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A Cult Attempts To Resurrect An Ancient Witch This Halloween In ‘It’s Just A Game’

This Halloween, a teenage girl is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch in the bloodcurdling It’s Just A Game. From writer-director Daniel Emery Taylor comes the indie horror that has been lauded for its impressive visuals and suspenseful storytelling. Brianna (Hannah Cohen-Lawlor) is a shy, bashful teen who is constantly getting humiliated by the other girls in her social circle. Her circumstances change when she is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch. Hannah Cohen-Lawlor, Sarah Kopkin, Leah Hudspeth, Rachel Marshall, Alicia Clark, and G Larry Butler star in It’s Just A Game, out this October from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2020
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Anthology ‘The Field Guide To Evil’ Explores The Legends That Created Horror

This Christmas Santa is giving genre fans a special gift, the horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil. The seven-segment anthology explores what we’ve known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre. Directors include Ashim Ahluwalia, Can Evrenol, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Peter Strickland, and Yannis Veslemes. The Field Guide to Evil is set to be released on December 25, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Two Heads Creek’ Is Horror Comedy Done Right

When I sat down to watch writer-director Jesse O’Brien’s Two Heads Creek I didn’t know what to really expect. The sad truth is that horror-comedies rarely live up to expectations or their PR campaigns. However, Two Heads Creek is a rare exception. The UK/Aussie film is about a brother and sister who discover that they were adopted after their mother’s death. It was no surprise that they set out to find the mother who gave them up. What they don’t know is how just how twisted their family really is. Two Heads Creek is a mix of blood-drenched action and dark humor. It’s wickedly funny and delightfully demented. This fun flick is a bit campy from beginning to end but in the best possible way! Looking for blood and gore? Two Heads Creek has it, my god does it ever! Jordan Waller and Kathryn Wilder star as the siblings who head to a tiny outback town looking for dear old

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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A Family Is Under Siege By Their Psychotic Neighbors In The ‘Hosts’ Trailer

From directors, Adam Leader and Richard Oakes comes the brutal British indie horror Hosts. And today, we’ve got the first blood-drenched trailer to share with you that reveals a family under attack. In the film, a family falls victim to a series of murders after inviting their neighbors over for Christmas dinner not knowing the neighbors have murder on their minds. Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman, Samantha Loxley, Jennifer K. Preston, Lee Hunter, and Buddy Skelton star in this action-packed flick written by Adam Leader. Hopefully, a US release date will be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the NSFW trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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A First Look At The Horror Western ‘Homestead’ Starring Jamie Bernadette

Having had to shut down due to the pandemic, the highly-anticipated horror-western Homestead has announced that production will resume in August. In the meantime, we’ve got the first look to share with you. Starring horror icon Jamie Bernadette (I Spit On Your Grave: Déjà vu, The 6th Friend), is set in 1800s Oklahoma. Beth (Jamie Bernadette) flees from an abusive marriage with her twin children—Irene (Betsy Sligh), a loud-mouthed 12-year-old girl who has an uncanny knack for shooting guns, and Brian (Cavan Tonascia), a shy and awkward boy who can never seem to do anything right. Beth soon meets Robert, a charming man with dreams of living off the land. They marry and together, build a small cabin far off in the Western frontier away from civilization. When a gang of outlaws, each with their own uniquely twisted and terrifying personality, finds the family on their little homestead and terrorizes them, Beth starts to question Robert’s identity and his obscure

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2020
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Angela Bettis & David Arquette Star In The Horror Comedy ’12 Hour Shift’

Angela Bettis (Carrie, The Woman) makes her return to the genre in writer-director Brea Grant‘s (After Midnight) 12 Hour Shift. Ahead of Cannes comes the news that Magnet Releasing has snagged the worldwide rights to the horror-comedy about a group of nurses who are stealing organs to sell on the black market. The first trailer features footage of a blood-drenched Bettis as well as David Arquette (Scream) brandishing a rather large knife. “Nurse Mandy is just trying to make it through her double shift alive, but her nasty drug addiction, annoying coworkers, needy patients, and devious cousin are making it pretty tough, not to mention organ-stealing criminals and an injured convict.” Mick Foley, Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star. Christina Arquette, David Arquette, Jordan Wayne Long, Tara Perry, and Matt Glass are producing 12 Hour Shift which features original music by Matt Glass.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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This Summer A Woman Begins To Question Her Sanity In ‘Parallax’

Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated feature film, Parallax, opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in Parallax, a combination of psychodrama, thriller, and science-fiction. Parallax, written and directed by Michael W.Bachochin, is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallax opens in theaters on July 10th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Shudder Original ‘Belzebuth’ Possesses A Blu-ray Release Date

