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“Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” Is Coming To Blu-ray

We’ve got good news for fans of the Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams-produced brilliant HBO series “Lovecraft Country.” The action-packed, incredibly well-written series is headed to Blu-ray! “Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” explores racism, family drama, and monsters is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams) only to encounter terrifying racism, magic, and Lovecraftian monsters along the way. Grab your “must-see” DVD and Blu-ray of “Lovecraft Country” on February 16, 2021. Special Features include: Compendium of Horrors (NEW) Orithyia Blue and the Imagination of Diana Freeman (NEW) Crafting “Lovecraft Country” Exploring “Lovecraft Country” “Lovecraft Country”: The Craft

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Movie Review: They Reach (2020)

At the ass-end of the swingin’ Sixties; parapsychologists Dr. Mark Quinnley (Damian Vines) and his son Alex (Taylor Bartle) botch a job involving a demon-touched lad, but the entire fracas is recorded on a tape recorder. Flash the fuck forward to 1979 as we meet John (Ash Calder) and Grace (Elizabeth Rhoades); a married couple who have lost their son… hey, at least they got another kiddo boppin’ about; namely their teen daughter Jessica (Mary Madaline Roe). Speaking of J-dawg; she happens to find that recorder mentioned up yonder in a second-hand store and goes right ahead and accidentally spills blood all over it. Rookie move noob… Of course demonic hijinks ensue, and it’s up to Jessica and her friends to put an end to this horrifying hootenanny right quick! Make no mistake; They Reach is young adult thrills and chills through and through, so you can bet your arcane asses that there is a real Stranger Things/Monster Squad vibe

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Nov 6, 2020
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André Øvredal’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk’ Is “Alive And Well”

Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, not that we’re complaining. The latest film version of a King tale comes from Stories to Tell in the Dark and Trollhunter director André Øvredal’s who is adapting dystopian The Long Walk. Word is King himself has read the script by James Vanderbilt and given it a thumbs up. After hit road blocks due to the COVID pandemic, the film is finally moving forward. Øvredal recently gave an update via ComingSoon: “It’s alive and well and moving along. I guess in the end, he just didn’t choose to do it, I actually don’t even know if he ever had a script. This script was written on spec by James Vanderbilt when he did not even have the rights to it, he just wrote it out of pure love for the book, and in the end, suddenly the rights were open and he was able to go to King with his script and say,

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This December Lionsgate Unleashes ‘Dragon Soldiers’

Lionsgate is set to unleash director Hank Braxtan’s (Snake Outta Compton) hot new action-fantasy film Dragon Soldiers on DVD and Digital this December. The new trailer and poster are here! In the movie, when locals start vanishing from a small Colorado town, the mayor hires a squad of elite mercenaries to fight off the menace — whoever or whatever it may be. Leader Cameron (Ruben Pla) and his team suspect a ruthless gang of mercenary survivalists…until they come face to face with a massive, airborne, fire-breathing reptile. Now, stopping the creature and surviving the attacks will take weapons, explosives, and gunfire, along with every ounce of courage they have left. Written by Dan Sinclair (Dead Ant) this film stars Antuone Torbert, Ruben Pla, Heath C. Heine,Dan Sinclair, Tarkan Dospil, and Arielle Brachfeld. Dragon Soldiers lands on DVD and Digital on December 15, 2020.

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‘Wrong Turn 7’ Receives A Hard “R” Rating

The inbred killer redneck franchise Wrong Turn will soon unleash another bloody installment. The follow-up to Wrong Turn 6 is on its way and has just scored its MPA rating, a hard “R,” for “strong bloody violence, grisly images, and pervasive language.” But that’s no surprise, after all the movies are damn pretty brutal. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is in the director’s chair for Wrong Turn 7, reportedly titled Wrong Turn: The Foundation. In the sequel, a group of unlucky friends to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to spend a couple of days hiking the Appalachian Trail where they are confronted by “The Foundation”, a community of people who have lived isolated in the mountains since before the Civil War. Bloody-Disgusting reports. Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt) and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) star.

