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This September A Family Checks Into A Haunted Hotel In ‘The Tokoloshe: The Calling’

From writer-director Richard Green, and starring Sir Roel Twijnstra, Sibongiseni Shezi, and Angela Balkovic comes the haunting film The Tokoloshe: The Calling. In the film, “A successful writer and media personality, takes his wife and their adopted Zulu daughter to an abandoned hotel in The Transkei, located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, to finish his much-anticipated follow-up novel. Once there, strange things begin to occur inside the hotel. The family soon learns that the hotel has a dark past in which many murders were carried out since it opened in 1808, including rumors that the land is cursed due to being stolen from its native people. Meanwhile, in a city nearby, a high school teacher is experiencing strange visions and dreams, as “something” seems to be calling her back to the same hotel for some unfinished business. Through a sequence of events, the teacher and the family find themselves confronting a mythical creature that haunts people as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2021
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Dark Sky Films Unleashing ‘Night Drive’ & ‘Blood Conscious’ On DVD

Dark Sky Films is gearing to release two tales of terror on DVD this September, Night Drive and Blood Conscious. 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 Night Drive alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. Blood Conscious, starring Nick Damici (“Hap and Leonard”, Dark Was the Night), centers on Kevin, his older sister, Brittney, and her fiancé, Tony, set

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 25, 2021
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‘Witch Trials’ – Starring Wrestling’s Tommy Dreamer & Justin Credible – Enters Post-Production

Writer-director Christopher M. Don‘s horror-thriller Witch Trials has now entered post-production and we have the first look to share with you. In the indie film, two documentary filmmakers and an ex-cop investigate the disappearance of a young girl that is rumored to have been abducted by a witch in the haunted woods of Connecticut. The Gear Up Productions Film stars Kimberly Don, Melanie Worsencroft Marshall, Megan Jennings, Lisabeth DeLucia, Greg Nutcher, Christopher Don, Robert Ferdinand, Robert Don, Michael Levinson, Monique Dupree, and Shawn C. Phillips. Featuring professional wrestling legends Tommy Dreamer and Justin Credible. Featuring special effects by Caite Basdeo, the release date for Witch Trials should be announced soon. In the meantime, take a look at the first images from the horror film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2021
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French Obsession Thriller ‘Who You Think I Am’ Opning In Theaters This September

Director Safy Nebbou‘s feature adaptation of Camille Laurens’ French indie thriller Who You Think I Am will open in theaters in both LA and New York next week. An Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, Who You Think I Am “balances cunning and vulnerability in this romantic cyber-drama turned psychological thriller from writer-director Safy Nebbou. Ghosted by her hunky twenty-something lover, Claire (Binoche), a middle-aged professor and single mom, creates a fake Facebook profile to do a little undetected online snooping. But when her 24-year-old avatar “Clara” is friended by her ex’s equally attractive roommate (François Civil), superficial correspondence quickly escalates towards intense intimacy and uncontrollable obsession. Adapted from Camille Laurens’ best-selling novel—and co-scripted by Julie Peyr, a regular collaborator of Arnaud Desplechin—Who You Think I Am blends genres and bends reality to dizzying effect.” Who You Think I Am opens in theaters on September 3, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2021
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First Look: Horror-Comedy ‘When The Screaming Starts’ Making Its World Premiere At FrightFest

Riotous Films in association with Four Plus10 Films has just announced that their new horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts will make its World Premiere later this month at FrightFest. Ahead of the premiere, we’ve got your first look at the film. The mockumentary marks the directorial debut of Conor Boru and stars “The Witcher” alum Yasen Atour, as well as Ed Hartland (“The Crown”), Octavia Gilmore (For Sale), and Jared Rogers (Killer Weekend). In the film, Aidan Mendle has a dream; he aspires to be an infamous serial killer. When a struggling journalist, Norman, is invited to follow Aidan on his journey, he believes he has finally landed his big break. But as Aidan and his newly recruited murder cult embark on a bloodsoaked rampage, will Norman’s dream of becoming a renowned filmmaker turn into a nightmare. Who will be remembered, who will be forgotten and who will be left behind chopped into little pieces? Director Conor Boru was thrilled

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2021
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Dark Sky Films Announces August Release Of Horror Thriller ‘Blood Conscious’

