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Witness The Haunting Film ‘The Funeral Home’ This January

Mauro Iván Ojeda’s new chilling supernatural thriller The Funeral Home is headed your way this January, hot off the heels of its premiere at Fantasia. The film centers on Bernardo, an undertaker. He and his dysfunctional family live amongst coffins, wreaths, and mischievous supernatural entities that visit daily. They attribute the paranormal manifestations to the dead bodies from their mortuary work. Finding the real source of all this madness will be their quest, but they might find a terrifying truth. Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela, and Hugo Arana star in this haunting tale. The Funeral Home (review) opens in virtual theaters on January 29, 2021, before arriving on digital on February 2nd via Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Ethan Hawke Reunites With Sinister Director For ‘The Black Phone’

Four-time Academy-Award nominee Ethan Hawke is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson to star in the upcoming film The Black Phone, from Blumhouse and Universal. Derrickson, known for films such as Dr. Strange and Sinister in which Hawke starred, is set to begin production on The Black Phone in North Carolina this February. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on a short story by Joe Hill. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway Production. Joe Hill will be executive producing. Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor and screenwriter. Not long ago, he made his television debut in Showtime’s limited series, “The Good Lord Bird”, which he also executive produced and co-wrote, based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird”, produced by Blumhouse Television, is a seven-part limited series shot mostly in Virginia that brilliantly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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This February There Is No Escaping The ‘Paranormal Prison’

This February, enter an abandoned prison with a group of paranormal investigators in director Brian Jagger‘s horror film Paranormal Prison. The impending demolition of an abandoned prison has the paranormal investigation team “The Skeptic and the Scientist” rushed to spend a locked-in night within the prison’s walls before the wrecking balls start swinging turning the now state historical building into condos. Knowing their channel needs views, team leader Matthew (Todd Haberkorn) funds one last-ditch effort in hopes the device science expert Sara (Paris Warner) has invented will be their ticket to fame and fortune. Along with their sound technician Ashley (Coryn Treadwell), cameraman Jacob (Brian Telestai) and guided by their assigned park ranger, the team recorded everything, hoping to capture elusive spirits. What they captured instead will change paranormal investigation forever, and may have even solved a long-standing mystery. Todd Haberkorn, Paris Warner, Don Shanks, Corynn Treadwell, Easton Lay, and Brian Telestai star. Paranormal Prison opens in select theaters and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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A24 Snags The Martin Scorsese Exec Produced Movie ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Starring Tilda Swinton

A24 has snagged the world rights for the under-the-radar ghost story The Eternal Daughter, starring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Suspiria, Constantine). The paranormal mystery-thriller, which is currently in post-production, centers on the story of a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother who must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery. Deadline reports. Joseph Mydell (Tonight You’re Mine), Carly Davies (The enemy), and Alfie Sankey-Green (Downtown Abbey) also star. Shot in secret in Wales during the lockdown, the project re-teams Swinton with director Joanna Hogg after they recently collaborated on the movie The Souvenir and the upcoming sequel The Souvenir Part 2, which will premiere later this year. The film is produced by Normal People and Room producers Element Pictures and JWH Films, with backing from BBC Film. Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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‘Occupation Rainfall’, Australia’s Biggest Film Ever, Lands A Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at Monster Fest, we’ve got the new trailer for the post-apocalyptic action film Occupation Rainfall, Australia’s biggest sci-fi film ever made. Occupation Rainfall picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth with survivors in Sydney, Australia fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind. Occupation: Rainfall stars Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians, The Hangover Trilogy), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Daniel Gillies (“The Originals”, “Vampire Diaries”), Dan Ewing (Love and Monsters), Dena Kaplan (Dance Academy), Temuera Morrison (Aquaman), Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab To Darwin), Jet Tranter (Thor Ragnarok), Lawrence Makoare (The Lord Of The Rings), David Roberts (The Matrix 2 & 3), Vince Colosimo (Chopper), Zac Garred (“General Hospital”), and Trystan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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George James Fraser’s ‘Scaring Sheri’, Part Of ‘United States Of Horror’ Series, Is Awesome AF

