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DVD Review: Housewife (2017)

In a snow ensconced Gothic home; holly and her sister live with their off-kilter mother who speaks with invisible visitors, and rubs the ol’ rosary in front of a picture of a Victorian woman framed in neon. Things go from insane to even more fucking insane when Holly’s sister gets her period and her mother drowns hew sister by shoving her head in the toilet. Then Daddy dearest arrives, and Mommy slices him to pieces as Holly escapes into the snowy night. Flash forward and Holly (Clémentine Poidatz) is living in a lonely marriage to a famous author. She spends her days building dollhouses, dancing badly, and masturbating as she thinks of her sister’s death…you know, as one does…oh and she also pees everywhere but the toilet. Things go on like that until Holly’s friend Valery (Alicia Kapudag) makes the scene after mysteriously disappearing for two years. Seems our gal Val has hooked up with a bizarre cult named Umbrella

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DanXIII
Sep 15, 2018
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Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest

Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival

From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Kane Hodder Steps Into ‘Room 9’ In This First Look

PhilaDreams Films has released the first look at Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th franchise) with stills from the new movie, ROOM 9. Written and directed by Tom Walton, Room 9 is currently filming in South Jersey and Philadelphia areas. In the film, the life-altering sins of the past revisit lost souls in a small town… 40 years later! Kane Hodder stars a Beau Johnson, Michael Berryman as Jed Bedford, with Brian Anthony Wilson as Zion Miller, Michael Emery as Jason Brooks, Tony Devon as Detective Michael Dakota, Greg Painter as Officer Christian Battista David Raine as Walter Miller, Steve Nappe as Bobby D, and Michael Grasso as Johnny Lawson. PhilaDreams Films & Thomas Walton are both producing and executive producing. Judy Fox serves as manager to both Hodder and Berryman For regular updates and more please follow Room 9 on Facebook.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018
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Movie Review: Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)

18th century sleuth Detective K (Kim Myung-min) and his dumb-ass Doctor Watson surrogate cum sidekick Seo-pil (Oh Dai-su) travel the Korean countryside investigating a series of monstrous murders that perhaps have a preternatural cause…namely, folks are convinced vampires are roaming the land lookin’ for a fang bang thanks to bite marks on the ever growing number of corpses turning up. As the duo continue their investigation they discover that a rather gorg amnesiac (Kim Ji-won) may have a large part in the ghoulish goings-on. Will our erstwhile (and ridiculous) be able to solve the case with their jugulars intact? Let’s kick out the mother fuckin’ jams with the positives that Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead offers us. First of all, Kim Myung-min and Oh Dai-su as our bumbling heroes are one hell of a dynamic duo! They are charming, funny, and infinitely watchable…which is a good thing as you will see in our next putrid paragraph. Also of

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DanXIII
Sep 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

Witness A New Era Begin With ‘The First Purge’ – On Digital This September

The New Founding Fathers invite you to witness The First Purge, the origin story and fourth chapter of the much-loved franchise on Digital and the app Movies Anywhere next week. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized, the contagion of the experiment explodes and rapidly spreads, leading to a revolution. The First Purge takes audiences back to where the nightmare all began in this timely and relevant horror-thriller, including gripping bonus features appealing to fans of the franchise. “Now with the New Founding Fathers of America in charge of America’s political landscape, change is inevitably coming. When Dr. Updale (Marisa Tomei) presents the chance for a risky, theoretical social experiment to become a live phenomenon, The Purge is born.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2018
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Horror Comedy ‘Cynthia’ Gives Birth This September

Cynthia, the new horror comedy from the mind of Girls and Corpses magazine creator Robert Rhine is ready to give birth this September. In the film, a desperate mother gives birth to the most hideous child ever imagined. From directors Devon Downs and Kenny Gage, the film stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween, 2007), Sid Haig (House of a 1000 Corpses), Bill Moseley (Repo! The Genetic Opera), Robert LaSardo and many others. “Robin (Taylor-Compton) and Michael (Kyle Jones) are ready to start a new family. After years of fertility treatments, something has changed in Robin’s womb. On the delivery table, a monster is born. But, Robin still loves this six-fingered and one-legged crawling nightmare. Will her neighbors be just as accepting? Probably not. Cynthia has recently garnered an award at this year’s Independent Filmmakers Showcase. There, Sid Haig won a “Best Supporting Actor” prize. Now, after a well-received theatrical run, On September 18th, Cynthia will debut on Digital platforms and DVD, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2018
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Movie Review: Strange Nature (2018)

