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‘Dark State’ Soundtrack Released Along With The Psychological Thriller

The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is out now from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must choose between helping

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021
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New ‘At Night Comes Wolves’ Trailer Introduces You To A Cult

We’ve got the brand spanking new trailer and poster for TJ Marine‘s (Object in Reality) cult thriller At Night Comes Wolves, an unnerving tale featuring themes of misogyny, fate, and sexism. In the film, a woman is about to change the world forever. After Leah Shaffer finally leaves her emotionally manipulative husband, she finds a friend in a drifter with whom she quickly feels a deep connection. The drifter introduces Leah to a prodigal chemist, and Leah learns her new friends are all that is left of a doomsday cult that disbanded years earlier. Together, the new trio is about to change the world, but before they can reveal their secrets, they have to tie up loose ends with Leah’s husband– and their ex-leader. Gabriella Alves, Jacob Allen Weldy, Vladimir Noel, Sarah Serio, Myles Forster, Madeleine Heil, Colleen Miller, Byron Reo, and Joseph Bongiovanni star. At Night Comes Wolves arrives on Digital and VOD on April 20, 2021, from Gravitas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 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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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
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A Night Goes Horribly Wrong In The ‘Making Monsters’ Trailer

This March, the horror thriller Making Monsters is set to be unleashed hot off its film festival tour making stops as festivals including Shriekfest, Portland Horror Film Festival, and the Hexploitation Film Festival where it won “Scariest Film.” Co-directed by Justin Harding (Latched) and Rob Brunner, the film is set over one terrifying night. Youtube stars gather for a fun time, only to find themselves cast in a home-made film of torture! David (Jonathan Craig) looks for his latest video to go viral. Changing his appearance, David leaves Christian (Tim Loden) and Allison (Alana Elmer) in stitches. But, this night soon takes a deadly turn. Now, there is no escape with these dinner guests trapped inside one man’s horrifying plot. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Making Monsters on Digital this March 26, 2021, across the U.S.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 9, 2021
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Get Your Copy Now Of The Remastered True Story Inspired Film ‘Who Put Ella In The Wych Elm’

The award-winning folk horror feature Bella in the Wych Elm, inspired by a true story, has returned in a spanking new remastered definitive cut in this special BLU+DVD set loaded with extras including a reversible sleeve, fold-out poster with brand new artwork commissioned by SLUDGEWORK, liner notes booklet, special silent movie edition with choice of 3 alternate scores and more! Now available for pre-order, the film is an unnerving look at the famous “Who put Bella in the wych elm” mystery which is local to the filmmakers serves as a love letter to Black Country heritage and the power of modern folklore and storytelling. In the real-life mystery, four children discovered the skeletal remains of a woman inside of a wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England in 1943. The victim is thought to have been murdered and placed in the tree two years earlier. Not long after the discovery, graffiti began to appear around the town asking the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
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Robbers Pick The Wrong House To Break Into In The ‘Hostage’ Trailer

Genre specialist Devilworks is gearing up to debut their new horror title Hostage, at this year’s EFM. Ahead of its debut, we’ve got the brand new trailer. Directed by Eddie Augustin, who co-wrote the film with Laura Ashley Pokisena, Hostage follows young cheerleader Ashley, who was adopted by her parent’s killers. Years later, during a home robbery, her crazed family reveals what they are really capable of and Ashley must decide who’s side she is on. Starring Nicole Hendersen, Mike Cannz, Daryl Marks, and Tina Trineer, the film was produced by ‘Anxious Eddy Inc’ – producers on the project includeTony Manolikakis, Katiuscia Pierre and Laura Ashley Polisena, and Giuseppe Monticciolo, who also executive produced. Devilworks will put the film up for sale at EFM (March 1st-5th).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2021
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RJLE & Shudder Will Introduce You To ‘Jakob’s Wife’ This April

RLJE Films and Shudder have acquired the rights to the horror film Jakob’s Wife ahead of its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. In the film, Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before, the body count grows and Jakob realizes he will have to fight for the wife he took for granted. Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor) directs from the script he co-wrote with Mark Steensland (The Special) and Kathy Charles (Castle Freak). Jakob’s Wife stars Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Larry Fessenden (Habit, Stake Land), Nyisha Bell (Coming 2 America), Mark Kelly (The Hot Zone), Sarah Lind (Wolfcop), Robert Rusler (A Nightmare

