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PTSD Turns Out To Be Possession In ‘The Refuge’ From ‘Die Hard 2’ Director

Renny Harlin is set to direct the new military-themed horror film The Refuge, by sci-fi, action writer Ben Sztajnkrycer, Deadline reports. The movie centers on “Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who comes home to his wife Kate changed and dangerous after suffering an attack by a mysterious force during combat in Afghanistan. Officials say her husband suffered a heavy brain injury, but Kate knows it is more than PTSD. As Rick undergoes unsettling therapy with other traumatized soldiers, Kate discovers he has been possessed by a malevolent spirit.” Yariv Lerner, Rob Van Norden, Gary Lucchesi, Michael McKay, and Harlin are producing the movie which is a Revelations Entertainment and B2Y production. Highland Film Group’s Delphine Perrier and Arianne Fraser are Executive Producing alongside Revelations Entertainment’s Kelly Mendelsohn. I love making horror films because of the visual opportunities and character studies they offer. The Refuge is a terrifying journey into the deepest corners of the human spirit. It’s not just a regular horror

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2021
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New Video Celebrates A Wrap On Filming For Season 2 Of “The Witcher”

Fans of Netflix’s “The Witcher” series will be excited to learn that the new season has officially wrapped filming and is set to premiere later this year. Starring Henry Cavill as the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, the series is based on the best-selling book and gaming series. “The Witcher” is a tale of fate and family. “Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.” When destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress and a princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the volatile continent together. It took a massive cast and crew to make this season and included 158 days of filming in 15 different locations, with a cast of 89 actors, and more than 1200 crew members. This season, “Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2021
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Netflix Takes A Gamble On New Neon Poster For ‘Army Of The Dead’ Ahead Of Release

Netflix has taken a gamble and released a new neon, badass, slot-themed poster for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead, and it’s killer! In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. But first, they have to get past the zombies. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Snyder directed and co-wrote this action-packed flick with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold. He also produces along with Deborah Snyder, and Wesley Coller. Army of the Dead premieres on Netflix on May 21, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 3, 2021
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“Arrow” Actress Joins The Cast Of Don Mancini’s “Chucky”

Jason X and “Arrow” actress Lexa Doig has now joined the ever-growing cast for Don Mancini‘s upcoming Syfy/USA series “Chucky.” Doig is playing a character named Bree Webber, who is married to Logan (Devon Sawa) and is the aunt of Jake Webber (Zackary Arthur), one of the teenage leads. The character is described as being “held to an unrealistic standard — by her husband and herself, which leads her to keep a dark secret from her family.” Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, and Jennifer Tilly are reprising their roles in the series from franchise creator Don Mancini and Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”). Teo Briones (Ratched), Bjorgvin Arnarson (PEN15), and Alyvia Alyn Lind (The Young and the Restless) will play the series’ young leads along with Zackary Arthur. In the 10-episode first season, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 3, 2021
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Plot And Release Date For ‘Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City’

We’ve got the new release date and plot for Johannes Robert‘s upcoming reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which is meant to kick off a new franchise. “Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.” Kaya Scodelario (Crawl) stars as Claire Redfield with Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) playing Jill Valentine, Tom Hopper (“The Umbrella Academy”) as Albert Wesker, Robbie Amell (Upload) as Chris Redfield, Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) as Leon S. Kennedy, and Neal McDonough (“Yellowstone“) playing William Birkin, with Donal Logue (Silent Night) playing Chief Irons. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will be released in theaters nationwide on November 24, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2021
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Amanda Seyfried Is Plagued By Dark Forces In Netflix’s New ‘Things Heard & Seen’ Trailer

This April, a couple discovers that a darkness lurks inside their new home in directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman‘s horror film Things Heard & Seen, starring Academy Award®-nominee Amanda Seyfried and James Norton. Written by Pulcini and Berman, based on the critically acclaimed novel All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage, the film centers on Catherine Clare (Amanda Seyfried) who reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George (James Norton) lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property-and in her marriage to George. Natalia Dyer (“Stranger Things“), Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”), Karen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2021
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Corin Hardy And Sam Raimi Team Up For Netflix Horror ‘Every House Is Haunted’

Sam Raimi and director Corin Hardy (The Nun) are teaming up for the new horror movie Every House is Haunted, Deadline is reporting. The Netflix movie was penned by Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman, the writing team behind Project Almanac, and is based on Ian Rogers’ short story The House on Ashley Avenue. Every House is Haunted centers on an insurance investigator who tries to debunk claims that a couple’s death was caused by a haunted house, but his doubts are challenged by a psychic and the mysterious occurrences he witnesses with his own eyes. Genre legend Sam Raimi will be producing under his Raimi Productions banner along with Roy Lee under his Vertigo Entertainment. Vertigo’s Andrew Childs will be executive producing. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. While you wait, be sure to check out Raimi’s supernatural horror The Unholy, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, opening in theaters this weekend, from Sony Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
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Trapped In An Elevator, A Woman Discovers Her Power In ‘Ascendant’

