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New Clip Arrives Ahead Of Action Horror ‘Ouija Japan’s’ Release

New Clip Arrives Ahead Of Action Horror ‘Ouija Japan’s’ Release

Ahead of its release next week, we’ve got a new clip from the indie horror film Ouja Japan, the female-led action/horror film combines two popular horror elements: the Ouija and the Japanese Battle Royal. The film centers on Karen, an American housewife living in Japan who desperately wants to fit in with her Japanese community, until peer pressure forces her to play the Kokkuri-san (the Japanese Ouija) with the other housewives, unwittingly disrespecting a local deity, who sets them up to fight each other in a deadly game of battle royal. A mysterious app gets installed on their phones to aid them in their battle. It offers the women tools to fight each other, which they buy with credits. But they better be careful with their spending Ouija Japan is out now on Amazon Prime Video and arrives on October 19th on Blu-ray from Leomark Studios and TokyoSHOCK Japan.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Filmmakers Set Out To Locate A Killer In The New Clips From ‘Faking A Murderer’

This August two filmmakers set out to find a killer in an attempt to make a hit true-crime film in Faking a Murder, directed by Stuart Stone (The Haunted House of Kirby Road, Scarecrows). Faking a Murderer follows two filmmakers on their noble yet perhaps misguided quest to track down a seedy-looking stranger they’ve discovered online who — in a disturbing video — seemingly confesses to a murder. Or at least that’s what they think. Seeing the popularity of true crime shows, they decide to try and turn this discovery into their own killer hit. With the support (both moral and financial) of a distributor, Stuart Stone and Adam Rodness set off on their journey to try and track down this elusive creep. When they bring the video to law enforcement, they’re told — repeatedly — that it’s really not much to go on, and they’re putting a lot of time and energy into what essentially is a fool’s errand.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

Enter ‘The Forever Room’ This August

Director Kevin Hicks (Doppel, Dead Air) is taking viewers on an unnerving trip with his horror-thriller The Forever Room. In this indie film, a Chinimble Lore production, “A woman wakes up to find herself shackled in a basement with no memory of how she got there. Her horror is amplified when she discovers that her captor is her own mother, who assures her that the situation is necessary and for her own good. In the days and nights that follow, she is beset by strange apparitions and frightening experiences, finding herself precariously balanced on a razor’s edge between reality and insanity, and ultimately forced to face a dark truth.” Samantha Valletta and Vickie Hicks, star in The Forever Room out On Demand on August 24, 2021, from Freestyle Digital Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 30, 2021
Horror Fuel

Horror-Thriller ‘Night Drive’ Pulls Into Theaters This August

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. And we’ve got the first trailer that reveals a dark, intense film. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted a fun, thoroughly engaging thrill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

To Celebrate Its Release, We’ve Got A New Exclusive ‘Road Head’ Clip

Director David Del Rio‘s bloody horror-comedy Road Head is out today and to celebrate we’ve got a new clip that teases that victims can’t get a “head” in this film as they fight for survival. In the film, written by Chloe Skye, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head is out today (6/4) on Digital platforms, from Terror Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2021
Horror Fuel

Animated Horror Comedy ‘Resurrection Corporation’ Comes To Amazon

Italian filmmaker, Alberto Genovese, who brought you Troma’s Sick Sock Monsters from Outer space, is back with new tale of horror, the indie animated film Resurrection Corporation. Inspired by Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Resurrection Corporation follows the paradoxical adventures of a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection, to which no citizen can resist. The uselessness of the now obsolete coffins drives the funeral director to an economic and existential crisis. Man, now too old, is not able to adapt to the changing times nor is he able to confront a society so distinctly tanatophobic. His own stubbornness will drive the protagonist to expose an irrational system that, in the repudiation of the word ‘end’, reveals all his deception. This dark and morbid (in the best possible way) film about humanity’s fear of death is now out on Amazon Prime Video, from 1844

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

Horror Comedy ‘Too Late’ Bares Its Teeth This Summer

D.W. Thomas makes his feature debut with the horror-comedy Too Late, set to be released this summer. Set in Los Angeles, this indie comedy features Violet Fields who works a thankless job as the assistant to Bob Devore, a real monster, and famed comedian who is the host of the live variety show, “Too Late”. But what only Violet knows is that Bob is a monster both literally and figuratively. Resigned to her fate, Violet is caught by surprise when she meets aspiring comedian Jimmy Rhodes and sparks fly. But as her feelings for Jimmy grow and Bob starts to doubt her loyalty, she and Jimmy could end up as Bob’s next meal. Scripted by Tom Becker, the movie stars Alyssa Limperis (Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun), Ron Lynch (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Adventure Time”), Will Weldon (Comedy Central’s “This Isn’t Happening”), Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Fred Armisen (“SNL”,” Portlandia”), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa 2,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2021
Horror Fuel

