Taghorror October 2017
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Terror Films is giving us a serious treat this Halloween. They have announced the release of three new films, Talon Falls, Dead Body, and The Follower. That’s better than a bucket of candy! From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (September 2017) – Halloween is approaching and Terror Films is serving up three new tasty indie titles in October for horror fans to gorge on. The first film screeching out of the jack-o-lantern is TALON FALLS, releasing on Friday, October 13th. In the film, a group of teenagers visit a Halloween Horror Theme Park that features gruesome exhibits with hosts that are dressed to the “horror nines.” The friends soon discover that the hyper-realistic staged scares they are witnessing are very real and being performed on innocent victims by a clan of murderous lunatics that inhabit the park. They must quickly figure a way out before they become the next live torture attraction. Written and directed by Joshua Shreve, TALON
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Everyone has played “Truth or Dare”. But for one group of friends, the once innocent game turns deadly in Truth or Dare from director Nick Simon (Girl in the Photographs), premiering on Syfy during their annual “31 Days of Halloween”. In the film, “eight college friends head to a “Haunted Rental” in a remote town for Halloween weekend. There, they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier, Truth or Dare. What starts out as vodka induced fun, quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they’re met with deadly consequences, quickly discovering: you must do the dare, or the dare does you. As the death toll mounts, the remaining players must race against the clock to outrun, outsmart and outlast the simple game of Truth or Dare.” Written by Thommy Hutson and Ethan Lawrence,
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Back in 2014, the found footage film Creep was released. It followed Josef, played by Mark Duplass, and the craigslist videographer he has hired for the day. Josef is back in the new trailer for Creep 2. Patrick Brice who was in the director’s chair again for the sequel that he co-wrote along with Mark Duplass. “Creep 2 stars Desiree Akhavan as Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men. After finding an ad online for “video work” she thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man (Duplass) claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him, but discovers she may have dug herself a hole from which she cannot escape.” Creep 2 will arrive on digital platforms on October 24, 2017,
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An ancient spirit comes home this October with the supernatural film The 13th Friday. And we have a brand new exclusive clip to share with you. In the film we witness a female refugee who discovers an ancient demonic device that opens the gateway to another realm, she unleashes a dark entity that poses as her daughter. After many failed attempts to have the church explain the creation of her worst nightmares, she learns that the house is cursed by an enraged spirit that died on Friday the 13th. And now a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly unleash its wrath and damn their souls. Lisa May, Khu, Melissa L. Vega, and Victoria Valdez star in The 13th Friday, written and directed by Justin Price (Alien: Reign of Man, Dark Moon Rising). The 13th Friday premieres on VOD on October 10, 2017, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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This October an ancient spirit will be unleashed in The 13th Friday, from writer-director Justin Prince (Alien: Reign of Man, Dark Moon Rising). Starring Lisa May, Khu, Melissa L. Vega, and Victoria Valdez, the movie centers on a female refugee who discovers an ancient demonic device that opens the gateway to another realm. After many failed attempts to have the church explain the creation of her worst nightmares, she learns that the house is cursed by an enraged spirit that died on Friday the 13th. The 13t Friday makes its VOD premiere on October 10, 2017, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Joston Theney’s 80’s throwback Axeman 2: Overkill has just unleashed a brand new trailer ahead of its October worldwide release and it’s a brutal bloodbath. LOS ANGELES (September 18, 20017) – Fans have been axxin‘ for him and now… HE’S BACK! From distributor #SinningWorks comes another vacation to dismember in the upcoming “AXEMAN 2: OVERKILL” – the highly anticipated second installment in the 80’s throwback slasher series featuring MTV “Teen Mom” Farrah Abraham, CBS “Big Brother” Rachel Reilly, “Baywatch” star Angelica Bridges and WWE/WCW star Bryan Clark. Today, #SinningWorks released the intense new trailer for the upcoming installment and it features the hallmark of old school 80’s slashers – axes, machetes, guns, and blood! Along with the trailer release comes word that the slasher flick is currently available for pre-order in a limited “Royally Fucked Edition” Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack via the Axeman fan page at Facebook.com/AxemanAtCuttersCreek and is also available for pre-order as a digital download via the
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The shiny new poster (above) for Chiller Films’ upcoming thriller Dementia 13, a retelling of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1963 movie by the same name, has been released. The film centers on a “vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family brimming with secrets that converge in one night of terror”. Directed by Richard LeMay (Blood Bound), and penned by Dan DeFilippo (The Invaders) and Justin Smith (The Boy), the film stars Julia Campanelli (Walking Away), Ana Isabelle (The Eye), Marianne Noscheze (Horror Time), Channing Pickett (Go to Hell), and Christian Ryan (Celebrity Ghost Stories). Dan DeFilippo produced with Justin Smith serving as executive producer. Dementia 13 opens in theaters on October 6, 2017, followed by its VOD and Digital HD release on October 10, 2017.
