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‘King Knight’ Conjures A New Trailer Ahead Of Fantasia Premiere

Double double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Writer-director Richard Bates Jr’s King Knight makes its world premiere this weekend at the Fantasia Film Festival. Ahead of its debut, we’ve conjured the new trailer filled with dark humor and witchcraft. King Knight is an outsider’s outsider comedy starring “Criminal Minds” actor Matthew Gray Gubler and Angela Sarafyan as Thorn and Willow, husband-and-wife high priest and priestess of a coven of witches in a small California community. When Willow unearths a secret from Thorn’s past, their lives are thrown into turmoil in this kooky, clever film. Andy Milonakis, Kate Comer, Johnny Pemberton, Josh Fadem, Nelson Franklin, Emily Chang, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Swati Kapila, Shane Brady, AnnaLynne McCord, Alice Glass, Aubrey Plaza, with Barbara Crampton, and Ray Wise also star. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 7, 2021

IndieMoviesReviews

Movie Review: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)

Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, a re-imagining of the popular and ubiquitous Full Moon fright franchise of the halcyon days of video stores, begins with it’s version of series mainstay (and the eponymous puppet master) Andre Toulon (this time brought to life by genre legend Udo Kier)…a scarred French/German ex-pat who fled World War II Europe (when the allies defeated his Nazi pals) after committing countless atrocities with his magical menagerie of living killer puppets…atrocities he continues to engage in in late ’80’s rural Texas..living in a mausoleum peppered with iron rods that conduct arcane energy which he uses to control his creepy creations. Flash forward to Texas of the present day and recently divorced comic shop employee Edgar (Thomas Lennon) discovering one of Toulon’s puppets in a box of rando shit in his parent’s house (a hold over possession of his dead brother which he acquired at camp in his youth). Edgar decides to sell the puppet (series regular

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DanXIII

Aug 17, 2018

News

‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Unleashed This August

Following its well-received arrival at 2018’s Overlook Film Festival, Puppet Master: Littlest Reich has snagged an August release. From Bone Tomahawk director S. Craig Zahler comes the reimagining of Full Moon’s cult classic, which he both wrote and directed. Udo Kier, Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Jenny Pellicer (Cocaine Godmother), Nelson Franklin (Veep), Charlyne Yi (This is 40), Michael Pare Eddie and the Cruisers), and Barbara Crampton star (Re-Animator) star. Dallas Sonnier and Amanda Presmyk produced for Cinestate. The film will be the first released under the recently resurrected Fangoria label. In the film, recently divorced Edgar (Lennon) returns to his childhood home to regroup his life. When Edgar finds nefarious looking puppets in his deceased brother’s room, he decides to sell it for a quick buck at a convention celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. Girl-next-door Ashely (Pellicer) and his comic book shop boss (Franklin), join Edgar for the doomed road trip. All hell breaks loose when

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 10, 2018

From the Crypt

Blade And The Gang Get A New Look For PUPPET MASTER: LITTLEST REICH

This past weekend at Texas Nightmare Weekend, the newly redesigned puppets for Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich were revealed. Blade and Tunneler got a new look while a new puppet, a frog in a suit, was introduced. Charles Brand tweeted the first two images of the new puppets with a smile on his face. Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund, the team behind Wither are directing from the script penned by Bone Tomahawk’s Craig Zahler. Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is set to begin principle photography next week in Dallas, Texas with a great cast that includes Udo Kier (Blade), Jenny Pellicer (State of Affairs), Nelson Franklin (Jobs), Charlyne Yi (Cloverfield), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Tina Parker (Breaking Bad, Final Destination), Skeeta Jenkins (12 Masks) and Michael Paré who starred in Eddie and the Cruisers II (a personal favorite) and more recently, The Shelter and Abattoir. The Littlest Reich will expand on Toulon’s (Kier) backstory. It centers on a young

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 9, 2017

From the Crypt

‘Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich’ Begins Filming With ‘Wither’ Directors Pulling The Strings

Thomas Lennon’s Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich is set to begin principle photography next week in Dallas, Texas with a great cast that includes Udo Kier (Blade), Jenny Pellicer (State of Affairs), Nelson Franklin (Jobs), Charlyne Yi (Cloverfield), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Tina Parker (Breaking Bad, Final Destination), Skeeta Jenkins (12 Masks) and Michael Paré who starred in Eddie and the Cruisers II (a personal favorite) and more recently, The Shelter and Abattoir. Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund, the team behind Wither, will be directing from the script penned by S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk). The Littlest Reich will expand on Toulon’s (Kier) backstory. It centers on a young man who discovers a mint condition Blade doll while cleaning out his deceased brother’s closet. The man has plans to sell the doll at a toy convention on the 30th anniversary of the Toulon murders. All hell breaks loose at the lodge during an auction when a mysterious force brings

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 28, 2017

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