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Blumhouse And Epix Strike Exclusive Eight Film Deal

Epix has struck a huge new partnership with Blumhouse for eight new exclusive horror films. One film will be arriving this year with the other seven being released in 2022. The first up is A House on the Bayou, written and directed by Alex McAulay (Don’t Tell A Soul) which is currently in the casting process and will move into production this Spring. Word is, they are aiming for a December 2021 release. It centers on a troubled couple and their preteen daughter who travels to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou for vacation. When unexpected visitors arrive, the family begins to unravel as terrifying secrets come to light. Blumhouse Television already has several highly productive partnerships including their Welcome to Blumhouse film collection on Amazon and their highly-acclaimed “Into the Dark” anthology on Hulu. The new partnership between Blumhouse and Epix should offer fans a lot of great entertainment as well.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 17, 2021
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A First Look At Ilana Glazer’s Reproductive Horror ‘False Positive’

We’ve got the first look at Hulu’s upcoming IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) horror False Positive premiering this June. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” John Lee directs from the script he wrote with Ilana Glazer who stars along with Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, and Gretchen Mol. False Positive premieres on Hulu on Friday, June 25, 2021, from A24, the same studio that brought us The Witch, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2021
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The New Trailer For ‘The Voices’ Reminds You Not To Believe Everything You Hear

This Spring, The Voices will leave you unnerved and remind you not to believe everything you hear. In the film, from award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, after visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her, they don’t belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby’s first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2021
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Showtime Sinks Its Teeth Into A New Series Inspired ‘Let The Right One In’

2008’s Let the Right One In is on every must-see list for horror fans. Now, the Swedish film is getting a loose series adaptation from Showtime, Variety reports. Genre staple Demián Birchir, who you’ll recognize from The Nun, The Grudge (2020), Alien Covenant, or Godzilla vs Kong, is set to star in the vampire series. “The series centers on Mark (Bichir), a father and his 12-year-old daughter, Eleanor, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.” The original film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist who also penned the script. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson and tells the story of a bullied young boy who finds love

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
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Enter A New Dimension Of Fear With ‘The Sleep’ Whose Trailer Comes With A Warning

Enter a new dimension of terror this Spring with the indie horror The Sleep, being described as “the most insane horror experience you’ll ever have.” In fact, the teaser trailer even comes with a warning. “The Sleep centers on a group of young adults who are put through a supernatural and possibly inter-dimensional experiment on Halloween Night. They must survive real-life horrors as well as the ones unlocked deep within their minds and kill one another or themselves in the process…” Director Devin Rice stars alongside Stephanie Pearson, Jacqueline Rice, Samantha Jean, Kendall Chappell, Casey Leach, Jordan Wilson, Kaylah Pantaléon, Giselle Torres, and Chris Cleveland. Rice not only serves as writer, director, and actor, he also produces along with Jacqueline Rice, his wife. For updates or to learn more please visit the film’s official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
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It’s Ruby Rose VS Morgan Freeman In The Action-Packed ‘Vanquish’ Trailer

From George Gallo, the director of Double Take, Middle Men, and The Poison Rose comes Vanquish, the stylish action-thriller starring Morgan Freeman (Se7en) and Ruby Rose (“Orange Is the New Black”) that shows what desperation can drive a person to do. Written by George Gallo and Sam Bartlett, the film centers on Victoria (Rose), a mother who is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon (Freeman) forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts, and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters — or she may never see her child again. Patrick Muldoon, Juliet Lott, Ekaterina Baker, and Nick Vallelonga co-star. Vanquish opens in select theaters on April 16, 2021, followed by its release On Demand and Digital on April 20, 2021. Get your copy on Blu-ray and DVD on April 27, 2021, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2021
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Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
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Ultra Violent New Teaser Unveiled For ‘The Spine Of The Night’

