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Blood Is Shed In The Teaser For INHERITANCE

From writer-director Tyler Savage comes the psychological thriller Inheritance whose trailer has just arrived. Chase Joliet (It Comes At Night), Sara Montez (Pitch), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Drew Powell (Gotham), Dale Dickey (True Blood), and Krisha Fairchild (Krisha) co-star. In the film Ryan Bowman has just inherited a $2.5 million beach house on the central California coast from his biological father, a man he’s never known and thought long dead. Arriving in the charming town with his pregnant fiancée, Ryan’s curiosity about his father soon leads him into an introspective investigation. As a looming family presence tightens its grip on him, Ryan pushes away his adoptive family and expectant fiancée. When he finally discovers the horrifying truth about his birth parents, he might be too late to stop himself from repeating a similar pattern… From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Portola Pictures has announced the World Premiere of Tyler Savage’s Inheritance at

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2017
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A First Look At The Real Life Inspired Thriller KEEPERS – Starring Gerard Butler

Three men are pitted against each other in a tale of greed and paranoia in Keepers, from director Kristoffer Nyholm. Today, we have a first look at the film starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and newcomer Conner Swindells. Written by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone, Keepers follows three lighthouse keepers on their six-week shift on an uninhabited island twenty miles from the rugged Scottish coast. As Thomas (Mullan), James (Butler), and Donald (Swindells) settle into their usual, solitary routines, something unexpected and potentially life-changing occurs – they stumble upon something that isn’t theirs to keep. Where did it come from? Who does it belong to? A boat appears in the distance that might hold the answer to these questions. What follows is a tense battle for survival as personal greed replaces loyalty – and fed by isolation and paranoia, three honest men are led down the path to destruction. The film was inspired the real-life Flannan Isle mystery of three

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2017
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Michael Rooker And John McNaughton Teaming Up Again For A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

John McNaughton’s 1986 thriller Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was gritty and everything that type of film is supposed to be. Michael Rooker starred as Henry, a character inspired by real-life serial killers Henry Lee Lucus and Ottis Toole. After a span of over 30 years Rooker and McNaughton are teaming up for another project. The duo will be working on the film adaption of Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’, Deadline reports. The short story, viewed as a classic, features a family on a road trip and and a escaped convict known as “The Misfit”. With both Rooker and McNaughton involved with the project, I have no doubt the film will be fantastic. ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ will be produced by Ed Richardson under the banner of R&R Productions Worldwide, based in Atlanta. Mike Sears and David Zander will co-produce.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2017
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Mothman Director Adapting Melanie Raabe’s THE TRAP

Mark Pellington, the director behind The Mothman Prophecies, has a new film underway, titled The Trap. The intense thriller tells the story of a reclusive author who is out to set the perfect trap for her sister’s killer after she becomes convinced that she has seen him on television. The Trap, which is an adaption of Melanie Raave’s novel, is being written by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, Deadline reports. Elizabeth Cantillon of The Cantillon Company and Josh Bratman of Immersive Pictures are serving as producers for The Trap.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Jessica Biel Gets Bloody In The Trailer For USA’s New Series THE SINNER

Fans got a sneak peek at USA’s upcoming thriller series The Sinner, based on the German crime novel by Petra Hammesfahr, at the Tribeca Film Festival from acclaimed director Antonio Campos. Starring Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, and Bill Pullman, the 8-episode series centers on a young mother who is “overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage and commits a startling act of violence. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the “who” or the “what” – but the “why.” Soon the investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman’s buried motive. Amy Miller, Teri Wyble, Dohn Norwood, Robert Funaro, Leslie Fray, Eric Todd, Meredith Holzman, Michael H. Cole, and Rebecca Brooksher co-star. The Sinner will premiere on USA on August 2, 2017.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2017
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Emilia Clarke Sees Something In The Mirror In The New Clip From VOICE IN THE STONE