Coming up at eleven: Mutant frogs; will they spell the downfall of life as we know it? The real news clips that begin Strange Nature certainly make a case for it. After that we get down to the real meat and potatoes of the film; a mother, (and former teen pop sensation…random for sure; but the video they show of her hit song is priceless) named Kim (Lisa Sheridan) and her son Brody (Jonah Beres) return to the rural town she grew up in; the woods of which are lousy with those aforementioned frogs, plus a mutant kid…but not like crazy monster or anything; she goes to school and all, she just looks like she’s starring in the high school production of The Hills Have Eyes: The Musical (how is that not a thing?!!), and reports of folks going missing in the woods. Anyway, Kim and her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne) begin investigating local farms for clues as to what

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DanXIII
Sep 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘The Ritual’ Director David Bruckner Is Taking Us To ‘The Night House’

David Bruckner, the director behind films such as Southbound, The Signal and one of the best films of 2018, The Ritual, is taking us to The Night House next. The supernatural thriller directed by Bruckner and penned by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski is from David Goyer’s Phantom Four and Anton Corp. While plot details are being kept under wraps we do know that The Night House centers on a widow who begins to unravel her dead husband’s dark secrets. Goyer along with Keith Levine of Phantom Four will be producing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2018

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DVD Review: Housewife (2017)

In a snow ensconced Gothic home; holly and her sister live with their off-kilter mother who speaks with invisible visitors, and rubs the ol’ rosary in front of a picture of a Victorian woman framed in neon. Things go from insane to even more fucking insane when Holly’s sister gets her period and her mother drowns hew sister by shoving her head in the toilet. Then Daddy dearest arrives, and Mommy slices him to pieces as Holly escapes into the snowy night. Flash forward and Holly (Clémentine Poidatz) is living in a lonely marriage to a famous author. She spends her days building dollhouses, dancing badly, and masturbating as she thinks of her sister’s death…you know, as one does…oh and she also pees everywhere but the toilet. Things go on like that until Holly’s friend Valery (Alicia Kapudag) makes the scene after mysteriously disappearing for two years. Seems our gal Val has hooked up with a bizarre cult named Umbrella

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 15, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest

Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘The Dead Center’ Set To Screen At The LA Film Festival

From writer-director Billy Senese comes The Dead Center, starring Shane Carruth, Poorna Jagannathan, Jeremy Childs, and Bill Feehely. . “When a mysterious “John Doe” wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.” The Dead Center is set to screen at the LA Film Festival later this month. For more information or to get your tickets please visit the film festival’s website. LA FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: P&I SCREENING: Friday, September 14th at 5:00 PM / Film Independent Screening Room (5670 Wilshire Blvd, 9th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90036) WORLD PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, September 21st at 7:30 PM / Arclight Culver City (9500 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘Ghost Light’ Unveils Haunting Trailer Ahead Of Los Angeles Film Festival World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival this month, the first trailer has arrived for Ghost Light, the story of an unfortunate Shakespearean acting troupe that unleashes the infamous curse of Macbeth with horrifying results. Directed by John Stimpson, the paranormal thriller stars Roger Bart (“Episodes;” “Graves;” “Revenge”), Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride; Robin Hood Men in Tights; Saw), Tom Riley (“The Collection;” “Da Vinci’s Demons;” “Monroe”), Shannyn Sossamon (A Knight’s Tale; “Wayward Pines;” “Sleepy Hollow”), Scott Adsit (“30 Rock;” Big Hero 6; “Veep”), Danielle Campbell (“The Originals;” “Famous in Love;”), and Carol Kane (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt;” Scrooged; “Gotham”). “Nothing is more sacred to true Shakespearian actors than “The Scottish Play,” which demands a deep reverence to always be exhibited both onstage and off during a performance, except the reverence from ennui-engulfed Tom Riley is a bit lacking, to say the least. He’s in love with the beautiful Liz Beth, wife of pompous ham Alex Pankhurst.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

