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Release Date Announced For Robert Eggers’ Long Awaited Viking Film ‘The Northman’

Robert Eggers, the brilliant filmmaker behind The Witch and The Lighthouse is back with his next film, the revenge thriller The Northman. Today, we’ve got the release date for the highly anticipated film set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century that centers on the Nordic prince Amleth who sets out on a mission of revenge after his father is murdered. The all-star cast for the film includes Alexander Skarsgård who stars as Amleth, Bill Skarsgård, Anya Taylor Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Nicole Kidman, and Willem Defoe who also stars in Eggers’ The Lighthouse (pictured). Eggers directed and co-wrote the film along with Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón. Lars Knudsen, Mark Huffman, and New Regency produce. The Northman will arrive in international theaters on April 8, 2022, from Universal Pictures. It is a co-production of Focus Features and New Regency.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 15, 2021

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New Image Will Whet Your Appetite For ‘The Feast,’ Coming This Thanksgiving

IFC Midnight announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the Welsh-language supernatural revenge horror The Feast, directed by BAFTA-winning television director Lee Haven Jones who is making his feature debut. “Rooted in the potent mythical fables of Wales, The Feast unfolds over the course of a single evening as a wealthy family gathers at their lavish home in the Welsh mountains for a dinner party, hosting a local businessman and neighboring farmer to broker a business deal to mine the surrounding countryside. When a mysterious young woman arrives to be their waitress for the evening, the family’s beliefs and values are challenged as her quiet yet disturbing presence begins to unravel their lives – slowly, deliberately, and with the most terrifying of consequences. A slow-burn meditation on history and tradition, greed and responsibility, identity and difference, The Feast is a contemporary morality tale that questions who is truly meant to inherit the earth, permeated with a mounting

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 30, 2021

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Thriller ‘Goodbye, Butterfly’ Lands On Amazon Prime

Gravitas Ventures’ Goodbye, Butterfly, the feature directorial debut of Tyler Wayne, is a captivating, performance-driven psychological thriller, that is now available on Amazon Prime. The film centers on Ryan Olsen (Adam Donshik), a loving family man with the perfect life… until the day his five-year-old daughter is murdered. When the official police investigation hits a dead end, Ryan has a chance encounter with Stan Granger (Andy Lauer ), an oddball neighbor from down the street, and becomes convinced that Stan is the killer. But, after the police ignore his suspicions, Ryan’s obsession with Stan quickly turns violent and, as he takes the law into his own hands, he must ultimately decide how far he’s willing to go in order to find out the truth. Twists and turns will keep audiences at the edge of their seats as they ponder the question: How far would you go for justice? After all, when you’ve lost everything, you become capable of anything.” The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 16, 2021

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Revenge Thriller ‘Funny Face’ Arrives This April

A struggling young woman and a disturbed young man out for revenge band together in Funny Face, an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film from writer-director Tim Suton, “a young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle’s house desperate for a new life but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing “Funny Face” mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy.” Dela Meskienyar, Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Rhea Perlman, and Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll, The Knick) star. Funny Face opens in select theaters on April 2, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 27, 2021

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Netflix’s ‘Deadly Illusions’ Trailer Reminds You Not To Trust The Nanny

Writer-director Anna Elizabeth James‘ highly anticipated psychological thriller Deadly Illusions is premiering on Netflix this March. Starring Greer Grammer (“Awkward”), “Sex in the City” alum Kristen Davis, Shanola Hampton of “Shameless” and Dermot Mulroney (“Hanna”), the film centers on a bestselling female novelist (Davis) who is suffering from writer’s block and hires an innocent young woman (Grammer) to watch over her twin children. As the novelist dangerously indulges in her new best-seller, the line between the life she’s writing about and the one she’s actually living becomes blurred. James is known as a pioneer in the industry for her iPhone filmmaking and distribution methods and has been featured in “Wired” and The New York Times and has spoken at TEDx conferences. Grammer and Davis produce Deadly Illusions, premiering on Netflix on March 18, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2021

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Brutal New ‘Violation’ Trailer Reveals A Plot For Revenge

