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Hulu Delivers The Pregnancy Horror ‘False Positive’ This Weekend

This June, Hulu will deliver the pregnancy horror False Positive from director John Lee, a tale of fertility gone wrong. Written by Ilana Glazer and John Lee, False Positive stars Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, Gretchen Mol, and Zainab Jah. Ilana Glazer, John Lee, and Jonathan Wang produce. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Glazer) and Adrian (Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” Hulu gives birth to False Positive on Friday, June 25, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2021
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This July, Netflix Is Taking Us To ‘Fear Street’ With New Trilogy (Trailer)

All roads lead to Fear Street… Today, the trailer debuted for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy at the first-ever Geeked Week (@NetflixGeeked), a virtual fan-facing event revealing first looks and celebrating all things genre entertainment at Netflix. In the trilogy, a group of teenagers discovers the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected – and they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling horror series, Fear Street follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making. FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounters the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside. 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2021
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A Man Makes A Horrifying Discovery In The New ‘Caveat’ Trailer

Shudder has just unveiled the poster and trailer for their new upcoming dark mystery thriller Caveat ahead of its June premiere. Caveat marks the feature directorial debut of Damian McCarthy. It centers on one drifter Isaac as he “accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house.” The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (Band of Brothers, “Call the Midwife”), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something). A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2021
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Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Addams Series Has Found Its Star

Netflix’s upcoming live-action “Wednesday” Addams series has found its star. Jenna Ortega has been cast as Wednesday. Ortega is known for her roles in films such as The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Insidious Chapter Two, and Iron Man 3, and in Netflix’s series “You.’ The series, directed by Tim Burton, will find Wednesday as a student at Nevermore Academy where she attempts to master her emerging psychic abilities, go up against monsters, and attempt to solve the supernatural mystery that involved her parents 25 ago, Variety reports. The first season of “Wednesday,” created by Al Gough and Miles Miller, will feature eight episodes. Gough and Miller will also serve as showrunners and executive producers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2021
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Juan Of The Dead Filmmaker To Direct ‘Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy’ For Netflix

Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugués is set to direct the upcoming horror film The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy for Netflix. The film was penned by the writing duo of Chris LaMont and Joe Russo‘s (Hard Kill starring Bruce Willis, The Au Pair Nightmare) and was featured on 2018’s BloodList before being acquired by Netflix, Deadline reports. The film follows “billionaire Charles Abernathy who, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.” Brugués is the same filmmaker behind the 2012 movie Juan of the Dead and 2018’s Nightmare Cinema, as well as several episodes of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and episodes of Hulu’s horror anthology series

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 22, 2021
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Netflix’s Dark Supernatural Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone” Premieres This April

Netflix’s upcoming dark fantasy series “Shadow and Bone” is heading your way this April and we couldn’t be more excited after watching the amazing trailer! Dark and supernatural, the series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2021
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Shudder Unveils Chilling New Trailer For ‘The Banishing’ – From The Director Of ‘Creep’

Shudder has unveiled the chilling new trailer for acclaimed director Chris Smith‘s (Creep, Severance, Black Death) The Banishing ahead of its April release. The film tells the true story of the most haunted house in England. A young reverend and his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend and his wife are forced to confront their beliefs. They must turn to black magic by seeking the help of a famous Occultist…or risk losing their daughter. Starring Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible franchise), John Lynch (The Secret Garden, Black Death), and John Heffernan (Eye in the Sky), the film is a WestEnd Films Production. The Banishing premieres on Shudder on April 15, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2021
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Thousands Of Zombies Roam Vegas In The New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer

Ahead of its May premiere on Netflix, we’ve got a new teaser trailer for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead which teases Vegas in ruins, a vault filled with cash, and thousands of hungry zombies walking the streets, including a zombie Elvis. And we dig it. In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where the group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Army of the Dead marches onto Netflix on May 21, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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Spike Lee And Director Stefon Bristol Gearing Up To Unleash Cthulhu

