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Nicolas Cage Stars In ‘Primal’ – Unleashed This December

Nicolas Cage (Mandy, Mom and Dad) is on the hunt and facing a ship full of dangerous creatures in the action thriller Primal, coming to home video this December. Famke Janssen (X-Men Franchise, Taken Franchise), Kevin Durand (“The Strain,” X-Men Origins: Wolverine), LaMonica Garrett (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Designated Survivor”) and Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos,” Goodfellas) also star in this action-packed film from director Nick Powell (Resident Evil: Retribution, Outcast) and writer Richard Leder (The Suspect). “When Frank Walsh (Nicolas Cage), a hunter and collector of rare and exotic animals, bags a priceless white jaguar for a zoo, he figures it’ll be smooth sailing to a big payday. But the ship bearing Frank’s precious cargo has two predators caged in its hold: the cat and a political assassin being extradited to the U.S. After the assassin breaks free – and then frees the jaguar – Frank feverishly stalks the ship’s cramped corridors in hot pursuit of his prey, right up until

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 13, 2019

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Movie Review: Midday Demons (2018)

Artsy-fartsy Megan (Fiona Glascott) lives in Dublin with her Eye-talian-oh hubby Leo (Pietro Ragusa), who’s uncle, Monsignor Domenico, has just bought the farm, much to the frowny-face of ye olde Catholic church. To that end, off our duo go to southern Italy to settle the matter of the ancient castle Leo has come to own thanks to his inheritance. Along the way our heroes sure have a swell-ass time drinking in the local color, and in Leo’s case reuniting with old friends. Left alone during the hot Italian afternoon, Meg goes snoopin’ after some strange supernatural occurrences began to occur (as they often do) and begins to unravel some family secrets that aren’t so hot, and there are those that want those deep, dark doings to remain hidden. At first Midday Demons may seem like something familiar, and in a sense it truly is… but, it manages to take tropes from a couple of tried and true genres of our

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DanXIII

Nov 12, 2019

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Terror Films Teams Up With Streaming Service Horrify

U.S. based genre distributor Terror Films has closed a multi-picture content deal with Dutch Streaming service Horrify. The terms, which were negotiated at AFM between Terror Films President of Worldwide Distribution, Joe Dain and Horrify Director of Content and Programming, Lemke Roos will include 20 films such as the highly successful Hell House LLC franchise, the politically charged Savageland, Australian horror film, Inner Demon and the critically acclaimed ride-share thriller, End Trip – among others. This new partnership is one more step in expanding our digital footprint on a global scale. As we increasingly see less and less opportunity to secure sales for indie horror films in the more traditional foreign markets, these direct platform relationships help us diversify without the need for a 3rd party distributor”, stated Terror Films President Joe Dain. Horrify, which launched October 30th, 2018 has since become an instant success and is the largest horror-only steaming SVOD service in the Netherlands with currently over 350

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 11, 2019

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Blu-ray Review: Apprentice to Murder (1988)

Way back in 1927, down Pennsylvania way; illiterate mill worker Billy (Chad Lowe) seeks some relief for his fucked up cheek by way of the services of folk magic healer John Reese (Donald Sutherland), who throws in a cure for Billy’s booze hound pappy as well. The two become a duo, with John teaching our hero to read… despite what Billy’s maybe/sorta girlfriend Alice (Mia Sara) thinks about John. Turns out her instincts were on the money as John is getting legal static about practicing medicine without a license, and being involved in the death of a young girl under his care. Well you can’t keep a shady cat down for long, and soon John is free and goading billy into joining him in a holy mission of spiritual warfare aimed at what he believes is causing on of those pestilences the kids are so into these days at a local farm. This brings dark times upon Billy indeed… As

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DanXIII

Nov 9, 2019

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Atlanta’s Buried Alive Film Festival Offers Witches, Werewolves, and Weirdness