Following its international premiere at Sundance’s 2021 film festival, Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s chilling debut feature Violation is heading exclusively to Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. We’ve got the new trailer for the film that is as beautiful as it is brutal. “With her marriage about to implode, Miriam returns to her hometown to seek solace in the comfort of her younger sister and brother-in-law. But one evening a tiny slip in judgment leads to a catastrophic betrayal, leaving Miriam shocked, reeling, and furious. Believing her only recourse is to exact revenge, Miriam takes extreme action, but the price of retribution is high, and she is not prepared for the toll it takes as she begins to emotionally and psychologically unravel.” Written, produced, directed by, and starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, Violation is a turbulent feminist revenge fable that explores the idea of trauma within families and untangles a web of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 12, 2021

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Revenge Thriller ‘Adverse’ Hunts Down A Release Date

The exciting new trailer is here for the award-winning revenge thriller Adverse, featuring an all-star cast that includes Thomas Nicholas (“Red Band Society), Mickey Rourke (Girl), Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Lou Diamond Phillips (“Prodigal Son”), and Penelope Ann Miller (Birth of a Nation). In this gritty, intense urban thriller, one man is on a quest for revenge. Struggling to make ends meet, rideshare driver Ethan (Nicholas) learns his sister Mia is deep in debt to a sleazy drug dealer. When Mia goes missing, Ethan discovers that crime boss Kaden (Rourke) is behind the act, and to get close to him Ethan takes a job as Kaden’s driver. One by one Ethan hunts down members of Kaden’s crew to wreak bloody vengeance as he prepares to confront Kaden himself. Black Jellybeans Productions will release Adverse, from writer and director Brian Metcalf (Living Among Us), in select theaters on February 12, 2021. The film will also be available on Digital,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 14, 2021

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Survival Thriller ‘Hunted’ Coming Exclusively To Shudder

We’ve got the brand new trailer for Vicent Paronnaud‘s survival horror Hunted premiering exclusively on Shudder this January. What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve (Lucie Debay) becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, Eve is pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive in the wilderness – but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She wants revenge. A modern retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fable while still being a modern-day tale of society. The film marks the solo feature debut of the French filmmaker and comic artist who took home the Cannes Jury Prize for Persepolis. Co-Written by Paronnaud and Léa Pernollet, the film stars Lucie Debay (The Confession), Arieh Worthalter (Girl), and Ciaran O’Brien. The Shudder Original debuts on January 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 4, 2020

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A Soldier Is Out For Revenge In ‘Army Of One’

Rising action star Ellen Hollman, star of the forthcoming The Matrix 4, is an Army of One this December. In this action thriller from director Stephen Durham, “Out hiking, Special Forces Brenner Baker and her husband stumble upon an illegal drug compound. The drug dealers capture them, kill her husband, and leave her for dead. They should have made sure they finished the job. Now, 1st Lieutenant Brenner Baker of the Army’s 75th Ranger Division is on a one-woman killing mission carving up everyone in her path until there is only one person standing, her.” Matt Passmore (“Jigsaw”), Geraldine Singer (“Get Out”), Gary Kasper (“Redwood Massacre: Annihilation”), and Cam Bowen (“Young Justice”) also star. Army of One will be released on iTunes, Vudu, Xbox, Googleplay, Amazon, DirecTV, Dish Network, Fandango Now, iNDEMAND, and DVD on December 15, 2020, from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 17, 2020

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Writing/Directing Duo Ruckus And Lane Skye Discuss ‘The Devil To Pay’

With the release of the southern gothic thriller The Devil to Pay, I sat down with the husband and wife writing, directing, and producing duo Ruckus and Lane Skye to talk about the film and their writing process. The Devil to Pay centers on an Appalachian woman named Lemon (Danielle Deadwyler) who must fight to save herself, her son, and her home after her husband disappears and a powerful family demands her husband’s debt be paid, or else. Horror Fuel: “I love the location you chose for your film. There’s just something about the mountains. And they also seem sort of like a character in the film. It’s great cinematography. How did you go about capturing that?” Ruckus: “We shot in Hiawassee, Georgia, about two hours north of Atlanta. It’s actually a pretty town. We had to erase some houses and powerlines out of the footage. It’s a little movie magic.” Lane:” We had a guy come in and do

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 3, 2020

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