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Horror Duo Directing Marvel’s New ‘Moon Knight’ Series

Marvel Studios is continuing to expand its Disney Plus library with “Moon Knight,” a new series based on the comic book character created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin. Get this, the series will be directed by the well-known horror directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who brought us Synchronic, The Endless, and Spring, so don’t be surprised if the show has a horror tinge to it. Mohamed Diab (“Clash”) will also direct with Jeremy Slater of “The Umbrella Academy” serving as showrunner. Marvel has not officially announced the cast, but back in October 2020, Variety reported that Oscar Isaac was in talks to play the role of Marc Spector, whose dissociative identity disorder manifests as different distinct personas. One version of the character in the comic, Spector is also the embodiment of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon. “Moon Knight” is set to begin filming this March in Hungary with a Disney Plus release

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2021
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‘Sky Sharks’ Is Finally Landing On Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital!

After first being announced back in 2016, Sky Sharks is finally getting a Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray release via Dark Sky Films. Set “75 years after World War II, an arctic research team discovers the Himmelsfaust, a colossal Nazi Warship thought to be long lost. Within they find Third Reich’s base for a weapon like no other: Sky Sharks. Jet-propelled, artillery-equipped, aeronautical, and manned by an army of undead elite Nazi soldiers, these flying beasts were created to prevent the downfall of the Third Reich. But now they seek revenge and claim their final victory – taking down the whole world with them in the process if they can…” Directed by Marc Fehse and co-written by A.D. Morel, Sky Sharks stars Tony Todd (Candyman), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Robert LaSardo (Death Race), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Man with the Iron Fists 2), Amanda Bearse (Fright Night), Lar Park-Lincoln (Friday the 13th VII), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Travis Love (“The Walking

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2021
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New Details And More Surface For ‘The Forever Purge’

Details surrounding The Forever Purge, the last film of the franchise, have begun to emerge including the new release date and details about its plot. THR reports that according to its sources, the movie “takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues in the way the previous films have.” The Forever Purge‘s first image debuted earlier today over at Total Film. They also report that the movie will take place after the events of Election Year and will center on Adela (Ana de la Reguera) and Juan (Tenoch Huerta), who finds solace at a Texan ranch, having fled a drug cartel in Mexico. But things “go awry when a group of outsiders decides to keep purging beyond the allotted time when people can break any and all laws.” The Forever Purge stars “True Detective’s” Leven Rambin, as well as Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman, Ana de la Reguera, and Tenoch Huerta. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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‘Annihilation’ Director Back With New Film ‘Men’

Alex Garland has made quite the name for himself in the horror genre with films like 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, the sci-fi horror Annihilation, and Hulu’s series “Devs.” Now he’s back with a new film which he not only wrote but will also direct. Titled Men, the movie is from A24, the same distributor that released Ex Machina in 2014, Deadline reports. Word is, Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) and Rory Kinnear (“Penny Dreadful”) are currently in talks to star. All we know about the plot so far is that the film centers on a young woman who goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating

Horror heavy hitter James Wan‘s new horror film Malignant was supposed to hit theaters back in August but found itself another victim of the pandemic like many other films, but it’s on its way and has just scored an “R” rating for “Strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.” The plot details for Malignant are still being kept quiet. Wan does have a comic that is titled Malignant Man, but there has been no word if the two are connected. We do however know that the movie is part of the Giallo sub-genre, which usually features scenes of excessive violence and blurs the lines between art and exploitation cinema. Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, Ingrid Bisu, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie star. Wan is directing and producing under his Atomic Monster banner. Akela Cooper and JT Petty penned the script based on a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu. In Wan’s Malignant Man comic, “granted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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Michael Myers Is Ready For More In New ‘Halloween Kills’ Image

We’ve got a treat for fans of David Gordon Green‘s Halloween, a brand new image from the sequel Halloween Kills, which Green has promised will have “twice the thrills and ten times the kills” of 2018’s Halloween. In the image shared by Total Film, Michael Myers looks like has sustained a bit of damage during his battle with Laurie in the 2018 movie, but that won’t stop him from dropping more bodies while hunting her down. Gordon Green recently Total Film, who shared the image in their latest issue, “It’s one thing to be afraid of the Bogey Man, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house. But what we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia. What happens when fear goes viral? You can’t just stick your head under the covers anymore.” Green continued, “When we made the last one we wanted to find a way for someone who’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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A Family Finds Themselves Trapped And Terrified In ‘The Night’ Trailer

