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Tornadoes Filled With Flaming Spiders Are Unleashed On L.A. In ‘Arachnado 2’

Writer-director Dustin Ferguson‘s Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders, the final installment of the “Pandemic Series,” will make its premiere on YouTube on May 1st at 6 pm PST as part of SCS TV’s “Malvolia’s Movie Matinee”! In the movie, “After the failed government attempt to create a new weapon of mass destruction known as an ‘Arachnado’ or Project A-82, Sergeant Preston teams up with two female accomplices to overthrow the corrupt Governor before the entire city of Los Angeles is destroyed by their newest experiment: a firenado with flaming spiders! If that weren’t enough, there’s also a horde of newly hatched Baby Ebola Rex dinosaurs terrorizing the outskirts of town making their way towards a final fiery showdown with the flaming spiders! Plus there is the leftover 5G Zombie problem…” Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard To Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark) star in this insane action-packed flick. Tune in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2021
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Take Shelter! Arachnado Is Here!

Take shelter, a new terrifying storm is headed your way from director Dustin Ferguson (5G Zombies), Arachnado! “When a freak cyclone swamps Los Angeles, millions of poisonous spiders terrorize the city.” Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard To Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Mike Furgeson (Death Squad), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). Arachnado has now been unleashed. Check out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
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DVD Review: Ebola Rex (2020)

After a brief intro from horror hostess Malovia: The Queen of Screams, we jump right into a dinosaur getting knocked over by an explosion, followed by an in-depth conversation on snack foods. I think it’s safe to say we are off to the races here boils n’ ghouls… So yeah; a T-rex is ripping a city a new asshole, and the military are surprisingly helpless against it… I mean I get it; how much experience could they possibly have with such things… anyway, that T-rex? The mother fucker is riddled with full blown ebola, so if you thought this thing was a menace before, you better look the fuck out now bud! This is straight up silly ridiculousness and I really fucking enjoyed it. The entire thing seems unscripted and filmed after whoever on screen just smoked up (in some cases this is literally shown… Mike Ferguson I salute you sir) and went to town… you know that’s a good

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DanXIII
Nov 7, 2020
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Things Get Bloody In The New Trailer For ‘Last American Horror Show 2’

The new trailer is here for Michael S.Rodriguez’s horror anthology, Last America Horror Show: Volume 2, teasing a blood-drenched, action-packed thrill ride. In the film, “As a child murderer named Killer Callhan (Ferguson) awaits execution on death row, he is befriended by the kind Moses (Novak), who decides to read him a few horror stories from his favorite book. Little does Killer know that he is a part of the final tale at the end of storytime.” The film stars genre icon’s Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death, An Eye For An Eye opposite Chuck Norris), Lynn Lowry (George A.Romero’s The Crazies, Cat People ), Helene Udy (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, My Bloody Valentines Day), Maria Olsen (Paranormal Activity 3, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu), Jonathan Tiersten (Sleepaway Camp), Michael S.Rodriguez, and Mike Ferguson (“Death Squad”). Horror legends Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert Mukes (Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses), and Arch Hall Jr. (The Sadist) also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
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‘The Beast Beneath’ Unearths “After Hours Cinema” Premiere Date

The much-anticipated world television premiere of prolific filmmaker Dustin Ferguson‘s (Angry Asian Murder Hornets, 5G Zombies), new creature feature The Beast Beneath will be unearthed this August on WGUD-TV’s extremely popular After Hours Cinema show hosted by noted film historian Lee Turner on Friday, August 7th at 10 pm Central Standard time (CST) on and will feature a scene exclusively in 3D. Starring genre stars Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre, Nightmare Sisters) and Mel Novak ( Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death, An Eye For An Eye opposite Chuck Norris), is In the film, “a record Earthquake rocks a small, resort town after a 2000-year-old prehistoric bloodthirsty beast is unleashed to feast on the local community. It’s up to Aaron (Eric Prochnau, Meathook Massacre 6) and his brilliant scientist sister (Stevens) to crack the case and put a stop to the mayhem before time runs out, all while the cunning town Mayor George Reid (Novak) tries to cover up the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2020
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Watch The Teaser For Jimmy Drain’s Cult Action Thriller ‘The Dead Rose’