We’ve got a new teaser for write – directors Philip Gelatt and Michael Galen King‘s ultra-violent epic animated fantasy film The Spine of the Night featuring Richard E. Grant and Lucy Lawless. Inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, the film is set in a fantasy land ripe with magic and intrigue where a dark force is unleashed sending mankind into an age of ruin. It falls on heroes from different eras and cultures to fight back. “This epic begins many years ago when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant and, as he falls to its darker temptations, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, there are many who stand against him. Among them are a daring tomb-robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer, winged assassins, and an undying guardian.” Richard E. Grant (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Lucy Lawless (“Ash vs Evil Dead”, “Xena: Warrior

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
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Tony Award-Winner L. Scott Caldwell Joins The Cast Of Welcome To Blumhouse’s ‘Bingo’

The impressive cast continues to be announced for Bingo, the upcoming film that is part of the Welcome to Blumhouse collection. The latest actor to board the movie is Tony Award-winner L. Scott Caldwell (“Lost,” The Fugitive) who joins the previously announced cast members Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza, Richard Brake (3 From Hell) in the role of “Mr. Big”, Clayton Landey (Sully) as “Morris”, Jonathan Medina (“The Purge”) as “Eric”, Bertila Damas (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) as “Yolanda”, Grover Coulson (“Friday Night Lights”) as “Clarence”, Kelly Murtagh (“The Purge”) as “Raquel”, and David Jensen (Midnight Special) as “Mario.” Directed and co-written by Gigi Saul Guerrero, the film is “Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita (Barraza), keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
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Take A Terrifying Journey This April With ‘In The Earth’

Writer-director Ben Wheatley (High Rise) takes us on a terrifying journey deep into the forest with In the Earth. In the film, “As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness, the forest coming to life around them.” Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, John Hollingworth, and Mark Monero, In the Earth, from NEON, opens in theaters on April 30, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021

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Blumhouse And Epix Strike Exclusive Eight Film Deal

Epix has struck a huge new partnership with Blumhouse for eight new exclusive horror films. One film will be arriving this year with the other seven being released in 2022. The first up is A House on the Bayou, written and directed by Alex McAulay (Don’t Tell A Soul) which is currently in the casting process and will move into production this Spring. Word is, they are aiming for a December 2021 release. It centers on a troubled couple and their preteen daughter who travels to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou for vacation. When unexpected visitors arrive, the family begins to unravel as terrifying secrets come to light. Blumhouse Television already has several highly productive partnerships including their Welcome to Blumhouse film collection on Amazon and their highly-acclaimed “Into the Dark” anthology on Hulu. The new partnership between Blumhouse and Epix should offer fans a lot of great entertainment as well.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

A First Look At Ilana Glazer’s Reproductive Horror ‘False Positive’

We’ve got the first look at Hulu’s upcoming IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) horror False Positive premiering this June. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” John Lee directs from the script he wrote with Ilana Glazer who stars along with Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, and Gretchen Mol. False Positive premieres on Hulu on Friday, June 25, 2021, from A24, the same studio that brought us The Witch, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2021
Horror Fuel

The New Trailer For ‘The Voices’ Reminds You Not To Believe Everything You Hear

This Spring, The Voices will leave you unnerved and remind you not to believe everything you hear. In the film, from award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, after visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her, they don’t belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby’s first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2021
Horror Fuel

Showtime Sinks Its Teeth Into A New Series Inspired ‘Let The Right One In’

2008’s Let the Right One In is on every must-see list for horror fans. Now, the Swedish film is getting a loose series adaptation from Showtime, Variety reports. Genre staple Demián Birchir, who you’ll recognize from The Nun, The Grudge (2020), Alien Covenant, or Godzilla vs Kong, is set to star in the vampire series. “The series centers on Mark (Bichir), a father and his 12-year-old daughter, Eleanor, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.” The original film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist who also penned the script. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson and tells the story of a bullied young boy who finds love

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
Horror Fuel

Enter A New Dimension Of Fear With ‘The Sleep’ Whose Trailer Comes With A Warning

