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“Haunting Of Hill House” Star Henry Thomas Joins The Cast Of The New ‘Pet Sematary” Movie

Following his success in Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House” and “Haunting of Bly Manor,” Henry Thomas, who also stars in the upcoming “Midnight Mass” series, has now joined the cast of the new installment of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary franchise, from Paramount Players, Deadline reports. Samantha Mathis, who recently starred in the Blumhouse and Hulu’s horror anthology series “Into the Dark”, as well as Guillermo del Toro’s “The Strain” has also joined the cast alongside Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jack Mulhern, Isabella Star LeBlanc and Foxy Brown‘s Pam Grier. Production began last week on the new film, which is rumored to be a prequel. Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking) is in the director’s chair. Beer wrote the newest draft of the script originally written by Jeff Buhler. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing the still-untitled movie that will premiere exclusively on Paramount+.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2021
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Movie Review: Boarding School (2018)

Young Jacob (Luke Prael) is a bed wettin’ teen dude in a night terrors mood…a condition that is driving his already off-kilter mother (Samantha Mathis) even more insane, adding to the “fun” of our hero’s life are a cadre of abusive peers and the fact that he is slowly taking on the persona of his recently deceased grand mother…right down to dressing like her. This doesn’t really go over to well, so off he goes to a rural boarding school far from his New York City home. Once there he gets a room mate, a pint sized Richard Lynch clone named Phil (Nadia Alexander…yeah, you read right, this part is played by a female, and her “trying to sound like a boy” voice is a super big distraction even though her acting is pretty damn solid)…but our burnt buddy isn’t the only surprise waiting for Jacob, as every student in the school has a behavioral problem or disability, and the

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DanXIII
Aug 31, 2018
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This November ‘The Clovehitch Killer’ Is Coming

This November IFC Midnight will unleash The Clovehitch Killer. Today, we have the first two images. “Tyler’s a good kid, a boy scout, raised by a poor but happy family in a small, religious town. But when he finds his dad, Don, has disturbing pornography hidden in the shed, he starts to fear that his dad might be Clovehitch, an infamous serial killer that was never caught. Tyler teams up with Kassi, a teenage outcast who’s morbidly obsessed with the Clovehitch legend, to discover the truth in time to save his family.” Director Duncan Skiles makes his directorial debut with the film written by Christopher Ford (Clown). Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World), Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Samantha Mathis (“The Strain”), and Madisen Beaty (The Master) star. The Clovehitch Killer makes his way onto VOD, Digital HD and in theaters on November 16, 2018, from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 29, 2018
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Learn A Lesson In Terror From Boaz Yaklin’s ‘Boarding School’ (Trailer)

From acclaimed writer-director Boaz Yakin (Safe, Remember the Titans) comes a new lesson in terror, Boarding School. This disturbing horror-thriller centers on a young boy who has become fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother. When he arrives at an isolated boarding school for misfits he finds that is run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife out to give students a lesson they won’t forget…if they survive. Samantha Mathis, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Walters, Sterling, and Christopher Dylan White star. Boarding School opens in theaters on August 31, 2018, from Momentum Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2018
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Boaz Yakin’s Boarding School Acquired By IM Global

Sterling Jerins in The Conjuring 2 IM Global has picked up the international rights to the horror thriller ‘Boarding School’, from director ‘Boaz Yakin’ (Remember the Titans). The film is “a horrifying fable about an ominous boarding school where children deemed “undesirable” are committed. Twelve-year-old Jacob Felson is sent away by his stepfather to the mysterious school run by a peculiar couple, Dr. Sherman and his dominating wife. When one of the students is found dead, Jacob begins to suspect something much more sinister is going on than education.” Will Patton (The Mothman Prophecies, The fourth Kind), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho), Sterling Jerins (The Conjuring 1 and 2), Tammy Blanchard (The Invitation), and Luke Prael (The Boy in a Backpack) star in this frightening film, which is now in post-production, Bloody-Disgusting reports. The release date has not been announced at this time. We will keep you posted. Will Paton in The Fourth Kind

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 5, 2016
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Season 3 Of The Strain’s Premiere Date Announced

Back in April we reported that filming had wrapped for season 3 of The Strain. Today, Kevin Durand, who plays Vasiliy Fet, announced via Instagram that the premiere date for season 3 has been announced. Season 3 picks up with the New York City streets turned into a battleground. Residents are on their own, there’s no outside help coming. Humans and strigoi are now locked in a battle for survival. The Master is close to executing his plan to transform the world. Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Natalie Brown, Miguel Gomez, Max Charles, Ruta Gedmintas, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samantha Mathis and Joaquín Cosío star in this amazing series from Guillermo del Toro. Be sure to tune in to FX for the season 3 premiere on August 28th at 10 pm. Here’s a look behind the scenes of the season 2 finale to help tide you over.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2016

More from Samantha Mathis

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“Haunting Of Hill House” Star Henry Thomas Joins The Cast Of The New ‘Pet Sematary” Movie

