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Take A Terrifying Journey Into The Human Mind With ‘Minor Premise’

Take a terrifying journey into the human mind with Minor Premise now out in select theaters and on digital and On Demand. Starring Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, and Dana Ashbrook, the 100% certified fresh film was directed by Eric Schultz and written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of Twin Peaks), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. New York filmmaker

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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IFC Midnight Snags The Rights To Horror Thriller ‘A Banquet’

IFC Midnight announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to A Banquet, the feature debut from Ruth Paxton, whose award-winning short films have been exhibited and nominated at film festivals worldwide. A Banquet is a visually arresting, slow-burning psychological horror that uses subtle supernatural elements to create tension within a family in the midst of a breakdown, exploiting the complicated bond between three generations of mothers and daughters. The film stars Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil film series, High Rise), British rising stars Jessica Alexander (Get Even), Ruby Stokes (Rocks, Una), and award-winning actress Lindsay Duncan CBE (Made in Italy, Private Lives). In the film, widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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Survival Thriller ‘Hunted’ Coming Exclusively To Shudder

We’ve got the brand new trailer for Vicent Paronnaud‘s survival horror Hunted premiering exclusively on Shudder this January. What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve (Lucie Debay) becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, Eve is pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive in the wilderness – but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She wants revenge. A modern retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fable while still being a modern-day tale of society. The film marks the solo feature debut of the French filmmaker and comic artist who took home the Cannes Jury Prize for Persepolis. Co-Written by Paronnaud and Léa Pernollet, the film stars Lucie Debay (The Confession), Arieh Worthalter (Girl), and Ciaran O’Brien. The Shudder Original debuts on January 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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Movie Review: Backwoods (2020)

Molly (Isabella Alberti) wakes up in a trunk, with no memory of how her ass got in there, and wanders into a trap laden cemetery. Sounds like a typical Tuesday to me boils n’ ghouls… So how in the hell did Molly end up in the sinister soup anyway? Could it be because of the large debt her cheap skate boyfriend Hunter (Matthew McCoy) owes ye olde local drug dealer (Jeremy Sande)… or maybe it was jealous AF Hunter himself… he did quite peeved she was jawin’ with ol’ Noah (Michael Anthony Bagozzi). Regardless of how she got to the charmingly named Hangman’s Hollow, Molly is drfinitely going to have to keep her shit together to avoid the local slasher; namely the Hangman (Scott Alan Warner) his own damn self… a deformed sick-ticket religious nut, who hangs his male victims and keeps the ladies as his brides! Told in part via flashbacks, Backwoods manages to throw some fun twists and

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DanXIII
Dec 2, 2020
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A Veteran Is Caught In The Clutches Of Twisted Siblings In ‘Why Mona Rae?’

Lorenzo P. Adams (Rotary) makes his feature directorial debut with Why Mona Rae? We’ve got the first teaser for the film premiering in 2021. On an isolated road, a blind military veteran begins to suspect something sinister brewing after she is rescued from a car accident by a mysterious pair of siblings from an Amish community. The thriller stars Georgia Morgan (The Torment of Penelope), Jeremy Gladen (I See You, The Theatre Bizzare), Sara Davenport-Ebersole (Together, Monday Morning), and Vincent Kevin Daniels (Be Strong). The story centers around Mona (Morgan), a blind military veteran who sets out on a road trip getaway with her fiancé (Daniels) to celebrate her recent discharge from a physical therapy facility, after being severely injured during combat. Their trip through the countryside leads the duo into the clutches of a pair of strange Amish siblings, Ellen (Davenport-Ebersole) and Cain (Gladen). Why Mona Rae? serves as a love letter from me to the horror fans of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2020
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins Apple TV’s Upcoming Series ‘Surface’

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who starred in The Cloverfield Paradox, has joined the cast of Apple TV’s new upcoming series “Surface,” Variety reports. Described as a psychological thriller, the eight-episode series was both created and written by Veronica West (“High Fidelity”). West, Reese Witherspoon, and Lauren Neustadter will executive produce for Hello Sunshine along with Apple Studios producing. At this time, no plot details have been revealed. But we’ll keep you posted.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2020
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Minor Premise’ Debuts This December

This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, currently ranked at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. Minor Premise was written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. It will be out on VOD

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: The Other Side of Madness (1971)

