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80’s Style Horror ‘She Came From The Woods’ Acquired Ahead Of FrightFest

Ahead of its FrightFest debut, Erik Bloomquist‘s (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Long Lost) 80’s style summer camp horror, She Came from the Woods, has been acquired by Blue Finch Films, according to Deadline. The film follows “a group of counselors who accidentally unleash an ancient evil spirit on the last night of a summer camp. As the situation turns bloody, the group is forced to confront what stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.” She Came from the Woods stars a large ensamble cast that includes Cara Buono (“Stranger Things”), William Sadler (Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey,), Spencer List (Good Trouble), Clare Foley (Sinister), Tyler Elliot Burke (The Punisher), Michael Park (“Stranger Things”). Adam Weppler (Ten Minutes to Midnight), Ehad Berisha (Billions), Dan Leahy (Dave), Giselle Torres (The Big Show Show), Sienna Hubert-Ross (Almost Love), Emily Keefe (Intermedium), Erik Bloomquist (Weekenders), Madeleine Dauer (The Murder Pact), Juliana Davies (The Post), Tess Santarsiero (Christmas on the Carousel), Declan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 18, 2022

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Mayhem, Mysteries, and Monsters: UK’s Arrow Video FrightFest Reveals Its 2022 Lineup

Each summer, Arrow Video FrightFest brings a drool-inducing array of chillers and thrillers to London. This year’s lineup is absolutely mammoth! Whether you are a slasher supporter, a monster maniac, or a connoisseur of the supernatural, the festival has something for every manner of horror film fan. Following is the festival’s official press announcement. Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, is back at London’s Cineworld Leicester Square and the Prince Charles Cinema from Thursday August 25 – Monday 29 August for five days of the very best of global genre cinema. Celebrating its 23rd blockbuster edition with thirty-two world, twenty-two International / European and eighteen UK premieres, the world renowned event leads the way in attesting to the versatility of the genre and this year is no exception, with seventeen countries represented, spanning five continents. The festival opens with the World premiere of THE LAIR, an action-packed gore shocker from Neil Marshall, who calls

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Joseph Perry

Jul 15, 2022

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Arrow Video FrightFest Reveals Its 2022 Poster

The U.K.’s Arrow Video FrightFest is one of our absolute favorite fear-fare film festivals here at Horror Fuel, and we are pleased to share the poster reveal for this year’s edition. We also can’t wait to tell you about their lineup, which will be revealed this Thursday, July 14! Arrow Video FrightFest is proud to present Graham Humphreys’ stand-out poster design for 2022, which marks the 14th appearance for his iconic Monster. Graham revealed today: “The predominant theme is a celebration of past ‘trophy’ films. I took my inspiration references from an old paperback cover ‘Vincent Price presents: The Price of Fear’, in which Vincent’s head is depicted mounted on a wooden shield. It seemed the perfect way to represent the films, with key portraiture represented as mounted heads. Rather than mount the head of the regular FrightFest monster, I thought it would be fun to turn him into the roaring lion of MGM’s familiar mascot!” This year’s annual Bank

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Joseph Perry

Jul 12, 2022

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Out Now: Horror Comedy ‘Laguna Ave.’ Follows One Man’s “Mystical Misadventures”

Following its hit festival run, including its world premiere at Frightfest, “Cult Classic of the Future” LAGUNA AVE. is now available on VOD platforms and by subscription from Arrow Releasing. This David Buchanan-directed gender/genre-bending slacker lo-fi-sci-fi horror-comedy defies easy description and follows one man’s mystical misadventures in and surrounding a rambling Echo Park apartment. Starring Russell Steinberg (Adventureland) as Russell, a middle-aged, burned-out TV editor with a prosthetic hand who futilely searches for work in Hollywood’s brutal, exploitative underbelly. His former boss (Paul Papadeas) owes him money, his partner Rita (Stephanie Brait) is indifferent, always out of town and inaccessible, and his new downstairs neighbor Gary (Jamie Hall/James Markham Hall Jr., Neighbors) keeps him awake at night with mysterious, disturbing noises. But everything changes one evening when Gary visits Russell and introduces him to his sinister world of renegade accelerationism and a collection of outrageous, unstable but captivating fellow travelers and co-conspirators. “A film found on a trash heap after

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 26, 2022

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Home Invasion Horror ‘Motherly’ Coming To DVD (Trailer)

The home invasion horror Motherly, which made its World Premiere at FrightFest last year, is finally coming to DVD this May. In the film, when a vengeful couple invades her home, a single mother is forced to do whatever it takes to defend her daughter. Lora Burke (Poor Agnes), Tessa Kozma (Hallmark’s A Christmas Carousel), Kristen MacCulloch (Psycho Goreman), and Nick Smyth (Video on Trial) star in the film directed by Craig David Wallace, who co-wrote the script along with Ian Malone, who were nominated together for a Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award for their fantastic film Todd & The Book of Pure Evil. “I have always been fascinated by the terrible things people are capable of doing to others – but also the length to which people will go to protect and avenge their loved ones,” Wallace states, Produced by Avi Federgreen (Federgreen Entertainment), Laura Tremblay (Lucky Dime Films), and Raven Banner Entertainment, the international rights to the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 22, 2022