The 2019 edition of Atlanta’s Buried Alive Film Festival is chock full of outstanding, outrageous horror features and shorts from around the world. The fest is scheduled for November 13–17 at 7 Stages Theatre. Following are the features that I am most looking forward to seeing, either for the first time or once again. My thoughts in italics follow the fest’s official descriptions for each film. Antrum: The Deadliest Movie Ever Made Dir. Michael Laicini and David Amito – USA – 95min Antrum, a feature length film shot in the late 1970’s, is cursed. In 1988, a movie theatre in Budapest that was screening the film burnt to the ground, killing the 56 people who were in attendance. This incident follows the inexplicable deaths of a number of film festival programmers that had received Antrum as a submission and died shortly after watching the film. These events culminated with a riot during an exhibition in San Francisco, after which the

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Joseph Perry

Nov 8, 2019

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John Boyega Joins ‘Green Room’ Director’s ‘Rebel Ridge’

Jeremy Saulnier, the filmmaker behind Murder Party, Green Room, and Hold the Dark, is teaming up with Netflix once again for the thriller Rebel Ridge. Variety is reporting that Attack the Block and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actor John Boyega will star. The site describes the film as “a high-velocity thriller that explores systemic American injustices through bone-breaking action sequences, suspense, and dark humor.” Filmscience and Bonneville Pictures are co-producing Rebel Ridge alongside Saulnier, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, and Vincent Savino. Macon Blair will serve as executive producer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 8, 2019

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BJ McDonnell Talks Slayer And His Film ‘Slayer: The Repentless Killogy’

Everyone knows the band Slayer, known for their thrash-metal sound and their hardcore performances. Director BJ McDonnell who has worked on films such as The Conjuring III, and the Collector franchise, has worked with the band many times, including directing the music videos for “You Against You,” “Repentless” and “Pride in Prejudice.” Now, McDonnell’s film Slayer: The Repentless Killogy is set to open in theaters across the US as part of an event that will include the concert filmed at their August 5, 2017, in Los Angeles as well as a cinema-exclusive welcome from the band captured during the South American leg of their Final World Tour. I sat down with McDonnall who filled me in on the film, the band, and his hopes to one day expand on the brutal story that began with one music video. Horror Fuel: “Wow, you have worked on so many incredible projects, The Conjuring III, Zombieland: Double Tap, “American Horror Story,” Ant-Man, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 5, 2019

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‘Do Not Reply’ Trailer Urges You To Delete Your Profile

The psychological social horror Do Not Reply is set to premiere at the New York City Horror Film Festival on December 6th followed by its screening at Another Hole in the Head Film Festival on December 14th. The award-winning film from the father-son directing duo of Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz centers on Chelsea, an introverted teen, who falls prey to a handsome young man, Brad. Texting leads to phone calls and she agrees to meet Brad – a social media predator and button-down psychopath – at a Halloween warehouse party. There she is drugged and abducted and wakes up alone, chained, and in a fortified house with other girls whom Brad intends to kill in his virtual-reality-filmed murders. A chilling social commentary on the perils of digital connections, the fictional film will have one screening at each festival. Do Not Reply was created to send an important message about social media abductions,” said co-Director Daniel Woltosz, who wrote, directed,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 5, 2019

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Movie Reviews: Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Special guest coauthor: Chris Weatherspoon The 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), the largest genre film fest in both its home of South Korea and of Asia as well, took place about a month earlier than its preceding editions (running June 27–July 7 this year) and delivered one of its strongest lineups in recent memory. BIFAN boasted horror, thriller, action, and other genre films of all stripes from around the world. Following are our thoughts on five of the fest’s offerings. Chris Weatherspoon: Irish horror-comedy Extra Ordinary is the feature debut for writing/directing team Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman. Comedian Maeve Higgins (Inside Amy Schumer) stars as Rose Dooley, a bumbling spinster who earns her living as a driving instructor; however, Rose is far from being an ordinary, lonely middle-aged woman, as the movie’s title notes. Rose has the ability to communicate with the dead and to exorcise ghosts, but a childhood incident has left her traumatized, and for

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Joseph Perry

Nov 4, 2019

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Robert Rodriguez’s Next Project Will Be ‘Hypnotic’

One of legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez‘s new projects is the big-budget ($60-80 million) sci-fi thriller Hypnotic. The film was co-written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein (Kong Island) and centers on “a detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of impossible high-end heists.” With a budget of between $60 and $80 million) Hypnotic is being produced by Solstice Studios and Studio 8, according to Deadline.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 1, 2019