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The New ‘The Vigil’ Trailer Urges You To “Look Behind You”

This February dare to witness The Vigil, writer-director Keith Thomas‘ fantastic, thrilling new supernatural horror, which delves into ancient Jewish lore and demonology. Ahead of its release we’ve got the band trailer and a new poster. Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, and Lynn Cohen, the film is set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov (Dave Davis) reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante (Menashe Lustig) to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed’s dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong. When I sat down to write the very first draft of THE VIGIL, I knew I wanted to tell a personal story that felt universal. The movie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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New Horror Thriller Asks How Far Will A Mother Go To Save Her ‘Son’?

RLJE Films and Shudder’s horror-thriller Son, is coming this March to Digital and On-Demand, and explores just how far a mother will go to save her child. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son lands on Digital and On-Demand on March 5, 2021, from RLJE Films and Shudder. Check out the trailer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Director Is Taking Us Underground In ‘The Devil Below’

Chernobyl Diaries (2012) director Bradley Parker is taking us underground into a coal mine this March in his new horror movie The Devil Below. In the movie, “There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers tries to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone.” William Patton (Halloween, “Swamp Thing”), Alicia Sanz, Zach Avery, Adan Canto, Chinaza Uche, and Jesse Latourette star along with Jonathan Sadowski. in the movie written by Eric Scherbarth and Stefan Jaworski. Vertical Entertainment will unleash The Devil Below on March 5, 2021. Check out the first trailer that teases a ton of action.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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A Dark Secret Comes To Light In ‘The Parish’ Trailer

Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer and Poster which have just arrived. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
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A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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Alec Baldwin Is A Killer Priest In ‘Pixie’ – Out This March

A heist goes horribly wrong in the action-packed crime thriller Pixie, directed by Barnaby Thompson and starring Olivia Cooke and Alec Baldwin. Written by Preston Thompson, the film is set in Ireland and centers on Pixie Hardy (Cooke), out to avenge her mother’s death and desperate to escape her small town, plans a robbery but when it goes horribly wrong she is forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. The crew finds themselves on the run from an organized gang, a criminal priest and nuns led by Father McGrath (Baldwin). The trio will scheme and swindle anyone they come across in this action-packed, thrill-filled, hilarious film. Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, and Colm Meaney also star in Pixie, arriving in select theaters, on Digital and On Demand on March 5, 2021. Check out the trailer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
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‘Saint Maud’ Making Its TV Debut On Epix This Month

Writer-director Rose Glass makes her feature debut with the chilling, critically acclaimed genre film Saint Maud, a unique vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a dark world. In the film, “Maud (Morfydd Clark, Love & Friendship), a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling. Jennifer Ehle, Lilly Frazer, Lily Knight, Marcus Hutton, Turlough Convery, and Rosie Sansom also star in this gripping tale. Saint Maud, from A24, will be making its exclusive debut on EPIX on February 12, 2021, at 8 PM ET/PT.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 5, 2021
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The Red Band Trailer For This New Shudder Original Social Media Horror Will Leave You ‘Shook’

Ahead of the release of the social media horror Shook, we’ve gotten our hands on the brand new red band trailer for the Shudder Original! “When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of tests to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real? Or is it just a game at her expense?” Written and directed by Jennifer Harrington and starring Daisye Tutor (Guest House), Emily Goss (Snapshots), Nicola Posener (The Bold and the Beautiful), Octavius J. Johnson (Sleepless), Stephanie Simbari (Here and Now), Grant Rosenmeyer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and real-life make-up and social media influencer Genelle Seldon. Produced by Tara L. Craig with music by celebrated electronic artist and Italians Do It Better label owner Johnny Jewel and tracks from his cult hit bands Chromatics, Symmetry, and Glass Candy. Shook is a Squid Farm production. Get Shook, on Shudder on February 18, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 5, 2021
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Mario Cerrito’s Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ Debuts On Troma Now

