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Murder & Mystery Fill The Trailer For Topic’s New True Crime Inspired Series “Dark Woods”

Murder, suspicion, and a missing police officer fuel Sven Bohse‘s (“Ku’damm 56”) true-crime miniseries “Dark Woods“. Written by Stefan Kolditz, the story is set “in the summer of 1989, Barbara Neder, the sister of high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas Bethge, disappears from her home without a trace. Shortly before this, two couples had been cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands. Suspicion quickly falls on artist Hans Lingner, who is living on the edge of the forest and is a gun enthusiast. However, the links between the earlier murder cases, the “Killer Forest” and Barbara’s disappearance are not initially picked up by the investigators. Instead, the police begin to suspect Barbara’s husband Robert who was in the process of divorcing his wife. Their daughter Theresa has been hit hard by her mother’s disappearance and the suspicions surrounding her father, making her too, believe that her father may be her mother’s murderer.” Inspired by real-life events that took place in the late 1980s,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
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A Father Turns Vigilante In The Thriller ‘Painkiller’

After a man loses his daughter to an overdose, he turns vigilante in the thriller Painkiller, out this May on DVD and On Demand. Starring Michael Parè (Eddie & the Cruisers, Gangster Land) and horror mainstay Bill Oberst Jr. (‘Scream Queens’ ‘Criminal Minds’), takes an unapologetic look at a crisis facing countless American families. In Painkiller, Bill Johnson (Oberst Jr.) has suffered the kind of loss that no parent should ever have to; watching his daughter fall victim to the opioid epidemic, which too long went unnoticed. Conversely, Dr. Alan Rhodes (Parè), has been leading a lavish lifestyle, thanks to the profits he’s been making from his prescription business. Seeing that no one is being held accountable, Bill sets out on a campaign targeting those made rich by the suffering of so many. Teaming up with a rogue cop, they set out to dismantle this network of doctors and pharmaceutical executives that continue to devastate families across the country Directed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
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Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller ‘Undergods’ Coming To Theaters And On Demand

Director Chino Moya makes his feature directorial debut with the award-winning post-apocalypse film Undergods is about to be released. The film is set, “in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, K and Z roam the streets on the lookout for corpses and something even more valuable – fresh meat.” Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones”) and Ned Dennehy (“Good Omens,” “Peaky Blinders”) star in Undergods along with Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, Enola Holmes), Geza Rohrig (Resistance, Son of Saul), and Tanya Reynolds (Emma., Sex Education). Witness Undergods in select theaters and On Demand on May 7, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studio Company.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2021
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Movie Review: ‘Sweet Water’ (2021)

From director Justin McMillan comes Sweet River, out in theaters and on VOD on April 23, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures. The film centers on Hanna (Lisa Kay), a grieving mother whose son was killed by a serial killer, however, the boy’s body was never found, and she never found acceptance. At the beginning of the film, Hanna rents the cottage on the property where the serial killer lived in hopes that she might find her son’s body in the nearby field, not knowing that the land holds many dark secrets. A bit of slow-burn, Sweet River is a thriller at heart, exploring death, grief, acceptance, regret, and how far a parent would go for their child. While there are paranormal aspects of the film, the death of the child takes more of the focus in the story. Lisa Kay did great with the role she was given, which was an emotional one. She was believable, which is always great. Eddie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2021
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Enter To Win Your Copy Of The Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’!

We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
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‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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“Nine Perfect Strangers” Seek Help In Hulu’s New Series Starring Nicole Kidman

During the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, the first ominous trailer for “Nine Perfect Strangers” was unveiled, giving Hulu subscribers the first look at the upcoming limited series, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin Gregg. Hulu has yet to announce the premiere

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
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New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021
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The Darkly Comedic, Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’ Coming To DVD

Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars as a fed-up writer in the darkly funny film The Columnist, Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, from director Ivo van Aart, “Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) is a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021

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Murder & Mystery Fill The Trailer For Topic’s New True Crime Inspired Series “Dark Woods”

Murder, suspicion, and a missing police officer fuel Sven Bohse‘s (“Ku’damm 56”) true-crime miniseries “Dark Woods“. Written by Stefan Kolditz, the story is set “in the summer of 1989, Barbara Neder, the sister of high-ranking Hamburg police officer Thomas Bethge, disappears from her home without a trace. Shortly before this, two couples had been cruelly murdered in nearby woodlands. Suspicion quickly falls on artist Hans Lingner, who is living on the edge of the forest and is a gun enthusiast. However, the links between the earlier murder cases, the “Killer Forest” and Barbara’s disappearance are not initially picked up by the investigators. Instead, the police begin to suspect Barbara’s husband Robert who was in the process of divorcing his wife. Their daughter Theresa has been hit hard by her mother’s disappearance and the suspicions surrounding her father, making her too, believe that her father may be her mother’s murderer.” Inspired by real-life events that took place in the late 1980s,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
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A Father Turns Vigilante In The Thriller ‘Painkiller’

After a man loses his daughter to an overdose, he turns vigilante in the thriller Painkiller, out this May on DVD and On Demand. Starring Michael Parè (Eddie & the Cruisers, Gangster Land) and horror mainstay Bill Oberst Jr. (‘Scream Queens’ ‘Criminal Minds’), takes an unapologetic look at a crisis facing countless American families. In Painkiller, Bill Johnson (Oberst Jr.) has suffered the kind of loss that no parent should ever have to; watching his daughter fall victim to the opioid epidemic, which too long went unnoticed. Conversely, Dr. Alan Rhodes (Parè), has been leading a lavish lifestyle, thanks to the profits he’s been making from his prescription business. Seeing that no one is being held accountable, Bill sets out on a campaign targeting those made rich by the suffering of so many. Teaming up with a rogue cop, they set out to dismantle this network of doctors and pharmaceutical executives that continue to devastate families across the country Directed

