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A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Trailer For ‘Son’ – Coming To Blu-ray And DVD

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct 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. 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) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 18, 2021, from RLJE Films. Check out

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 16, 2021
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New ‘At Night Comes Wolves’ Trailer Introduces You To A Cult

We’ve got the brand spanking new trailer and poster for TJ Marine‘s (Object in Reality) cult thriller At Night Comes Wolves, an unnerving tale featuring themes of misogyny, fate, and sexism. In the film, a woman is about to change the world forever. After Leah Shaffer finally leaves her emotionally manipulative husband, she finds a friend in a drifter with whom she quickly feels a deep connection. The drifter introduces Leah to a prodigal chemist, and Leah learns her new friends are all that is left of a doomsday cult that disbanded years earlier. Together, the new trio is about to change the world, but before they can reveal their secrets, they have to tie up loose ends with Leah’s husband– and their ex-leader. Gabriella Alves, Jacob Allen Weldy, Vladimir Noel, Sarah Serio, Myles Forster, Madeleine Heil, Colleen Miller, Byron Reo, and Joseph Bongiovanni star. At Night Comes Wolves arrives on Digital and VOD on April 20, 2021, from Gravitas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2021
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A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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A Group Of High School Girls Form A Deadly Cult In ‘The Sinners’ Trailer

Let’s be honest, we all rebelled some in high school and we probably did a few bad things, but I can almost guarantee that starting a killer satanic cult wasn’t one of them. That’s the premise of director Courtney Paige‘s horror film The Sinners. In the movie, “Seven schoolgirls, part of a clique dubbed The Sins, become the lethal target of an unknown killer after a harmless prank goes horribly wrong.” Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Aleks Paunovic, Brenna Llewellyn, Michael Eklund, Lochlyn Munro, and Tahmoh Pinikett star. The Sinners is out on On Demand on February 19, 2021. Check out the trailer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2021
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Season 2 Of “L.A. Macabre” Now Streaming On Amazon Prime

After a successful first season, the mystery thriller series “L.A. Macabre” is back with season 2, bigger, better, and more twisted than ever. Described as ’End of Watch meets True Detective’’ (Indiewire), “L.A. Macabre” is a chilling new murder mystery series that’s a “thrill ride from start to finish” (SnobbyRobot.com). Featuring Twin Peaks’ Robert Broski and Batman v.Superman’s Christina Wren, all 15 episodes of the instant cult classic are now available to stream today on Amazon. “L.A Macabre” centers on three filmmakers that interview a former member of the defunct cult “The New Family” leading them down a path of mystery, kidnapping, and murder. Ryan Hellquist, Corsica Wilson, Aidan Bristow, Ryan Bartley, Christina Wren, Joel Bryant, Erika L. Holmes, and Brandy Redd headline a gifted ensemble cast for the series written and directed by Dan Ast who also produces via his Half Ast Productions alongside David Schatanoff, Jr. for D Studios Productions. Ryan Hellquist, who plays Ryan Hollbrook in the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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L.C. Barlow’s ‘Pivot’ Is A Must Read! (Book Review)

Jack Harper, the girl raised in a cult, the assassin, the hero, the miracle worker, the drug addict…she is introduced to the world by L.C. Barlow in the novel Pivot. I very specifically say that she was “introduced to the world” and not “she was created” because I was absolutely drawn to this character..as a human. Her emotions were real and desperate. Her growth and changes and development were real and believable. I will get to the specifics of the book next, but to have the depth and power of this book in only 224 pages is remarkable. Characters The characters in this book is where it really shines. Not that it is lacking in other areas, but the characters are a standout for me. Cyrus, the cult leader, is as villainous and evil as any character I have come across. But more than that, he is believable! This chameleon of a man manipulates those around him with such ease

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Capt McNeely
Aug 19, 2020
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‘Train To Busan’ Director Making ‘Hellbound’, A Supernatural Horror Series For Netlix

