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New Video And Images Gives Us Our First Look At Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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Enter To Win Your Copy Of The Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’!

We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’ Scores An Early 2022 Release Date

Scott Derrickson, that is a name you should be very familiar with, after all, he is the writer-director behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Doctor Strange. Derrickson is back with the upcoming horror The Black Phone which is currently in post-production and now has an early 2022 release date! Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) lead the cast that also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), and Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper). In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.” Derrickson and Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
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Terror Films And FilmIsNow Team Up For The Release Of Twenty-Three Horror Films

Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
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‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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New ‘Berserkers’ Trailer Unleashed To Celebrate Release

Jacob Mulliken‘s high-intensity horror film Berserkers is slashing its way onto DVD and Digital today (April 27) and we’ve got a brand new trailer! Filled with horror, action, and insanity, Berserkers follows four friends who must fight for their lives when everyone in their hometown is turned into bloodthirsty maniacs, only to find themselves escaping to a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a virus slowly engulfs the world. Dave Petti (Bob Roberts), Rebecca Gruss (The Knick), and James Quinn (The Dark Knight Rises) star in Berserkers, available on DVD and Digital on April 27, 2021, from Wild Eye Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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Scout Taylor-Compton Starring In 90s Style Slasher ‘Scream Bloody Murder’

Halloween‘s Scout Taylor-Compton stars in Scream Bloody Murder, a joint venture of Safier Entertainment, PhilaDreams Films, and Cult Cinema LLC. The slasher, which marks the feature directorial debut of Shawn C. Phillips, is in the vain 90s horror classics such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Compton stars alongside Robert LaSardo, James Duval, Vernon Wells, Kelly Reiter, and Lauren Francesca in Scream Bloody Murder, set to begin filming this May. Producers Jared Safier and Thomas Walton previously teamed with Scout Taylor-Compton for the upcoming studio film, Room 9. We also see the producers re-teaming with Johnny Hickey from the horror movie, Habitual. It’s going to be a love letter to 90s slasher films in the style of Scream and. The movie will also have elements of films like Mean Girls as well as Revenge of the Nerds. So it will have some humor mixed in as well to the film.” Director Shawn C. Phillips states. Will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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‘Resident Evil’s’ Constantin Films Adapting ‘The Walk’ For A Feature Film

Constantin Films, the production company behind the Resident Evil franchise, is adapting The Walk, based on Lee Goldberg’s best-selling 2004 novel of the same name, which centers on a studio executive as he makes a journey through a post-apocalyptic California. In The Walk, described as a “part-adventure, part-horror, and part-comedy,” follows TV Network Studio Executive Marty Slack, making his way from downtown LA to the San Fernando Valley to reach his wife after an apocalyptic earthquake destroys the state. During his journey, he must reluctantly team up with an “unusual traveler” to survive, Deadline reports. Wildfires rage out of control. Floodwaters burst through collapsed dams. Natural gas explosions consume neighborhoods. Sinkholes swallow entire buildings. After-shocks rip apart the ground. Looters rampage through the streets. There’s no power. No running water. No order. Marty Slack thinks he’s prepared. He’s wrong. Nothing can prepare him for this ordeal, a quest for his family and for his soul, a journey that will test

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021

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New Video And Images Gives Us Our First Look At Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Demonic’

Back in February, we reported that filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had secretly made the horror film known simply as Demonic. Today we have a first look at the film with several images and an 8mm behind-the-scenes video shot by Blomkamp himself. Needless to say, we’re excited! After all, the film is from the brilliant director behind District 9, Elysium, and Chappie. In the film, “A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed in this horror-thriller” from IFC Midnight. Carly Pope (Elysium), Chris William Martin (The Age of Adaline, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, TV’s “The Vampire Diaries”), and Michael Rogers (TV’s “Siren”, “The Blacklist”, “Supernatural”) are set to star in the supernatural horror. IFC Midnight will release Demonic in theaters on August 20th followed by an On-Demand and Digital release on August 27, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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Enter To Win Your Copy Of The Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’!