George James Fraser, the director behind Happenstance and Gore Theater is back with his short film Scaring Sheri, the first installment of the upcoming horror collection United States of Horror, featuring a massive fifty films from all over the US. Shot at the world-famous Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire, Scaring Sheri stars Sheri Lee (Doll House) and Johnny J. Gordon who is making his film debut. Scaring Sheri plays out against an absolutely amazing backdrop featuring hundreds of lit pumpkins and monsters making it spooky AF and adding to the tension because you’re on guard not knowing when or where a scare is going to come from. The cinematography for the eight-minute, fifteen-second long film is fantastic. With a rich look, a nice pace, and good effects, watching Scaring Sheri was a pleasure. And the fact that we get a feisty lead character that actually has some fight in her is a major bonus. The soundtrack is pure metal

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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Jason Clarke Stars In Dark Web Thriller ‘Silk Road’ Based On True Events

Writer-director Tiller Russell (Night Stalker) takes viewers inside the deep web in the crime thriller Silk Road starring Pet Sematary (2019) and Winchester actor Jason Clarke. Clarke stars alongside Nick Robinson, Katie Aselton, Jimmi Simpson, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lexi Rabe, Will Ropp, with Paul Walter Hauser, and Alexandra Shipp. “Inspired by larger-than-life actual events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of Silk Road, the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down.” Watch the new trailer for Silk Road, out on Digital, On Demand, and in select theaters on February 23, 2021, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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RLJE Acquires ‘Prisoners Of Ghostland’ Starring Nicolas Cage

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action-adventure film Prisoners of Ghostland, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). Cage stars alongside Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise, interview), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe), and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score. “Prisoners of Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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Buckle Up For The Hi-Tech Thriller ‘4×4’ Based On True Events

Buckle up and watch the trailer for the high-tech carjacking thriller 4×4 out this February from filmmaker Mariano Cohn. In 4×4, when petty thief Ciro (Peter Lanzani) tries to rob an ordinary-looking car, he finds out that his target is actually a high-tech machine – one that’s determined to trap him inside unless he can find a way to escape. To make matters worse, someone on the outside is in control of the car, and they seem to have a plan. Peter Lanzani, Dady Breva, and Luis Brandoni star in the film based on true events. 4×4 is gearing up to land on VOD and Digital on February 2, 2021, from Red Hound Films. Check out the action-packed trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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This February A ‘Reunion’ Takes A Horrifying Turn

This February, a woman’s visit to her ancestral home takes a terrifying turn in writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s (Free in Deed) Runion, starring Julia Ormond (TV’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”). In the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, a pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. Emma Draper (Wellington Paranormal), Cohen Holloway (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows), Ava Keane (Daffodils), Gina Laverty (Wellington Paranormal), and John Bach (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) also star. Nadia Maxwell, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, and Mike S. Ryan produce. Reunion opens in theaters and arrives on VOD and Digital Platforms on February 5, 2021. Check out the trailer from Dark Sky Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021

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Witness The Haunting Film ‘The Funeral Home’ This January

Mauro Iván Ojeda’s new chilling supernatural thriller The Funeral Home is headed your way this January, hot off the heels of its premiere at Fantasia. The film centers on Bernardo, an undertaker. He and his dysfunctional family live amongst coffins, wreaths, and mischievous supernatural entities that visit daily. They attribute the paranormal manifestations to the dead bodies from their mortuary work. Finding the real source of all this madness will be their quest, but they might find a terrifying truth. Luis Machín, Celeste Gerez, Camila Vaccarini, Susana Varela, and Hugo Arana star in this haunting tale. The Funeral Home (review) opens in virtual theaters on January 29, 2021, before arriving on digital on February 2nd via Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2021
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Ethan Hawke Reunites With Sinister Director For ‘The Black Phone’

