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The Weird World of Wild Eye Releasing: Part One!

The fine fiends at Wild Eye Releasing must have known ol’ Dan XIII needed a bit of a jolt to round out his sinister summer, and they sent me a large selection of outre offerings to feast my putrid peepers upon! So, in the interest of offering my not so humble opinion on what the creepy company has on hand; I’m going to devote the next few columns to revotin’ reviews of their various terror tales! Part One of our deep dive will feature five, count ’em five titles available from Wild Eye Releasing; Virus of the Dead, The Velocipastor, The Baylock Residence, Pickaxe, and Ouija Shark! First up, Virus of the Dead: If there’s two things that cats what love the horror biz dig it’s arcane anthologies and zombies…so it stands to reason that many of you boils n’ ghouls would be curious to check out a flick that combines those things right? Well, you’re in luck because the

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DanXIII

Aug 18, 2020

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A Prank Goes Terribly Wrong This October In ‘Let’s Scare Julie’ (Trailer)

This October experience the slow-burning, unrelenting, suspense thriller Let’s Scare Julie, about a group of teen girls who set out to scare their reclusive new neighbor, but the prank turns to terror when some of them don’t come back. It is a suspenseful contemporary ghost story about how making the wrong choices can end with horrific results. Filmed in real-time on a single camera in one uninterrupted, continuous take, the tension in the film rapidly escalates as the girls’ seemingly harmless pranks start to have life-altering consequences. Written and directed by Jud Cremata, Let’s Scare Julie stars Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson (Netflix’s “On My Block”), Isabel May (Netflix’s “Alexa & Katie“), Odessa A’zion (CBS’s “Fam“), Brooke Sorenson (Netflix’s “Mr. Iglesias”), Jessica Sarah Flaum (The Tale), and Dakota Baccelli (NBC’s “This Is Us”). In Let’s Scare Julie, “Emma, (Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson), who recently moved in with her cousin Taylor (Isabel May) after her father’s untimely death, becomes the victim of a prank

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 15, 2020

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Directing Duo Nick and Lexie Trivundza Score Sixth FilmQuest Selection with “Danger! Danger!”

Utah’s FilmQuest film festival, which “celebrates the majesty of genre filmmaking in the realms of fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and the beyond,” has selected an entry from the directing duo of Nick and Lexie Trivundza for the sixth time with the feature film Danger! Danger! Following is the official press release about this intriguing movie. Danger! Danger! is the second feature film by directing duo Nick + Lexie Trivundza and their 6th project to be featured at FilmQuest, one of the best genre film festivals in the world! Danger! Danger! is a love letter to the Spielberg films of the ‘80s that made the directors want to make films in the first place — films like The Goonies, Back to the Future, and Indiana Jones. Danger! Danger! is an adventure movie with healthy doses of sci-fi and horror mixed in for good measure making it a super fun ride for the audience! The Trivundza’s previous films to screen at FilmQuest were

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Joseph Perry

Aug 10, 2020

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Fantasia 2020 Reveals Final Round of Features and Lifetime Achievement Award for John Carpenter in Massive Third Wave Announcement

As if Fantasia Film Festival’s first and second wave announcements about its 24th edition weren’t jaw-dropping enough, today the Montreal-based fest announced a huge new assortment of feature films, along with details on scheduled panels, talks, tributes, and special events. Following is the official press release from Fantasia, which presents its digital edition from August 20–September 2, 2020. JOHN CARPENTER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND MASTERCLASS Fantasia attendees lovingly recall that the Kentucky-raised writer/director/musician was one of the first major international guests to attend Fantasia for the fest’s third edition in 1998, when it launched the International Premiere of VAMPIRES. In conjunction with awarding him a Fantasia Lifetime Achievement Award, the festival will also present a masterclass from Carpenter, where he’ll discuss everything from his own festival origin story to his awe-inspiring career, touching on HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, THE THING, STARMAN, THEY LIVE, and many more. In addition, the fest will explore his recent resurgence as a

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Joseph Perry

Aug 7, 2020

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Blu-ray Review: Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

Scream Factory is set to release the fearsome feature version of beloved arcane anthology program Tales From the Darkside, and I have had a chance to feast my eerie eyeballs upon it. So as I literally always do, here’s a revoltin’ review! Tales From the Darkside begins with it’s wrap-around segment; the story of a nice, upper-class type dame named Betty (Debbie Harry… yup, good ol’ Blondie!) who just so happens to have a kid (Matthew Lawrence… who has been in tons of things, the best in my opinion being Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad… I loved that fuckin’ goofy shit so damn much!) locked in a cage… a kid she intends on cooking and eating! He manages to buy sometime however as he offers to read some yarns from the eponymous book… The first story we are presented with is Lot 249, which refers to a strange delivery received by Edward Bellingham (Steve Buscemi)… a brainiac who has been cock-blocked from

