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New ‘Fear Street: 1978’ Trailer Takes Us To Summer Camp

Director Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is bringing R.L.Stein‘s classic Fear Street books to life with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy. Ahead of the second movie’s premiere, we’ve got the new trailer that takes us back in time to a summer camp in 1978. In the Fear Street Trilogy “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.” In Fear Street Part 2: 1978, “Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.” Fear Street Part 2: 1978 premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 9, followed by the release of Fear Street Part 3: 1666 on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
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The Horror Collective Unleashing Two New Films And A Series On Shudder

The Horror Collective is set to unleash three tales of terror this month, including Rot, Mass Hysteria, and a new season of “Etheria.” All are coming to Shudder. ROT (2020), written and directed by, Andrew Merrill (Warm Insides), stars Kris Alexandrea (Gothic Springs), Johnny Kostrey (Kidding, Aquarius, The Good Place), McKale Jude Bingham (Betrayed), Adam Burch (Nazis at the Center of the Earth), and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist, 100 Acres of Hell, Halloween 2). And is produced by Beth Crudele (Side Hustle, The Gift, Fuller House). In the film, when Madison’s ex goes missing, his friends expect her to lead the search to find him. But something vile has taken over his body, and what they find is worse than any of them could have imagined. Rot lands on Shudder on July 20, 2021. Directed by Arielle Cimano and Jeff Ryan, in Mass Hysteria, a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2021
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Dive Into The Mysteries The Have Plagued Tinsel Town With The Series “Hollywood Files”

Bestselling Author Bryn Curt James Hammond (A Case for Murder Brittany Murphy Files) & Ufologist Lisa Marie Appleton (Big Brother 9) are set to take a deep dive into the mysterious cases that have long plagued Hollywood, including the 2013 case of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel in the new documentary series, “Hollywood Files“. Directed and executive produced by Bryn Curt James Hammond (Brittany Murphy An ID Mystery), the docuseries will “deconstruct” the events behind Lam’s disappearance, revealing never before heard information that left fans of the Netflix show “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” reeling. The shocking and disturbing case of Lam, a tourist from Vancouver at the Skid Row hotel, gripped the public due to the strange circumstances surrounding her untimely disappearance and death. She vanished in late January 2013, and by mid-February, the authorities had released the explosive last-known CCTV footage of Lam (timestamped February 1) taken inside the Cecil hotel elevator as she

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2021
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The Number One Horror Comedy Of 2021, ‘Werewolves Within’, Is Out Now!

The winner for Best Indie at Hollywood Critics Association’s 2021 Midseason Awards and the best horror-comedy of the year, Werewolves Within is now in theaters and is available to rent everywhere! “After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community in Werewolves Within. Directed by Josh Ruben and written by Mishna Wolff, Werewolves Within stars Richardson, Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtain, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, and Glenn Fleshler. Werewolves Within, which we called “laugh-out-loud funny” and “a quick classic” in our review, is out now from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 2, 2021
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Mock-buster ‘Jungle Run’ Unleashed On Digital

Two sisters on a mission to find their missing father discover a supernatural mystery as they face off against wild beasts in the mock-buster Jungle Run from director Noah Luke and writer Marc Gottlieb. In the film, “A search for their missing father turns deadly when sibling adventurers find themselves viciously attacked by jungle animals. But as they fight back against the relentless onslaught they start to realize something much more sinister may be behind the attacks.” Richard Grieco, Alyson Gorske, Darius Autry, and Jack Pearson star in Jungle Run, out now on Digital from The Asylum.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 1, 2021
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‘Velocipastor’ Director Brendan Steere Is Back With Survival Horror ‘Animosity’

Wild Eye Releasing has unearthed Velocipastor director Brendan Steere’s first film, Animosity, starring Tracy Willet and Marcin Paluch as two newlyweds that discover a sinister presence in the woods. In this brutal flick, a newlywed couple moves into a house in the middle of woods only to discover that the surrounding forest is host to sinister supernatural powers which turn them against each other. Steere’s hilarious film, The Velocipastor, was also released by Wild Eye Releasing and was a feature-length adaptation of a 2010 grindhouse trailer by the same director, which was made as a film school project and went viral. A sequel is now in development. Animosity lands on Digital on July 20, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 30, 2021
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A Woman’s Dark Secret Is The Only Hope For A Hijacked Plane In Netflix’s ‘Blood Red Sky’

