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A Father Hunts A Killer In ‘The Silencing’ Trailer

“Game of Thrones” actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle: Creation, The Mummy), and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) star in the revenge thriller The Silencing. Directed by Robin Pront and written by Micah Ranum, the film centers on a reformed hunter (Waldau) and a sheriff (Wallis) who are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they set out to track a killer who may have kidnapped the hunter’s daughter five years ago. The Silencing arrives exclusively on DirecTV on July 16th, followed by its release in theaters, on Digital, and On Demand on August 14, 2020, from Saban Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2020
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Watch The Opening Sequence Of True Story Inspired Survival Thriller ‘Centigrade’

Director Brendan Walsh invites you to witness Centigrade, a survival thriller set in a 30 degrees below zero landscape. Based on a true story, the film, set in 2002, centers on a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice. As if the stakes aren’t high enough, Naomi is eight months pregnant in their frozen prison. With few resources, a dwindling food supply, and nothing but time, tension, blame, and personal secrets bubble to the surface. Matthew and Naomi realize they must work together to survive in a crippling battle against the elements, hypothermia, disturbing hallucinations, and plunging temperatures reaching as low as -30C. Genesis Rodriguez and Vincent Piazza star in Centigrade, opening in drive-in theaters, and arrives on VOD and Digital on August 28th, from IFC Midnight. Watch the first three minutes of the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2020
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Sci-Fi Psychodrama ‘Parallax’ Arrives In June

Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in this psychological sci-fi thriller from writer-director Michael W. Bachochin. Parallax is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallaxopens in theaters on July 10th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ Receives A New Thrilling Trailer

Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial feature debut with The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival and it’s finally here, teasing an intense, action-packed thriller. Starring Alison Brie (“GLOW”), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in select theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand July 24th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Mistaken Identities And Shocking Violence Fill ‘The Oak Room’ Trailer

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 the official 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
Jun 18, 2020
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Trailer Debut Date Revealed In Teaser For Dave Franco’s Thriller ‘The Rental’

Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial debut with the thriller The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival date and it has just been confirmed for this Thursday. And we can’t wait! Starring Alison Brie (GLOW), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (Shameless), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in theaters and On Demand July 24th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
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Supernatural Thriller ‘Welcome To The Circle’ Introduces You To The Cult This Fall

Artsploitation Films has announced the acquisition of a new supernatural cult thriller Welcome to the Circle, written and directed by David Fowler. In the film, a camping misadventure forces a young girl and her father into the realm of a madman worshiping cult known as The Circle. As the pair become trapped in The Circle’s increasingly frightening sphere of indoctrination, a case-hardened professional cult deprogrammer and his two clients attempt to kidnap/reclaim one of the group’s members. Grizzly rituals are soon revealed to be part of a terrifying, surreal, alternate reality that has been constructed by the cult’s mysterious, isolated leader. Escape is the only objective, but all of them are trapped in The Circle. Taylor Dianne Robinson, Matthew MacCaull, Matt Bellefleur, and Andrea Brooks star in this indie film. Welcome to the Circle will introduce you to a deadly cult this Fall.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2020
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Things Get Demented In The Trailer for ‘Homewrecker’

The critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker comes home on digital and DVD this summer. Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes), from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures. “Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.” Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker set to be released in Homewrecker in select theaters June 26th and will arrive on Digital and DVD on July 7th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2020
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Russell Crowe Takes Road Rage Too Far In ‘Unhinged’

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we’ve all experienced- road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close you are to someone who is about to become unhinged. Solstice Studios and Ingenious Media present the Derrick Borte film that stars Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, and Austin P. McKenzie. Casting is by Mary Vernieu, CSA & Raylin Sabo,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 5 (1941 – 1945)

The last four Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been a putrid potluck of fiendishly fun fright flicks (Don’t believe me? Head here, here, here, and lastly here to read my thoughts for your own sinister self!)! Let’s see if Volume 5 (which features fright flicks starring ghoulish gorillas goin’ apeshit and sultry half-human women) lives up to it’s predecessors! Starting things off we have The Monster and the Girl (1941): Scot Webster (Philip Terry) is a small town rube that attempts to save his sister, Susan (Ellen Drew) from a life of ill-repute at the hands of city slicker gangster W. S. Bruhl (Paul Lukas)… a course of action that finds ol’ single “T” Scot taking the fall for the murder gangster. As is the way of things; Scot is tried, executed, and has his brain placed in the body of a gorilla… it happens more than you think

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DanXIII
Jun 10, 2020

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A Father Hunts A Killer In ‘The Silencing’ Trailer

“Game of Thrones” actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle: Creation, The Mummy), and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) star in the revenge thriller The Silencing. Directed by Robin Pront and written by Micah Ranum, the film centers on a reformed hunter (Waldau) and a sheriff (Wallis) who are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they set out to track a killer who may have kidnapped the hunter’s daughter five years ago. The Silencing arrives exclusively on DirecTV on July 16th, followed by its release in theaters, on Digital, and On Demand on August 14, 2020, from Saban Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 25, 2020
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Watch The Opening Sequence Of True Story Inspired Survival Thriller ‘Centigrade’

