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Filming For Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Midnight Club’ Series Has Begun

Mike Flanagan, the brilliant filmmaker behind Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, and Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House” is back with his new Netflix series adaptation of Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel The Midnight Club with co-creator Leah Fong. Flanagan announced earlier this week on Twitter that filming is officially underway with him directing several episodes as well as executive producing along with Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy. Flanagan has stated that the series focuses on a club of terminally ill young adults who gather together at midnight to tell scary stories and make a pact that whichever of them dies first will contact the others from beyond the grave. The cast includes Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel. Scream Queen Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) will star as the series’ doctor who runs the hospice. Julia Bickell will executive produce along with Flanagan, Leah Fong, and

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Mar 17, 2021
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Blumhouse And Epix Strike Exclusive Eight Film Deal

Epix has struck a huge new partnership with Blumhouse for eight new exclusive horror films. One film will be arriving this year with the other seven being released in 2022. The first up is A House on the Bayou, written and directed by Alex McAulay (Don’t Tell A Soul) which is currently in the casting process and will move into production this Spring. Word is, they are aiming for a December 2021 release. It centers on a troubled couple and their preteen daughter who travels to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou for vacation. When unexpected visitors arrive, the family begins to unravel as terrifying secrets come to light. Blumhouse Television already has several highly productive partnerships including their Welcome to Blumhouse film collection on Amazon and their highly-acclaimed “Into the Dark” anthology on Hulu. The new partnership between Blumhouse and Epix should offer fans a lot of great entertainment as well.

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Mar 17, 2021
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The First Look At The Horror Thriller ‘The Believer’ Teases A Wife With Deadly Intent

Marriage can be amazing, but sometimes, it can be dangerous that’s the case in director Shan Serafin‘s horror-thriller The Believer. The film tells the story of “an out-of-work scientist facing mental deterioration who finds he may be battling his wife’s obsession with demonic activity. Lucas is an out-of-work nuclear scientist, struggles with tension in his marriage after his wife Violet mysteriously terminates her pregnancy without his consent. As Lucas’ physical health begins to inexplicably deteriorate, Violet’s behavior grows increasingly bizarre and he seeks clarity from his therapist Dr. Benedict. Exhausted by his job search, strange events begin to occur in the home and his medical condition progressively declines. Benedict recommends they try an alternative therapy, but it only makes matters worse. Lucas questions Benedict’s effectiveness as his grip on reality begins to fade. Violet’s deceitful behavior arouses his ever-deepening suspicions, and after a visit from two mysterious guests, her insidious behavior becomes disturbingly pervasive. Lucas’ anger and frustration turn to

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Mar 16, 2021
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A First Look At Ilana Glazer’s Reproductive Horror ‘False Positive’

We’ve got the first look at Hulu’s upcoming IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) horror False Positive premiering this June. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” John Lee directs from the script he wrote with Ilana Glazer who stars along with Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, and Gretchen Mol. False Positive premieres on Hulu on Friday, June 25, 2021, from A24, the same studio that brought us The Witch, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse.

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Mar 16, 2021
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The New Trailer For ‘The Voices’ Reminds You Not To Believe Everything You Hear

This Spring, The Voices will leave you unnerved and remind you not to believe everything you hear. In the film, from award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, after visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her, they don’t belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby’s first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly

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Mar 16, 2021
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Showtime Sinks Its Teeth Into A New Series Inspired ‘Let The Right One In’

2008’s Let the Right One In is on every must-see list for horror fans. Now, the Swedish film is getting a loose series adaptation from Showtime, Variety reports. Genre staple Demián Birchir, who you’ll recognize from The Nun, The Grudge (2020), Alien Covenant, or Godzilla vs Kong, is set to star in the vampire series. “The series centers on Mark (Bichir), a father and his 12-year-old daughter, Eleanor, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.” The original film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist who also penned the script. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson and tells the story of a bullied young boy who finds love

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Mar 15, 2021
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The Mob Takes On Zombies In New Horror-Comedy ‘Witness Infection’

The mob faces off against the undead in the award-winning horror-comedy Witness Infection, coming your way this March from director Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook) and writers Carlos Alazraqui (“Rocko’s Modern Life”) and Jill-Michele Melean (“Mad TV”). Witness Infection tells the story “of two rival mob families who are transferred from the Witness Protection Program to the same city by mistake. Life has always been pretty protected for Carlo Serrelli. But his past is about to come back and bite him. Carlo’s father has kept him out of the deadly mob business by giving him a job at the family dog groomers, while his younger brother, Dominic, has always done the dirty work. All that is coming to an end as Carlo’s father has to force him into an arranged marriage with the daughter of the rival Miola family boss. Carlo’s two best friends, Gina and Vince, vow to help him get out of this predicament, but they all get

