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Film Documentary ‘Horror Noir’ Is Coming To Blu-Ray!

RLJE has snagged the rights to Shudder’s Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror and will be releasing it on Blu-ray and DVD next month. Based on the acclaimed book of the same name by Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, Horror Noire takes a critical look at a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and embraced both black filmmakers and black audiences. The film also explores how black voices in front of and behind the camera, shaped and impacted the genre. Horror Noire features interviews with critically acclaimed filmmakers, and stars in the genre, including directors William Crain (Blacula), Ernest Dickerson (Bones), Rusty Cundieff (Tales from the Hood), Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned); actors Tony Todd (Candyman), Keith David (The Thing), Paula Jai Parker (Tales from the Hood), Â Richard Lawson (Scream Blacula Scream), Rachel True (The Craft); and authors Tananarive Due (My Soul to Keep), and Dr. Robin R. Means

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 15, 2021

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‘The Vigil’ Gets A Lit New Poster Ahead Of February Release

A lit new poster is here for writer-director Keith Thomas‘ fantastic, thrilling new supernatural horror, The Vigil which delves into ancient Jewish lore and demonology. Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, and Lynn Cohen, the film is set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov (Dave Davis) reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante (Menashe Lustig) to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed’s dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong. When I sat down to write the very first draft of THE VIGIL, I knew I wanted to tell a personal story that felt universal. The movie would be very contained and the stakes would, at first glance,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Folk Horror Film ‘The Pond’ Leaves A Man Questioning His Sanity

This February, Scream Factory and Shout! Studios will release their mind-bending new folk horror film The Pond. Directed by Petar Pasic, the film is set in a Balkin Village filled with supernatural dread. The story centers on an anthropologist on the verge of an apocalyptic discovery who begins to descend into madness, as his hallucinations reveal something sinister is after him. Marco Canadea, Leslie Kunz, and Paul Murray star in the film, written by Dusan Bulic which is described as “deeply unsettling.” The Pond lands on Digital and On Demand on February 23, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Brutal Red Band Trailer Arrives A Head Of ‘Bloody Hell’ Release

We’ve gotten our claws on the Red Band trailer for director Alister Grierson‘s Bloody Hell, which teases brutal torture and bloodshed. In the movie, a man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse… Ben O’Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, and Ashlee Lollback star in this wild, brutal movie. Bloody Hell is set to be unleashed on January 15, 2021, from The Horror Collective. For a full list of theaters please visit the film’s official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Mary Shelley Brings Frankenstein To Life In ‘A Nightmare Wakes’

When Mary Shelley created Frankenstein she forever secured her place in history. Just days after the upcoming 170th anniversary of her death on February 1, 1851, writer-director Nora Unkel‘s new vision A Nightmare Wakes takes us into Shelley’s world. In the film, “While composing her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley descends into an opium-fueled fever dream while carrying on a torrid love affair with Percy Shelley. As she writes, the characters of her novel come to life and begin to plague her relationship with Percy. Before long, she must choose between true love and her literary masterpiece.” An unsettlingly intimate portrayal of a brilliant artist at her most troubled, the thriller traces the tortured birth of a timeless masterwork and the rightful ascension of its creator to stand alongside her creation. “With her Creature and Creator, Mary Shelley created science fiction as an entire genre and transfixed 1800s Europe in ways never thought possible. Shelley’s struggle with love, loss, abandonment

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Haunting Film ‘The Funeral Home’ Gets A New Trailer Ahead Of Release

There are few places that are more creepy than funeral homes between dead bodies and the sadness experienced there. Mauro Iván Ojeda’s new chilling supernatural thriller The Funeral Home capitalizes on that 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 plays virtual theaters on January 29, 2021, before arriving on digital on February 2nd via Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 13, 2021

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Discover ‘The Legend of Fall Creek’ This February

This February, discover the horrifying backstory of a killer in The Legend of Fall Creek, the sequel to 2016’s Bloody Bobby. “On a chilly Halloween night in 1988, Fall Creek Valley turned upside down when Robert “Bobby” Maxwell disappeared from a party. On the 20 Year Anniversary, Bloody Boby seeks revenge on his tormentors who sealed his fate with a blood pact.” Curt Clendenin, David J. Uchansky, Jessica Morris, Robert Miano, Silvia Spros, Madison Geller, Ryan R. Mcgonagle, Maxie Solters, Christy Keller, Julia Mack, Tommy Nash, Alton Clemente, and Christopher DeMaci star in the Anthony Hall (Mud Season) film. Discover The Legend of Fall Creek on DVD and Digital February 9, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 13, 2021

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Creep Director Is Back With ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’

Creep and Creep 2 director Patrick Brice is back with a new horror film, There’s Someone Inside Your House, arriving sometime in 2021 on Netflix. “Makani Young has moved from Hawaii to quiet, small-town Nebraska to live with her grandmother and finish high school, but as the countdown to graduation begins, her classmates are stalked by a killer intent on exposing their darkest secrets to the entire town, terrorizing victims while wearing a life-like mask of their own face. With a mysterious past of her own, Makani and her friends must discover the killer’s identity before they become victims themselves.” Sydney Park, Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Dale Whibley, Diego Josef, Sarah Dugdale, Burkely Duffield, William MacDonald, Andrew Dunbar, and Markian Tarasuik star. Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and James Wan’s Atomic Monster produce the film that is based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Stephanie Perkins. The script was penned by Henry Gayden (Shazam!). We’ll update you as we

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 13, 2021

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Director Mickey Reece Talks “Climate Of The Hunter” And “Agnes”

Writer-director Mickey Reece, known for his arthouse films such as Arrows of Outrageous Fortune, Mono, and more, sat down with us to discuss his new film Climate of the Hunter, out this month on VOD. In the film, starring Ginger Gilmartin, Mary Buss, Ben Hall, and Jacob Ryan Snovel, “two sisters, Alma and Elizabeth, along with a dog who’s described as a “philosopher,” have come to Alma’s remote house to reconnect with Wesley after twenty years. Alma is recently divorced and Elizabeth is a workaholic in Washington, D.C., while Wesley lives in Paris dealing with a wife recently struck with a fatal disease. When the three come together for dinner it has all the makings of a lovely adult melodrama about loneliness, and the desire to connect and share our lives with someone… but we must add to the mix one otherworldly piece of information: Wesley could be a vampire.” Horror Fuel: “Where did the idea come from for your

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 12, 2021

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This January Uncover The Dark Secrets Of ‘The Village In The Woods’

Writer-director Raine McCormack (I Shall Visit, He’s Gone) is taking viewers into an isolated town filled with dark secrets this January to witness two people who will have to fight to survive in The Village in the Woods. In the film, “Deep in the forgotten woods, lies a village, at the center of which stands the old Harbour Inn. This rotten pub is the target of an inheritance fraud by young couple Jason and Nicky. Tempted by promises of easy money, Nicky pretends to be the Inn’s sole heiress. On arrival, they find the villagers welcoming and friendly… perhaps a little too much so. Always there. Always smiling. Always watching. The couple does their best to continue the scam but things start to go very wrong. Their paranoia slowly builds to terror as unsettling and grim events unfold. The Village in the Woods is not all it seems.” Director Raine McCormack co-wrote the film with John Hoerschmever. Beth Park (Killing

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 12, 2021

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