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A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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Azura Skye Is Driven To The Brink Of Madness In ‘The Swerve’ Trailer

From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia, the medication for insomnia, the dreams from the medication for insomnia. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer/director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on mental illness. The Swerve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
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Wil Wheaton Wants To Be A Friend In The Retro Horror Thriller ‘Rent-A-Pal’

Writer-director Jon Stevenson wants to introduce to a new friend in Rent-A-Pal, the twisted thriller starring Wil Wheaton. Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David (Brian Landis Folkins) searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady). While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called ​Rent-A-Pal.​ Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy (Wil Wheaton), the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy’s friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission. Wheaton (Stand By Me, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”), stars along with Brian Landis Folkins (Hoax), Kathleen Brady (“Breaking Bad”), and Amy Rutledge (Neighbor). Rent-A-Pal opens in select theaters and arrives On Demand on September 11, 2020, from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2020
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New Art Revealed For Netflix’s ‘The Devil All The Time’ Teases A Dark Thriller

In an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves. From writer-director Antonio Campos and co-writer Paulo Campos comes The Devil All the Time, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel. The highly anticipated dark thriller is set in Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, where sinister characters – an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and a crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) – converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos‘ The Devil All the Time renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted. The all-star cast also includes Bill Skarsgård, Mia Wasikowska, Harry Melling, Haley Bennett, Jason Collett, and Pokey LaFarge. During our interview, actor

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ Uncut Invades Theaters This October

Neon’s sci-fi thriller Possessor, from the visionary mind of writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), is ready to invade your mind this October with its uncut version. The film “follows an elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough). Using brain transplant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a ming that threatens to obliterate her.” Riseborough stars alongside Jennifer Jason Lee, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Abbott, Kaniehtion Horn, Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Jacot, and Gabrielle Graham. This intense thrill-ride is produced by Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, and Andrew Starke. Possessor arrives in select theaters and drive-ins on October 9th, followed by its release on VOD and Digital on November 6th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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A Woman Is On A Mission To Punish Pedophiles In The ‘Guilt’ Trailer

I think we’ll all agree that pedophiles should be given harsher punishments, with the sorry excuse for humans frequently getting off light. That’s the premise in directors Karl Jenner and Lyndsay Sarah‘s revenge thriller Guilt, written by Sarah and Janet Shay. In the film, starring Janet Shay, Hayley Flowers, and Sandra Stock, “Angered by all the child abuse in the world, a child psychologist goes vigilante, targeting child sex offenders who escaped severe sentences.” Karl Jenner and Lyndsay Sarah produce alongside Cobalt Media, Digital Realm, and Rogue Entertainment. Guilt seeks revenge on VOD, Digital, and DVD on September 15, 2020, from GVN Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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Adam Driver Joins Thriller ’65’ From The Team Behind ‘A Quiet Place’ & Ted Raimi

Star Wars actor and Academy Award nominee Adam Driver (Marriage Story) has signed on to star in Sony Pictures’ upcoming sci-fi thriller 65, which will be written and directed “A Quiet Place” writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Variety reports. Beck and Woods are producing alongside Ted Raimi and Zainab Azizi for Raimi Production. Debbi Liebling will also produce. The studio is currently keeping the film’s plot close to the vest, but with these names involved, there’s no doubt it will be amazing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2020
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A Family’s Dark Secret Is Uncovered This October In ‘Broil’ (Trailer)

Well Go USA Entertainment is set to unleash the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin), just in time for Halloween. And we’ve got the new trailer that teases a beautifully dark film. Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little), Avery Konrad (TV’s “Sacred Lies,” TV’s “Van Helsing”), Lochlyn Munro (TV’s “Riverdale”) and Timothy V. Murphy (TV’s “Snowpiercer,” National Treasure: Book of Secrets) star in this gothic tale of a troubled girl sent to live at her draconian grandfather’s creepy estate. In the film, after a violent incident with a school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her draconian grandfather (Timothy V. Murphy) at his lavish estate, where she soon uncovers a dangerous ancient family secret. Suddenly caught between warring factions of the family, her only hope for survival may well come from a killer-for-hire (Jonathan Lipnicki) with a fortuitous stroke of culinary genius. Broil debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
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First Look: A Dangerous Obsession Leads To Terror In IFC Midnight’s ‘Kindred’

Kindred, the new psychological thriller for IFC Midnight, now has a theatrical, Digital, and VOD release date. Rippling with suspense, Kindred follows vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother (Fiona Shaw) and her stepson (Jack Lowden), who seems increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte’s suspicions. This Joe Marcantonio directed film stars Fiona Show (Killing Eve), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Anton Lesser (“Game of Thrones”), and Tamara Lawrence (The Long Song). Kindred opens in theaters and arrives on On Demand, VOD, and on Digital November 6, 2020. Take a look at the first images from the film. .

