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Lund Fantastic Film Festival Presents Surrealism, Psychological Horror, and Science Fiction Among Its  2020 Hybrid Edition Selections 

Sweden’s Lund Fantastic Film Festival will offer both in-cinema and digital offerings for its hybrid edition this year. The fest boasts 14 amazing feature films and 6 curated short film packages for its October 28th through November 1st run. Horror Fuel has reviewed the insane Butt Boy and I have seen the Japanese psychosexual thriller Woman of the Photographs and the French dark fantasy Jumbo, and can absolutely recommend both. The rest of the superb lineup that I haven’t yet seen has me incredibly excited. Following is the fest’s official press announcement. Starting on October 28 and closing out on November 1, The Lund Fantastic Film Festival goes hybrid to present Swedish fans of all things fantastical with a smorgasbord of wholesome genre fare. With a lineup consisting of 14 features and 6 short film packages Lund Fantastic continues to represent all corners of the world in an effort to bring the best and most diverse international genre cinema to

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Joseph Perry
Oct 20, 2020
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The Owners – Starring Maisie Williams – Slashes Its Way Onto Blu-ray And DVD

“Game of Thrones” actress Maisie Williams stars in co-writer-director Julius Berg‘s (The Forest) horror-thriller The Owners, coming to Blu-ray and DVD. In The Owners, set in the 1990s, a group of friends thinks they have found the perfect easy score – an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined. Williams stars alongside Sylvester McCoy, Jake Curran, Ian Kenny, Andrew Ellis, and Rita Tushingham. Berg co-wrote the script with Matthieu Gompel. The film is based on the comic by Yves H. and artist Herrmann. During our interview with Sylvester McCoy, he described the film as “A sweet love story of horror and Mayhem.” The Owners, which we described as “everything a horror film should be,” in our

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2020
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Dive Into “Meg” Author Steve Alten’s Interactive World “Sea Monster Cove”

If you thought watching the blockbuster movie The MEG, which plunged viewers headfirst into the waiting jaws of a Megalodon in the Mariana Trench, was thrilling, imagine immersing yourself in an interactive world ruled by prehistoric sea creatures and taking part in the heart-pounding action! Steve Alten, the author of the NY Times bestselling MEG series, has created a world like no other. Sea Monster Cove is a revolutionary multimedia entertainment concept that combines virtual reality, a web TV series, a video game, and a learning platform into one interactive site. The Sea Monster Cove website of Alten’s imagination is a spectacular, five-star aquarium-themed resort located on Maug, a remote (and very real) island in the Western Pacific. Maug’s volcano erupted 5 million years ago; today all that remains are three uninhabited islets that had been the volcano’s rim and a flooded magma chamber that serves as its lagoon. Why place a virtual island resort here? That’s where Alten’s research

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 18, 2020
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Tensions Rise As A Group Is Isolated Due To A Biological Threat In ‘Darkness in Tenement 45’

Writer-director Nicole Groton‘s female-driven horror thriller Darkness in Tenement 45 about a biological threat that causes people to seek isolation, a topic very poignant these days, is set to arrive this November. The award-winning film is set in the 1950s centers on “Joanna (Nicole Tompkins) who has been living with her overbearing Aunt Martha, in a low-income NYC tenement building ever since a violent outburst left her fighting a force that she can only describe as the “darkness.” Little did she know that weeks after moving in, a biological threat from the Soviet Union would leave the building boarded up and the tenants locked inside. With food dwindling and Martha’s controversial role as leader expanding, Joanna rallies the children in an attempt to save the building. Tensions come to a violent head when Martha delves into Joanna’s past and Joanna struggles to keep the darkness from overtaking her entirely.” Nicole Tompkins, David Labiosa, Melissa Macedo, Casey Kramer, Keyon Bowman, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 17, 2020
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“I Know What You Did This Summer” Series Ordered At Amazon

