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Trapped In An Elevator, A Woman Discovers Her Power In ‘Ascendant’

20 FLOORS. 4 WALLS. 1 SECRET TRAPPED INSIDE. Antaine Furlong makes his feature directorial debut with the high tech fantasy-thriller Ascendant this April. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, Aria Wolf (Charlotte Best) has no memory of her past, who her captors are, or what they want from her. Pushed to her limits, she begins to realize that she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family. Now, unlocking these powers is her only chance to save both herself and her father. Charlotte Best (Tidelands, Puberty Blues), Jonny Pasvolsky (Westworld, The Front Runner, Mortdecai), Alex Menglet, Susan Prior (The Rover, The Gloaming, The Commons), Justin Stewart Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker, and Karelina Clarke star. Antaine Furlong, Kristy Vernon (Sweet River, Gabriel), James M. Vernon (Hacksaw Ridge, Predestination, A Few Best Men), and Drew Bailey (Standing Up For Sunny, Ellie & Abbie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
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Neil Marshall’s Stunning Witch Thriller ‘The Reckoning’ Casts Its Spell On Blu-ray This April

Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague and the obsession with witch hunts ragging, is Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the record-breaking series “Game

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021
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Legendary Rockers Gather For The Horror Movie ‘The Retaliators’

Some of the biggest names in music, Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, and Escape The Fate, are not only featured on the soundtrack for The Retaliators, but they also appear in the action-packed horror-thriller from directors Bridget Smith (Sno Babies) and Emmy nominee Samuel Gonzalez Jr. (Battle Scars). Written by David Geare and Jeff Allen Geare, the film centers on an upstanding pastor who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”) lead the cast. The Retaliators is set to be unleashed this Fall.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 29, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Bloodhound (2020)

Estranged college chums Francis (Liam Aiken) and Jean Paul (Joe Adler) re-unite as ol’ JP has some sort of malady and could use a helping hand or two, and Francis is down on his luck and needs a place to stay. Also in the abode is JP’s twin sis, Vivian (Annalise Basso), whom Francis has a past with… but JP tells Francis to stay away from her as she’s become violently unhinged… but as is the way, the two do meet, and Viv has a doomsayer bag to lay all upon our hero involving her brother. Also in the mix is the eponymous Bloodhound, a crawling, faceless figure springing forth from JP’s nightmares that exists only to destroy the occupants of whatever house he decides to grace with his unholy presence… so Francis is in for one hell of a visit, that’s for damn sure… The Bloodhound, a slow-burn, loosey-goosey interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House

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DanXIII
Mar 27, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Serbian Film (2010)

Look, most of you lot want nothing to do with A Serbian Film… I know I didn’t ever want to again… but it got sent my way for review from the fine fiends at Unearthed Films and MVD Entertainment, so here we are… The long and short of A Serbian Film goes as follows: ex-porn star Miloš (Srdjan Todorovic) is livin’ the quite life with his wife (Jelena Gavrilovic) and son… though he does return to “the biz” when low on dough. This opens the door for Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic), a director of questionable motives to enter the scene with his “art film” he wants ol’ Miloš to do his magic in… but this being a film of questionable motives, the film is a sort of snuff film… and that’s the most pleasant aspect of the production…a production that may be the end of Miloš body and soul… Writer/director Srdjan Spasojevic (along with co-writer Aleksandar Radivojevic) go waaaay too far

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DanXIII
Mar 27, 2021
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Revenge Thriller ‘Funny Face’ Arrives This April

A struggling young woman and a disturbed young man out for revenge band together in Funny Face, an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film from writer-director Tim Suton, “a young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle’s house desperate for a new life but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing “Funny Face” mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy.” Dela Meskienyar, Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Rhea Perlman, and Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll, The Knick) star. Funny Face opens in select theaters on April 2, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 27, 2021
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Dark Tales Of Shocking Violence Are Teased In The New Trailer For ‘The Oak Room’

Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment Inc., the filmmaking team behind such genre hits as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, and Antisocial, have released a new trailer and poster for their newest collaboration, The Oak Room, a dark thriller set in a remote and winter-ravaged Canadian town. During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night’s events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses, and shocking violence. RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) stars in the lead role opposite character actor Peter Outerbridge (Suicide Squad, “V-Wars) and rising star Ari Millen. The cast also includes Martin Roach (The Shape of Water, Diary of the Dead, “The Expanse”), Nicholas Campbell (“Black Mirror”, Antiviral, Da Vinci’s Inquest), David Ferry (The Boondock Saints, Legion, “Hell on Wheels”), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2021
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A Mother Fights To Save Herself And Her Daughter In The New Heist Thriller ‘Locked In’

Mena Suvari (Don’t Tell a Soul) and Jeff Fahey (“Lost”) star in the pulse-pounding new heist thriller Locked In. Carlos V. Gutierrez makes his feature film directorial debut with the action-packed film. In Locked In, “After a diamond heist takes a fatal turn, a pair of thieves must entrust their fortune with an accomplice at a high-tech storage facility while they lay low. Hiding the goods within the labyrinth of storage units, the thieves’ inside man pays the ultimate price when he turns against them. Now, hellbent on recovering the missing stones, they seize the facility and kidnap surviving employee Maggie (Suvari), threatening her family unless she helps them. Locked in with nowhere to run, Maggie’s only chance to escape alive is to fight back and stay one step ahead of her captors in a deadly game of cat and mouse.” Manny Perez, Costas Mandylor, Bruno Bichir, and Jasper Polish also star in Locked In, premiering in select theaters, On