Ahead of the weekend release of Voice from the Stone, Momentum Pictures has unveiled an eerie new clip. Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) headline the cast that also includes Catrina Murino, Kate Linder, Lisa Gastoni , Remo Girone, Giampiero Judica, and Edward Dring. Eric D. Howell, who is making his directorial debut, directed from the script penned by Andrew Saw, based on the novel ‘La Voce Della Pietra’ by Silvio Raffo. This haunting thriller, set in an isolated castle in 1950s Tuscany, tells the story of Verena, a determined young nurse who is hired to help the mute young heir within. But the more she observes the him, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona trapped in the villa’s stone walls, one that seems to be rapidly entwining with her own. Voice from the Stone arrives

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2017
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Jealousy and Passion Fill The Trailer For THE BEGUILED

The new trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, based on Thomas Cullinan, has arrived and takes us back to the Civil War-era. The thriller has an all-star cast that includes Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Dunst, and Colin Farrell. Angourie Rice, Oona Laurence, Oona Laurence, Addison Riecke, Emma Howard, Matt Story, Wayne Pére, and Ron J. Pierce co-star. At a girls’ school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events. The Beguiled will open in select theaters on June 23, 2017, followed by its nationwide theatrical release on June 30th from Focus Features.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2017
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Bring Home THE WATCHER On Blu-ray And DVD

Ryan Rothmaier’s award-winning genre thriller The Watcher, inspired by a true story, will be arriving on DVD later this week from Monarch Home Entertainment. Starring Erin Cahill, Edi Gathegi, Riley Baron and Denise Crosby, this film is a perfect reminder of why you check the history of a home and talk to the neighbors before you buy it. From the Press Release: La Vergne, Tennessee – Monarch Home Entertainment is set to release Ryan Rothmaier’s The Watcher! This indie horror thriller will debut on DVD, this month. Starring Erin Cahill, Edi Gathegi and Denise Crosby, The Watcher is a mysterious film, in which a young couple is terrorized in their new house, by a strange entity. The film was developed by MarVista Entertainment. Details on the home entertainment launch, of The Watcher, are hosted here. The story is one of nightmares. Emma (Cahill) and Noah (Gathegi) have just purchased a large, new home. Some of their neighbors are eccentric. Even

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 14, 2017
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A First Look At DEVIL’S GATE Starring Milo Ventimiglia And Amanda Schull

Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) stars alongside 12 Monkeys’ actress Amanda Schull in Devil’s Gate. Clay Staub, who was the second unit director for Dawn of the Dead, makes his genre debut with this suspense thriller, which he co-wrote with Peter Aperlo. Set in a small town, the film follows an FBI Agent (Schull) who has come to investigate the disappearance of the wife (Bridget Regan) and son of a local rancher. A local deputy, played by Shawn Ashmore, is forced to work with the agent whose presence makes the town’s sheriff (Jonathan Frakes) nervous. The Devil’s Gate will hold its world premiere later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival, Deadline reports. The trailer has not been released, but we do have a clip.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2017
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Teresa Palmer Is Trapped In Berlin Syndrome

Imagine meeting someone on vacation and feeling that instant connection. Quickly, a romance blooms and it feels like a dream come true, until you wake up to realize that you are actually trapped in a nightmare. Cate Shortland’s thriller Berlin Syndrome centers on a young woman in that exact situation. Recently screened at Sundance in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, this thriller stars Lights Out actress Teresa Palmer as a young woman caught up in a passionate holiday romance that takes “an unexpected and sinister turn when the Australian photographer wakes up one morning in a Berlin apartment” and realizes that she is trapped. Palmer co-star alongside Max Riemelt. Lucie Aron, Matthias Habich, Cem Tuncay, Maia Absberg, Emma Bading, Kristina Kostiv, and Thuso Lekwape co-star. Vertical Entertainment is set to release the Berlin Syndrome on May 26, 2017. The second trailer has arrived and it looks intense.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2017

More from Thriller 2017

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Blood Is Shed In The Teaser For INHERITANCE