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Black Test Car (1962)/The Black Report (1963)

Our putrid pals over at Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment have got a couple of flicks from Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura that they are set to release on one lil’ ol’ Blu-ray; 1962’s Black Test Car, which deals with corporate espionage in the auto industry, and 1963’s The Black Report, which is a murder mystery affair. In Black Test Car we meet Asahina (Jiro Tamiya), who works at Tiger Motors, a company which is tryin’ like unholy hell to get a new car constructed and on the road before those sons of bitches at rival company Yamamoto Motors are any the wiser. Of course that’s going to be near impossible as their is a spy in Tiger’s outfit, and the company will go to great lengths to sniff ’em out! For a pic about rival auto companies, Black Test Car certainly is filled with a cast of cuthroat bastards, willing to do anything to get their company over. Honestly,

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DanXIII
Aug 25, 2020

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A Woman Is On A Mission In ‘The Devil To Pay’ Trailer

This October, Danielle Deadwyler (The Haves and the Have Nots) brings a reckoning in the new film, The Devil to Pay, from the writers of Becky. The trailer is here, teasing an intense thriller about a woman on a mission. In the thriller from the directing duo of Ruckus Skye and Lane Skye, “After the disappearance of her husband, Lemon, a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, must repay her husband’s debt to the oldest family on the mountain and their murderous biscuit-making matriarch in order to save her young son’s life. Armed with only her wits and tenacity, Lemon must unravel the mysteries her husband left behind or lose everything she’s ever loved.” Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer, Jayson Warner Smith, Brad Carter, Luce Rains, Adam Boyer, Charles Black, Parisa Johnston, Tim Habeger, and Ezra Haslam star in Devil to Pay, in Drive-in theaters October 2, 2020, and On-Demand and DVD October 6th from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2020
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Azura Skye Is Driven To The Brink Of Madness In ‘The Swerve’ Trailer

From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia, the medication for insomnia, the dreams from the medication for insomnia. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer/director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on mental illness. The Swerve

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 7, 2020
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Wil Wheaton Wants To Be A Friend In The Retro Horror Thriller ‘Rent-A-Pal’

Writer-director Jon Stevenson wants to introduce to a new friend in Rent-A-Pal, the twisted thriller starring Wil Wheaton. Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David (Brian Landis Folkins) searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady). While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called ​Rent-A-Pal.​ Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy (Wil Wheaton), the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy’s friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission. Wheaton (Stand By Me, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”), stars along with Brian Landis Folkins (Hoax), Kathleen Brady (“Breaking Bad”), and Amy Rutledge (Neighbor). Rent-A-Pal opens in select theaters and arrives On Demand on September 11, 2020, from IFC Midnight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2020
Horror Fuel

New Art Revealed For Netflix’s ‘The Devil All The Time’ Teases A Dark Thriller

In an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves. From writer-director Antonio Campos and co-writer Paulo Campos comes The Devil All the Time, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel. The highly anticipated dark thriller is set in Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, where sinister characters – an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and a crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) – converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos‘ The Devil All the Time renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted. The all-star cast also includes Bill Skarsgård, Mia Wasikowska, Harry Melling, Haley Bennett, Jason Collett, and Pokey LaFarge. During our interview, actor

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ Uncut Invades Theaters This October

Neon’s sci-fi thriller Possessor, from the visionary mind of writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), is ready to invade your mind this October with its uncut version. The film “follows an elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough). Using brain transplant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a ming that threatens to obliterate her.” Riseborough stars alongside Jennifer Jason Lee, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Abbott, Kaniehtion Horn, Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Jacot, and Gabrielle Graham. This intense thrill-ride is produced by Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, and Andrew Starke. Possessor arrives in select theaters and drive-ins on October 9th, followed by its release on VOD and Digital on November 6th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Woman Is On A Mission To Punish Pedophiles In The ‘Guilt’ Trailer