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From the Crypt
Miles Doleac’s (American Horror Story) supernatural thriller Demons has now wrapped and is aiming at an October theatrical release. A brand image from the film has arrived and we have it to share with you. Co-starring Wishmaster’s Andrew Divoff, and Smallville alum John Schneider, Demons tells of a celebrated fiction writer and former priest who, along with his wife, are tormented by the ghost of her late sister, as the details of her grisly death are slowly uncovered. Written by Doleac, whose previous film, the small-town murder mystery The Hollow, was released in theaters late last year, Demons is described as a “psychological thriller that marries elements of The Exorcist, The Shining and The Big Chill.” Initially, my decision to write a horror script was predicated on necessity: I had a synopsis for an “exorcism” script that Lindsay (my wife) and I had worked up together. Star-writer-director Doleac stated, “A major distributor had expressed interest. Said distributor wanted to see
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Trailers
Blumhouse, behind films like Get Out and Split, presents Happy Death Day from director Christopher Landon. The trailer is here and it has a serious Groundhog Day feel, but with a lot more death. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Jason Bayle, and Charles Aitken, the film was co-written by Landon and Scott Lobdell. In the film, a college student (Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she can discover her masked killer’s identity. It’s only fitting that Happy Death Day is set to be released on Friday the 13th this October from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
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Trailers
If you suffer from Coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) you’re going to have a rough year. There are several clown themed movies headed our way this year, including Stephen King’s IT, Clowntergeist, and Crepitus. Now, a new film is on our radar, Behind the Sightings. Last summer, a wave of creepy clown sightings throughout the country had some citizens so terrified they refused to leave their houses. Clowns stalked children and roamed the streets with painted faces and weapons in hand. Some clowns even attempted to lure children into the woods with promises of candy. Finally the clowns disappeared. Now, after nearly a year has passed, Behind the Sightings wants explore the phenomenon, promising to bring the nightmares back of creepy clowns hiding in the shadow. Tommy V Films has nabbed the rights to Behind the Sightings, part documentary and part found footage film and has announced an October release. Tony H. Cadwell was in the director’s chair for the
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More from horror October 2017
HalloweenHoliday Horror
Terror Films is giving us a serious treat this Halloween. They have announced the release of three new films, Talon Falls, Dead Body, and The Follower. That’s better than a bucket of candy! From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (September 2017) – Halloween is approaching and Terror Films is serving up three new tasty indie titles in October for horror fans to gorge on. The first film screeching out of the jack-o-lantern is TALON FALLS, releasing on Friday, October 13th. In the film, a group of teenagers visit a Halloween Horror Theme Park that features gruesome exhibits with hosts that are dressed to the “horror nines.” The friends soon discover that the hyper-realistic staged scares they are witnessing are very real and being performed on innocent victims by a clan of murderous lunatics that inhabit the park. They must quickly figure a way out before they become the next live torture attraction. Written and directed by Joshua Shreve, TALON
Continue reading →
Streaming TVTrailers
Everyone has played “Truth or Dare”. But for one group of friends, the once innocent game turns deadly in Truth or Dare from director Nick Simon (Girl in the Photographs), premiering on Syfy during their annual “31 Days of Halloween”. In the film, “eight college friends head to a “Haunted Rental” in a remote town for Halloween weekend. There, they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier, Truth or Dare. What starts out as vodka induced fun, quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they’re met with deadly consequences, quickly discovering: you must do the dare, or the dare does you. As the death toll mounts, the remaining players must race against the clock to outrun, outsmart and outlast the simple game of Truth or Dare.” Written by Thommy Hutson and Ethan Lawrence,
Continue reading →
Trailers
Back in 2014, the found footage film Creep was released. It followed Josef, played by Mark Duplass, and the craigslist videographer he has hired for the day. Josef is back in the new trailer for Creep 2. Patrick Brice who was in the director’s chair again for the sequel that he co-wrote along with Mark Duplass. “Creep 2 stars Desiree Akhavan as Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men. After finding an ad online for “video work” she thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man (Duplass) claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him, but discovers she may have dug herself a hole from which she cannot escape.” Creep 2 will arrive on digital platforms on October 24, 2017,
Continue reading →
ClipsTrailers
