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Danish Zombie Flick ‘Escaping the Dead’ Unleashes Its Trailer

From writers-directors-producers Martin Sonntag and Bastain Brinch Pedersen comes, Escaping the Dead, a film inspired by a series of articles about the deathdrug “Krokodil” that was published about the same period of time when Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on bathsalt in Miami., Escaping the Dead begins on a typical day for the lead character, David. David is the local marihuana pusher, but he is the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells. The country has been hit by a new death drug and when David and his partner in crime, Ahmir, is offered some exceptionally cheap cocaine they see it as an opportunity to earn big money at a big techno concert the following Friday. The cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect that creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads across the entire Copenhagen. Escaping the Dead stars Bastian Brinch Pedersen as David, Lloyd Kaufman, Lone Fleming (from

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Terror Films Unveils Trailer For Controversial Thriller ‘Del Playa’

Terror Films has unveiled the new trailer for the thriller Del Playa ahead of its July digital release. Few indie thrillers have been as controversial as Del Playa. A petition to shut the film down reached over 30,000 signatures after students at UCSB became convinced that film was inspired by killer Elliot Rodger who took the lives of 6 people and injured 14 others. Writer/Director Shaun Hart has insisted that while there are similarities, the stories are completely unconnected. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, July 17, 2017) – Terror Films is set to release the indie thriller DEL PLAYA across multiple digital platforms in North America on Friday, July 21st. The film’s story follows Matthew (Alan Ayala), who is routinely abused by his stepfather. He has a crush on Claire (Devon Barnes), during high school. His love for Claire rides a fine line between persistence and obsession. And when, Matthew is jumped by her boyfriend, things turn

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Jul 18, 2017
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The Trailer For ‘NS404: Provenance’ Arrives

Independent genre films are a god-send these days with horror being over-saturated with reboots and remakes. Thanks to affordable equipment a film can be made for as little as $10,000 like writer-cinematographer-producer Rob Coggin’s upcoming film NS404: Provenance. Directed by Lexi Balestrieri (Die Die Delta Pi), the film stars Tracy Roese, David E. McMahon, Zoe Adkins, Natalie Ise, Bob Glazier, Lisa Marie Kart, Carson Overfield, Lisa Walton, and Coggin. In the film, a mysterious chain of events, cubed-shaped objects and a group of silent wanderers begin to converge with devastating consequences that impact humanity on a global scale. These mysteries have roots in ancient history and may have influenced certain key events over the last several hundred years. As humankind speeds towards the inevitable, it is up to one person, a physics professor, to decipher and decode the true meaning of what is beginning to take place and save those he loves before it is too late. According to IMDb,

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May 29, 2017
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Creepy New Trailer for VALLEY OF DITCHES Drops

It’s said that everything’s bigger in Texas, but the stripped down new trailer for Valley of Ditches manages to deliver the horror with nothing but two great actors and a dusty mountain top. Starring Amanda Todisco as a woman left to die in an open grave and Russel Bradley Fenton as the man who left her there, Valley of the Ditches looks to be an interesting take on a tale as old as cinema. I’m always a sucker for a good dramatic dialogue, and Fenton’s discussion in the trailer of murdering his brother (and why it felt so right) is enough to give the sturdiest of spines a chill. Director Christopher James Lang, a well known producer behind several of your favorite true crime and paranormal tv shows, might just be delivering his magnum opus. And for everyone that hates the desert as much as I do, this just might be the scariest indie film released this year. Valley of

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Apr 4, 2017
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The Cat In The Hat Somehow Makes The IT Trailer Even Creepier

The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that….child murder that is! Taking a cue from the already vaguely horrifying 2003 film, famous internet mashup artist But Without has made a trailer combo for the ages, taking the recently released IT trailer and replacing all the horrifying Pennywise scenes with the somehow even more horrifying Mike Myer’s dressed as The Cat in the Hat. As both a huge IT fan (I read the book twice before I turned 13) and someone who actually really enjoys 2003’s Cat in the Hat (looking at it as a dark comedy designed to slowly drive Alec Baldwin mad makes it a lot funnier), this was the hardest I’ve found myself laughing in a long while. Truth be told, given the choice between being locked in a basement with a dancing clown or a 8 foot tall bipedal cat wielding a rusty hoe, I think I’d choose the clown.