Four-time Academy-Award nominee Ethan Hawke is reuniting with director Scott Derrickson to star in the upcoming film The Black Phone, from Blumhouse and Universal. Derrickson, known for films such as Dr. Strange and Sinister in which Hawke starred, is set to begin production on The Black Phone in North Carolina this February. Derrickson and frequent collaborator Robert Cargill (Doctor Strange, Sinister) adapted the script based on a short story by Joe Hill. Derrickson, Cargill, and Jason Blum, for Blumhouse, are producing the film. Universal and Blumhouse will present the Crooked Highway Production. Joe Hill will be executive producing. Ethan Hawke is a four-time Academy Award®-nominated actor and screenwriter. Not long ago, he made his television debut in Showtime’s limited series, “The Good Lord Bird”, which he also executive produced and co-wrote, based on the National Book Award-winning novel by James McBride. “The Good Lord Bird”, produced by Blumhouse Television, is a seven-part limited series shot mostly in Virginia that brilliantly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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This February There Is No Escaping The ‘Paranormal Prison’

This February, enter an abandoned prison with a group of paranormal investigators in director Brian Jagger‘s horror film Paranormal Prison. The impending demolition of an abandoned prison has the paranormal investigation team “The Skeptic and the Scientist” rushed to spend a locked-in night within the prison’s walls before the wrecking balls start swinging turning the now state historical building into condos. Knowing their channel needs views, team leader Matthew (Todd Haberkorn) funds one last-ditch effort in hopes the device science expert Sara (Paris Warner) has invented will be their ticket to fame and fortune. Along with their sound technician Ashley (Coryn Treadwell), cameraman Jacob (Brian Telestai) and guided by their assigned park ranger, the team recorded everything, hoping to capture elusive spirits. What they captured instead will change paranormal investigation forever, and may have even solved a long-standing mystery. Todd Haberkorn, Paris Warner, Don Shanks, Corynn Treadwell, Easton Lay, and Brian Telestai star. Paranormal Prison opens in select theaters and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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A24 Snags The Martin Scorsese Exec Produced Movie ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Starring Tilda Swinton

A24 has snagged the world rights for the under-the-radar ghost story The Eternal Daughter, starring Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Suspiria, Constantine). The paranormal mystery-thriller, which is currently in post-production, centers on the story of a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother who must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery. Deadline reports. Joseph Mydell (Tonight You’re Mine), Carly Davies (The enemy), and Alfie Sankey-Green (Downtown Abbey) also star. Shot in secret in Wales during the lockdown, the project re-teams Swinton with director Joanna Hogg after they recently collaborated on the movie The Souvenir and the upcoming sequel The Souvenir Part 2, which will premiere later this year. The film is produced by Normal People and Room producers Element Pictures and JWH Films, with backing from BBC Film. Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will serve as executive producer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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‘Occupation Rainfall’, Australia’s Biggest Film Ever, Lands A Trailer Ahead Of World Premiere

Ahead of its world premiere at Monster Fest, we’ve got the new trailer for the post-apocalyptic action film Occupation Rainfall, Australia’s biggest sci-fi film ever made. Occupation Rainfall picks up two years into the intergalactic invasion of earth with survivors in Sydney, Australia fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind. Occupation: Rainfall stars Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians, The Hangover Trilogy), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), Daniel Gillies (“The Originals”, “Vampire Diaries”), Dan Ewing (Love and Monsters), Dena Kaplan (Dance Academy), Temuera Morrison (Aquaman), Mark Coles Smith (Last Cab To Darwin), Jet Tranter (Thor Ragnarok), Lawrence Makoare (The Lord Of The Rings), David Roberts (The Matrix 2 & 3), Vince Colosimo (Chopper), Zac Garred (“General Hospital”), and Trystan