The lives of people on a flight are in the hands of one woman with a dark secret in the trailer for Netflix‘s Blood Red Sky, set to premiere this July exclusively on the streaming powerhouse. In the movie, “Nadja and her ten-year-old son are on an overnight flight from Germany to New York when a group of terrorists violently take control of the plane and threaten the lives of the passengers. But the terrorists have no idea what they’re in for with Nadja on board – she has the power to protect her son and all the other passengers. But she faces an impossible choice – should she reveal her dark side and the inner monster she has kept hidden from her son for years in order to save him? The hunters become the hunted and everyone on the plane finds themselves in a perilous race against time – a fight for survival because there is one thing nobody

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 29, 2021
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Pre-Order Your Copy Of ‘Room 9’ Starring Kane Hodder & Scout Taylor-Compton

Liongate’s NEW horror film, Room 9 starring horror icons Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise), Michael Berryman (Hills Have Eyes), and Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween) comes out this July, but you can pre-order your copy today. In the film, “Long ago, Room 9 of the Johnson/Bedford Inn, located in a remote small town, was the site of a gruesome double murder. Decades later, with the town terrorized once again by a string of bloody ritual killings, a mysterious woman named Star arrives to investigate and suffers bizarre flashbacks related to the inn’s slayings. Is she connected to the killings…or the inn’s next victim?” The film was both written and directed by Thomas Walton and also stars Brian Anthony Wilson, Tony Devon, Michael Emery, and David Raine. Walton produces alongside Jared Safier, Phillip B. Goldfine, and Navid Sanati, withNick Peetros serving as associate producer and Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Mary Jane Bulseco, and Thomas Walton executive producing. Pre-order your copy

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021
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The “Ghost Adventures” Team Is Back With A Brand New Season

The Ghost Adventures team – Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley –are back on the hunt, investigating all-new incidents of extreme and disturbing paranormal activity in their brand new season that kicks off on July 22nd. The GHOST ADVENTURES crew receives calls on the regular about claims of unrelenting paranormal activity that is terrifying those in its wake. Whether it’s poltergeist activity at a popular Hollywood costume shop or shadow figures inside a celebrity residence, these complex paranormal mysteries leave everyone wanting answers. Using advanced cutting-edge technology along with their unique paranormal intuition and more than two decades of experience, Zak, Aaron, Billy, and Jay examine each situation searching for evidence that will point them to a better understanding of the unexplained phenomena. What we experience this season is some of the most physical and psychological paranormal activity yet,” said Bagans. “We’re dealing with cursed land, portals, demonic activity and very frightened property owners who are afraid

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021
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A New Twist On Ancient Mythology, ‘Medusa’ Set To Be Unleashed This July

This July, Medusa, a modern take of the mythological serpent queen, is set to be unleashed by New Era Entertainment in the US, Canada, and the UK. The film tells the story of “a young woman, who is bitten by a lethal snake and starts experiencing unusual changes to her senses and appearance. As she sheds her old skin, she will stop at nothing to get what she wants, as she slowly morphs into a deadly weapon.” The cast includes Megan Purvis (The Young Cannibals, Don’t Knock Twice, Hilda), Sarah T. Cohen (HellKat, The Witches, The Viking War), Nicola Wright (The Gardener, Perfect 10, Silent Place), and Nicole Nabi (Cannibal Troll, Hatched). Matthew B.C. directed and co-wrote the film alongside Scott Jeffrey. Medusa was produced by the UK production house Jagged Edge Productions. Devilworks acquired Worldwide rights and will be selling to International buyers at the Marche’s physical event in Cannes New Era Entertainment will be releasing Medusa across the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021

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New ‘Fear Street: 1978’ Trailer Takes Us To Summer Camp

