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Paranormal Thriller ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Coming To Shudder

MC Networks’ premiere streaming destination for exclusive and original genre entertainment, announced today it will present the streaming debut of Tigers Are Not Afraid, the highly acclaimed genre-bending film from writer-director Issa López this Thursday, September 12. The film will be available for all Shudder members to stream in the U.S., Canada, UK, and Ireland. A haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars, Tigers Are Not Afraid follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes, running from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that murdered their parents. Filmmaker Issa Lopez creates a world that recalls the early films of Guillermo del Toro, imbued with her own gritty urban spin on magical realism to conjure a wholly unique experience that audiences will not soon forget. The film stars Paulo Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, and Hanssel Casillas, and is currently at 96% Fresh with 79 reviews, topping Rotten Tomatoes’ Best

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2019
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Misery Arrives In “Castle Rock” This October

After nearly a year and a half Hulu has finally announced the premiere date for season two of their anthology series “Castle Rock“. Executive produced by J.J. Abrams and horror legend Stephen King, the next chapter of the series inspired by King’s multiverse will premiere just in time for Halloween. Some of the characters and story this season you will recognize from Misery, Cujo, The Dark Half, Needful Things, and IT, among others. The conflict this season begins when King’s “nurse from Hell”, Annie Wilkes, is detained in Castle Rock. The 10 episode season will star Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Brakhad Abdi, Yusra Warsama, Elsie Fisher, and Matthew Alan. Tune in on October 23rd for the season two premiere of “Castle Rock” on Hulu. Misery arrives October 23, only on @hulu. #CastleRock pic.twitter.com/p2zmqqUrc4 — 𝙲𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 (@castlerockhulu) August 29, 2019

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 10, 2019
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Misery Comes To “Castle Rock” This October

Misery is coming to “Castle Rock” this season with Lizzy Caplan playing the role of young Annie Wilkes, one of Stephen King’s most disturbing characters. Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) returns to the world of Stephen King alongside Elsie Fish, Yusra Weigert, Barkhad Abdi, Matthew Alan, Paul Sparks, and John Hoogenakker, with Robin Weigert playing the role of Annie’s mother, Crysilda Wilkes. Guest stars include Sarah Gadon (“True Detective”), Alison Wright (“The Americans”), and “Heroes” actor Greg Grunberg. “In season 2, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes gets waylaid in Castle Rock.” Produced by J.J. Abrams, “Castle Rock” returns to Hulu on October 23, 2019. https://twitter.com/castlerockhulu/status/1167108891034832896

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2019
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New “Mr. Mercedes” Trailer Arrives Ahead Of September Premiere

AT&T AUDIENCE Network’s critically-acclaimed series, Mr. Mercedes has just released the highly anticipated trailer for season three, premiering this September. Brendan Gleeson as Bill Hodges, Justine Lupe as Holly Gibney, Jharrel Jerome as Jerome Robinson and Breeda Wool as Lou Linklatter star with guest stars such as Holland Taylor as Ida Silver and Bruce Dern as John Rothstein. Based on the Bill Hodges trilogy from prolific author Stephen King, season three of “Mr. Mercedes” will closely follow the story contained in “Finders Keepers,” the second book of the series, and continue to explore the fallout from the massacre perpetrated by Brady Hartsfield. “When beloved local author John Rothstein is found murdered, Hodges, Holly, and Jerome, along with local police, must track down his killer. But this case is more complex than the cold-blooded killing of an American icon. Unpublished novels of Rothstein’s were stolen from his home, and they are worth millions. As the case unfolds, the trio learns that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2019
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Shudder’s “Creepshow” Trailer Teases A Bloody Good Series

Shudder‘s “Creepshow” series is headed our way, featuring 12 terrifying tales. The new trailer goes old school in the best possible way, mixing practical special effects, the look of the original ’82 film, great writers and a fantastic cast. Shudder’s new “Creepshow” series follows in the footsteps of the iconic horror classic written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero, famously billed as “the most fun you’ll ever have being scared!” A considerable number of contributors to the new series have ties to the film and its 1987 sequel: the series will feature adaptations of a story by King as well as one by his son, Joe Hill, who fans will recall played comic-book loving “Billy” in the original film’s wrap-around segments. The six-episode season will feature twelve segments based on stories by award-winning horror writers and stars Adrienne Barbeau, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Davison, Dana Gould, Giancarlo Esposito, Tobin Bell, David Arquette, and Tricia Helfer. Shudder’s “Creepshow“ is

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2019
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Marilyn Manson Will Rock “The Stand” Series In More Ways Than One

