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A Writer Struggles To Survive An Evil Spirit In The Horror Thriller ‘The Darkness’

Writer-director Tharun Mohan‘s (Baby, Purgatory State of Mind) haunting horror thriller The Darkness now possesses a summer release date. On a country retreat, to write her new novel, Lisa feels another presence in the house, feeling as if a spirit is taking her over, sending her on a road to madness. Can she discover the truth behind the spirit in the house or will she be lost forever? Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor) stars as Lisa. The cast also includes Cyril Blake (The Waiting Game, Z-List), Katherine Hartshorne (Happiest Day, Chaos In The Spectrum), Jo Hart, and Adam Bond. Tharun Mohan and Honey Subin produce along with Tharun Productions. The Darkness will be unleashed on VOD and Digital on June 15, 2021, by Trinity Creative Partnership.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2021
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Katrina Bowden Goes Head To Head With A Giant Shark On The New ‘Great White’ Poster

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with a giant shark on the new poster for Great White, ahead of its release this July. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of survival is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favor. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predators. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2021
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A Man Makes A Horrifying Discovery In The New ‘Caveat’ Trailer

Shudder has just unveiled the poster and trailer for their new upcoming dark mystery thriller Caveat ahead of its June premiere. Caveat marks the feature directorial debut of Damian McCarthy. It centers on one drifter Isaac as he “accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house.” The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (Band of Brothers, “Call the Midwife”), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something). A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2021
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‘Let Us In’ Sees Two Kids Turn To Tobin Bell For Help With A Mystery (Trailer)

This July, two kids stumble across a terrifying mystery in the family-friendly film Let Us In from director Craig Moss and co-writer JW Callero. In the film, “A spirited twelve-year-old girl and her best friend start investigating the sudden disappearances of several missing teens in their small town. Realizing there might be something deeper happening, Emily and Christopher might be up against forces they can’t even imagine.” Makenzie Moss (TV’s “The Unicorn”) and O’Neill Monahan (“The Middle”) star alongside genre icon Tobin Bell (the Saw franchise). Sadie Stanley (The Sleepover), Eric Callero ( Deadly Daughter Switch), and Mackenzie Ziegler (TV’s “Total Eclipse”). Let Us In premieres on Digital and On Demand on July 2, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2021
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True Crime Thriller ‘Georgetown’ Out Today On VOD and Digital

Christoph Waltz‘s true-crime thriller Georgetown is out today on VOD and Digital from Vertical Entertainment. Featuring an amazing all-star cast that includes Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) and Academy Award® nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty), and Waltz (Inglorious Bastards), Georgetown is filled with twists, turns, and political turmoil. Waltz stars as Ulrich Mott, an eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C. wrapped around his finger. But when his wealthy, well-connected, and much older wife (Redgrave) turns up dead in their home, her daughter Amanda (Bening) suspects Ulrich may not be all that he seems as the police investigation begins to uncover a larger deception that goes far deeper than anyone ever imagined. The film is produced by Brett Ratner, John Cheng, David Gerson, Andrew Levitas, and Brad Feinstein. Georgetown was released in select theaters by Vertical Entertainment on May 14th, and will arrive on Video-On-Demand and on Digital beginning May 18, 2021, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2021
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Frank Grillo & Bruce Willis Star In The Action-Thriller ‘A Day To Die’

Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the action-thriller A Day to Die, which recently wrapped shooting in Jackson, Mississippi. Frank Grillo (Captain America and The Purge franchises, “Kingdom,” and Boss Level), Bruce Willis (Die Hard franchise), Leon (“City on a Hill,” Cool Runnings), and Kevin Dillon (Platoon, “Entourage”) lead the cast that also includes Gianni Capaldi, Brooke Butler, Vernon Davis, Mohamed Karim, Alexander Kane, and introducing Curtis Nichouls. In the film, “A disgraced parole officer (Dillon) is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with the city’s corrupt police chief (Willis), who is working with the gang leader and double-crossed him years ago.” Veteran filmmaker Wes Miller (River Runs Red, Hell on the Border) directs from the script he co-wrote with Scott Mallace and Rab Berry.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2021
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Gets Bloody In The First Images From Netflix’s ‘Kate’

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, Swiss Army Man) looks fierce in the first images from Netflix’s upcoming revenge thriller Kate, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. “After she’s irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.” With a script penned by Umair Aleem, Kate also stars Woody Harrelson, Jun Kuniura, Tadanobu Asano, Miyavi, Miku Martineau, and Michiel Huisman. Hopefully, the release date and trailer will arrive soon. In the meantime, take a look at the first images.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2021
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UHD / Blu-ray Review: Santa Sangre (1989)

