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Christmas In July: Holiday Horror Films From The Past Year

It may still be hot as balls outside, but we’re already halfway to Christmas! We’ve got some indie holiday-themed movies from the past year that you should see. So turn up the air conditioner, snuggle up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate and watch these movies. Happy Christmas in July! Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 27, 2021
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Everything You Need To Know About David Gordon Green’s New ‘The Exorcist’ Trilogy

Alright horror fans, we’ve got a huge update about the upcoming The Exorcist movie! First off, Universal and Peacock, who has teamed up with Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, have just announced that the new film will kick off a three-film franchise with the first film being directed by David Gordon Green, who also worked with Universal and Blumhouse on the new Halloween trilogy. Academy-Award® Nominee Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, One Night In Miami) is set to star alongside Ellen Burstyn, who played the iconic role of Regan’s mother, Chris MacNeil, in the original 1973 film, which scored her an Academy Award nomination. As for the rumor that the first film will be a reboot, we can confirm that the movie is being described as a “continuation of the quintessential possession horror film.” This confirms that it will not be a reboot or remake, but a sequel to the original film. There’s no better time to be joining forces with the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Epix Unleashes A Fright Filled Red Band Trailer For New Series “Chapelwaite”

Academy Award® Winner Adrien Brody stars alongside Emily Hampshire in EPIX’s “Chapelwaite“, a series based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King. The Red Band trailer is here, teasing a dark, intense series filled with horrors. “Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.  Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine.  Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Chucky Is Back And Ready To Play In The Series’ New Trailer

The new official trailer is here for Don Mancini‘s upcoming “Chucky” series, teasing a Halloween that we’ll never forget. Chucky’s back and he’s ready to play. In the 10-episode first season, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.” Jennifer Tilly returns as Tiffany; Brad Dourif is back as the voice of Chucky. Dourif’s daughter, Fiona Dourif who is the star of two of the Chucky sequels is also returning as is Alex Vincent as Andy, and Christine Elise. Final Destination‘s Devon Sawa (Hunter Hunter) has joined the cast along with “Arrow” actress Lexa Doig,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Jason Blum Says The New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Is Finished

Paranormal Activity has created one hell of a franchise, featuring six films already. Now, the latest installment, a remake from director William Eubank (The Signal, Underwater), is on its way and according to Jason Blum of Blumhouse, the movie is already made and set to premiere on Paramount Plus in 2022. The movie’s done,” Blum told Collider. “Yeah, we did it.” Originally the franchise was intended to end in 2015, but Paramount had other ideas. Paramount wanted to continue Paranormal Activity, I probably would have left it alone,” Blum states. “So they wanted to continue it, but I thought if they were gonna continue it, you gotta – it was tired, there was no way to continue the road that we’d been down. So I really encouraged all the creative people involved to think of something new. A lot of people who are going to go see the new Paranormal Activity were 3 years old when the first Paranormal Activity

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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Train To Busan’s Timo Tjahjanto Teams Up With ‘Sinister’ Duo For New Horror

Timo Tjahjanto, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s The Night Comes for Us, as well as May the Devil Take You, Headshot and the upcoming Train to Busan remake, announced on social media last night that he is working on a new film with director Scott Derrickson and writer C. Robert Cargill, the team behind Sinister and Doctor Strange. Derrickson shared Tjahjanto’s tweet featuring an image of the mysterious new script, but much of the title was hidden, revealing “The” an “H” and an “R”. It also says, “The year is…” with a snake blocking the exact year. The script’s cover page also states a brief teaser to its plot, “Society is screwed. Crime and violence have risen steadily in all remaining regions of planet Earth.” We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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AMC & Shudder Reveal Trailers And Premiere Dates At Comic-Con@Home

AMC and Shudder made announcements about three projects this weekend during Comi-Con@ Home, including the stop-animation series “Ultra City Smiths”, “Horror Noire”, and season three of “Creepshow”. ULTRA CITY SMITHS AMC+’s panel for Ultra City Smiths, which began streaming July 22, was moderated by Entertainment Weekly’s Kristen Baldwin and featured series creator, writer, co-director, and showrunner Steve Conrad and co-director David Brooks along with cast members Jimmi Simpson, Debra Winger, Luis Guzmán, Hana Mae Lee, Tim Heidecker, and Chris Conrad. The “Ultra City Smiths” story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City’s most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city’s dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their families, all in pursuit of a gentler place to call home. HORROR NOIRE A new Shudder Original anthology film, Horror

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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Amazon’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Series Gets A October Premiere Date

