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ALIENATE Trailer Drops Down to Earth

Facing the end of your marriage might seem like a tough time, but there’s no way it can compare to the end of the world. Alas, our unlucky protagonist David must deal with both in the newly released trailer for Alienate, after an extraterestial invasion leaves phone lines dead and airplanes falling out of the sky. Starring Blake Webb, Tatum Langton, and Jaclyn Hales, if it’s trailer is to go by, Alienate is going to be a very dusty, and terrifying, look at aliens visiting Earth and trying to clean the joint out. Other than a very alien esque throat growl, we don’t actually see the invaders in this first trailer, just the ample destruction they leave in their wake. Soldiers thrown like G. I. Joe action figures, fields of corpses, allusions to poisoned water, and a myriad of other factors add up to some intimidating, if still completely unseen, monsters. Looks like we’ll just have to wait for the

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Capt McNeely
Apr 16, 2017
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GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE Showcases Suburban Carnage in First Trailer

Garden Parties are often un-fun affairs; badly cooked hotdogs, shitty conversation with strangers, and warm beer served in plastic cups normally add up to a good time. But at the very least, your average get together doesn’t involve a homicidal bald man with a pickaxe. From director Gregory Blair, Garden Party Massacre’s first trailer makes the film seem like it’s going to be a seriously meta (and seriously funny) little horror comedy. Some of the trailers best moments; “Wes and I are vegetarians.” “You don’t eat meat?” “Well I wouldn’t say that.” “Where did he get a pickaxe in suburbia?” “I was married once, but he died.” “Suicide?” And of course there’s that badass theme song that plays at the end. Does Garden Party Massacre look like a masterpiece? Maybe not. Does it look like a hell of a lot of low budget, cheesy fun? Absolutely. I know I’m going to give it a watch just to listen to the

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Capt McNeely
Apr 15, 2017
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TALL MEN Review

Tall Men has something of an interesting history behind it; originally released in 2004 as Customer 152, the 13 year old film is being given fresh legs with a new title, a new distributer, and a release on Netflix in May. It’s a shame thin, given the films journey to the silver screen, that it isn’t any better. A phycological horror featuring evil debt collectors and faceless men in suits almost a decade before Slenderman hit the scene, Tall Men has a lot of good elements, but a lack of cohesion ultimately stops the film from rising beyond the sum of its parts. Terrence Mackleby isn’t very good with money, to the tune of seven maxed out credit cards, $80,000 in debt, and a declaration of bankruptcy. However when he gets a mysterious credit card in the mail, with only four percent interest, old habits prove to die hard. It’s not long before Terrence finds owing a lot of money

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Capt McNeely
Apr 12, 2017
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Creepy New Trailer for VALLEY OF DITCHES Drops

It’s said that everything’s bigger in Texas, but the stripped down new trailer for Valley of Ditches manages to deliver the horror with nothing but two great actors and a dusty mountain top. Starring Amanda Todisco as a woman left to die in an open grave and Russel Bradley Fenton as the man who left her there, Valley of the Ditches looks to be an interesting take on a tale as old as cinema. I’m always a sucker for a good dramatic dialogue, and Fenton’s discussion in the trailer of murdering his brother (and why it felt so right) is enough to give the sturdiest of spines a chill. Director Christopher James Lang, a well known producer behind several of your favorite true crime and paranormal tv shows, might just be delivering his magnum opus. And for everyone that hates the desert as much as I do, this just might be the scariest indie film released this year. Valley of

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Capt McNeely
Apr 4, 2017
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The Cat In The Hat Somehow Makes The IT Trailer Even Creepier

The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that….child murder that is! Taking a cue from the already vaguely horrifying 2003 film, famous internet mashup artist But Without has made a trailer combo for the ages, taking the recently released IT trailer and replacing all the horrifying Pennywise scenes with the somehow even more horrifying Mike Myer’s dressed as The Cat in the Hat. As both a huge IT fan (I read the book twice before I turned 13) and someone who actually really enjoys 2003’s Cat in the Hat (looking at it as a dark comedy designed to slowly drive Alec Baldwin mad makes it a lot funnier), this was the hardest I’ve found myself laughing in a long while. Truth be told, given the choice between being locked in a basement with a dancing clown or a 8 foot tall bipedal cat wielding a rusty hoe, I think I’d choose the clown.

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Capt McNeely
Apr 3, 2017
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Filming Wraps for “Pacific Rim: Uprising”

Universal might have teased Horror fans more than a HighSchool student at his senior prom, with their promises of a Pacific Rim sequel, but now it looks like kaigu lovers everywhere have their prayers answered, with filming wrapped on Pacific Rim: Uprising, as stated by star John Boyega on his Twitter. This sequel to 2013’s smash hit might not have Del Toro, or anyone but Charlie Day from the original cast returning, but with plenty of giant robots and a brand new breed of kaigu looking to battle it out, Pacific Rim: Uprising looks to be a rip roaring good time when it hits theaters February of 2018.

