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Movie Review: Isabelle (2019)

Director Robert Heydon’s horror-thriller Isabelle is set to be released later this month. Before its release, I had the opportunity to check it out. Here are my thoughts. Warning: Mild spoilers ahead! At the beginning of the film, we are introduced to the lovely couple Larissa , who is very pregnant, and Matt (Amanda Crew and Adam Brody). One afternoon as she’s fetching the mail she crumbles to the ground in pain. It is then revealed that she lost her baby and she herself was dead for a few moments before being saved. As soon as the couple returns home Larissa is struck with depression and keeps hearing a baby crying. She notices that the next-door neighbor’s handicapped daughter watches her every move from an upstairs window. Things quickly snowball out of control from there into a supernatural battle for her life. Crew did a great job of emoting the pain and confusion Larissa must have been experiencing. However, Adam

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 24, 2019

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Nightmares Film Festival Announces 190 Film Lineup

If this is a Nightmare, horror fans won’t want to wake up. Closely-watched Nightmares Film Festival has outdone even its most legendary stuffed-to-bursting programs with 2019’s lineup, which will pack 190 of the world’s best features and shorts from around the world into this year’s four-day event, October 24th to 27th. We are so honored the world’s best genre creators trust us to present their work,” said co-founder and programmer Jason Tostevin. “This year, we have assembled more ‘better horror’ for our Nightmares audience than ever before.” Leading the lineup are 24 features from both beloved horror filmmakers and important new voices in genre film. Included are Hammer Films’s The Lodge, from the makers of Goodnight Mommy; Daniel Isn’t Real, from the producers of Mandy and The Greasy Strangler; VFW, from the director of Almost Human; Eat Brains Love, adapted from the popular novel; and closing night film Z, from the creators of It Stains the Sand Red and Still/Born.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 22, 2019

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Movie Review (FilmQuest Film Festival): The Black String (2019)

Life goes from boring and lonely to maddening and terrifying for twentysomething Jonathan, the protagonist of director Brian Hanson’s The Black String, a terrific supernatural/body horror film with paranoia thriller and film noir elements. Jonathan, superbly portrayed by Frankie Muniz of Agent Cody Banks (2003) and the TV series Malcolm in the Middle (2000–2006), is a loner who lets life pass him by while working at what he calls a “lifestyle convenience boutique,” but what most of us refer to as a liquor store. His outgoing boss and friend Eric (Blake Webb of the American Horror Story [2011] TV series and Alienate [2016]) coaxes him into living life a bit more, which leads Jonathan to call a singles hotline number after seeing its seemingly personalized commercial on television. As a result, Jonathan winds up on a date with the fetching Dena (Chelsea Edmunson of 14 Cameras and Howlers, both 2018) and contracting a horrid looking rash from having unprotected sex

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Joseph Perry

Sep 18, 2019

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Serial Killer Film ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ Lands On Netflix This Month

Stake Land director is Jim Mickle‘s new psychological thriller In the Shadow of the Moon lands exclusively on Netflix later this month. Described as “genre-bending, ” the film set in 1988 centers on Philadephia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who resurfaces every nine years. When the killer’s murders begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with hunting down the killer puts his family, career, and his sanity at risk. Michael C. Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Rachel Keller, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Cleopatra Coleman also star in the film written by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. In the Shadows of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 17, 2019

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Universal Announces Two New Films From M. Night Shyamalan

Today, Universal announced two new thrillers are on their way from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, the filmmaker behind Glass, Split, Unbreakable, and The 6th Sense, just to name a few. While no plots or cast have been announced, we do know the films’ theatrical premiere dates, February 26, 2021, and February 17, 2023. “M. Night Shyamalan continues to create exciting, highly original stories that keep global audiences on the edge of their seats,” Universal President Peter Cramer said. “There is no one like him: he is a master filmmaker working at the height of his powers, and we are honored that he has once again chosen Universal to be the home for his next two incredible projects.” “There are wonderful studios out there, but Universal has made it a mandate to release original films. They are the best at finding an audience for new stories with unexpected tones. I believe original films are crucial to the longevity of the theatrical

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 16, 2019

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Shudder Acquires Supernatural Horror ‘The Cleansing Hour’ Ahead of Sitges

