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Indie Revenge Horror ‘Serena Waits’ Premiering On Kings Of Horror Channel

Genre distributor Terror Films has teamed with Kings of Horror for the World Premiere of Hunter Johnson’s indie revenge thriller Serena Waits! Written by Johnson, the film centers around Serena (Brialynn Massie, Must Love Horror), who attends a college frat party. When an alcohol-fueled hookup takes a violent and horrifying turn, Serena becomes the victim of a violent and deadly encounter with three college athletes (Colton Wheeler, Charles Chudabala, and David Marlowe). Soon after discarding Serena’s body, the guys find themselves haunted by her presence. Is it all in their heads or has Serena returned for revenge? Produced by Johnson, Chudabala, Emily Dahm, and Paul Davila, the cast also includes Lara Jean (Space), Emily Dahm (From Jennifer), Jennifer Clarke, and Gregory Blair. The film will premiere on the Kings of Horror YouTube channel on Friday, August 14th at 2pm PST. The premiere will also include a live stream with Johnson and Chudabala. As well, Serena Waits will be available exclusively

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Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 6 (1952 – 1961)

The last five Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been creepy cornucopias containing a beastly bevy of fiendishly fun fright flicks (Don’t believe me? Head here, here, here, here and lastly here, to read my thoughts for your own sinister self)! Let’s see if Volume 6 lives up to it’s preternatural predecessors! Starting things off we have The Black Castle from 1952: Sir Ronald Burton (Richard Greene) is playin’ sleuth and diving into the disappearance of a few of his pals… pals that payed a visit to the ornate Austrian estate of Count von Bruno (Stephen McNally). You see, ol’ Bruno is pissed as all get-out at the leaders of a British military force that got the native population of colonial occupied Africa to hand Big B his ass. So that explains where those friends of Burton’s got off to… but Burton was part of that action, and soon finds

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Aug 6, 2020
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Shifter’ Unleashed Today On VOD And On Demand

An experiment goes terribly wrong in director Jacob Burns‘ indie sci-fi thriller Shifter, which he co-wrote with Zach Burns. Nicole Fancher (Unchained Love), Ashley Mandanas (Golden Arm), Paul T. Taylor (Hellraiser: Judgment), and Jamie Brewster (The Adventures of Jurassic Pet: Chapter 1) star. In Shifter, “a young woman experiences painful and gruesome side effects after an experiment with time travel goes wrong.” Shifter made its world premiere at this year’s DeadCenter Film Festival in Oklahoma City, where it won Best Oklahoma Feature. The film is produced by Jacob Burns, Zach Burns, and Vinnie Hogan. The Horror Collective is releasing Planet Thunder’s bold and fascinating sci-fi body horror film Shifter on August 6th on VOD and On Demand platforms.

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First Look: Serial Killer Horror ‘Open 24 Hours’

This August, writer-director Padraig Reynolds‘s serial killer thriller Open 24 Hours lands on home release. In the film, “a paranoid delusional woman, Mary White, has just been released from a mental hospital for setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire. Mary suffers from severe paranoia and hallucinations. Her boyfriend, James Lincoln Fields, is a brutal serial killer known as The Rain Ripper. He enjoyed murdering people and making Mary watch. After being released from the Hospital, Mary’s vulnerable demeanor aids her in obtaining employment at an all-night gas station. However, left alone to her own devices, her paranoia and hallucinations return with furious consequences. Things take a gruesome turn when customers and friends suddenly start turning up dead and mutilated all around her… Vanessa Grasse (Mary), Brendan Fletcher (Bobby), Cole Vigue (The Rain Ripper), Emily Tennant (Debbie), and Daniel O’Meara (Tom Doogan) star in the film produced by Shibani Kapur and R.P. Khemanand. Open 24 Hours arrives on VOD, Digital,

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Shudder’s Hit Horror Film ‘Z’ Coming To Blu-Ray And DVD

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Z, one of the best genre films of the year, from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural and will unleash it on home video this September. Directed by Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) who co-wrote the movie with Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive, Grave Encounters), the horror film stars Keegan Connor Tracy (Final Destination 2), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Sara Canning (War for the Planet of the Apes), Stephen McHattie (Watchmen), and Chandra West (White Noise). In the film, when Beth’s (Keegan Connor Tracy) son (Jett Klyne) brings home an imaginary friend named “Z,” she becomes concerned that he is falling too deep into a world of make-believe. He starts to display extremely destructive behavior, blaming Z for all of his actions. But after he gets kicked out of school, Beth is forced to find a solution. She

