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Bella Thorne Is An Axe Wielding Badass In The ‘Girl’ Trailer

The Babysitter franchise actress Bella Thorne stars in the new thriller Girl. And we’ve got the new action-packed trailer! Written and directed by actor turned filmmaker Chad Faust, Girl centers on a young woman (Bella Thorne) who returns to her small hometown to exact revenge on her abusive father, only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she soon finds herself prey to a sinister sheriff (Mickey Rourke) and uncovers a family legacy more disturbing than she’d imagined. Girl, also starring Faust, opens in select theaters and arrives on Video On Demand on November 24, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Movie Review: Come Play

When Oliver, a young boy, reads a story online about misunderstood monsters he has no idea that is about to unleash a monster, putting himself and his parents in the path of a relentless entity hellbent on dragging Oliver back to his world. Being autistic and no-verbal (he doesn’t talk) has left Oliver with no friends and with a mother who struggles to cope with the situation. The monster in this film is drawn to the boy because of his loneliness. Making the situation both sad and frightening. While yes, Come Play is a horror film, it’s also much more. It’s about one family’s struggle to cope with autism. I guess it affected me more than it will some others. You see, I have an autistic nephew who is precious. He was non-verbal for years and the thought that something or someone could get to him through his loneliness scares the hell out of me as does the thought that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Spell’ Is A Horror Movie With Serious Mojo

There are a ton of horror movies released every year, so when one is released that’s original, clever, and truly horrifying it deserves to be celebrated. That’s why we are here to talk about Spell (2020), a brilliantly dark and twisted movie that you need to see! Omari Hardwick (“Power”) stars as Marquis T. Woods, a man who escaped his abusive father and the Kentucky mountains to become a big city lawyer with a beautiful family. When he gets the call that his father has died he and his family board his Cessna plane and head to the place he’s tried so hard to forget. Unfortunately, a terrible storm hits and the plane crashes. When he wakes up in the home of a strange couple he finds himself a prisoner and has no clue as to what happened to his family. He soon realizes that his rescuer (Loretta Devine) is skilled in the ways of Hoodoo and that his life

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Dark Sky Films Snags Award-Winning Horror Thriller ‘Caveat’

Dark Sky Films today announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Caveat, the acclaimed new suspense thriller from rising director Damian McCarthy. Dark Sky parent company MPI Media Group will be handling worldwide sales of the film and will bring it to the American Film Market in November. The film is set mainly in an isolated house on a remote island. When Isaac (Jonathan French, A Soldier’s Voice), a lone drifter with partial memory loss, accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece Olga (Leila Sykes, Missing Something, Lancaster Skies) for a few days it all seems like easy money, but there is a caveat: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan, Call the Midwife, Band of Brothers), leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays ever worsening psychological issues. With Isaac trapped and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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A Couple Is Locked In A Fight For Survival In ‘No Such Things As Monsters’

This October, director Stuart Stanton introduces you to ‘the family’ in No Such Things As Monsters. A young couple, Mary and David, escape to the woods for a weekend away of rest and relaxation. Mary does not know it, but this is the weekend David plans to propose. Everything changes however when they encounter a psychopathic family and they forced to fight back to survive. A top-notch Australian cast including Angel Giuffria, Matthew Clarke, Michaela Celeste, Georgia Crisfield-Smith, Rebecca Fortuna, Jacob Fyfe, Rohana Hayes, and David Macrae star in this devilishly delicious horror treat from down under. In the tradition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, No Such Thing As Monsters premieres On Demand and DVD on October 27th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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This October Take A Terrifying Trip To ‘Lake Artifact’

This October, take a trip to the most terrifying place you’ve never heard of, Lake Artifact. In the film, “Five friends pick up a drifter on their way to a cabin in Upstate New York for a three day weekend. Upon arrival they discover a picture of themselves posing at the cabin, which they’ve never been to; Time and space begin to function without rhyme or reason, slowly turning them against each other.” “We were at an Airbnb and there were all these pictures hanging on the walls. We jokingly wondered ‘what if we saw ourselves in one of these photos’. After a few hours, the joke became more serious, and we started tossing around ideas about what that could mean if we really did discover that photo. Are we in a time loop? Are we dead? Do we have doppelgangers? The directions we could go were really exciting.” “I thought it would be interesting to try to combine my

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘Teacher Shortage’ Will School You In A Lesson In Terror

Writer-director Troy Escamilla (Party Night) wants to teach you a new lesson in terror this October with his new indie horror Teacher Shortage. Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre, Slavegirls from Beyond Infinity), Debra Lamb (Beverly Hills Vamp, Tales from the Campfire 2) star in the film that pays homage to 80s slashers. “What is supposed to be an educational and collaborative weekend professional development session for the English Department of Prescott High School instead turns into a blood-soaked nightmare when a masked killer targets them.” Teacher Shortage is out on DVD on October 27th, 2020, from Bayview Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
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Horror Documentary “Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors” Explores The 70s & 80s

