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A First Look At ‘Killer Kate!’ An Action-Filled Film With An All-Star Cast

Principle photography is set to begin in Los Angeles on November 6th for Feld Films’ horror comedy Killer Kate! In the film, “Kate attends her estranged sister’s bachelorette party at the request of their dying father. The weekend, held at a remote cabin booked on a home sharing app, turns into a savage life-or-death struggle that pits family against family, and past against present.” Written by Daniel Moya (Rental) and Elliot Feld (Slate Your Name) who will also be in the director’s chair, Killer Kate! stars Danielle Burgess (The Sinner), Larry Cedar (True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Abby Eiland (Criminal Minds), and Tales of Halloween actress Tiffany Shepis (interview). Alexander Feld (Phoenix Forgotten), Lawrence Feld (Mother Mary), David Feld (Siren), and Jesse Pruett (The Prince) are producing the project.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 4, 2017

Paranormal

A First Look At ‘Incident In A Ghost Land’ From The Director Of ‘Martyrs’

From the director of Martyrs, Pascal Laugier, comes the home invasion thriller Incident In A Ghost Land. Starring French singer Mylène Farmer, Taylor Hickson, Emilia Jones, Crystal Reed, and Anastasia Phillipps, the film is said to have a heavy Stephen King feel. The film centers on Colleen (Farmer) and her two daughters – the eldest, Beth (Reed), totally locked-in and shy, finds comfort in the stories she invents in the books she writes, and Vera (Philipps), way more open and self-confident, inherit her house. However, during their first night in this new home, murderers break-in, pushing Colleen to fight to save her daughters’ lives. During this highly traumatic night, the girls’ disparate personalities diverge even further. “Sixteen years later, Beth becomes a famous horror author with a perfect family and life in Chicago, while Vera can’t cope, and loses her mind faced to an unshakable sense of paranoia. Daughters and mother finally reunite at the house where Colleen and Vera

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 4, 2017

From the Crypt

‘Starry Eyes’ Duo Signs On To Direct ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake

With Andy Muschietti’s remake of Stephen King’s IT smashing box office records at $666 million, it’s no surprise that the King adaptions are continuing to surface. King’s Pet Sematary was first adapted back in 1989 by Mary Lambert. Now, Deadline is reporting that the writing-directing duo of Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the team behind 2014’s Starry Eyes, are taking a stab at making a new version of the film. Published in 1983, Pet Sematary follows Louis and Rachel Creed and their two young children. When Church, the family’s cat, is run over their neighbor tells them of the land beyond the pet cemetery where when things are buried they come back. Church did. And when Louis’ young son Gage is hit by a truck he buries him in that place, but sometimes, dead is better. Steven Schneider and Lorenzo di Bonaventura have signed on to produce the project.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 31, 2017

From the Crypt

‘The Purge 4’ Hunts Down A Cast And A Release Date

In the past 3 films of the Purge franchise, we have witnessed both everyday citizens and the elite fighting for survival during the 12 hour period where everything is legal. The Purge 4: The Island will be different. This time we are getting a prequel that goes back and focuses on the events that led up to the inaugural Purge event. Gerard McMurray will be directing from the script penned by James DeMonaco, who was behind the previous films of the franchise. Luna Lauren Valez, Melonie Diaz, Y’Ian Noel, Lex Scott Davis, David Breda, Chyna Layne, Joivan Wade, Maria Rivera, and Christian Robinson co-star. The Purge 4 is set to open in theaters on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, from Universal Pictures and has now entered production.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 30, 2017

From the Crypt

Matt Dillon Is Taking A Stab At Playing A Serial Killer In ‘The House That Jack Built’

‘Wayward Pines’ star Matt Dillon is set to star in the upcoming serial killer thriller The House That Jack Built alongside Ed Speleers, Uma Thurman, Riley Keough, Bruno Ganz, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Sofie Gråbøl. Written and directed by Lars von Trier (Antichrist, The Kingdom), the story follows Jack (Dillon), “a highly intelligent serial killer over the course of 12 years and depicts the murders that truly develop Jack as a serial killer.” The House That Jack Built has entered pre-production and is set to arrive sometime next year from IFC Films. We will keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 29, 2017