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Mar 15, 2021
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Enter A New Dimension Of Fear With ‘The Sleep’ Whose Trailer Comes With A Warning

Enter a new dimension of terror this Spring with the indie horror The Sleep, being described as “the most insane horror experience you’ll ever have.” In fact, the teaser trailer even comes with a warning. “The Sleep centers on a group of young adults who are put through a supernatural and possibly inter-dimensional experiment on Halloween Night. They must survive real-life horrors as well as the ones unlocked deep within their minds and kill one another or themselves in the process…” Director Devin Rice stars alongside Stephanie Pearson, Jacqueline Rice, Samantha Jean, Kendall Chappell, Casey Leach, Jordan Wilson, Kaylah Pantaléon, Giselle Torres, and Chris Cleveland. Rice not only serves as writer, director, and actor, he also produces along with Jacqueline Rice, his wife. For updates or to learn more please visit the film’s official website.

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Mar 15, 2021
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Documentary ‘Leap Of Faith: William Friedkin On The Exorcist’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray

When it comes to iconic horror films you don’t get much more important than The Exorcist. There are several documentaries out there about the 1973 classic, but one stands above all others, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (review) and it should be required watching for all genre fans! Luckily, the Shudder documentary is coming to VOD, Digital, and Blu-ray this April. Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, The People vs. George Lucas), the documentary features William Friedkin (To Live and Die in L.A., The Exorcist) himself discussing the iconic film’s making and the mysteries of faith and fate that helped shape his life and filmography, and so much more. Pick up your copy of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist on VOD, Digital HD, or Blu-ray on April 13, 2021, from RLJE Films.

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Mar 14, 2021
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Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

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Mar 13, 2021

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Filming For Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Midnight Club’ Series Has Begun

Mike Flanagan, the brilliant filmmaker behind Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, and Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House” is back with his new Netflix series adaptation of Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel The Midnight Club with co-creator Leah Fong. Flanagan announced earlier this week on Twitter that filming is officially underway with him directing several episodes as well as executive producing along with Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy. Flanagan has stated that the series focuses on a club of terminally ill young adults who gather together at midnight to tell scary stories and make a pact that whichever of them dies first will contact the others from beyond the grave. The cast includes Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel. Scream Queen Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) will star as the series’ doctor who runs the hospice. Julia Bickell will executive produce along with Flanagan, Leah Fong, and

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Mar 17, 2021
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Blumhouse And Epix Strike Exclusive Eight Film Deal

Epix has struck a huge new partnership with Blumhouse for eight new exclusive horror films. One film will be arriving this year with the other seven being released in 2022. The first up is A House on the Bayou, written and directed by Alex McAulay (Don’t Tell A Soul) which is currently in the casting process and will move into production this Spring. Word is, they are aiming for a December 2021 release. It centers on a troubled couple and their preteen daughter who travels to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou for vacation. When unexpected visitors arrive, the family begins to unravel as terrifying secrets come to light. Blumhouse Television already has several highly productive partnerships including their Welcome to Blumhouse film collection on Amazon and their highly-acclaimed “Into the Dark” anthology on Hulu. The new partnership between Blumhouse and Epix should offer fans a lot of great entertainment as well.

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Mar 17, 2021
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The First Look At The Horror Thriller ‘The Believer’ Teases A Wife With Deadly Intent

Marriage can be amazing, but sometimes, it can be dangerous that’s the case in director Shan Serafin‘s horror-thriller The Believer. The film tells the story of “an out-of-work scientist facing mental deterioration who finds he may be battling his wife’s obsession with demonic activity. Lucas is an out-of-work nuclear scientist, struggles with tension in his marriage after his wife Violet mysteriously terminates her pregnancy without his consent. As Lucas’ physical health begins to inexplicably deteriorate, Violet’s behavior grows increasingly bizarre and he seeks clarity from his therapist Dr. Benedict. Exhausted by his job search, strange events begin to occur in the home and his medical condition progressively declines. Benedict recommends they try an alternative therapy, but it only makes matters worse. Lucas questions Benedict’s effectiveness as his grip on reality begins to fade. Violet’s deceitful behavior arouses his ever-deepening suspicions, and after a visit from two mysterious guests, her insidious behavior becomes disturbingly pervasive. Lucas’ anger and frustration turn to

Continue reading →
Mar 16, 2021
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A First Look At Ilana Glazer’s Reproductive Horror ‘False Positive’

We’ve got the first look at Hulu’s upcoming IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) horror False Positive premiering this June. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Ilana Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” John Lee directs from the script he wrote with Ilana Glazer who stars along with Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, and Gretchen Mol. False Positive premieres on Hulu on Friday, June 25, 2021, from A24, the same studio that brought us The Witch, Midsommar, and The Lighthouse.