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Belzebuth from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. In the film, Special Agent Emanuel Ritter leads a police investigation into a series of shocking deaths. But after a priest from the Vatican finds a link between the murders and an ancient demon, a descent into horror ensues. Belzebuth is Emilio Portes’ (Pastorela) fourth feature film and first horror film, from a script co-written by Portes and Luis Carlos Fuentes (“Kipatla”). The horror-thriller stars Joaquín Cosio (“Narcos: Mexico,” The Lone Ranger ), Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), and Tate Ellington (Sinister 2). The film premiered at the 50th Sitges Film Festival and received Best Picture at 2019 Santiago Horror Film Festival and Best Special Effects at 2019 Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre. Belxzebuth will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD, and Blu-ray on July 7, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘You Should Have Left’

Out of all the movies I’ve been excited about, You Should Have Left has been at the top of the list. Now that I’ve seen it I would like to share my thoughts with you. Kevin Bacon stars as Theo whose dark past haunts him, as does his nightmares. Filled with anger and jealousy, he tries to find some peace in the home he and his wife have rented for a getaway, but his life begins to unravel and something begins to manipulate his reality. As always, Bacon is fantastic. While he’s known for his roles in films like Tremors, he’s so great in serious roles and has a way of really making you feel what his character is experiencing. He reunited with director David Koepp for the film, who he worked with on the brilliant 1999 horror Stir of Echoes. They two are a great combo. Amanda Seyfried plays the role of Susanna, Theo’s much younger, beautiful, actress wife

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Halloween Tree’ Being Adapted By Warner Bros.

Now that we over the halfway mark to October, it’s time that Halloween season movie releases and themed subjects are beginning to be announced. We’ve got the news that Ray Bradbury‘s 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree is currently being adapted for a feature film by Warner. Bros. and that the script is being written by Will Dunn. The Halloween Tree centers on Tom and his friends who set off to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure known as Moundshroud, Tom and his friends must journey into the Land of the Dead to rescue their friend Pip from the demon who has abducted him. The group pursues their friend through time and space to times and places, including ancient Egypt, Medieval Paris, and Mexico for the Day of the Dead. Along their journey, they discover the origins of holidays and face supernatural entities as well

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020

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A Cult Attempts To Resurrect An Ancient Witch This Halloween In ‘It’s Just A Game’

This Halloween, a teenage girl is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch in the bloodcurdling It’s Just A Game. From writer-director Daniel Emery Taylor comes the indie horror that has been lauded for its impressive visuals and suspenseful storytelling. Brianna (Hannah Cohen-Lawlor) is a shy, bashful teen who is constantly getting humiliated by the other girls in her social circle. Her circumstances change when she is kidnapped by a bizarre theatre cult intent on summoning an ancient witch. Hannah Cohen-Lawlor, Sarah Kopkin, Leah Hudspeth, Rachel Marshall, Alicia Clark, and G Larry Butler star in It’s Just A Game, out this October from Wild Eye Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2020
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Anthology ‘The Field Guide To Evil’ Explores The Legends That Created Horror

This Christmas Santa is giving genre fans a special gift, the horror anthology The Field Guide to Evil. The seven-segment anthology explores what we’ve known as myths, lore, and folktales. Created to give logic to mankind’s darkest fears, these stories laid the foundation for what we now know as the horror genre. Directors include Ashim Ahluwalia, Can Evrenol, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Peter Strickland, and Yannis Veslemes. The Field Guide to Evil is set to be released on December 25, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘Two Heads Creek’ Is Horror Comedy Done Right

When I sat down to watch writer-director Jesse O’Brien’s Two Heads Creek I didn’t know what to really expect. The sad truth is that horror-comedies rarely live up to expectations or their PR campaigns. However, Two Heads Creek is a rare exception. The UK/Aussie film is about a brother and sister who discover that they were adopted after their mother’s death. It was no surprise that they set out to find the mother who gave them up. What they don’t know is how just how twisted their family really is. Two Heads Creek is a mix of blood-drenched action and dark humor. It’s wickedly funny and delightfully demented. This fun flick is a bit campy from beginning to end but in the best possible way! Looking for blood and gore? Two Heads Creek has it, my god does it ever! Jordan Waller and Kathryn Wilder star as the siblings who head to a tiny outback town looking for dear old

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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A Family Is Under Siege By Their Psychotic Neighbors In The ‘Hosts’ Trailer

From directors, Adam Leader and Richard Oakes comes the brutal British indie horror Hosts. And today, we’ve got the first blood-drenched trailer to share with you that reveals a family under attack. In the film, a family falls victim to a series of murders after inviting their neighbors over for Christmas dinner not knowing the neighbors have murder on their minds. Neal Ward, Nadia Lamin, Frank Jakeman, Samantha Loxley, Jennifer K. Preston, Lee Hunter, and Buddy Skelton star in this action-packed flick written by Adam Leader. Hopefully, a US release date will be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the NSFW trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 22, 2020
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A First Look At The Horror Western ‘Homestead’ Starring Jamie Bernadette