Spike Lee is getting ready to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian monster/God, Cthulhu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. Variety is reporting that See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” Hank Woon penned the original screenplay. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee. The last time we saw Cthulu he appeared in the hit series “Lovecraft Country.” Created by H.P. Lovecraft, the giant Elder God made his debut in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928 in a story called “The Call of Cthulu”. Since then we have seen him manifest in an array of stories, books, and games.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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The Perfect Pair Of Jeans Turn Deadly In Shudder’s Horror Comedy ‘Slaxx’

We all want a killer pair of jeans that fit us just right, but what if those jeans really were a killer? Shudder‘s new original movie Slaxx explores just that (yes, really… and our own Dan XIII reviewed it right here). From the producers of Turbo Kid and director, Elza Kaphert comes the Shudder Original horror-comedy Slaxx, and we’ve got the insane trailer! In the movie, “A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection.” Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Sehar Bhojani, Tianna Nori, and Hanneke Talbot star in this bloody, fun flick. Kaphert co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez. Slaxx is out on Shudder on March 18, 2021. Be sure to check out our March guide to Shudder for more movies and shows.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021

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Hulu Delivers The Pregnancy Horror ‘False Positive’ This Weekend

This June, Hulu will deliver the pregnancy horror False Positive from director John Lee, a tale of fertility gone wrong. Written by Ilana Glazer and John Lee, False Positive stars Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Pierce Brosnan, Sophia Bush, Gretchen Mol, and Zainab Jah. Ilana Glazer, John Lee, and Jonathan Wang produce. “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Glazer) and Adrian (Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” As if getting pregnant weren’t complicated enough…” Hulu gives birth to False Positive on Friday, June 25, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2021
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This July, Netflix Is Taking Us To ‘Fear Street’ With New Trilogy (Trailer)

All roads lead to Fear Street… Today, the trailer debuted for Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy at the first-ever Geeked Week (@NetflixGeeked), a virtual fan-facing event revealing first looks and celebrating all things genre entertainment at Netflix. In the trilogy, a group of teenagers discovers the terrifying events that have haunted their town for generations may all be connected – and they may be the next targets. Based on R.L. Stine‘s best-selling horror series, Fear Street follows Shadyside’s sinister history through a nightmare 300 years in the making. FEAR STREET PART 1: 1994 A circle of teenage friends accidentally encounters the ancient evil responsible for a series of brutal murders that have plagued their town for over 300 years. Welcome to Shadyside. 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

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 10, 2021
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A Man Makes A Horrifying Discovery In The New ‘Caveat’ Trailer

Shudder has just unveiled the poster and trailer for their new upcoming dark mystery thriller Caveat ahead of its June premiere. Caveat marks the feature directorial debut of Damian McCarthy. It centers on one drifter Isaac as he “accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house.” The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (Band of Brothers, “Call the Midwife”), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something). A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2021
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Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Addams Series Has Found Its Star

Netflix’s upcoming live-action “Wednesday” Addams series has found its star. Jenna Ortega has been cast as Wednesday. Ortega is known for her roles in films such as The Babysitter: Killer Queen, Insidious Chapter Two, and Iron Man 3, and in Netflix’s series “You.’ The series, directed by Tim Burton, will find Wednesday as a student at Nevermore Academy where she attempts to master her emerging psychic abilities, go up against monsters, and attempt to solve the supernatural mystery that involved her parents 25 ago, Variety reports. The first season of “Wednesday,” created by Al Gough and Miles Miller, will feature eight episodes. Gough and Miller will also serve as showrunners and executive producers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2021
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Juan Of The Dead Filmmaker To Direct ‘Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy’ For Netflix

Cuban filmmaker Alejandro Brugués is set to direct the upcoming horror film The Last Will and Testament of Charles Abernathy for Netflix. The film was penned by the writing duo of Chris LaMont and Joe Russo‘s (Hard Kill starring Bruce Willis, The Au Pair Nightmare) and was featured on 2018’s BloodList before being acquired by Netflix, Deadline reports. The film follows “billionaire Charles Abernathy who, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or something – is coming to kill him. To ensure his family will help protect him from whatever’s coming, Abernathy puts each of their inheritances on the line – they’ll get nothing if he’s found dead by dawn.” Brugués is the same filmmaker behind the 2012 movie Juan of the Dead and 2018’s Nightmare Cinema, as well as several episodes of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and episodes of Hulu’s horror anthology series

