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From the director of The Witch, Robert Eggers, comes The Lighthouse, a dark psychological thriller that follows two lighthouse keepers living on a remote island in New England in the 1890s. Filmed in black and white, the story plays out against crashing waves and a stark landscape. Eggers choice of black and white magnifies the film’s intensity by making you feel out of place and adds a layer of bleakness to the movie. We watch as Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson work and live as they go on a slow descent into madness which feels so very real. Pattinson has not received much respect as an actor since his role as a sparkly douche of a vampire in the Twilight franchise, but he complete redeems himself is The Lighthouse proving he has real talent. His portrayal of Thomas, a man who begins to question his reality after living with Defoe’s unstable Thomas Wake, is absolutely incredible. This is coming from
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Tyler Perry and former Lionsgate exec Tim Palen joined to create the newly formed production company Peachtree & Vine. The company has now teamed up with Sanjay Sharma’s Marginal Mediaworks to produce their first feature film, Whitney (working title), Deadline reports. The film, a psychological thriller, is about the “power of memory and monuments in the Deep South.” Paramount Players has landed the film which Palen and Sharma will produce with Perry acting as executive producer. Matt Dines will oversee the project. We loved this story right from the pitch,” said Perry and Palen in a joint statement. “It’s culturally relevant, smart and very provocative – all qualities we look for in the projects we want to partner on.” Tyler Perry, who created the infamous character Madea, and already has 51 titles to his credit, began construction in 2015 on the studio that sits on a 330-acre lot located in the heart of Atlanta on part of the historic grounds
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Netflix has been killing it lately with many great genre films being released. One of the upcoming films you should be looking out for is the Ridley Scott produced psychological thriller Earthquake Bird. It has a new trailer and we’ve got it here for you to see. Set in 1989 Tokyo, Earthquake Bird stars Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) as Lucy Fly, a woman with a dark past, who forms an intense relationship with a handsome but troubled local photographer named Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi). Lucy’s tough exterior begins to crack when newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing. Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Yamamura, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Crystal Kay, Akiko Iwase and Jack Huston also star in the film based on the acclaimed novel by Susanna Jones. The unnerving thriller from director Wash Westmoreland (Colette) will open in select theaters on November 1st followed by its Netflix premiere on November 15, 2019.
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Just last month, Creepy Jar released their psychological thriller survival simulation game Green Hell on STEAM and has received high praise for the unique approach to the genre. With the success of its release for the PC, Creepy Jar has announced that they plan on porting the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2020! Green Hell is a first-person exploration/survival game where players take on the role of a husband searching for his missing wife, Mia, in the Amazon Rainforest. While in the sweltering jungle, threats become prevalent as every step is a fight for survival. Players will have to bushcraft in order to survive the harsh jungle environment. Players will also have the ability to perform “body checks” where they can inspect their body for wounds and parasites that can affect the character’s health. Not only are the dangers in the player’s surroundings, but they’re also in the player’s mind where the character’s will is put to
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The legendary Italian filmmaker who brought us Suspiria, Deep Red, Phenomena, and his collaboration with George A. Romero with Dawn of the Dead, Dario Argento, will now add video games to his list of works as the artistic director for the upcoming horror/thriller Dreadful Bond that’s being made by Clod Studio. The indie crowd-funded game is still in the works has a Kickstarter up where you can donate, and depending on how much you donate, can receive items signed by Argento himself! Dreadful Bond is a project that’s very close to my themes, to my films, to my dreams: it has something deep that struck me immediately. I got carried away on this new journey with Clod Studio” says Argento. The game is a supernatural, psychological thriller set in the first-person view of an unknown character who is exploring a mansion that was the site of recent horrors. The more the character explores the mansion, the more secrets they’ll uncover
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Camel 101 knows that a majority of people are afraid of the dark and will be exploiting the hell out of that in their upcoming game Those Who Remain. This first-person psychological thriller will put players in the role of Edward Turner, on the outside Edward is your average Joe but beneath his normal exterior is a troubled past which comes forth after arriving in the town of Dormont. The town of Dormont is enshrouded in darkness, caused by a curse, and all the surviving townsfolk are trapped. The darkness is the enemy as it houses monsters that kill those who wandered the blackness for too long. Edward’s only salvation, stay in the light. Players must explore through the dark town and solve puzzles that will unlock more of Edward’s past, as well as means of staying alive but not everything is as it seems. You’ll have to travel between two worlds, the real and the mirrored, and traverse through
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Rematch Studios, an indie game developer from Pakistan, will be debuting their first game Area of Darkness: Sentinel in March of this year. The story takes place in 1978 in the North Sentinel Islands where players take control of Dr. Anne Evans who’s trying to solve the island’s mysteries. Evans will have to solve puzzles and face deadly creatures on her adventure as she encounters many colorful characters on her way. The game is mainly set up for VR but at the time of launch, a standalone non-VR version will be available as well. The game will be available for Steam and PC. Rematch Studios is one of Pakistan’s few game developers, let alone VR developers, who wish to strictly make VR games for both PC and Consol.
