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Dark Encounter Director Carl Strathie Talks Alien Lights And Grief In Our Interview

I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer-director Carl Strathie to discuss his new film Dark Encounter, a sci-fi thriller about a family’s struggle with loss and the truth of a dark mystery discovered with the help of otherworldly beings. The following is our conversation. Horror Fuel: “If you will, tell us about your most recent film Dark Encounter?” Carl Strathie: “The story is about a little girl who has gone missing. We follow the family a year after on the day of her memorial and they are grieving and they’re coping with the fact that no one knows what happened. It’s about a family struggling. There’s a big twist at the ending. Did you see it coming?” Horror Fuel: “No, I did not, which is a miracle, I always see what’s coming in movies. I like not knowing what happens right up until the end.” Carl Strathie: “Good, that’s good.” Horror Fuel: “I’m glad that you explore the

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Robert Rodriguez’s Next Project Will Be ‘Hypnotic’

One of legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez‘s new projects is the big-budget ($60-80 million) sci-fi thriller Hypnotic. The film was co-written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein (Kong Island) and centers on “a detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of impossible high-end heists.” With a budget of between $60 and $80 million) Hypnotic is being produced by Solstice Studios and Studio 8, according to Deadline.

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Filming Begins On ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Starring Harry Shum Jr.

Queensbury Pictures announced today the filming has begun in Chicago on Jacob Gentry‘s sci-fi horror Broadcast Signal Intrusion. Starring Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians, Glee), Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, I Trapped the Devil) the film is a technological thriller inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s, and remain unsolved to this day. The film an unsettling journey into our collective technological nightmares, confronting our deepest, darkest fears of both man and machine. Shum has been cast in the lead role as James. While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. James believes it’s the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking, and his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James

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Oct 21, 2019
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Discover Sci-fi Thriller ‘Freaks’ On Blu-Ray And DVD

Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein‘s sci-fi thriller Freaks debuted back in September, now it’s headed for release on Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew, Grace Park, and Lexy Kolker, the film a girl who discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s paranoid control. Discover Freaks on Blu-ray and DVD on November 26, 2019, from Well Go USA. Bonus Features include: Directors’ Commentary Behind the Scenes French Subtitles Available Trailers

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Oct 15, 2019
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New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

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May 15, 2019
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This June Cross The ‘Threshold’ For An Intense Sci-Fi Horror Film

An otherworldly intruder makes their way into a couple’s home in writer-director Jason Eric Perlman‘s sci-fi horror film Threshold, coming to VOD and digital this June. Trilby Glover (TV’s “Scream Queens”), Randy Wayne (Escape Room), Nicholas Oteri (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Graham Sibley (Sully), and “True Blood’s” Leslie Stevens star in this intense film. “During a night of apocalyptic world events, a young couple grieving from the loss of their adopted son is visited by an otherworldly intruder. The terrifying woman can’t explain how she got into their home, only that she’s come with hauntingly accurate details about their lives and the death of their son. Is she from a spiritual realm or are her motives far more mortal, even deadly?” The film is being distributed by Distribution Solutions, Alliance Entertainment, and Archstone Distribution. William Clevinger, Elliott Michael Smith, and Jason Eric Perlman are producing. Threshold will arrive on Digital June 11, 2019. https://vimeo.com/317371540

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AI Stands Between Maika Monroe And Her Freedom In Netflix’s ‘Tau’

Netflix is to release Federico D’Alessandro‘s sci-fi action-thriller Tau worldwide this June. Maika Monroe (It Follows), Ed Skrein (Deadpool), and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) in the film that “follows a once street-smart grifter, Julia (Monroe) who is the latest victim kidnapped and held captive in a fatal experiment. The only thing standing in the way of her freedom is Tau, an advanced artificial intelligence developed by Alex (Skrein), her captor. Tau is armed with a battalion of drones that automate a futuristic smart house. Tau’s potential is only limited by his understanding of the world he exists in, but Tau is ready for more. Julia, showing resourcefulness and courage, must race against time to bridge the boundaries between man and machine, connect to Tau and win her freedom before she suffers the same fate as the previous subjects.” Sharon D. Clarke and Ian Virgo co-star. Noga Landau penned the script for Tau, financed by Hercules Film Fund and Ken Kao’s

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May 30, 2018

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Dark Encounter Director Carl Strathie Talks Alien Lights And Grief In Our Interview

