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Darren Aronofsky & Jared Leto Reteam For Film From ‘Ring’ Writer

Before The Ring movie franchise was made the frightening tale was born in Koji Suzuki‘s novel. Now, another film adaptation of Suzuki’s is headed our way from 2000’s Requiem for a Dream and The wrestler director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky is reteaming with Requiem for a Dream star Jared Leto for Adrift, the adaptation of Suzuki’s short story. The story “is set in the dead calm of the open sea, where a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why the rest of his more experienced crew members call it a Ghost Ship.” Deadline reports. Luke Dawson is writing the script along with Aranosky for the film that will be produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Leto can also be seen in the upcoming MCU’s vampire horror Morbius which has been hit with several delays, with the most recent release

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Suspiria’ Director And Writer Reunite For ‘Bones & All’

Suspiria director Luca Guadagino is reuniting with screenwriter David Kajganich for Bones & All, described as a “horror love story.” Deadline is reporting that Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) is now in talks to play the lead role in the film, but he’s not the only star currently in negotiations for the film, Escape Room actor Tayloe Russell is also in talks to star in a key role. Guadagnino and Chalamet previously worked together on the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Wrong Turn’ Is Coming To Blu-Ray And DVD

Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) also star in the film. The original movie’s writer Alan B. McElroy returned to write the script

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Cloverfield’ Is Finally Getting A Direct Sequel

Back in 2008, there were discussions of a possible new direct sequel to Matt Reeve‘s highly acclaimed monster movie Cloverfield, which spawned 10 Cloverfield Land and The Cloverfield Paradox which both went in new directions. A proper sequel to Cloverfield never materialized, until now. Paramount and Bad Robot have now hired Joe Baron, the showrunner for HBO’s “The Batman”, to pen the script for the direct sequel which will be see J.J Abrams return as a producer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the true sequel has now entered development. One thing will be different from the original though, it will not be found-footage. While details are still slim we also know that the original movie’s director Matt Reeves will not be involved. In the original 2008 movie, a group of friends venture into the streets of New York after a party on a rescue mission as the city is attacked by a giant monster. Here’s a look back at the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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Sisters Fight To Uncover The Truth In ‘Silence & Darkness’

Writer-director Barak Barkan makes his feature film debut with the dark thriller Silence & Darkness. Following the death of their mother, blind and deaf sisters Anna (Mina Walker) and Beth (Joan Glackin) live happily in a secluded small town with Father (Jordan Lage). However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to question Father’s medical diagnoses and start to realize his intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined. Shot in the haunting ephemeral landscapes of Vermont, Silence & Darkness crafts a harrowing, and eerie portrait of two sisters forced to adapt and use every skill they have to uncover their family’s dark truth. I sought to create tension between the viewer and the film, both through Anna and Beth’s interactions and Father’s backstory,” says writer-director Barak Barkan. “My goal is that while viewing the film, the audience will inhabit a constant state of curious unease—desperate to find out what led to the circumstances of this family’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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New Uncut Version Of ‘No Reason’ Being Released

Today, Unearthed Films announced it is releasing a new version of German director Olaf Ittenbach’s 2010 gorefest No Reason, uncut and off a new scan of the master, and with new features and bonus material. “NO REASON has never looked better,” said Stephen Biro, President and Founder, Unearthed Films. In the film, engulfed by anguish, and trapped inside an allegory of torment and carnage, Jennifer’s (Irene Holzfurtner) soul seeks the path of awareness and enlightenment. A harrowing journey into the pits of Hell where one woman’s quest for redemption in the afterlife is tested to the most extreme limits. Unearthed Films describes Olaf Ittenbach as “one of the most prominent splatter directors to come out of Germany. Originally a practical effects artist, Ittenbach got behind the camera to direct some of the most extreme films, including the 2010 release of No Reason.” No Reason is set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on May 11, 2021. Extras on the new

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Shudder’s Critically Acclaimed Horror ‘Host’ Coming To Blu-ray & DVD

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Host from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. Host, which is Certified 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes was shot remotely during quarantine and features groundbreaking scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes. The project was commissioned, written, produced, and will be released in under three months. Host is the feature directorial debut of Rob Savage who co-wrote the film with Gemma Hurley (Shoot for the Moon) and Jed Shepherd (Multiplex). The film stars Haley Bishop (Angel Has Fallen), Radina Drandova (“Pickled Eggs”), Jemma Moore (Wonder Woman), Caroline Ward (The IMAX Nutcracker), Emma Louise Webb (“The Crown”), and Edward Linard (Golden Years). Watch as “six friends hire a medium to conduct a séance during lockdown for their weekly Zoom call. Jemma decides to pull a prank and makes up a story about a boy she knew in high

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Witness The Haunting Film ‘The Funeral Home’ This January