The upcoming James Wan produced “I Know What You Did Last Summer” series officially has a premiere date which was announced during Comic-Con@Home by showrunner Sara Goodman who also shared new details about the show. According to Goodman, the series is “Real, dysfunctional, and completely unpredictable,” as well as promising that the series is packed with “drama, a lot of blood, violence, [and] psychological stuff as well.” There will be blood… also I’ve put little Easter eggs throughout the season for those diehard fans,” Goodman said. “[But] you absolutely do not have to have seen the movie or anything else to be a fan of the show. We have eight episodes to explore these characters who are not just running from a stalker, they are also having relationships and having issues with their families, and they are dealing with their fucking lives. There’s more than just the mystery of who’s after them. It’s very much a mystery of who they

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021
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Pam Grier Has Boarded The Upcoming ‘Pet Semataty’ Prequel

The upcoming new installment of the Pet Sematary franchise, set to air exclusively on Paramount+, has added legendary actress Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Jackie Brown, Mars Attacks) to its cast, Variety reports. Grier joins previously announced cast members Natalie Alyn Lind (“Big Sky”), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), and newcomer Isabella Star LaBlanc, with Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”) playing a young version of Jud Crandall. As we reported earlier this month, the movie will serve as a prequel to the Stephen King classic with which Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) will be making her directorial debut. Beer also wrote the latest draft of the movie’s script originally written by Jeff Buhler who penned the 2019 adaptation of the classic. At this time the film’s title has yet to be announced. It is set to begin filming this August. We’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021
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Glenn Danzig’s ‘Death Rider in the House of Vampires’ Coming To Theaters This August

Rocker turned filmmaker Glenn Danzig‘s vampire spaghetti-western, Death Rider in the House of Vampires is finally heading to theaters next month. The film stars Danzig, Final Destination‘s Devon Sawa, Kim Director (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), and Julian Sands (Warlock, Arachnophobia) with appearances by Danny Trejo and Eli Roth. “Everybody in the movie is a vampire,” Danzig stated several months ago. “So, you won’t have to wait around to see the vampire. They’re all fucking vampires!” Death Rider in the House of Vampires opens in theaters on August 27, 2021. WARNING: Trailer is NSFW!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021

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Christmas In July: Holiday Horror Films From The Past Year

It may still be hot as balls outside, but we’re already halfway to Christmas! We’ve got some indie holiday-themed movies from the past year that you should see. So turn up the air conditioner, snuggle up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate and watch these movies. Happy Christmas in July! Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 27, 2021
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Everything You Need To Know About David Gordon Green’s New ‘The Exorcist’ Trilogy

Alright horror fans, we’ve got a huge update about the upcoming The Exorcist movie! First off, Universal and Peacock, who has teamed up with Blumhouse and Morgan Creek, have just announced that the new film will kick off a three-film franchise with the first film being directed by David Gordon Green, who also worked with Universal and Blumhouse on the new Halloween trilogy. Academy-Award® Nominee Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton, One Night In Miami) is set to star alongside Ellen Burstyn, who played the iconic role of Regan’s mother, Chris MacNeil, in the original 1973 film, which scored her an Academy Award nomination. As for the rumor that the first film will be a reboot, we can confirm that the movie is being described as a “continuation of the quintessential possession horror film.” This confirms that it will not be a reboot or remake, but a sequel to the original film. There’s no better time to be joining forces with the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Epix Unleashes A Fright Filled Red Band Trailer For New Series “Chapelwaite”

Academy Award® Winner Adrien Brody stars alongside Emily Hampshire in EPIX’s “Chapelwaite“, a series based on the short story Jerusalem’s Lot by Stephen King. The Red Band trailer is here, teasing a dark, intense series filled with horrors. “Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations.  Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine.  Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Chucky Is Back And Ready To Play In The Series’ New Trailer

The new official trailer is here for Don Mancini‘s upcoming “Chucky” series, teasing a Halloween that we’ll never forget. Chucky’s back and he’s ready to play. In the 10-episode first season, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.” Jennifer Tilly returns as Tiffany; Brad Dourif is back as the voice of Chucky. Dourif’s daughter, Fiona Dourif who is the star of two of the Chucky sequels is also returning as is Alex Vincent as Andy, and Christine Elise. Final Destination‘s Devon Sawa (Hunter Hunter) has joined the cast along with “Arrow” actress Lexa Doig,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 26, 2021
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Jason Blum Says The New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Is Finished