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Director Deon Taylor‘s psychological thriller The Intruder has recently been acquired by Screen Gems, Deadline reports. Starring Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Michael Ealy (“The Following”), and Joseph Sikora (Jack Reacher), the film centers on a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley home only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property. Hidden Empire Film Group is producing the project.
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Dr. Phillip Reynolds (Robert Lansing) is having a bit of shitty luck. His daughter, Heather (Judith Chapman) has run away from home after the somewhat questionable death of her boyfriend a year prior which has driven the Doc a tad bit off the rails. But, things seem to be coming up Reynolds as our “hero” has the good fortune to find a woman (a stripper by trade) with her face bashed to shit and back, so he drags her ass home, uses his plastic surgery skills (which are seemingly well over 9000), and makes her look exactly like the image of his long lost daughter. Ahh, finally he can be reunited with the one he loves…oh, and collect that big ass inheritance that was bequeathed to Heather…actually, he only cares about the cash… With that kind of material listed above, you’d think ol’ Scalpel would be some sort of grindhouse fodder (and there is sleazy material here, in particular the
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Gary Love’s dark psychological thriller The Dark Mile will be making its debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival alter this month. Starring Deidre Mullins, Rebecca Calder, Finlay MacMillan, Shelia Hancock, and Paul Brannigan, The Dark Mile centers on a couple, Clare and Louise (Mullins and Calder), recovering from a tragedy. After booking a sailing trip through the Scottish Highlands, the women descend into a hellish ordeal after a run in with locals. The trailer hints at an occult theme, ghosts and haunting visions that may blur the lines of reality as the women struggle to cope with their loss and the harassment they are facing.
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From the director of The Witch, Robert Eggers, comes The Lighthouse, a dark psychological thriller that follows two lighthouse keepers living on a remote island in New England in the 1890s. Filmed in black and white, the story plays out against crashing waves and a stark landscape. Eggers choice of black and white magnifies the film’s intensity by making you feel out of place and adds a layer of bleakness to the movie. We watch as Willem Defoe and Robert Pattinson work and live as they go on a slow descent into madness which feels so very real. Pattinson has not received much respect as an actor since his role as a sparkly douche of a vampire in the Twilight franchise, but he complete redeems himself is The Lighthouse proving he has real talent. His portrayal of Thomas, a man who begins to question his reality after living with Defoe’s unstable Thomas Wake, is absolutely incredible. This is coming from
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Tyler Perry and former Lionsgate exec Tim Palen joined to create the newly formed production company Peachtree & Vine. The company has now teamed up with Sanjay Sharma’s Marginal Mediaworks to produce their first feature film, Whitney (working title), Deadline reports. The film, a psychological thriller, is about the “power of memory and monuments in the Deep South.” Paramount Players has landed the film which Palen and Sharma will produce with Perry acting as executive producer. Matt Dines will oversee the project. We loved this story right from the pitch,” said Perry and Palen in a joint statement. “It’s culturally relevant, smart and very provocative – all qualities we look for in the projects we want to partner on.” Tyler Perry, who created the infamous character Madea, and already has 51 titles to his credit, began construction in 2015 on the studio that sits on a 330-acre lot located in the heart of Atlanta on part of the historic grounds
Continue reading →
MoviesNetflixNewsStreaming TVTrailers
Netflix has been killing it lately with many great genre films being released. One of the upcoming films you should be looking out for is the Ridley Scott produced psychological thriller Earthquake Bird. It has a new trailer and we’ve got it here for you to see. Set in 1989 Tokyo, Earthquake Bird stars Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) as Lucy Fly, a woman with a dark past, who forms an intense relationship with a handsome but troubled local photographer named Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi). Lucy’s tough exterior begins to crack when newcomer, Lily Bridges (Riley Keough), becomes entangled in their lives and ends up missing. Kiki Sukezane, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Yamamura, Kazuhiro Muroyama, Crystal Kay, Akiko Iwase and Jack Huston also star in the film based on the acclaimed novel by Susanna Jones. The unnerving thriller from director Wash Westmoreland (Colette) will open in select theaters on November 1st followed by its Netflix premiere on November 15, 2019.