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired all rights in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland to the supernatural horror feature The Cleansing Hour, starring Ryan Guzman (The Boy Next Door, Everybody Wants Some!), Kyle Gallner (American Sniper, The Haunting in Connecticut), and Alix Angelis (The Magnificent Seven, Love’s Last Resort). The film centers around millennial entrepreneurs, Max (Guzman) and Drew (Gallner), who run a popular webcast that streams “live exorcisms” that are, in fact, elaborately staged hoaxes watched by millions. However, their fortunes take a turn when during one of their webcasts, Drew’s fiancée becomes mysteriously possessed by a real demon that takes the crew hostage. In front of a rapidly growing global audience, the demon subjects the crew to a series of violent and humiliating challenges that expose dark secrets they have been hiding from each other. Fun, fresh, scary, THE CLEANSING HOUR grabs you and takes you on the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 16, 2019

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Second ‘Along Came The Devil II’ Trailer Unveiled Ahead Of Release

From director Jason DeVan, who co-wrote the film with Heather DeVan, comes Along Came the Devil II, the sequel to 2018’s movie. Ahead of its October release, the second trailer has been unveiled teasing a haunting supernatural thriller. Academy Award Nominated Actor Bruce Davison stars alongside Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless), Mark Ashworth (Magnificent Seven), Cassius DeVan Tiffany Fallon, and Heather DeVan as Sarah (Along Came the Devil). After receiving an unsettling voicemail, Jordan (Wiggins) returns home, looking for answers, only to find her estranged father and even more questions. A demonic force has attached itself to the town and no one is safe. The only one who seems to know anything is the small town’s Reverend. Along Came the Devil II opens in theaters and arrives on Digital, and On Demand October 11, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 14, 2019

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This October Witness ‘Gothic Harvest’ – Starring Bill Moseley & Lin Shaye

Horror icons Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects, 3 From Hell, interview) and Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise) star in the horror-thriller Gothic Harvest, Ashley Hamilton’s directorial feature debut. The film tells the chilling tale of four co-eds who head to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. When one of them disappears after connecting with a charming local, her friends race to find her before she falls victim to a sadistic Southern family plagued by a centuries-old voodoo curse. Moseley and Shaye star alongside Sofia Mattsson (“General Hospital”), Abbie Gayle (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back), Carol Sutton (Ray), Ashton Leigh (“Ambitions”), Thomas Francis Murphy (Jeepers Creepers III), Tanyell Waivers (Ma), Yohance Myles (Containment), and Ashley Hamilton (Beethoven’s 2nd, Iron Man 3), in the film written by Chris Kobin (interview). Gothic Harvest will release on demand and digital on October 15, 2019, with a DVD release to follow on November 5, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 13, 2019

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‘Freaks’ Celebrates Release With Two New Clips

From writer-directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky comes the award-winning science-fiction thriller Freaks. And today, we have two new clips to share with you. In the film, a disturbed father (Emile Hirsch) locks his bold 7-year-old daughter (Lexy Kolker) in a house, warning her of grave dangers outside. But the mysterious Mr. Snowcone (Bruce Dern) convinces the girl to escape and join him on a quest for family, freedom, and revenge. In the first clip, titled “Mr. Snowcone,” our young star meets the mysterious ice cream man for the first time. The second clip asks “How Do You Know That Name?” Grace Park, Amanda Crew, and Lexy Kolker round out the cast for Freaks that took the Jury Prize at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Vancouver International Fantastic Film Festival and winner of the Best Film (Audience Award) at the Paris International Fantastic Film Festival. The film is produced by Adam Stein, p.g.a., Zach

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 13, 2019

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Alexandra Tydings Talks Aphrodite And What Death Leaves Behind

Alexandra Tydings, who you might recognize as Aphrodite from both Hercules and Xena, sat down with me discuss her role as the goddess of love and her most recent role as Doctor Kathleen Brady in the dark thriller What Death Leaves Behind. In What Death Leaves Behind after a kidney transplant, a man experiences reoccurring nightmares he believes to be visions of his donor’s violent murder, sending him on a dark path of vengeance, leading to an unbearable truth. Tydings stars along with Christopher Mann, Vincent Young, and Kelly Dowdle in the film, based on a true story, directed by Scott A. Hamilton. Horror Fuel: “Growing up, we always watched Hercules and Xena. What was it like to play Aphrodite?” Alexandra Tydings: “Oh, that was so fun. I started on Hercules in one episode. I found out it was shooting in New Zealand, which is one of my favorite places on earth. It’s a beautiful, beautiful place. I was in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 12, 2019