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Movie Review: Cannibals And Christmas Lights – ‘Mercy Christmas’ Is A True Gift

When you think about the holiday season one of the first things that pop into your mind is the food and sitting around the table with your loved ones. Every family has its own traditions and many times that includes meals. That’s exactly what the holiday horror film Mercy Christmas is about, with a twist. The Robillard family has a unique way of celebrating the holiday. When Michael Brisket gets drafted to work on his boss Andy Robillard’s presentation during Christmas he thinks things couldn’t get any worse. He’s about to discover that he’s very wrong. Michael isn’t the most popular guy at work. When he throws a Christmas party he’s heartbroken when no one shows up, that is until his boss’ beautiful secretary Cindy arrives. After a night of games and eggnog, Cindy invites Michael home for the holidays. Thinking he’s hit the jackpot he agrees. At first, Cindy’s family seems great, but that changes when his boss walks

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 14, 2017

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Movie Review: Watch Over Us is a Demonic Flick You’ll Want to Possess

Watch Over Us opens with the thrill-a-minute action of a bald dude getting turned down for various jobs (he sucks at online dating too because I know you were wondering about that). As heart-stoppingly exciting as that is, we must move on…and we do, as our chrome-domed hero returns home (a dwelling that actually belongs to his invalid father) to eat dinner with his daughters…a dinner that is interrupted by otherworldly sounds and mini-tremors…an event we learn happens frequently. Anyway, the sinister shenanigans continue, but ol’ Daddy Nobucks refuses to move his ever freaked out girls the hell out in a shocking (and probably prosecutable given what’s to follow) case of bad parenting. Before long, the family calls in a priest to investigate the old barn on the property that appears to be the source of the disturbance and a family satanic secret is revealed! Watch Over Us is a real surprise of a fright flick. Utilizing minimalist effects, a

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DanXIII

Nov 2, 2017

Reviews

‘The Thing In The Apartment’ Is Terrifyingly Good (Watch)

Short horror films set out to squeeze the terror and suspense of a horror film into only a few minutes which is a difficult task. A few days ago I watched a short film titled The Thing in the Apartment, written and directed by John William Ross, that left me very impressed and we have it here to share with you. The film, starring Melia Renee as “Sam” and Carly Jones as “Lindsey”, follows a young a woman who suddenly sees a creature in her apartment and flees in terror. The monster, played by Ryan Allan Young, is so terrifying that it leaves her in shock. After calling her friend, the two return to her apartment where things go from bad to worse. The short, which premiered on Crypt TV, was extremely well executed and the actresses did an amazing job. Jones was very convincing when it came to being terrified. If I saw that thing in my room I’d

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 28, 2017

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‘Goodnight, Gracie’, A Chilling Wide-Awake Nightmare

Goodnight, Gracie, a new short film written and directed by Stellan Kendrick, is a creepy, beautifully filmed, horrific tale about faith, family, childhood fears, and things that go bump in the night. The cast and crew screening for Goodnight, Gracie, was held at Evidence Film Studios in Los Angeles, a fantastic venue that the film’s producers had taken full advantage of. Moody multi-colored lights everywhere, music pumping, specialty film-themed cocktails flowing, clips of various well known, and not so well known horror films clips played on the white cyclorama that took up the huge corner of the warehouse style space, and concept art and storyboards covered the walls like a bloody murderous East Village art show. There were about 100 people in attendance, dressed to the nines, laughing and buzzing around the space, taking photos with the movie props in front of the faux brick wall step-and-repeat with the ingenious self-taking photo set up. The air of excitement and relief

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Capt McNeely

Aug 17, 2017

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Yet Another TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE Reboot Gets a Release Date

I love The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There’s a good chance you love The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In fact, I’d guess it would be pretty hard to find a horror fan that doesn’t love, or at least respect, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Now all that being said, do we really need another reboot? Well the good folks over at Lionsgate apparently think so, because were getting reboot number four! As far as the poster goes I will say I hate the feeling of wet socks, although I’m still not sure a puddle and skinny shins were the right direction to take. The plot itself, set to follow a teenage Leatherface breaking out of an asylum and kidnapping a nurse, doesn’t excite me either. While part of me wonders a little if his masks ever get adolescent acne, mostly it’s just boring. After all, isn’t that what a hulking, cousin fucking cannibal in a skin mask needs; and in-depth examination of what