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Mar 16, 2021
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The New Trailer For ‘The Voices’ Reminds You Not To Believe Everything You Hear

This Spring, The Voices will leave you unnerved and remind you not to believe everything you hear. In the film, from award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, after visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her, they don’t belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby’s first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly

Continue reading →
Mar 16, 2021
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Showtime Sinks Its Teeth Into A New Series Inspired ‘Let The Right One In’

2008’s Let the Right One In is on every must-see list for horror fans. Now, the Swedish film is getting a loose series adaptation from Showtime, Variety reports. Genre staple Demián Birchir, who you’ll recognize from The Nun, The Grudge (2020), Alien Covenant, or Godzilla vs Kong, is set to star in the vampire series. “The series centers on Mark (Bichir), a father and his 12-year-old daughter, Eleanor, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, perhaps forever, Eleanor lives a closed-in life, able to go out only at night, while her father does his best to provide her with the minimal amount of human blood she needs to stay alive.” The original film is an adaptation of the 2004 novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist who also penned the script. It was directed by Tomas Alfredson and tells the story of a bullied young boy who finds love

Continue reading →
Mar 15, 2021
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The Mob Takes On Zombies In New Horror-Comedy ‘Witness Infection’

The mob faces off against the undead in the award-winning horror-comedy Witness Infection, coming your way this March from director Andy Palmer (Camp Cold Brook) and writers Carlos Alazraqui (“Rocko’s Modern Life”) and Jill-Michele Melean (“Mad TV”). Witness Infection tells the story “of two rival mob families who are transferred from the Witness Protection Program to the same city by mistake. Life has always been pretty protected for Carlo Serrelli. But his past is about to come back and bite him. Carlo’s father has kept him out of the deadly mob business by giving him a job at the family dog groomers, while his younger brother, Dominic, has always done the dirty work. All that is coming to an end as Carlo’s father has to force him into an arranged marriage with the daughter of the rival Miola family boss. Carlo’s two best friends, Gina and Vince, vow to help him get out of this predicament, but they all get

Continue reading →
Mar 15, 2021
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Enter A New Dimension Of Fear With ‘The Sleep’ Whose Trailer Comes With A Warning

Enter a new dimension of terror this Spring with the indie horror The Sleep, being described as “the most insane horror experience you’ll ever have.” In fact, the teaser trailer even comes with a warning. “The Sleep centers on a group of young adults who are put through a supernatural and possibly inter-dimensional experiment on Halloween Night. They must survive real-life horrors as well as the ones unlocked deep within their minds and kill one another or themselves in the process…” Director Devin Rice stars alongside Stephanie Pearson, Jacqueline Rice, Samantha Jean, Kendall Chappell, Casey Leach, Jordan Wilson, Kaylah Pantaléon, Giselle Torres, and Chris Cleveland. Rice not only serves as writer, director, and actor, he also produces along with Jacqueline Rice, his wife. For updates or to learn more please visit the film’s official website.

Continue reading →
Mar 15, 2021
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Documentary ‘Leap Of Faith: William Friedkin On The Exorcist’ Coming To Digital And Blu-ray

When it comes to iconic horror films you don’t get much more important than The Exorcist. There are several documentaries out there about the 1973 classic, but one stands above all others, Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (review) and it should be required watching for all genre fans! Luckily, the Shudder documentary is coming to VOD, Digital, and Blu-ray this April. Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe (78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, The People vs. George Lucas), the documentary features William Friedkin (To Live and Die in L.A., The Exorcist) himself discussing the iconic film’s making and the mysteries of faith and fate that helped shape his life and filmography, and so much more. Pick up your copy of Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist on VOD, Digital HD, or Blu-ray on April 13, 2021, from RLJE Films.

Continue reading →
Mar 14, 2021
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Werewolf Film ‘The Beast Comes At Midnight’ Begins Filming This July (Plot & Cast)

Robert Angelo Masciantonia (Cold Hearts) has signed to helm the upcoming horror film The Beast Comes at Night, a coming-of-age story set in a small southern town with a serious werewolf problem. Kylissa Katalinch, Michael McKeever, and Kyle Oifer star alongside Robert Bronzi, known for his uncanny resemblance to the iconic actor Charles Bronson. The story centers on a young podcaster (McKeever) who has a penchant for investigating paranormal phenomena, serial killers, and conspiracy theories. He discovers his town is under attack by a flesh-eating beast that hunts during the full moon! Nobody believes him, except a popular cheerleader (Katalinich) and sideshow fortune teller (Bronzi) hiding his past as a Cold War-era monster hunter. The Beast Comes at Midnight, set in the real-life carnival town of Gibsonton, Florida, a winter retreat for carnival workers and sideshow attractions, is set to begin filming this July in Tampa, Florida Legendary horror film composer Dennis Tenney has also signed on for the film.

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Mar 13, 2021