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Movie Reviews: Film Reviews: “Eyes of Fire” and “Devil Story” (Fantastic Fest)

Eyes of Fire American folk horror feature Eyes of Fire (1983) is an underseen gem that has been unavailable on home video for decades. The ambitious film should find a well-deserved wider audience with its beautiful new 4K restoration from Severin Films, which was overseen by writer/director Avery Crounse. In the colonial 1700s before America was established, Reverend Will Smythe (Dennis Lipscomb) is known for burning witches and living with multiple women including married woman Eloise (Rebecca Stanley) and the mysterious Leah (Karlene Crockett). When he escapes a hanging attempt by his fellow colonists, the trio steals the colony’s only raft and sets sail with Eloise’s two daughters and a few other people. Eloise’s woodsman husband Marion Dalton (Guy Boyd) tracks down the group, who find a group of abandoned cabins in a wooded area where the local Shawnee people refuse to go. The band of settlers soon find out why — an evil lurks in the forest, and it

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Joseph Perry

Oct 6, 2021

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Netflix Is Making Finding A Horror Movie Easy With 12 New Catagories

Let’s face it, we all dread the time we have to spend looking for something to watch. Well, Netflix is aiming to make our lives easier this spooky season by providing 12 individual categories as part of “Halloween and Chills” so we have more time to do what we love, watching movies. With categories like “TV Horror” that includes “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” “High Brow Horror,” “Zombie Movies” that includes Army of the Dead,” there’s also “Small Town Scar,” “Creature Features,” “This Place is Evil,” and more, searching is made easy. Don’t worry, the new portal also has catagories for your little monsters. You find the new categories here or wherever you watch Netflix such as on your TV or Phone. Netflix also has a killer lineup for the Halloween season with “Netflix and Chills” which features old favorites and new scares. You can find the full schedule here. Here are just a few of the movies and series you

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 26, 2021

Movies

Overlord Star Pilou Asbæk Joins The New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Adaptation

The new take on Stephen King’s tale Salem’s Lot continues to add to its cast. The latest addition to the vampire film from writer-director Gary Dauberman (It, The Nun), is the Overlord and “Game of Thrones” actor Pilou Asbæk who will play the pivotal role of Richard Straker, the vampire’s familiar. In Salem’s Lot, author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire. The cast for Salem’s Lot, produced by James Wan, also includes Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark, Alfred Woodward, and William Sadler. This isn’t the first adaptation of the story. In 1979, Tobe Hooper directed Salem’s Lot which was followed by A Return to Salem’s Lot in 1987 by Lary Cohen. The is also the mini-series that aired in 2004 that starred Rob Lowe. Roy Lee and Mark Wolper will also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 25, 2021

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“Terror On Tubi” Will Feature 5,000 Horror & Halloween Films!

It’s officially Halloween season and streaming services are now announcing their Halloween lineups. But one service is beyond compare. Tubi has now announced it will feature a massive 5,000 horror and Halloween films this October! The FREE service’s “Terror on Tubi” programming will feature everything from classics to originals as well as a plethora of haunting and heart-pounding films for horror and paranormal enthusiasts. As part of “Terror on Tubi,” the streaming service is premiering four Tubi Originals including Meet, Marry, Murder (10/6), Harland Manor (10/29), and the FOX Alternative Entertainment produced Famously Haunted: Amytiville (10/15) and Celebrity Exorcism (10/22). ORIGINAL “TERROR ON TUBI” PROGRAMMING: MEET, MARRY, MURDER (October 6), a 13-part true crime series hosted and executive-produced by actress Michelle Trachtenberg (“Gossip Girl”), explores the true stories of people who were murdered by their partners, and features interviews with witnesses to discuss the tragic unions. The series is from FilmRise and FirstLookTV and is executive-produced by Will Hanrahan, Gillian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 25, 2021

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Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival Delivers Shocks and Shudders in North Carolina

Vampires, ghosts, slashers, and all manner of monsters — human and otherwise — descend on North Carolina as Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival kicks off the Halloween season October 1st and 2nd, 2021, with award-winning independent horror features and short films from around the world. Following is the official press information. While most businesses and services have experienced shortages of both products and staff, this local horror film festival has not seen a shortage of blood, screams or terror. Seven years ago Wreak Havoc created a film festival and has cultivated a loyal following by hosting a festival of world premieres, new directors and writers, as well as fan favorites of the triad and surrounding areas. This year will be no different when we return to Marketplace Cinemas in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 1st and 2nd. Festivities and frights will begin Friday October 1st at 6pm with an introduction and exhibitions and a WORLD PREMIERE of Birthday Boy, a short