From writer-director Tyler Savage comes the psychological thriller Inheritance whose trailer has just arrived. Chase Joliet (It Comes At Night), Sara Montez (Pitch), Tim Abell (Sniper: Special Ops), Kate Norby (The Devil’s Rejects), Drew Powell (Gotham), Dale Dickey (True Blood), and Krisha Fairchild (Krisha) co-star. In the film Ryan Bowman has just inherited a $2.5 million beach house on the central California coast from his biological father, a man he’s never known and thought long dead. Arriving in the charming town with his pregnant fiancée, Ryan’s curiosity about his father soon leads him into an introspective investigation. As a looming family presence tightens its grip on him, Ryan pushes away his adoptive family and expectant fiancée. When he finally discovers the horrifying truth about his birth parents, he might be too late to stop himself from repeating a similar pattern… From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Portola Pictures has announced the World Premiere of Tyler Savage’s Inheritance at

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2017
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A First Look At The Real Life Inspired Thriller KEEPERS – Starring Gerard Butler

Three men are pitted against each other in a tale of greed and paranoia in Keepers, from director Kristoffer Nyholm. Today, we have a first look at the film starring Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, and newcomer Conner Swindells. Written by Celyn Jones and Joe Bone, Keepers follows three lighthouse keepers on their six-week shift on an uninhabited island twenty miles from the rugged Scottish coast. As Thomas (Mullan), James (Butler), and Donald (Swindells) settle into their usual, solitary routines, something unexpected and potentially life-changing occurs – they stumble upon something that isn’t theirs to keep. Where did it come from? Who does it belong to? A boat appears in the distance that might hold the answer to these questions. What follows is a tense battle for survival as personal greed replaces loyalty – and fed by isolation and paranoia, three honest men are led down the path to destruction. The film was inspired the real-life Flannan Isle mystery of three

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 21, 2017
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Michael Rooker And John McNaughton Teaming Up Again For A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND

John McNaughton’s 1986 thriller Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was gritty and everything that type of film is supposed to be. Michael Rooker starred as Henry, a character inspired by real-life serial killers Henry Lee Lucus and Ottis Toole. After a span of over 30 years Rooker and McNaughton are teaming up for another project. The duo will be working on the film adaption of Flannery O’Connor’s ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’, Deadline reports. The short story, viewed as a classic, features a family on a road trip and and a escaped convict known as “The Misfit”. With both Rooker and McNaughton involved with the project, I have no doubt the film will be fantastic. ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’ will be produced by Ed Richardson under the banner of R&R Productions Worldwide, based in Atlanta. Mike Sears and David Zander will co-produce.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 13, 2017
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Mothman Director Adapting Melanie Raabe’s THE TRAP

Mark Pellington, the director behind The Mothman Prophecies, has a new film underway, titled The Trap. The intense thriller tells the story of a reclusive author who is out to set the perfect trap for her sister’s killer after she becomes convinced that she has seen him on television. The Trap, which is an adaption of Melanie Raave’s novel, is being written by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, Deadline reports. Elizabeth Cantillon of The Cantillon Company and Josh Bratman of Immersive Pictures are serving as producers for The Trap.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 12, 2017
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Jessica Biel Gets Bloody In The Trailer For USA’s New Series THE SINNER

Fans got a sneak peek at USA’s upcoming thriller series The Sinner, based on the German crime novel by Petra Hammesfahr, at the Tribeca Film Festival from acclaimed director Antonio Campos. Starring Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, and Bill Pullman, the 8-episode series centers on a young mother who is “overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage and commits a startling act of violence. The event launches an inverted and utterly surprising crime thriller whose driving force is not the “who” or the “what” – but the “why.” Soon the investigator finds himself obsessed with uncovering the woman’s buried motive. Amy Miller, Teri Wyble, Dohn Norwood, Robert Funaro, Leslie Fray, Eric Todd, Meredith Holzman, Michael H. Cole, and Rebecca Brooksher co-star. The Sinner will premiere on USA on August 2, 2017.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2017
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Emilia Clarke Sees Something In The Mirror In The New Clip From VOICE IN THE STONE