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Apr 3, 2017
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An Interview With Haynze Whitmore & Eddie Renner About Their Upcoming Film Crepitus

Before we know it 2016 will have ended. It is time to start looking forward at the films we will see released in 2017. One of the horror films we are really looking forward to is the creepy clown film ‘Crepitus‘, directed by Haynze Whitmore and penned by Eddie Renner and Sarah Renner. Horror icon Bill Moseley (Death House,The Devil’s Rejects) is set to play the role of Crepitus, an evil entity that takes the form of a clown and has a taste for the flesh of children. Lance Paul, Raiden Moore, Jackey Hall, Mike Hard, and Caitlin Williams co-star alongside Moseley. The film centers around seventeen year old Elizabeth and her younger brother Julian, The two are about to face something even more frightening than their life with their alcoholic, abusive mother. When the family is forced to move into their grandfather’s old house the ghosts are the least of their problems. They will soon learn the horrible secrets

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Aug 31, 2016
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Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre – Heart-pounding pulp horror!

Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre was a book I’d been wanting to read for quite a while. Richard has three books to his credit, the most notable of which to our readers here at Horror Fuel is Bad Neighborhood, the multi-author horror anthology I put together with the help of a Kickstarter campaign last year. With that said, going in I was only loosely familiar with the author’s work, and wasn’t quite sure of what to expect from something which promised to be “heart-pounding pulp horror”. In recent years, “pulp” has been a catch all term, and the book description didn’t give me much to go on. With that said, I know from personal experience reading and writing Richard’s work in the past that he’s an excellent writer, so I was optimistic despite the sparse description. After-all, the cover was creepy enough. Book Description: Newcastle 1988. Reporter Phil Sturgess is intrigued by an up and coming rock band. Their music

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Aug 10, 2016
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First Trailer Arrives For Indie Horror Film Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter

Indie filmmaker Zoe Kavanagh is kicking ass and taking names with Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter, written by Kavanagh and Tony Flynn. Niamh Hogan stars alongside Michael Parle, Kevin O’Malley, Alan Talbot, Nic Furlong, Margarita Grillis and Tapes Jenkinson. Demon Hunter centers on a young girl tormented by the tragedies of her past. She is brought in for questioning by the police as a suspect in the murder of a man, who she claims was a demon. Detective Beckett realizes that she is the same girl he made a promise to many years ago to track down the man who murdered her twelve-year-old sister. Taryn tells the detective that a demon named Falstaff will stop at nothing to claim her soul. Falstaff kidnapps Detective Beckett’s daughter. Now his only hope of getting her back is with the demon hunter’s help. Other Articles You Might Like: First Trailer For Neon Demon Arrives A First Look At The Supernatural Indie Film The Terrible

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Apr 24, 2016
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The Indie Horror Film 2 Jennifer Picked Up By Sector 5

Sector 5 Film has snagged the right to the indie horror film 2 Jennifer from writer-director Hunter Johnson, Deadline has reported. Shot entirely from an iPhone 6, 2 Jennifer is the sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s 2013 film To Jennifer. Starring Lara Jean Mummert, Felissa Rose, Erin Marie Hogan and Jody Barton, the film centers on two fimmakers attempt to make the perfect sequel to To Jennifer, however a dark secret threatens the lives of everyone involved. Jennifer, a beautiful actress has two options: become the heroine of the film, or face a brutal death. 2 Jennifer is produced by Johnson, Bressack, Franke Merle, Jarrett Furst, Christian Ackerman, and Megan Perrin. The horror-thriller will see release later this year.

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Apr 13, 2016
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The Indie Horror Film ‘Dwelling’ Scares Up Its First Trailer

Who would volunteer to move into a home that they know is haunted? The couple in the horror film Dwelling, did just that. The Mother (Hogan) hopes to make contact with the other side, but the entity she makes contact with, may be much darker and more powerful than she bargained for. Now, the spirit is hell-bent on destroying the family. Dwelling was both written and directed by Kyle Mecca. This paranormal thriller is Mecca’s first full length film. The cast includes Ray Donavan actress Erin Marie Hogan, Mu-Shaka Benson (Half Dead), Josie DiVincenzo (Daredevil), Bill Brown (A Grimm Becoming), ‘Truth or Dare’s’ Devanny Pinn and newcomers Abigail Mary and Alexandra Merritt Mathews. Dwelling will arrive in select theaters and on DVD in 2016.