An ancient spirit comes home this October with the supernatural film The 13th Friday. And we have a brand new exclusive clip to share with you. In the film we witness a female refugee who discovers an ancient demonic device that opens the gateway to another realm, she unleashes a dark entity that poses as her daughter. After many failed attempts to have the church explain the creation of her worst nightmares, she learns that the house is cursed by an enraged spirit that died on Friday the 13th. And now a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly unleash its wrath and damn their souls. Lisa May, Khu, Melissa L. Vega, and Victoria Valdez star in The 13th Friday, written and directed by Justin Price (Alien: Reign of Man, Dark Moon Rising). The 13th Friday premieres on VOD on October 10, 2017, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
Trailers
This October an ancient spirit will be unleashed in The 13th Friday, from writer-director Justin Prince (Alien: Reign of Man, Dark Moon Rising). Starring Lisa May, Khu, Melissa L. Vega, and Victoria Valdez, the movie centers on a female refugee who discovers an ancient demonic device that opens the gateway to another realm. After many failed attempts to have the church explain the creation of her worst nightmares, she learns that the house is cursed by an enraged spirit that died on Friday the 13th. The 13t Friday makes its VOD premiere on October 10, 2017, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
Trailers
Joston Theney’s 80’s throwback Axeman 2: Overkill has just unleashed a brand new trailer ahead of its October worldwide release and it’s a brutal bloodbath. LOS ANGELES (September 18, 20017) – Fans have been axxin‘ for him and now… HE’S BACK! From distributor #SinningWorks comes another vacation to dismember in the upcoming “AXEMAN 2: OVERKILL” – the highly anticipated second installment in the 80’s throwback slasher series featuring MTV “Teen Mom” Farrah Abraham, CBS “Big Brother” Rachel Reilly, “Baywatch” star Angelica Bridges and WWE/WCW star Bryan Clark. Today, #SinningWorks released the intense new trailer for the upcoming installment and it features the hallmark of old school 80’s slashers – axes, machetes, guns, and blood! Along with the trailer release comes word that the slasher flick is currently available for pre-order in a limited “Royally Fucked Edition” Blu-ray / DVD Combo Pack via the Axeman fan page at Facebook.com/AxemanAtCuttersCreek and is also available for pre-order as a digital download via the
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
The shiny new poster (above) for Chiller Films’ upcoming thriller Dementia 13, a retelling of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1963 movie by the same name, has been released. The film centers on a “vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family brimming with secrets that converge in one night of terror”. Directed by Richard LeMay (Blood Bound), and penned by Dan DeFilippo (The Invaders) and Justin Smith (The Boy), the film stars Julia Campanelli (Walking Away), Ana Isabelle (The Eye), Marianne Noscheze (Horror Time), Channing Pickett (Go to Hell), and Christian Ryan (Celebrity Ghost Stories). Dan DeFilippo produced with Justin Smith serving as executive producer. Dementia 13 opens in theaters on October 6, 2017, followed by its VOD and Digital HD release on October 10, 2017.
Continue reading →
From the Crypt
Miles Doleac’s (American Horror Story) supernatural thriller Demons has now wrapped and is aiming at an October theatrical release. A brand image from the film has arrived and we have it to share with you. Co-starring Wishmaster’s Andrew Divoff, and Smallville alum John Schneider, Demons tells of a celebrated fiction writer and former priest who, along with his wife, are tormented by the ghost of her late sister, as the details of her grisly death are slowly uncovered. Written by Doleac, whose previous film, the small-town murder mystery The Hollow, was released in theaters late last year, Demons is described as a “psychological thriller that marries elements of The Exorcist, The Shining and The Big Chill.” Initially, my decision to write a horror script was predicated on necessity: I had a synopsis for an “exorcism” script that Lindsay (my wife) and I had worked up together. Star-writer-director Doleac stated, “A major distributor had expressed interest. Said distributor wanted to see
Continue reading →
Trailers
Blumhouse, behind films like Get Out and Split, presents Happy Death Day from director Christopher Landon. The trailer is here and it has a serious Groundhog Day feel, but with a lot more death. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Jason Bayle, and Charles Aitken, the film was co-written by Landon and Scott Lobdell. In the film, a college student (Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she can discover her masked killer’s identity. It’s only fitting that Happy Death Day is set to be released on Friday the 13th this October from Blumhouse and Universal Pictures.
Continue reading →
Trailers
If you suffer from Coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) you’re going to have a rough year. There are several clown themed movies headed our way this year, including Stephen King’s IT, Clowntergeist, and Crepitus. Now, a new film is on our radar, Behind the Sightings. Last summer, a wave of creepy clown sightings throughout the country had some citizens so terrified they refused to leave their houses. Clowns stalked children and roamed the streets with painted faces and weapons in hand. Some clowns even attempted to lure children into the woods with promises of candy. Finally the clowns disappeared. Now, after nearly a year has passed, Behind the Sightings wants explore the phenomenon, promising to bring the nightmares back of creepy clowns hiding in the shadow. Tommy V Films has nabbed the rights to Behind the Sightings, part documentary and part found footage film and has announced an October release. Tony H. Cadwell was in the director’s chair for the
Continue reading →