Following his success in Netflix’s “Haunting of Hill House” and “Haunting of Bly Manor,” Henry Thomas, who also stars in the upcoming “Midnight Mass” series, has now joined the cast of the new installment of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary franchise, from Paramount Players, Deadline reports. Samantha Mathis, who recently starred in the Blumhouse and Hulu’s horror anthology series “Into the Dark”, as well as Guillermo del Toro’s “The Strain” has also joined the cast alongside Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Natalie Alyn Lind, Jack Mulhern, Isabella Star LeBlanc and Foxy Brown‘s Pam Grier. Production began last week on the new film, which is rumored to be a prequel. Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking) is in the director’s chair. Beer wrote the newest draft of the script originally written by Jeff Buhler. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing the still-untitled movie that will premiere exclusively on Paramount+.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 17, 2021
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Movie Review: Boarding School (2018)

Young Jacob (Luke Prael) is a bed wettin’ teen dude in a night terrors mood…a condition that is driving his already off-kilter mother (Samantha Mathis) even more insane, adding to the “fun” of our hero’s life are a cadre of abusive peers and the fact that he is slowly taking on the persona of his recently deceased grand mother…right down to dressing like her. This doesn’t really go over to well, so off he goes to a rural boarding school far from his New York City home. Once there he gets a room mate, a pint sized Richard Lynch clone named Phil (Nadia Alexander…yeah, you read right, this part is played by a female, and her “trying to sound like a boy” voice is a super big distraction even though her acting is pretty damn solid)…but our burnt buddy isn’t the only surprise waiting for Jacob, as every student in the school has a behavioral problem or disability, and the

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DanXIII
Aug 31, 2018
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This November ‘The Clovehitch Killer’ Is Coming

This November IFC Midnight will unleash The Clovehitch Killer. Today, we have the first two images. “Tyler’s a good kid, a boy scout, raised by a poor but happy family in a small, religious town. But when he finds his dad, Don, has disturbing pornography hidden in the shed, he starts to fear that his dad might be Clovehitch, an infamous serial killer that was never caught. Tyler teams up with Kassi, a teenage outcast who’s morbidly obsessed with the Clovehitch legend, to discover the truth in time to save his family.” Director Duncan Skiles makes his directorial debut with the film written by Christopher Ford (Clown). Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World), Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Samantha Mathis (“The Strain”), and Madisen Beaty (The Master) star. The Clovehitch Killer makes his way onto VOD, Digital HD and in theaters on November 16, 2018, from IFC Midnight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 29, 2018
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Learn A Lesson In Terror From Boaz Yaklin’s ‘Boarding School’ (Trailer)

From acclaimed writer-director Boaz Yakin (Safe, Remember the Titans) comes a new lesson in terror, Boarding School. This disturbing horror-thriller centers on a young boy who has become fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother. When he arrives at an isolated boarding school for misfits he finds that is run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife out to give students a lesson they won’t forget…if they survive. Samantha Mathis, Will Patton, Robert John Burke, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Walters, Sterling, and Christopher Dylan White star. Boarding School opens in theaters on August 31, 2018, from Momentum Pictures.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 3, 2018
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Boaz Yakin’s Boarding School Acquired By IM Global

Sterling Jerins in The Conjuring 2 IM Global has picked up the international rights to the horror thriller ‘Boarding School’, from director ‘Boaz Yakin’ (Remember the Titans). The film is “a horrifying fable about an ominous boarding school where children deemed “undesirable” are committed. Twelve-year-old Jacob Felson is sent away by his stepfather to the mysterious school run by a peculiar couple, Dr. Sherman and his dominating wife. When one of the students is found dead, Jacob begins to suspect something much more sinister is going on than education.” Will Patton (The Mothman Prophecies, The fourth Kind), Samantha Mathis (American Psycho), Sterling Jerins (The Conjuring 1 and 2), Tammy Blanchard (The Invitation), and Luke Prael (The Boy in a Backpack) star in this frightening film, which is now in post-production, Bloody-Disgusting reports. The release date has not been announced at this time. We will keep you posted. Will Paton in The Fourth Kind

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 5, 2016
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Season 3 Of The Strain’s Premiere Date Announced

Back in April we reported that filming had wrapped for season 3 of The Strain. Today, Kevin Durand, who plays Vasiliy Fet, announced via Instagram that the premiere date for season 3 has been announced. Season 3 picks up with the New York City streets turned into a battleground. Residents are on their own, there’s no outside help coming. Humans and strigoi are now locked in a battle for survival. The Master is close to executing his plan to transform the world. Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Kevin Durand, Jonathan Hyde, Richard Sammel, Natalie Brown, Miguel Gomez, Max Charles, Ruta Gedmintas, Rupert Penry-Jones, Samantha Mathis and Joaquín Cosío star in this amazing series from Guillermo del Toro. Be sure to tune in to FX for the season 3 premiere on August 28th at 10 pm. Here’s a look behind the scenes of the season 2 finale to help tide you over.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 10, 2016