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Dave Bautista and Matthias Schweighofer Get Close In New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Image

Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen) new zombie movie Army of the Dead will be marching its way into theaters this summer. We’ve got some new images from the movie (via Empire) that shows Dave Bautista getting up close and personal with his co-star Matthias Schweighöfer. The movie is set after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. 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. I’m a zombie fan. I tried to get on Walking Dead for years. I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, ‘You’re too big!’ For me, there had to be something special about a zombie film for me to sign up.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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New Trailer Is Found For The True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Widow’

Scream Factory’s soon to be released found-footage horror The Widow gives off a serious Blair Witch (2016) vibe in its new trailer. The true story-inspired film is set “in a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg, people have been going missing for three decades. Very few corpses were ever found, and the few that were recovered were naked. On October 14, 2017, a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others … they call it the Limping Widow. Based on true accounts from the region, this gripping film is a white-knuckle ride from beginning to end!” Directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky (Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest), this horrifying tale was written by Ivan Minin, Ivan Kapitonov, Natalia Dubovaia, and Svyatoslav Podgaevsky. The Widow lands on VOD and Digital, as well as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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‘Predator 5’ Details Surface

New details surrounding the fifth installment of the Predator franchise have come to light. Originally listed under the title to Skulls to keep production a secret, the new installment of the franchise will begin filming this summer with 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Dan Trachtenberg in the director’s chair. “The story will follow Kee, a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior.” “Many years ago – in a time before any Europeans had ever encroached on their lands – the Comanche people had a well-defined society and gender norms. Kee is very close to her younger brother, Taabe, who is being groomed as a leader. As capable as any young man in the tribe, Kee has always been a teacher and source of inspiration for Taabe. In the Comanche way – she is Patsi – the elder sister that has helped to shape him. Kee is a truth-teller and has insight that others do not. A

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Coming From Franchise Writer Christopher Landon

Christopher Landon, the man behind Happy Death Day and most recently the body swap horror Freaky (review) is returning to write the next installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise for Blumhouse. Landon was also behind the second, third, and fourth films of the franchise as well as 2014’s Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Get this, William Eubanks who recently brought us the deep-sea monster movie Underwater (review) will be in the director’s chair for the found footage flick, THR reports. According to THR, the project is “being described by insiders as an “unexpected retooling” of the franchise, being made by Paramount Players.” Franchise producer Oren Peli and Jason Blum of Blumhouse are on board to produce the new installment of Paranormal Activity which is slated to arrive on March 4, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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Ultra Controversial Film ’29 Needles’ Available For Pre-Order From Unearthed Films

Unearthed Films has announced the latest addition to its “Too Extreme for Mainstream Line” (TEFM) collection, 29 Needles, which is now available on Blu-ray and DVD pre-order, but only 30 copies are available at this time. Exploring such topics as sadism, masochism, and one man’s ready descent into his personal hell, 29 Needles has all of the brutal nastiness you’d expect from a TEFM title, with subversive and beautiful, yet truly disturbing scenes. In the film, Francis (Brooke Berry) uses pain to hold back his inner demons, but when this no longer works, his obsessions for pain and sex lead him into new territory. Scott Philip Goergens, director, gallery owner, and artist had this to say, “My work is meant to challenge. To push the boundaries of what is conventionally comfortable and “normal”. 29 NEEDLES is meant to highlight aspects of the human condition in ways that evoke tones of anxiety, perversion, fear, and the things we do in our

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2021
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Movie Review: Willy’s Wonderland Is A Fun Filled Bad@ss Flick

I’ve been eagerly waiting to get my hands on a copy of the animatronic horror Willy’s Wonderland from writer G.O. Parsons (interview) and director Kevin Lewis. Tonight, I finally did, and let me say, I was not disappointed. In the movie, Nicolas Cage stars as a quiet drifter tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy’s Wonderland, a twisted version of Chucky Cheese. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Right off to bat, we meet Cage’s character after he flattens the tires of his badass car on a spike strip. Wild-eyed, pissed of, and silent, Cage makes an agreement to clean Willy’s Wonderland in exchange for getting his car fixed. But it doesn’t take long for the action to kick-off and for Cage to turn into a complete badass as he faces off against the animatronics one by one. You see, the reality is, “he’s not locked

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2021
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Taika Waititi Executive Producing New Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Film ‘Night Raiders’

Brilliant filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok) is executive producing the new apocalyptic sci-fi film Night Raiders which is heading to EFM in Berlin. “Set in the year 2043 when a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in North America and children are property of the state, the female-driven dystopian story follows a woman who joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a ‘children’s academy’ and get her daughter back.” The film, a Canada-New Zealand co-production, is from writer-director Danis Goulet and stars Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Blood Quantum,) along with Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, “Ratched”), Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Violet Nelson, Alex Tarrant, and Gail Maurice. Waititi is executive producing along with Noah Segal, Adrian Love, Lisa Meeches, Tim White, and Kyle Irving. Paul Barkin, Tara Woodbury, Georgina Condor, Chelsea Winstanley, and Ainsley Gardiner are serving as producers for the film. XYZ Films has obtained the rights for world sales of the film that do not

