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DVD Review: The Siren (2019)

Pious mute Tom (Evan Dumouchel) goes on a sabbatical to one of those remote lake houses that are all the rage with kids ages 18 to 54. Seems all well and good, but the location is an odd choice for our hero seeing as he had a water related tragedy as a youth that resulted in his current malady. Once he makes the scene he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews), whose husband drowned in the local lake… as have many. Al thinks there’s a mystery afoot… a mystery perhaps related to a woman named Nina (Margaret Ying Drake) who often swims to the cabin and chats with tom who has become all cat with a shiny object with the lass, who as fate and this movie would have it may be more than she seems. So what makes The Siren worth your time? Let’s start with the performances of Dumouchel, Drake, and Andrews. Dumouchel is absolutely amazing to watch in a

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DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
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Fantasy Horror ‘The Siren’ Swims Onto Digital And DVD This January

This January, writer-director Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) is unleashing his fantasy-filled, seductive supernatural horror film The Siren, landing on Digital and DVD. The Siren is a tale about two cursed star-crossed lovers. Tom (Evan Dumouchel, Stephen King‘s Doctor Sleep) is a mute man from a sheltered, religious background who is haunted by the childhood accident that cost him his voice. While on a retreat at a lake house, he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews, A Ghost Waits, Doctor Sleep), whose husband drowned in the lake-one of many mysterious deaths there. The area is marked by a local legend of a lovelorn spirit who haunts the surrounding woods and drowns anyone she encounters. The legend proves all too real when Tom encounters the beautiful creature. Drawn to her immediately, Tom knows he has found his soulmate in the seemingly human Nina (Margaret Ying Drake, They Look Like People, 59 Seconds), who must battle to repress her demonic instincts when she

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2020
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Fantasy Horror ‘KOKO-DI KOKO-DA’ Coming This November

Dark Star Pictures has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA and plan to release the film in theaters this November. Critically acclaimed fantasy horror film KOKO-DI KOKO-DA comes from writer-director Johannes Nyholm, who helmed genre festival hit The Giant. Elin (Katarina Jakobson) and Tobias (Leif Edlund) are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
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Enter ‘The Veil’ This August From Vertical Entertainement

Vertical Entertainment has now announced the August release date for The Veil from director Brent Ryan Green. Written by Jeff Goldberg and starring William Levy (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) and William Moseley (Chronicles of Narnia franchise), is an action-filled adventure into a world filled with war and vengeance. Set in a war-torn land where tribal factions live in fear of annihilation, The Veil tells the story of a deadly warrior (William Levy) leading a destructive war campaign. When he is betrayed by his own and left for dead, he is healed by a mysterious princess and taken in by a hidden tribe that believes he was chosen to wage a final battle. Serinda Swan (Marvel’s Inhumans), Nick E. Tarabay (Arrow), Billy Blair (Machete Kills) and Romanian Olympic gold medallist Nadia Comaneci co-star in The Veil, described as a “refreshing fantasy film that eschews digital effects for real vistas”. The Veil will be released on August 11, 2017 via Vertical

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 4, 2017
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A Look At Romain Casset’s Artistic Horror Film ‘Horsehead’

In this artistic horror film Jessica, played by Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, returns home for her grandmother’s funeral, she is plagued by intense nightmares of a creature with a horse’s head. As Jessica navigates through the nightmares she begins to uncover sinister secretes. ‘Horsehead’ stars ‘City of the Living Dead’ actress Catriona MacColl, Murray Head (Heartbeat), Gala Besson (Me, Myself and Mum) and ‘Indian Jones and the Last Crusade’s Vernon Dobtcheff. This acclaimed horror-fantasy, directed and co-written by Romain Basset, will be released on DVD on June 23, 2015. Be sure to watch DVD’s special features, it includes four short films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2015
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The Horror-Fantasy Film ‘Forbidden Empire’ Out May 22nd

In ‘Forbidden Empire’ Jonathan Green, an 18th century English Cartographer, sets out to chart the unknown lands of Transylvania. When he arrives, he discovers dangerous creatures lurking in a cursed Ukrainian town, deep within a dark forest. Oleg Stepchenko directs this fantastic, fun trip into the darkness, which was written by Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Karpov. Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) stars as Dzhonatan Grin, the main character of this horror-fantasy film. The cast of ‘Forbidden Empire’ also includes Andrey Smolyakov (Stalingrad), Aleksey Chadov (Stalingrad), Agnia Ditkovskite (Zhara) and Igor Jijikine (The Tourist). The cinematography looks rich and the effects impressive. This is going to the top of my must see list. ‘Forbidden Empire’ will be released on May 22, 2015.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2015

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DVD Review: The Siren (2019)

