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Lupita Nyong’o Protects Her Class From Zombies In The ‘Little Monsters’ Trailer

Following her breakout role in Jordan Peele’s Us (review) Lupita Nyong’o stars as a schoolteacher in the horror-comedy Little Monsters, written and directed by Abe Forsythe (Down Under). The new trailer reveals the military gearing up to battle the undead and a field trip gone wrong. Nyong’o plays Miss Caroline, a teacher who fights to protect her students from a zombie outbreak during a field trip gone to hell. Miss Caroline teams up with Dave (Alexander England), a washed-up musician, and kids’ show host Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad) to defeat zombies while trying to keep her students unaware of the outbreak. Little Monsters, which premiered at Sundance will hit theaters in the U.K. and Ireland on November 15th. A U.S. release date has yet to be announced.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 1, 2019

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Ready Or Not’s Red Band Trailer Teases A Deadly Game Of Hide-And-Seek

A bride’s wedding night turns into a fight for her life in the new Red-Band trailer for the blood-soaked horror-comedy Ready or Not. Samara Weaving (Mayhem) stars as a young bride who marries into a rich, eccentric family. But there’s a catch, she must participate in a time-honored tradition which turns a game of hide-and-seek into a bloody, lethal game that finds everyone fighting for survival. Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, and Mark O’Brien also star in the film written by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy. Get ready to walk down the aisle, Ready or Not opens in theaters nationwide on August 23, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 17, 2019

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Saban Films Snags Horror Comedy ‘Come To Daddy’ Starring Elijah Wood

Saban Films has snagged the U.S. rights to producer Ant Timpson‘s Come to Daddy, his directorial debut which made its world premiere at Tribeca last month before heading to Cannes. Starring Elijah Wood, the horror-comedy centers on a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Stephen McHattie (Watchmen, Pontypool) also stars along with Wood and Martin Donavan (Ant-Man, “Big Little Lies”). Toby Harvard penned the script based on Timpson’s story. The film was produced by Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, Katie Holly for Blinder Films, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Emma Slade for Firefly Films, and Toby Harvard. Tango Entertainment financed the film which is a Canadian, New Zealand, and Irish co-production that also had support from the New Zealand Film Commission. A theatrical release date should be announced soon for Come to Daddy. Take a look at the clip titled “Impress Me” that features Wood’s character Norval having

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 19, 2019

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Horror Comedy ‘Shed Of The Dead’ Gets A Release Date

Let’s face it, it’s been a long week, but have no fear, we’ve got just the pick-me-up you need, the trailer and a clip for the horror comedy Shed of the Dead. Zombies, blood, gore, and comedy, what more could you want? How about three of horror’s biggest icons? Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise, Hatchet franchise), Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, Three from Hell), and Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes, The Devil’s Rejects) star in this Shaun of the Dead style flick. Hodder, Moseley, and Berryman star alongside Spencer Brown, Lauren Socha, and Ewen MacIntosh in this fun gore-filled film narrated by Brian Blessed. The film, directed by Drew Cullingham, follows Trevor, an unemployed nerd who spends his days avoiding his overbearing wife by hiding out in his shed and painting figurines for the wargame he shares with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and daydreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Trevor’s neighbor petitions

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 10, 2019

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‘Tucker And Dale’ Director Behind New Horror Comedy ‘Bride And Doom’

We reported last week that Eli Craig‘s Tucker and Dale vs Evil will fight evil again. While we wait for a new installment, news has come that Craig has just signed on to direct a new horror comedy, Bride and Doom. Josh Parkinson is co-writing the script with Craig. Craig, who also wrote and directed Netflix’s supernatural comedy Little Evil, has signed on to direct the wedding-themed horror flick from Argent Pictures and Mandalay Pictures. Being described as Cloverfield meets My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the movie centers on a young couple struggling to hold onto their relationship during the worst possible wedding day ever. I’m an unabashed fan of wedding movies, but I think we’re past the point of seeing everything work out in the end. Everything doesn’t always work out, and weddings are sometimes the worst day of people’s lives. So let’s make an honest wedding movie for a change — let’s make it a horror movie!” Eli

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 2, 2019

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Angela Bettis And Mick Foley Face A ’12 Hour Shift’ In New Horror Movie

Writer-director Brea Grant has begun filming 12 Hour Shift, produced by David Arquette. The horror film headlines Angela Bettis (May, The Woman) and former pro wrestler Mick Foley. Chloe Farnworth, Kit Williamson, Tara Perry, and Nikea Gamby-Turner also star in the horror-comedy follows a group of nurses stealing organs and selling them on the black market. Christina McLarty, Jordan Wayne Long and Matt Glass also serve as producers alongside Arquette.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 22, 2019

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Horror Comedy ‘Slaughterhouse Rulez’ Coming To Theaters, Digital, And DVD

Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…until their well-organized world is thrown into bloody chaos. In the highly-anticipated dark comedy Slaughterhouse Rulez, from director Crispin Mills, pupils and teachers become embroiled in a battle with a hoard of subterranean monsters, unleashed from a gaping frack site sinkhole, wreaking havoc on the school grounds. Michael Sheen (TV’s “Good Omens,” The Twilight Saga), Simon Pegg (the Mission Impossible and Star Trek franchises) and Nick Frost (Fighting With My Family, Shaun of the Dead) star in the film alongside Asa Butterfield (TV’s “Sex Education,” Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Finn Cole (TV’s“Peaky Blinders”) and Hermione Corfield (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies). Synopsis: Welcome to Slaughterhouse, an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness…and they’re about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations – literally – when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 18, 2019

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