We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Black Phone’ Scores An Early 2022 Release Date

Scott Derrickson, that is a name you should be very familiar with, after all, he is the writer-director behind The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, Deliver Us from Evil, and Doctor Strange. Derrickson is back with the upcoming horror The Black Phone which is currently in post-production and now has an early 2022 release date! Ethan Hawke (Sinister) and James Ransone (Sinister, It: Chapter Two) lead the cast that also includes Jeremy Davies (“Hannibal”), Mason Thames (For All Mankind), and Madeleine McGraw (American Sniper). In the film, “Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.” Derrickson and Robert Cargill (Bermuda, Doctor Strange,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
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Terror Films And FilmIsNow Team Up For The Release Of Twenty-Three Horror Films

Indie genre distributor TERROR FILMS has teamed up with YouTube AVOD platform FILMISNOW for the release of a massive slate of horror films, Twenty-three to be exact. FILMISNOW, a leading European YouTube network that encompasses ten movie-related channels. Combined, the channels have a total of over 8.5 million subscribers! They are an international company that specializes in movie-related content including production, distribution, and movie marketing – in four different languages. FILMISNOW entered the AVOD market at the beginning of 2020 and already has over 300 titles online, with more on the way. TERROR FILMS President Joe Dain spoke of this partnership recently, saying “this is one of many steps we have been taking to pave the way for more direct platform relationships, to expand our digital footprint, and to improve revenue streams for our filmmakers. This collaboration also helps us chip away at our need for 3rd party film aggregators.“ The initial launch will feature twenty-three films from this genre

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 28, 2021
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‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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New ‘Berserkers’ Trailer Unleashed To Celebrate Release

Jacob Mulliken‘s high-intensity horror film Berserkers is slashing its way onto DVD and Digital today (April 27) and we’ve got a brand new trailer! Filled with horror, action, and insanity, Berserkers follows four friends who must fight for their lives when everyone in their hometown is turned into bloodthirsty maniacs, only to find themselves escaping to a post-apocalyptic wasteland as a virus slowly engulfs the world. Dave Petti (Bob Roberts), Rebecca Gruss (The Knick), and James Quinn (The Dark Knight Rises) star in Berserkers, available on DVD and Digital on April 27, 2021, from Wild Eye Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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Scout Taylor-Compton Starring In 90s Style Slasher ‘Scream Bloody Murder’

Halloween‘s Scout Taylor-Compton stars in Scream Bloody Murder, a joint venture of Safier Entertainment, PhilaDreams Films, and Cult Cinema LLC. The slasher, which marks the feature directorial debut of Shawn C. Phillips, is in the vain 90s horror classics such as Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Compton stars alongside Robert LaSardo, James Duval, Vernon Wells, Kelly Reiter, and Lauren Francesca in Scream Bloody Murder, set to begin filming this May. Producers Jared Safier and Thomas Walton previously teamed with Scout Taylor-Compton for the upcoming studio film, Room 9. We also see the producers re-teaming with Johnny Hickey from the horror movie, Habitual. It’s going to be a love letter to 90s slasher films in the style of Scream and. The movie will also have elements of films like Mean Girls as well as Revenge of the Nerds. So it will have some humor mixed in as well to the film.” Director Shawn C. Phillips states. Will

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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‘Resident Evil’s’ Constantin Films Adapting ‘The Walk’ For A Feature Film

Constantin Films, the production company behind the Resident Evil franchise, is adapting The Walk, based on Lee Goldberg’s best-selling 2004 novel of the same name, which centers on a studio executive as he makes a journey through a post-apocalyptic California. In The Walk, described as a “part-adventure, part-horror, and part-comedy,” follows TV Network Studio Executive Marty Slack, making his way from downtown LA to the San Fernando Valley to reach his wife after an apocalyptic earthquake destroys the state. During his journey, he must reluctantly team up with an “unusual traveler” to survive, Deadline reports. Wildfires rage out of control. Floodwaters burst through collapsed dams. Natural gas explosions consume neighborhoods. Sinkholes swallow entire buildings. After-shocks rip apart the ground. Looters rampage through the streets. There’s no power. No running water. No order. Marty Slack thinks he’s prepared. He’s wrong. Nothing can prepare him for this ordeal, a quest for his family and for his soul, a journey that will test

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021
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