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Movie Review: Old (2021)

M. Night Shyamalan takes us on a trip to an exotic location in his new horror movie Old, out today in theaters. The movie begins with two families on vacation at an all-inclusive resort, but both families are hiding something from their families. The two families set off for a remote private beach that seems like a dream come true, but it’s actually a nightmare as the families, along with several other people, begin to notice changes in the children and then themselves, they are rapidly aging. The first thing I have to mention is the casting. The children are played by multiple actors as they age and the casting was dead on. That’s a hard task to pull off, but Old nailed it. The cast of adults was another great choice. They really emote the terror and confusion that their characters are experiencing. The cast includes Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal (Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle), Vicky Krieps

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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Sink Your Teeth Into The First Images From ‘Ouija Shark 2’

After Ouija Shark (review) made a splash with B-movie shark fans just over a year ago, Wild Eye Releasing announces that the official sequel is currently filming with principal photography to be completed this year. A team-up between Wild Eye Releasing and Survival Zombie Films, the Ouija Shark follow-up will see fan-favorite John Migliore from the first film revive his shield-slinging shark fighter dad Anthony, as well as taking over directing duties for the film. Also reprising their roles from the original film are Kylie Gough (as Illyana) and Simon Wheeldon (as Caldura). Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith joins the cast as a mysterious new character named Cressida. Mike Trebilcock and Semetary Spawn will be providing the movie’s dramatic score as well as some new songs for the film. The film is packed with shark action special effects and promises to offer even more bizarre and inter-dimensional weirdness for fans than the first film. Migliore also penned the sequels’ script, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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‘The Forever Purge’ Is Here!

This summer, all the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead may never end in The Forever Purge. 2018’s The First Purge shattered records, now Blumhouse’s infamous terror franchise hurtles into innovative new territory as members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with one annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre. And no one is safe. In the film, “Adela (Ana de la Reguera, Cowboys & Aliens) and her husband Juan (Tenoch Huerta, Days of Grace) live in Texas, where Juan is working as a ranch hand for the wealthy Tucker family. Juan impresses the Tucker patriarch, Caleb (Will Patton, Halloween), which fuels the jealous anger of Caleb’s son, Dylan (Josh Lucas, Ford v Ferrari). On the morning after The Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks the Tucker family—including Dylan’s wife (Cassidy Freeman,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: Initiation (2021)

When a girl is assaulted at a frat party during pledge week a series of murders strike the campus sending everyone into a panic in Initiation, from director John Berardo. One of the reasons the 90s were so epic for the horror genre was because of the amount and quality of slasher movies that were unleashed, movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream. Initiation feels like it is straight from that era, while still remaining current. Initiation delivers both great effects, an interesting story, and keeps the masked killer’s identity under wraps until the last possible moment, leaving you wondering who could be the man in the hoodie that loves power tools. And I must say, that the identity is a nice twist that I didn’t see coming, which is rare these days. As for the kills, there are several that you haven’t seen before, which is surprising seeing the number of horror movies that come

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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A Couple’s Dream Vacation Turns Into A Nightmare In The Exclusive ‘6:45’ Clip

What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into one of your worst nightmares? And what if you were forced to relive that same day again and again? From Director Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Perkins 14, Animal Room) comes a pulse-pounding, time-looping psychological thriller, 6:45. “Bobby Patterson (Michael Reed) is taking one last romantic shot at saving his rocky relationship with his girlfriend, Jules Rables (Augie Duke) on a weekend getaway to the picturesque island resort of Bog Grove. To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted, but they soon learn about its notorious and bloody history – one that’s about to repeat itself again and again… The pair’s relationship issues are quickly cast aside in order to overcome a demented cycle of terror in which they’re seemingly trapped. And no matter what great lengths they take to avoid it, Bobby and Jules awake at 6:45 each morning to a nightmarish chain of events

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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August Highlights For AMC Streaming Services IFC, Shudder, Amc+, And More

We’ve got your August highlights for all AMC streaming services. Stay out of the summer heat, chill out, and check out the following episodes, premieres, and more. On ACORN TV: Hinterland, Seasons 1, 2, and 3 (exclusively available in the U.S., also available in Canada) Season Binges Premiere Every Monday Beginning, August 2 What Wallander is to Sweden, Hinterland is to Wales: a dark and harrowing award-winning detective drama with compelling characters and suspenseful stories. Richard Harrington (The Crown, Lark Rise to Candleford) is DCI Tom Mathias, a brilliant, brooding loner on the run from his past; Mali Harries (Foyle’s War, Keeping Faith) is smart, hard-working DI Mared Rhys, a local girl who knows the land and its people. Together they confront a series of mystifying murders. Filmed on location in the bleakly beautiful coastal town of Aberystwyth. Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland Season Binge Premieres Monday, August 9 One of the UK’s top TV stars, Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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A Horrifying Chain Of Events Unfold In The ‘Night Drive’ Trailer