Having had to shut down due to the pandemic, the highly-anticipated horror-western Homestead has announced that production will resume in August. In the meantime, we’ve got the first look to share with you. Starring horror icon Jamie Bernadette (I Spit On Your Grave: Déjà vu, The 6th Friend), is set in 1800s Oklahoma. Beth (Jamie Bernadette) flees from an abusive marriage with her twin children—Irene (Betsy Sligh), a loud-mouthed 12-year-old girl who has an uncanny knack for shooting guns, and Brian (Cavan Tonascia), a shy and awkward boy who can never seem to do anything right. Beth soon meets Robert, a charming man with dreams of living off the land. They marry and together, build a small cabin far off in the Western frontier away from civilization. When a gang of outlaws, each with their own uniquely twisted and terrifying personality, finds the family on their little homestead and terrorizes them, Beth starts to question Robert’s identity and his obscure

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 21, 2020
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Angela Bettis & David Arquette Star In The Horror Comedy ’12 Hour Shift’

Angela Bettis (Carrie, The Woman) makes her return to the genre in writer-director Brea Grant‘s (After Midnight) 12 Hour Shift. Ahead of Cannes comes the news that Magnet Releasing has snagged the worldwide rights to the horror-comedy about a group of nurses who are stealing organs to sell on the black market. The first trailer features footage of a blood-drenched Bettis as well as David Arquette (Scream) brandishing a rather large knife. “Nurse Mandy is just trying to make it through her double shift alive, but her nasty drug addiction, annoying coworkers, needy patients, and devious cousin are making it pretty tough, not to mention organ-stealing criminals and an injured convict.” Mick Foley, Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star. Christina Arquette, David Arquette, Jordan Wayne Long, Tara Perry, and Matt Glass are producing 12 Hour Shift which features original music by Matt Glass.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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This Summer A Woman Begins To Question Her Sanity In ‘Parallax’

Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated feature film, Parallax, opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in Parallax, a combination of psychodrama, thriller, and science-fiction. Parallax, written and directed by Michael W.Bachochin, is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallax opens in theaters on July 10th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Shudder Original ‘Belzebuth’ Possesses A Blu-ray Release Date

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Belzebuth from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. In the film, Special Agent Emanuel Ritter leads a police investigation into a series of shocking deaths. But after a priest from the Vatican finds a link between the murders and an ancient demon, a descent into horror ensues. Belzebuth is Emilio Portes’ (Pastorela) fourth feature film and first horror film, from a script co-written by Portes and Luis Carlos Fuentes (“Kipatla”). The horror-thriller stars Joaquín Cosio (“Narcos: Mexico,” The Lone Ranger ), Tobin Bell (Saw franchise), and Tate Ellington (Sinister 2). The film premiered at the 50th Sitges Film Festival and received Best Picture at 2019 Santiago Horror Film Festival and Best Special Effects at 2019 Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre. Belxzebuth will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD, and Blu-ray on July 7, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Movie Review: ‘You Should Have Left’

Out of all the movies I’ve been excited about, You Should Have Left has been at the top of the list. Now that I’ve seen it I would like to share my thoughts with you. Kevin Bacon stars as Theo whose dark past haunts him, as does his nightmares. Filled with anger and jealousy, he tries to find some peace in the home he and his wife have rented for a getaway, but his life begins to unravel and something begins to manipulate his reality. As always, Bacon is fantastic. While he’s known for his roles in films like Tremors, he’s so great in serious roles and has a way of really making you feel what his character is experiencing. He reunited with director David Koepp for the film, who he worked with on the brilliant 1999 horror Stir of Echoes. They two are a great combo. Amanda Seyfried plays the role of Susanna, Theo’s much younger, beautiful, actress wife

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2020
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Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Halloween Tree’ Being Adapted By Warner Bros.

Now that we over the halfway mark to October, it’s time that Halloween season movie releases and themed subjects are beginning to be announced. We’ve got the news that Ray Bradbury‘s 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree is currently being adapted for a feature film by Warner. Bros. and that the script is being written by Will Dunn. The Halloween Tree centers on Tom and his friends who set off to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure known as Moundshroud, Tom and his friends must journey into the Land of the Dead to rescue their friend Pip from the demon who has abducted him. The group pursues their friend through time and space to times and places, including ancient Egypt, Medieval Paris, and Mexico for the Day of the Dead. Along their journey, they discover the origins of holidays and face supernatural entities as well

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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