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Capt McNeely
Mar 29, 2017
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Movie Review: THE BELKO EXPERIMENT is a Battle Royale of Staplers

Eighty Office Drones with bombs in their heads, a kitchen filled with knives, a locker full of firearms, and a mysterious voice in the ceiling commentating on a game of death; what else could a horror fan ask for? With The Belko Experiment, writer and producer James Gunn harkens back to his Troma roots, delivering an over the top ode to carnage, nihilism, and primal savage. While the film’s message might muddled under an ocean of gore, and whatever insight it had to offer blown away like a Belko Employee’s cranium, Experiment offers what’s likely to be the most bloody fun time you’ve had in awhile; that is if your soul (and your stomach) can handle it. Belko’s premise is simple, with similarities that can be traced all the way back to Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. 80 employees of the Belko Corporation, each with a bomb stuck in their head, are locked in their building and given two options; kill

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Capt McNeely
Mar 24, 2017
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The Highest Grossing Horror Movies And Franchises To Date

In the past few years horror has moved from the shadows into main stream media (it’s about time). Movie sales, box office profits and low production costs, compared to other categories, have quickly made horror one of the most profitable genres out there. Have you ever wondered which horror movies made a huge killing ? Here are the top 10 highest grossing horror flicks to date. 10. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Director: Henry Joost Stars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown Budget: $5 Million – Gross: $104 Million 9. Interview With the Vampire (1994) Director: Neil Jordon Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise Budget: $60 Million – Gross: $105 Million 8. Paranormal Activity (2007) Director: Oren Peli Stars: Kate Featherston, Micah Sloat Budget: $15,000 – Gross: $108 Million 7. The Grudge (2004) Director: Takashi Shimizu Stars: Sarah Michelle Geller, Bill Pullman Budget: $10 million – Gross: $110 Million 6. The Ring (2002) Director: Gore Verbinski Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson Budget: $48

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2015
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“Women in Horror Spotlight” Lou Simon

Today’s Women in Horror Month Spotlight goes to horror writer, director, and producer Lou Simon. She is described as being a “triple threat” in the indie film community, and has written/produced/directed several feature films. (Oh, and did we mention her production company?) She has three completed films under her belt (The Awakened, HazMat, & Agoraphobia) and has two more on the horizon (All Girls Weekend which is in pre-production and Blackout which has been announced.) – so all eyes should be on this up and comer in the horror genre. With a current average of 1 film released per year, she’s sure to be a familiar name to you, soon. (If she isn’t, already.)

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Fox Emm
Feb 22, 2015

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ALIENATE Trailer Drops Down to Earth

Facing the end of your marriage might seem like a tough time, but there’s no way it can compare to the end of the world. Alas, our unlucky protagonist David must deal with both in the newly released trailer for Alienate, after an extraterestial invasion leaves phone lines dead and airplanes falling out of the sky. Starring Blake Webb, Tatum Langton, and Jaclyn Hales, if it’s trailer is to go by, Alienate is going to be a very dusty, and terrifying, look at aliens visiting Earth and trying to clean the joint out. Other than a very alien esque throat growl, we don’t actually see the invaders in this first trailer, just the ample destruction they leave in their wake. Soldiers thrown like G. I. Joe action figures, fields of corpses, allusions to poisoned water, and a myriad of other factors add up to some intimidating, if still completely unseen, monsters. Looks like we’ll just have to wait for the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 16, 2017
Horror Fuel

GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE Showcases Suburban Carnage in First Trailer

Garden Parties are often un-fun affairs; badly cooked hotdogs, shitty conversation with strangers, and warm beer served in plastic cups normally add up to a good time. But at the very least, your average get together doesn’t involve a homicidal bald man with a pickaxe. From director Gregory Blair, Garden Party Massacre’s first trailer makes the film seem like it’s going to be a seriously meta (and seriously funny) little horror comedy. Some of the trailers best moments; “Wes and I are vegetarians.” “You don’t eat meat?” “Well I wouldn’t say that.” “Where did he get a pickaxe in suburbia?” “I was married once, but he died.” “Suicide?” And of course there’s that badass theme song that plays at the end. Does Garden Party Massacre look like a masterpiece? Maybe not. Does it look like a hell of a lot of low budget, cheesy fun? Absolutely. I know I’m going to give it a watch just to listen to the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 15, 2017
Horror Fuel

TALL MEN Review

Tall Men has something of an interesting history behind it; originally released in 2004 as Customer 152, the 13 year old film is being given fresh legs with a new title, a new distributer, and a release on Netflix in May. It’s a shame thin, given the films journey to the silver screen, that it isn’t any better. A phycological horror featuring evil debt collectors and faceless men in suits almost a decade before Slenderman hit the scene, Tall Men has a lot of good elements, but a lack of cohesion ultimately stops the film from rising beyond the sum of its parts. Terrence Mackleby isn’t very good with money, to the tune of seven maxed out credit cards, $80,000 in debt, and a declaration of bankruptcy. However when he gets a mysterious credit card in the mail, with only four percent interest, old habits prove to die hard. It’s not long before Terrence finds owing a lot of money