From director and co-writer, Kourosh Ahari comes the psychological thriller The Night, from the executive producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Ahead of its January release, we’ve got the new trailer that teases a dark, unnerving movie. The psychological thriller follows an Iranian couple, Babak and Neda, and their one-year-old daughter, Shabnam. Returning home from a friend’s gathering, Babak drives drunkenly, too stubborn to let Neda drive with a suspended license. When Babak’s driving threatens the safety of the family, Neda insists they stay the night at a hotel. Once they check-in, Babak and Neda find themselves imprisoned, forced to face the secrets they’ve kept from each other. And though the clock moves forward, “the night” never ends. The film features a diverse cast and crew made up of predominantly Iranian immigrants or US-born Iranian-Americans, including Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian, Leah Oganyan, and George Maguire. Shot on location in the US, The Night recently received a license for theatrical release

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 6, 2021
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Neil Marshall’s ‘The Reckoning’ Conjures A New Trailer

RLJE and Shudder recently nabbed the rights to Master of Horror Neil Marshall‘s new film The Reckoning, set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague rages. We’ve got the brutal new trailer for the film that looks absolutely amazing. 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, as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 6, 2021
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Clancy Brown To Play A Major Role In The “Dexter” Series Revival

We reported back in October that a series revival of the beloved serial killer series “Dexter” was headed your way with Michael C. Hall reprising his role as the title character. Now, news has come via Variety that Clancy Brown, star of Pet Sematary Two and most recently The Mortuary Collection (now streaming on Shudder) has joined the cast and will play the role of Kurt Caldwell, the primary villain of the series. The 10-episode limited series revival picks up ten years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the chaos of Hurricane Laura. The killer of killers is 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
Jan 6, 2021
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Netflix Explores What Happens When We Die In New Series “Surviving Death”

Netflix explores the afterlife this January with their new series “Surviving Death.” The six-episode series from Ricki Stern delves into the questions that have been considered for millennia, what does it mean to die and what happens after our bodies expire? The series explores new research, first accounts from those who have had near-death experiences, experts, physicians, and more including mediums who see the dead. “Surviving Death” takes viewers on a journey beyond human existence beginning January 6, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2021

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Horror Duo Directing Marvel’s New ‘Moon Knight’ Series

Marvel Studios is continuing to expand its Disney Plus library with “Moon Knight,” a new series based on the comic book character created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin. Get this, the series will be directed by the well-known horror directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who brought us Synchronic, The Endless, and Spring, so don’t be surprised if the show has a horror tinge to it. Mohamed Diab (“Clash”) will also direct with Jeremy Slater of “The Umbrella Academy” serving as showrunner. Marvel has not officially announced the cast, but back in October 2020, Variety reported that Oscar Isaac was in talks to play the role of Marc Spector, whose dissociative identity disorder manifests as different distinct personas. One version of the character in the comic, Spector is also the embodiment of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon. “Moon Knight” is set to begin filming this March in Hungary with a Disney Plus release

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2021
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‘Sky Sharks’ Is Finally Landing On Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital!

After first being announced back in 2016, Sky Sharks is finally getting a Digital, DVD, and Blu-ray release via Dark Sky Films. Set “75 years after World War II, an arctic research team discovers the Himmelsfaust, a colossal Nazi Warship thought to be long lost. Within they find Third Reich’s base for a weapon like no other: Sky Sharks. Jet-propelled, artillery-equipped, aeronautical, and manned by an army of undead elite Nazi soldiers, these flying beasts were created to prevent the downfall of the Third Reich. But now they seek revenge and claim their final victory – taking down the whole world with them in the process if they can…” Directed by Marc Fehse and co-written by A.D. Morel, Sky Sharks stars Tony Todd (Candyman), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Robert LaSardo (Death Race), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (The Man with the Iron Fists 2), Amanda Bearse (Fright Night), Lar Park-Lincoln (Friday the 13th VII), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Travis Love (“The Walking

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 9, 2021
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New Details And More Surface For ‘The Forever Purge’

Details surrounding The Forever Purge, the last film of the franchise, have begun to emerge including the new release date and details about its plot. THR reports that according to its sources, the movie “takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues in the way the previous films have.” The Forever Purge‘s first image debuted earlier today over at Total Film. They also report that the movie will take place after the events of Election Year and will center on Adela (Ana de la Reguera) and Juan (Tenoch Huerta), who finds solace at a Texan ranch, having fled a drug cartel in Mexico. But things “go awry when a group of outsiders decides to keep purging beyond the allotted time when people can break any and all laws.” The Forever Purge stars “True Detective’s” Leven Rambin, as well as Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman, Ana de la Reguera, and Tenoch Huerta. The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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‘Annihilation’ Director Back With New Film ‘Men’