Paranormal Activity has created one hell of a franchise, featuring six films already. Now, the latest installment, a remake from director William Eubank (The Signal, Underwater), is on its way and according to Jason Blum of Blumhouse, the movie is already made and set to premiere on Paramount Plus in 2022. The movie’s done,” Blum told Collider. “Yeah, we did it.” Originally the franchise was intended to end in 2015, but Paramount had other ideas. Paramount wanted to continue Paranormal Activity, I probably would have left it alone,” Blum states. “So they wanted to continue it, but I thought if they were gonna continue it, you gotta – it was tired, there was no way to continue the road that we’d been down. So I really encouraged all the creative people involved to think of something new. A lot of people who are going to go see the new Paranormal Activity were 3 years old when the first Paranormal Activity

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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Train To Busan’s Timo Tjahjanto Teams Up With ‘Sinister’ Duo For New Horror

Timo Tjahjanto, the filmmaker behind Netflix’s The Night Comes for Us, as well as May the Devil Take You, Headshot and the upcoming Train to Busan remake, announced on social media last night that he is working on a new film with director Scott Derrickson and writer C. Robert Cargill, the team behind Sinister and Doctor Strange. Derrickson shared Tjahjanto’s tweet featuring an image of the mysterious new script, but much of the title was hidden, revealing “The” an “H” and an “R”. It also says, “The year is…” with a snake blocking the exact year. The script’s cover page also states a brief teaser to its plot, “Society is screwed. Crime and violence have risen steadily in all remaining regions of planet Earth.” We’ll keep you posted as we learn more.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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AMC & Shudder Reveal Trailers And Premiere Dates At Comic-Con@Home

AMC and Shudder made announcements about three projects this weekend during Comi-Con@ Home, including the stop-animation series “Ultra City Smiths”, “Horror Noire”, and season three of “Creepshow”. ULTRA CITY SMITHS AMC+’s panel for Ultra City Smiths, which began streaming July 22, was moderated by Entertainment Weekly’s Kristen Baldwin and featured series creator, writer, co-director, and showrunner Steve Conrad and co-director David Brooks along with cast members Jimmi Simpson, Debra Winger, Luis Guzmán, Hana Mae Lee, Tim Heidecker, and Chris Conrad. The “Ultra City Smiths” story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters. The series hinges on an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of fictional metropolis Ultra City’s most famous magnate. Two intrepid detectives follow the case, rallying to fight against their city’s dangerous corruption, at a high cost to themselves and their families, all in pursuit of a gentler place to call home. HORROR NOIRE A new Shudder Original anthology film, Horror

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2021
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Amazon’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer” Series Gets A October Premiere Date

The upcoming James Wan produced “I Know What You Did Last Summer” series officially has a premiere date which was announced during Comic-Con@Home by showrunner Sara Goodman who also shared new details about the show. According to Goodman, the series is “Real, dysfunctional, and completely unpredictable,” as well as promising that the series is packed with “drama, a lot of blood, violence, [and] psychological stuff as well.” There will be blood… also I’ve put little Easter eggs throughout the season for those diehard fans,” Goodman said. “[But] you absolutely do not have to have seen the movie or anything else to be a fan of the show. We have eight episodes to explore these characters who are not just running from a stalker, they are also having relationships and having issues with their families, and they are dealing with their fucking lives. There’s more than just the mystery of who’s after them. It’s very much a mystery of who they

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021
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Pam Grier Has Boarded The Upcoming ‘Pet Semataty’ Prequel

The upcoming new installment of the Pet Sematary franchise, set to air exclusively on Paramount+, has added legendary actress Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Jackie Brown, Mars Attacks) to its cast, Variety reports. Grier joins previously announced cast members Natalie Alyn Lind (“Big Sky”), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), and newcomer Isabella Star LaBlanc, with Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”) playing a young version of Jud Crandall. As we reported earlier this month, the movie will serve as a prequel to the Stephen King classic with which Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) will be making her directorial debut. Beer also wrote the latest draft of the movie’s script originally written by Jeff Buhler who penned the 2019 adaptation of the classic. At this time the film’s title has yet to be announced. It is set to begin filming this August. We’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021
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Glenn Danzig’s ‘Death Rider in the House of Vampires’ Coming To Theaters This August

Rocker turned filmmaker Glenn Danzig‘s vampire spaghetti-western, Death Rider in the House of Vampires is finally heading to theaters next month. The film stars Danzig, Final Destination‘s Devon Sawa, Kim Director (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2), and Julian Sands (Warlock, Arachnophobia) with appearances by Danny Trejo and Eli Roth. “Everybody in the movie is a vampire,” Danzig stated several months ago. “So, you won’t have to wait around to see the vampire. They’re all fucking vampires!” Death Rider in the House of Vampires opens in theaters on August 27, 2021. WARNING: Trailer is NSFW!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 24, 2021
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