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The New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Will Skip Theaters

The upcoming new installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise will be skipping theaters and heading straight to Paramount+. Directed by William Eubank (Underwater) is in the director’s chair for the sequel written by Christopher Landon, the man behind Paranormal Activity II, III, and IV, Happy Death Day and Freaky, which was released earlier this year. Paranormal Activity‘s Oren Peli and Jason Blum are producing. Details are being kept quiet, but the movie has been described as “an unexpected retooling” of the franchise and will continue the tradition of the franchise’s found-footage style the began with the first film, released in 2007. Set to be released later this year, the film stars Emily Bader, Dan Lippert, Roland Buck III, and Henry Ayres-Brown. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can watch the Paranormal Activity franchise now on Paramount+. Sign up now for a free 7-day trial or for a monthly membership for $5.99. The franchise is also streaming on Prime.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
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This May ‘The Devil’s Child’ Will Be Unleashed

The trailer is for The Devil’s Child (aka Diavlo) ahead of its release this May, teasing a chilling film with fantastic special effects. When a young nurse takes on the care of an old sickly man she has no warning that he has dark secrets and dark powers, not knowing that she is linked to the family. As she draws closer to the man in the dark gothic manor, secrets come to light as he begins to plague her nightmares. Maria Camila Pérez, Germán Naranjo, Marvens Paissano, and Fiona Horsey star in this dark supernatural thriller written and directed by David Bohórquez (The Banished) who produces along with Katherine Dia. The Devil’s Child will be unleashed on May 7, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
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New Amazon Anthology Series “Unknown” Combines Horror & True Crime

Horror anthologies are big right now with several movies and series being released this year. Craig MacNeill who brought us series like “The Twilight Zone” and “Castle Rock” and Clay Chapman, who teamed up with MacNeill for the SXSW hit The Boy (pictured), have teamed up once again, this time with Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films for the genre anthology series “Unkown” that will show on Amazon, Deadline reports. & “Unknown” is a psychological horror anthology series that plunges into the corners of the American landscape, probing the intersection of folklore and our bloody history of true crime.” Expected to tackle a different story each season, “Unkown‘s” first season centers on an estranged brother and sister who return to the infamous Texas Killings Fields, only to encounter a dark spirit that inhabits the land from their childhood. The Texas Killing Fields is the true-crime part of the story. Located along Interstate Highway 45, the strip of land that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
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IFC Films Acquires Coming Of Age Thriller ‘John And The Hole’

IFC Films announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the psychological coming-of-age thriller John and the Hole, directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto – one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” in 2021 – in his feature debut. “In this enigmatic and unsettling meditation on adolescent angst, 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers an unfinished bunker while exploring the neighboring woods—a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga), holding them captive within the bunker. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally enjoy and explore his newfound independence. Exploring the difficult passage from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, John and the Hole is both a slow-burn psychological thriller and meditative coming-of-age fable, anchored by a chilling lead performance from Charlie Shotwell.” The film is an adaptation by award-winning screenwriter

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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Shudder Announces “Summer Of Chills” Featuring 12 Exclusive Films

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, announced today its “Summer of Chills” slate of twelve new original and exclusive films for June, July, and August, including the anticipated debut of landmark horror director George A. Romero’s legendary “lost” film The Amusement Park on Tuesday, June 8. The robust summer lineup kicks off with Caveat, an eerie, slow-building, cat-and-mouse thriller, and continues with such marquee films as The Boy Behind the Door, Justin Powell, and David Charbonier’s directorial debut; Jakob’s Wife, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton; and Kandisha, the long-awaited new supernatural shocker from the French directing duo of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, who return to Shudder following the success of their film Among the Living; in addition to many others. Shudder’s ‘Summer of Chills’ offers something for everyone with a fantastic line-up of new premieres every week, on top of the best library of curated streaming horror films anywhere,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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Equal Parts Horror And Mystery, ‘Open Your Eyes’ Is Out This June

A writer’s world begins to unravel in Open Your Eyes, a suspense-filled horror-thriller starring Ry Barrett (The Heretics, Still the Water) and Joanna Saul (Limited, Overlord) that takes you on a journey that is equal parts horrific and mysterious. In the film, “Jason Miller (Ry Barrett) dives headfirst into his newest screenplay in an attempt to avoid dealing with a traumatic experience. With his mental state teetering on the edge, he meets Lisa (Joanna Saul), his neighbor from down the hall, and a relationship begins to form. As he becomes more intrigued with Lisa, Jason continues to burn the midnight oil to finish his script, strange and mysterious things begin to happen, causing him to question everything. With his mind unraveling and his life spinning out of control, Jason struggles to hold onto the one thing he wants most, hope.” Written and directed by Greg A. Sager (Devil Seed, Kingdom Come) Open Your Eyes is a genre-bending blend of thriller,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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The Final Trailer For ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Is Here!