Alex Garland has made quite the name for himself in the horror genre with films like 28 Days Later, Ex Machina, the sci-fi horror Annihilation, and Hulu’s series “Devs.” Now he’s back with a new film which he not only wrote but will also direct. Titled Men, the movie is from A24, the same distributor that released Ex Machina in 2014, Deadline reports. Word is, Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) and Rory Kinnear (“Penny Dreadful”) are currently in talks to star. All we know about the plot so far is that the film centers on a young woman who goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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James Wan’s ‘Malignant’ Scores A Hard “R” Rating

Horror heavy hitter James Wan‘s new horror film Malignant was supposed to hit theaters back in August but found itself another victim of the pandemic like many other films, but it’s on its way and has just scored an “R” rating for “Strong horror violence, gruesome images, and for language.” The plot details for Malignant are still being kept quiet. Wan does have a comic that is titled Malignant Man, but there has been no word if the two are connected. We do however know that the movie is part of the Giallo sub-genre, which usually features scenes of excessive violence and blurs the lines between art and exploitation cinema. Maddie Hasson, Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, Ingrid Bisu, George Young, Michole Briana White, and Jacqueline McKenzie star. Wan is directing and producing under his Atomic Monster banner. Akela Cooper and JT Petty penned the script based on a story by Wan and Ingrid Bisu. In Wan’s Malignant Man comic, “granted

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

Michael Myers Is Ready For More In New ‘Halloween Kills’ Image

We’ve got a treat for fans of David Gordon Green‘s Halloween, a brand new image from the sequel Halloween Kills, which Green has promised will have “twice the thrills and ten times the kills” of 2018’s Halloween. In the image shared by Total Film, Michael Myers looks like has sustained a bit of damage during his battle with Laurie in the 2018 movie, but that won’t stop him from dropping more bodies while hunting her down. Gordon Green recently Total Film, who shared the image in their latest issue, “It’s one thing to be afraid of the Bogey Man, to have someone who might be in the closet, under the bed, creeping around your house. But what we wanted to explore next was confusion, misinformation, and paranoia. What happens when fear goes viral? You can’t just stick your head under the covers anymore.” Green continued, “When we made the last one we wanted to find a way for someone who’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2021
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A Family Finds Themselves Trapped And Terrified In ‘The Night’ Trailer

From director and co-writer, Kourosh Ahari comes the psychological thriller The Night, from the executive producer of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Ahead of its January release, we’ve got the new trailer that teases a dark, unnerving movie. The psychological thriller follows an Iranian couple, Babak and Neda, and their one-year-old daughter, Shabnam. Returning home from a friend’s gathering, Babak drives drunkenly, too stubborn to let Neda drive with a suspended license. When Babak’s driving threatens the safety of the family, Neda insists they stay the night at a hotel. Once they check-in, Babak and Neda find themselves imprisoned, forced to face the secrets they’ve kept from each other. And though the clock moves forward, “the night” never ends. The film features a diverse cast and crew made up of predominantly Iranian immigrants or US-born Iranian-Americans, including Shahab Hosseini, Niousha Jafarian, Leah Oganyan, and George Maguire. Shot on location in the US, The Night recently received a license for theatrical release

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 6, 2021
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Neil Marshall’s ‘The Reckoning’ Conjures A New Trailer

RLJE and Shudder recently nabbed the rights to Master of Horror Neil Marshall‘s new film The Reckoning, set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague rages. We’ve got the brutal new trailer for the film that looks absolutely amazing. 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, as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 6, 2021
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Clancy Brown To Play A Major Role In The “Dexter” Series Revival

We reported back in October that a series revival of the beloved serial killer series “Dexter” was headed your way with Michael C. Hall reprising his role as the title character. Now, news has come via Variety that Clancy Brown, star of Pet Sematary Two and most recently The Mortuary Collection (now streaming on Shudder) has joined the cast and will play the role of Kurt Caldwell, the primary villain of the series. The 10-episode limited series revival picks up ten years after Dexter Morgan went missing in the chaos of Hurricane Laura. The killer of killers is 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
Jan 6, 2021
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Netflix Explores What Happens When We Die In New Series “Surviving Death”

Netflix explores the afterlife this January with their new series “Surviving Death.” The six-episode series from Ricki Stern delves into the questions that have been considered for millennia, what does it mean to die and what happens after our bodies expire? The series explores new research, first accounts from those who have had near-death experiences, experts, physicians, and more including mediums who see the dead. “Surviving Death” takes viewers on a journey beyond human existence beginning January 6, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2021
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