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This September A Cult Targets Four Friends In The British Horror ‘Sacrilege’

The award-winning British folk horror Sacrilege, from writer-director David Creed, is set to make its American arrival later this month, and demands that you “face your fears”. Tamaryn Payne (Hollyoaks), Emily Wyatt (Rise of the Footsoldier), Sian Abrahams (Complete Strangers), Naomi Willow (A Guide to Second Date Sex), and Ian Champion (Property) star in the film, that follows four lifelong friends who head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offers them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice. Sacrilege was produced and filmed in the South West of England where Producer Mark Kenna and Writer/ Director David Creed reside. Much of the film was shot in the nearby Forest of Dean, as well as Weston-Super-Mare. The film made its UK premiere in March of 2020 then was delayed by the pandemic like many films. It

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 22, 2021

MoviesThriller

Watch Emily Wyatt Discuss The Pagan Horror ‘Sacrilege’ In An Exclusive Video Interview

When a group of friends heads to a pagan festival in hopes of a good party, things take a terrifying turn in the trailer for writer-director David Creed‘s Sacrilege. The film follows a group of young women during celebrations for the Summer solstice, as they are offered up as a sacrifice to a mysterious pagan goddess, who has the ability to sense their greatest fears. Using this power against them, she turns their nightmares into a horrifying reality. The cast includes Tamaryn Payne (Stalled, Vendetta), Emily Wyatt (Mission of Honor, Rise of the foot soldier: The Heist), Naomi Willow (NSR: The Jade, Bonded by Blood 2), Emma Spurgin Hussey (The Curse of Hobbes House, A Werewolf in England), Rory Wilton (An English Haunting, Fisherman’s Friends), and Sian Abrahams (Listen, Complete Strangers). Mark Kenna produced for the British production company Bad Blood Films. Executive producers include both Creed and Kenna, alongside Robin Holder and Layan Nourouz. Star Emily Wyatt talks about

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 12, 2021

ForeignMoviesNewsParanormal

“How’d It Get Burned?!” ‘Wicker Man’ Roller Coaster Opening Spring 2018

Fans of the original 1973 or the flop 2006 remake of The Wicker Man can now scream as loud as they want at Alton Towers Resort’s upcoming roller coaster of the same name. On January 8th, Alton Towers announced the new ride and the opening date, as it’s now under construction. Alton Towers says the ride will be ready in time for the park’s season opening in the spring in Alton, Staffordshire, England. The roller coaster will be the first wooden roller coaster built in the UK in 21 years with the concept of fusing fire and wood, yes, fire. That aspect of the ride has raised some concerns for ride goers on social media saying that they don’t think it’s a good idea. Contrary to Alton Towers’ statement, this is not the first time a wooden roller coaster was fused with fire. The company building the ride, Great Coasters International, has made two roller coasters in the past that

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Capt McNeely

Jan 11, 2018

EventsHoliday HorrorNewsTrue Story

When Welsh Mari Lwyd Visits

In South Wales, not just Santa is expected to stop by your home for the holidays, keep an ear out; here comes the Mari Lwyd (Gray Mare)! Mari Lwyd is a Hobby Horse, those toy horses that was basically a stick with a stuff horse head on one end, the Welsh kept the stick but have a horse skull on the end of it! Just to add to it, a person carries the stick with the skull on it while draped in a white cloth most commonly giving the appearance that the Mari Lwyd is a tall cloaked figure with a horse skill sticking out from the hood. Depictions of “hooded animals” are quite common in the British Isles thanks to its pre-Christian Pagan beliefs which causes confusion when trying to track down the origin of this tradition since the first recorded account of this tradition appears in the 1800’s and scholars and folklore experts can’t seem to agree if

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Capt McNeely

Dec 26, 2017

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