Director Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) is bringing R.L.Stein‘s classic Fear Street books to life with Netflix’s Fear Street Trilogy. Ahead of the second movie’s premiere, we’ve got the new trailer that takes us back in time to a summer camp in 1978. In the Fear Street Trilogy “In 1994, a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected — and that they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside’s sinister history.” In Fear Street Part 2: 1978, “Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.” Fear Street Part 2: 1978 premieres on Netflix on Friday, July 9, followed by the release of Fear Street Part 3: 1666 on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

The Horror Collective Unleashing Two New Films And A Series On Shudder

The Horror Collective is set to unleash three tales of terror this month, including Rot, Mass Hysteria, and a new season of “Etheria.” All are coming to Shudder. ROT (2020), written and directed by, Andrew Merrill (Warm Insides), stars Kris Alexandrea (Gothic Springs), Johnny Kostrey (Kidding, Aquarius, The Good Place), McKale Jude Bingham (Betrayed), Adam Burch (Nazis at the Center of the Earth), and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist, 100 Acres of Hell, Halloween 2). And is produced by Beth Crudele (Side Hustle, The Gift, Fuller House). In the film, when Madison’s ex goes missing, his friends expect her to lead the search to find him. But something vile has taken over his body, and what they find is worse than any of them could have imagined. Rot lands on Shudder on July 20, 2021. Directed by Arielle Cimano and Jeff Ryan, in Mass Hysteria, a tourist dies on Halloween night in Salem, the crowd seeks justice by mounting a modern-day

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2021
Horror Fuel

Dive Into The Mysteries The Have Plagued Tinsel Town With The Series “Hollywood Files”

Bestselling Author Bryn Curt James Hammond (A Case for Murder Brittany Murphy Files) & Ufologist Lisa Marie Appleton (Big Brother 9) are set to take a deep dive into the mysterious cases that have long plagued Hollywood, including the 2013 case of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel in the new documentary series, “Hollywood Files“. Directed and executive produced by Bryn Curt James Hammond (Brittany Murphy An ID Mystery), the docuseries will “deconstruct” the events behind Lam’s disappearance, revealing never before heard information that left fans of the Netflix show “Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” reeling. The shocking and disturbing case of Lam, a tourist from Vancouver at the Skid Row hotel, gripped the public due to the strange circumstances surrounding her untimely disappearance and death. She vanished in late January 2013, and by mid-February, the authorities had released the explosive last-known CCTV footage of Lam (timestamped February 1) taken inside the Cecil hotel elevator as she

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 5, 2021
Horror Fuel

The Number One Horror Comedy Of 2021, ‘Werewolves Within’, Is Out Now!

The winner for Best Indie at Hollywood Critics Association’s 2021 Midseason Awards and the best horror-comedy of the year, Werewolves Within is now in theaters and is available to rent everywhere! “After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community in Werewolves Within. Directed by Josh Ruben and written by Mishna Wolff, Werewolves Within stars Richardson, Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtain, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, and Glenn Fleshler. Werewolves Within, which we called “laugh-out-loud funny” and “a quick classic” in our review, is out now from IFC Midnight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 2, 2021
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Mock-buster ‘Jungle Run’ Unleashed On Digital

Two sisters on a mission to find their missing father discover a supernatural mystery as they face off against wild beasts in the mock-buster Jungle Run from director Noah Luke and writer Marc Gottlieb. In the film, “A search for their missing father turns deadly when sibling adventurers find themselves viciously attacked by jungle animals. But as they fight back against the relentless onslaught they start to realize something much more sinister may be behind the attacks.” Richard Grieco, Alyson Gorske, Darius Autry, and Jack Pearson star in Jungle Run, out now on Digital from The Asylum.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 1, 2021
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‘Velocipastor’ Director Brendan Steere Is Back With Survival Horror ‘Animosity’

Wild Eye Releasing has unearthed Velocipastor director Brendan Steere’s first film, Animosity, starring Tracy Willet and Marcin Paluch as two newlyweds that discover a sinister presence in the woods. In this brutal flick, a newlywed couple moves into a house in the middle of woods only to discover that the surrounding forest is host to sinister supernatural powers which turn them against each other. Steere’s hilarious film, The Velocipastor, was also released by Wild Eye Releasing and was a feature-length adaptation of a 2010 grindhouse trailer by the same director, which was made as a film school project and went viral. A sequel is now in development. Animosity lands on Digital on July 20, 2021.