Ol’ Fenix (Axel Jodorowsky, director/co-writer Alejandro Jodorowsky’s son) spends his days siting buck-ass naked in a tree located within an insane asylum noshing only on raw fish. Look, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this may be the longest play for a plate of free sushi I have ever seen cats n’ creeps… Seems our hero grew up in the circus world under the auspices of his knife-tossin’ daddy, Orgo (Guy Stockwell) and his high-flyin’ mother, Concha (Blanca Guerra)… though to be fair, Orga has been setting his eerie eyeballs on his assistant, the tattooed woman (Thelma Tixou). Speaking of “eerie”, Concha just so happens to be the head honcho of a religious cult that has a perfectly insane patron saint in the form of the eponymous Santa Sangre; a little girl who was raped and unarmed… literally… by a duo of brothers… and after a series of unfortunate events under the big top, she

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DanXIII
May 15, 2021
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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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Witness The Horrifying Events At ‘616 Wilford Lane’ This May

This May, Indican Pictures will take viewers to 616 Wilford Lane where a family’s new dream home quickly becomes a nightmare. “After the tragic death of his wife, Jim (John Littlefield, Hulk) is a single father of two teenage daughters, Randy (Jessica Chancellor, Power Rangers: First Ninja) and Austyn (Jasmine Waltz, Black Water). Uprooting the family from the city to a mansion in the country, they soon discover the town’s dark history and the haunting secrets buried inside the walls of their new house, making their dream home an inescapable nightmare. The film also stars Oscar® nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train). Directed by Mark S. Allen, who is making his directorial debut, and Dante Yore, the film was written by Allen along with Howard Burd. Witness the events at 616 Wilford Lane On-Demand Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from Indican Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2021

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A Writer Struggles To Survive An Evil Spirit In The Horror Thriller ‘The Darkness’

Writer-director Tharun Mohan‘s (Baby, Purgatory State of Mind) haunting horror thriller The Darkness now possesses a summer release date. On a country retreat, to write her new novel, Lisa feels another presence in the house, feeling as if a spirit is taking her over, sending her on a road to madness. Can she discover the truth behind the spirit in the house or will she be lost forever? Amelia Eve (The Haunting of Bly Manor) stars as Lisa. The cast also includes Cyril Blake (The Waiting Game, Z-List), Katherine Hartshorne (Happiest Day, Chaos In The Spectrum), Jo Hart, and Adam Bond. Tharun Mohan and Honey Subin produce along with Tharun Productions. The Darkness will be unleashed on VOD and Digital on June 15, 2021, by Trinity Creative Partnership.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2021
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Katrina Bowden Goes Head To Head With A Giant Shark On The New ‘Great White’ Poster

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil actress Katrina Bowden goes head to head with a giant shark on the new poster for Great White, ahead of its release this July. From the executive producers of 47 Meters Down, the film, based on a true story, follows seaplane operators and couple, Kaz Fellows (Katrina Bowden) and Charlie Brody (Aaron Jakubenko), along with their three passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi), and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who set out on a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. Soon their idyllic trip turns into a fight for survival when they become stranded miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of survival is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favor. What ensues is a battle for survival of epic proportions against nature’s perfect predators. Michael Boughen (Tomorrow,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 24, 2021
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A Man Makes A Horrifying Discovery In The New ‘Caveat’ Trailer

Shudder has just unveiled the poster and trailer for their new upcoming dark mystery thriller Caveat ahead of its June premiere. Caveat marks the feature directorial debut of Damian McCarthy. It centers on one drifter Isaac as he “accepts a job to look after his landlord’s niece, Olga, for a few days in an isolated house on a remote island. It seems like easy money, but there’s a catch: he must wear a leather harness and chain that restricts his movements to certain rooms. Once Olga’s uncle, Barrett leaves the two of them alone, a game of cat and mouse ensues as Olga displays increasingly erratic behavior as a trapped Isaac makes a series of horrific discoveries in the house.” The feature debut from Irish writer/director Damian Mc Carthy, Caveat stars Ben Caplan (Band of Brothers, “Call the Midwife”), Jonathan French (A Soldier’s Voice), and Leila Sykes (Missing Something). A tense, slow-building cat-and-mouse thriller set in the Irish countryside, Caveat’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 22, 2021
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‘Let Us In’ Sees Two Kids Turn To Tobin Bell For Help With A Mystery (Trailer)