Direct-to-video sequel Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors documentary on horror is this time focusing on the best of Grindhouse horror from the 1970s and 80s and it’s heading to the small screen this Halloween. Dustin Ferguson‘s (Direct To Video, Penny Pinchers, The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of The Demons) documentary features interviews with genre icons Mel Novak (A Force of Darkness), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Lynn Lowry (I Drink Your Blood), Camilla Carr (Don’t Look In The Basement), Kevin Van Hentenryck (Basket Case), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), John A. Russo (Midnight), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), Marneen Fields (Hellhole), Jonathan Peacy (I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu), Craig Reed (Ra-Animator), Frank Farel (Spookies), Craig Muckler (Microwave Massacre), and John Naulin who worked Special F/X on such classics as Halloween III: Season of The Witch, From Beyond and Re-Animator. Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors will be available on both VOD and DVD from SCS

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Celebrate Halloween With New “Creepshow” Animated Special!

Shudder continues to expand the world of their hit series “Creepshow.” They are celebrating this Halloween with a new “Creepshow Animated Special,” set to arrive exclusively on the streaming horror/thriller service this Halloween Eve. The animated special features adaptations of two stories written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill and is directed by Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) and stars Kiefer Sutherland (“24,” The Lost Boys) and Joey King ( The Kissing Booth 2, “The Act”) The first story is titled Survivor Type, it finds a man determined to survive alone on a deserted island no matter the cost. The second story, adapted by Melanie Dale, is Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, which centers on a teen on a road trip with her family who visits the gravest show on earth. Season two of “Creepshow” recently began production. That’s not all, a new book has recently landed on shelves called “Creepshow: The Taker” from Scholastic. “Creepshow”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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‘The Meg 2’ Has Caught A Director

Earlier this week I sat down for an interview with best-selling author Steve Alten, the writer behind The Meg book series, which inspired the 2018 movie of the same name, starring Jason Statham. Alten informed us that the sequel was entering production. Today we can report that Kill List, High-Rise, and Rebecca director Ben Wheatley has now come on board to direct The Meg 2, which Alten describes as “much darker.” The news came from THR who also reports that Jason Statham is expected to return in a capacity that is “creatively involved,” with the movie adapted by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. There is no word yet if anyone else is returning to reprise their roles. The Meg sunk its teeth into box offices bringing in over $500 million worldwide. Statham played the role of Jonas Taylor, who came to the aid of a group of scientists that accidentally set free a Megladon from the Marian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020

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Bella Thorne Is An Axe Wielding Badass In The ‘Girl’ Trailer

The Babysitter franchise actress Bella Thorne stars in the new thriller Girl. And we’ve got the new action-packed trailer! Written and directed by actor turned filmmaker Chad Faust, Girl centers on a young woman (Bella Thorne) who returns to her small hometown to exact revenge on her abusive father, only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she soon finds herself prey to a sinister sheriff (Mickey Rourke) and uncovers a family legacy more disturbing than she’d imagined. Girl, also starring Faust, opens in select theaters and arrives on Video On Demand on November 24, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Movie Review: Come Play

When Oliver, a young boy, reads a story online about misunderstood monsters he has no idea that is about to unleash a monster, putting himself and his parents in the path of a relentless entity hellbent on dragging Oliver back to his world. Being autistic and no-verbal (he doesn’t talk) has left Oliver with no friends and with a mother who struggles to cope with the situation. The monster in this film is drawn to the boy because of his loneliness. Making the situation both sad and frightening. While yes, Come Play is a horror film, it’s also much more. It’s about one family’s struggle to cope with autism. I guess it affected me more than it will some others. You see, I have an autistic nephew who is precious. He was non-verbal for years and the thought that something or someone could get to him through his loneliness scares the hell out of me as does the thought that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Spell’ Is A Horror Movie With Serious Mojo

There are a ton of horror movies released every year, so when one is released that’s original, clever, and truly horrifying it deserves to be celebrated. That’s why we are here to talk about Spell (2020), a brilliantly dark and twisted movie that you need to see! Omari Hardwick (“Power”) stars as Marquis T. Woods, a man who escaped his abusive father and the Kentucky mountains to become a big city lawyer with a beautiful family. When he gets the call that his father has died he and his family board his Cessna plane and head to the place he’s tried so hard to forget. Unfortunately, a terrible storm hits and the plane crashes. When he wakes up in the home of a strange couple he finds himself a prisoner and has no clue as to what happened to his family. He soon realizes that his rescuer (Loretta Devine) is skilled in the ways of Hoodoo and that his life

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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Dark Sky Films Snags Award-Winning Horror Thriller ‘Caveat’

Dark Sky Films today announced that it has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Caveat, the acclaimed new suspense thriller from rising director Damian McCarthy. Dark Sky parent company MPI Media Group will be handling worldwide sales of the film and will bring it to the American Film Market in November. The film is set mainly in an isolated house on a remote island. When Isaac (Jonathan French, A Soldier’s Voice), a lone drifter with partial memory loss, accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece Olga (Leila Sykes, Missing Something, Lancaster Skies) for a few days it all seems like easy money, but there is a caveat: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett (Ben Caplan, Call the Midwife, Band of Brothers), leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays ever worsening psychological issues. With Isaac trapped and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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A Couple Is Locked In A Fight For Survival In ‘No Such Things As Monsters’