20 FLOORS. 4 WALLS. 1 SECRET TRAPPED INSIDE. Antaine Furlong makes his feature directorial debut with the high tech fantasy-thriller Ascendant this April. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, Aria Wolf (Charlotte Best) has no memory of her past, who her captors are, or what they want from her. Pushed to her limits, she begins to realize that she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family. Now, unlocking these powers is her only chance to save both herself and her father. Charlotte Best (Tidelands, Puberty Blues), Jonny Pasvolsky (Westworld, The Front Runner, Mortdecai), Alex Menglet, Susan Prior (The Rover, The Gloaming, The Commons), Justin Stewart Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker, and Karelina Clarke star. Antaine Furlong, Kristy Vernon (Sweet River, Gabriel), James M. Vernon (Hacksaw Ridge, Predestination, A Few Best Men), and Drew Bailey (Standing Up For Sunny, Ellie & Abbie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
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Neil Marshall’s Stunning Witch Thriller ‘The Reckoning’ Casts Its Spell On Blu-ray This April

Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague and the obsession with witch hunts ragging, is Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the record-breaking series “Game

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021
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RLJE & Shudder Acquire The Rights To The Horror-Fantasy ‘The Spine Of The Night’

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural have acquired the North American rights to the fantasy-horror film The Spine of Night following its successful world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Produced with hand-rotoscoped animation, The Spine of Night is inspired by the classic works of artists like Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, and the fantasy genre as it was in the 1970s: boundary-pushing, politically progressive, and utterly fearless. THE SPINE OF NIGHT is like the insane love child of Heavy Metal and Mandy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “The audience response out of SXSW proves this is an instant classic that will be playing on midnight movie screens for years to come.” Craig Engler, GM of Shudder says “It’s a fantasy-horror epic that rides lightning directly into the hearts of genre and cult film fans.” Written and directed by Philip

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021

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PTSD Turns Out To Be Possession In ‘The Refuge’ From ‘Die Hard 2’ Director

Renny Harlin is set to direct the new military-themed horror film The Refuge, by sci-fi, action writer Ben Sztajnkrycer, Deadline reports. The movie centers on “Sergeant Rick Pedroni, who comes home to his wife Kate changed and dangerous after suffering an attack by a mysterious force during combat in Afghanistan. Officials say her husband suffered a heavy brain injury, but Kate knows it is more than PTSD. As Rick undergoes unsettling therapy with other traumatized soldiers, Kate discovers he has been possessed by a malevolent spirit.” Yariv Lerner, Rob Van Norden, Gary Lucchesi, Michael McKay, and Harlin are producing the movie which is a Revelations Entertainment and B2Y production. Highland Film Group’s Delphine Perrier and Arianne Fraser are Executive Producing alongside Revelations Entertainment’s Kelly Mendelsohn. I love making horror films because of the visual opportunities and character studies they offer. The Refuge is a terrifying journey into the deepest corners of the human spirit. It’s not just a regular horror

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2021
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New Video Celebrates A Wrap On Filming For Season 2 Of “The Witcher”

Fans of Netflix’s “The Witcher” series will be excited to learn that the new season has officially wrapped filming and is set to premiere later this year. Starring Henry Cavill as the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, the series is based on the best-selling book and gaming series. “The Witcher” is a tale of fate and family. “Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.” When destiny hurtles him toward a powerful sorceress and a princess with a dangerous secret, the three must learn to navigate the volatile continent together. It took a massive cast and crew to make this season and included 158 days of filming in 15 different locations, with a cast of 89 actors, and more than 1200 crew members. This season, “Convinced Yennefer’s life was lost at the Battle of Sodden, Geralt of Rivia brings Princess Cirilla to the safest place he

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2021
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Netflix Takes A Gamble On New Neon Poster For ‘Army Of The Dead’ Ahead Of Release

Netflix has taken a gamble and released a new neon, badass, slot-themed poster for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead, and it’s killer! In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. But first, they have to get past the zombies. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Snyder directed and co-wrote this action-packed flick with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold. He also produces along with Deborah Snyder, and Wesley Coller. Army of the Dead premieres on Netflix on May 21, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 3, 2021
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“Arrow” Actress Joins The Cast Of Don Mancini’s “Chucky”