From the Crypt

Official Plot Unveiled For ‘The Conjuring 2’ Spin-off ‘The Nun’

In The Conjuring 2 Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, faced off against the demonic entity referred to as “The Nun”. Now, the spin-off which will tell the demon’s backstory has entered pre-production and the official synopsis revealed. Much of the cast has now been announced and includes Ingrid Bisu, Demian Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Charlotte Hope, and Bonnie Arrons who will reprise her role as the Nun. Corin Hardy will be directing from the screenplay written by James Wan and Gary Dauberman. Wan and Peter Safran are producing with Dauberman and Todd Williams serving as executive producers. In the film, “when a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking not only their lives but their faith and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 29, 2017

Paranormal

First Official Trailer Unveiled For Haunted House Film ‘Winchester’ – Inspired By True Events

The official poster and teaser trailer have been unveiled for ‘Winchester’ and teases the darkness of the real-life inspired tale of Sarah Winchester. Winchester, written and directed by Micheal and Peter Spierig, follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester played by Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren. Sarah was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle. “On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester (Mirren), heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no end. Constructed in an incessant twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week mania for decades, it stands seven stories tall and contains hundreds of rooms. To the outsider, it looks like a monstrous monument to a disturbed woman’s madness. But Sarah is not building for herself, for her niece (Sarah Snook) or for the brilliant Doctor Eric

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 24, 2017

Books

Eli Roth To Direct ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Adaptation

Director Eli Roth, the man behind films such as Cabin Fever and The Green Inferno, has signed on for Universal Pictures’ The House With a Clock in Its Walls, based on the children’s classic written by John Bellairs. The story centers on Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), a 10-year-old boy, who has gone to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Soon his new world jumps to life with a secret world of Warlocks and witches. Things become complicated when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead. Vaccaro co-stars alongside stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp, René Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams, and Sunny Suljic. The screenplay was penned by Eric Kripke. Mythology Entertainment’s Brad Fischer will produce with James Vanderbilt and Kripke.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 20, 2017

From the Crypt

First Images Arrive Of Dee Wallace, Tara Reid, And Mischa Barton In ‘Ouija House’

ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have just announced that the supernatural thriller Ouija House has just wrapped and the first images unveiled. Starring genre icon Dee Wallace, Sharknado actress Tara Reid, and Mischa Barton (The Sixth Sense), the film centers on a graduate student who brings together a group that unwittingly unleash an evil entity while using a Ouija Board. From the Press Release: ITN Distribution and Millman Productions have released the first photos from their first co- production, the just-wrapped supernatural thriller OUIJA HOUSE. The movie features an all-star cast, including Tara Reid, Mischa Barton, and Dee Wallace. ITN is the worldwide sales agent and will be repping the movie at MIPCOM and AFM. Ben Demaree (HANSEL V. GRETEL) directs from a screenplay by Justin Hawkins and Jeff Miller, based on a story by Miller. OUIJA HOUSE concerns a graduate student who, trying to finish the last of her research on a book project she hopes will help her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 20, 2017

From the Crypt

Film Adaption Of Stephen King’s ‘The Talisman’ In The Works

Stephen King adaptions are everywhere these days (not that we’re complaining). Between IT, Gerald’s Game, ‘Mr. Mercedes’, ‘The Mist’ which has been canceled after one season, and others upcoming projects, King is dominating the genre. We can now add another adaption to the list. Variety is reporting that Josh Boone (New Mutants, The Fault in the Stars) has signed on to pen the script for the film adaption of King’s ‘The Talisman’ produced by Frank Marshall (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jason Bourne). Written by King and Peter Straub in 1984, ‘The Talisman’ follows the young Jack Sawyer, whose mother is dying. Jack learns that if obtains the talisman he can cure her disease. He must embark on a journey through a parallel world. King penned a sequel to the tale titled ‘Black House’ featuring Jack as a grown man working as a homicide detective, so there is a potential sequel there if the first film is well received.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 12, 2017

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