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. In the trailer, a driver picks up a new fare and a disturbing chain of events follows. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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A Family Is Attacked In The New Exclusive Clip From The Road Rage Horror ‘Tailgate’

This August buckle up for the Dutch thriller Tailgate, in which a family’s road trip turns into a terrifying nightmare. We’ve got an exclusive in which the family is attacked by a stranger following a road rage-induced event. In Tailgate (aka Bumperkleef), Hans, his wife, and two young children hit the highway on a trip to visit family. After getting stuck behind a slow-moving van, he recklessly starts to antagonize the eerily stoic driver, blaring the horn and riding his bumper. Little does he realize that he’s just crossed the wrong motorist – a deranged madman who sets out to teach Hans a lesson he’ll not soon forget. Lured into an alarming game of vehicular cat and mouse, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, pulse-pounding thriller, an Official Selection at the Sitges Film Festival and FrightFest. Written and directed by Lodewijk Crijns, the thriller stars Jeroen Spitzenberger and Anniek Pheifer. Tailgate makes

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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New Fright Filled Trailer Arrives For Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

We’ve got the new fright-filled trailer for Neill Blomkamp‘s highly-anticipated horror film, Demonic, in theaters this August. From the director of District 9, Elysium, and Chappie, comes Demonic, in which “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller.”. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) star in this supernatural horror. Here’s a fun fact: The film uses a patent-pending new method of using volumetric capture (a three-dimensional video technology that turns actors into geometric objects.). The amount of volumetric capture in Demonic is the most ever used in a feature film to date. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters and On Demand and Digital on August 20, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2021
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A Ghostly Presence Haunts The Trailer For ‘The Return’

Ahead of its release this August, we’ve got the new trailer for The Return, starring Richard Harmon and Sara Thompson from The CW’s smash-hit series “The 100”. In the film, “Rodger returns home from college with two friends to settle the affairs of his recently deceased father. They begin to experience weird and unsettling occurrences in the house. Rodger is soon plagued by strange childhood memories about a haunting by a ghostly presence. These memories boil over into reality culminating in an intense showdown with the terror that has come back.” Directed by BJ Verot, The Return also stars Echo Andersson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Zoe Fish, Erik Athavale, and Gwendolyn Collins. Winner of Best Feature at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Best Actor (Richard Harmon) at the New York City Horror Film Festival, The Return premieres on August 10, 2021, On-Demand and Digital from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2021

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Movie Review: Old (2021)

M. Night Shyamalan takes us on a trip to an exotic location in his new horror movie Old, out today in theaters. The movie begins with two families on vacation at an all-inclusive resort, but both families are hiding something from their families. The two families set off for a remote private beach that seems like a dream come true, but it’s actually a nightmare as the families, along with several other people, begin to notice changes in the children and then themselves, they are rapidly aging. The first thing I have to mention is the casting. The children are played by multiple actors as they age and the casting was dead on. That’s a hard task to pull off, but Old nailed it. The cast of adults was another great choice. They really emote the terror and confusion that their characters are experiencing. The cast includes Golden Globe winner Gael García Bernal (Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle), Vicky Krieps

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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Sink Your Teeth Into The First Images From ‘Ouija Shark 2’

After Ouija Shark (review) made a splash with B-movie shark fans just over a year ago, Wild Eye Releasing announces that the official sequel is currently filming with principal photography to be completed this year. A team-up between Wild Eye Releasing and Survival Zombie Films, the Ouija Shark follow-up will see fan-favorite John Migliore from the first film revive his shield-slinging shark fighter dad Anthony, as well as taking over directing duties for the film. Also reprising their roles from the original film are Kylie Gough (as Illyana) and Simon Wheeldon (as Caldura). Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith joins the cast as a mysterious new character named Cressida. Mike Trebilcock and Semetary Spawn will be providing the movie’s dramatic score as well as some new songs for the film. The film is packed with shark action special effects and promises to offer even more bizarre and inter-dimensional weirdness for fans than the first film. Migliore also penned the sequels’ script, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘The Forever Purge’ Is Here!

This summer, all the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead may never end in The Forever Purge. 2018’s The First Purge shattered records, now Blumhouse’s infamous terror franchise hurtles into innovative new territory as members of an underground movement, no longer satisfied with one annual night of anarchy and murder, decide to overtake America through an unending campaign of mayhem and massacre. And no one is safe. In the film, “Adela (Ana de la Reguera, Cowboys & Aliens) and her husband Juan (Tenoch Huerta, Days of Grace) live in Texas, where Juan is working as a ranch hand for the wealthy Tucker family. Juan impresses the Tucker patriarch, Caleb (Will Patton, Halloween), which fuels the jealous anger of Caleb’s son, Dylan (Josh Lucas, Ford v Ferrari). On the morning after The Purge, a masked gang of killers attacks the Tucker family—including Dylan’s wife (Cassidy Freeman,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Initiation (2021)