Enter a new dimension of terror this Spring with the indie horror The Sleep, being described as “the most insane horror experience you’ll ever have.” In fact, the teaser trailer even comes with a warning. “The Sleep centers on a group of young adults who are put through a supernatural and possibly inter-dimensional experiment on Halloween Night. They must survive real-life horrors as well as the ones unlocked deep within their minds and kill one another or themselves in the process…” Director Devin Rice stars alongside Stephanie Pearson, Jacqueline Rice, Samantha Jean, Kendall Chappell, Casey Leach, Jordan Wilson, Kaylah Pantaléon, Giselle Torres, and Chris Cleveland. Rice not only serves as writer, director, and actor, he also produces along with Jacqueline Rice, his wife. For updates or to learn more please visit the film’s official website.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
Horror Fuel

It’s Ruby Rose VS Morgan Freeman In The Action-Packed ‘Vanquish’ Trailer

From George Gallo, the director of Double Take, Middle Men, and The Poison Rose comes Vanquish, the stylish action-thriller starring Morgan Freeman (Se7en) and Ruby Rose (“Orange Is the New Black”) that shows what desperation can drive a person to do. Written by George Gallo and Sam Bartlett, the film centers on Victoria (Rose), a mother who is trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon (Freeman) forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts, and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters — or she may never see her child again. Patrick Muldoon, Juliet Lott, Ekaterina Baker, and Nick Vallelonga co-star. Vanquish opens in select theaters on April 16, 2021, followed by its release On Demand and Digital on April 20, 2021. Get your copy on Blu-ray and DVD on April 27, 2021, from Lionsgate.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2021
Horror Fuel

Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
Horror Fuel

Ultra Violent New Teaser Unveiled For ‘The Spine Of The Night’

We’ve got a new teaser for write – directors Philip Gelatt and Michael Galen King‘s ultra-violent epic animated fantasy film The Spine of the Night featuring Richard E. Grant and Lucy Lawless. Inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta, the film is set in a fantasy land ripe with magic and intrigue where a dark force is unleashed sending mankind into an age of ruin. It falls on heroes from different eras and cultures to fight back. “This epic begins many years ago when an ambitious young man steals forbidden knowledge from a sacred plant and, as he falls to its darker temptations, unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. As his power grows over the years, there are many who stand against him. Among them are a daring tomb-robber, star-crossed lovers, a maniacal necromancer, winged assassins, and an undying guardian.” Richard E. Grant (Bram Stoker’s Dracula), Lucy Lawless (“Ash vs Evil Dead”, “Xena: Warrior

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
Horror Fuel

Tony Award-Winner L. Scott Caldwell Joins The Cast Of Welcome To Blumhouse’s ‘Bingo’

The impressive cast continues to be announced for Bingo, the upcoming film that is part of the Welcome to Blumhouse collection. The latest actor to board the movie is Tony Award-winner L. Scott Caldwell (“Lost,” The Fugitive) who joins the previously announced cast members Golden Globe® and Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza, Richard Brake (3 From Hell) in the role of “Mr. Big”, Clayton Landey (Sully) as “Morris”, Jonathan Medina (“The Purge”) as “Eric”, Bertila Damas (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) as “Yolanda”, Grover Coulson (“Friday Night Lights”) as “Clarence”, Kelly Murtagh (“The Purge”) as “Raquel”, and David Jensen (Midnight Special) as “Mario.” Directed and co-written by Gigi Saul Guerrero, the film is “Set in the barrio of Oak Springs, a strong and stubborn group of elderly friends refuse to be gentrified. Their leader, Lupita (Barraza), keeps them together as a community, a family. But little did they know, their beloved Bingo hall is about to be sold to a much more powerful

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
Horror Fuel

Take A Terrifying Journey This April With ‘In The Earth’

Writer-director Ben Wheatley (High Rise) takes us on a terrifying journey deep into the forest with In the Earth. In the film, “As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. Through the night, their journey becomes a terrifying voyage through the heart of darkness, the forest coming to life around them.” Starring Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith, John Hollingworth, and Mark Monero, In the Earth, from NEON, opens in theaters on April 30, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2021
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