Glenn Payne’s Micro Budget Horror-Comedy ‘Killer Concept’ Out This May

From director Glenn Payne (Driven, Earthrise) and writer Casey Dillard (Driven, As I Lay Dying) comes Killer Concept, a horror-comedy starring Payne, Dillard, and Coley Bryant (Driven, Stargrassle Paranormal). The film “explores what happens when three creatives team up to write a screenplay about a string of murders in their town, not knowing that one of the three may be closer to the story than the others realize. Mark (Glenn Payne), a voyeuristic photographer with a secret, is at first reluctant when aspiring cut-throat producer Seth (Coley Bryant) and true crime writer Holly (Casey Dillard) want him to help them make a movie about a local serial killer: after all, they might figure out that he is the murderer, but he figures it could be interesting. However, when rivalries, crushes, and outside influences begin to cloud his twisted mind it’s harder to tell if he’s in his own story or theirs.” With a primary cast and crew of five people,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

Terror Films And FilmIsNow Team Up For The Release Of Twenty-Three Horror Films

Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Writer Faces Off Against An Escaped Psycho In ‘Why’

When a writer takes refuge at a cabin in the woods to write her book she has no idea that an escaped killer is heading her way in Why, out now on VOD and Digital, from High Octane Pictures. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why is directed by Corbin Timbrook. In the film, “Writer Blake Sinclair goes away for the weekend to the small town of Northdale to stay in a cabin and finish writing her book, with plans to meet her husband days later. Unaware that a madman, a killer has escaped a mental hospital. He returns to his home, coincidently, the same cabin where Blake is staying in Northdale. The killer toys with Blake and must be stopped, but will her husband make it in time to save her?” In 2016, Timbrook received two nominations at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival for his work on the feature

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 18, 2021

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New Clip Arrives Ahead Of Action Horror ‘Ouija Japan’s’ Release

New Clip Arrives Ahead Of Action Horror ‘Ouija Japan’s’ Release

Ahead of its release next week, we’ve got a new clip from the indie horror film Ouja Japan, the female-led action/horror film combines two popular horror elements: the Ouija and the Japanese Battle Royal. The film centers on Karen, an American housewife living in Japan who desperately wants to fit in with her Japanese community, until peer pressure forces her to play the Kokkuri-san (the Japanese Ouija) with the other housewives, unwittingly disrespecting a local deity, who sets them up to fight each other in a deadly game of battle royal. A mysterious app gets installed on their phones to aid them in their battle. It offers the women tools to fight each other, which they buy with credits. But they better be careful with their spending Ouija Japan is out now on Amazon Prime Video and arrives on October 19th on Blu-ray from Leomark Studios and TokyoSHOCK Japan.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Filmmakers Set Out To Locate A Killer In The New Clips From ‘Faking A Murderer’

This August two filmmakers set out to find a killer in an attempt to make a hit true-crime film in Faking a Murder, directed by Stuart Stone (The Haunted House of Kirby Road, Scarecrows). Faking a Murderer follows two filmmakers on their noble yet perhaps misguided quest to track down a seedy-looking stranger they’ve discovered online who — in a disturbing video — seemingly confesses to a murder. Or at least that’s what they think. Seeing the popularity of true crime shows, they decide to try and turn this discovery into their own killer hit. With the support (both moral and financial) of a distributor, Stuart Stone and Adam Rodness set off on their journey to try and track down this elusive creep. When they bring the video to law enforcement, they’re told — repeatedly — that it’s really not much to go on, and they’re putting a lot of time and energy into what essentially is a fool’s errand.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

Enter ‘The Forever Room’ This August

Director Kevin Hicks (Doppel, Dead Air) is taking viewers on an unnerving trip with his horror-thriller The Forever Room. In this indie film, a Chinimble Lore production, “A woman wakes up to find herself shackled in a basement with no memory of how she got there. Her horror is amplified when she discovers that her captor is her own mother, who assures her that the situation is necessary and for her own good. In the days and nights that follow, she is beset by strange apparitions and frightening experiences, finding herself precariously balanced on a razor’s edge between reality and insanity, and ultimately forced to face a dark truth.” Samantha Valletta and Vickie Hicks, star in The Forever Room out On Demand on August 24, 2021, from Freestyle Digital Media.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 30, 2021
Horror Fuel