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 12, 2017
Horror Fuel

Creepy New Trailer for VALLEY OF DITCHES Drops

It’s said that everything’s bigger in Texas, but the stripped down new trailer for Valley of Ditches manages to deliver the horror with nothing but two great actors and a dusty mountain top. Starring Amanda Todisco as a woman left to die in an open grave and Russel Bradley Fenton as the man who left her there, Valley of the Ditches looks to be an interesting take on a tale as old as cinema. I’m always a sucker for a good dramatic dialogue, and Fenton’s discussion in the trailer of murdering his brother (and why it felt so right) is enough to give the sturdiest of spines a chill. Director Christopher James Lang, a well known producer behind several of your favorite true crime and paranormal tv shows, might just be delivering his magnum opus. And for everyone that hates the desert as much as I do, this just might be the scariest indie film released this year. Valley of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 4, 2017
Horror Fuel

The Cat In The Hat Somehow Makes The IT Trailer Even Creepier

The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that….child murder that is! Taking a cue from the already vaguely horrifying 2003 film, famous internet mashup artist But Without has made a trailer combo for the ages, taking the recently released IT trailer and replacing all the horrifying Pennywise scenes with the somehow even more horrifying Mike Myer’s dressed as The Cat in the Hat. As both a huge IT fan (I read the book twice before I turned 13) and someone who actually really enjoys 2003’s Cat in the Hat (looking at it as a dark comedy designed to slowly drive Alec Baldwin mad makes it a lot funnier), this was the hardest I’ve found myself laughing in a long while. Truth be told, given the choice between being locked in a basement with a dancing clown or a 8 foot tall bipedal cat wielding a rusty hoe, I think I’d choose the clown.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 3, 2017
Horror Fuel

Filming Wraps for “Pacific Rim: Uprising”

Universal might have teased Horror fans more than a HighSchool student at his senior prom, with their promises of a Pacific Rim sequel, but now it looks like kaigu lovers everywhere have their prayers answered, with filming wrapped on Pacific Rim: Uprising, as stated by star John Boyega on his Twitter. This sequel to 2013’s smash hit might not have Del Toro, or anyone but Charlie Day from the original cast returning, but with plenty of giant robots and a brand new breed of kaigu looking to battle it out, Pacific Rim: Uprising looks to be a rip roaring good time when it hits theaters February of 2018.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 29, 2017
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: THE BELKO EXPERIMENT is a Battle Royale of Staplers

Eighty Office Drones with bombs in their heads, a kitchen filled with knives, a locker full of firearms, and a mysterious voice in the ceiling commentating on a game of death; what else could a horror fan ask for? With The Belko Experiment, writer and producer James Gunn harkens back to his Troma roots, delivering an over the top ode to carnage, nihilism, and primal savage. While the film’s message might muddled under an ocean of gore, and whatever insight it had to offer blown away like a Belko Employee’s cranium, Experiment offers what’s likely to be the most bloody fun time you’ve had in awhile; that is if your soul (and your stomach) can handle it. Belko’s premise is simple, with similarities that can be traced all the way back to Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery. 80 employees of the Belko Corporation, each with a bomb stuck in their head, are locked in their building and given two options; kill

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 24, 2017
Horror Fuel

The Highest Grossing Horror Movies And Franchises To Date

In the past few years horror has moved from the shadows into main stream media (it’s about time). Movie sales, box office profits and low production costs, compared to other categories, have quickly made horror one of the most profitable genres out there. Have you ever wondered which horror movies made a huge killing ? Here are the top 10 highest grossing horror flicks to date. 10. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) Director: Henry Joost Stars: Chloe Csengery, Jessica Tyler Brown Budget: $5 Million – Gross: $104 Million 9. Interview With the Vampire (1994) Director: Neil Jordon Stars: Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise Budget: $60 Million – Gross: $105 Million 8. Paranormal Activity (2007) Director: Oren Peli Stars: Kate Featherston, Micah Sloat Budget: $15,000 – Gross: $108 Million 7. The Grudge (2004) Director: Takashi Shimizu Stars: Sarah Michelle Geller, Bill Pullman Budget: $10 million – Gross: $110 Million 6. The Ring (2002) Director: Gore Verbinski Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson Budget: $48

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2015
Horror Fuel

“Women in Horror Spotlight” Lou Simon

Today’s Women in Horror Month Spotlight goes to horror writer, director, and producer Lou Simon. She is described as being a “triple threat” in the indie film community, and has written/produced/directed several feature films. (Oh, and did we mention her production company?) She has three completed films under her belt (The Awakened, HazMat, & Agoraphobia) and has two more on the horizon (All Girls Weekend which is in pre-production and Blackout which has been announced.) – so all eyes should be on this up and comer in the horror genre. With a current average of 1 film released per year, she’s sure to be a familiar name to you, soon. (If she isn’t, already.)

Continue reading →
Fox Emm
Feb 22, 2015