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The Witch Conjures A Theatrical Release Date

The new supernatural-thriller, The Witch, is already drawing a lot of attention from the horror world. The indie film was both written and directed by Robert Eggers, who won the award for ‘Best Director’ at this years’ Sundance Film Festival. Studio A24, the studio behind ‘Ex Machina’, is behind he film. In The Witch old traditional fears of magic, witchcraft, and possession combine to create a dark tale that explores one family’s fears and superstitions. The Witch stars Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Anya Taylor Joy, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucus Dawson. The movie, set in the 1630’s, takes place in New England, years before the Salem witch trials of 1692. A farmer has been cast out of a colonial plantation, along with his family. They are forced to move to a remote piece of land bordered by a forest, rumored to be the home of witches and dark magic. Soon, strange things begin to occur, animals act oddly and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2016
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Delve Into The Mothman Legend In Moth’s New Trailer

An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. Moth stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016. A new English trailer for Moth has now been released.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2016
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Ruth Platt’s Martyr’s Lane To Fly Under The Escape Plan Productions’ Banner

Ruth Platt’s new psychological based haunted house film, Martyr’s Lane, is set to begin production this summer. The film will be under the banner of the newly formed production company Escape Plan Productions. No cast has been announced at this time. Oliver Kassman, the former head of production at Qwerty Films, left his position to begin Escape Plan Productions. The company will produce films and TV series in all genres. Martyr’s Lane will be Escape Plan’s first feature film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2016
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Return To The DeFeo House This April With Amityville: The Awakening

Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, have relocated to a new town and a new home. Unaware of its history and reputation, the family moves into the Amityville house, where Butch DeFeo butchered his family all those years ago. Bella Thorne (Sream: The TV Series), Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Thomas Mann (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Taylor Speitler (Girl on the Edge), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show) and McKenna Grace (Suburban Gothic) star in Amityville: The Awakening, written and directed by Franck Khalfoun (Maniac). Amityville: The Awakening, the only upcoming sequel to actually be tied to the Amityville franchise (there are several other films using the Amityville name), will be released world wide on April the 14th, 2016.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2016
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IFC Midnight Gives A Glimpse Into The Abandoned In Its First Trailer

IFC Midnight has revealed the first trailer for The Abandoned (aka The Confines). Eytan Rockways makes his directorial debut with this horror-thriller that will open in select theaters and on VOD on January 8th. In the film, a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but what she is experiencing is very real. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) and Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) in The Abandoned.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
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Discover Lilin’s Brood On iTunes This February

The upcoming found footage film Lilin’s Brood was directed by P.W. Simon and Artii Smith. The film stars Martin Sensmeier, Maxine Goynes, Brent King and Melinda Milton. The film centers on a news team as they are stranded at a remote brothel. What began as an investigation into the disappearance of several men, leads the team to discover a dark secret the brothel’s women have been hiding. Look for Lilin’s Brood on iTunes and Amazon on February 12th, 2016.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
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You Must See The Trailer For The Horror-Comedy Bubba The Redneck Werewolf

In Cracker County, Florida a group of hillbillies are fighting to save their town, Broken Taint, from the forces of evil. It’s a good thing they’ve got Bubba the Redneck Werewolf on their side. Director Brendan Jackson Rogers delivers this comedic werewolf film starring Malone Thomas, Mitch Hyman, Gary Norris, Sara Humbert, Chris Stephens and Fred Lass as Bubba. The soundtrack for this fun feature is provided by the rockabilly band The Blast-Offs. Bubba the Redneck Werewolf was born in the pages of the comic by the same name created by Mitch Hyman, in 1996. Bubba (Stephens), a dogcatcher, wants nothing more than to win back his high school sweetheart, Bobbie Jo (Thomas). When the Devil appears, Bubba signs a deal that is suppose to make transform him into a bad-ass, instead he wakes up as a werewolf (Hyman). Bubba is put to the test when he must save his town from a horde of zombies, bikers and other no-good

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
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Help Bring Full Moon’s Puppet Master: Axis Termination To Life