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Dec 14, 2015

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Danish Zombie Flick ‘Escaping the Dead’ Unleashes Its Trailer

From writers-directors-producers Martin Sonntag and Bastain Brinch Pedersen comes, Escaping the Dead, a film inspired by a series of articles about the deathdrug “Krokodil” that was published about the same period of time when Ronald Poppo had his face eaten by a naked man hooked on bathsalt in Miami., Escaping the Dead begins on a typical day for the lead character, David. David is the local marihuana pusher, but he is the kind of dealer that smokes more than he sells. The country has been hit by a new death drug and when David and his partner in crime, Ahmir, is offered some exceptionally cheap cocaine they see it as an opportunity to earn big money at a big techno concert the following Friday. The cocaine turns out to have a terrible side effect that creates a giant zombie outbreak that spreads across the entire Copenhagen. Escaping the Dead stars Bastian Brinch Pedersen as David, Lloyd Kaufman, Lone Fleming (from

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Terror Films Unveils Trailer For Controversial Thriller ‘Del Playa’

Terror Films has unveiled the new trailer for the thriller Del Playa ahead of its July digital release. Few indie thrillers have been as controversial as Del Playa. A petition to shut the film down reached over 30,000 signatures after students at UCSB became convinced that film was inspired by killer Elliot Rodger who took the lives of 6 people and injured 14 others. Writer/Director Shaun Hart has insisted that while there are similarities, the stories are completely unconnected. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, July 17, 2017) – Terror Films is set to release the indie thriller DEL PLAYA across multiple digital platforms in North America on Friday, July 21st. The film’s story follows Matthew (Alan Ayala), who is routinely abused by his stepfather. He has a crush on Claire (Devon Barnes), during high school. His love for Claire rides a fine line between persistence and obsession. And when, Matthew is jumped by her boyfriend, things turn

Continue reading →
Jul 18, 2017
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The Trailer For ‘NS404: Provenance’ Arrives

Independent genre films are a god-send these days with horror being over-saturated with reboots and remakes. Thanks to affordable equipment a film can be made for as little as $10,000 like writer-cinematographer-producer Rob Coggin’s upcoming film NS404: Provenance. Directed by Lexi Balestrieri (Die Die Delta Pi), the film stars Tracy Roese, David E. McMahon, Zoe Adkins, Natalie Ise, Bob Glazier, Lisa Marie Kart, Carson Overfield, Lisa Walton, and Coggin. In the film, a mysterious chain of events, cubed-shaped objects and a group of silent wanderers begin to converge with devastating consequences that impact humanity on a global scale. These mysteries have roots in ancient history and may have influenced certain key events over the last several hundred years. As humankind speeds towards the inevitable, it is up to one person, a physics professor, to decipher and decode the true meaning of what is beginning to take place and save those he loves before it is too late. According to IMDb,

Continue reading →
May 29, 2017
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Creepy New Trailer for VALLEY OF DITCHES Drops

It’s said that everything’s bigger in Texas, but the stripped down new trailer for Valley of Ditches manages to deliver the horror with nothing but two great actors and a dusty mountain top. Starring Amanda Todisco as a woman left to die in an open grave and Russel Bradley Fenton as the man who left her there, Valley of the Ditches looks to be an interesting take on a tale as old as cinema. I’m always a sucker for a good dramatic dialogue, and Fenton’s discussion in the trailer of murdering his brother (and why it felt so right) is enough to give the sturdiest of spines a chill. Director Christopher James Lang, a well known producer behind several of your favorite true crime and paranormal tv shows, might just be delivering his magnum opus. And for everyone that hates the desert as much as I do, this just might be the scariest indie film released this year. Valley of

Continue reading →
Apr 4, 2017
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The Cat In The Hat Somehow Makes The IT Trailer Even Creepier

The Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that….child murder that is! Taking a cue from the already vaguely horrifying 2003 film, famous internet mashup artist But Without has made a trailer combo for the ages, taking the recently released IT trailer and replacing all the horrifying Pennywise scenes with the somehow even more horrifying Mike Myer’s dressed as The Cat in the Hat. As both a huge IT fan (I read the book twice before I turned 13) and someone who actually really enjoys 2003’s Cat in the Hat (looking at it as a dark comedy designed to slowly drive Alec Baldwin mad makes it a lot funnier), this was the hardest I’ve found myself laughing in a long while. Truth be told, given the choice between being locked in a basement with a dancing clown or a 8 foot tall bipedal cat wielding a rusty hoe, I think I’d choose the clown.

