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Movie Review: ‘The Dark And The Wicked’ From The Filmmaker That Brought Us ‘The Strangers’

The Dark and the Wicked is set on a rural farm and centers on an adult brother and sister come to visit their sick father only to realize that something is wrong with their mother as well. It’s slow out of the gate but picks up speed, turning from a dark family drama into a holy hell, someone call a priest supernatural thriller that’s well-paced and spooky in all the right places. The movie builds real tension and suspense with scares that hit you like a linebacker out of nowhere. You are drawn into the intense story of the sister and brother and what they are experiencing within their family and forget for a moment that it’s a horror movie. But when the horror hits though, it hits hard. The cast including Marin Ireland and Michael Abbott Jr. is fantastic. Ireland really made you feel for her character Louise. The actress’ ability to ugly cry on cue is amazing. I

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2020
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‘Last Exorcism’ Director Teaming Up With ‘The Strangers’ Writer For ‘Them’

Following this month’s episode of Hulu and Blumhouse’s holiday-themed horror series “Into the Dark”, titled “Down”, director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) teased his upcoming horror film, a home invasion thriller, during a conversation with Daily Dead. His next project titled Them was written by Bryan Bertino (The Strangers). Them, set in Texas, centers on a group of oil workers attacked by something out in the desert and sounds like a new spin on the home invasion genre. I’m hopefully directing next a movie called They, written by Bryan Bertino and produced by Dark Castle. We’re casting now,” Stamm told the site. “Bryan Bertino is the guy who wrote and directed The Strangers, and he has a talent for writing set pieces that are really fresh, interesting, and unpredictable. It’s so hard to do something original and fresh in the home invasion space, because there are only so many ways to scare someone.” Stamm continued, “It’s home invasion… all set

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2019
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‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino Set To Begin Production On ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

Bryan Bertino, the man behind The Strangers and most recently Mockingbird and the Monster, is in the director’s chair for The Dark and the Wicked, which he also wrote. In the film, two siblings are summoned back to the family farm, in the middle of nowhere, to await the inevitability of their father’s death. What initially appears to be a timeless ritual of loss and remembrance turns out to be something very different. Filming is set for Texas as early as February for The Dark and the Wicked, produced by Adrienne Biddle, Sonny Mallhi, and Kevin Matusow producing. Casting news should arrive soon according to Production Weekly.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Rakuten TV Streaming The Biggest Titles Of The Year This Halloween Season

Rakuten TV is bringing viewers a real treat this Halloween season direct to your smart TV, streaming some of the biggest horror films of the year. Watch as Toni Collette in the gripping case of twisted family drama in the critically acclaimed Hereditary now. From October 26th you’ll be able to crawl into the world of Possum starring Sean Harris and if those aren’t enough to make sleep a distant memory, you can pick from the fantastically frightful selection of horror films on Rakuten TV including A Quiet Place, IT, The First Purge (from October 29, review) and The Strangers: Prey at Night.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 17, 2018
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From The Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes ‘The Monster’

From the director of the hit horror film The Strangers, Bryan Bertino, comes the dark tale of terror, The Monster. Starring Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick), Ella Ballentine (The Captive), and Scott Speedman (The Strangers, Underworld), the film centers on Kathy (Kazan) and her 10-year-old daughter Lizzy (Ballentine) who are “trapped and tormented in a pitch-black forest by a screeching creature. It is unlike anything they have heard before. Not human. Not animal. A monster. With their relationship at breaking point, Kathy is on the edge while Lizzy is all out of faith in her mother but tries to stay brave and fearless. To survive the night, Kathy must summon her most primal instinct to protect herself and her daughter from what’s lurking in the darkness…” Presented by Icon Film Distribution, The Monster stalks the UK on DVD and Digital on October 8, 2018, and is already out on DVD in the US.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2018
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Blu-ray Review: The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

