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Horror Comedy ‘Wrestlemassacre’ Hits DVD This June (Trailer)

The wrestling world bodyslams the horror genre this June’s with the funny fright-flick, Wrestlemassacre! Check out the trailer below. Randy is an awkward groundskeeper who is obsessed with professional wrestling. Longing for a sense of belonging with grandiose dreams of becoming a wrestling superstar, he is only met with abject humiliation. A brutal shaming at a local wrestling school pushes Randy over the edge and sets out on a blood-soaked rampage to punish those who wronged him. Wrestlemassacre, starring Richie Acevedo aka The Cuban Assassin, The WWE’s Tony Atlas, Julio Bana Fernandez (“House of Cards”), Jason John Beebe (Crossbreed) and Canadian pro wrestler Rene Dupree, will be available On Demand and DVD June 16, 2020, from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2020

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The Lighthouse Director Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’ Described As “Unusually Violent”

Robert Eggers, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Witch and The Lighthouse will next bring to life The Northman, a Viking revenge film. Described as a “saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century,” The Northman was written by Eggers and Icelandic pet and novelist Sjón. According to Deadline, the list of impressive actors currently in talks to star includes brothers Alexander Skarsgård (“True Blood”) and Bill Skarsgård (IT), Nicole Kidman (The Others), Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass), and Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse). Eggers is once again teaming up with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jarin Blaschke who did an amazing job with The Lighthouse (review). The Northman will be the third entry in a “trilogy of sorts” revolving around dark folk tales, according to Eggers. He also states that this film will be “bigger than the others” and that it will be “dark and unusually violent.” The Lighthouse is now out on Blu-ray and DVD from A24.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2020

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“Game Of Thrones” Actress Joins ‘Annabelle” Director’s ‘Lullaby’

The first cast member for Annabelle and Wish Upon director John R. Leonetti‘s new movie Lullaby is “Game of Thrones” actress and ballerina Oona Chaplin. Lullaby is based on the mythical figure Lillith and follows a new mother who discovers a lullaby in an ancient book. Soon, her world becomes a nightmare when the lullaby unleashes the ancient demon. The film was written by Alex Greenfield (Abducted) and Ben Powell (Satanic), the duo behind 2015’s The Sand. Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson are producing. Lee Nelson, David Tish, Scott Parish, and Carl Rogers are executive producing along with Markus Goerg, Dick Hillenbrand, Mikhail Nayfeld, Jeff Boler, John Lewis Bret Saxon, and Mark Holder. In “Game of Thrones,” Chaplin played the role of Talisa Maegyr, the wife of King Robb Stark. Her character was murdered during the infamous Red Wedding episode along with her unborn baby, King Stark, and many others. Production is set to begin in Toronto this March on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2020

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Showtime Confirms Taika Waititi’s Horror Comedy Series “The Auteur” Now In Production

Showtime has now confirmed that “The Auteur,” a new horror-comedy series, is in development from the Oscar-winning writer-director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In the Shadows) who co-wrote the series with Peter Warren (Ghost Team), Deadline reports. Starring Oscar nominee Jude Law (The Young Pope), the series based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson. Described as a”gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance, and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire,” “The Auteur” follows a film producer, desperate to make a great horror movie following a massive bomb, accidentally traps his production on a backlot with a serial killer. Waititi took home an Oscar for his most recent film, Jojo Rabbit which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in. The film is a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother (Scarlett Johansson)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2020

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‘Don’t Speak’ This March, There’s A Monster On the Loose

It wasn’t supposed to escape…now it’s on the hunt. This March, writer-director Scott Jeffrey (Cupid) sets a terrifying creature free in the horror film Don’t Speak. Upon arriving at their grandparent’s farm, a family soon realizes the entire town has been slaughtered by an unknown monster… And soon, the family find themselves fighting to survive. Stephanie Lodge, Ryan Davies, and Jake Watkins star in Don’t Speak arriving on DVD and Digital March 10th, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2020

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Oscar Winning Film ‘Parasite’ To Stream Exclusively Of Hulu

Hulu has snagged the exclusive US streaming rights to the dark South Korean thriller Parasite that took home 4 Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best International Film, Best Director, and Best Original Screen Play. From filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, the film explores socioeconomic inequality in South Korea. It follows an impoverished, basement-dwelling family posing as professionals to gain employment with a wealthy family. Variety reports that Parasite, from Neon, will arrive exclusively on Hulu on Wednesday, April 8th. The film is also being adapted into an English-language limited series for HBO with director Bong Joon Ho teaming up with Adam McKay for the series, but there is no word yet if the series will be a continuance of the film or a reboot.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 25, 2020

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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 25, 2020

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The Dead Rise In The Trailer For ‘A Wakefield Project’

The dead walk among us in the first trailer for A Wakefield Project, a unique sci-fi horror film premiering this March. Directed by L.A. Lopes, the story follows a group of townspeople suddenly seeing the dead living among them. “Eric (Anthony Bewlz, Tooth Fairy) and Reese (Dennis Andres, Workin’ Moms) invest in a property in the little town of Wakefield. Chloe (Lindsay Seim, Insidious: Chapter 2) a medium, who used to live in Wakefield returns to her roots to enlighten the new entrepreneurs on the history of the town. The property was originally owned by Nathan Cross (Rob Archer, Lost Girl), who’s post mortem crimes stain the entire town. On a day when unprecedented solar flares target North America, Wakefield becomes the center of a temporary shift in atmospheric energies. The living are seeing the dead walk among them. As they find themselves in the heart of this nightmare until dawn, they need to face history in the flesh, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 24, 2020

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Thriller ‘Disrupted’ Making Its World Premiere At Cinequest

Later this year, writer-director Andre Welsh‘s thriller Disrupted is set to arrive in theaters and digital. For longtime Oakland resident, Pete, survival is an endless struggle in a gentrified, tech-driven world that’s left him in its dust. But he’s clean and sober, has rectified a relationship with his daughter, and the memories of his wife’s unsolved murder from decades ago rarely haunt him these days. That is until a local killing is strikingly familiar. Reluctantly pulled back in by the retired detective who worked the original case, Pete again sets out to find his wife’s killer and is quickly consumed by his rekindled thirst for justice, a pursuit that cost him everything once before. Starring Ron Kaell, Geoffrey Lower, and Chioke Jelani Clanton, Marie Wilson, Drew Seeley, Amy Paffrath, and Daniel Roebuck. Mark Gogolewski, Steven Siig, and Jared Drake are producing. Jeff Gadigan co-produced. Disrupted will make its World Premiere as an Official Selection of the 2020 Cinequest Film &

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 23, 2020

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Zach Braff Will Face Shark Infested Waters In ‘Tiburon’

News has come out of EFM that Zach Braff (Golden State, “Scrubs”) is set to face off against sharks in survival thriller Tiburon. Directed by Alistair Legrand (The Diabolical) and written by Jonathan WC Mills (Nothing Left to Fear), Tiburon follows a young family trapped in a camper van, stranded on a flooded tidal basin near the beach. As the water rises, the family must make a choice, flee through the shark-infested water or face a sadistic fugitive. Paula Patton (Traffik) and Rupert Friend (“Homeland”) also star, ScreenDaily reports. Culmination co-founders Tom Butterfield and Harry White are producing alongside Mills. By the way, Tiburon means “shark” in Spanish. Production is set to begin this spring in South Africa.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 22, 2020

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