Take a look at the new poster for Puppet Master: Axis Termination, the final film in the Axis trilogy. The film will be directed by Charles Brand, the head of Full Moon. Axis Termination is set to begin in filming February, but they need our help. There is currently an Indiegogo campaign to help fund the film, with great perks like DVDs, shirts, signed memorabilia and walk-on roles. You can even own a puppet of your own. The details surrounding eleventh film in the Puppet Master franchise are being kept quiet, but we do know the film will be set during WWII. Axis Termination is set to be released from Full Moon Entertainment some time in late 2016. In the previous film, Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012), after foiling a plot to blow up an American arms plant, Danny Coogan and his girlfriend, Beth, are in trouble. One Toulon’s Puppets have been kidnapped by Nazis. The puppet’s life-giving serum

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015
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Uncaged Will Soon Be Unleashed On DVD

Gene Jones (The Sacrament) stars along side Ben Getz, Kyle Kirkpatrick, Garrett Hendricks, Zack Weiner, Paulina Singer, Michelle Cameron and Johnny M. Faulkner in Uncaged. In this found footage film, a troubled teen straps on a camera after several nights of sleepwalking. When he plays back the tapes he can’t believe his eyes. He discovers that he is a beast and he has been hunting. RLJ Entertainment is set to release Uncaged, from first time director Daniel Robbins, on DVD on February 2nd, 2016. Robbins not only served as director for the film, he also co-wrote the script with Mark Rapaport.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015
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Backtrack Has Received A Release Date, New Trailer And Clip

Troubled psychotherapist, Peter Bowers (Adrien Brody) is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers the horrifying secret shared by his patients, he is put on a course that takes him back to the remote hometown he fled years ago. There, in False Creek, he is consumed by solving a decades-old mystery that holds the key to his strange and menacing delusions. Adrien Brody (King Kong) stars along side Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Robin McLeavy (The Loved Ones) in the dark psychological thriller Backtrack. The film was written and directed by Michael Petroni, co-writer of Queen of the Damned. Backtrack premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is set to debut in select theaters and VOD on March 11, 2016 via Saban Films and Madman Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015

More from horror 2016

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The Witch Conjures A Theatrical Release Date

The new supernatural-thriller, The Witch, is already drawing a lot of attention from the horror world. The indie film was both written and directed by Robert Eggers, who won the award for ‘Best Director’ at this years’ Sundance Film Festival. Studio A24, the studio behind ‘Ex Machina’, is behind he film. In The Witch old traditional fears of magic, witchcraft, and possession combine to create a dark tale that explores one family’s fears and superstitions. The Witch stars Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Anya Taylor Joy, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucus Dawson. The movie, set in the 1630’s, takes place in New England, years before the Salem witch trials of 1692. A farmer has been cast out of a colonial plantation, along with his family. They are forced to move to a remote piece of land bordered by a forest, rumored to be the home of witches and dark magic. Soon, strange things begin to occur, animals act oddly and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2016
Horror Fuel

Delve Into The Mothman Legend In Moth’s New Trailer

An enthusiastic lecturer and her students travel to Europe in search of the mythology and a hopeful sighting of Mothman, but soon the group is in a fight for survival. Gergo Elekes and Jozsef Gallai co-directed ‘Moth’, written by Gallai and Lidia Szabo. Moth stars Jozsef Gallai, Lidia Szabo, Kata Tabori, Balint Egri, Rob Oldfield and Daniel Szabo. The found-footage film will be released sometime in 2016. A new English trailer for Moth has now been released.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2016
Horror Fuel

Ruth Platt’s Martyr’s Lane To Fly Under The Escape Plan Productions’ Banner

Ruth Platt’s new psychological based haunted house film, Martyr’s Lane, is set to begin production this summer. The film will be under the banner of the newly formed production company Escape Plan Productions. No cast has been announced at this time. Oliver Kassman, the former head of production at Qwerty Films, left his position to begin Escape Plan Productions. The company will produce films and TV series in all genres. Martyr’s Lane will be Escape Plan’s first feature film.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2016
Horror Fuel

Return To The DeFeo House This April With Amityville: The Awakening

Joan (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a single Mother, and her three children, have relocated to a new town and a new home. Unaware of its history and reputation, the family moves into the Amityville house, where Butch DeFeo butchered his family all those years ago. Bella Thorne (Sream: The TV Series), Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), Thomas Mann (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Taylor Speitler (Girl on the Edge), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show) and McKenna Grace (Suburban Gothic) star in Amityville: The Awakening, written and directed by Franck Khalfoun (Maniac). Amityville: The Awakening, the only upcoming sequel to actually be tied to the Amityville franchise (there are several other films using the Amityville name), will be released world wide on April the 14th, 2016.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2016
Horror Fuel