A family, comprised primarily of attractive parents Mike (Martin Henderson) and Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and their slow pitch loving bro of a son (Lewis Pullman), heads out on a road trip to deliver their bitchitude sufferin’ daughter Kinsey (Bailee Madison) to her new boarding school, where it is hoped she’ll turn her wicked ways around post haste. There is a problem with this plan however when the family makes a scheduled stop at a trailer park to spend the night with some relatives…though the park seems as deserted as the local cineplex during a showing of Solo (my reviews will be timeless…timeless I tells ya!). Well it turns out there a few folks still kicking around; namely The Man in the Mask (Damian Maffei), Pinup (Lea Enslin), and Dollface (Emma Bellomy)…a trio of mass murderin’ psychos ready to get down and dirty with the horror biz on our dysfunctional antagonists! What follows is a blood splattered night of never ending

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DanXIII
Jun 13, 2018
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‘The Strangers: Prey At Night’ Review: A Glowing Sequel

The Strangers, released way back in 2008, while not exactly revolutionary, was a pretty damn good horror flick. Creepy masks, sharp blades, and of course the scariest motive ever added up to a pretty solidly scary experience. Evil in The Strangers films doesn’t have a higher motive, cosmic stakes, familial connections, or anything of the like. It strikes in fact, for no reason at all, “because you were home.” This creeping dread doesn’t exactly take hold in the sequel, which largely abandons scares for camp, dark corners for neon lit pools, and bland suburbia for a a colorful, gaudy trailer park. Horror’s changed in the ten years since the original Strangers release, and Prey At Night is a much different sequel than we’d likely have gotten back in 2010. It sure is a fun one though, embracing the sillier aspects of the Slasher genre without losing it’s razor sharp edge. Like the original, Prey At Night’s bodycount is pretty low

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Capt McNeely
Mar 15, 2018
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Poster, Trailer, And Release Date Arrive For ‘Strangers: Prey At Night’

The Strangers: Prey at Night, the long-awaited sequel to 2008’s home invasion hit The Strangers from Bryan Bertino, will soon be in theaters. Set to open in theaters in March, the first teaser has arrived and it is awesome. While playing the tune ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ by Debbie Gibbson, the teaser is filled with action and blood and reminds us to “Never underestimate the kindness of strangers”. Did I mention that it is supposedly based on a true story? That turns the creepy factor up a notch or two, doesn’t it? The first poster has also been released. Directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down), the film centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 16, 2017
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The Strangers 2 Wraps Filming, Full Cast Exposed

News has come that the sequel to Bryan Bertino’s 2008 hit home invasion film Strangers has officially wrapped filming with Johannes Roberts’ (47 Meters Down) in the directer’s chair. Emmy Award nominee Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) stars alongside Bailee Madison (The Good Witch), Martin Henderson (The Ring), and Lewis Pullman (Aftermath). As for the villains of the film, hiding behind those infamous masks, The Walking Dead’s Lea Enslin will play the role of “Pin-up Girl”, Ghost Lake actress Emmy Bellomy will don the mask of “Dollface” and Damian Maffei, also of Ghost Lake, will be wearing the burlap bag. The Strangers 2 centers on a family whose road trip takes a turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park and after the power goes out they decide to hunker down for the night in a borrowed trailer. Under the cover of darkness, three familiar masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test their every limit.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
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Director Johannes Roberts Confirms ‘The Strangers 2’ Has Begun Filming

After an eight years wait, the long-awaited sequel to Bryan Bertino’s frightening home invasion thriller The Strangers is finally on it’s way. Johannes Roberts, whose shark infested film 47 Meters Down opened in theaters this weekend, is at the helm for The Strangers 2 which has now begun filming. Roberts has said that the film, written by Bertino and Ben Ketai, will have a heavy John Carpenter influence. I’m in week two of filming. I looks absolutely incredible,” Roberts told Dread Central. “I love Bertino’s film, I think it’s an amazing movie and tonally this movie is going to fit very well into that universe. It has a real strong emotional heart, which the first one did, and it has a very cool retro feel to it, a lot of sort of references to… I mean, I always bring a lot of John Carpenter with me because that’s what I grew up on, but also maybe going back a bit

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2017

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Movie Review: ‘The Dark And The Wicked’ From The Filmmaker That Brought Us ‘The Strangers’