Pious mute Tom (Evan Dumouchel) goes on a sabbatical to one of those remote lake houses that are all the rage with kids ages 18 to 54. Seems all well and good, but the location is an odd choice for our hero seeing as he had a water related tragedy as a youth that resulted in his current malady. Once he makes the scene he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews), whose husband drowned in the local lake… as have many. Al thinks there’s a mystery afoot… a mystery perhaps related to a woman named Nina (Margaret Ying Drake) who often swims to the cabin and chats with tom who has become all cat with a shiny object with the lass, who as fate and this movie would have it may be more than she seems. So what makes The Siren worth your time? Let’s start with the performances of Dumouchel, Drake, and Andrews. Dumouchel is absolutely amazing to watch in a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
Horror Fuel

Fantasy Horror ‘The Siren’ Swims Onto Digital And DVD This January

This January, writer-director Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) is unleashing his fantasy-filled, seductive supernatural horror film The Siren, landing on Digital and DVD. The Siren is a tale about two cursed star-crossed lovers. Tom (Evan Dumouchel, Stephen King‘s Doctor Sleep) is a mute man from a sheltered, religious background who is haunted by the childhood accident that cost him his voice. While on a retreat at a lake house, he meets Al (MacLeod Andrews, A Ghost Waits, Doctor Sleep), whose husband drowned in the lake-one of many mysterious deaths there. The area is marked by a local legend of a lovelorn spirit who haunts the surrounding woods and drowns anyone she encounters. The legend proves all too real when Tom encounters the beautiful creature. Drawn to her immediately, Tom knows he has found his soulmate in the seemingly human Nina (Margaret Ying Drake, They Look Like People, 59 Seconds), who must battle to repress her demonic instincts when she

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2020
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Fantasy Horror ‘KOKO-DI KOKO-DA’ Coming This November

Dark Star Pictures has announced that it has acquired North American rights to Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA and plan to release the film in theaters this November. Critically acclaimed fantasy horror film KOKO-DI KOKO-DA comes from writer-director Johannes Nyholm, who helmed genre festival hit The Giant. Elin (Katarina Jakobson) and Tobias (Leif Edlund) are a happily married couple who regularly vacation with their young daughter. The family is on a dreamy holiday when an innocuous case of food poisoning derails their plans and forever alters the course of their lives. Three years later, the once loving couple is on the road again to go camping, looking for one last chance to go back to the way things used to be. But what once was is lost, and our characters instead find themselves having to relive the same nightmarish events, as that day and the horrors it brings repeat themselves infinitely. Together, they must overcome their trauma, reconcile with their past

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2019
Horror Fuel

Enter ‘The Veil’ This August From Vertical Entertainement

Vertical Entertainment has now announced the August release date for The Veil from director Brent Ryan Green. Written by Jeff Goldberg and starring William Levy (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter) and William Moseley (Chronicles of Narnia franchise), is an action-filled adventure into a world filled with war and vengeance. Set in a war-torn land where tribal factions live in fear of annihilation, The Veil tells the story of a deadly warrior (William Levy) leading a destructive war campaign. When he is betrayed by his own and left for dead, he is healed by a mysterious princess and taken in by a hidden tribe that believes he was chosen to wage a final battle. Serinda Swan (Marvel’s Inhumans), Nick E. Tarabay (Arrow), Billy Blair (Machete Kills) and Romanian Olympic gold medallist Nadia Comaneci co-star in The Veil, described as a “refreshing fantasy film that eschews digital effects for real vistas”. The Veil will be released on August 11, 2017 via Vertical

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 4, 2017
Horror Fuel

A Look At Romain Casset’s Artistic Horror Film ‘Horsehead’

In this artistic horror film Jessica, played by Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux, returns home for her grandmother’s funeral, she is plagued by intense nightmares of a creature with a horse’s head. As Jessica navigates through the nightmares she begins to uncover sinister secretes. ‘Horsehead’ stars ‘City of the Living Dead’ actress Catriona MacColl, Murray Head (Heartbeat), Gala Besson (Me, Myself and Mum) and ‘Indian Jones and the Last Crusade’s Vernon Dobtcheff. This acclaimed horror-fantasy, directed and co-written by Romain Basset, will be released on DVD on June 23, 2015. Be sure to watch DVD’s special features, it includes four short films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 26, 2015
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The Horror-Fantasy Film ‘Forbidden Empire’ Out May 22nd

In ‘Forbidden Empire’ Jonathan Green, an 18th century English Cartographer, sets out to chart the unknown lands of Transylvania. When he arrives, he discovers dangerous creatures lurking in a cursed Ukrainian town, deep within a dark forest. Oleg Stepchenko directs this fantastic, fun trip into the darkness, which was written by Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Karpov. Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) stars as Dzhonatan Grin, the main character of this horror-fantasy film. The cast of ‘Forbidden Empire’ also includes Andrey Smolyakov (Stalingrad), Aleksey Chadov (Stalingrad), Agnia Ditkovskite (Zhara) and Igor Jijikine (The Tourist). The cinematography looks rich and the effects impressive. This is going to the top of my must see list. ‘Forbidden Empire’ will be released on May 22, 2015.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2015