Dark Sky Films has just announced the theatrical, Digital, and VOD release of the festival fan-favorite horror film Blood Conscious, starring Nick Damici (“Hap and Leonard”, Dark Was the Night). In the film, ” Kevin, his older sister, Brittney, and her fiancé, Tony, set off to their parents’ lakeside cottage expecting a leisurely weekend getaway but little did they expect the horror that awaits them. Their holiday turns into a trip from hell as they enter a scene of mass murder, where their parents and neighbors on this side of the lake all lie dead. Terror strikes when the armed murderer confronts them, alleging that they are fighting demonic forces that had possessed them all. They pin him down and lock him up in the cellar, but soon he claims not to be alone down there. As unexpected and traumatic events keep unfolding, they will have to find a way to survive the night without turning on each other, or

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2021
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‘Half Dead Fred’ Starring Corin Nemec & Jason London Set To Begin Filming

Half Dead Fred, a film by Bron Theron, is set to begin filming in Flint, Michigan this fall with Corin Nemec (Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Stargate SG1, The Stand) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused, The Rage Carrie 2, Man in the Moon) leading the cast. Described as a cross between “The Sixth Sense and China Town”, the story revolves around Freddy Nash (Nemec), an alcoholic who was involved in a tragic accident that claimed the life of his young son. Following these horrific events, Freddy is able to see and communicate with spirits. Using his newfound abilities, Freddy becomes a medium detective. His work brings him to Flint, Michigan to investigate the mysterious murder of the caretaker of an abandoned estate. It soon becomes clear that something very sinister and supernatural has occurred in the old house, and Freddy’s investigation takes some very unexpected twists and turns. I’m really looking forward to Half Dead Fred, a great film noir/thriller

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2021
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A Killer Hunts The Audience Of A Movie Theater This August In ‘The Last Matinee’

From director Maxi Contenti (Muñeco viviente V, Neptunia) comes the new Uruguay-Argentinian horror film The Last Matinee. In the indie slasher, “The audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema are terrorized by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by one. The only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist’s daughter.” The film, written by Manuel Facal (High Five, Fiesta Nibiru) and Contenti, stars Luciana Grasso (El Secreto de Julia), Ricardo Islas (El Que No Corre Vuela, Bailiwick), Julieta Spinelli, Franco Duran and Pedro Duarte. Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting will release The Last Matinee, which is English subtitled, in theaters on August 6, 2021, followed by a VOD, Digital, and DVD release on August 24, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 31, 2021
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A Couple’s Dream Vacation Turns Into A Nightmare In The Exclusive ‘6:45’ Clip

What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into one of your worst nightmares? And what if you were forced to relive that same day again and again? From Director Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Perkins 14, Animal Room) comes a pulse-pounding, time-looping psychological thriller, 6:45. “Bobby Patterson (Michael Reed) is taking one last romantic shot at saving his rocky relationship with his girlfriend, Jules Rables (Augie Duke) on a weekend getaway to the picturesque island resort of Bog Grove. To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted, but they soon learn about its notorious and bloody history – one that’s about to repeat itself again and again… The pair’s relationship issues are quickly cast aside in order to overcome a demented cycle of terror in which they’re seemingly trapped. And no matter what great lengths they take to avoid it, Bobby and Jules awake at 6:45 each morning to a nightmarish chain of events

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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Tubi Reviews: Last Rites of the Dead (2006) and Hellfire (2015)

Every now and then folks will clue me in to fright flicks they are associated with, and ask yours cruelly to give them the ol’ revoltin’ review treatment! One such case is this demonic duo, suggested to me by producer Frank Garfi… and if his name sounds familiar I reviewed another film he helped create, 2020’s Twisted Fiction (the review for which you can read right here)… so let’s dive into our first putrid picture, 2006’s zombie apocalypse with a twist, Last Rites of the Dead! Ol’ Angela (Gina Ramsden) is having a right shit night, to wit: her explosively violent boyfriend goes completely fuckin’ apeshit and blows her away as she cowers in a bathtub. Well, that was a dumb-ass move par excellence as this bit of murder biz happens smack dab as the dead are returning to life… and here comes that aforementioned twist, the dead really want back into a society that may not be too into

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DanXIII
Jul 21, 2021

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This September A Family Checks Into A Haunted Hotel In ‘The Tokoloshe: The Calling’