Continue reading →
Apr 3, 2017
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An Interview With Haynze Whitmore & Eddie Renner About Their Upcoming Film Crepitus

Before we know it 2016 will have ended. It is time to start looking forward at the films we will see released in 2017. One of the horror films we are really looking forward to is the creepy clown film ‘Crepitus‘, directed by Haynze Whitmore and penned by Eddie Renner and Sarah Renner. Horror icon Bill Moseley (Death House,The Devil’s Rejects) is set to play the role of Crepitus, an evil entity that takes the form of a clown and has a taste for the flesh of children. Lance Paul, Raiden Moore, Jackey Hall, Mike Hard, and Caitlin Williams co-star alongside Moseley. The film centers around seventeen year old Elizabeth and her younger brother Julian, The two are about to face something even more frightening than their life with their alcoholic, abusive mother. When the family is forced to move into their grandfather’s old house the ghosts are the least of their problems. They will soon learn the horrible secrets

Continue reading →
Aug 31, 2016
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Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre – Heart-pounding pulp horror!

Minstrel’s Bargain by Richard Ayre was a book I’d been wanting to read for quite a while. Richard has three books to his credit, the most notable of which to our readers here at Horror Fuel is Bad Neighborhood, the multi-author horror anthology I put together with the help of a Kickstarter campaign last year. With that said, going in I was only loosely familiar with the author’s work, and wasn’t quite sure of what to expect from something which promised to be “heart-pounding pulp horror”. In recent years, “pulp” has been a catch all term, and the book description didn’t give me much to go on. With that said, I know from personal experience reading and writing Richard’s work in the past that he’s an excellent writer, so I was optimistic despite the sparse description. After-all, the cover was creepy enough. Book Description: Newcastle 1988. Reporter Phil Sturgess is intrigued by an up and coming rock band. Their music

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Aug 10, 2016
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First Trailer Arrives For Indie Horror Film Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter

Indie filmmaker Zoe Kavanagh is kicking ass and taking names with Taryn Barker: Demon Hunter, written by Kavanagh and Tony Flynn. Niamh Hogan stars alongside Michael Parle, Kevin O’Malley, Alan Talbot, Nic Furlong, Margarita Grillis and Tapes Jenkinson. Demon Hunter centers on a young girl tormented by the tragedies of her past. She is brought in for questioning by the police as a suspect in the murder of a man, who she claims was a demon. Detective Beckett realizes that she is the same girl he made a promise to many years ago to track down the man who murdered her twelve-year-old sister. Taryn tells the detective that a demon named Falstaff will stop at nothing to claim her soul. Falstaff kidnapps Detective Beckett’s daughter. Now his only hope of getting her back is with the demon hunter’s help. Other Articles You Might Like: First Trailer For Neon Demon Arrives A First Look At The Supernatural Indie Film The Terrible

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Apr 24, 2016
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The Indie Horror Film 2 Jennifer Picked Up By Sector 5

Sector 5 Film has snagged the right to the indie horror film 2 Jennifer from writer-director Hunter Johnson, Deadline has reported. Shot entirely from an iPhone 6, 2 Jennifer is the sequel to James Cullen Bressack’s 2013 film To Jennifer. Starring Lara Jean Mummert, Felissa Rose, Erin Marie Hogan and Jody Barton, the film centers on two fimmakers attempt to make the perfect sequel to To Jennifer, however a dark secret threatens the lives of everyone involved. Jennifer, a beautiful actress has two options: become the heroine of the film, or face a brutal death. 2 Jennifer is produced by Johnson, Bressack, Franke Merle, Jarrett Furst, Christian Ackerman, and Megan Perrin. The horror-thriller will see release later this year.

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Apr 13, 2016
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The Indie Horror Film ‘Dwelling’ Scares Up Its First Trailer

Who would volunteer to move into a home that they know is haunted? The couple in the horror film Dwelling, did just that. The Mother (Hogan) hopes to make contact with the other side, but the entity she makes contact with, may be much darker and more powerful than she bargained for. Now, the spirit is hell-bent on destroying the family. Dwelling was both written and directed by Kyle Mecca. This paranormal thriller is Mecca’s first full length film. The cast includes Ray Donavan actress Erin Marie Hogan, Mu-Shaka Benson (Half Dead), Josie DiVincenzo (Daredevil), Bill Brown (A Grimm Becoming), ‘Truth or Dare’s’ Devanny Pinn and newcomers Abigail Mary and Alexandra Merritt Mathews. Dwelling will arrive in select theaters and on DVD in 2016.

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Dec 14, 2015