The Dark and the Wicked is set on a rural farm and centers on an adult brother and sister come to visit their sick father only to realize that something is wrong with their mother as well. It’s slow out of the gate but picks up speed, turning from a dark family drama into a holy hell, someone call a priest supernatural thriller that’s well-paced and spooky in all the right places. The movie builds real tension and suspense with scares that hit you like a linebacker out of nowhere. You are drawn into the intense story of the sister and brother and what they are experiencing within their family and forget for a moment that it’s a horror movie. But when the horror hits though, it hits hard. The cast including Marin Ireland and Michael Abbott Jr. is fantastic. Ireland really made you feel for her character Louise. The actress’ ability to ugly cry on cue is amazing. I

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 2, 2020
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‘Last Exorcism’ Director Teaming Up With ‘The Strangers’ Writer For ‘Them’

Following this month’s episode of Hulu and Blumhouse’s holiday-themed horror series “Into the Dark”, titled “Down”, director Daniel Stamm (The Last Exorcism) teased his upcoming horror film, a home invasion thriller, during a conversation with Daily Dead. His next project titled Them was written by Bryan Bertino (The Strangers). Them, set in Texas, centers on a group of oil workers attacked by something out in the desert and sounds like a new spin on the home invasion genre. I’m hopefully directing next a movie called They, written by Bryan Bertino and produced by Dark Castle. We’re casting now,” Stamm told the site. “Bryan Bertino is the guy who wrote and directed The Strangers, and he has a talent for writing set pieces that are really fresh, interesting, and unpredictable. It’s so hard to do something original and fresh in the home invasion space, because there are only so many ways to scare someone.” Stamm continued, “It’s home invasion… all set

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 19, 2019
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‘The Strangers’ Director Bryan Bertino Set To Begin Production On ‘The Dark And The Wicked’

Bryan Bertino, the man behind The Strangers and most recently Mockingbird and the Monster, is in the director’s chair for The Dark and the Wicked, which he also wrote. In the film, two siblings are summoned back to the family farm, in the middle of nowhere, to await the inevitability of their father’s death. What initially appears to be a timeless ritual of loss and remembrance turns out to be something very different. Filming is set for Texas as early as February for The Dark and the Wicked, produced by Adrienne Biddle, Sonny Mallhi, and Kevin Matusow producing. Casting news should arrive soon according to Production Weekly.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2019
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Rakuten TV Streaming The Biggest Titles Of The Year This Halloween Season

Rakuten TV is bringing viewers a real treat this Halloween season direct to your smart TV, streaming some of the biggest horror films of the year. Watch as Toni Collette in the gripping case of twisted family drama in the critically acclaimed Hereditary now. From October 26th you’ll be able to crawl into the world of Possum starring Sean Harris and if those aren’t enough to make sleep a distant memory, you can pick from the fantastically frightful selection of horror films on Rakuten TV including A Quiet Place, IT, The First Purge (from October 29, review) and The Strangers: Prey at Night.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 17, 2018
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From The Director Of ‘The Strangers’ Comes ‘The Monster’

From the director of the hit horror film The Strangers, Bryan Bertino, comes the dark tale of terror, The Monster. Starring Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick), Ella Ballentine (The Captive), and Scott Speedman (The Strangers, Underworld), the film centers on Kathy (Kazan) and her 10-year-old daughter Lizzy (Ballentine) who are “trapped and tormented in a pitch-black forest by a screeching creature. It is unlike anything they have heard before. Not human. Not animal. A monster. With their relationship at breaking point, Kathy is on the edge while Lizzy is all out of faith in her mother but tries to stay brave and fearless. To survive the night, Kathy must summon her most primal instinct to protect herself and her daughter from what’s lurking in the darkness…” Presented by Icon Film Distribution, The Monster stalks the UK on DVD and Digital on October 8, 2018, and is already out on DVD in the US.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2018
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Blu-ray Review: The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