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2021
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Barbara Crampton Meets “The Master” In The Trailer For ‘Jakob’s Wife’

This April director Travis Stevens will introduce us to Jakob’s Wife, his new horror-thriller starring Scream Queen Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’reNext). Crampton stars alongside Larry Fessenden, Nyisha Bell, Mark Kelly, Sarah Lind, Robert Rusler, Bonnie Aarons, and Phil Brooks (aka CM Punk) in the film written by Mark Steensland, Kathy Charles, and Travis Stevens. In Jakob’s Wife, “Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before, the body count grows and Jakob realizes he will have to fight for the wife he took for granted.” Jakob’s Wife opens in Theaters and arrives On Demand and Digital on April 16, 2021, from Shudder and RLJE Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021
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‘Dark State’ Soundtrack Released Along With The Psychological Thriller

The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is out now from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must choose between helping

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021

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Trapped In An Elevator, A Woman Discovers Her Power In ‘Ascendant’

20 FLOORS. 4 WALLS. 1 SECRET TRAPPED INSIDE. Antaine Furlong makes his feature directorial debut with the high tech fantasy-thriller Ascendant this April. Ahead of the release we’ve got the trailer. Kidnapped and held hostage in a high-speed elevator in a 120-floor building in Shanghai, Aria Wolf (Charlotte Best) has no memory of her past, who her captors are, or what they want from her. Pushed to her limits, she begins to realize that she has incredible powers within, kept secret to protect her and her family. Now, unlocking these powers is her only chance to save both herself and her father. Charlotte Best (Tidelands, Puberty Blues), Jonny Pasvolsky (Westworld, The Front Runner, Mortdecai), Alex Menglet, Susan Prior (The Rover, The Gloaming, The Commons), Justin Stewart Cotta, Tahlia Sturzaker, and Karelina Clarke star. Antaine Furlong, Kristy Vernon (Sweet River, Gabriel), James M. Vernon (Hacksaw Ridge, Predestination, A Few Best Men), and Drew Bailey (Standing Up For Sunny, Ellie & Abbie

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2021
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Neil Marshall’s Stunning Witch Thriller ‘The Reckoning’ Casts Its Spell On Blu-ray This April

Set against the backdrop of England at the end of the 17th century as the Great Plague and the obsession with witch hunts ragging, is Neil Marshall’s stunning horror thriller The Reckoning, coming to Blu-ray and DVD this April. In the film, “After losing her husband during the Great Plague, Grace Haverstock (Charlotte Kirk) is unjustly accused of being a witch and placed in the custody of England’s most ruthless witch-hunter, Judge Moorcroft (Sean Pertwee). Forced to endure physical and emotional torture while steadfastly maintaining her innocence, Grace must face her own inner demons as the Devil himself starts to work his way into her mind.” Joe Anderson and Steven Waddington also star in the film that Marshall wrote with Charlotte Kirk and Edward Evers-Swindell, based on a story by Antony Jones and Nico Evers-Swindell. Marshall has a long list of genre hits including The Descent, Dog Soldiers, and Doomsday. He also directed several episodes of the record-breaking series “Game

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 31, 2021
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Legendary Rockers Gather For The Horror Movie ‘The Retaliators’

Some of the biggest names in music, Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, and Escape The Fate, are not only featured on the soundtrack for The Retaliators, but they also appear in the action-packed horror-thriller from directors Bridget Smith (Sno Babies) and Emmy nominee Samuel Gonzalez Jr. (Battle Scars). Written by David Geare and Jeff Allen Geare, the film centers on an upstanding pastor who uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”) lead the cast. The Retaliators is set to be unleashed this Fall.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 29, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: The Bloodhound (2020)

Estranged college chums Francis (Liam Aiken) and Jean Paul (Joe Adler) re-unite as ol’ JP has some sort of malady and could use a helping hand or two, and Francis is down on his luck and needs a place to stay. Also in the abode is JP’s twin sis, Vivian (Annalise Basso), whom Francis has a past with… but JP tells Francis to stay away from her as she’s become violently unhinged… but as is the way, the two do meet, and Viv has a doomsayer bag to lay all upon our hero involving her brother. Also in the mix is the eponymous Bloodhound, a crawling, faceless figure springing forth from JP’s nightmares that exists only to destroy the occupants of whatever house he decides to grace with his unholy presence… so Francis is in for one hell of a visit, that’s for damn sure… The Bloodhound, a slow-burn, loosey-goosey interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 27, 2021
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Blu-ray Review: A Serbian Film (2010)