Kane Hodder Steps Into ‘Room 9’ In This First Look

PhilaDreams Films has released the first look at Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th franchise) with stills from the new movie, ROOM 9. Written and directed by Tom Walton, Room 9 is currently filming in South Jersey and Philadelphia areas. In the film, the life-altering sins of the past revisit lost souls in a small town… 40 years later! Kane Hodder stars a Beau Johnson, Michael Berryman as Jed Bedford, with Brian Anthony Wilson as Zion Miller, Michael Emery as Jason Brooks, Tony Devon as Detective Michael Dakota, Greg Painter as Officer Christian Battista David Raine as Walter Miller, Steve Nappe as Bobby D, and Michael Grasso as Johnny Lawson. PhilaDreams Films & Thomas Walton are both producing and executive producing. Judy Fox serves as manager to both Hodder and Berryman For regular updates and more please follow Room 9 on Facebook.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead (2018)

18th century sleuth Detective K (Kim Myung-min) and his dumb-ass Doctor Watson surrogate cum sidekick Seo-pil (Oh Dai-su) travel the Korean countryside investigating a series of monstrous murders that perhaps have a preternatural cause…namely, folks are convinced vampires are roaming the land lookin’ for a fang bang thanks to bite marks on the ever growing number of corpses turning up. As the duo continue their investigation they discover that a rather gorg amnesiac (Kim Ji-won) may have a large part in the ghoulish goings-on. Will our erstwhile (and ridiculous) be able to solve the case with their jugulars intact? Let’s kick out the mother fuckin’ jams with the positives that Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead offers us. First of all, Kim Myung-min and Oh Dai-su as our bumbling heroes are one hell of a dynamic duo! They are charming, funny, and infinitely watchable…which is a good thing as you will see in our next putrid paragraph. Also of

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

Witness A New Era Begin With ‘The First Purge’ – On Digital This September

The New Founding Fathers invite you to witness The First Purge, the origin story and fourth chapter of the much-loved franchise on Digital and the app Movies Anywhere next week. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized, the contagion of the experiment explodes and rapidly spreads, leading to a revolution. The First Purge takes audiences back to where the nightmare all began in this timely and relevant horror-thriller, including gripping bonus features appealing to fans of the franchise. “Now with the New Founding Fathers of America in charge of America’s political landscape, change is inevitably coming. When Dr. Updale (Marisa Tomei) presents the chance for a risky, theoretical social experiment to become a live phenomenon, The Purge is born.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

Horror Comedy ‘Cynthia’ Gives Birth This September

Cynthia, the new horror comedy from the mind of Girls and Corpses magazine creator Robert Rhine is ready to give birth this September. In the film, a desperate mother gives birth to the most hideous child ever imagined. From directors Devon Downs and Kenny Gage, the film stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween, 2007), Sid Haig (House of a 1000 Corpses), Bill Moseley (Repo! The Genetic Opera), Robert LaSardo and many others. “Robin (Taylor-Compton) and Michael (Kyle Jones) are ready to start a new family. After years of fertility treatments, something has changed in Robin’s womb. On the delivery table, a monster is born. But, Robin still loves this six-fingered and one-legged crawling nightmare. Will her neighbors be just as accepting? Probably not. Cynthia has recently garnered an award at this year’s Independent Filmmakers Showcase. There, Sid Haig won a “Best Supporting Actor” prize. Now, after a well-received theatrical run, On September 18th, Cynthia will debut on Digital platforms and DVD, from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Strange Nature (2018)

Coming up at eleven: Mutant frogs; will they spell the downfall of life as we know it? The real news clips that begin Strange Nature certainly make a case for it. After that we get down to the real meat and potatoes of the film; a mother, (and former teen pop sensation…random for sure; but the video they show of her hit song is priceless) named Kim (Lisa Sheridan) and her son Brody (Jonah Beres) return to the rural town she grew up in; the woods of which are lousy with those aforementioned frogs, plus a mutant kid…but not like crazy monster or anything; she goes to school and all, she just looks like she’s starring in the high school production of The Hills Have Eyes: The Musical (how is that not a thing?!!), and reports of folks going missing in the woods. Anyway, Kim and her father Chuck (Bruce Bohne) begin investigating local farms for clues as to what

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 12, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘The Ritual’ Director David Bruckner Is Taking Us To ‘The Night House’

David Bruckner, the director behind films such as Southbound, The Signal and one of the best films of 2018, The Ritual, is taking us to The Night House next. The supernatural thriller directed by Bruckner and penned by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski is from David Goyer’s Phantom Four and Anton Corp. While plot details are being kept under wraps we do know that The Night House centers on a widow who begins to unravel her dead husband’s dark secrets. Goyer along with Keith Levine of Phantom Four will be producing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2018
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