When a girl is assaulted at a frat party during pledge week a series of murders strike the campus sending everyone into a panic in Initiation, from director John Berardo. One of the reasons the 90s were so epic for the horror genre was because of the amount and quality of slasher movies that were unleashed, movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream. Initiation feels like it is straight from that era, while still remaining current. Initiation delivers both great effects, an interesting story, and keeps the masked killer’s identity under wraps until the last possible moment, leaving you wondering who could be the man in the hoodie that loves power tools. And I must say, that the identity is a nice twist that I didn’t see coming, which is rare these days. As for the kills, there are several that you haven’t seen before, which is surprising seeing the number of horror movies that come

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 23, 2021
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A Couple’s Dream Vacation Turns Into A Nightmare In The Exclusive ‘6:45’ Clip

What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into one of your worst nightmares? And what if you were forced to relive that same day again and again? From Director Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Perkins 14, Animal Room) comes a pulse-pounding, time-looping psychological thriller, 6:45. “Bobby Patterson (Michael Reed) is taking one last romantic shot at saving his rocky relationship with his girlfriend, Jules Rables (Augie Duke) on a weekend getaway to the picturesque island resort of Bog Grove. To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted, but they soon learn about its notorious and bloody history – one that’s about to repeat itself again and again… The pair’s relationship issues are quickly cast aside in order to overcome a demented cycle of terror in which they’re seemingly trapped. And no matter what great lengths they take to avoid it, Bobby and Jules awake at 6:45 each morning to a nightmarish chain of events

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

August Highlights For AMC Streaming Services IFC, Shudder, Amc+, And More

We’ve got your August highlights for all AMC streaming services. Stay out of the summer heat, chill out, and check out the following episodes, premieres, and more. On ACORN TV: Hinterland, Seasons 1, 2, and 3 (exclusively available in the U.S., also available in Canada) Season Binges Premiere Every Monday Beginning, August 2 What Wallander is to Sweden, Hinterland is to Wales: a dark and harrowing award-winning detective drama with compelling characters and suspenseful stories. Richard Harrington (The Crown, Lark Rise to Candleford) is DCI Tom Mathias, a brilliant, brooding loner on the run from his past; Mali Harries (Foyle’s War, Keeping Faith) is smart, hard-working DI Mared Rhys, a local girl who knows the land and its people. Together they confront a series of mystifying murders. Filmed on location in the bleakly beautiful coastal town of Aberystwyth. Adrian Dunbar’s Coastal Ireland Season Binge Premieres Monday, August 9 One of the UK’s top TV stars, Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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A Horrifying Chain Of Events Unfold In The ‘Night Drive’ Trailer

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. In the trailer, a driver picks up a new fare and a disturbing chain of events follows. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Family Is Attacked In The New Exclusive Clip From The Road Rage Horror ‘Tailgate’

This August buckle up for the Dutch thriller Tailgate, in which a family’s road trip turns into a terrifying nightmare. We’ve got an exclusive in which the family is attacked by a stranger following a road rage-induced event. In Tailgate (aka Bumperkleef), Hans, his wife, and two young children hit the highway on a trip to visit family. After getting stuck behind a slow-moving van, he recklessly starts to antagonize the eerily stoic driver, blaring the horn and riding his bumper. Little does he realize that he’s just crossed the wrong motorist – a deranged madman who sets out to teach Hans a lesson he’ll not soon forget. Lured into an alarming game of vehicular cat and mouse, a simple family road trip turns into a deadly obstacle course in this nerve-wracking, pulse-pounding thriller, an Official Selection at the Sitges Film Festival and FrightFest. Written and directed by Lodewijk Crijns, the thriller stars Jeroen Spitzenberger and Anniek Pheifer. Tailgate makes

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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New Fright Filled Trailer Arrives For Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

We’ve got the new fright-filled trailer for Neill Blomkamp‘s highly-anticipated horror film, Demonic, in theaters this August. From the director of District 9, Elysium, and Chappie, comes Demonic, in which “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller.”. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) star in this supernatural horror. Here’s a fun fact: The film uses a patent-pending new method of using volumetric capture (a three-dimensional video technology that turns actors into geometric objects.). The amount of volumetric capture in Demonic is the most ever used in a feature film to date. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters and On Demand and Digital on August 20, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2021
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A Ghostly Presence Haunts The Trailer For ‘The Return’

Ahead of its release this August, we’ve got the new trailer for The Return, starring Richard Harmon and Sara Thompson from The CW’s smash-hit series “The 100”. In the film, “Rodger returns home from college with two friends to settle the affairs of his recently deceased father. They begin to experience weird and unsettling occurrences in the house. Rodger is soon plagued by strange childhood memories about a haunting by a ghostly presence. These memories boil over into reality culminating in an intense showdown with the terror that has come back.” Directed by BJ Verot, The Return also stars Echo Andersson, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Zoe Fish, Erik Athavale, and Gwendolyn Collins. Winner of Best Feature at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Best Actor (Richard Harmon) at the New York City Horror Film Festival, The Return premieres on August 10, 2021, On-Demand and Digital from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 21, 2021
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