I think we’ll all agree that pedophiles should be given harsher punishments, with the sorry excuse for humans frequently getting off light. That’s the premise in directors Karl Jenner and Lyndsay Sarah‘s revenge thriller Guilt, written by Sarah and Janet Shay. In the film, starring Janet Shay, Hayley Flowers, and Sandra Stock, “Angered by all the child abuse in the world, a child psychologist goes vigilante, targeting child sex offenders who escaped severe sentences.” Karl Jenner and Lyndsay Sarah produce alongside Cobalt Media, Digital Realm, and Rogue Entertainment. Guilt seeks revenge on VOD, Digital, and DVD on September 15, 2020, from GVN Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2020
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Adam Driver Joins Thriller ’65’ From The Team Behind ‘A Quiet Place’ & Ted Raimi

Star Wars actor and Academy Award nominee Adam Driver (Marriage Story) has signed on to star in Sony Pictures’ upcoming sci-fi thriller 65, which will be written and directed “A Quiet Place” writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Variety reports. Beck and Woods are producing alongside Ted Raimi and Zainab Azizi for Raimi Production. Debbi Liebling will also produce. The studio is currently keeping the film’s plot close to the vest, but with these names involved, there’s no doubt it will be amazing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Family’s Dark Secret Is Uncovered This October In ‘Broil’ (Trailer)

Well Go USA Entertainment is set to unleash the chilling thriller Broil, from director Edward Drake (Breach, upcoming: Cosmic Sin), just in time for Halloween. And we’ve got the new trailer that teases a beautifully dark film. Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little), Avery Konrad (TV’s “Sacred Lies,” TV’s “Van Helsing”), Lochlyn Munro (TV’s “Riverdale”) and Timothy V. Murphy (TV’s “Snowpiercer,” National Treasure: Book of Secrets) star in this gothic tale of a troubled girl sent to live at her draconian grandfather’s creepy estate. In the film, after a violent incident with a school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her draconian grandfather (Timothy V. Murphy) at his lavish estate, where she soon uncovers a dangerous ancient family secret. Suddenly caught between warring factions of the family, her only hope for survival may well come from a killer-for-hire (Jonathan Lipnicki) with a fortuitous stroke of culinary genius. Broil debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

First Look: A Dangerous Obsession Leads To Terror In IFC Midnight’s ‘Kindred’

Kindred, the new psychological thriller for IFC Midnight, now has a theatrical, Digital, and VOD release date. Rippling with suspense, Kindred follows vulnerable mother-to-be Charlotte (Tamara Lawrance) as she is taken in by her recently deceased boyfriend’s mother (Fiona Shaw) and her stepson (Jack Lowden), who seems increasingly obsessed with her every move. Plagued by mysterious hallucinations, Charlotte’s suspicions. This Joe Marcantonio directed film stars Fiona Show (Killing Eve), Jack Lowden (Dunkirk), Anton Lesser (“Game of Thrones”), and Tamara Lawrence (The Long Song). Kindred opens in theaters and arrives on On Demand, VOD, and on Digital November 6, 2020. Take a look at the first images from the film. .

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Black Test Car (1962)/The Black Report (1963)

Our putrid pals over at Arrow Video and MVD Entertainment have got a couple of flicks from Japanese maverick director Yasuzo Masumura that they are set to release on one lil’ ol’ Blu-ray; 1962’s Black Test Car, which deals with corporate espionage in the auto industry, and 1963’s The Black Report, which is a murder mystery affair. In Black Test Car we meet Asahina (Jiro Tamiya), who works at Tiger Motors, a company which is tryin’ like unholy hell to get a new car constructed and on the road before those sons of bitches at rival company Yamamoto Motors are any the wiser. Of course that’s going to be near impossible as their is a spy in Tiger’s outfit, and the company will go to great lengths to sniff ’em out! For a pic about rival auto companies, Black Test Car certainly is filled with a cast of cuthroat bastards, willing to do anything to get their company over. Honestly,

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Aug 25, 2020
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