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
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‘Midsommar’ Actress Florence Pugh Starring In New Killer Doll Movie ‘Dolly’

Florence Pugh, who gave a brilliant performance in Midsommar, is set to star in the Apple TV+ movie Dolly, whose plot is absolutely wild. The film is part sci-fi, part horror, and part drama, and features a robotic “companion doll” that kills its owner and then shocks the world by claiming that she is not guilty and asks for a lawyer. The movie, which sounds very interesting, is written by Vanessa Taylor and Drew Pearce. Apple TV+ is still on the hunt for a director. Deadline states that the movie is inspired by a short story of the same name by Elizabeth Bear and that the film features “elements of classic courtroom drama and sci-fi.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
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Lovecraft Country’s Jamie Chung Joins The Cast Of “Dexter”

Hot off the heels of her role as Ji-ah on HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” Jamie Chung has joined the cast of the upcoming revival of Showtime’s hit serial killer series “Dexter,” and is set to play the role of Molly, a true-crime podcaster from L.A. Chung joins Michael C. Hall who returns as the title character, Clancy Brown (The Mortuary Collection) starring the main villain, Oscar Wahlberg who will play Zach, a member of the local wrestling team, Julia Jones, Alano Miller, Johnny Sequoyah, and Jack Alcott. Set ten years after Dexter Morgan went missing during Hurricane Laura, the 10 episode revival finds the killer of killers now living under an assumed name in a world away from Miami. The original series’ showrunner Clyde Phillips is also returning along with Marcos Siega, the director of nine episodes of the original series, who will direct six of the new episodes as well as executive produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
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New Horror Thriller Asks How Far Will A Mother Go To Save Her ‘Son’?

RLJE Films and Shudder’s horror-thriller Son, is coming this March to Digital and On-Demand, and explores just how far a mother will go to save her child. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son lands on Digital and On-Demand on March 5, 2021, from RLJE Films and Shudder. Check out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021

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Dave Bautista and Matthias Schweighofer Get Close In New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Image

Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, Watchmen) new zombie movie Army of the Dead will be marching its way into theaters this summer. We’ve got some new images from the movie (via Empire) that shows Dave Bautista getting up close and personal with his co-star Matthias Schweighöfer. The movie is set after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where a group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. 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. I’m a zombie fan. I tried to get on Walking Dead for years. I said I would come and play a zombie for free, but they said, ‘You’re too big!’ For me, there had to be something special about a zombie film for me to sign up.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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New Trailer Is Found For The True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Widow’

Scream Factory’s soon to be released found-footage horror The Widow gives off a serious Blair Witch (2016) vibe in its new trailer. The true story-inspired film is set “in a densely forested area north of St. Petersburg, people have been going missing for three decades. Very few corpses were ever found, and the few that were recovered were naked. On October 14, 2017, a team of volunteers went out into the woods in search of a missing teenager. Soon, all communication with them was lost. Locals believe they were taken by the same dark spirit that took the others … they call it the Limping Widow. Based on true accounts from the region, this gripping film is a white-knuckle ride from beginning to end!” Directed by Svyatoslav Podgaevsky (Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest), this horrifying tale was written by Ivan Minin, Ivan Kapitonov, Natalia Dubovaia, and Svyatoslav Podgaevsky. The Widow lands on VOD and Digital, as well as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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‘Predator 5’ Details Surface

New details surrounding the fifth installment of the Predator franchise have come to light. Originally listed under the title to Skulls to keep production a secret, the new installment of the franchise will begin filming this summer with 10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Dan Trachtenberg in the director’s chair. “The story will follow Kee, a Comanche woman who goes against gender norms and traditions to become a warrior.” “Many years ago – in a time before any Europeans had ever encroached on their lands – the Comanche people had a well-defined society and gender norms. Kee is very close to her younger brother, Taabe, who is being groomed as a leader. As capable as any young man in the tribe, Kee has always been a teacher and source of inspiration for Taabe. In the Comanche way – she is Patsi – the elder sister that has helped to shape him. Kee is a truth-teller and has insight that others do not. A

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Coming From Franchise Writer Christopher Landon

Christopher Landon, the man behind Happy Death Day and most recently the body swap horror Freaky (review) is returning to write the next installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise for Blumhouse. Landon was also behind the second, third, and fourth films of the franchise as well as 2014’s Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones. Get this, William Eubanks who recently brought us the deep-sea monster movie Underwater (review) will be in the director’s chair for the found footage flick, THR reports. According to THR, the project is “being described by insiders as an “unexpected retooling” of the franchise, being made by Paramount Players.” Franchise producer Oren Peli and Jason Blum of Blumhouse are on board to produce the new installment of Paranormal Activity which is slated to arrive on March 4, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 15, 2021
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Ultra Controversial Film ’29 Needles’ Available For Pre-Order From Unearthed Films