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Movie Reviews: “Some Like It Rare,” “The Ledge” (FrightFest Glasgow Film Festival)

Some Like It Rare French horror comedy Some Like It Rare (Barbaque; 2021) finds that bickering, sexless married couple true-crime-addict Sophie (Marina Foïs) and couch-potato Vincent (writer/director Fabrice Eboué) Pascal have fallen on hard times with their butcher shop, but an incident involving one of a group of vegans who trash their business turns into accidental success when some of the victim’s body parts are accidentally sold to customers. This new item — which Vincent dubs “Iranian pork” — becomes an instant hit. How can the Pascals capitalize on this financial rejuvenation? You can probably guess, but knowing where things are headed in that instance doesn’t hurt Some Like It Rare one bit. Loaded with great-looking gore gags and dark humor, this terrifically acted and directed effort keeps the laughs and shocks coming at a steady pace. Eboué serves up plenty of social satire, with all sorts receiving a good, often well-deserved skewering. The Ledge Climbing enthusiasts may find some

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Joseph Perry

Mar 15, 2022

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Steve Guttenberg Stars In The Black Comedy ‘Heckle’

This March, Martyn Pick‘s pitch-black horror-comedy Heckle, starring internationally recognized actor Steve Guttenberg is set to tickle your funny bone. The film, which premiered at FrightFest, centers on a famous stand-up comedian who encounters a seemingly insane heckler that begins stalking him obsessively. soon his friends begin to turn up dead. Clark Gable III, grandson, and namesake of the legendary Hollywood actor and American movie icon, Clark Gable, stars alongside Guttenberg in the film written by Airell Anthony Hayles. Steve Guttenberg, who is a beloved actor, has appeared in over 100 films and series is best known for his role in films such as Short Circuit, the Police Academy franchise, High Spirits (a personal favorite), Three Men and a Baby, The Poseidon Adventure, and has had recurring roles on series like “Ballers” and “Veronica Mars.” Heckle will arrive on digital on March 8th, 2022, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 19, 2022

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New Documentary Explores The Effects Of Horror On Mental Health

For years, horror movies have been accused of negatively affecting mental health. In fact, you’re parents probably told “Those movies are going to warp your mind,” at least once. God knows I’ve heard it a thousand times from mine. But is that really the case? A new documentary will explore the connection between horror fans, the films they love to fear, and mental health. Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary, from director Jonathan Barkan, discusses the impact horror films can have. Since launching over 6 months ago, this project has added many voices from horror icons, fans, film critics, historians, directors, writers, and professionals from the mental health world. New cast members have just been announced, including Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Nightbreed), Jhonen Vasquez (JTHM, Squee, I Feel Sick, Invader Zim), American McGee (American McGee’s Alice, Alice: Madness Returns), and Sara ‘Chibi’ Taylor (Lead Singer of The Birthday Massacre). They join previously announced speakers Paddy Murphy (The Perished),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 17, 2022

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FrightFest Glasgow Delivers a Dozen Superb Chillers and Thrillers

FrightFest has announced its lineup for the FrightFest Glasgow 2022 edition, with 12 incredible slices of fright-fare and dark comedies on tap. Whether you are in the mood for monsters, mayhem, or mirth, this can’t-miss film festival has something to appease all manner of lovers of the strange and the suspenseful, and the weird and the wild. Following is the official press announcement. The UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival is back in person at the Glasgow Film Theatre, which for 17 glorious years has been FrightFest’s second home, as part of the internationally renowned Glasgow Film Festival. From Thursday 10th March to Saturday 12th March, FrightFest opens its terror trove to present twelve tasty treasures; an extravaganza of the dark arts, embracing the latest genre discoveries from around the globe, spanning eight countries in three continents, which includes World, International and UK premieres. Alan Jones, co-director of FrightFest commentated: “It’s with great delight and with every single bloody

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Joseph Perry

Jan 20, 2022

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Trailers Arrive for Emotional Horror Films “Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night” and “Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die”

Argentinian horror outing Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night is an incredible, emotional slice of fear-fare cinema that made my list of Top 10 Film Festival Horror Movies of 2021 and now the film is coming to DVD and Digital on January 18, along with its companion piece, Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die. Check out the trailers below, along with information from the official press release. Breaking Glass Pictures is set to release Argentine writer-director Gonzalo Calzada’s (Resurrection, Lucifernia) double bill Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night and Nocturna: Side B – Where the Elephants Go to Die on DVD and Digital on January 18. “Nocturna: Side A – The Great Old Man’s Night” follows a nearly 100-year-old man who, on his final night on earth, fights for redemption from his life’s misdeeds. In “Nocturna: Side B – Where Elephants Go to Die,” Calzada embarks on an aesthetically opposite

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Joseph Perry

Jan 8, 2022