From writer-director Richard Green, and starring Sir Roel Twijnstra, Sibongiseni Shezi, and Angela Balkovic comes the haunting film The Tokoloshe: The Calling. In the film, “A successful writer and media personality, takes his wife and their adopted Zulu daughter to an abandoned hotel in The Transkei, located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, to finish his much-anticipated follow-up novel. Once there, strange things begin to occur inside the hotel. The family soon learns that the hotel has a dark past in which many murders were carried out since it opened in 1808, including rumors that the land is cursed due to being stolen from its native people. Meanwhile, in a city nearby, a high school teacher is experiencing strange visions and dreams, as “something” seems to be calling her back to the same hotel for some unfinished business. Through a sequence of events, the teacher and the family find themselves confronting a mythical creature that haunts people as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 26, 2021
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Dark Sky Films Unleashing ‘Night Drive’ & ‘Blood Conscious’ On DVD

Dark Sky Films is gearing to release two tales of terror on DVD this September, Night Drive and Blood Conscious. 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 Night Drive alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. Blood Conscious, starring Nick Damici (“Hap and Leonard”, Dark Was the Night), centers on Kevin, his older sister, Brittney, and her fiancé, Tony, set

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 25, 2021
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‘Witch Trials’ – Starring Wrestling’s Tommy Dreamer & Justin Credible – Enters Post-Production

Writer-director Christopher M. Don‘s horror-thriller Witch Trials has now entered post-production and we have the first look to share with you. In the indie film, two documentary filmmakers and an ex-cop investigate the disappearance of a young girl that is rumored to have been abducted by a witch in the haunted woods of Connecticut. The Gear Up Productions Film stars Kimberly Don, Melanie Worsencroft Marshall, Megan Jennings, Lisabeth DeLucia, Greg Nutcher, Christopher Don, Robert Ferdinand, Robert Don, Michael Levinson, Monique Dupree, and Shawn C. Phillips. Featuring professional wrestling legends Tommy Dreamer and Justin Credible. Featuring special effects by Caite Basdeo, the release date for Witch Trials should be announced soon. In the meantime, take a look at the first images from the horror film.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2021
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French Obsession Thriller ‘Who You Think I Am’ Opning In Theaters This September

Director Safy Nebbou‘s feature adaptation of Camille Laurens’ French indie thriller Who You Think I Am will open in theaters in both LA and New York next week. An Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, Who You Think I Am “balances cunning and vulnerability in this romantic cyber-drama turned psychological thriller from writer-director Safy Nebbou. Ghosted by her hunky twenty-something lover, Claire (Binoche), a middle-aged professor and single mom, creates a fake Facebook profile to do a little undetected online snooping. But when her 24-year-old avatar “Clara” is friended by her ex’s equally attractive roommate (François Civil), superficial correspondence quickly escalates towards intense intimacy and uncontrollable obsession. Adapted from Camille Laurens’ best-selling novel—and co-scripted by Julie Peyr, a regular collaborator of Arnaud Desplechin—Who You Think I Am blends genres and bends reality to dizzying effect.” Who You Think I Am opens in theaters on September 3, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2021
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First Look: Horror-Comedy ‘When The Screaming Starts’ Making Its World Premiere At FrightFest

Riotous Films in association with Four Plus10 Films has just announced that their new horror-comedy When the Screaming Starts will make its World Premiere later this month at FrightFest. Ahead of the premiere, we’ve got your first look at the film. The mockumentary marks the directorial debut of Conor Boru and stars “The Witcher” alum Yasen Atour, as well as Ed Hartland (“The Crown”), Octavia Gilmore (For Sale), and Jared Rogers (Killer Weekend). In the film, Aidan Mendle has a dream; he aspires to be an infamous serial killer. When a struggling journalist, Norman, is invited to follow Aidan on his journey, he believes he has finally landed his big break. But as Aidan and his newly recruited murder cult embark on a bloodsoaked rampage, will Norman’s dream of becoming a renowned filmmaker turn into a nightmare. Who will be remembered, who will be forgotten and who will be left behind chopped into little pieces? Director Conor Boru was thrilled

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2021
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Dark Sky Films Announces August Release Of Horror Thriller ‘Blood Conscious’