The new teaser trailer has arrived for Thunderknight Entertainment’s upcoming feature film The Dead Rose. Currently, in pre-production, it stars legendary actors Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior, Weird Science), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Black Hawk Down), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Cooper Huckabee (The Fun House, True Blood), and Casting is by JS Snyder and Associates. The script was written by Robert Bieber. Jimmy Drain (The Initiation) co-wrote the film and stars as well as directs. In the film, after the death of his father, Robby Duray’s (Drain) faith is put to the test when he is seduced into the corrupt world of organized crime, extortion, and violence; masked in the form of an underground cult threatening to take over the world.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2020
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A Pickaxe Wielding Maniac Finds A Victim On The ‘Ash And Bone’ Poster

The poster has arrived for Harley Wallen’s (Eternal Code) horror film Ash and Bone, starring Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death). The film follows a rebellious teen named Cassie Vanderbilt (Angelina Danielle Cama), whose wild streak escalates as her caring father Lucas (Harley Wallen) decides to take her and his new wife Sarah (Kaiti Wallen) out of the city for some bonding and quality time together. But after Cassie crosses the infamous McKinley family (Jimmy Doom and Erika Hoveland), it becomes clear that sometimes danger lies hidden in the weeds, ready to strike at any moment. Ash and Bone, penned by Bret Miller, is produced by Painted Creek Productions, Cama Productions, and Auburn Moon. Calhoun Koenig (Law & Order SVU) and Shane Hagedorn (Wild Faith) round out the cast. The imagery I believe is our best yet and I felt the performances on both sides of the camera were

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2020
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Movie Review: An Hour To Kill (2018)

Anthologies are a dime a demonic dozen in our beloved horror biz, but I can honestly say I’ve never seen on featuring hitmen telling terror tales before committing a kill… The set-up to An Hour To Kill is simple; Mr. Kinski (Game of Death‘s Mel Novak) orders our “heroes” Frankie (Frankie Pozos) and Gio (Aaron Guerrero) to bump off a poor, unfortunate sumbitch in an hours time. To pass that allotted limit, horror yarns are spun, and first up is: Valkyrie’s Bunker, which concerns a World War Two Nazi bunker located in sunny California, U. S. of fuckin’ A.! And wouldn’t ya know it, that building is lousy with bud… supposedly. Enter five femmes who take it upon themselves to sniff out that wicked weed, which of course leads to them entering into a fight for their lives against a gas-mask wearin’ sinister slasher! This segment is a fun homage to ’80s era stalk n’ slay affairs, and offers a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2019
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Thriller Eternal Code Starring Scout Taylor-Compton Coming To Theaters

Painted Creek Productions (“Painted Creek) and Vision Films Inc. (“Vision) have announced the release of Harley Wallen’s action-thriller feature film Eternal Code. Eternal Code stars Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 & 2), Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Erika Hoveland (Injustice For All), Damien Chinappi (Betrayed), Kaiti Wallen (Moving Parts), Angelina Danielle Cama (Abstruse), Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project), Shane Hagedorn (Wild Faith), Harley Wallen (Bennett’s Song) and Calhoun Koenig (Law & Order SVU). “Breaking all moral and ethical codes, a genetic research company has developed a miracle device to sustain human life for the rich and powerful. When the company’s CEO (Erika Hoveland) refuses to approve these illegal methods, she and her husband (Billy Wirth) are kidnapped by a team of mercenaries (Scout Taylor-Compton, Harley Wallen) hired by Oliver (Richard Tyson) to keep them out of the way.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2019
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The Initiation Conjures AHS Actress Naomi Grossman

Primetime Emmy nominee Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story) has teamed up with legendary cult stars Vernon Wells (Weird Science, The Road Warrior) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, An Eye for An Eye opposite Chuck Norris) for ThunderKnight Entertainment LTD and AEC Studios’ indie horror drama film, The Initiation. In the film, professor Daniel Kimmer (Jimmy Drain) of St. Elzears College, has come to terms that his marriage with wife Jaime (Meggie Maddock) is ending. This, combined with the growing epidemic of a scandalous on campus “faculty to student relations” threatens to expose a love affair with one of his own ex-students, the alluring Starr Bramlett (Lauren C. Mayhew). Daniel uncovers that Starr is a member of a secret society of witches dedicated to promote feminine freedom and remove restrictions that are put upon women via religion and society. Can Daniel save his marriage and career from this pending assault upon the college and his life? Or will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 1, 2019

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Tornadoes Filled With Flaming Spiders Are Unleashed On L.A. In ‘Arachnado 2’