This October, director Stuart Stanton introduces you to ‘the family’ in No Such Things As Monsters. A young couple, Mary and David, escape to the woods for a weekend away of rest and relaxation. Mary does not know it, but this is the weekend David plans to propose. Everything changes however when they encounter a psychopathic family and they forced to fight back to survive. A top-notch Australian cast including Angel Giuffria, Matthew Clarke, Michaela Celeste, Georgia Crisfield-Smith, Rebecca Fortuna, Jacob Fyfe, Rohana Hayes, and David Macrae star in this devilishly delicious horror treat from down under. In the tradition of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes, No Such Thing As Monsters premieres On Demand and DVD on October 27th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 28, 2020
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This October Take A Terrifying Trip To ‘Lake Artifact’

This October, take a trip to the most terrifying place you’ve never heard of, Lake Artifact. In the film, “Five friends pick up a drifter on their way to a cabin in Upstate New York for a three day weekend. Upon arrival they discover a picture of themselves posing at the cabin, which they’ve never been to; Time and space begin to function without rhyme or reason, slowly turning them against each other.” “We were at an Airbnb and there were all these pictures hanging on the walls. We jokingly wondered ‘what if we saw ourselves in one of these photos’. After a few hours, the joke became more serious, and we started tossing around ideas about what that could mean if we really did discover that photo. Are we in a time loop? Are we dead? Do we have doppelgangers? The directions we could go were really exciting.” “I thought it would be interesting to try to combine my

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 26, 2020
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Indie Horror ‘Teacher Shortage’ Will School You In A Lesson In Terror

Writer-director Troy Escamilla (Party Night) wants to teach you a new lesson in terror this October with his new indie horror Teacher Shortage. Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre, Slavegirls from Beyond Infinity), Debra Lamb (Beverly Hills Vamp, Tales from the Campfire 2) star in the film that pays homage to 80s slashers. “What is supposed to be an educational and collaborative weekend professional development session for the English Department of Prescott High School instead turns into a blood-soaked nightmare when a masked killer targets them.” Teacher Shortage is out on DVD on October 27th, 2020, from Bayview Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2020
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Horror Documentary “Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors” Explores The 70s & 80s

Direct-to-video sequel Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors documentary on horror is this time focusing on the best of Grindhouse horror from the 1970s and 80s and it’s heading to the small screen this Halloween. Dustin Ferguson‘s (Direct To Video, Penny Pinchers, The Party’s Just Begun: The Legacy of Night of The Demons) documentary features interviews with genre icons Mel Novak (A Force of Darkness), John Dugan (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), Lynn Lowry (I Drink Your Blood), Camilla Carr (Don’t Look In The Basement), Kevin Van Hentenryck (Basket Case), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), John A. Russo (Midnight), Carl Crew (Blood Diner), Marneen Fields (Hellhole), Jonathan Peacy (I Spit On Your Grave: Deja Vu), Craig Reed (Ra-Animator), Frank Farel (Spookies), Craig Muckler (Microwave Massacre), and John Naulin who worked Special F/X on such classics as Halloween III: Season of The Witch, From Beyond and Re-Animator. Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors will be available on both VOD and DVD from SCS

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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Celebrate Halloween With New “Creepshow” Animated Special!

Shudder continues to expand the world of their hit series “Creepshow.” They are celebrating this Halloween with a new “Creepshow Animated Special,” set to arrive exclusively on the streaming horror/thriller service this Halloween Eve. The animated special features adaptations of two stories written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill and is directed by Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) and stars Kiefer Sutherland (“24,” The Lost Boys) and Joey King ( The Kissing Booth 2, “The Act”) The first story is titled Survivor Type, it finds a man determined to survive alone on a deserted island no matter the cost. The second story, adapted by Melanie Dale, is Twittering from the Circus of the Dead, which centers on a teen on a road trip with her family who visits the gravest show on earth. Season two of “Creepshow” recently began production. That’s not all, a new book has recently landed on shelves called “Creepshow: The Taker” from Scholastic. “Creepshow”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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‘The Meg 2’ Has Caught A Director

Earlier this week I sat down for an interview with best-selling author Steve Alten, the writer behind The Meg book series, which inspired the 2018 movie of the same name, starring Jason Statham. Alten informed us that the sequel was entering production. Today we can report that Kill List, High-Rise, and Rebecca director Ben Wheatley has now come on board to direct The Meg 2, which Alten describes as “much darker.” The news came from THR who also reports that Jason Statham is expected to return in a capacity that is “creatively involved,” with the movie adapted by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber. There is no word yet if anyone else is returning to reprise their roles. The Meg sunk its teeth into box offices bringing in over $500 million worldwide. Statham played the role of Jonas Taylor, who came to the aid of a group of scientists that accidentally set free a Megladon from the Marian

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 24, 2020
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