The wait is over, the final trailer for John Krasinski‘s highly anticipates A Quiet Place: Part II is here, giving us a glimpse of how it all began and the harsh realities of the new world. Part II finds the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) now facing the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. The origin story is also revealed in the form of flashbacks. John Krasinski returns as both director and actor. He also co-wrote the script along with Scott Beck. Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Djimon Hounsou also star in the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2018 film. A Quiet Place Part II premieres on May 28, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
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This June Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘The Carnivores’

This June, sink your teeth into The Carnivores, an LGBTQ horror comedy starring Lindsay Burdge (The Invitation, Netflix’ Easy), Tallie Medel (Joy Kevin), and Aiden the dog as Harvie. Writer-director Caleb Johnson‘s film centers on Alice and Bre whose dog “Harvie is dying, and he’s ruining everything. What had been a bright little family is quickly being consumed by clouds of self-doubt, suspicion, and a disturbing amount of ground beef. Bret (Lindsay Burdge) is taking the news hard. She’s had Harvie since before the relationship and is startled to find just how much of her sense of self is wrapped up in her history with him. Alice (Tallie Medel) thus finds herself on the outside of a relationship looking in. Bret’s obsession with the dog is getting overtly unhealthy, yet the more Alice attempts to connect, the further Bret retreats.” As the stress on Alice, a vegan, manifests in increasingly strange ways involving sleepwalking and a fascination with meat, she

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
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Movie Review: ‘Why?’ Left Me Asking ‘Why?’

Why? that’s the new film from director Corbin Timbrook. I’ve got some thoughts, so bear with me as I try my best to express them properly in this review. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why? could best be described as a slasher. The story centers on a writer who takes off to a rental cabin, where she will stay until her boyfriend arrives a few days later not knowing she is being stalked by a killer. Where to start? You could say that some of the acting was decent (sometimes). But that’s about as far as the compliments are going to go in this review. Sorry. Here’s my problem with Why?, the entire time I was watching this movie I kept feeling like I have seen it before, then I realized, I had, sort of. If you took scenes and troupes from the main slashers, the classics, reshot them, and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
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‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’ Gets A New Poster And IMAX Release

The long-awaited movie Spiral: From the Book of Saw is finally nearing its release. Today the IMAX release was announced and a new law enforcement-themed poster unveiled, featuring a pair of handcuffs with one end spiraling into the dark. Spiral, which is the ninth film in the franchise, stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on A Plane), as well as Max Minghella (“The Handmaid’s Tale). Rock also executive produces the movie based on his idea. The Saw’s franchise’s Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV) has returned to direct. In Spiral, a sadistic mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 5, 2021

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The New ‘Paranormal Activity’ Movie Will Skip Theaters

The upcoming new installment of the Paranormal Activity franchise will be skipping theaters and heading straight to Paramount+. Directed by William Eubank (Underwater) is in the director’s chair for the sequel written by Christopher Landon, the man behind Paranormal Activity II, III, and IV, Happy Death Day and Freaky, which was released earlier this year. Paranormal Activity‘s Oren Peli and Jason Blum are producing. Details are being kept quiet, but the movie has been described as “an unexpected retooling” of the franchise and will continue the tradition of the franchise’s found-footage style the began with the first film, released in 2007. Set to be released later this year, the film stars Emily Bader, Dan Lippert, Roland Buck III, and Henry Ayres-Brown. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, you can watch the Paranormal Activity franchise now on Paramount+. Sign up now for a free 7-day trial or for a monthly membership for $5.99. The franchise is also streaming on Prime.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
Horror Fuel

This May ‘The Devil’s Child’ Will Be Unleashed

The trailer is for The Devil’s Child (aka Diavlo) ahead of its release this May, teasing a chilling film with fantastic special effects. When a young nurse takes on the care of an old sickly man she has no warning that he has dark secrets and dark powers, not knowing that she is linked to the family. As she draws closer to the man in the dark gothic manor, secrets come to light as he begins to plague her nightmares. Maria Camila Pérez, Germán Naranjo, Marvens Paissano, and Fiona Horsey star in this dark supernatural thriller written and directed by David Bohórquez (The Banished) who produces along with Katherine Dia. The Devil’s Child will be unleashed on May 7, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
Horror Fuel

New Amazon Anthology Series “Unknown” Combines Horror & True Crime

Horror anthologies are big right now with several movies and series being released this year. Craig MacNeill who brought us series like “The Twilight Zone” and “Castle Rock” and Clay Chapman, who teamed up with MacNeill for the SXSW hit The Boy (pictured), have teamed up once again, this time with Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films for the genre anthology series “Unkown” that will show on Amazon, Deadline reports. & “Unknown” is a psychological horror anthology series that plunges into the corners of the American landscape, probing the intersection of folklore and our bloody history of true crime.” Expected to tackle a different story each season, “Unkown‘s” first season centers on an estranged brother and sister who return to the infamous Texas Killings Fields, only to encounter a dark spirit that inhabits the land from their childhood. The Texas Killing Fields is the true-crime part of the story. Located along Interstate Highway 45, the strip of land that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 8, 2021
Horror Fuel

IFC Films Acquires Coming Of Age Thriller ‘John And The Hole’