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Capt McNeely

May 13, 2017

Reviews

A Review Of The Outbreak Thriller ‘Viral’

From Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman comes ‘Viral‘, the outbreak thriller starring Analeigh Tipton, Sophia Black-D’Elia, Michael Kelly, Brianne Howey, Judyann Elder, John Cothran, Jay Hieron, and Machine Gun Kelly, with Jason Blum of Blumhouse producing. In the film, two teenaged sisters Emma (D’Elia) and Stacey (Tipton) live a normal life, until their small suburban neighborhood is stricken with a mysterious parasitic virus. As the disease rapidly spreads throughout the town, the two band together to barricade themselves in and away from the infection. But it may already be too late – when the virus enters their home, the sisters are forced with an impossible choice: protect each other, or survive the virus. To be honest, I didn’t have high hopes for ‘Viral’. Luckily, I was pleasantly surprised. The story was fresh and unique. The special effects were kept to a minimum and that was a fantastic choice. Too many films rely on heavy CGI to make the movie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 4, 2016

BooksReviews

Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre – Heart-pounding pulp horror!

Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre was a book I’d been wanting to read for quite a while. Richard has three books to his credit, the most notable of which to our readers here at Horror Fuel is Bad Neighborhood, the multi-author horror anthology I put together with the help of a Kickstarter campaign last year. With that said, going in I was only loosely familiar with the author’s work, and wasn’t quite sure of what to expect from something which promised to be “heart-pounding pulp horror”. In recent years, “pulp” has been a catch all term, and the book description didn’t give me much to go on. With that said, I know from personal experience reading and writing Richard’s work in the past that he’s an excellent writer, so I was optimistic despite the sparse description. After-all, the cover was creepy enough. Book Description: Newcastle 1988. Reporter Phil Sturgess is intrigued by an up and coming rock band. Their music

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Fox Emm

Aug 10, 2016

News

Ode to 80’s Horror: The Hellraiser Series

If you Google “80’s Horror”, one of the first movies that’s going to pop up is Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, along with it’s multiple (and extremely varying) sequels. Hellraiser is a Horror Film’s Horror Film. It’s a movie that any horror aficionado worth his or her salt knows and appreciates. Personally, it’s my favorite horror film (well- it’s really a three way tie between Hellraiser, Evil Dead 2, and Reanimator, but there’s time for that later.) so I couldn’t think of a better way to kick of this #Odeto80sHorror than by exploring Kirsty Cotton and her Cenobite counterparts. WHERE IT CAME FROM: The original 1987 Hellraiser film was an adapted from noted horror author Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart (it’s a quick read; I highly recommend it.) Barker would also direct the 1987 film. The screenplay adapts a romantic relationship into a father/daughter relationship, and our heroine, the young and scrappy Kirsty Cotton (played by a young Ashley Lawrence) ,

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Capt McNeely

Aug 2, 2016

News

They’re Watching – Should You? A Review

We first told you about Jay Lender and Micah Wright’s film They’re Watching back in March. The film has made it Netflix and I got a chance to watch it this weekend. They’re Watching follows a home improvement show as they travel to a remote Eastern European village. When the crew returns six months after a couple buys a fixer-upper to film an update, they discover that the town is a very strange place and the superstitious villagers seem to follow them where ever they go. After two of the crew accidentally interrupt and record a funeral things get even more tense. Not everything is as it seems. The film stars Mia Faith, Kris Lemche, David Alpay, Carrie Genzel, Dimitri Diatchenko, Christian Balint, and Alin Popa, among others. The film started out great. There was a real story there, but as the film continues problems arise. First, one of the main characters, Alex, turns annoying quick. Then when the show’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 1, 2016

News

A Review Of The Wave (2016)

Since the day I heard about the Norwegian disaster movie The Wave I have been eagerly awaiting to see it. Last night, I got my chance. Here are my thoughts on The Wave. Don’t worry, there are no major spoilers. The Wave is set in a small village with an amazing view of mountains and bay. Tourists who visit the community may not be aware that a danger is lurking, a landslide triggered a tsunami almost a century ago. Scientist have been watching, they know that at any time it could happen again. When their monitors start registering changes in the mountain they brush it off as a fluke. But one scientist, Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) can’t shake the feeling that a disaster is coming. On the day he and his family are set to leave, the unthinkable happens, and the town’s residents only have 10 minutes to flee. The Wave, written by John Kare Raake and Harald Rosenlow-Eeg, was directed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 5, 2016

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