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Survival Horror ‘The Furies’ Hunts Down A March Blu-ray Release Date

Seven women struggle for survival against a group of deranged killers in The Furies, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this February. Written and directed by Tony D’Aquino (Alpha Male), the film stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), and Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O’Sullivan (A Man on the Edge) In The Furies, when Kayla (Airlie Dodds) wakes up in a coffin-like box in the middle of the woods, the first thing she sees is a terrifying masked man with an ax running straight for her. As she runs to try to get away, she realizes she is part of an insane and deadly game. There are six other women running scared in the woods, each with a masked assassin assigned to protect them and kill everyone else. Kayla races to save herself and as many women as she can, but when they start to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 28, 2020

Movies

The World Of ‘The Thing’ Expanding With New Adaptation ‘Frozen Hell’

John Carpenter’s The Thing was the second adaptation of John W. Campbell’s novella Who Goes There?, with 1951’s The Thing from Another World being the first adaptation. The world is expanding, Bloody Disgusting reports. In 2018, John Betancourt discovered a new, never-before-seen novel-length version of the story, titled Frozen Hell and took to Kickstarter to release it. Now, there has been a new development. This week, Betancourt gave an exciting update that he is teaming up with Blumhouse and Universal Studios for a feature film adaptation. Betancourt states, “In 1938, acclaimed science fiction author John W. Campbell published the novella Who Goes There?, about a team of scientists in Antarctica who discover and are terrorized by a monstrous, shape-shifting alien entity. The story would later be adapted into John Carpenter’s iconic movie The Thing (following an earlier film adaptation in 1951). The published novella was actually an abridged version of Campbell’s original story, called Frozen Hell, which had to be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 27, 2020

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A Vampire Is On The Hunt In ‘Blood Widow’ – In Theaters And On DVD This February

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a serial killer in a small Arizona town, not knowing their villain is much more dangerous than the could ever imagine in Blood Widow (aka Viuda de Sangre), from Limbo director Brendan Guy Murphy (Limbo). James Craven (Tuscaloosa), Dallas Thomas (Wastelander), and stage actor Hector Ayala star in this bloody flick. In the film, a clan of vampires has been reduced to just one. Desperate, this sole remaining predator is preying on women, in Tucson, Arizona. Detectives Valentine (Craven) and Stokes (Thomas) are hot on the killer’s trail. But, this night stalker is determined to spill more blood on the streets and spread a dark cloud across this terror-filled city. Blood Widow is now out on Digital and will arrive on DVD on February 4th as well as open in theaters in Texas, New Mexico, and California. https://vimeo.com/371288673

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 27, 2020

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An American Dream Turns Into A Nightmare This March In ‘Beneath Us’

Vital Pictures’ socially relevant horror Beneath Us, the directorial debut of Max Pachman, is set to be released this March, and is being described as “a suspenseful and socially-relevant original horror story.” In the film, “The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple (Lynn Collins and James Tupper). What they hope to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival at the couple’s secluded mansion, and those thought to be helpless must prove they can’t be discarded so easily.” Rigo Sanchez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Josue Aguirre, and Robert “Sanz” Sanchez also star. Beneath Us opens in select theaters on March 6, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 26, 2020

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A Group Of Men Have A ‘Killer Weekend’ In This Horror Comedy (Trailer)

This February Dark Sky films will unleash the action-packed horror-comedy Killer Weekend where things go horribly and hilariously wrong for a group of buddies on a stag weekend. When Sam (Sean Verey, The Hot Potato, EastEnders) discovers that his stag weekend not only is a mock zombie survival experience but that his disapproving father-in-law-to-be has also been invited, he couldn’t be more annoyed. But when the bachelor party arrives to find the “zombies” are in fact a bunch of psychotic ex-soldiers, their fantasy weekend quickly starts to look like a nightmare. After a series of unfortunate mishaps finds the group trapped in a disused nuclear bunker besieged by the bloodthirsty troops, Sam must ask himself: Is it all still just a game, or is it actually game over? Co-starring in director Ben Kent‘s adrenaline-fueled debut feature are Mark Heap (Upstart Crow), Danny Kirrane (Don‘t Forget the Driver) and Ewen MacIntosh (Shed of the Dead). Killer Weekend hits Digital and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 25, 2020

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‘Gretel & Hansel’ Conjure New Featurette And Stills Ahead Of Next Week’s Arrival