IFC Midnight Gives A Glimpse Into The Abandoned In Its First Trailer

IFC Midnight has revealed the first trailer for The Abandoned (aka The Confines). Eytan Rockways makes his directorial debut with this horror-thriller that will open in select theaters and on VOD on January 8th. In the film, a troubled young woman, trying to get her life in order, takes a night job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. She fights to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the dark, aging, building, but what she is experiencing is very real. Louisa Krause (Return) stars along side Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) and Mark Margolis (Breaking Bad) in The Abandoned.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
Horror Fuel

Discover Lilin’s Brood On iTunes This February

The upcoming found footage film Lilin’s Brood was directed by P.W. Simon and Artii Smith. The film stars Martin Sensmeier, Maxine Goynes, Brent King and Melinda Milton. The film centers on a news team as they are stranded at a remote brothel. What began as an investigation into the disappearance of several men, leads the team to discover a dark secret the brothel’s women have been hiding. Look for Lilin’s Brood on iTunes and Amazon on February 12th, 2016.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
Horror Fuel

You Must See The Trailer For The Horror-Comedy Bubba The Redneck Werewolf

In Cracker County, Florida a group of hillbillies are fighting to save their town, Broken Taint, from the forces of evil. It’s a good thing they’ve got Bubba the Redneck Werewolf on their side. Director Brendan Jackson Rogers delivers this comedic werewolf film starring Malone Thomas, Mitch Hyman, Gary Norris, Sara Humbert, Chris Stephens and Fred Lass as Bubba. The soundtrack for this fun feature is provided by the rockabilly band The Blast-Offs. Bubba the Redneck Werewolf was born in the pages of the comic by the same name created by Mitch Hyman, in 1996. Bubba (Stephens), a dogcatcher, wants nothing more than to win back his high school sweetheart, Bobbie Jo (Thomas). When the Devil appears, Bubba signs a deal that is suppose to make transform him into a bad-ass, instead he wakes up as a werewolf (Hyman). Bubba is put to the test when he must save his town from a horde of zombies, bikers and other no-good

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2016
Horror Fuel

Help Bring Full Moon’s Puppet Master: Axis Termination To Life

Take a look at the new poster for Puppet Master: Axis Termination, the final film in the Axis trilogy. The film will be directed by Charles Brand, the head of Full Moon. Axis Termination is set to begin in filming February, but they need our help. There is currently an Indiegogo campaign to help fund the film, with great perks like DVDs, shirts, signed memorabilia and walk-on roles. You can even own a puppet of your own. The details surrounding eleventh film in the Puppet Master franchise are being kept quiet, but we do know the film will be set during WWII. Axis Termination is set to be released from Full Moon Entertainment some time in late 2016. In the previous film, Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012), after foiling a plot to blow up an American arms plant, Danny Coogan and his girlfriend, Beth, are in trouble. One Toulon’s Puppets have been kidnapped by Nazis. The puppet’s life-giving serum

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015
Horror Fuel

Uncaged Will Soon Be Unleashed On DVD

Gene Jones (The Sacrament) stars along side Ben Getz, Kyle Kirkpatrick, Garrett Hendricks, Zack Weiner, Paulina Singer, Michelle Cameron and Johnny M. Faulkner in Uncaged. In this found footage film, a troubled teen straps on a camera after several nights of sleepwalking. When he plays back the tapes he can’t believe his eyes. He discovers that he is a beast and he has been hunting. RLJ Entertainment is set to release Uncaged, from first time director Daniel Robbins, on DVD on February 2nd, 2016. Robbins not only served as director for the film, he also co-wrote the script with Mark Rapaport.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015
Horror Fuel

Backtrack Has Received A Release Date, New Trailer And Clip

Troubled psychotherapist, Peter Bowers (Adrien Brody) is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers the horrifying secret shared by his patients, he is put on a course that takes him back to the remote hometown he fled years ago. There, in False Creek, he is consumed by solving a decades-old mystery that holds the key to his strange and menacing delusions. Adrien Brody (King Kong) stars along side Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Robin McLeavy (The Loved Ones) in the dark psychological thriller Backtrack. The film was written and directed by Michael Petroni, co-writer of Queen of the Damned. Backtrack premiered earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, and is set to debut in select theaters and VOD on March 11, 2016 via Saban Films and Madman Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2015
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