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

A Woman’s Dark Secret Is The Only Hope For A Hijacked Plane In Netflix’s ‘Blood Red Sky’

The lives of people on a flight are in the hands of one woman with a dark secret in the trailer for Netflix‘s Blood Red Sky, set to premiere this July exclusively on the streaming powerhouse. In the movie, “Nadja and her ten-year-old son are on an overnight flight from Germany to New York when a group of terrorists violently take control of the plane and threaten the lives of the passengers. But the terrorists have no idea what they’re in for with Nadja on board – she has the power to protect her son and all the other passengers. But she faces an impossible choice – should she reveal her dark side and the inner monster she has kept hidden from her son for years in order to save him? The hunters become the hunted and everyone on the plane finds themselves in a perilous race against time – a fight for survival because there is one thing nobody

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 29, 2021
Horror Fuel

Pre-Order Your Copy Of ‘Room 9’ Starring Kane Hodder & Scout Taylor-Compton

Liongate’s NEW horror film, Room 9 starring horror icons Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th franchise), Michael Berryman (Hills Have Eyes), and Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween) comes out this July, but you can pre-order your copy today. In the film, “Long ago, Room 9 of the Johnson/Bedford Inn, located in a remote small town, was the site of a gruesome double murder. Decades later, with the town terrorized once again by a string of bloody ritual killings, a mysterious woman named Star arrives to investigate and suffers bizarre flashbacks related to the inn’s slayings. Is she connected to the killings…or the inn’s next victim?” The film was both written and directed by Thomas Walton and also stars Brian Anthony Wilson, Tony Devon, Michael Emery, and David Raine. Walton produces alongside Jared Safier, Phillip B. Goldfine, and Navid Sanati, withNick Peetros serving as associate producer and Barry Brooker, Stan Wertlieb, Mary Jane Bulseco, and Thomas Walton executive producing. Pre-order your copy

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

The “Ghost Adventures” Team Is Back With A Brand New Season

The Ghost Adventures team – Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley –are back on the hunt, investigating all-new incidents of extreme and disturbing paranormal activity in their brand new season that kicks off on July 22nd. The GHOST ADVENTURES crew receives calls on the regular about claims of unrelenting paranormal activity that is terrifying those in its wake. Whether it’s poltergeist activity at a popular Hollywood costume shop or shadow figures inside a celebrity residence, these complex paranormal mysteries leave everyone wanting answers. Using advanced cutting-edge technology along with their unique paranormal intuition and more than two decades of experience, Zak, Aaron, Billy, and Jay examine each situation searching for evidence that will point them to a better understanding of the unexplained phenomena. What we experience this season is some of the most physical and psychological paranormal activity yet,” said Bagans. “We’re dealing with cursed land, portals, demonic activity and very frightened property owners who are afraid

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

A New Twist On Ancient Mythology, ‘Medusa’ Set To Be Unleashed This July

This July, Medusa, a modern take of the mythological serpent queen, is set to be unleashed by New Era Entertainment in the US, Canada, and the UK. The film tells the story of “a young woman, who is bitten by a lethal snake and starts experiencing unusual changes to her senses and appearance. As she sheds her old skin, she will stop at nothing to get what she wants, as she slowly morphs into a deadly weapon.” The cast includes Megan Purvis (The Young Cannibals, Don’t Knock Twice, Hilda), Sarah T. Cohen (HellKat, The Witches, The Viking War), Nicola Wright (The Gardener, Perfect 10, Silent Place), and Nicole Nabi (Cannibal Troll, Hatched). Matthew B.C. directed and co-wrote the film alongside Scott Jeffrey. Medusa was produced by the UK production house Jagged Edge Productions. Devilworks acquired Worldwide rights and will be selling to International buyers at the Marche’s physical event in Cannes New Era Entertainment will be releasing Medusa across the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2021
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