Back last year we reported that horror heavy hitter James Wan was set to produce the pilot for a possible “I Know What You Did Last Summer” TV series for Amazon. Today Amazon officially greenlit the show, THR reports. The series will share a premise with the movie, in which a group of teenagers is stalked by a killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night, but with a fresh new modern spin. We are thrilled to have I Know What You Did Last Summer with our incredible partners at Amazon Studios,”THR quotes Sony Pictures TV Studios co-president Jason Clodfelter as saying. “Neal Moritz and Original Film’s development consistently fires on all cylinders and that is proven once again with Sara Goodman’s contemporary and pulsating character weaving suspense thriller.” Sara Goodman (Preacher, Gossip Girl) is writing and executive producing the series for Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures TV. With Wan producing through Atomic Monster banner, along with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 15, 2020
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Movie Review (2020 Virtual Cinequest Film Festival): Fox Hunt Drive

A terrific thrill ride that offers up plenty of uncomfortable scenes and twists, Fox Hunt Drive boasts engaging performances from its two leads and solid, suspenseful directing. Alison (Lizzie Zerebko) wants to land an architecture job. She has the education and qualifications, but something that happened at a former position is working against her. She tries to make ends meet by working for a rideshare company. When she picks up a suspicious fare (Michael Olavson) who looks nothing like the profile photo for her fare and has a duffle bag full of questionable items, it is only the beginning of a deadly night of surprises. That set-up may sound like one used by generic thrillers and horror films galore, but what happens during the course of the night is far above the usual fare, thanks to a clever script from Adam Armstrong and Marcus Devivo. Zerebko and Olavson have crackling chemistry together, which helps elevate the suspension. They both get

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Joseph Perry
Oct 15, 2020
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A Pregnant Woman’s Life Becomes A Nightmare In Kindred – Out This November

IFC Midnight’s new psychological thriller Kindred, from director Joe Marcantonio, is headed your way this November. Featuring incredible performances from break-out star Tamara Lawrance (The Long Song), as well as BAFTA Award nominee Jack Lowden (Dunkirk, Fighting With My Family), BAFTA Award winner and Emmy nominee Fiona Shaw (“Killing Eve,” Harry Potter franchise), and Edward Holcraft (Kingsman franchise, The Sense of an Ending) this thrilling tale is dripping with suspense. Kindred centers on vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother (Fiona Shaw) and her stepson (Jack Lowden), who seem increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte’s suspicions grow about Margaret and Thomas’ intentions for her unborn child. Kindred will open in select theaters and will land on digital and VOD on November 6, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 14, 2020
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Emmy Winner Anna Friel Starring In Horror Anthology Series “The Box”

Adi Hasak (“Shades of Blue”, “Eyewitness”) has teamed up with the Nordic Entertainment Group for the new supernatural anthology series “The Box”, starring Emmy-winner Anna Friel (Marcella), Deadline reports. While details are still being kept under wraps, we do know that Friel will star in the lead role of Sharon Pici, a Kansas City Police Detective who is trapped in a room that she cannot escape. We also know that the series will begin as a character-driven psychological thriller before evolving into a supernatural horror series. Hasak will serve as showrunner and has written or co-written each of the eight, 30-minute long episodes. Paula Killen, Josh Azouz, and Clare Siobhan Byrne also co-write the series. Production is set to begin in February of 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 12, 2020
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Documentary ‘Leap of Faith: William Friedkin On the Exorcist’ Coming To Shudder

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural has announced the acquisition of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin On the Exorcist from award-winning documentarian Alexandre O. Philippe, which is set to be released exclusively on the streaming platform this November in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The film, which had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival and was an official selection of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will also stream this weekend as part of the Nightstream Film Festival. “A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on the legendary horror film The Exorcist, Leap of Faith explores the uncharted depths of William Friedkin’s mind’s eye, the nuances of his filmmaking process, and the mysteries of faith and fate that have shaped his life and filmography. The documentary marks the sixth feature doc from Philippe and continues his thoughtful analysis of iconic genre films, including the previously released documentaries

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 9, 2020
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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 7: ‘Paranoia Agent’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s numb our minds with Paranoia Agent. Paranoia Agent (2004) is about the chain of events caused by a bat-wielding boy on roller skates called Lil’ Slugger who attacks people seemingly at random and involves a large cast of characters who are all affected by his actions. The anime is based on a novel of the same name and is a psychological thriller showing in an extreme case how mass hysteria

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Capt McNeely
Oct 7, 2020
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