Unearthed Films has announced the latest addition to its “Too Extreme for Mainstream Line” (TEFM) collection, 29 Needles, which is now available on Blu-ray and DVD pre-order, but only 30 copies are available at this time. Exploring such topics as sadism, masochism, and one man’s ready descent into his personal hell, 29 Needles has all of the brutal nastiness you’d expect from a TEFM title, with subversive and beautiful, yet truly disturbing scenes. In the film, Francis (Brooke Berry) uses pain to hold back his inner demons, but when this no longer works, his obsessions for pain and sex lead him into new territory. Scott Philip Goergens, director, gallery owner, and artist had this to say, “My work is meant to challenge. To push the boundaries of what is conventionally comfortable and “normal”. 29 NEEDLES is meant to highlight aspects of the human condition in ways that evoke tones of anxiety, perversion, fear, and the things we do in our

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 14, 2021
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Movie Review: Willy’s Wonderland Is A Fun Filled Bad@ss Flick

I’ve been eagerly waiting to get my hands on a copy of the animatronic horror Willy’s Wonderland from writer G.O. Parsons (interview) and director Kevin Lewis. Tonight, I finally did, and let me say, I was not disappointed. In the movie, Nicolas Cage stars as a quiet drifter tricked into a janitorial job at the now condemned Willy’s Wonderland, a twisted version of Chucky Cheese. The mundane tasks suddenly become an all-out fight for survival against wave after wave of demonic animatronics. Right off to bat, we meet Cage’s character after he flattens the tires of his badass car on a spike strip. Wild-eyed, pissed of, and silent, Cage makes an agreement to clean Willy’s Wonderland in exchange for getting his car fixed. But it doesn’t take long for the action to kick-off and for Cage to turn into a complete badass as he faces off against the animatronics one by one. You see, the reality is, “he’s not locked

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 13, 2021
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Taika Waititi Executive Producing New Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Film ‘Night Raiders’

Brilliant filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Thor: Ragnarok) is executive producing the new apocalyptic sci-fi film Night Raiders which is heading to EFM in Berlin. “Set in the year 2043 when a military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in North America and children are property of the state, the female-driven dystopian story follows a woman who joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a ‘children’s academy’ and get her daughter back.” The film, a Canada-New Zealand co-production, is from writer-director Danis Goulet and stars Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Blood Quantum,) along with Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction, “Ratched”), Brooklyn Letexier-Hart, Violet Nelson, Alex Tarrant, and Gail Maurice. Waititi is executive producing along with Noah Segal, Adrian Love, Lisa Meeches, Tim White, and Kyle Irving. Paul Barkin, Tara Woodbury, Georgina Condor, Chelsea Winstanley, and Ainsley Gardiner are serving as producers for the film. XYZ Films has obtained the rights for world sales of the film that do not

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
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‘Midsommar’ Actress Florence Pugh Starring In New Killer Doll Movie ‘Dolly’

Florence Pugh, who gave a brilliant performance in Midsommar, is set to star in the Apple TV+ movie Dolly, whose plot is absolutely wild. The film is part sci-fi, part horror, and part drama, and features a robotic “companion doll” that kills its owner and then shocks the world by claiming that she is not guilty and asks for a lawyer. The movie, which sounds very interesting, is written by Vanessa Taylor and Drew Pearce. Apple TV+ is still on the hunt for a director. Deadline states that the movie is inspired by a short story of the same name by Elizabeth Bear and that the film features “elements of classic courtroom drama and sci-fi.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
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Lovecraft Country’s Jamie Chung Joins The Cast Of “Dexter”

Hot off the heels of her role as Ji-ah on HBO’s “Lovecraft Country,” Jamie Chung has joined the cast of the upcoming revival of Showtime’s hit serial killer series “Dexter,” and is set to play the role of Molly, a true-crime podcaster from L.A. Chung joins Michael C. Hall who returns as the title character, Clancy Brown (The Mortuary Collection) starring the main villain, Oscar Wahlberg who will play Zach, a member of the local wrestling team, Julia Jones, Alano Miller, Johnny Sequoyah, and Jack Alcott. Set ten years after Dexter Morgan went missing during Hurricane Laura, the 10 episode revival finds the killer of killers now living under an assumed name in a world away from Miami. The original series’ showrunner Clyde Phillips is also returning along with Marcos Siega, the director of nine episodes of the original series, who will direct six of the new episodes as well as executive produce.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 12, 2021
Horror Fuel

New Horror Thriller Asks How Far Will A Mother Go To Save Her ‘Son’?

RLJE Films and Shudder’s horror-thriller Son, is coming this March to Digital and On-Demand, and explores just how far a mother will go to save her child. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son lands on Digital and On-Demand on March 5, 2021, from RLJE Films and Shudder. Check out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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