Ahead of next week’s theatrical debut, a new featurette titled “Witchcraft” has arrived for Gretel & Hansel, a new terrifying twist on a classic tale. The featurette takes behind the scenes where the cast reveals the magic of the tale and that no one is who they seem to be. In the film, directed by Osgood “Oz” Perkins (Blackcoat’s Daughter), a young girl leads her little brother into the dark woods in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil. Sophia Lillis (IT), Alice Krige (Star Trek: First Contact), Jessica De Gouw (WGN’s “Underground,” The CW’s “Arrow”), Charles Babalola (Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” The Legend of Tarzan) star alongside newcomer Sammy Leakey as Hansel. Gretel & Hansel was written by Rob Hayes (Netflix’s “Chewing Gum”) and produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Upgrade) and Fred Berger (La La Land, Destroyer) on behalf of Automatik. Sandra Yee Ling and Macdara Kelleher executive produced. Gretel & Hansel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 25, 2020

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‘Anaconda’ Is Slithering Towards A Reboot

The creature feature Anaconda is slithering its way back to the big screen with a reboot from Columbia Pictures. The 1997 original followed a “National Geographic” team taken hostage by an insane hunter on a mission to hunt down and capture the world’s largest and most deadly snake. Directed by Luis Llosa, Anaconda (trailer below) starred Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Eric Stoltz, Ice Cube, and Owen Wilson. It spawned three sequels and spin-off. The reboot will be an all-new story with a modern take, according to THR who also states the movie will have a budget similar to that of 2018’s The MEG, starring Jason Statham. Even Daughtery (Snow White and the Huntsman, Tomb Raider) has signed on to write the script. What do you think? Are you excited about the reboot? Let us know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 25, 2020

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Everything Coming To Shudder This February

This February many bloody good premieres and movies are being added to Shudder’s already impressive library. Here’s everything coming this month. NEW ORIGINAL SERIES THE DEAD LANDS — New Episodes Thursdays through March 5 A supernatural adventure set in a mythic Māori past, with an aesthetic that’s part Ash vs Evil Dead and part Xena: Warrior Princess. The Dead Lands features a disgraced warrior, Waka Nuku Rau (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who’s sent back to the world of the living to redeem his sins. But the world Waka returns to is ravaged by a breach between Life and the Afterlife as the spirits of the newly dead now stalk the land and hunt the living. Waka encounters a determined young woman, Mehe (Darneen Christian), who becomes both his protégé and moral compass. Together, they navigate tribal politics, the unsettled ghosts of Ancestors and other forces both natural and supernatural, on a quest to discover who “broke the world” and how to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 24, 2020

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Saw Meets Martyrs In The Russian Horror ‘Sleepless Beauty’

What would happen if you were locked between four walls and tortured without explanation? In director Pavel Khvaleev‘s Sleepless Beauty, a woman is kidnapped and subjected to the cruel tests and finds herself on a bloody journey in Russia. Sleepless Beauty stars Polina Davydova, Evgeniy Gagarin, Sergey Topkov, and Andrey Tereshenko. In the Russian film, a young girl named Mila is kidnapped. The unknown abductors keep her in an old garage, talk to her through a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she must not sleep but has to fulfill weird tasks that they’ve prepared for her. It all looks like someone’s sick ideas and gloomy entertainment. Still, the girl doesn’t suspect that she’s part of a ruthless experiment. Aleksandra Khvaleeva, Evgeniy Gagarin, and Elena Gagarina penned the script. The film, described as Saw meets Martyrs, is produced by Elena Talyanskaya, Georgiy Smirnov, Evgeniya Mustafina, and Frank Ellrich. Michael Kraetzer and Nicolás Onetti served as associate producers. Sleepless Beauty will be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 23, 2020

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Possession Thriller ‘The Dawn’ Now Out On Digital And On Demand

It’s always darkest before the dawn… In post-World War I America, a young woman is plagued by demons in the supernatural, possession thriller The Dawn. The Dawn stars Devanny Pinn (Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery), Stacey Dash (Clueless), Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls), Teilor Grubbs (Hawaii Five-0), David Goryl (There’s Something About Mary), Heather Wynters (Fear the Walking Dead), Susan Slaughter (Ghost Hunters International), and Ryan Kiser (Gangster Land). In the film, a young woman is sent to live in a convent after her father takes the lives of her entire family. As she matures, she becomes convinced the same demons that plagued her father have followed her into the convent and manifested themselves into her world. The film was shot on location in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Idyllwild, California. Brandon Slagle (Crossbreed, House of Manson) directed. Devanny Pinn and Ryan Kiser produced under their Jaguar Cinema banner. Throughline Films negotiated the North American distribution deal as well

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 22, 2020

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