air as it seems many games are released incomplete or filled with bugs now which affect how reviewers and the public see the game if you’ve read any of my reviews in the past you know I can be critical of things like that. As much as it sucks having to wait, I go back to what I said before; it’s nice to see Devs giving a damn about a product for once.
Continue reading →
Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ Receives A New Thrilling Trailer
Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial feature debut with The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival and it’s finally here, teasing an intense, action-packed thriller. Starring Alison Brie (“GLOW”), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in select theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand July 24th.
Continue reading →
Mistaken Identities And Shocking Violence Fill ‘The Oak Room’ Trailer
Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment Inc., the filmmaking team behind such genre hits as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, and Antisocial, have released the official trailer and poster for their newest collaboration, The Oak Room, a dark thriller set in a remote and winter-ravaged Canadian town. During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night’s events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses, and shocking violence. RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) stars in the lead role opposite character actor Peter Outerbridge (Suicide Squad, “V-Wars) and rising star Ari Millen. The cast also includes Martin Roach (The Shape of Water, Diary of the Dead, “The Expanse”), Nicholas Campbell (“Black Mirror”, Antiviral, Da Vinci’s Inquest), David Ferry (The Boondock Saints, Legion, “Hell on Wheels”), and
Continue reading →
Survive With Friends In ‘Monstrum 2’
Junkfish announced the sequel to their first-person horror survival game Monstrum will be coming out on PC later in 2020 and will be multiplayer. In Monstrum 2 four players have to escape from a floating fortress in the middle of the ocean while one plays the monster that stalks and kills them. The levels in the game much like the first will generate randomly adding to the stress of veteran players. Four players can be Prisoners who need to use teamwork to solve puzzles, clear obstacles, and to open new areas where they can scavenge for items that will help them outwit the monster that stalks them. Stealth is key to the player’s survival as they must hide and distract the monster. The lucky player that gets to be the Monster will have their choice of what monster to terrorize their friends with as each monster has its own unique ability. Some of these abilities will allow the player to
Continue reading →
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Takes a Hybrid Approach to Horror for 2020
South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) — Asia’s largest genre film fest — will take what it calls a hybrid approach for its July 9–16 run. Because of COVID-19 concerns, the fest will screen 174 features and short films from 42 countries on cinema screens, and offer 69 of those movies on a Korean online platform. According to the fest’s official website, “BIFAN 2020 would like to present the blueprint for future film festivals: a ‘hybrid’ film festival that keeps pace with the changing media environment, a festival that effectively combines offline and online events . . . Overseas directors who cannot travel to Korea will be meeting audiences by introducing their films and giving talks online.” As always, BIFAN is offering a treasure trove of intriguing horror films. Here are five that I am looking forward to watching at the fest, with program notes from the official BIFAN site. Amulet Tomaz is a homeless man in London
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’
Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.
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