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 22, 2021
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Netflix’s Dark Supernatural Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone” Premieres This April

Netflix’s upcoming dark fantasy series “Shadow and Bone” is heading your way this April and we couldn’t be more excited after watching the amazing trailer! Dark and supernatural, the series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2021
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Shudder Unveils Chilling New Trailer For ‘The Banishing’ – From The Director Of ‘Creep’

Shudder has unveiled the chilling new trailer for acclaimed director Chris Smith‘s (Creep, Severance, Black Death) The Banishing ahead of its April release. The film tells the true story of the most haunted house in England. A young reverend and his wife and daughter move into a manor with a horrifying secret. When a vengeful spirit haunts the little girl and threatens to tear the family apart, the reverend and his wife are forced to confront their beliefs. They must turn to black magic by seeking the help of a famous Occultist…or risk losing their daughter. Starring Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey), Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible franchise), John Lynch (The Secret Garden, Black Death), and John Heffernan (Eye in the Sky), the film is a WestEnd Films Production. The Banishing premieres on Shudder on April 15, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2021
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Thousands Of Zombies Roam Vegas In The New ‘Army Of The Dead’ Trailer

Ahead of its May premiere on Netflix, we’ve got a new teaser trailer for Zach Snyder’s (Dawn of the Dead, “Watchmen”) Army of the Dead which teases Vegas in ruins, a vault filled with cash, and thousands of hungry zombies walking the streets, including a zombie Elvis. And we dig it. In the movie, Dave Bautista and his crew after a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, where the group of mercenaries takes the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted. Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana De La Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Garret Dillahunt, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Richard Cetrone, and Michael Cassidy also star. Army of the Dead marches onto Netflix on May 21, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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Spike Lee And Director Stefon Bristol Gearing Up To Unleash Cthulhu

Spike Lee is getting ready to unleash the ultimate Lovecraftian monster/God, Cthulhu in Netflix’s upcoming movie Gordon Hemingway & the Realm of Cthulu which Lee will be producing. Variety is reporting that See You Yesterday‘s Stefon Bristol will be directing the film which is “set in East Africa in 1928 and centers on Gordon Hemingway, a roguish Black American gunslinger, who teams up with the elite warrior Princess Zenebe of Ethiopia to rescue the country’s kidnapped regent from an ancient evil.” Hank Woon penned the original screenplay. Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin will be producing alongside Lee. The last time we saw Cthulu he appeared in the hit series “Lovecraft Country.” Created by H.P. Lovecraft, the giant Elder God made his debut in the magazine Weird Tales in 1928 in a story called “The Call of Cthulu”. Since then we have seen him manifest in an array of stories, books, and games.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2021
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The Perfect Pair Of Jeans Turn Deadly In Shudder’s Horror Comedy ‘Slaxx’

We all want a killer pair of jeans that fit us just right, but what if those jeans really were a killer? Shudder‘s new original movie Slaxx explores just that (yes, really… and our own Dan XIII reviewed it right here). From the producers of Turbo Kid and director, Elza Kaphert comes the Shudder Original horror-comedy Slaxx, and we’ve got the insane trailer! In the movie, “A possessed pair of jeans is brought to life to punish the unscrupulous practices of a trendy clothing company. Shipped to the company’s flagship store, Slaxx proceeds to wreak carnage on staff locked in overnight to set up the new collection.” Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Kenny Wong, Sehar Bhojani, Tianna Nori, and Hanneke Talbot star in this bloody, fun flick. Kaphert co-wrote the film with Patricia Gomez. Slaxx is out on Shudder on March 18, 2021. Be sure to check out our March guide to Shudder for more movies and shows.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021
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