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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George James Fraser’s ‘Scaring Sheri’, Part Of ‘United States Of Horror’ Series, Is Awesome AF

George James Fraser, the director behind Happenstance and Gore Theater is back with his short film Scaring Sheri, the first installment of the upcoming horror collection United States of Horror, featuring a massive fifty films from all over the US. Shot at the world-famous Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire, Scaring Sheri stars Sheri Lee (Doll House) and Johnny J. Gordon who is making his film debut. Scaring Sheri plays out against an absolutely amazing backdrop featuring hundreds of lit pumpkins and monsters making it spooky AF and adding to the tension because you’re on guard not knowing when or where a scare is going to come from. The cinematography for the eight-minute, fifteen-second long film is fantastic. With a rich look, a nice pace, and good effects, watching Scaring Sheri was a pleasure. And the fact that we get a feisty lead character that actually has some fight in her is a major bonus. The soundtrack is pure metal

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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Jason Clarke Stars In Dark Web Thriller ‘Silk Road’ Based On True Events

Writer-director Tiller Russell (Night Stalker) takes viewers inside the deep web in the crime thriller Silk Road starring Pet Sematary (2019) and Winchester actor Jason Clarke. Clarke stars alongside Nick Robinson, Katie Aselton, Jimmi Simpson, Daniel David Stewart, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Lexi Rabe, Will Ropp, with Paul Walter Hauser, and Alexandra Shipp. “Inspired by larger-than-life actual events, this riveting crime thriller follows the rise and fall of Silk Road, the infamous darknet site that sent a seismic shock through the World Wide Web. Young, idealistic, and driven to succeed, Ross Ulbricht (Nick Robinson) creates the internet’s first unregulated marketplace: Silk Road. But when it becomes a multimillion-dollar pipeline for illicit drugs, Ross is set on a collision course with Rick Bowden (Jason Clarke), a disreputable and dangerously unpredictable DEA agent, who will use any means necessary to take him down.” Watch the new trailer for Silk Road, out on Digital, On Demand, and in select theaters on February 23, 2021, from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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RLJE Acquires ‘Prisoners Of Ghostland’ Starring Nicolas Cage

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action-adventure film Prisoners of Ghostland, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). Cage stars alongside Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise, interview), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe), and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score. “Prisoners of Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Boutella) has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Strapped into a leather suit that will

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2021
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Buckle Up For The Hi-Tech Thriller ‘4×4’ Based On True Events

Buckle up and watch the trailer for the high-tech carjacking thriller 4×4 out this February from filmmaker Mariano Cohn. In 4×4, when petty thief Ciro (Peter Lanzani) tries to rob an ordinary-looking car, he finds out that his target is actually a high-tech machine – one that’s determined to trap him inside unless he can find a way to escape. To make matters worse, someone on the outside is in control of the car, and they seem to have a plan. Peter Lanzani, Dady Breva, and Luis Brandoni star in the film based on true events. 4×4 is gearing up to land on VOD and Digital on February 2, 2021, from Red Hound Films. Check out the action-packed trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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This February A ‘Reunion’ Takes A Horrifying Turn

This February, a woman’s visit to her ancestral home takes a terrifying turn in writer-director Jake Mahaffy’s (Free in Deed) Runion, starring Julia Ormond (TV’s “The Walking Dead: World Beyond”). In the critically acclaimed psychological thriller, a pregnant woman returns to her recently deceased grandparents’ old family home to spend time with her estranged mother. What begins as a tenuous reunion slowly turns terrifying. Emma Draper (Wellington Paranormal), Cohen Holloway (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do In The Shadows), Ava Keane (Daffodils), Gina Laverty (Wellington Paranormal), and John Bach (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) also star. Nadia Maxwell, Ainsley Gardiner, Georgina Conder, and Mike S. Ryan produce. Reunion opens in theaters and arrives on VOD and Digital Platforms on February 5, 2021. Check out the trailer from Dark Sky Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2021
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