Writer-director Dustin Ferguson‘s Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders, the final installment of the “Pandemic Series,” will make its premiere on YouTube on May 1st at 6 pm PST as part of SCS TV’s “Malvolia’s Movie Matinee”! In the movie, “After the failed government attempt to create a new weapon of mass destruction known as an ‘Arachnado’ or Project A-82, Sergeant Preston teams up with two female accomplices to overthrow the corrupt Governor before the entire city of Los Angeles is destroyed by their newest experiment: a firenado with flaming spiders! If that weren’t enough, there’s also a horde of newly hatched Baby Ebola Rex dinosaurs terrorizing the outskirts of town making their way towards a final fiery showdown with the flaming spiders! Plus there is the leftover 5G Zombie problem…” Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard To Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark) star in this insane action-packed flick. Tune in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 13, 2021
Horror Fuel

Take Shelter! Arachnado Is Here!

Take shelter, a new terrifying storm is headed your way from director Dustin Ferguson (5G Zombies), Arachnado! “When a freak cyclone swamps Los Angeles, millions of poisonous spiders terrorize the city.” Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Deborah Dutch (Hard To Die), Brinke Stevens (Slumber Party Massacre), Mike Furgeson (Death Squad), and Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark). Arachnado has now been unleashed. Check out the trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

DVD Review: Ebola Rex (2020)

After a brief intro from horror hostess Malovia: The Queen of Screams, we jump right into a dinosaur getting knocked over by an explosion, followed by an in-depth conversation on snack foods. I think it’s safe to say we are off to the races here boils n’ ghouls… So yeah; a T-rex is ripping a city a new asshole, and the military are surprisingly helpless against it… I mean I get it; how much experience could they possibly have with such things… anyway, that T-rex? The mother fucker is riddled with full blown ebola, so if you thought this thing was a menace before, you better look the fuck out now bud! This is straight up silly ridiculousness and I really fucking enjoyed it. The entire thing seems unscripted and filmed after whoever on screen just smoked up (in some cases this is literally shown… Mike Ferguson I salute you sir) and went to town… you know that’s a good

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 7, 2020
Horror Fuel

Things Get Bloody In The New Trailer For ‘Last American Horror Show 2’

The new trailer is here for Michael S.Rodriguez’s horror anthology, Last America Horror Show: Volume 2, teasing a blood-drenched, action-packed thrill ride. In the film, “As a child murderer named Killer Callhan (Ferguson) awaits execution on death row, he is befriended by the kind Moses (Novak), who decides to read him a few horror stories from his favorite book. Little does Killer know that he is a part of the final tale at the end of storytime.” The film stars genre icon’s Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death, An Eye For An Eye opposite Chuck Norris), Lynn Lowry (George A.Romero’s The Crazies, Cat People ), Helene Udy (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, My Bloody Valentines Day), Maria Olsen (Paranormal Activity 3, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu), Jonathan Tiersten (Sleepaway Camp), Michael S.Rodriguez, and Mike Ferguson (“Death Squad”). Horror legends Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Robert Mukes (Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses), and Arch Hall Jr. (The Sadist) also

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
Horror Fuel

‘The Beast Beneath’ Unearths “After Hours Cinema” Premiere Date

The much-anticipated world television premiere of prolific filmmaker Dustin Ferguson‘s (Angry Asian Murder Hornets, 5G Zombies), new creature feature The Beast Beneath will be unearthed this August on WGUD-TV’s extremely popular After Hours Cinema show hosted by noted film historian Lee Turner on Friday, August 7th at 10 pm Central Standard time (CST) on and will feature a scene exclusively in 3D. Starring genre stars Brinke Stevens (The Slumber Party Massacre, Nightmare Sisters) and Mel Novak ( Bruce Lee’s Game Of Death, An Eye For An Eye opposite Chuck Norris), is In the film, “a record Earthquake rocks a small, resort town after a 2000-year-old prehistoric bloodthirsty beast is unleashed to feast on the local community. It’s up to Aaron (Eric Prochnau, Meathook Massacre 6) and his brilliant scientist sister (Stevens) to crack the case and put a stop to the mayhem before time runs out, all while the cunning town Mayor George Reid (Novak) tries to cover up the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2020
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Watch The Teaser For Jimmy Drain’s Cult Action Thriller ‘The Dead Rose’