After a moody, dialog-free opening (a trend that will continue for much of the film’s runtime) that shows the Manson family planning the Tate-LaBianca Murders as ol’ Charlie observes, we shift our focus to some wild-ass hippie hootenanny taking place on the outskirts of the Spahn Ranch interspersed with scenes of the Family in court on trial for their murder biz! As the story unfolds we are introduced to the doomed starlet Sharon Tate (Debbie Duff), and before long we are balls-deep into the events of the night of August 9th and10th in all of their disturbing detail… all of which is presented in a fashion akin to a documentary, which makes the horror all the more impactful. Does this all sound a bit disjointed? Well it certainly is… but The Other Side of Madness has a shit-ton of energy and some truly arty-farty touches that makes the entire affair as hallucinogenic and fever-dream addled as the times would dictate!

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DanXIII
Nov 29, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: The Rental (2020)

Friends/couples Mina (Sheila Vand, A Woman Walks Home Alone At Night), Josh (Jeremy Allen White), Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle (Alison Brie, she of the late, great Netflix series GLOW) head out to a loverly rental house situated along a scenic coastline for a lil’ r&r. The one in charge of said dwelling, Taylor (Toby Huss) by name, is a creepy-ass racist… but the house is so damn groovy our heroes shelve their feelings about the caretaker and they settle in for some of that good ol’ drinkin’, druggin’ and fuckin’ that is so popular with telephone operators between the ages of 22 and 45. As fate, and the screenplay, would have it, the friends begin to learn each other’s deepest secrets which causes relationships to fray… but what really causes static is the camera they find installed in the home’s shower. Now normally one would call the cops right quick after making a discovery such as this, but these

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DanXIII
Nov 29, 2020
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Avengers Actor Producing And Starring In Upcoming Netflix Thriller

Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2020

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Take A Terrifying Journey Into The Human Mind With ‘Minor Premise’

Take a terrifying journey into the human mind with Minor Premise now out in select theaters and on digital and On Demand. Starring Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, and Dana Ashbrook, the 100% certified fresh film was directed by Eric Schultz and written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of Twin Peaks), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. New York filmmaker

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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IFC Midnight Snags The Rights To Horror Thriller ‘A Banquet’

IFC Midnight announced today that it is acquiring North American rights to A Banquet, the feature debut from Ruth Paxton, whose award-winning short films have been exhibited and nominated at film festivals worldwide. A Banquet is a visually arresting, slow-burning psychological horror that uses subtle supernatural elements to create tension within a family in the midst of a breakdown, exploiting the complicated bond between three generations of mothers and daughters. The film stars Sienna Guillory (Resident Evil film series, High Rise), British rising stars Jessica Alexander (Get Even), Ruby Stokes (Rocks, Una), and award-winning actress Lindsay Duncan CBE (Made in Italy, Private Lives). In the film, widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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Survival Thriller ‘Hunted’ Coming Exclusively To Shudder

We’ve got the brand new trailer for Vicent Paronnaud‘s survival horror Hunted premiering exclusively on Shudder this January. What started as a flirtatious encounter at a bar turns into a life-or-death struggle as Eve (Lucie Debay) becomes the unknowing target of a misogynistic plot against her. Forced to flee as two men pursue her through the forest, Eve is pushed to her extremes while fighting to survive in the wilderness – but survival isn’t enough for Eve. She wants revenge. A modern retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fable while still being a modern-day tale of society. The film marks the solo feature debut of the French filmmaker and comic artist who took home the Cannes Jury Prize for Persepolis. Co-Written by Paronnaud and Léa Pernollet, the film stars Lucie Debay (The Confession), Arieh Worthalter (Girl), and Ciaran O’Brien. The Shudder Original debuts on January 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2020
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Movie Review: Backwoods (2020)

Molly (Isabella Alberti) wakes up in a trunk, with no memory of how her ass got in there, and wanders into a trap laden cemetery. Sounds like a typical Tuesday to me boils n’ ghouls… So how in the hell did Molly end up in the sinister soup anyway? Could it be because of the large debt her cheap skate boyfriend Hunter (Matthew McCoy) owes ye olde local drug dealer (Jeremy Sande)… or maybe it was jealous AF Hunter himself… he did quite peeved she was jawin’ with ol’ Noah (Michael Anthony Bagozzi). Regardless of how she got to the charmingly named Hangman’s Hollow, Molly is drfinitely going to have to keep her shit together to avoid the local slasher; namely the Hangman (Scott Alan Warner) his own damn self… a deformed sick-ticket religious nut, who hangs his male victims and keeps the ladies as his brides! Told in part via flashbacks, Backwoods manages to throw some fun twists and

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Dec 2, 2020
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A Veteran Is Caught In The Clutches Of Twisted Siblings In ‘Why Mona Rae?’

