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Steven Spielberg’s Son Sawyer Making His Acting Debut In Horror ‘Honeydew

Sawyer Spielberg, son of legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, is making his acting debut in director Devereux Milburn‘s genre film Honeydew. Malin Barr and Barbata Kingsley also star in the film described as “a feverish horror film,” produced by Dan Kennedy and Alan Pierson. In Honeydew, “strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son.” Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired the sales rights to Honeydew with the film set to sell at this month’s European Film Market, THR reports. We are thrilled to introduce Devereux Milburn’s vision to the market at this year’s EFM. With shades of De Palma’s frenetic editing and sound design brought into a modern context, Honeydew immerses you in a nightmare that is sure to satisfy all cravings for a fresh, stylish backwoods horror.” Justin Timms, Yellow Veil Pictures’ Co-Founder said in a statement.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 16, 2020
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A Man Fights To Protect His Sister In The Supernatural Thriller ‘Transference’

Hunted by an unstoppable secret agent, a brother must hide his twin sister and her supernatural abilities so that she does not fall prey to becoming an experiment in a classified government program in Transference, out this March. Tony Nash, Jeremy Ninaber, Mathew Ninaber, Eamon Hanson, and Rikki Wright star in the sci-fi thriller directed by Matthew Ninaber. In the film, “a twelve-year-old boy, Joshua, is charged with the protection of his twin sister when their father passes, but she possesses a special ability and his greatest challenge will not be keeping her safe but keeping her hidden. Twenty years later, Joshua is struggling to cope with the events of his childhood and the choices he has made since. Out of desperation, he places Emma in a psychiatric compound against her will. Joshua is driven to the world of underground crime to maintain their secret. But he cannot earn enough to hide their past and someone has followed their trail

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2020
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(Trailer) A Man Is ‘Becoming’ Something Darker In This Indie Horror

This May, a husband evolves into a monster in the indie horror Becoming, written and directed by Omar Naim (The Final Cut). Toby Kebbell (Planet Of The Apes, Fantastic Four, Black Mirror) stars alongside Beth Broderick (Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Psycho Beach Party), Jason Patric (Lost Boys, Narc, Speed 2), and Penelope Mitchell (The Vampire Diaries, Hemlock Grove, Hellboy). Becoming follows Alex (Toby Kebbell) and Lisa (Penelope Mitchell), a couple newly engaged and deeply in love. While on a road trip, they encounter an ancient evil force that chooses Alex as its new host and begins to slowly take over his mind and body, gradually transforming him into someone terrifying and violent. The changes are small at first. His handwriting. His body language. As Alex struggles with the horror of losing his identity, Lisa notices the shifts in the man she thought she loved. Is he falling out of love with her, or is it something far, far worse? Lisa

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2020
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Weaponized Dinosaurs Stalk The ‘Jurassic Thunder’ Trailer

Weaponized dinosaurs? Yes, please. Check out the trailer for The Jurassic Thunder from the director of Tsunambee. When a covert desert base is forced to divert World War III against a formidable adversary, a group of commandos and weaponized dinosaurs are hired to get the job done. Heath C. Heine, Rick Haak, and Jon Cotton star in the action-packed film by Milko Davis and Thomas Martwick. The Jurassic Thunder bares its teeth on DVD and Digital March 10, 2020, from High Octane Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2020
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(Trailer) Animated Horror ‘To Your Last Death’ Features An All-Star Cast

A woman is on a mission to save her family after she’s pit against her siblings in a deadly game in the award-winning animated horror To You Last Death. Starring Morena Baccarin, Bill Moseley, Ray Wise, Dani Lennon, and William Shatner, the film is from director Jason Axinn and writers Tanya Klein and Jim Cirile. “After emerging as the sole survivor in a deadly revenge game set up by her father to punish his children, Miriam receives an offer from a supernatural entity to go back in time and try again. Now, Miriam must survive both her father’s blood lust and the Gamemaster’s ever-changing rules to save her siblings as she relives the worst night of her life.” Cindi Rice, Jason Axinn, and Paige Barnett produced with Tanya Klein, James Cirile, and John Frank Rosenblum serving as executive producers. Check out the new trailer for To Your Last Death set to be released on Digital and On Demand on March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2020
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Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Starring In Amblin’s Thriller ‘Carrier’

Following her two Oscar nominations for Harriet, Cynthia Erivo has signed on as the lead of Amblin’s upcoming thriller Carrier, Deadline reports. The film is inspired by the podcast created by QCode and Dan Blank, which Erivo appeared on. “Erivo will play Raylene, a truck driver who accepts an off-the-books long hall trucking assignment to cover for her ill father. She soon realizes that her mysterious cargo is a threat to the world and various forces begin targeting her to control or destroy it.” Blank is writing and directing the feature film which Erivo will be producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Brahms Finds A New Family In The Second Trailer For ‘The Boy II’

