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Enter ‘The School’ And Learn A Lesson In Terror (Trailer)

Watch the first trailer for t supernatural thriller The School, which we first reported back in April, from Australian award-winning writer-director Storm Ashwood (Boys in the Trees). The film centers on “Amy, an attractive, successful surgeon, who struggles to cope with her emergency room duties and those of a young mother looking after her hospitalized son who has fallen into a coma. After being reprimanded by her boss, Dr. Wang, for obsessively believing her son will wake up, she becomes trapped in a coma/purgatory of her own – The School – where children from her past emerge to taunt and test her to her core, putting in doubt whether Amy will be able to save her son and leave The School.” Nicholas Hope, Megan Drury, Texas Watterston, William Charles McDonald, Milly Alcock, Sassy Soupidis, Christian Willis, Leah Ashwood, and Jack Ruwald co-star in this unnerving tale. Jim Robinson and Blake Northfield produce with Phil Hunt and Compton Ross serving as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 22, 2017

Trailers

This January The Devil Has A New Playground In ‘House OF Salem’

This January the Devil has a new playground. Don’t Breathe meets You’re Next in writer-director James Crow’s dark horror-crime-thriller House of Salem. In the film, a group of kidnappers become a child’s unlikely protectors after discovering they have unwittingly been set up to take part in a satanic ritual. As they begin to uncover the truth of the house they find themselves trapped, they must battle demonic forces and uncover a legacy of over a hundred years of murder in the name of the Devil. Jessica Arterton, Jack Brett Anderson, and Liam Kelly star in House of Salem, premiering on VOD on January 23, 2018, from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 20, 2017

Movies

Movie Review: Hell Night is One Hellacious Slasher Flick!

Hell Night isn’t on the screen more than two seconds before we get a wet t-shirt contest…and awaaaay we go! Truth be told, the aforementioned contest is part of a larger tableau presenting the many faceted jewel that is “teen partying”…and by “teen” I mean people that appear to be pushing thirty. Anyway, what’s with all the celebrating? Because it’s Hell Night; a night dedicated to hazing new fraternity pledges…and what does the brain trust in charge of such things offer up as a suitable challenge to endure? Why, making the pledges spend the night in a haunted house… what the fuck is this, a Bowery Boys short? Of course , the fraternity brothers have set up a myriad of cheap (and improbably elaborate) scares to screw our heroes over…but soon they are murdered by someone or something lurking the grounds of the arcane abode…and you just know it won’t be long before that murderous madman is playin’ the ol’

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DanXIII

Dec 19, 2017

From the Crypt

Lin Shaye Joins ‘Gothic Harvest’ Alongside Bill Moseley

Lin Shaye has now joined the cast of Ashley Hamilton’s upcoming supernatural thriller Gothic Harvest. Shaye will appear in Gothic Harvest alongside the previously announced cast that includes Bill Moseley and Sofia Mattsson. The film was written by Chris Kobin (2001 Maniacs) who is also producing, along with Harvey Lowry and Jeff Mullins, Deadline reports. Set in New Orleans, Gothic Harvest centers on four friends on Spring Break at Madi Gras when they unwillingly are caught in a spell cast by Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. The spell keeps the wealthy family immortal, for a price. The family must kidnap one girl each year from the celebration. Shaye, who stars in Insidious: The Last Key , recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from CineAsia in Hong Kong. Shaye’s other upcoming film is The Midnight Man where she reunites with Robert Englund from 2001 Maniacs. In the sequel to 2001 Maniacs, she co-starred with Bill Moseley who will also be in Gothic

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 18, 2017

From the Crypt

Joel David Moore Set To Direct The English Remake Of ‘Hide And Seek’

CJ Entertainment has now announced that Joel David Moore (Avatar) is set to adapt and direct their English remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller Hide and Seek. The film explores the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor and uses it as a backdrop to create a terrifying story. From the Press Release: December 13, 2017 – Los Angeles, CA / Seoul, South Korea – CJ Entertainment, Korea’s leading entertainment conglomerate, revealed today that Joel David Moore (“Avatar” franchise, “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” “Grandma’s Boy”) has been tapped to direct the company’s remake of the 2013 hit Korean social horror-thriller “Hide and Seek.” Moore, who most recently directed the dramedy “Youth in Oregon” starring Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, and Christina Applegate, will write an adapted feature English-language screenplay for “Hide and Seek” in addition to directing the film. The original Korean version was written and directed by Huh Jung and was produced by Studio Dreamcapture. It