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Jul 26, 2020
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Actors Cara Gee And Richard De Klerk Talk About The Indie Thriller ‘Alone Wolf’

Cara Gee (Call of the Wild) and Richard de Klerk (“Strange Empire”), stars of the indie film Alone Wolf sat down with me to discuss their roles in the film, their other projects, including Cara’s role on the Syfy series “The Expanse”, and more. In Alone Wolf, Jonathan (Richard de Klerk) lives sealed in his house. The walls covered in plastic and windows wrapped in paper. He does not suffer from agoraphobia, but a willful rejection of the outside world. His life changes when he meets a girl named Town (Cara Gee). Jonathan attempts to cut himself off from the world, but the world manages to draw him closer until he cannot help but let it. Horror Fuel: “What is it like to be a real couple, playing a couple in a film, like in Alone Wolf?” Cara Gee: “It’s wonderful.” Richard de Klerk: “It’s a dream. We actually met while playing husband and wife on a TV show years

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Jul 26, 2020
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Horror Meets Sci-Fi In “The Honeymoon Phase” Trailer

Writer-director Phillip G. Carroll Jr. examines marriage in the new sci-fi horror-thriller The Honeymoon Phase, out this August from Dark Sky Films. “Down on their luck and needing some quick cash, struggling young lovers Tom and Eve lie about their relationship in order to enter The Millennium Project, an experiment for married couples run by the mysterious Director and Handler. With the promise of $50,000, Tom and Eve must survive 30-days isolated together in a futuristic smart home, while the researchers attempt to determine why couples fall out of love. Over the course of their stay, Eve begins a violent descent into madness as she questions if her lover really is the man she thinks he is. Starring Jim Schubin (“Boardwalk Empire”), Chloe Carroll, with Tara Westwood (The Grudge 2020) and Francois Chau (“Lost”, “TheExpanse”), the film is a paranoid sci-fi thriller about the nature of trust in relationships, The Honeymoon Phase is as much classic Twilight Zone as contemporary

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Jul 10, 2020
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Psychological Thriller ‘Swallow’ Getting August Blu-ray Release

Writer-director Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ brilliant film Swallow is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this August. A provocative psychological thriller, Swallow follows one woman’s unraveling as she struggles to reclaim independence in the face of an oppressive system by whatever means possible. On the surface, Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to have it all. A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband’s rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica – a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects. Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, and Denis O’Hare also star in Swallow that won Haley Bennett the Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Actress in

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Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 5 (1941 – 1945)

The last four Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been a putrid potluck of fiendishly fun fright flicks (Don’t believe me? Head here, here, here, and lastly here to read my thoughts for your own sinister self!)! Let’s see if Volume 5 (which features fright flicks starring ghoulish gorillas goin’ apeshit and sultry half-human women) lives up to it’s predecessors! Starting things off we have The Monster and the Girl (1941): Scot Webster (Philip Terry) is a small town rube that attempts to save his sister, Susan (Ellen Drew) from a life of ill-repute at the hands of city slicker gangster W. S. Bruhl (Paul Lukas)… a course of action that finds ol’ single “T” Scot taking the fall for the murder gangster. As is the way of things; Scot is tried, executed, and has his brain placed in the body of a gorilla… it happens more than you think

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Jun 10, 2020
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Fantasia International Film Festival Offers Up World-Class Horror and Genre Cinema in Its First Wave Announcement

The Fantasia International Film Festival, one of the world’s premiere genre film fests, is forging ahead with its first-ever virtual edition so that Canadian movie lovers can partake of the festival’s outstanding programs despite the current pandemic and the uncertainty it brings to the world. The official press release for Fantasia’s 24th edition follows. The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 24th edition as a virtual event accessible to movie lovers across Canada, with a wild assortment of scheduled screenings, panels, and workshops taking place online from August 20 through September 2, 2020. The decision to launch a digital edition of the famed genre festival was born from Fantasia’s desire to keep the health and safety of its attendees a top priority during the current global health crisis, while still offering daring, much-needed new genre entertainment to residents of Canada and supporting the breakout filmmakers of the year. The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early August.

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Jun 10, 2020