Jason X and “Arrow” actress Lexa Doig has now joined the ever-growing cast for Don Mancini‘s upcoming Syfy/USA series “Chucky.” Doig is playing a character named Bree Webber, who is married to Logan (Devon Sawa) and is the aunt of Jake Webber (Zackary Arthur), one of the teenage leads. The character is described as being “held to an unrealistic standard — by her husband and herself, which leads her to keep a dark secret from her family.” Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, and Jennifer Tilly are reprising their roles in the series from franchise creator Don Mancini and Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero”). Teo Briones (Ratched), Bjorgvin Arnarson (PEN15), and Alyvia Alyn Lind (The Young and the Restless) will play the series’ young leads along with Zackary Arthur. In the 10-episode first season, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

Plot And Release Date For ‘Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City’

We’ve got the new release date and plot for Johannes Robert‘s upcoming reboot Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which is meant to kick off a new franchise. “Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.” Kaya Scodelario (Crawl) stars as Claire Redfield with Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) playing Jill Valentine, Tom Hopper (“The Umbrella Academy”) as Albert Wesker, Robbie Amell (Upload) as Chris Redfield, Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) as Leon S. Kennedy, and Neal McDonough (“Yellowstone“) playing William Birkin, with Donal Logue (Silent Night) playing Chief Irons. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will be released in theaters nationwide on November 24, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2021
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Amanda Seyfried Is Plagued By Dark Forces In Netflix’s New ‘Things Heard & Seen’ Trailer

This April, a couple discovers that a darkness lurks inside their new home in directors Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman‘s horror film Things Heard & Seen, starring Academy Award®-nominee Amanda Seyfried and James Norton. Written by Pulcini and Berman, based on the critically acclaimed novel All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage, the film centers on Catherine Clare (Amanda Seyfried) who reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George (James Norton) lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property-and in her marriage to George. Natalia Dyer (“Stranger Things“), Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”), Karen

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2021
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Corin Hardy And Sam Raimi Team Up For Netflix Horror ‘Every House Is Haunted’

Sam Raimi and director Corin Hardy (The Nun) are teaming up for the new horror movie Every House is Haunted, Deadline is reporting. The Netflix movie was penned by Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman, the writing team behind Project Almanac, and is based on Ian Rogers’ short story The House on Ashley Avenue. Every House is Haunted centers on an insurance investigator who tries to debunk claims that a couple’s death was caused by a haunted house, but his doubts are challenged by a psychic and the mysterious occurrences he witnesses with his own eyes. Genre legend Sam Raimi will be producing under his Raimi Productions banner along with Roy Lee under his Vertigo Entertainment. Vertigo’s Andrew Childs will be executive producing. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. While you wait, be sure to check out Raimi’s supernatural horror The Unholy, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, opening in theaters this weekend, from Sony Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
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Trapped In An Elevator, A Woman Discovers Her Power In ‘Ascendant’

20 FLOORS. 4 WALLS. 1 SECRET TRAPPED INSIDE. Antaine Furlong makes his feature directorial debut with the high tech fantasy-thriller Ascendant this April. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, Aria Wolf (Charlotte Best) has no memory of her past, who her captors are, or what they want from her. Pushed to her limits, she begins to realize that she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family. Now, unlocking these powers is her only chance to save both herself and her father. Charlotte Best (Tidelands, Puberty Blues), Jonny Pasvolsky (Westworld, The Front Runner, Mortdecai), Alex Menglet, Susan Prior (The Rover, The Gloaming, The Commons), Justin Stewart Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker, and Karelina Clarke star. Antaine Furlong, Kristy Vernon (Sweet River, Gabriel), James M. Vernon (Hacksaw Ridge, Predestination, A Few Best Men), and Drew Bailey (Standing Up For Sunny, Ellie & Abbie

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
Horror Fuel

Neil Marshall’s Stunning Witch Thriller ‘The Reckoning’ Casts Its Spell On Blu-ray This April

Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague and the obsession with witch hunts ragging, is Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the record-breaking series “Game

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021
Horror Fuel

RLJE & Shudder Acquire The Rights To The Horror-Fantasy ‘The Spine Of The Night’

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural have acquired the North American rights to the fantasy-horror film The Spine of Night following its successful world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. Produced with hand-rotoscoped animation, The Spine of Night is inspired by the classic works of artists like Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, and the fantasy genre as it was in the 1970s: boundary-pushing, politically progressive, and utterly fearless. THE SPINE OF NIGHT is like the insane love child of Heavy Metal and Mandy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “The audience response out of SXSW proves this is an instant classic that will be playing on midnight movie screens for years to come.” Craig Engler, GM of Shudder says “It’s a fantasy-horror epic that rides lightning directly into the hearts of genre and cult film fans.” Written and directed by Philip

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021
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