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2021
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This February A Killer Goes On The Rampage At A Party In ‘Beast Within’

Actor and producer Steven Morana is making his directorial debut with Beast Within, a lycanthropic whodunit centered around a gaming app launch party that takes a sudden turn when a murder is discovered. Morana co-directs along with Chris Green (Zombie Werewolves Attack!) as well as stars in the lead role as August, the tech wonder turned action hero who must protect his guests when a mysterious predator crashes his big night. The ensemble cast also includes Colm Feore (Thor), Ari Millen (Orphan Black), Alysa King (Slasher), Supinder Wraich (The 410), Art Hindle (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and Katie Boland (The Bet). In the movie, “a new gaming app Werewolves Awaken is being launched at a VIP event hosted by an eccentric billionaire at his country estate. Beast Within tells the story of a lead gaming developer, August (Morana), who is looking forward to finally meeting his online girlfriend, Cheyenne (Deveaux), at a launch party of the gaming app he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 17, 2021
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A Dark Secret Comes To Light In ‘The Parish’ Trailer

Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer and Poster which have just arrived. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Slaughter in Plague Town (2008)

A bickering family of American tourists decide to stop off in a small Irish village located in a picturesque, verdant landscape. Seems prosaic enough, but as horror movies oft times go; this village has a deep, dark (in this case mutant) based secret that will put that vacay in a serious dovetail right quick! As you may surmise from that sinister synopsis, Plague Town (or A Slaughter in Plague Town) is a fright flick positively dripping with atmosphere. This is nowhere as evident in the locales utilized to bring this terror tale to life; all wicked woods and dark, almost monotone environs. It’s drab, it’s dreary, and it looks exactly like the place you’d run into some good ol’ folk horror madness! Adding to the positives are the lean n’ mean flow of the film delivered by co-writer (along with John Cregan)/director David Gregory keeps things disturbing and moving like a spectral locomotive from hell, so this one never becomes

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DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021

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‘Dark State’ Soundtrack Released Along With The Psychological Thriller

The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is out now from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must choose between helping

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021
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New ‘At Night Comes Wolves’ Trailer Introduces You To A Cult

We’ve got the brand spanking new trailer and poster for TJ Marine‘s (Object in Reality) cult thriller At Night Comes Wolves, an unnerving tale featuring themes of misogyny, fate, and sexism. In the film, a woman is about to change the world forever. After Leah Shaffer finally leaves her emotionally manipulative husband, she finds a friend in a drifter with whom she quickly feels a deep connection. The drifter introduces Leah to a prodigal chemist, and Leah learns her new friends are all that is left of a doomsday cult that disbanded years earlier. Together, the new trio is about to change the world, but before they can reveal their secrets, they have to tie up loose ends with Leah’s husband– and their ex-leader. Gabriella Alves, Jacob Allen Weldy, Vladimir Noel, Sarah Serio, Myles Forster, Madeleine Heil, Colleen Miller, Byron Reo, and Joseph Bongiovanni star. At Night Comes Wolves arrives on Digital and VOD on April 20, 2021, from Gravitas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 19, 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 →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 15, 2021
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A Night Goes Horribly Wrong In The ‘Making Monsters’ Trailer

This March, the horror thriller Making Monsters is set to be unleashed hot off its film festival tour making stops as festivals including Shriekfest, Portland Horror Film Festival, and the Hexploitation Film Festival where it won “Scariest Film.” Co-directed by Justin Harding (Latched) and Rob Brunner, the film is set over one terrifying night. Youtube stars gather for a fun time, only to find themselves cast in a home-made film of torture! David (Jonathan Craig) looks for his latest video to go viral. Changing his appearance, David leaves Christian (Tim Loden) and Allison (Alana Elmer) in stitches. But, this night soon takes a deadly turn. Now, there is no escape with these dinner guests trapped inside one man’s horrifying plot. Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Making Monsters on Digital this March 26, 2021, across the U.S.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 9, 2021
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Get Your Copy Now Of The Remastered True Story Inspired Film ‘Who Put Ella In The Wych Elm’