IFC Films announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the psychological coming-of-age thriller John and the Hole, directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto – one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” in 2021 – in his feature debut. “In this enigmatic and unsettling meditation on adolescent angst, 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers an unfinished bunker while exploring the neighboring woods—a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga), holding them captive within the bunker. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally enjoy and explore his newfound independence. Exploring the difficult passage from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, John and the Hole is both a slow-burn psychological thriller and meditative coming-of-age fable, anchored by a chilling lead performance from Charlie Shotwell.” The film is an adaptation by award-winning screenwriter

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

Shudder Announces “Summer Of Chills” Featuring 12 Exclusive Films

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, announced today its “Summer of Chills” slate of twelve new original and exclusive films for June, July, and August, including the anticipated debut of landmark horror director George A. Romero’s legendary “lost” film The Amusement Park on Tuesday, June 8. The robust summer lineup kicks off with Caveat, an eerie, slow-building, cat-and-mouse thriller, and continues with such marquee films as The Boy Behind the Door, Justin Powell, and David Charbonier’s directorial debut; Jakob’s Wife, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton; and Kandisha, the long-awaited new supernatural shocker from the French directing duo of Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, who return to Shudder following the success of their film Among the Living; in addition to many others. Shudder’s ‘Summer of Chills’ offers something for everyone with a fantastic line-up of new premieres every week, on top of the best library of curated streaming horror films anywhere,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
Horror Fuel

Equal Parts Horror And Mystery, ‘Open Your Eyes’ Is Out This June

A writer’s world begins to unravel in Open Your Eyes, a suspense-filled horror-thriller starring Ry Barrett (The Heretics, Still the Water) and Joanna Saul (Limited, Overlord) that takes you on a journey that is equal parts horrific and mysterious. In the film, “Jason Miller (Ry Barrett) dives headfirst into his newest screenplay in an attempt to avoid dealing with a traumatic experience. With his mental state teetering on the edge, he meets Lisa (Joanna Saul), his neighbor from down the hall, and a relationship begins to form. As he becomes more intrigued with Lisa, Jason continues to burn the midnight oil to finish his script, strange and mysterious things begin to happen, causing him to question everything. With his mind unraveling and his life spinning out of control, Jason struggles to hold onto the one thing he wants most, hope.” Written and directed by Greg A. Sager (Devil Seed, Kingdom Come) Open Your Eyes is a genre-bending blend of thriller,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 7, 2021
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The Final Trailer For ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Is Here!

The wait is over, the final trailer for John Krasinski‘s highly anticipates A Quiet Place: Part II is here, giving us a glimpse of how it all began and the harsh realities of the new world. Part II finds the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) now facing the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. The origin story is also revealed in the form of flashbacks. John Krasinski returns as both director and actor. He also co-wrote the script along with Scott Beck. Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, and Djimon Hounsou also star in the sequel to the critically acclaimed 2018 film. A Quiet Place Part II premieres on May 28, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

This June Sink Your Teeth Into The Horror Comedy ‘The Carnivores’

This June, sink your teeth into The Carnivores, an LGBTQ horror comedy starring Lindsay Burdge (The Invitation, Netflix’ Easy), Tallie Medel (Joy Kevin), and Aiden the dog as Harvie. Writer-director Caleb Johnson‘s film centers on Alice and Bre whose dog “Harvie is dying, and he’s ruining everything. What had been a bright little family is quickly being consumed by clouds of self-doubt, suspicion, and a disturbing amount of ground beef. Bret (Lindsay Burdge) is taking the news hard. She’s had Harvie since before the relationship and is startled to find just how much of her sense of self is wrapped up in her history with him. Alice (Tallie Medel) thus finds herself on the outside of a relationship looking in. Bret’s obsession with the dog is getting overtly unhealthy, yet the more Alice attempts to connect, the further Bret retreats.” As the stress on Alice, a vegan, manifests in increasingly strange ways involving sleepwalking and a fascination with meat, she

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: ‘Why?’ Left Me Asking ‘Why?’

Why? that’s the new film from director Corbin Timbrook. I’ve got some thoughts, so bear with me as I try my best to express them properly in this review. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why? could best be described as a slasher. The story centers on a writer who takes off to a rental cabin, where she will stay until her boyfriend arrives a few days later not knowing she is being stalked by a killer. Where to start? You could say that some of the acting was decent (sometimes). But that’s about as far as the compliments are going to go in this review. Sorry. Here’s my problem with Why?, the entire time I was watching this movie I kept feeling like I have seen it before, then I realized, I had, sort of. If you took scenes and troupes from the main slashers, the classics, reshot them, and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’ Gets A New Poster And IMAX Release

The long-awaited movie Spiral: From the Book of Saw is finally nearing its release. Today the IMAX release was announced and a new law enforcement-themed poster unveiled, featuring a pair of handcuffs with one end spiraling into the dark. Spiral, which is the ninth film in the franchise, stars Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on A Plane), as well as Max Minghella (“The Handmaid’s Tale). Rock also executive produces the movie based on his idea. The Saw’s franchise’s Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV) has returned to direct. In Spiral, a sadistic mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 5, 2021
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