Lorenzo P. Adams (Rotary) makes his feature directorial debut with Why Mona Rae? We’ve got the first teaser for the film premiering in 2021. On an isolated road, a blind military veteran begins to suspect something sinister brewing after she is rescued from a car accident by a mysterious pair of siblings from an Amish community. The thriller stars Georgia Morgan (The Torment of Penelope), Jeremy Gladen (I See You, The Theatre Bizzare), Sara Davenport-Ebersole (Together, Monday Morning), and Vincent Kevin Daniels (Be Strong). The story centers around Mona (Morgan), a blind military veteran who sets out on a road trip getaway with her fiancé (Daniels) to celebrate her recent discharge from a physical therapy facility, after being severely injured during combat. Their trip through the countryside leads the duo into the clutches of a pair of strange Amish siblings, Ellen (Davenport-Ebersole) and Cain (Gladen). Why Mona Rae? serves as a love letter from me to the horror fans of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2020
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Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins Apple TV’s Upcoming Series ‘Surface’

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who starred in The Cloverfield Paradox, has joined the cast of Apple TV’s new upcoming series “Surface,” Variety reports. Described as a psychological thriller, the eight-episode series was both created and written by Veronica West (“High Fidelity”). West, Reese Witherspoon, and Lauren Neustadter will executive produce for Hello Sunshine along with Apple Studios producing. At this time, no plot details have been revealed. But we’ll keep you posted.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2020
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Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Minor Premise’ Debuts This December

This December, director Eric Schultz‘s sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, currently ranked at 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, will take viewers on a journey into the mind of a man facing off against his darker side. “Attempting to surpass his father’s legacy and pressured by an old colleague (Dana Ashbrook of “Twin Peaks”), a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own risky experiment. Ethan (Sathya Sridharan) has now locked himself in his home with his ex-girlfriend Allie (Paton Ashbrook) and the two navigate trauma, ambition, and missteps of the past. Diving headfirst into the uncharted equations of the brain, they realize that there is more at stake than just their relationship or Ethan’s reputation. With time quickly running out, he is forced to face off against the darker sides of himself while frantically attempting to solve an enigma that lies within his subconscious. Minor Premise was written by Justin Moretto, Eric Schultz, and Thomas Torrey. It will be out on VOD

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: The Other Side of Madness (1971)

After a moody, dialog-free opening (a trend that will continue for much of the film’s runtime) that shows the Manson family planning the Tate-LaBianca Murders as ol’ Charlie observes, we shift our focus to some wild-ass hippie hootenanny taking place on the outskirts of the Spahn Ranch interspersed with scenes of the Family in court on trial for their murder biz! As the story unfolds we are introduced to the doomed starlet Sharon Tate (Debbie Duff), and before long we are balls-deep into the events of the night of August 9th and10th in all of their disturbing detail… all of which is presented in a fashion akin to a documentary, which makes the horror all the more impactful. Does this all sound a bit disjointed? Well it certainly is… but The Other Side of Madness has a shit-ton of energy and some truly arty-farty touches that makes the entire affair as hallucinogenic and fever-dream addled as the times would dictate!

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 29, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: The Rental (2020)

Friends/couples Mina (Sheila Vand, A Woman Walks Home Alone At Night), Josh (Jeremy Allen White), Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle (Alison Brie, she of the late, great Netflix series GLOW) head out to a loverly rental house situated along a scenic coastline for a lil’ r&r. The one in charge of said dwelling, Taylor (Toby Huss) by name, is a creepy-ass racist… but the house is so damn groovy our heroes shelve their feelings about the caretaker and they settle in for some of that good ol’ drinkin’, druggin’ and fuckin’ that is so popular with telephone operators between the ages of 22 and 45. As fate, and the screenplay, would have it, the friends begin to learn each other’s deepest secrets which causes relationships to fray… but what really causes static is the camera they find installed in the home’s shower. Now normally one would call the cops right quick after making a discovery such as this, but these

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Nov 29, 2020
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Avengers Actor Producing And Starring In Upcoming Netflix Thriller

Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2020
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