The award-winning folk horror feature Bella in the Wych Elm, inspired by a true story, has returned in a spanking new remastered definitive cut in this special BLU+DVD set loaded with extras including a reversible sleeve, fold-out poster with brand new artwork commissioned by SLUDGEWORK, liner notes booklet, special silent movie edition with choice of 3 alternate scores and more! Now available for pre-order, the film is an unnerving look at the famous “Who put Bella in the wych elm” mystery which is local to the filmmakers serves as a love letter to Black Country heritage and the power of modern folklore and storytelling. In the real-life mystery, four children discovered the skeletal remains of a woman inside of a wych elm tree in Hagley Wood, Worcestershire, England in 1943. The victim is thought to have been murdered and placed in the tree two years earlier. Not long after the discovery, graffiti began to appear around the town asking the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
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Robbers Pick The Wrong House To Break Into In The ‘Hostage’ Trailer

Genre specialist Devilworks is gearing up to debut their new horror title Hostage, at this year’s EFM. Ahead of its debut, we’ve got the brand new trailer. Directed by Eddie Augustin, who co-wrote the film with Laura Ashley Pokisena, Hostage follows young cheerleader Ashley, who was adopted by her parent’s killers. Years later, during a home robbery, her crazed family reveals what they are really capable of and Ashley must decide who’s side she is on. Starring Nicole Hendersen, Mike Cannz, Daryl Marks, and Tina Trineer, the film was produced by ‘Anxious Eddy Inc’ – producers on the project includeTony Manolikakis, Katiuscia Pierre and Laura Ashley Polisena, and Giuseppe Monticciolo, who also executive produced. Devilworks will put the film up for sale at EFM (March 1st-5th).

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 24, 2021
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RJLE & Shudder Will Introduce You To ‘Jakob’s Wife’ This April

RLJE Films and Shudder have acquired the rights to the horror film Jakob’s Wife ahead of its world premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. In the film, Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before, the body count grows and Jakob realizes he will have to fight for the wife he took for granted. Travis Stevens (Girl on the Third Floor) directs from the script he co-wrote with Mark Steensland (The Special) and Kathy Charles (Castle Freak). Jakob’s Wife stars Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Larry Fessenden (Habit, Stake Land), Nyisha Bell (Coming 2 America), Mark Kelly (The Hot Zone), Sarah Lind (Wolfcop), Robert Rusler (A Nightmare

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2021
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This February A Killer Goes On The Rampage At A Party In ‘Beast Within’

Actor and producer Steven Morana is making his directorial debut with Beast Within, a lycanthropic whodunit centered around a gaming app launch party that takes a sudden turn when a murder is discovered. Morana co-directs along with Chris Green (Zombie Werewolves Attack!) as well as stars in the lead role as August, the tech wonder turned action hero who must protect his guests when a mysterious predator crashes his big night. The ensemble cast also includes Colm Feore (Thor), Ari Millen (Orphan Black), Alysa King (Slasher), Supinder Wraich (The 410), Art Hindle (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), and Katie Boland (The Bet). In the movie, “a new gaming app Werewolves Awaken is being launched at a VIP event hosted by an eccentric billionaire at his country estate. Beast Within tells the story of a lead gaming developer, August (Morana), who is looking forward to finally meeting his online girlfriend, Cheyenne (Deveaux), at a launch party of the gaming app he

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 17, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Dark Secret Comes To Light In ‘The Parish’ Trailer

Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer and Poster which have just arrived. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Slaughter in Plague Town (2008)

A bickering family of American tourists decide to stop off in a small Irish village located in a picturesque, verdant landscape. Seems prosaic enough, but as horror movies oft times go; this village has a deep, dark (in this case mutant) based secret that will put that vacay in a serious dovetail right quick! As you may surmise from that sinister synopsis, Plague Town (or A Slaughter in Plague Town) is a fright flick positively dripping with atmosphere. This is nowhere as evident in the locales utilized to bring this terror tale to life; all wicked woods and dark, almost monotone environs. It’s drab, it’s dreary, and it looks exactly like the place you’d run into some good ol’ folk horror madness! Adding to the positives are the lean n’ mean flow of the film delivered by co-writer (along with John Cregan)/director David Gregory keeps things disturbing and moving like a spectral locomotive from hell, so this one never becomes

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Feb 7, 2021
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