Director Yeon Sang-ho made waves with his 2016 hit zombie film Train to Busan, whose sequel Penninsula is on the way. Now, the director has a new project, a Netflix series titled Hellbound. The series is an adaptation of Choi Gyu-seok‘s Korean webtoon Hell, which tells of a group surviving under social chaos when a group of supernatural beings appear and condemn people to hell. A new religious group interprets them as the will of the divine. There is no release date announced as of yet, but we’ll keep you updated. In the meantime, check out the trailer for Peninsula.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
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‘We Summon The Darkness’ Unveils A Killer New Poster

This April Saban Films’ horror thriller We Summon the Darkness will be unleashed. From My Friend Dahmer director Marc Meyers comes this dark tale of satanic murder and mayhem. The new killer poster has arrived teasing bloodshed and fire. “On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be tied to a series of satanic killings. After the show, the girls invite three guys to join them at the estate owned by Alexis’s father, a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Johnny Knoxville). What starts as a party suddenly turns dark and deadly in this devilishly entertaining thriller.” Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, San Andreas), Johnny Knoxville (Bad Grandpa, Jackass), Keean Johnson (Midway), Maddie Hasson (“Impulse”), Logan Miller (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest) and Austin Swift (Live by Night) star in the film written by Alan Trezza (Burying the Ex). Saban Films will release We Summon

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2020
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Witness The Cult Thriller ‘The Other Lamb’ On Digital And VOD This April

The award-winning thriller The Other Lamb, which made waves at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival last year, is now headed your way this April. From the Polish award-winning director Malgorzata Szumowska and the producer of Nightcrawler, and starring Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, and Denise Gough, the film explores the horrors of toxic masculinity and the abuse of power through the eyes of a teenage girl, who is beginning to question everything about her existence. “For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2020

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A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Trailer For ‘Son’ – Coming To Blu-ray And DVD

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct 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. 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) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on May 18, 2021, from RLJE Films. Check out

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 16, 2021
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New ‘At Night Comes Wolves’ Trailer Introduces You To A Cult

We’ve got the brand spanking new trailer and poster for TJ Marine‘s (Object in Reality) cult thriller At Night Comes Wolves, an unnerving tale featuring themes of misogyny, fate, and sexism. In the film, a woman is about to change the world forever. After Leah Shaffer finally leaves her emotionally manipulative husband, she finds a friend in a drifter with whom she quickly feels a deep connection. The drifter introduces Leah to a prodigal chemist, and Leah learns her new friends are all that is left of a doomsday cult that disbanded years earlier. Together, the new trio is about to change the world, but before they can reveal their secrets, they have to tie up loose ends with Leah’s husband– and their ex-leader. Gabriella Alves, Jacob Allen Weldy, Vladimir Noel, Sarah Serio, Myles Forster, Madeleine Heil, Colleen Miller, Byron Reo, and Joseph Bongiovanni star. At Night Comes Wolves arrives on Digital and VOD on April 20, 2021, from Gravitas

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 2021
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A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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A Group Of High School Girls Form A Deadly Cult In ‘The Sinners’ Trailer

Let’s be honest, we all rebelled some in high school and we probably did a few bad things, but I can almost guarantee that starting a killer satanic cult wasn’t one of them. That’s the premise of director Courtney Paige‘s horror film The Sinners. In the movie, “Seven schoolgirls, part of a clique dubbed The Sins, become the lethal target of an unknown killer after a harmless prank goes horribly wrong.” Kaitlyn Bernard, Brenna Coates, Aleks Paunovic, Brenna Llewellyn, Michael Eklund, Lochlyn Munro, and Tahmoh Pinikett star. The Sinners is out on On Demand on February 19, 2021. Check out the trailer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2021
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Season 2 Of “L.A. Macabre” Now Streaming On Amazon Prime

