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‘IT’ Director Rebooting ‘The Howling’

Over the past few years, the horror genre has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and that trend shows no sign of slowing. With reboots and remakes growing in popularity as well it’s no surprise that genre classics are all on the chopping block. The latest classic to be added to the reboot list is the werewolf classic The Howling. The best part of the news, Andrés Muschietti, the director of IT, will be at the helm for Netflix. Muschietti revealed the news during a Q&A with That HashTag Show following a screening of Underwater. The original 1981 film is an adaptation of the novel by Gary Brander and starred Dee Wallace. It was directed by Joe Dante whose film was not a word for word adaptation. There are no details yet if the new film will be a reboot of the novel or the film, so we’ll just have to wait and see. In Dante’s The Howling, a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2020
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A Group Of Teens’ ‘Extracurricular’ Activities Include Murder In This Movie (Trailer)

Writer-director Ray Xue (Transcendent) is taking viewers back to high school for Extracurricular which he co-wrote with Matthew Abrams and Padgett Arango. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release this tightly wound thriller later this month. Reminiscent of the Leopold and Loeb killers, Extracurricular’s story follows a murder-for-fun club, leading to one terrifying night. Keenan Tracey (Polaroid), Brittany Raymond (“Dare Me”), Spencer Macpherson (Brotherhood), Brittany Teo, and Luke Goss star. Set on on Halloween night, “this small town is set to experience something truly horrific. And, instead of one or two killers, there are four! Ian (Macpherson), Derek (Tracey), Jenny (Teo) and Miriam (Raymond) have chosen their next victims. Now, they must put a plan together to get in and out, before the authorities catch-up to them. But, on this night, these four high-schoolers encounter unexpected setbacks and their plans fall apart. Now, it is rush to cover up their crimes – before their families and community find out the truth.” Samuel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2020
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‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Director’s ‘Last Night In Soho’ Arrives This Summer

Edgar Wright, the director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, has returned to the horror genre for his new film Last Night in Soho, which is set to premiere this summer. Thomasin McKenzie’s and Glass’ Anya Taylor-Joy star in the film that centers on “a young girl, passionate in fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences.” Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Michael Ajao (Attack the Block), Game of Thrones’ actress Diana Rigg, and Terence Stamp (Murder Mystery) also star. Last Night in Soho debuts on September 25, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 5, 2020
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Brutal New Clip From ‘The Nightshifter’

Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho‘s (Ninjas, ABCs of Death) supernatural thriller The Nightshifter is headed to DVD next week. The film centers on Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) who works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to the dead…and they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth unimaginable danger and darkness. Bloody-Disgusting snagged an exclusive clip that reveals Stênio pushing his way through a web only to see two children murdered, but is just an illusion? Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiola Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime) star. Ramalho co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The Nightshifter lands on DVD on January 7, 2020, from Shudder

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 5, 2020
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Mon Mon Mon Monsters! Will Be Unleashed Next Month

RLJE Films has snagged select rights to Shudder’s horror-comedy Mon Mon Mon Monsters! and will unleash it on Blu-ray and DVD next month. In the film written and directed by Giddens Ko (You Are the Apple of My Eye), a group of classmates doing community service discover two flesh-eating creatures hiding in an old building. One of the creatures is able to escape, but they capture the other one, torturing her while trying to learn what she really is. It soon becomes clear that the first creature’s escape has dire consequences, as she hunts them down and stops at nothing to free her sister. This fun flick stars Eugenie Liu (“Behind Your Smile”), Pei-Hsin Lin, Carolyn Chen (Attention, Love!), Yu-Kai Deng (Tree in the River), and Kent Tsai (All Because of Love). Mon Mon Mon Monsters! claws its way onto Blu-ray and DVD on February 4, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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Gaming Horror ‘Sequence Break’ Playing On Shudder This Month

From writer-director Graham Skipper comes the gaming horror Sequence Break, on Shudder this January. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the film about a reclusive video arcade repair technician who has his reality fractured when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop and a beautiful young woman enters his life, causing strange metaphysical forces, bizarre biochemical mutations, and a shocking self-realization. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the movie that’s a mix of body horror, Sci-fi, and insanity. The Cronenberg-esque film, a Shudder exclusive, premieres on VOD and Digital January 7, 2020, from RLJE.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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Supernatural Horror ‘The Assent’ Possesses A January Release Date

In theaters and On Demand this January, The Assent takes viewers on a supernatural journey as a man fights to save his son’s soul. Starring Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim, Warcraft, “True Blood”) and Peter Jason (Escape from LA, Mortal Kombat, Jurassic World), the film is from writer-director Pearry Teo (Cloud Atlas). In the film, “after spending three years in prison for the death of an 8-year-old during a failed exorcism, Father Lambert seeks redemption on a young widower, Joel Clarke, who believes his son has been marked by the Devil himself. Conjuring “deliverance” (unsanctioned exorcisms), Lambert convinces Joel that without his help, he will lose his son forever. It’s a race against time for the soul of a little boy that culminates with a shocking revelation that will leave you questioning how deep is the darkness is inside us all.” Florence Faivre, Caden Dragomer, Hannah Ward, Douglas Spain, and Tatum O’Neal round out the cast. The Assent opens in theaters