Continue reading →
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Just last month, Creepy Jar released their psychological thriller survival simulation game Green Hell on STEAM and has received high praise for the unique approach to the genre. With the success of its release for the PC, Creepy Jar has announced that they plan on porting the game to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2020! Green Hell is a first-person exploration/survival game where players take on the role of a husband searching for his missing wife, Mia, in the Amazon Rainforest. While in the sweltering jungle, threats become prevalent as every step is a fight for survival. Players will have to bushcraft in order to survive the harsh jungle environment. Players will also have the ability to perform “body checks” where they can inspect their body for wounds and parasites that can affect the character’s health. Not only are the dangers in the player’s surroundings, but they’re also in the player’s mind where the character’s will is put to
Continue reading →
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The legendary Italian filmmaker who brought us Suspiria, Deep Red, Phenomena, and his collaboration with George A. Romero with Dawn of the Dead, Dario Argento, will now add video games to his list of works as the artistic director for the upcoming horror/thriller Dreadful Bond that’s being made by Clod Studio. The indie crowd-funded game is still in the works has a Kickstarter up where you can donate, and depending on how much you donate, can receive items signed by Argento himself! Dreadful Bond is a project that’s very close to my themes, to my films, to my dreams: it has something deep that struck me immediately. I got carried away on this new journey with Clod Studio” says Argento. The game is a supernatural, psychological thriller set in the first-person view of an unknown character who is exploring a mansion that was the site of recent horrors. The more the character explores the mansion, the more secrets they’ll uncover
Continue reading →
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Camel 101 knows that a majority of people are afraid of the dark and will be exploiting the hell out of that in their upcoming game Those Who Remain. This first-person psychological thriller will put players in the role of Edward Turner, on the outside Edward is your average Joe but beneath his normal exterior is a troubled past which comes forth after arriving in the town of Dormont. The town of Dormont is enshrouded in darkness, caused by a curse, and all the surviving townsfolk are trapped. The darkness is the enemy as it houses monsters that kill those who wandered the blackness for too long. Edward’s only salvation, stay in the light. Players must explore through the dark town and solve puzzles that will unlock more of Edward’s past, as well as means of staying alive but not everything is as it seems. You’ll have to travel between two worlds, the real and the mirrored, and traverse through
Continue reading →
GamingIndieNewsParanormalProduct
Rematch Studios, an indie game developer from Pakistan, will be debuting their first game Area of Darkness: Sentinel in March of this year. The story takes place in 1978 in the North Sentinel Islands where players take control of Dr. Anne Evans who’s trying to solve the island’s mysteries. Evans will have to solve puzzles and face deadly creatures on her adventure as she encounters many colorful characters on her way. The game is mainly set up for VR but at the time of launch, a standalone non-VR version will be available as well. The game will be available for Steam and PC. Rematch Studios is one of Pakistan’s few game developers, let alone VR developers, who wish to strictly make VR games for both PC and Consol.
Continue reading →
News
Director Deon Taylor‘s psychological thriller The Intruder has recently been acquired by Screen Gems, Deadline reports. Starring Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Michael Ealy (“The Following”), and Joseph Sikora (Jack Reacher), the film centers on a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley home only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property. Hidden Empire Film Group is producing the project.
Continue reading →
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Dr. Phillip Reynolds (Robert Lansing) is having a bit of shitty luck. His daughter, Heather (Judith Chapman) has run away from home after the somewhat questionable death of her boyfriend a year prior which has driven the Doc a tad bit off the rails. But, things seem to be coming up Reynolds as our “hero” has the good fortune to find a woman (a stripper by trade) with her face bashed to shit and back, so he drags her ass home, uses his plastic surgery skills (which are seemingly well over 9000), and makes her look exactly like the image of his long lost daughter. Ahh, finally he can be reunited with the one he loves…oh, and collect that big ass inheritance that was bequeathed to Heather…actually, he only cares about the cash… With that kind of material listed above, you’d think ol’ Scalpel would be some sort of grindhouse fodder (and there is sleazy material here, in particular the
Continue reading →
Trailers
Gary Love’s dark psychological thriller The Dark Mile will be making its debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival alter this month. Starring Deidre Mullins, Rebecca Calder, Finlay MacMillan, Shelia Hancock, and Paul Brannigan, The Dark Mile centers on a couple, Clare and Louise (Mullins and Calder), recovering from a tragedy. After booking a sailing trip through the Scottish Highlands, the women descend into a hellish ordeal after a run in with locals. The trailer hints at an occult theme, ghosts and haunting visions that may blur the lines of reality as the women struggle to cope with their loss and the harassment they are facing.
Continue reading →