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 14, 2017

Trailers

‘The Midnight Man’ Starring Robert Englund & Lin Shaye Gets A Release Date

Genre icons Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) and Lin Shaye (Insidious franchise) teamed up again, this time for director Travis Zariwny’s The Midnight Man whose U.S. release date has now been announced for January. Inspired by the video game, the film begins in 1956 and centers on a group of friends playing a game that doesn’t end well for the players. Fast forward to present day when a girl and her friends discover the game in the attic that summons the dark entity known as “The Midnight Man”, who uses their worst fears against them. Emily Haine, Gabrielle Haugh, Summer H. Howell, Callie Lane, Keenan Lehmann, Louise Linton, Michael Sirow, and Luca Villacis co-star with Kyle Strauts playing the Midnight Man. Travis Zariwny penned the script based on Rob Kennedy’s screenplay. Zariwny’s The Midnight Man, which should not be confused with Aitor Uribarri’s The Midnight Man (2017), will arrive in American theaters and on VOD on Friday,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 13, 2017

News

The Midseason Finale Of ‘The Walking Dead’ Was Filled With Death And Destruction

WARNING SPOILERS! Last night the midseason finale of ‘The Walking Dead’ left many fans in shock when a major revelation was revealed in the final moments. After only a few moments into the episode, we learned that Negan and many of his men escaped after Daryl, Michonne, and Tara sent a truck crashing into the saviors’ compound in the previous episode. When Negan and the Saviors arrived at the gates of Alexandria Rick was nowhere to be found, and the group was in shock. Carl stepped up as a leader, telling the group that it is his “his show”. While Carl gave a passionate speech that seemed to get under the skin of Negan several trucks attempted to escape, but they left Carl and many of the main group to escape on foot. As Carl attempted to find safety a grenade hit a nearby car exploding, leaving Carl temporarily unconscious. This where I couldn’t help but wonder why they would

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 11, 2017

BooksStreaming TV

New Series And Film Adaption In The Works For Lars Kepler’s Serial Killer Novels

There are a new series and film, based on the Lars Kepler’s series of thriller novels, on its way from Anonymous Content, according to Deadline. Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for the married Swedish writing team of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril and Alexander Ahndoril. A film adaption of ‘The Sandman’ will kick off the franchise which Kepler and Niclas Salomonsson will executive produce. The television adaption of ‘The Hypnotist’ has a first look deal with Paramount Television. Kerry Kohansky-Roberts of Anonymous and Steve Golin will executive produce both the film and the series. ‘The Hypnotist’ is set in Tumba, Sweden, where a triple homicide catches the attention of Detective Inspector Joona Linna. The only witness, a boy who watched his family being butchered. It’s a miracle that the boy survived after receiving more than a hundred knife wounds. He remains in shock, but the detective is desperate for answers and turns to a hypnotist to unlock the boy’s memory of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 11, 2017

Trailers

A Woman Fights To Save Her Friend In Blake Reigle’s ‘One Of Us’ – Out On DVD This December

Witness a woman desperate to save her friend in Blake Reigle’s cult thriller One of Us, arriving on DVD this December from Monarch Home Entertainment. From the Press Release: La Vergne, Tennessee (Monday, December 4th, 2017) – One of Us is a thriller involving a lost friend and reclusive cult. When journalist Melanie Roberts goes to the Ascension Family Commune, she finds herself in too deep and Haley nowhere to be found. One of Us was directed by Blake Reigle (Beneath the Surface, 2007). As well, the film stars Christa B. Allen (Youth in Revolt), Derek Smith (Euogilia), Carly Schroeder, Chasty Ballesteros and Ashley Wood. This shocking title will show at online DVD retailers, this December, through Monarch Home Entertainment. The story focuses on Melanie (Allen). She is desperate to find Haley (Lisseth Chavez). But, she is soon enamored by a charismatic cult leader. Haley’s disappearance grows more mysterious as the other cult members reveal nothing of her membership. Though,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 4, 2017

From the Crypt

Hellboy’s Release Date Revealed

The arrival date for Neil Marshall’s (The Descent) Hellboy has been revealed for next winter, Deadline is reporting. Starring David Harbour as “Hellboy”, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and Daniel Dae Kim round out the main cast in the film about Hellboy being caught between two worlds, the human and the supernatural. Hellboy will have to battle an ancient sorceress hell-bent on revenge in the R-rated film. The film is based on the comic series created by Mike Mignola, who will be writing the script with Andrew Cosby and Christopher Golden. Hellboy will arrive in theaters on January 11, 2019, the same release date as Lionsgate’s crime thriller Kin.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 1, 2017