I had the pleasure of sitting down with writer-director Carl Strathie to discuss his new film Dark Encounter, a sci-fi thriller about a family’s struggle with loss and the truth of a dark mystery discovered with the help of otherworldly beings. The following is our conversation. Horror Fuel: “If you will, tell us about your most recent film Dark Encounter?” Carl Strathie: “The story is about a little girl who has gone missing. We follow the family a year after on the day of her memorial and they are grieving and they’re coping with the fact that no one knows what happened. It’s about a family struggling. There’s a big twist at the ending. Did you see it coming?” Horror Fuel: “No, I did not, which is a miracle, I always see what’s coming in movies. I like not knowing what happens right up until the end.” Carl Strathie: “Good, that’s good.” Horror Fuel: “I’m glad that you explore the

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Robert Rodriguez’s Next Project Will Be ‘Hypnotic’

One of legendary filmmaker Robert Rodriguez‘s new projects is the big-budget ($60-80 million) sci-fi thriller Hypnotic. The film was co-written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein (Kong Island) and centers on “a detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of impossible high-end heists.” With a budget of between $60 and $80 million) Hypnotic is being produced by Solstice Studios and Studio 8, according to Deadline.

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Filming Begins On ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’ Starring Harry Shum Jr.

Queensbury Pictures announced today the filming has begun in Chicago on Jacob Gentry‘s sci-fi horror Broadcast Signal Intrusion. Starring Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians, Glee), Kelley Mack (The Walking Dead) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us, I Trapped the Devil) the film is a technological thriller inspired by actual broadcast interruptions that occurred in the Windy City in the late 1980s, and remain unsolved to this day. The film an unsettling journey into our collective technological nightmares, confronting our deepest, darkest fears of both man and machine. Shum has been cast in the lead role as James. While logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist James (Harry Shum Jr.) comes across a surreal and disturbing clip of what appears to be an imprisoned android. James believes it’s the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking, and his discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James

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Oct 21, 2019
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Discover Sci-fi Thriller ‘Freaks’ On Blu-Ray And DVD

Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein‘s sci-fi thriller Freaks debuted back in September, now it’s headed for release on Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Amanda Crew, Grace Park, and Lexy Kolker, the film a girl who discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father’s paranoid control. Discover Freaks on Blu-ray and DVD on November 26, 2019, from Well Go USA. Bonus Features include: Directors’ Commentary Behind the Scenes French Subtitles Available Trailers

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Oct 15, 2019
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New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

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May 15, 2019
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This June Cross The ‘Threshold’ For An Intense Sci-Fi Horror Film

An otherworldly intruder makes their way into a couple’s home in writer-director Jason Eric Perlman‘s sci-fi horror film Threshold, coming to VOD and digital this June. Trilby Glover (TV’s “Scream Queens”), Randy Wayne (Escape Room), Nicholas Oteri (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children), Graham Sibley (Sully), and “True Blood’s” Leslie Stevens star in this intense film. “During a night of apocalyptic world events, a young couple grieving from the loss of their adopted son is visited by an otherworldly intruder. The terrifying woman can’t explain how she got into their home, only that she’s come with hauntingly accurate details about their lives and the death of their son. Is she from a spiritual realm or are her motives far more mortal, even deadly?” The film is being distributed by Distribution Solutions, Alliance Entertainment, and Archstone Distribution. William Clevinger, Elliott Michael Smith, and Jason Eric Perlman are producing. Threshold will arrive on Digital June 11, 2019. https://vimeo.com/317371540

Continue reading →
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AI Stands Between Maika Monroe And Her Freedom In Netflix’s ‘Tau’

Netflix is to release Federico D’Alessandro‘s sci-fi action-thriller Tau worldwide this June. Maika Monroe (It Follows), Ed Skrein (Deadpool), and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) in the film that “follows a once street-smart grifter, Julia (Monroe) who is the latest victim kidnapped and held captive in a fatal experiment. The only thing standing in the way of her freedom is Tau, an advanced artificial intelligence developed by Alex (Skrein), her captor. Tau is armed with a battalion of drones that automate a futuristic smart house. Tau’s potential is only limited by his understanding of the world he exists in, but Tau is ready for more. Julia, showing resourcefulness and courage, must race against time to bridge the boundaries between man and machine, connect to Tau and win her freedom before she suffers the same fate as the previous subjects.” Sharon D. Clarke and Ian Virgo co-star. Noga Landau penned the script for Tau, financed by Hercules Film Fund and Ken Kao’s

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May 30, 2018