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Joseph Perry

Sep 24, 2021

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Horror Thriller ‘Dead & Beautiful’ Premieres On Shudder This November

Today, Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural announced the November premiere date for the psychological thriller Dead & Beautiful, as well as unveiled its trailer. Written and directed by David Verbeek, Dead & Beautiful follows five rich, spoiled Asian twenty-somethings (Gijs Blom, Aviis Zhong, Yen Tsao, Philip Juan, Anechka Marchenko) are suffering from upper-class ennui, unsure how to spend their days when so little is expected from them. In search of excitement, the five friends from the “Circle,” a group where they take turns designing a unique, extravagant experience for the others. But things go wrong when the privileged urbanites awaken after a night out to find they have developed vampire fangs and an unquenchable thirst for flesh, blood, and adventure at any price. Dead & Beautiful, premiering on Shudder on November 4, 2021, following its screening at Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX on Saturday, September 25. It is produced by Erik Glijnis (Pleasure)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 23, 2021

News

Noah Jupe & Jaeden Martell Join ‘The Lost Boys’ Reboot

Warner Bros. is sinking its teeth into a new modern-day take on the 1980s horror classic The Lost Boys and according to Variety, the first two cast members have been announced, Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and It actor Jaeden Martell. Jonathan Entwistle (“The End of the F**king World”) will direct alongside Randy McKinnon (“Grand Army”), who is also working on “Static Shock” for Warner and DC. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger are producing through Automatik. Zac Frognowski and Josh Glick are serving as executive producers. The original Lost Boys movie, which spawned two sequels, is one of the best vampire movies ever made. Released back in 1988, it was directed by Joel Schumacher and stars Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Alex Winter, Dianne Wiest, and Jami Gertz. The movie centers on two brothers who move to a California beach town with their mother and get involved with a gang of men who turn out to be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 18, 2021

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Celebrate The 90th Anniversary Of The Universal Monsters With Double Features In Theaters

“It’s alive, it’s ALIVE…!” In celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Universal Monsters, four classic movie monsters from the golden age of horror will return to big screens nationwide this Halloween season for a two-day double feature film event series, courtesy of Fathom Events and Universal Studios. As part of the anniversary events, fans will be treated to an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Universal Studios lot and see where these fan-favorite monsters made their big-screen debut and became legendary. The series kicks off with 1931’s original Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, which launched the Hollywood horror genre, and the unforgettable masterpiece Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff. The Dracula and Frankenstein Double Feature will play in movie theatres on Saturday, October 2 at 1:00 p.m. (local time). The series then continues with the signature adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man starring Claude Rains, and The Wolf Man featuring a heartbreaking performance by Lon Chaney. The Invisible Man and The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 14, 2021

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Movie Reviews (Toronto International Film Festival): Kicking Blood and Mlungu Wam (Good Madam)

Director Blaine Thurier’s Kicking Blood is a stylish vampire film that, like The Addiction (1995) and other entries in the genre, deals with these undead creatures’ thirst for blood as a chemical dependency. Anna (Alana Bale) is one such bloodsucker, and when she invites alcoholic and suddenly homeless Robbie (Luke Bilyk) to her place and tells him “I’m going to suck your blood and get high . . .”, he invites her to do that but after one last request. He then pours a bottle of booze down the sink and proclaims that he will never drink again as long as he lives. Intrigued by his oath, Anna refrains from biting him, and as she goes on to admire his determination to stick to his promise when giving in to his cravings would be so easy, she begins to rethink her lifestyle. Her vampire partners with whom she hunts, Nina (Ella Jonas Farlinger) and Boris (Benjamin Sutherland), are none too

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Joseph Perry

Sep 13, 2021

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William Sadler Joins The Cast Of The New ‘Salem’s Lot’ Movie

As filming begins on the new adaptation of Stephen King‘s Salem’s Lot cast continues to be announced with the latest being prolific actor William Sadler, who made the announcement himself on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Wm_Sadler/status/1435742210868252675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1435742210868252675%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreadcentral.com%2Fnews%2F412585%2Fwilliam-sadler-to-join-the-cast-of-the-upcoming-salems-lot-adaptation%2F Sadler joins previously announced cast member Lewis Pullman (The Strangers: Prey at Night) who will be starring as author Ben Mears who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot seeking inspiration for his next book only to find his hometown is being preyed upon by a vampire. Together with a ragtag group of people, he sets out to fight the monster. Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, and Spencer Treat Clark will also star in the film produced by James Wan, and written, directed, and executive produced by Gary Dauberman (It, Annabelle Comes Home, The Nun). Sadler is not new to Stephen King adaptations, he starred in 2007’s The Mist, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile. He also has a long list of fantastic roles in amazing

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 12, 2021