After being deemed too extreme for Amazon due to violence and gore, Mario Cerrito‘s cannibal horror film Human Hibachi has now debuted on the streaming service Troma Now! In the film, “A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Director Mario Cerrito sat down with us for an interview in which we discuss the film’s more sensitive topics like cannibalism and more. Be sure to check it out. Cerrito will continue the story with the sequel, Human Hibachi 2: Feast in the Forest set to film later this year. Currently, he is busy at work on the upcoming 80s style horror film The House In The Pines. Troma Now‘s streaming service is a chaotic mix of lost 80s schlock and modern no-budget films, making exploring it quite

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021

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The New ‘The Vigil’ Trailer Urges You To “Look Behind You”

This February dare to witness The Vigil, writer-director Keith Thomas‘ fantastic, thrilling new supernatural horror, which delves into ancient Jewish lore and demonology. Ahead of its release we’ve got the band trailer and a new poster. Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, and Lynn Cohen, the film is set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov (Dave Davis) reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante (Menashe Lustig) to take on the responsibility of an overnight “shomer,” fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed’s dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong. When I sat down to write the very first draft of THE VIGIL, I knew I wanted to tell a personal story that felt universal. The movie

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
Horror Fuel

New Horror Thriller Asks How Far Will A Mother Go To Save Her ‘Son’?

RLJE Films and Shudder’s horror-thriller Son, is coming this March to Digital and On-Demand, and explores just how far a mother will go to save her child. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.” Son lands on Digital and On-Demand on March 5, 2021, from RLJE Films and Shudder. Check out the trailer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Chernobyl Diaries’ Director Is Taking Us Underground In ‘The Devil Below’

Chernobyl Diaries (2012) director Bradley Parker is taking us underground into a coal mine this March in his new horror movie The Devil Below. In the movie, “There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers tries to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone.” William Patton (Halloween, “Swamp Thing”), Alicia Sanz, Zach Avery, Adan Canto, Chinaza Uche, and Jesse Latourette star along with Jonathan Sadowski. in the movie written by Eric Scherbarth and Stefan Jaworski. Vertical Entertainment will unleash The Devil Below on March 5, 2021. Check out the first trailer that teases a ton of action.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Dark Secret Comes To Light In ‘The Parish’ Trailer

Genre staple Bill Oberst Jr. (3 From Hell, Synchronic) stars in The Parish, coming this March from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer and Poster which have just arrived. In the film, “A widow haunted by the gruesome death of her husband uproots her daughter and moves them to a peaceful rural town. Then the real nightmares begin when she and her daughter stumble upon a long-buried scandal. They team up with the town’s priest after encountering a creepy young boy, a hostile janitor, and a bloodthirsty nun who will stop at nothing to protect the deadly secrets of The Parish. Directed by David S.Hogan and scripted by Todd Downing, The Parish also stars Angela DiMarco, Sanae Loutsis, Ray Tagavilla, Bill Oberst Jr., Sara Coates, Gin Hammond, Amber Wolfe, Ryan Sanders, Lucas Oktay, and Jonathan Holbrook. The Parish premieres on DVD and Digital on March 16, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Woman Struggles To Protect Her Patient From Evil In ‘Dementer’ (Trailer)

From writer-director Chad Crawford Kinkle (Jug Face) comes a new tale of terror years in the making, Dementer starring Larry Fessenden (Stake Land). The film follows Katie (Katie Groshong), a young woman who flees a backwoods cult and takes a job at a care center for special needs adults in her determination to do some good with her life. But despite her best intentions, Katie can’t escape the signs that “the devils” are coming for Stephanie (Stephanie Kinkle), a woman with Down syndrome she cares for, who keeps getting sicker despite Katie’s rituals to ward off evil spirits. Brandy Edmiston and Eller Hall also star in the film, which is an official selection at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Chattanooga Film Festival. In a statement, the director explains how the film came to be and why it means so much to him. A year ago, my mother mentioned that she had a dream that I made a film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 9, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Cult Leader Unleashes ‘Baphomet’ In This Movie’s New Trailer