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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‘Gretel & Hansel’ Journey Into The Woods In The New Trailer

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 in the new Gretel & Hansel trailer. From Osgood “Oz” Perkins, the director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel stars Sophia Lillis (It, HBO’s “Sharp Objects”), Sammy Leakey, Alice Krige (Star Trek, Netflix’s “The OA”), Jessica De Gouw (WGN’s “Underground,” The CW’s “Arrow”), and Charles Babalola (Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” The Legend of Tarzan). 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. Orion Pictures will unleash Gretel & Hansel in theaters on January 31, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020
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Naomi Watts Stars In The Dark Agoraphobic Horror ‘The Wolf Hour’ (Trailer)

The Ring Acadamy Award-nominated actress Naomi Watts returns to the horror genre in writer-director Alistair Banks Griffin‘s dark agoraphobic thriller The Wolf Hour. Watts stars as June, “a woman who was once a celebrated counter-culture figure now lives alone in her Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world during the notorious “Summer of Sam” in 1977. As she retreats further into isolation, an unseen tormentor begins exploiting her weaknesses.” Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen, Brennan Brown, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Jeremy Bobb co-star. The Wolf Hour made its World Premiere at Sundance in 2019. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime check out the intense trailer from Universal Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020
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‘A Perfect Host’ Will Make You Think Twice About Using Airbnb Ever Again (Trailer)

As the prices of hotels continue to rise, Airbnb has becomes even more popular, but what happens when things go terribly wrong? Find out this February in director Chad Werner‘s horror-thriller A Perfect Host. In the film, “four friends rent an isolated lake house for a weekend getaway. While the dramas of the friends’ relationships unfold, they are continually interrupted by the home’s owner: a health-obsessed bodybuilder named Tad. Throughout the group’s short stay, Tad’s seemingly affable gestures take an eerie and sinister twist, turning their dream vacation into a nightmare. Mystery entangles this tale that questions the blind acceptance of modern-day practices.” Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in A Perfect Host which will make you think twice about ever using the rental service again. A Perfect Host releases February 4, 2020, on DVD and Digital, from Uncork’d Entertainment. . Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in a Chad Werner film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020

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‘IT’ Director Rebooting ‘The Howling’

Over the past few years, the horror genre has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and that trend shows no sign of slowing. With reboots and remakes growing in popularity as well it’s no surprise that genre classics are all on the chopping block. The latest classic to be added to the reboot list is the werewolf classic The Howling. The best part of the news, Andrés Muschietti, the director of IT, will be at the helm for Netflix. Muschietti revealed the news during a Q&A with That HashTag Show following a screening of Underwater. The original 1981 film is an adaptation of the novel by Gary Brander and starred Dee Wallace. It was directed by Joe Dante whose film was not a word for word adaptation. There are no details yet if the new film will be a reboot of the novel or the film, so we’ll just have to wait and see. In Dante’s The Howling, a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2020
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A Group Of Teens’ ‘Extracurricular’ Activities Include Murder In This Movie (Trailer)

Writer-director Ray Xue (Transcendent) is taking viewers back to high school for Extracurricular which he co-wrote with Matthew Abrams and Padgett Arango. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release this tightly wound thriller later this month. Reminiscent of the Leopold and Loeb killers, Extracurricular’s story follows a murder-for-fun club, leading to one terrifying night. Keenan Tracey (Polaroid), Brittany Raymond (“Dare Me”), Spencer Macpherson (Brotherhood), Brittany Teo, and Luke Goss star. Set on on Halloween night, “this small town is set to experience something truly horrific. And, instead of one or two killers, there are four! Ian (Macpherson), Derek (Tracey), Jenny (Teo) and Miriam (Raymond) have chosen their next victims. Now, they must put a plan together to get in and out, before the authorities catch-up to them. But, on this night, these four high-schoolers encounter unexpected setbacks and their plans fall apart. Now, it is rush to cover up their crimes – before their families and community find out the truth.” Samuel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 7, 2020
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‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Director’s ‘Last Night In Soho’ Arrives This Summer

Edgar Wright, the director behind Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver, has returned to the horror genre for his new film Last Night in Soho, which is set to premiere this summer. Thomasin McKenzie’s and Glass’ Anya Taylor-Joy star in the film that centers on “a young girl, passionate in fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to fall apart with shady consequences.” Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Michael Ajao (Attack the Block), Game of Thrones’ actress Diana Rigg, and Terence Stamp (Murder Mystery) also star. Last Night in Soho debuts on September 25, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 5, 2020
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Brutal New Clip From ‘The Nightshifter’

Brazilian director Dennison Ramalho‘s (Ninjas, ABCs of Death) supernatural thriller The Nightshifter is headed to DVD next week. The film centers on Stênio (Daniel de Oliveira) who works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to the dead…and they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth unimaginable danger and darkness. Bloody-Disgusting snagged an exclusive clip that reveals Stênio pushing his way through a web only to see two children murdered, but is just an illusion? Daniel de Oliveira (Jean Charles), Fabiola Nascimento (S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 1 & 2), Bianca Comparato (“3%”), and Marco Ricca (Delicate Crime) star. Ramalho co-wrote the script with Cláudia Jouvin (Alone Man) and Marco de Castro (Ninjas). The Nightshifter lands on DVD on January 7, 2020, from Shudder