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2021
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Post-Apocalyptic Horror Thriller ‘Undergods’ Coming To Theaters And On Demand

Director Chino Moya makes his feature directorial debut with the award-winning post-apocalypse film Undergods is about to be released. The film is set, “in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, K and Z roam the streets on the lookout for corpses and something even more valuable – fresh meat.” Kate Dickie (The Witch, Game of Thrones”) and Ned Dennehy (“Good Omens,” “Peaky Blinders”) star in Undergods along with Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim, Enola Holmes), Geza Rohrig (Resistance, Son of Saul), and Tanya Reynolds (Emma., Sex Education). Witness Undergods in select theaters and On Demand on May 7, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studio Company.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2021
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Movie Review: ‘Sweet Water’ (2021)

From director Justin McMillan comes Sweet River, out in theaters and on VOD on April 23, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures. The film centers on Hanna (Lisa Kay), a grieving mother whose son was killed by a serial killer, however, the boy’s body was never found, and she never found acceptance. At the beginning of the film, Hanna rents the cottage on the property where the serial killer lived in hopes that she might find her son’s body in the nearby field, not knowing that the land holds many dark secrets. A bit of slow-burn, Sweet River is a thriller at heart, exploring death, grief, acceptance, regret, and how far a parent would go for their child. While there are paranormal aspects of the film, the death of the child takes more of the focus in the story. Lisa Kay did great with the role she was given, which was an emotional one. She was believable, which is always great. Eddie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2021
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Enter To Win Your Copy Of The Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’!

We’ve got a treat for all you horror fans! We’re giving away three copies of the darkly funny, “Certified Fresh” film The Columnist! Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars in the film, from director Ivo van Aart about “Femke Boot (Herbers), a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD (Amazon),

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 29, 2021
Horror Fuel

‘Sound Of Violence’ Trailer Teases Music Can Be Deadly

Following its world premiere at 2021’s SXSW, Alex Noyer‘s Sound of Violence is receiving its home release. Jasmin Savoy Brown (the upcoming Scream revival, HBO’s “The Leftovers”), Lili Simmons (Showtime’s “Ray Donovan”, “Banshee”, Bone Tomahawk), James Jagger (HBO’s “Vinyl”, The Outpost), and Tessa Munro (CBS’s “S.W.A.T.”) star. In the film, “Alexis recovered her hearing after witnessing the brutal murder of her family when she was ten. The visceral experience awakened synesthetic abilities in her and started her on an orphaned path of self-discovery through the healing tones of brutal violence. She goes on to pursue a career teaching and experimenting to find new sounds. She is supported and loved by her roommate Marie who is unaware of the dark secrets behind Alexis’ unique music and the part she unknowingly plays. Faced with the likelihood of losing her hearing again, Alexis escalates her pursuit of her masterpiece through gruesome sound experiments and devastating designs. She won’t let anything stop her, not

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
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“Nine Perfect Strangers” Seek Help In Hulu’s New Series Starring Nicole Kidman

During the 93rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday, the first ominous trailer for “Nine Perfect Strangers” was unveiled, giving Hulu subscribers the first look at the upcoming limited series, based on the best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty. “Nine Perfect Strangers” “is set at a health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Nicole Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine “perfect” strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.” Talk about an all-star cast, the series features Golden Globe winner Nicole Kidman (“Big Little Lies”) with the guests of the resort being played by Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, Regina Hall, Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Asher Keddie, Michael Shannon, Samara Weaving, and Melvin Gregg. Hulu has yet to announce the premiere

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2021
Horror Fuel

This May A Mother Fights To Save Her Child In The Horror-Thriller ‘Son’

How far would a mother go to save her child? That question is explored in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh’s (Never Grow Old, The Canal) new horror-thriller, Son, set to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this May. In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island) star in this intense film filled with horror, mystery, about a family stalked by a cult. Son arrives on Blu-ray and DVD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 26, 2021
Horror Fuel

New ‘The Good Neighbor’ Remake To Star Jonathan Rhys Meyers

The remake of Stephen Rick’s German thriller Unter Nachbarn, aka The Good Neighbor, is in the works and has now found its lead actors, “Vikings” and “Dracula” star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”). The story begins on a fateful night out when “new neighbors David and Robert are bonded by a hit-and-run accident. When the dead girl’s sister shows up to investigate, David, overcome with guilt, wonders if he can find redemption. Meanwhile, Robert is determined to bury the past and keep his new friend for himself, no matter the cost.” Stephan Rick (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Super) will direct from a script he co-wrote with Ross Partridge (Room 104). Dean Altit (Misfits, Realms) and Yulia Zayceva (WarHunt, Welcome to Mercy) will produce with Kia Jam and Igor Pronin executive producing. Forma Pro Films is set to begin production this month. Check out the trailer for the original German film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 25, 2021
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The Darkly Comedic, Certified Fresh Film ‘The Columnist’ Coming To DVD

Katja Herbers (“Evil”, “Westworld”) stars as a fed-up writer in the darkly funny film The Columnist, Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, from director Ivo van Aart, “Femke Boot (Katja Herbers) is a columnist who is obsessed with reading the endless abusive messages and death threats posted about her on social media. This obsession consumes her life and prevents her from concentrating on the novel she has promised to her publisher. One day, all her pent-up anger and frustration explode in a moment of shocking and unexpected violence. When this brutal and bloody act inspires Femke to write again, she surrenders to her rage and begins to lead a double life as a daytime writer and nighttime murderer.” Written by Daan Windhorst, The Columnist also stars Genio de Groot, Katja Herbers, Rein Hofman, and Bram van der Kleln. Pick up your copy of The Columnist on May 11, 2021, on DVD.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2021
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