The creepy doll from 2016’s The Boy is back for another round of terror in director William Brent Bell‘s Brahms: The Boy II. In the film’s second trailer, Brahms finds a new family to terrorize. Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) in the film written by Stacey Menear and produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. Brahms: The Boy II opens in theaters on February 21, 2020, from STX and Lakeshore Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Humans Are Prey In ‘The Hunt’ Trailer

“The most talked-about movie of the year is the one nobody has seen … yet.” We’ve got the brand new trailer for The Hunt from director Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah, The Leftovers). Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of elites gathers for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt ordinary Americans for sport. But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of The Hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin, GLOW), knows The Hunters’ game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (two-time Oscar® winner Hilary Swank) at the center of it all. Emma Roberts (“AHS”), Ethan Suplee

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2020
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‘Urban Legends’ Getting A Reboot

The latest genre film in line for a reboot is 1998’s Urban Legend. Screen Gems has announced that Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive) will be in the director’s chair for the new film which has now begun the casting process. The original, directed by Jamie Blanks, followed a group of college students who start seeing their classmates and BFFs killed off one by one by a murderer in a parka with each death echoing classic Urban Legends. The reboot will be an updated version set in the digital age and the Urban Legends that are active now. And there’s a lot of them to choose from. “The movie will center on a diverse cast of college students as they navigate a series of bizarre deaths that resemble urban legends linked to the darkest corners of social media.” We can’t help but wonder if any actors from the original will make a cameo. The cast included Jared Leto, Alicia Witt,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020
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Oscars’ Memorium Leaves Out Luke Perry And Sid Haig, Among Many More

The Oscars left a lot of people angry last night for several reasons, but the biggest reason, several actors were left out of the award show’s annual Memorium segment. Introduced by Steven Spielberg and featuring a rendition of Grammy winner Billie Eilish singing “Yesterday”, the Memorium failed to honor Luke Perry, Cameron Boyce, Jan Michael Vincent, Tim Conway, Michael J. Pollard, Robert Conrad, Cameron Boyce, Rene Auberjonois, Valentina Cortese, Carol Lynley, Sue Lyon, and horror icon Sid Haig who had over 147 roles to his credit. Several of the missing actors were award winners and nominees, leaving viewers questioning just what it takes to make it into the segment. This is not the first time actors have been passed over, it seems to happen every year making people wonder if there is a bias. The problem can’t be the time of death, Kirk Douglas passed away last week and was featured in a place of honor at the segment’s end.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020

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Steven Spielberg’s Son Sawyer Making His Acting Debut In Horror ‘Honeydew

Sawyer Spielberg, son of legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, is making his acting debut in director Devereux Milburn‘s genre film Honeydew. Malin Barr and Barbata Kingsley also star in the film described as “a feverish horror film,” produced by Dan Kennedy and Alan Pierson. In Honeydew, “strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son.” Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired the sales rights to Honeydew with the film set to sell at this month’s European Film Market, THR reports. We are thrilled to introduce Devereux Milburn’s vision to the market at this year’s EFM. With shades of De Palma’s frenetic editing and sound design brought into a modern context, Honeydew immerses you in a nightmare that is sure to satisfy all cravings for a fresh, stylish backwoods horror.” Justin Timms, Yellow Veil Pictures’ Co-Founder said in a statement.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 16, 2020
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A Man Fights To Protect His Sister In The Supernatural Thriller ‘Transference’

Hunted by an unstoppable secret agent, a brother must hide his twin sister and her supernatural abilities so that she does not fall prey to becoming an experiment in a classified government program in Transference, out this March. Tony Nash, Jeremy Ninaber, Mathew Ninaber, Eamon Hanson, and Rikki Wright star in the sci-fi thriller directed by Matthew Ninaber. In the film, “a twelve-year-old boy, Joshua, is charged with the protection of his twin sister when their father passes, but she possesses a special ability and his greatest challenge will not be keeping her safe but keeping her hidden. Twenty years later, Joshua is struggling to cope with the events of his childhood and the choices he has made since. Out of desperation, he places Emma in a psychiatric compound against her will. Joshua is driven to the world of underground crime to maintain their secret. But he cannot earn enough to hide their past and someone has followed their trail

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2020
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(Trailer) A Man Is ‘Becoming’ Something Darker In This Indie Horror

This May, a husband evolves into a monster in the indie horror Becoming, written and directed by Omar Naim (The Final Cut). Toby Kebbell (Planet Of The Apes, Fantastic Four, Black Mirror) stars alongside Beth Broderick (Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Psycho Beach Party), Jason Patric (Lost Boys, Narc, Speed 2), and Penelope Mitchell (The Vampire Diaries, Hemlock Grove, Hellboy). Becoming follows Alex (Toby Kebbell) and Lisa (Penelope Mitchell), a couple newly engaged and deeply in love. While on a road trip, they encounter an ancient evil force that chooses Alex as its new host and begins to slowly take over his mind and body, gradually transforming him into someone terrifying and violent. The changes are small at first. His handwriting. His body language. As Alex struggles with the horror of losing his identity, Lisa notices the shifts in the man she thought she loved. Is he falling out of love with her, or is it something far, far worse? Lisa