A family, comprised primarily of attractive parents Mike (Martin Henderson) and Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and their slow pitch loving bro of a son (Lewis Pullman), heads out on a road trip to deliver their bitchitude sufferin’ daughter Kinsey (Bailee Madison) to her new boarding school, where it is hoped she’ll turn her wicked ways around post haste. There is a problem with this plan however when the family makes a scheduled stop at a trailer park to spend the night with some relatives…though the park seems as deserted as the local cineplex during a showing of Solo (my reviews will be timeless…timeless I tells ya!). Well it turns out there a few folks still kicking around; namely The Man in the Mask (Damian Maffei), Pinup (Lea Enslin), and Dollface (Emma Bellomy)…a trio of mass murderin’ psychos ready to get down and dirty with the horror biz on our dysfunctional antagonists! What follows is a blood splattered night of never ending

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jun 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

‘The Strangers: Prey At Night’ Review: A Glowing Sequel

The Strangers, released way back in 2008, while not exactly revolutionary, was a pretty damn good horror flick. Creepy masks, sharp blades, and of course the scariest motive ever added up to a pretty solidly scary experience. Evil in The Strangers films doesn’t have a higher motive, cosmic stakes, familial connections, or anything of the like. It strikes in fact, for no reason at all, “because you were home.” This creeping dread doesn’t exactly take hold in the sequel, which largely abandons scares for camp, dark corners for neon lit pools, and bland suburbia for a a colorful, gaudy trailer park. Horror’s changed in the ten years since the original Strangers release, and Prey At Night is a much different sequel than we’d likely have gotten back in 2010. It sure is a fun one though, embracing the sillier aspects of the Slasher genre without losing it’s razor sharp edge. Like the original, Prey At Night’s bodycount is pretty low

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Mar 15, 2018
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Poster, Trailer, And Release Date Arrive For ‘Strangers: Prey At Night’

The Strangers: Prey at Night, the long-awaited sequel to 2008’s home invasion hit The Strangers from Bryan Bertino, will soon be in theaters. Set to open in theaters in March, the first teaser has arrived and it is awesome. While playing the tune ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ by Debbie Gibbson, the teaser is filled with action and blood and reminds us to “Never underestimate the kindness of strangers”. Did I mention that it is supposedly based on a true story? That turns the creepy factor up a notch or two, doesn’t it? The first poster has also been released. Directed by Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down), the film centers on a family whose road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family’s every limit as they struggle

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 16, 2017
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The Strangers 2 Wraps Filming, Full Cast Exposed

News has come that the sequel to Bryan Bertino’s 2008 hit home invasion film Strangers has officially wrapped filming with Johannes Roberts’ (47 Meters Down) in the directer’s chair. Emmy Award nominee Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) stars alongside Bailee Madison (The Good Witch), Martin Henderson (The Ring), and Lewis Pullman (Aftermath). As for the villains of the film, hiding behind those infamous masks, The Walking Dead’s Lea Enslin will play the role of “Pin-up Girl”, Ghost Lake actress Emmy Bellomy will don the mask of “Dollface” and Damian Maffei, also of Ghost Lake, will be wearing the burlap bag. The Strangers 2 centers on a family whose road trip takes a turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park and after the power goes out they decide to hunker down for the night in a borrowed trailer. Under the cover of darkness, three familiar masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test their every limit.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 12, 2017
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Director Johannes Roberts Confirms ‘The Strangers 2’ Has Begun Filming

After an eight years wait, the long-awaited sequel to Bryan Bertino’s frightening home invasion thriller The Strangers is finally on it’s way. Johannes Roberts, whose shark infested film 47 Meters Down opened in theaters this weekend, is at the helm for The Strangers 2 which has now begun filming. Roberts has said that the film, written by Bertino and Ben Ketai, will have a heavy John Carpenter influence. I’m in week two of filming. I looks absolutely incredible,” Roberts told Dread Central. “I love Bertino’s film, I think it’s an amazing movie and tonally this movie is going to fit very well into that universe. It has a real strong emotional heart, which the first one did, and it has a very cool retro feel to it, a lot of sort of references to… I mean, I always bring a lot of John Carpenter with me because that’s what I grew up on, but also maybe going back a bit

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2017
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