The new teaser trailer has arrived for Thunderknight Entertainment’s upcoming feature film The Dead Rose. Currently, in pre-production, it stars legendary actors Vernon Wells (The Road Warrior, Weird Science), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, Black Hawk Down), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Cooper Huckabee (The Fun House, True Blood), and Casting is by JS Snyder and Associates. The script was written by Robert Bieber. Jimmy Drain (The Initiation) co-wrote the film and stars as well as directs. In the film, after the death of his father, Robby Duray’s (Drain) faith is put to the test when he is seduced into the corrupt world of organized crime, extortion, and violence; masked in the form of an underground cult threatening to take over the world.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 16, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Pickaxe Wielding Maniac Finds A Victim On The ‘Ash And Bone’ Poster

The poster has arrived for Harley Wallen’s (Eternal Code) horror film Ash and Bone, starring Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death). The film follows a rebellious teen named Cassie Vanderbilt (Angelina Danielle Cama), whose wild streak escalates as her caring father Lucas (Harley Wallen) decides to take her and his new wife Sarah (Kaiti Wallen) out of the city for some bonding and quality time together. But after Cassie crosses the infamous McKinley family (Jimmy Doom and Erika Hoveland), it becomes clear that sometimes danger lies hidden in the weeds, ready to strike at any moment. Ash and Bone, penned by Bret Miller, is produced by Painted Creek Productions, Cama Productions, and Auburn Moon. Calhoun Koenig (Law & Order SVU) and Shane Hagedorn (Wild Faith) round out the cast. The imagery I believe is our best yet and I felt the performances on both sides of the camera were

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2020
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: An Hour To Kill (2018)

Anthologies are a dime a demonic dozen in our beloved horror biz, but I can honestly say I’ve never seen on featuring hitmen telling terror tales before committing a kill… The set-up to An Hour To Kill is simple; Mr. Kinski (Game of Death‘s Mel Novak) orders our “heroes” Frankie (Frankie Pozos) and Gio (Aaron Guerrero) to bump off a poor, unfortunate sumbitch in an hours time. To pass that allotted limit, horror yarns are spun, and first up is: Valkyrie’s Bunker, which concerns a World War Two Nazi bunker located in sunny California, U. S. of fuckin’ A.! And wouldn’t ya know it, that building is lousy with bud… supposedly. Enter five femmes who take it upon themselves to sniff out that wicked weed, which of course leads to them entering into a fight for their lives against a gas-mask wearin’ sinister slasher! This segment is a fun homage to ’80s era stalk n’ slay affairs, and offers a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 9, 2019
Horror Fuel

Thriller Eternal Code Starring Scout Taylor-Compton Coming To Theaters

Painted Creek Productions (“Painted Creek) and Vision Films Inc. (“Vision) have announced the release of Harley Wallen’s action-thriller feature film Eternal Code. Eternal Code stars Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down), Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween 1 & 2), Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death), Erika Hoveland (Injustice For All), Damien Chinappi (Betrayed), Kaiti Wallen (Moving Parts), Angelina Danielle Cama (Abstruse), Vida Ghaffari (The Mindy Project), Shane Hagedorn (Wild Faith), Harley Wallen (Bennett’s Song) and Calhoun Koenig (Law & Order SVU). “Breaking all moral and ethical codes, a genetic research company has developed a miracle device to sustain human life for the rich and powerful. When the company’s CEO (Erika Hoveland) refuses to approve these illegal methods, she and her husband (Billy Wirth) are kidnapped by a team of mercenaries (Scout Taylor-Compton, Harley Wallen) hired by Oliver (Richard Tyson) to keep them out of the way.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2019
Horror Fuel

The Initiation Conjures AHS Actress Naomi Grossman

Primetime Emmy nominee Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story) has teamed up with legendary cult stars Vernon Wells (Weird Science, The Road Warrior) and Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, An Eye for An Eye opposite Chuck Norris) for ThunderKnight Entertainment LTD and AEC Studios’ indie horror drama film, The Initiation. In the film, professor Daniel Kimmer (Jimmy Drain) of St. Elzears College, has come to terms that his marriage with wife Jaime (Meggie Maddock) is ending. This, combined with the growing epidemic of a scandalous on campus “faculty to student relations” threatens to expose a love affair with one of his own ex-students, the alluring Starr Bramlett (Lauren C. Mayhew). Daniel uncovers that Starr is a member of a secret society of witches dedicated to promote feminine freedom and remove restrictions that are put upon women via religion and society. Can Daniel save his marriage and career from this pending assault upon the college and his life? Or will

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 1, 2019
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