Director Brendan Walsh invites you to witness Centigrade, a survival thriller set in a 30 degrees below zero landscape. Based on a true story, the film, set in 2002, centers on a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice. As if the stakes aren’t high enough, Naomi is eight months pregnant in their frozen prison. With few resources, a dwindling food supply, and nothing but time, tension, blame, and personal secrets bubble to the surface. Matthew and Naomi realize they must work together to survive in a crippling battle against the elements, hypothermia, disturbing hallucinations, and plunging temperatures reaching as low as -30C. Genesis Rodriguez and Vincent Piazza star in Centigrade, opening in drive-in theaters, and arrives on VOD and Digital on August 28th, from IFC Midnight. Watch the first three minutes of the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 24, 2020
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Sci-Fi Psychodrama ‘Parallax’ Arrives In June

Michael W.Bachochin’s highly-anticipated psychodrama/science-fiction feature Parallax opens in theaters this summer. In the film, a young artist wakes up in a life that she doesn’t recognize, spending her time asleep haunted by nightmares of drowning in a black abysmal void. As she begins to uncover the truths of the life that she’s found herself in, the gravity of her failing reality weighs heavily on her psychological identity and the reliability of her sanity is called into question. Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith, and Ted Gianopulos star in this psychological sci-fi thriller from writer-director Michael W. Bachochin. Parallax is produced by Bachochin, Brooke Lorraine, and Yuself Baig. Parallaxopens in theaters on July 10th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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Dave Franco’s ‘The Rental’ Receives A New Thrilling Trailer

Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial feature debut with The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival and it’s finally here, teasing an intense, action-packed thriller. Starring Alison Brie (“GLOW”), Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey”) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (“Shameless”), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in select theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand July 24th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Mistaken Identities And Shocking Violence Fill ‘The Oak Room’ Trailer

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 the official 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

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Trailer Debut Date Revealed In Teaser For Dave Franco’s Thriller ‘The Rental’

Writer-director Dave Franco makes his directorial debut with the thriller The Rental, co-written by Joe Swanberg. We’ve been waiting on the trailer’s arrival date and it has just been confirmed for this Thursday. And we can’t wait! Starring Alison Brie (GLOW), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), and Jeremy Allen White (Shameless), the film centers on two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone. IFC Films will release The Rental in theaters and On Demand July 24th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2020
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Supernatural Thriller ‘Welcome To The Circle’ Introduces You To The Cult This Fall

Artsploitation Films has announced the acquisition of a new supernatural cult thriller Welcome to the Circle, written and directed by David Fowler. In the film, a camping misadventure forces a young girl and her father into the realm of a madman worshiping cult known as The Circle. As the pair become trapped in The Circle’s increasingly frightening sphere of indoctrination, a case-hardened professional cult deprogrammer and his two clients attempt to kidnap/reclaim one of the group’s members. Grizzly rituals are soon revealed to be part of a terrifying, surreal, alternate reality that has been constructed by the cult’s mysterious, isolated leader. Escape is the only objective, but all of them are trapped in The Circle. Taylor Dianne Robinson, Matthew MacCaull, Matt Bellefleur, and Andrea Brooks star in this indie film. Welcome to the Circle will introduce you to a deadly cult this Fall.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 15, 2020
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Things Get Demented In The Trailer for ‘Homewrecker’

The critically acclaimed festival hit Homewrecker comes home on digital and DVD this summer. Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential) star in director Zach Gayne’s “hilarious, dark view of modern loneliness” that has “the energy of a Jane Fonda workout tape” (Rotten Tomatoes), from Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures. “Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous interior design consultation. Once inside, it quickly becomes clear that Linda has something far more sinister on her mind than throw pillows.” Scripted by Precious Chong, Alex Essoe, and Zach Gayne, Homewrecker set to be released in Homewrecker in select theaters June 26th and will arrive on Digital and DVD on July 7th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2020
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Russell Crowe Takes Road Rage Too Far In ‘Unhinged’

Academy Award winner Russell Crowe stars in Unhinged, a timely psychological thriller that explores the fragile balance of a society pushed to the edge, taking something we’ve all experienced- road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Rachel (Caren Pistorius) is running late to work when she has an altercation at a traffic light with a stranger (Crowe) whose life has left him feeling powerless and invisible. Soon, Rachel finds herself and everyone she loves the target of a man who decides to make one last mark upon the world by teaching her a series of deadly lessons. What follows is a dangerous game of cat and mouse that proves you never know just how close you are to someone who is about to become unhinged. Solstice Studios and Ingenious Media present the Derrick Borte film that stars Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, and Austin P. McKenzie. Casting is by Mary Vernieu, CSA & Raylin Sabo,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 5 (1941 – 1945)

The last four Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been a putrid potluck of fiendishly fun fright flicks (Don’t believe me? Head here, here, here, and lastly here to read my thoughts for your own sinister self!)! Let’s see if Volume 5 (which features fright flicks starring ghoulish gorillas goin’ apeshit and sultry half-human women) lives up to it’s predecessors! Starting things off we have The Monster and the Girl (1941): Scot Webster (Philip Terry) is a small town rube that attempts to save his sister, Susan (Ellen Drew) from a life of ill-repute at the hands of city slicker gangster W. S. Bruhl (Paul Lukas)… a course of action that finds ol’ single “T” Scot taking the fall for the murder gangster. As is the way of things; Scot is tried, executed, and has his brain placed in the body of a gorilla… it happens more than you think

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jun 10, 2020
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