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2020
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Weaponized Dinosaurs Stalk The ‘Jurassic Thunder’ Trailer

Weaponized dinosaurs? Yes, please. Check out the trailer for The Jurassic Thunder from the director of Tsunambee. When a covert desert base is forced to divert World War III against a formidable adversary, a group of commandos and weaponized dinosaurs are hired to get the job done. Heath C. Heine, Rick Haak, and Jon Cotton star in the action-packed film by Milko Davis and Thomas Martwick. The Jurassic Thunder bares its teeth on DVD and Digital March 10, 2020, from High Octane Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2020
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(Trailer) Animated Horror ‘To Your Last Death’ Features An All-Star Cast

A woman is on a mission to save her family after she’s pit against her siblings in a deadly game in the award-winning animated horror To You Last Death. Starring Morena Baccarin, Bill Moseley, Ray Wise, Dani Lennon, and William Shatner, the film is from director Jason Axinn and writers Tanya Klein and Jim Cirile. “After emerging as the sole survivor in a deadly revenge game set up by her father to punish his children, Miriam receives an offer from a supernatural entity to go back in time and try again. Now, Miriam must survive both her father’s blood lust and the Gamemaster’s ever-changing rules to save her siblings as she relives the worst night of her life.” Cindi Rice, Jason Axinn, and Paige Barnett produced with Tanya Klein, James Cirile, and John Frank Rosenblum serving as executive producers. Check out the new trailer for To Your Last Death set to be released on Digital and On Demand on March

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2020
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Oscar Nominee Cynthia Erivo Starring In Amblin’s Thriller ‘Carrier’

Following her two Oscar nominations for Harriet, Cynthia Erivo has signed on as the lead of Amblin’s upcoming thriller Carrier, Deadline reports. The film is inspired by the podcast created by QCode and Dan Blank, which Erivo appeared on. “Erivo will play Raylene, a truck driver who accepts an off-the-books long hall trucking assignment to cover for her ill father. She soon realizes that her mysterious cargo is a threat to the world and various forces begin targeting her to control or destroy it.” Blank is writing and directing the feature film which Erivo will be producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Brahms Finds A New Family In The Second Trailer For ‘The Boy II’

The creepy doll from 2016’s The Boy is back for another round of terror in director William Brent Bell‘s Brahms: The Boy II. In the film’s second trailer, Brahms finds a new family to terrorize. Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) in the film written by Stacey Menear and produced by Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee. Brahms: The Boy II opens in theaters on February 21, 2020, from STX and Lakeshore Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2020
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Humans Are Prey In ‘The Hunt’ Trailer

“The most talked-about movie of the year is the one nobody has seen … yet.” We’ve got the brand new trailer for The Hunt from director Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah, The Leftovers). Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen… for a very specific purpose … The Hunt. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, a group of elites gathers for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt ordinary Americans for sport. But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of The Hunted, Crystal (Betty Gilpin, GLOW), knows The Hunters’ game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off, one by one, as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (two-time Oscar® winner Hilary Swank) at the center of it all. Emma Roberts (“AHS”), Ethan Suplee

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2020
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‘Urban Legends’ Getting A Reboot

The latest genre film in line for a reboot is 1998’s Urban Legend. Screen Gems has announced that Colin Minihan (What Keeps You Alive) will be in the director’s chair for the new film which has now begun the casting process. The original, directed by Jamie Blanks, followed a group of college students who start seeing their classmates and BFFs killed off one by one by a murderer in a parka with each death echoing classic Urban Legends. The reboot will be an updated version set in the digital age and the Urban Legends that are active now. And there’s a lot of them to choose from. “The movie will center on a diverse cast of college students as they navigate a series of bizarre deaths that resemble urban legends linked to the darkest corners of social media.” We can’t help but wonder if any actors from the original will make a cameo. The cast included Jared Leto, Alicia Witt,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020
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Oscars’ Memorium Leaves Out Luke Perry And Sid Haig, Among Many More

The Oscars left a lot of people angry last night for several reasons, but the biggest reason, several actors were left out of the award show’s annual Memorium segment. Introduced by Steven Spielberg and featuring a rendition of Grammy winner Billie Eilish singing “Yesterday”, the Memorium failed to honor Luke Perry, Cameron Boyce, Jan Michael Vincent, Tim Conway, Michael J. Pollard, Robert Conrad, Cameron Boyce, Rene Auberjonois, Valentina Cortese, Carol Lynley, Sue Lyon, and horror icon Sid Haig who had over 147 roles to his credit. Several of the missing actors were award winners and nominees, leaving viewers questioning just what it takes to make it into the segment. This is not the first time actors have been passed over, it seems to happen every year making people wonder if there is a bias. The problem can’t be the time of death, Kirk Douglas passed away last week and was featured in a place of honor at the segment’s end.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2020
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