Look, most of you lot want nothing to do with A Serbian Film… I know I didn’t ever want to again… but it got sent my way for review from the fine fiends at Unearthed Films and MVD Entertainment, so here we are… The long and short of A Serbian Film goes as follows: ex-porn star Miloš (Srdjan Todorovic) is livin’ the quite life with his wife (Jelena Gavrilovic) and son… though he does return to “the biz” when low on dough. This opens the door for Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic), a director of questionable motives to enter the scene with his “art film” he wants ol’ Miloš to do his magic in… but this being a film of questionable motives, the film is a sort of snuff film… and that’s the most pleasant aspect of the production…a production that may be the end of Miloš body and soul… Writer/director Srdjan Spasojevic (along with co-writer Aleksandar Radivojevic) go waaaay too far

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 27, 2021
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Revenge Thriller ‘Funny Face’ Arrives This April

A struggling young woman and a disturbed young man out for revenge band together in Funny Face, an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film from writer-director Tim Suton, “a young Muslim woman runs away from her aunt and uncle’s house desperate for a new life but quickly finds that she must survive on the street. A disturbed young man from Coney Island dons the menacing “Funny Face” mask, transforming himself into a makeshift superhero with a rage disorder as he seeks revenge on the Real Estate Developer of a soulless high rise that has displaced his grandparents. Misfit avengers in a changing city, the two embark on a neighborhood odyssey that brings danger, love, and tragedy.” Dela Meskienyar, Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth), Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya, Rhea Perlman, and Jeremy Bobb (Russian Doll, The Knick) star. Funny Face opens in select theaters on April 2, 2021, from Gravitas Ventures.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 27, 2021
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Dark Tales Of Shocking Violence Are Teased In The New Trailer For ‘The Oak Room’

Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment Inc., the filmmaking team behind such genre hits as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, and Antisocial, have released a new trailer and poster for their newest collaboration, The Oak Room, a dark thriller set in a remote and winter-ravaged Canadian town. During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night’s events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses, and shocking violence. RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) stars in the lead role opposite character actor Peter Outerbridge (Suicide Squad, “V-Wars) and rising star Ari Millen. The cast also includes Martin Roach (The Shape of Water, Diary of the Dead, “The Expanse”), Nicholas Campbell (“Black Mirror”, Antiviral, Da Vinci’s Inquest), David Ferry (The Boondock Saints, Legion, “Hell on Wheels”), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 23, 2021
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A Mother Fights To Save Herself And Her Daughter In The New Heist Thriller ‘Locked In’

Mena Suvari (Don’t Tell a Soul) and Jeff Fahey (“Lost”) star in the pulse-pounding new heist thriller Locked In. Carlos V. Gutierrez makes his feature film directorial debut with the action-packed film. In Locked In, “After a diamond heist takes a fatal turn, a pair of thieves must entrust their fortune with an accomplice at a high-tech storage facility while they lay low. Hiding the goods within the labyrinth of storage units, the thieves’ inside man pays the ultimate price when he turns against them. Now, hellbent on recovering the missing stones, they seize the facility and kidnap surviving employee Maggie (Suvari), threatening her family unless she helps them. Locked in with nowhere to run, Maggie’s only chance to escape alive is to fight back and stay one step ahead of her captors in a deadly game of cat and mouse.” Manny Perez, Costas Mandylor, Bruno Bichir, and Jasper Polish also star in Locked In, premiering in select theaters, On

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2021
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Barbara Crampton Meets “The Master” In The Trailer For ‘Jakob’s Wife’

This April director Travis Stevens will introduce us to Jakob’s Wife, his new horror-thriller starring Scream Queen Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’reNext). Crampton stars alongside Larry Fessenden, Nyisha Bell, Mark Kelly, Sarah Lind, Robert Rusler, Bonnie Aarons, and Phil Brooks (aka CM Punk) in the film written by Mark Steensland, Kathy Charles, and Travis Stevens. In Jakob’s Wife, “Anne is married to a small-town minister and feels like her life and marriage have been shrinking over the past 30 years. After a chance encounter with “The Master,” she discovers a new sense of power and an appetite to live bigger and bolder than before. As Anne is increasingly torn between her enticing new existence and her life before, the body count grows and Jakob realizes he will have to fight for the wife he took for granted.” Jakob’s Wife opens in Theaters and arrives On Demand and Digital on April 16, 2021, from Shudder and RLJE Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021
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‘Dark State’ Soundtrack Released Along With The Psychological Thriller

The chilling psychological thriller Dark State from writer-director Tracy Lucca (The Finders), is out now from Atlas Distribution Company and Lucca Films in association with Creative Partners International & Realize Studios. In the film, “Katie Marro is on the verge of becoming a movie star when her plans are brutally interrupted. While driving home to her small hometown, she is involved in a fatal car crash in which she is the only survivor. Alicia Gazzara, a local reporter at the Hammonton Herald, begins to write an article about the accident and the deceased passengers: a retired Army intelligence officer, an heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, and a self-confessed serial killer. As Alicia begins to investigate why these seemingly unconnected people would be together in the same car, a complicated picture begins to emerge. Eventually, Alicia uncovers connections deeper and more sinister than anyone in her small town could imagine. When events begin to turn deadly, Alicia must choose between helping

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 20, 2021
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