Dark Sky Films has just announced the theatrical, Digital, and VOD release of the festival fan-favorite horror film Blood Conscious, starring Nick Damici (“Hap and Leonard”, Dark Was the Night). In the film, ” Kevin, his older sister, Brittney, and her fiancé, Tony, set off to their parents’ lakeside cottage expecting a leisurely weekend getaway but little did they expect the horror that awaits them. Their holiday turns into a trip from hell as they enter a scene of mass murder, where their parents and neighbors on this side of the lake all lie dead. Terror strikes when the armed murderer confronts them, alleging that they are fighting demonic forces that had possessed them all. They pin him down and lock him up in the cellar, but soon he claims not to be alone down there. As unexpected and traumatic events keep unfolding, they will have to find a way to survive the night without turning on each other, or

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2021
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‘Half Dead Fred’ Starring Corin Nemec & Jason London Set To Begin Filming

Half Dead Fred, a film by Bron Theron, is set to begin filming in Flint, Michigan this fall with Corin Nemec (Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Stargate SG1, The Stand) and Jason London (Dazed and Confused, The Rage Carrie 2, Man in the Moon) leading the cast. Described as a cross between “The Sixth Sense and China Town”, the story revolves around Freddy Nash (Nemec), an alcoholic who was involved in a tragic accident that claimed the life of his young son. Following these horrific events, Freddy is able to see and communicate with spirits. Using his newfound abilities, Freddy becomes a medium detective. His work brings him to Flint, Michigan to investigate the mysterious murder of the caretaker of an abandoned estate. It soon becomes clear that something very sinister and supernatural has occurred in the old house, and Freddy’s investigation takes some very unexpected twists and turns. I’m really looking forward to Half Dead Fred, a great film noir/thriller

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 11, 2021
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A Killer Hunts The Audience Of A Movie Theater This August In ‘The Last Matinee’

From director Maxi Contenti (Muñeco viviente V, Neptunia) comes the new Uruguay-Argentinian horror film The Last Matinee. In the indie slasher, “The audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema are terrorized by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by one. The only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist’s daughter.” The film, written by Manuel Facal (High Five, Fiesta Nibiru) and Contenti, stars Luciana Grasso (El Secreto de Julia), Ricardo Islas (El Que No Corre Vuela, Bailiwick), Julieta Spinelli, Franco Duran and Pedro Duarte. Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting will release The Last Matinee, which is English subtitled, in theaters on August 6, 2021, followed by a VOD, Digital, and DVD release on August 24, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 31, 2021
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A Couple’s Dream Vacation Turns Into A Nightmare In The Exclusive ‘6:45’ Clip

What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into one of your worst nightmares? And what if you were forced to relive that same day again and again? From Director Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Perkins 14, Animal Room) comes a pulse-pounding, time-looping psychological thriller, 6:45. “Bobby Patterson (Michael Reed) is taking one last romantic shot at saving his rocky relationship with his girlfriend, Jules Rables (Augie Duke) on a weekend getaway to the picturesque island resort of Bog Grove. To their bewilderment, the sleepy beach town is curiously deserted, but they soon learn about its notorious and bloody history – one that’s about to repeat itself again and again… The pair’s relationship issues are quickly cast aside in order to overcome a demented cycle of terror in which they’re seemingly trapped. And no matter what great lengths they take to avoid it, Bobby and Jules awake at 6:45 each morning to a nightmarish chain of events

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 22, 2021
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Tubi Reviews: Last Rites of the Dead (2006) and Hellfire (2015)

Every now and then folks will clue me in to fright flicks they are associated with, and ask yours cruelly to give them the ol’ revoltin’ review treatment! One such case is this demonic duo, suggested to me by producer Frank Garfi… and if his name sounds familiar I reviewed another film he helped create, 2020’s Twisted Fiction (the review for which you can read right here)… so let’s dive into our first putrid picture, 2006’s zombie apocalypse with a twist, Last Rites of the Dead! Ol’ Angela (Gina Ramsden) is having a right shit night, to wit: her explosively violent boyfriend goes completely fuckin’ apeshit and blows her away as she cowers in a bathtub. Well, that was a dumb-ass move par excellence as this bit of murder biz happens smack dab as the dead are returning to life… and here comes that aforementioned twist, the dead really want back into a society that may not be too into

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DanXIII
Jul 21, 2021
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