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 5, 2020
Horror Fuel

Mon Mon Mon Monsters! Will Be Unleashed Next Month

RLJE Films has snagged select rights to Shudder’s horror-comedy Mon Mon Mon Monsters! and will unleash it on Blu-ray and DVD next month. In the film written and directed by Giddens Ko (You Are the Apple of My Eye), a group of classmates doing community service discover two flesh-eating creatures hiding in an old building. One of the creatures is able to escape, but they capture the other one, torturing her while trying to learn what she really is. It soon becomes clear that the first creature’s escape has dire consequences, as she hunts them down and stops at nothing to free her sister. This fun flick stars Eugenie Liu (“Behind Your Smile”), Pei-Hsin Lin, Carolyn Chen (Attention, Love!), Yu-Kai Deng (Tree in the River), and Kent Tsai (All Because of Love). Mon Mon Mon Monsters! claws its way onto Blu-ray and DVD on February 4, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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Gaming Horror ‘Sequence Break’ Playing On Shudder This Month

From writer-director Graham Skipper comes the gaming horror Sequence Break, on Shudder this January. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the film about a reclusive video arcade repair technician who has his reality fractured when a mysterious new arcade machine appears in his shop and a beautiful young woman enters his life, causing strange metaphysical forces, bizarre biochemical mutations, and a shocking self-realization. Chase Williamson, Fabianne Therese, Lyle Kanouse, Audrey Wasilewski, and Johnny Dinan star in the movie that’s a mix of body horror, Sci-fi, and insanity. The Cronenberg-esque film, a Shudder exclusive, premieres on VOD and Digital January 7, 2020, from RLJE.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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Supernatural Horror ‘The Assent’ Possesses A January Release Date

In theaters and On Demand this January, The Assent takes viewers on a supernatural journey as a man fights to save his son’s soul. Starring Robert Kazinsky (Pacific Rim, Warcraft, “True Blood”) and Peter Jason (Escape from LA, Mortal Kombat, Jurassic World), the film is from writer-director Pearry Teo (Cloud Atlas). In the film, “after spending three years in prison for the death of an 8-year-old during a failed exorcism, Father Lambert seeks redemption on a young widower, Joel Clarke, who believes his son has been marked by the Devil himself. Conjuring “deliverance” (unsanctioned exorcisms), Lambert convinces Joel that without his help, he will lose his son forever. It’s a race against time for the soul of a little boy that culminates with a shocking revelation that will leave you questioning how deep is the darkness is inside us all.” Florence Faivre, Caden Dragomer, Hannah Ward, Douglas Spain, and Tatum O’Neal round out the cast. The Assent opens in theaters

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 3, 2020
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‘Gretel & Hansel’ Journey Into The Woods In The New Trailer

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 in the new Gretel & Hansel trailer. From Osgood “Oz” Perkins, the director of The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Gretel & Hansel stars Sophia Lillis (It, HBO’s “Sharp Objects”), Sammy Leakey, Alice Krige (Star Trek, Netflix’s “The OA”), Jessica De Gouw (WGN’s “Underground,” The CW’s “Arrow”), and Charles Babalola (Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” The Legend of Tarzan). 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. Orion Pictures will unleash Gretel & Hansel in theaters on January 31, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020
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Naomi Watts Stars In The Dark Agoraphobic Horror ‘The Wolf Hour’ (Trailer)

The Ring Acadamy Award-nominated actress Naomi Watts returns to the horror genre in writer-director Alistair Banks Griffin‘s dark agoraphobic thriller The Wolf Hour. Watts stars as June, “a woman who was once a celebrated counter-culture figure now lives alone in her Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world during the notorious “Summer of Sam” in 1977. As she retreats further into isolation, an unseen tormentor begins exploiting her weaknesses.” Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen, Brennan Brown, Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Jeremy Bobb co-star. The Wolf Hour made its World Premiere at Sundance in 2019. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime check out the intense trailer from Universal Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘A Perfect Host’ Will Make You Think Twice About Using Airbnb Ever Again (Trailer)

As the prices of hotels continue to rise, Airbnb has becomes even more popular, but what happens when things go terribly wrong? Find out this February in director Chad Werner‘s horror-thriller A Perfect Host. In the film, “four friends rent an isolated lake house for a weekend getaway. While the dramas of the friends’ relationships unfold, they are continually interrupted by the home’s owner: a health-obsessed bodybuilder named Tad. Throughout the group’s short stay, Tad’s seemingly affable gestures take an eerie and sinister twist, turning their dream vacation into a nightmare. Mystery entangles this tale that questions the blind acceptance of modern-day practices.” Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in A Perfect Host which will make you think twice about ever using the rental service again. A Perfect Host releases February 4, 2020, on DVD and Digital, from Uncork’d Entertainment. . Kasey Givens, Emily Hiott, and Brady Burleson Johnson star in a Chad Werner film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 2, 2020
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