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Movie Review: ‘Kindred’

According to many sources, one of the most vulnerable times in a woman’s life is while she’s pregnant. The movie Kindred reinforces that theory in a dark and disturbing way that will leave any mother bothered. In the movie, Ben (Edward Holcroft) and his girlfriend Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) break the news to his mother (Fiona Shaw) that they are movie to Australia, but this overbearing, demanding woman isn’t having it. When her son is killed right after finding out he’s going to be a father, she decides that she will do anything to keep her grandchild close, and I mean anything. When Charlotte wakes up after fainting at the hospital she discovers she’s now a prisoner in the manor where nine generations of Ben’s family have called home. Both Lawrance and Shaw play their parts well, I think for what they were given. But their characters lack impact and I don’t think that’s all their fault. It comes across like

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From The Director Of Blood Feast Comes ‘Blind’ – Out Now On VOD & Digital

From award-winning director Marcel Walz, the filmmaker behind Blood Feast, and featuring horror icon Caroline Williams, prepare to go Blind this November. “Faye, a former actress that lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills. She soon starts opening to Luke, a personal trainer who is mute and can only communicate through his cell phone. When a masked stranger named Pretty Boy shows up, Faye will realize that she is not as alone as she thinks.” Sarah French (Art of the Dead), Jed Rowen (Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!), Tyler Gallant (#FollowMe), Ben Kaplan (“Alex and the Single Girls”), Caroline Williams (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2), Thomas Haley (Lilith), Sheri Davis (Hair of the Dog), Jessica Galetti (Crazy Rich Asians), Michael St. Michaels (Freshwater), and Kevin Cooper star in a Marcel Walz film. Blind is now

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‘Triggered’ Actress Reine Swart Talks Explosions And Gore In Our Interview

Back in 2018, I interviewed South African actress/director Reine Swart after being blown away by her performance in the indie horror The Lullaby. When I had an opportunity to catch up with her during the promotion of the new film Triggered, I jumped at the chance. Triggered is the action-packed survival horror from director Alastair Orr. In the movie, a group of high school friends reunites to celebrate the memory of the friend they lost. After setting up camp they wake to find they are fitted with explosive vests and all hell breaks lose as they are forced to fight to survive. Reine stars alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Suraya Rose Santos, and Liesl Ahlers. Horror Fuel: “Your new action-packed movie is about to be released, right?” Reine Swart: “Yeah, that was a really fun one. Alastair is such a great director.” Horror Fuel: “Yes he is. The movie is really intense and physical. What was filming like for you?” Reine

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The Fog Rolls In: Amazon Orders New Supernatural Series “The Rig”

Amazon Studio‘s new supernatural original series “The Rig” will take us out to sea. The six-part series has now been given the green light by Amazon with John Strickland (“Line of Duty”) helming the project. Deadline reports that “The series is set onboard the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew are due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As they endeavor to discover what’s driving this force, bonds are broken, allegiances formed and generational fault lines exposed.” The project comes from writer David Macpherson and UK producer Wild Mercury Productions, who was behind Troy: Fall of a City and the third seasons of “Humans.” “The Rig” is being described as a “character-driven, epic thriller, full of heart-grabbing action and bold, original ideas,” by Derek

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A Demon Is On The Loose In ‘They Reach’ – Out Now On DVD & Digital

A small town is in mortal danger in They Reach, who takes inspiration from “Stranger Things” and IT. It’s 1979, and a 13-year-old science nerd stumbles upon a possessed tape player and accidentally unleashes a demonic entity. She recruits her two best friends to fight the beast before it devours more souls in the small town of Clarkston. Mary Madaline Roe, Morgan Chandler, Eden Campbell, Kyan Zielinski, Elizabeth Rhoades, Ash Calder, Frederick Floyd, Kara Puerschner, and Adrienne Jordan star in a Sylas Dall film. They Reach is out today (November 3) on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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“Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” Is Coming To Blu-ray