Ahead of the weekend release of Voice from the Stone, Momentum Pictures has unveiled an eerie new clip. Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) headline the cast that also includes Catrina Murino, Kate Linder, Lisa Gastoni , Remo Girone, Giampiero Judica, and Edward Dring. Eric D. Howell, who is making his directorial debut, directed from the script penned by Andrew Saw, based on the novel ‘La Voce Della Pietra’ by Silvio Raffo. This haunting thriller, set in an isolated castle in 1950s Tuscany, tells the story of Verena, a determined young nurse who is hired to help the mute young heir within. But the more she observes the him, the more Verena becomes convinced he has fallen under the spell of a powerful and otherworldly persona trapped in the villa’s stone walls, one that seems to be rapidly entwining with her own. Voice from the Stone arrives

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2017
Horror Fuel

Jealousy and Passion Fill The Trailer For THE BEGUILED

The new trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, based on Thomas Cullinan, has arrived and takes us back to the Civil War-era. The thriller has an all-star cast that includes Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Kristen Dunst, and Colin Farrell. Angourie Rice, Oona Laurence, Oona Laurence, Addison Riecke, Emma Howard, Matt Story, Wayne Pére, and Ron J. Pierce co-star. At a girls’ school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events. The Beguiled will open in select theaters on June 23, 2017, followed by its nationwide theatrical release on June 30th from Focus Features.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2017
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Bring Home THE WATCHER On Blu-ray And DVD

Ryan Rothmaier’s award-winning genre thriller The Watcher, inspired by a true story, will be arriving on DVD later this week from Monarch Home Entertainment. Starring Erin Cahill, Edi Gathegi, Riley Baron and Denise Crosby, this film is a perfect reminder of why you check the history of a home and talk to the neighbors before you buy it. From the Press Release: La Vergne, Tennessee – Monarch Home Entertainment is set to release Ryan Rothmaier’s The Watcher! This indie horror thriller will debut on DVD, this month. Starring Erin Cahill, Edi Gathegi and Denise Crosby, The Watcher is a mysterious film, in which a young couple is terrorized in their new house, by a strange entity. The film was developed by MarVista Entertainment. Details on the home entertainment launch, of The Watcher, are hosted here. The story is one of nightmares. Emma (Cahill) and Noah (Gathegi) have just purchased a large, new home. Some of their neighbors are eccentric. Even

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 14, 2017
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A First Look At DEVIL’S GATE Starring Milo Ventimiglia And Amanda Schull

Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) stars alongside 12 Monkeys’ actress Amanda Schull in Devil’s Gate. Clay Staub, who was the second unit director for Dawn of the Dead, makes his genre debut with this suspense thriller, which he co-wrote with Peter Aperlo. Set in a small town, the film follows an FBI Agent (Schull) who has come to investigate the disappearance of the wife (Bridget Regan) and son of a local rancher. A local deputy, played by Shawn Ashmore, is forced to work with the agent whose presence makes the town’s sheriff (Jonathan Frakes) nervous. The Devil’s Gate will hold its world premiere later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival, Deadline reports. The trailer has not been released, but we do have a clip.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2017
Horror Fuel

Teresa Palmer Is Trapped In Berlin Syndrome

Imagine meeting someone on vacation and feeling that instant connection. Quickly, a romance blooms and it feels like a dream come true, until you wake up to realize that you are actually trapped in a nightmare. Cate Shortland’s thriller Berlin Syndrome centers on a young woman in that exact situation. Recently screened at Sundance in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, this thriller stars Lights Out actress Teresa Palmer as a young woman caught up in a passionate holiday romance that takes “an unexpected and sinister turn when the Australian photographer wakes up one morning in a Berlin apartment” and realizes that she is trapped. Palmer co-star alongside Max Riemelt. Lucie Aron, Matthias Habich, Cem Tuncay, Maia Absberg, Emma Bading, Kristina Kostiv, and Thuso Lekwape co-star. Vertical Entertainment is set to release the Berlin Syndrome on May 26, 2017. The second trailer has arrived and it looks intense.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 2, 2017
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