Josh Boone (The New Mutants) and CBS All Access’ series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” has already cast several big names including James Marsden (“West World”) and Amber Heard (Aquaman). Today news broke that rocker-actor Marilyn Manson has now confirmed that not only will he be contributing to the series’ soundtrack, but he’ll also be co-starring. I also did a cover of “The End” by the Doors, for a new miniseries of The Stand by Stephen King, which I’m also going to be acting in.” Manson stated. Whoopi Goldberg (Ghost), and Greg Kinnear (“The Twilight Zone”) also star alongside Odessa Young (“Assassination Nation), and Henry Zaga (“The New Mutants”). Boone and Ben Cavell executive produce along with Roy Lee, Jimmy Miller, and Richard P. Rubenstein. Owen King will produce. This is far from being Manson’s first film role, in fact, he already has forty roles under his belt, including his recurring roles on TV’s “Sons of Anarchy” and “Salem”.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 8, 2019
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Michael Rooker And Sam Strike Star In Amazon’s “The Dark Tower” Series

Two years after Idris Elba starred as the gunslinger Roland Deschain in The Dark Tower, based on the novels by Stephen King, the story is getting a series adaptation from Amazon with Sam Strike (Leatherface) set to star as Roland. The series, which is currently filming, has added “Walking Dead” actor Michael Rooker to the cast. According to Deadline, “The Dark Tower” will be “independent from the film and is meant to be a more faithful retelling of the book than the movie was.” I hear it will take place many years before the events depicted in the film, and will focus on Roland Deschain’s (Strike) origin story – how he first became a gunslinger and got his guns, his first conflict with the man in black, his first love and his first mission as a gunslinger.” Jasper Pääkkönen (BlacKKKlansman), Jarome Flynn (“Game of Thrones”), Ivan Kaye (“Vikings”), Ana Padrão (Cabaret Maxime), Abraham Popoola (Les Misérables), and Joana Ribeiro (The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2019
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A First Look And Premiere Date For Season Three Of Mr. Mercedes

Ahead of its September premiere, we have the first images from AT&T AUDIENCE Network’s critically-acclaimed series, “Mr. Mercedes“, featuring 10 new thrilling one-hour episodes. The cast includes Brendan Gleeson as Bill Hodges, Justine Lupe as Holly Gibney, Jharrel Jerome as Jerome Robinson and Breeda Wool as Lou Linklatter with guest stars such as Holland Taylor as Ida Silver and Bruce Dern as John Rothstein. Based on the Bill Hodges trilogy from prolific author Stephen King, season three of “Mr. Mercedes“ will closely follow the story contained in “Finders Keepers,” the second book of the series, and continue to explore the fallout from the massacre perpetrated by Brady Hartsfield. When beloved local author John Rothstein is found murdered, Hodges, Holly, and Jerome, along with local police, must track down his killer. But this case is more complex than the cold-blooded killing of an American icon. Unpublished novels of Rothstein’s were stolen from his home, and they are worth millions. As the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2019
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An Interview With ‘Child’s Play’ Actress Carlease Burke

Carlease Burke sat down to talk with me about her latest role, as Doreen in the upcoming Lars Klevberg-directed remake of Child’s Play. Set to premiere on June 21, 2019, and stars Aubrey Plaza in the role of a mother who gives her son (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its sinister nature. Mark Hamill will be voicing Chucky. Horror Fuel: “You have been in so many fantastic series and movies. I mean, wow!” Carlease Burke: “I know. It is pretty remarkable when you are looking back at it. That’s a lot of stuff (laughter).” Horror Fuel: “(giggle) When I was looking at your IMDb I saw a lot of series I know and love.” Carlease Burke: “Oh, so you may have seen me before you knew me.” Horror Fuel: “I’m sure of it. I absolutely love Shameless.” Carlease Burke: “In the beginning, it was the first season, I played Roberta. I had a three-episode arc.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2019
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‘The Shining’ Getting A 4K Ultra HD And Blu-Ray Release Just In Time For Halloween

Warner Bros, Home Entertainment has announced that Stanley Kubrick‘s 1980 masterpiece The Shining will be getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and Digital release this October. Now widely regarded as one of the greatest horror films ever made, The Shining was directed and produced by Kubrick, who wrote the screenplay with Diane Johnson. The film 144-minute Stephen King adaptation stars Jack Nicholson in an iconic role as Jack Torrance, Shelley Duval as Wendy Torrance, Scatman Crothers as Dick Halloran, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance. The 4K remastering was done using a new 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali worked closely with the team at Warner Bros. during the mastering process. In 2018, The Shining was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film ranked

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2019
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