After a successful first season, the mystery thriller series “L.A. Macabre” is back with season 2, bigger, better, and more twisted than ever. Described as ’End of Watch meets True Detective’’ (Indiewire), “L.A. Macabre” is a chilling new murder mystery series that’s a “thrill ride from start to finish” (SnobbyRobot.com). Featuring Twin Peaks’ Robert Broski and Batman v.Superman’s Christina Wren, all 15 episodes of the instant cult classic are now available to stream today on Amazon. “L.A Macabre” centers on three filmmakers that interview a former member of the defunct cult “The New Family” leading them down a path of mystery, kidnapping, and murder. Ryan Hellquist, Corsica Wilson, Aidan Bristow, Ryan Bartley, Christina Wren, Joel Bryant, Erika L. Holmes, and Brandy Redd headline a gifted ensemble cast for the series written and directed by Dan Ast who also produces via his Half Ast Productions alongside David Schatanoff, Jr. for D Studios Productions. Ryan Hellquist, who plays Ryan Hollbrook in the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
Horror Fuel

L.C. Barlow’s ‘Pivot’ Is A Must Read! (Book Review)

Jack Harper, the girl raised in a cult, the assassin, the hero, the miracle worker, the drug addict…she is introduced to the world by L.C. Barlow in the novel Pivot. I very specifically say that she was “introduced to the world” and not “she was created” because I was absolutely drawn to this character..as a human. Her emotions were real and desperate. Her growth and changes and development were real and believable. I will get to the specifics of the book next, but to have the depth and power of this book in only 224 pages is remarkable. Characters The characters in this book is where it really shines. Not that it is lacking in other areas, but the characters are a standout for me. Cyrus, the cult leader, is as villainous and evil as any character I have come across. But more than that, he is believable! This chameleon of a man manipulates those around him with such ease

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 19, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘Train To Busan’ Director Making ‘Hellbound’, A Supernatural Horror Series For Netlix

Director Yeon Sang-ho made waves with his 2016 hit zombie film Train to Busan, whose sequel Penninsula is on the way. Now, the director has a new project, a Netflix series titled Hellbound. The series is an adaptation of Choi Gyu-seok‘s Korean webtoon Hell, which tells of a group surviving under social chaos when a group of supernatural beings appear and condemn people to hell. A new religious group interprets them as the will of the divine. There is no release date announced as of yet, but we’ll keep you updated. In the meantime, check out the trailer for Peninsula.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘We Summon The Darkness’ Unveils A Killer New Poster

This April Saban Films’ horror thriller We Summon the Darkness will be unleashed. From My Friend Dahmer director Marc Meyers comes this dark tale of satanic murder and mayhem. The new killer poster has arrived teasing bloodshed and fire. “On the way to a heavy metal concert, Alexis (Alexandra Daddario) and two girlfriends hear a news report of a local murder believed to be tied to a series of satanic killings. After the show, the girls invite three guys to join them at the estate owned by Alexis’s father, a fire-and-brimstone preacher (Johnny Knoxville). What starts as a party suddenly turns dark and deadly in this devilishly entertaining thriller.” Alexandra Daddario (Baywatch, San Andreas), Johnny Knoxville (Bad Grandpa, Jackass), Keean Johnson (Midway), Maddie Hasson (“Impulse”), Logan Miller (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse), Amy Forsyth (Hell Fest) and Austin Swift (Live by Night) star in the film written by Alan Trezza (Burying the Ex). Saban Films will release We Summon

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2020
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Witness The Cult Thriller ‘The Other Lamb’ On Digital And VOD This April

The award-winning thriller The Other Lamb, which made waves at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival last year, is now headed your way this April. From the Polish award-winning director Malgorzata Szumowska and the producer of Nightcrawler, and starring Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, and Denise Gough, the film explores the horrors of toxic masculinity and the abuse of power through the eyes of a teenage girl, who is beginning to question everything about her existence. “For her entire life, the cult she was born into has been all that teenage Selah (Raffey Cassidy) has known. Along with a band of similarly cloistered young women she lives seemingly unstuck in time, cut off from modern society in a remote forest commune presided over by a man called Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), a controlling, messiah-like figure with a frightening dark side. But when her insular world is rocked by a series of nightmarish visions and disturbing revelations, Selah begins to question everything about

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2020
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