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DanXIII

Aug 6, 2020

Film Festivals

Murderers, Monsters, and Other Mayhem Makers Invade Arrow Video FrightFest’s 2020 Edition

Arrow Video FrightFest, the United Kingdom’s most popular horror and fantasy film festival, presents a digital edition as it celebrates its 21st year. The fest will showcase 25 films from August 27–31st, including 7 world premieres and 16 U.K. premieres. Ten countries are represented from 4 continents in a diverse program exclusively presented to U.K. audiences. Following is information from FrightFest’s official news announcements. The menu of sinister treats and gory delights kicks off on the Thursday night with a live streamed quiz, hosted by Mike Muncer, host and producer of “Evolution of Horror,” the U.K.’s number 1 horror movie podcast. Mike will be putting your horror knowledge to the test. You can play as a team or as an individual. There will be several different rounds of horror and FrightFest-centric questions. Join in the fun at 8:00 pm on the Evolution of Horror YouTube Channel. The Horror Channel is sponsoring the talent-seeking FIRST BLOOD strand. Horror Channel will continue

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Joseph Perry

Aug 4, 2020

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Shudder Original ‘Satan’s Slaves’ Coming To Blu-Ray And DVD

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Satan’s Slaves from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural and has set an August home video release date. Written and directed by Joko Anwar (“Halfworlds”), the horror film stars Tara Basro (A Copy of my Mind), Bront Palarae (Belukar), Dimas Aditya (Dear Love), Endy Arfian (Malik & Elsa), and newcomer Nasar Anzu. In Satan’s Slaves, after Rini’s mother dies from a mysterious illness, her ghost begins to appear throughout the house. Terrorizing the family, she lurks the hallways and calls out to them at night. To protect her little brothers, Rini traces back the roots of the evil and discovers the horrifying truth. Their mother has made a deal with the devil, and she has not returned to visit…she wants to take one of them with her. Bring home your copy of Satan’s Slaves on August 4, 2020, on DVD ($27.97)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 2, 2020

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Travel Channel’s New Series “Shock Docs” Explores America’s True Horror Stories

Travel Channel is gearing up to release the new “Shock Docs,” a new series of two-hour special premiering this September that explores America’s true horror stories. The First of the Specials – ‘Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren’ Premieres Monday, September 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT Travel Channel journeys back to the most infamous horror cases our country has ever known, taking a fresh look at true and terrifying tales of paranormal encounters with a new umbrella series titled “Shock Docs,” scheduled to air throughout the fall. The announcement was made today at Travel Channel’s “Wonder Women: Superstars of Paranormal” panel during San Diego Comic-Con’s virtual Comic-Con@Home. Kicking off the spooky season on Labor Day, Monday, September 7 at 9 p.m. ET/PT is the history of the nation’s first modern-day paranormal investigators, “Devil’s Road: The True Story of Ed and Lorraine Warren.” Over the course of their 50-year career, Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated thousands of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 24, 2020

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Mermaids, Mystery, and Murderers Abound in Fantasia’s Incredible Second Wave Announcement

After Fantasia International Film Festival announced its tremendous first wave of films scheduled for the fest’s 24th edition next month, it has disclosed its equally amazing second wave. This year’s Fantasia will be an exciting virtual event composed of scheduled live screenings, a program library, panels, and workshops, taking place from August 20th to September 2nd, 2020. The festival will be accessible across Canada, geo-locked to the country, and will maintain unique film admittance quantities in line with the cinema experience. Feast your eyes on the announcements in Fantasia’s following press release, and check back with Horror Fuel in early August for the festival’s third and final line-up announcement. THE DARK AND THE WICKED…VERY DARK AND VERY WICKED! Writer/director Bryan Bertino (THE STRANGERS) takes rural terror up another notch in this incredibly scary shocker, previously slated to launch at the Tribeca Film Festival. On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers

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Joseph Perry

Jul 13, 2020

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Before Dracula There Was ‘Carmilla’ – In Virtual Theaters This July

25 years before the story of Dracula came to life, there was an enchanting young woman with a taste for blood… Writer/director Emily Harris brings to life the adaptation of Le Fanu‘s gothic vampire tale Carmilla, starring Hannah Rae. Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara (Hannah Rae, “Broadchurch”, Fighting with My Family) lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine (Jessica Raine, “Patrick Melrose”, “Jericho”). Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl (Devrim Lingnau) into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires. This atmospheric coming-of-age tale, co-stars Golden Globe®-nominee Tobias Menzies (“Outlander”, “The Terror”, “Game of Thrones”, “The Crown” ) is inspired by the 1872 Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, who crafted the story of Carmilla, 25 years before Bram Stoker put the supernatural story of Count Dracula on the page.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 6, 2020