Mauro Iván Ojeda’s new chilling supernatural thriller The Funeral Home is headed your way this January, hot off the heels of its premiere at Fantasia. The film centers on Bernardo, an undertaker. He and his dysfunctional family live amongst coffins, wreaths, and mischievous supernatural entities that visit daily. They attribute the paranormal manifestations to the dead bodies from their mortuary work. Finding the real source of all this madness will be their quest, but they might find a terrifying truth. Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela, and Hugo Arana star in this haunting tale. The Funeral Home (review) opens in virtual theaters on January 29, 2021, before arriving on digital on February 2nd via Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Ethan Hawke Reunites With Sinister Director For ‘The Black Phone’

Four-time Academy-Award nominee Ethan Hawke is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson to star in the upcoming film The Black Phone, from Blumhouse and Universal. Derrickson, known for films such as Dr. Strange and Sinister in which Hawke starred, is set to begin production on The Black Phone in North Carolina this February. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on a short story by Joe Hill. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway Production. Joe Hill will be executive producing. Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor and screenwriter. Not long ago, he made his television debut in Showtime’s limited series, “The Good Lord Bird”, which he also executive produced and co-wrote, based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird”, produced by Blumhouse Television, is a seven-part limited series shot mostly in Virginia that brilliantly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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This February There Is No Escaping The ‘Paranormal Prison’

This February, enter an abandoned prison with a group of paranormal investigators in director Brian Jagger‘s horror film Paranormal Prison. The impending demolition of an abandoned prison has the paranormal investigation team “The Skeptic and the Scientist” rushed to spend a locked-in night within the prison’s walls before the wrecking balls start swinging turning the now state historical building into condos. Knowing their channel needs views, team leader Matthew (Todd Haberkorn) funds one last-ditch effort in hopes the device science expert Sara (Paris Warner) has invented will be their ticket to fame and fortune. Along with their sound technician Ashley (Coryn Treadwell), cameraman Jacob (Brian Telestai) and guided by their assigned park ranger, the team recorded everything, hoping to capture elusive spirits. What they captured instead will change paranormal investigation forever, and may have even solved a long-standing mystery. Todd Haberkorn, Paris Warner, Don Shanks, Corynn Treadwell, Easton Lay, and Brian Telestai star. Paranormal Prison opens in select theaters and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021

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Darren Aronofsky & Jared Leto Reteam For Film From ‘Ring’ Writer

Before The Ring movie franchise was made the frightening tale was born in Koji Suzuki‘s novel. Now, another film adaptation of Suzuki’s is headed our way from 2000’s Requiem for a Dream and The wrestler director Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky is reteaming with Requiem for a Dream star Jared Leto for Adrift, the adaptation of Suzuki’s short story. The story “is set in the dead calm of the open sea, where a fishing boat discovers an abandoned yacht with a strange distress call. A deckhand agrees to take lone control of it while it’s towed into port, but soon he discovers why the rest of his more experienced crew members call it a Ghost Ship.” Deadline reports. Luke Dawson is writing the script along with Aranosky for the film that will be produced by Blumhouse’s Jason Blum. Leto can also be seen in the upcoming MCU’s vampire horror Morbius which has been hit with several delays, with the most recent release

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Suspiria’ Director And Writer Reunite For ‘Bones & All’

Suspiria director Luca Guadagino is reuniting with screenwriter David Kajganich for Bones & All, described as a “horror love story.” Deadline is reporting that Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name) is now in talks to play the lead role in the film, but he’s not the only star currently in negotiations for the film, Escape Room actor Tayloe Russell is also in talks to star in a key role. Guadagnino and Chalamet previously worked together on the romantic drama Call Me By Your Name. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Wrong Turn’ Is Coming To Blu-Ray And DVD

Next month, you can bring home director Mike P. Nelson‘s (The Domestics) Wrong Turn, a new take on the hillbilly cannibal slasher released in 2003. In the film, “Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross onto land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to the point of no return— unless Jen’s father (Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine) can reach them in time.” Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) also star in the film. The original movie’s writer Alan B. McElroy returned to write the script

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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‘Cloverfield’ Is Finally Getting A Direct Sequel

Back in 2008, there were discussions of a possible new direct sequel to Matt Reeve‘s highly acclaimed monster movie Cloverfield, which spawned 10 Cloverfield Land and The Cloverfield Paradox which both went in new directions. A proper sequel to Cloverfield never materialized, until now. Paramount and Bad Robot have now hired Joe Baron, the showrunner for HBO’s “The Batman”, to pen the script for the direct sequel which will be see J.J Abrams return as a producer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the true sequel has now entered development. One thing will be different from the original though, it will not be found-footage. While details are still slim we also know that the original movie’s director Matt Reeves will not be involved. In the original 2008 movie, a group of friends venture into the streets of New York after a party on a rescue mission as the city is attacked by a giant monster. Here’s a look back at the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 30, 2021
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Sisters Fight To Uncover The Truth In ‘Silence & Darkness’