We’ve got good news for fans of the Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams-produced brilliant HBO series “Lovecraft Country.” The action-packed, incredibly well-written series is headed to Blu-ray! “Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” explores racism, family drama, and monsters is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams) only to encounter terrifying racism, magic, and Lovecraftian monsters along the way. Grab your “must-see” DVD and Blu-ray of “Lovecraft Country” on February 16, 2021. Special Features include: Compendium of Horrors (NEW) Orithyia Blue and the Imagination of Diana Freeman (NEW) Crafting “Lovecraft Country” Exploring “Lovecraft Country” “Lovecraft Country”: The Craft

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Movie Review: They Reach (2020)

At the ass-end of the swingin’ Sixties; parapsychologists Dr. Mark Quinnley (Damian Vines) and his son Alex (Taylor Bartle) botch a job involving a demon-touched lad, but the entire fracas is recorded on a tape recorder. Flash the fuck forward to 1979 as we meet John (Ash Calder) and Grace (Elizabeth Rhoades); a married couple who have lost their son… hey, at least they got another kiddo boppin’ about; namely their teen daughter Jessica (Mary Madaline Roe). Speaking of J-dawg; she happens to find that recorder mentioned up yonder in a second-hand store and goes right ahead and accidentally spills blood all over it. Rookie move noob… Of course demonic hijinks ensue, and it’s up to Jessica and her friends to put an end to this horrifying hootenanny right quick! Make no mistake; They Reach is young adult thrills and chills through and through, so you can bet your arcane asses that there is a real Stranger Things/Monster Squad vibe

Continue reading →
Nov 6, 2020
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André Øvredal’s Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘The Long Walk’ Is “Alive And Well”

Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, not that we’re complaining. The latest film version of a King tale comes from Stories to Tell in the Dark and Trollhunter director André Øvredal’s who is adapting dystopian The Long Walk. Word is King himself has read the script by James Vanderbilt and given it a thumbs up. After hit road blocks due to the COVID pandemic, the film is finally moving forward. Øvredal recently gave an update via ComingSoon: “It’s alive and well and moving along. I guess in the end, he just didn’t choose to do it, I actually don’t even know if he ever had a script. This script was written on spec by James Vanderbilt when he did not even have the rights to it, he just wrote it out of pure love for the book, and in the end, suddenly the rights were open and he was able to go to King with his script and say,

Continue reading →
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This December Lionsgate Unleashes ‘Dragon Soldiers’

Lionsgate is set to unleash director Hank Braxtan’s (Snake Outta Compton) hot new action-fantasy film Dragon Soldiers on DVD and Digital this December. The new trailer and poster are here! In the movie, when locals start vanishing from a small Colorado town, the mayor hires a squad of elite mercenaries to fight off the menace — whoever or whatever it may be. Leader Cameron (Ruben Pla) and his team suspect a ruthless gang of mercenary survivalists…until they come face to face with a massive, airborne, fire-breathing reptile. Now, stopping the creature and surviving the attacks will take weapons, explosives, and gunfire, along with every ounce of courage they have left. Written by Dan Sinclair (Dead Ant) this film stars Antuone Torbert, Ruben Pla, Heath C. Heine,Dan Sinclair, Tarkan Dospil, and Arielle Brachfeld. Dragon Soldiers lands on DVD and Digital on December 15, 2020.

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‘Wrong Turn 7’ Receives A Hard “R” Rating

The inbred killer redneck franchise Wrong Turn will soon unleash another bloody installment. The follow-up to Wrong Turn 6 is on its way and has just scored its MPA rating, a hard “R,” for “strong bloody violence, grisly images, and pervasive language.” But that’s no surprise, after all the movies are damn pretty brutal. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is in the director’s chair for Wrong Turn 7, reportedly titled Wrong Turn: The Foundation. In the sequel, a group of unlucky friends to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia to spend a couple of days hiking the Appalachian Trail where they are confronted by “The Foundation”, a community of people who have lived isolated in the mountains since before the Civil War. Bloody-Disgusting reports. Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”, 47 Meters Down), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night, Haunt), Bill Sage (“Hap and Leonard”), Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Valerie Jane Parker (“Greenleaf”), Chaney Morrow (Haunt) and David Hutchinson (“American Horror Story”) star.