Horror-Thriller ‘Night Drive’ Pulls Into Theaters This August

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. And we’ve got the first trailer that reveals a dark, intense film. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted a fun, thoroughly engaging thrill

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

To Celebrate Its Release, We’ve Got A New Exclusive ‘Road Head’ Clip

Director David Del Rio‘s bloody horror-comedy Road Head is out today and to celebrate we’ve got a new clip that teases that victims can’t get a “head” in this film as they fight for survival. In the film, written by Chloe Skye, three friends (Elizabeth Grullon, Damian Joseph Quinn, Clayton Farris) take a road trip to the Mojave Desert where their complicated relationships are pushed to their breaking point as the group encounters a reclusive, murderous cult. Try not to lose your head, Road Head is out today (6/4) on Digital platforms, from Terror Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 4, 2021
Horror Fuel

Animated Horror Comedy ‘Resurrection Corporation’ Comes To Amazon

Italian filmmaker, Alberto Genovese, who brought you Troma’s Sick Sock Monsters from Outer space, is back with new tale of horror, the indie animated film Resurrection Corporation. Inspired by Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Resurrection Corporation follows the paradoxical adventures of a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection, to which no citizen can resist. The uselessness of the now obsolete coffins drives the funeral director to an economic and existential crisis. Man, now too old, is not able to adapt to the changing times nor is he able to confront a society so distinctly tanatophobic. His own stubbornness will drive the protagonist to expose an irrational system that, in the repudiation of the word ‘end’, reveals all his deception. This dark and morbid (in the best possible way) film about humanity’s fear of death is now out on Amazon Prime Video, from 1844

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

Horror Comedy ‘Too Late’ Bares Its Teeth This Summer

D.W. Thomas makes his feature debut with the horror-comedy Too Late, set to be released this summer. Set in Los Angeles, this indie comedy features Violet Fields who works a thankless job as the assistant to Bob Devore, a real monster, and famed comedian who is the host of the live variety show, “Too Late”. But what only Violet knows is that Bob is a monster both literally and figuratively. Resigned to her fate, Violet is caught by surprise when she meets aspiring comedian Jimmy Rhodes and sparks fly. But as her feelings for Jimmy grow and Bob starts to doubt her loyalty, she and Jimmy could end up as Bob’s next meal. Scripted by Tom Becker, the movie stars Alyssa Limperis (Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun), Ron Lynch (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Adventure Time”), Will Weldon (Comedy Central’s “This Isn’t Happening”), Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Fred Armisen (“SNL”,” Portlandia”), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa 2,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2021
Horror Fuel

Glenn Payne’s Micro Budget Horror-Comedy ‘Killer Concept’ Out This May

From director Glenn Payne (Driven, Earthrise) and writer Casey Dillard (Driven, As I Lay Dying) comes Killer Concept, a horror-comedy starring Payne, Dillard, and Coley Bryant (Driven, Stargrassle Paranormal). The film “explores what happens when three creatives team up to write a screenplay about a string of murders in their town, not knowing that one of the three may be closer to the story than the others realize. Mark (Glenn Payne), a voyeuristic photographer with a secret, is at first reluctant when aspiring cut-throat producer Seth (Coley Bryant) and true crime writer Holly (Casey Dillard) want him to help them make a movie about a local serial killer: after all, they might figure out that he is the murderer, but he figures it could be interesting. However, when rivalries, crushes, and outside influences begin to cloud his twisted mind it’s harder to tell if he’s in his own story or theirs.” With a primary cast and crew of five people,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2021
Horror Fuel

Terror Films And FilmIsNow Team Up For The Release Of Twenty-Three Horror Films

Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Writer Faces Off Against An Escaped Psycho In ‘Why’

When a writer takes refuge at a cabin in the woods to write her book she has no idea that an escaped killer is heading her way in Why, out now on VOD and Digital, from High Octane Pictures. Starring Natasha Henstridge (Species), Emma Bell (“The Walking Dead”), and genre staple Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Why is directed by Corbin Timbrook. In the film, “Writer Blake Sinclair goes away for the weekend to the small town of Northdale to stay in a cabin and finish writing her book, with plans to meet her husband days later. Unaware that a madman, a killer has escaped a mental hospital. He returns to his home, coincidently, the same cabin where Blake is staying in Northdale. The killer toys with Blake and must be stopped, but will her husband make it in time to save her?” In 2016, Timbrook received two nominations at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival for his work on the feature

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 18, 2021
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