Writer-director Barak Barkan makes his feature film debut with the dark thriller Silence & Darkness. Following the death of their mother, blind and deaf sisters Anna (Mina Walker) and Beth (Joan Glackin) live happily in a secluded small town with Father (Jordan Lage). However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to question Father’s medical diagnoses and start to realize his intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined. Shot in the haunting ephemeral landscapes of Vermont, Silence & Darkness crafts a harrowing, and eerie portrait of two sisters forced to adapt and use every skill they have to uncover their family’s dark truth. I sought to create tension between the viewer and the film, both through Anna and Beth’s interactions and Father’s backstory,” says writer-director Barak Barkan. “My goal is that while viewing the film, the audience will inhabit a constant state of curious unease—desperate to find out what led to the circumstances of this family’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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New Uncut Version Of ‘No Reason’ Being Released

Today, Unearthed Films announced it is releasing a new version of German director Olaf Ittenbach’s 2010 gorefest No Reason, uncut and off a new scan of the master, and with new features and bonus material. “NO REASON has never looked better,” said Stephen Biro, President and Founder, Unearthed Films. In the film, engulfed by anguish, and trapped inside an allegory of torment and carnage, Jennifer’s (Irene Holzfurtner) soul seeks the path of awareness and enlightenment. A harrowing journey into the pits of Hell where one woman’s quest for redemption in the afterlife is tested to the most extreme limits. Unearthed Films describes Olaf Ittenbach as “one of the most prominent splatter directors to come out of Germany. Originally a practical effects artist, Ittenbach got behind the camera to direct some of the most extreme films, including the 2010 release of No Reason.” No Reason is set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on May 11, 2021. Extras on the new

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Shudder’s Critically Acclaimed Horror ‘Host’ Coming To Blu-ray & DVD

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Host from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. Host, which is Certified 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes was shot remotely during quarantine and features groundbreaking scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes. The project was commissioned, written, produced, and will be released in under three months. Host is the feature directorial debut of Rob Savage who co-wrote the film with Gemma Hurley (Shoot for the Moon) and Jed Shepherd (Multiplex). The film stars Haley Bishop (Angel Has Fallen), Radina Drandova (“Pickled Eggs”), Jemma Moore (Wonder Woman), Caroline Ward (The IMAX Nutcracker), Emma Louise Webb (“The Crown”), and Edward Linard (Golden Years). Watch as “six friends hire a medium to conduct a séance during lockdown for their weekly Zoom call. Jemma decides to pull a prank and makes up a story about a boy she knew in high

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Witness The Haunting Film ‘The Funeral Home’ This January

Mauro Iván Ojeda’s new chilling supernatural thriller The Funeral Home is headed your way this January, hot off the heels of its premiere at Fantasia. The film centers on Bernardo, an undertaker. He and his dysfunctional family live amongst coffins, wreaths, and mischievous supernatural entities that visit daily. They attribute the paranormal manifestations to the dead bodies from their mortuary work. Finding the real source of all this madness will be their quest, but they might find a terrifying truth. Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela, and Hugo Arana star in this haunting tale. The Funeral Home (review) opens in virtual theaters on January 29, 2021, before arriving on digital on February 2nd via Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Ethan Hawke Reunites With Sinister Director For ‘The Black Phone’

Four-time Academy-Award nominee Ethan Hawke is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson to star in the upcoming film The Black Phone, from Blumhouse and Universal. Derrickson, known for films such as Dr. Strange and Sinister in which Hawke starred, is set to begin production on The Black Phone in North Carolina this February. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on a short story by Joe Hill. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway Production. Joe Hill will be executive producing. Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor and screenwriter. Not long ago, he made his television debut in Showtime’s limited series, “The Good Lord Bird”, which he also executive produced and co-wrote, based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird”, produced by Blumhouse Television, is a seven-part limited series shot mostly in Virginia that brilliantly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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This February There Is No Escaping The ‘Paranormal Prison’

This February, enter an abandoned prison with a group of paranormal investigators in director Brian Jagger‘s horror film Paranormal Prison. The impending demolition of an abandoned prison has the paranormal investigation team “The Skeptic and the Scientist” rushed to spend a locked-in night within the prison’s walls before the wrecking balls start swinging turning the now state historical building into condos. Knowing their channel needs views, team leader Matthew (Todd Haberkorn) funds one last-ditch effort in hopes the device science expert Sara (Paris Warner) has invented will be their ticket to fame and fortune. Along with their sound technician Ashley (Coryn Treadwell), cameraman Jacob (Brian Telestai) and guided by their assigned park ranger, the team recorded everything, hoping to capture elusive spirits. What they captured instead will change paranormal investigation forever, and may have even solved a long-standing mystery. Todd Haberkorn, Paris Warner, Don Shanks, Corynn Treadwell, Easton Lay, and Brian Telestai star. Paranormal Prison opens in select theaters and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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