This July, two kids stumble across a terrifying mystery in the family-friendly film Let Us In from director Craig Moss and co-writer JW Callero. In the film, “A spirited twelve-year-old girl and her best friend start investigating the sudden disappearances of several missing teens in their small town. Realizing there might be something deeper happening, Emily and Christopher might be up against forces they can’t even imagine.” Makenzie Moss (TV’s “The Unicorn”) and O’Neill Monahan (“The Middle”) star alongside genre icon Tobin Bell (the Saw franchise). Sadie Stanley (The Sleepover), Eric Callero ( Deadly Daughter Switch), and Mackenzie Ziegler (TV’s “Total Eclipse”). Let Us In premieres on Digital and On Demand on July 2, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2021
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True Crime Thriller ‘Georgetown’ Out Today On VOD and Digital

Christoph Waltz‘s true-crime thriller Georgetown is out today on VOD and Digital from Vertical Entertainment. Featuring an amazing all-star cast that includes Academy Award® winner Vanessa Redgrave (Julia) and Academy Award® nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty), and Waltz (Inglorious Bastards), Georgetown is filled with twists, turns, and political turmoil. Waltz stars as Ulrich Mott, an eccentric and smooth-talking social climber who seems to have everyone in Washington, D.C. wrapped around his finger. But when his wealthy, well-connected, and much older wife (Redgrave) turns up dead in their home, her daughter Amanda (Bening) suspects Ulrich may not be all that he seems as the police investigation begins to uncover a larger deception that goes far deeper than anyone ever imagined. The film is produced by Brett Ratner, John Cheng, David Gerson, Andrew Levitas, and Brad Feinstein. Georgetown was released in select theaters by Vertical Entertainment on May 14th, and will arrive on Video-On-Demand and on Digital beginning May 18, 2021, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2021
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Frank Grillo & Bruce Willis Star In The Action-Thriller ‘A Day To Die’

Vertical Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the action-thriller A Day to Die, which recently wrapped shooting in Jackson, Mississippi. Frank Grillo (Captain America and The Purge franchises, “Kingdom,” and Boss Level), Bruce Willis (Die Hard franchise), Leon (“City on a Hill,” Cool Runnings), and Kevin Dillon (Platoon, “Entourage”) lead the cast that also includes Gianni Capaldi, Brooke Butler, Vernon Davis, Mohamed Karim, Alexander Kane, and introducing Curtis Nichouls. In the film, “A disgraced parole officer (Dillon) is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with the city’s corrupt police chief (Willis), who is working with the gang leader and double-crossed him years ago.” Veteran filmmaker Wes Miller (River Runs Red, Hell on the Border) directs from the script he co-wrote with Scott Mallace and Rab Berry.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2021
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead Gets Bloody In The First Images From Netflix’s ‘Kate’

Mary Elizabeth Winstead (10 Cloverfield Lane, Swiss Army Man) looks fierce in the first images from Netflix’s upcoming revenge thriller Kate, directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. “After she’s irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.” With a script penned by Umair Aleem, Kate also stars Woody Harrelson, Jun Kuniura, Tadanobu Asano, Miyavi, Miku Martineau, and Michiel Huisman. Hopefully, the release date and trailer will arrive soon. In the meantime, take a look at the first images.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 17, 2021
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UHD / Blu-ray Review: Santa Sangre (1989)

Ol’ Fenix (Axel Jodorowsky, director/co-writer Alejandro Jodorowsky’s son) spends his days siting buck-ass naked in a tree located within an insane asylum noshing only on raw fish. Look, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this may be the longest play for a plate of free sushi I have ever seen cats n’ creeps… Seems our hero grew up in the circus world under the auspices of his knife-tossin’ daddy, Orgo (Guy Stockwell) and his high-flyin’ mother, Concha (Blanca Guerra)… though to be fair, Orga has been setting his eerie eyeballs on his assistant, the tattooed woman (Thelma Tixou). Speaking of “eerie”, Concha just so happens to be the head honcho of a religious cult that has a perfectly insane patron saint in the form of the eponymous Santa Sangre; a little girl who was raped and unarmed… literally… by a duo of brothers… and after a series of unfortunate events under the big top, she

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 15, 2021
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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.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2021
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Witness The Horrifying Events At ‘616 Wilford Lane’ This May

This May, Indican Pictures will take viewers to 616 Wilford Lane where a family’s new dream home quickly becomes a nightmare. “After the tragic death of his wife, Jim (John Littlefield, Hulk) is a single father of two teenage daughters, Randy (Jessica Chancellor, Power Rangers: First Ninja) and Austyn (Jasmine Waltz, Black Water). Uprooting the family from the city to a mansion in the country, they soon discover the town’s dark history and the haunting secrets buried inside the walls of their new house, making their dream home an inescapable nightmare. The film also stars Oscar® nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train). Directed by Mark S. Allen, who is making his directorial debut, and Dante Yore, the film was written by Allen along with Howard Burd. Witness the events at 616 Wilford Lane On-Demand Tuesday, May 18, 2021, from Indican Pictures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2021
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