Cleopatra Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Baphomet, a supernatural horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris (For We Are Many). The film “tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter’s pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader, Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik offers to pay the family a large sum for ownership of their land, claiming it is sacred to his congregation. Jacob Richardson, the father, rejects the offer due to the sentimental value of his ranch. Henrik, displeased, begins to put curses on the Richardsons, trying to force them off of their own land – even if it means murdering them. After suffering unexplainable tragedies created by the curses, the Richardsons seek help from Marybeth, a white witch high priestess. They soon discover a terrible secret about their house, revealing why their land is so sacred to the cult. They realize that they must protect their house from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

Alec Baldwin Is A Killer Priest In ‘Pixie’ – Out This March

A heist goes horribly wrong in the action-packed crime thriller Pixie, directed by Barnaby Thompson and starring Olivia Cooke and Alec Baldwin. Written by Preston Thompson, the film is set in Ireland and centers on Pixie Hardy (Cooke), out to avenge her mother’s death and desperate to escape her small town, plans a robbery but when it goes horribly wrong she is forced to team up with a pair of misfits who are clearly in over their heads. The crew finds themselves on the run from an organized gang, a criminal priest and nuns led by Father McGrath (Baldwin). The trio will scheme and swindle anyone they come across in this action-packed, thrill-filled, hilarious film. Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, and Colm Meaney also star in Pixie, arriving in select theaters, on Digital and On Demand on March 5, 2021. Check out the trailer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Saint Maud’ Making Its TV Debut On Epix This Month

Writer-director Rose Glass makes her feature debut with the chilling, critically acclaimed genre film Saint Maud, a unique vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a dark world. In the film, “Maud (Morfydd Clark, Love & Friendship), a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling. Jennifer Ehle, Lilly Frazer, Lily Knight, Marcus Hutton, Turlough Convery, and Rosie Sansom also star in this gripping tale. Saint Maud, from A24, will be making its exclusive debut on EPIX on February 12, 2021, at 8 PM ET/PT.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 5, 2021
Horror Fuel

The Red Band Trailer For This New Shudder Original Social Media Horror Will Leave You ‘Shook’

Ahead of the release of the social media horror Shook, we’ve gotten our hands on the brand new red band trailer for the Shudder Original! “When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of tests to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered. But is it real? Or is it just a game at her expense?” Written and directed by Jennifer Harrington and starring Daisye Tutor (Guest House), Emily Goss (Snapshots), Nicola Posener (The Bold and the Beautiful), Octavius J. Johnson (Sleepless), Stephanie Simbari (Here and Now), Grant Rosenmeyer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and real-life make-up and social media influencer Genelle Seldon. Produced by Tara L. Craig with music by celebrated electronic artist and Italians Do It Better label owner Johnny Jewel and tracks from his cult hit bands Chromatics, Symmetry, and Glass Candy. Shook is a Squid Farm production. Get Shook, on Shudder on February 18, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 5, 2021
Horror Fuel

Mario Cerrito’s Cannibal Horror ‘Human Hibachi’ Debuts On Troma Now

After being deemed too extreme for Amazon due to violence and gore, Mario Cerrito‘s cannibal horror film Human Hibachi has now debuted on the streaming service Troma Now! In the film, “A man documents his girlfriend’s 35th birthday on his phone. What he captures throughout the night are the most disturbing human acts imaginable.” Elizabeth Gaynor, Carmine Giordano, Wataru Nishida, Carley Harper, Sopheaktra Theng, Andrew Hunsicker, John Campanile, and Stafford Chavis star. Director Mario Cerrito sat down with us for an interview in which we discuss the film’s more sensitive topics like cannibalism and more. Be sure to check it out. Cerrito will continue the story with the sequel, Human Hibachi 2: Feast in the Forest set to film later this year. Currently, he is busy at work on the upcoming 80s style horror film The House In The Pines. Troma Now‘s streaming service is a chaotic mix of lost 80s schlock and modern no-budget films, making exploring it quite

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 3, 2021
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