Continue reading →
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Movie Review: ‘Kindred’

According to many sources, one of the most vulnerable times in a woman’s life is while she’s pregnant. The movie Kindred reinforces that theory in a dark and disturbing way that will leave any mother bothered. In the movie, Ben (Edward Holcroft) and his girlfriend Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) break the news to his mother (Fiona Shaw) that they are movie to Australia, but this overbearing, demanding woman isn’t having it. When her son is killed right after finding out he’s going to be a father, she decides that she will do anything to keep her grandchild close, and I mean anything. When Charlotte wakes up after fainting at the hospital she discovers she’s now a prisoner in the manor where nine generations of Ben’s family have called home. Both Lawrance and Shaw play their parts well, I think for what they were given. But their characters lack impact and I don’t think that’s all their fault. It comes across like

Continue reading →
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From The Director Of Blood Feast Comes ‘Blind’ – Out Now On VOD & Digital

From award-winning director Marcel Walz, the filmmaker behind Blood Feast, and featuring horror icon Caroline Williams, prepare to go Blind this November. “Faye, a former actress that lost her vision due to botched laser eye surgery, struggles to put her life back together while living alone in her dream house in the Hollywood Hills. She soon starts opening to Luke, a personal trainer who is mute and can only communicate through his cell phone. When a masked stranger named Pretty Boy shows up, Faye will realize that she is not as alone as she thinks.” Sarah French (Art of the Dead), Jed Rowen (Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!), Tyler Gallant (#FollowMe), Ben Kaplan (“Alex and the Single Girls”), Caroline Williams (Ten Minutes to Midnight, Texas Chain Saw Massacre Part 2), Thomas Haley (Lilith), Sheri Davis (Hair of the Dog), Jessica Galetti (Crazy Rich Asians), Michael St. Michaels (Freshwater), and Kevin Cooper star in a Marcel Walz film. Blind is now

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‘Triggered’ Actress Reine Swart Talks Explosions And Gore In Our Interview

Back in 2018, I interviewed South African actress/director Reine Swart after being blown away by her performance in the indie horror The Lullaby. When I had an opportunity to catch up with her during the promotion of the new film Triggered, I jumped at the chance. Triggered is the action-packed survival horror from director Alastair Orr. In the movie, a group of high school friends reunites to celebrate the memory of the friend they lost. After setting up camp they wake to find they are fitted with explosive vests and all hell breaks lose as they are forced to fight to survive. Reine stars alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Suraya Rose Santos, and Liesl Ahlers. Horror Fuel: “Your new action-packed movie is about to be released, right?” Reine Swart: “Yeah, that was a really fun one. Alastair is such a great director.” Horror Fuel: “Yes he is. The movie is really intense and physical. What was filming like for you?” Reine

Continue reading →
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The Fog Rolls In: Amazon Orders New Supernatural Series “The Rig”

Amazon Studio‘s new supernatural original series “The Rig” will take us out to sea. The six-part series has now been given the green light by Amazon with John Strickland (“Line of Duty”) helming the project. Deadline reports that “The series is set onboard the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast in the dangerous waters of the North Sea. When the crew are due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the shore and the outside world. As they endeavor to discover what’s driving this force, bonds are broken, allegiances formed and generational fault lines exposed.” The project comes from writer David Macpherson and UK producer Wild Mercury Productions, who was behind Troy: Fall of a City and the third seasons of “Humans.” “The Rig” is being described as a “character-driven, epic thriller, full of heart-grabbing action and bold, original ideas,” by Derek

Continue reading →
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A Demon Is On The Loose In ‘They Reach’ – Out Now On DVD & Digital

A small town is in mortal danger in They Reach, who takes inspiration from “Stranger Things” and IT. It’s 1979, and a 13-year-old science nerd stumbles upon a possessed tape player and accidentally unleashes a demonic entity. She recruits her two best friends to fight the beast before it devours more souls in the small town of Clarkston. Mary Madaline Roe, Morgan Chandler, Eden Campbell, Kyan Zielinski, Elizabeth Rhoades, Ash Calder, Frederick Floyd, Kara Puerschner, and Adrienne Jordan star in a Sylas Dall film. They Reach is out today (November 3) on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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