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Post Apocalyptic Thriller ‘A Knights Tour’ Coming This May

Indie genre distributor Terror Films has acquired the worldwide rights to Marvin Choi’s feature debut, A Knight’s Tour. In a post-apocalyptic world, J.D. (Darnel Powell) is a young drifter suffering from an injury. Soon, J.D. finds himself at a secluded cabin occupied by Henry (Joseph Price), a detached hermit; here, Henry is living in self-imposed isolation from a chaotic world. After their initial suspicions subside, these two strangers begin to form a friendship over a game of chess. When Henry discovers a notebook in J.D.’s backpack highlighting various locations that are now crossed off, Henry begins to question J.D.’s true intentions. After investigating a bit more, Henry suspects that a threat of unseen invaders from the outside world are close at hand, brought to his doorstep by J.D. The film was written by Choi and produced by Sara Razack and has been an official selection at several film festivals. Festival appearances include the Pan African Film Festival, the DisOrient Asian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2020
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A First Look At The Horror Thriller ‘Broil’ Whose Release Date Has Just Been Announced

Well Go USA Entertainment, the same company releasing the Train to Busan sequel Peninsula, has acquired the U.S. rights to Canadian thriller Broil, a seemingly classic coming-of-age story that is quickly complicated by the fact that the protagonist’s family has been hiding a dark secret for millennia. Directed by Edward Drake (Breach, Cosmic Sin), Broil features a veteran cast that includes Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale), Timothy V. Murphy (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), and Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little). A digital and home entertainment release is scheduled for October 13, 2020. “After a violent incident with an insufferable school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her reclusive grandfather (Murphy) in his lavish mountain estate. As she seeks to uncover the true origin of her eccentric grandfather’s exorbitant wealth—and a mysterious familial health condition going back generations—she may get way more than she bargained for. Quickly caught between two warring factions of the family, Chance’s only

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2020
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Whet Your Appetite With The New Trailer For Cannibal Horror ‘The Dinner Party’

Bill Sage (American Psycho, “Power”) and Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Devil’s Dozen) star in writer-director Miles Doleac’s cannibalistic horror The Dinner Party, coming to theaters, DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, renowned surgeon and culinary enthusiast, Carmine Braun, invites playwright, Jeffrey Duncan, and his wife to join his eccentric friends at their semi-annual dinner party after promising to fund Duncan’s new play to Broadway. As the evening descends into madness, the group’s true intentions are revealed, along with an ancient secret that will change the Duncans’ lives and fortunes forever. Lindsay Anne Williams, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Miles Doleac also star. Whet your appetite with the new trailer for The Dinner Party, opening in theaters on June 5th (TBC) and available on DVD and Digital from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Fandango Now, Xbox, Dish Network, Direct TV and through local cable providers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2020
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Haunting Horror ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Being Released On SteelBook

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Shudder’s, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, Tigers Are Not Afraid which releases this May. Written and directed by Issa López (Secondary Effects), the horror thriller stars Paola Lara (La Siberia), Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero (“Club de Cuervos”), Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas (“Sitiados: Mexico”), Nery Arredondo (“Como Dice El Dicho”), and Tenoch Huerta (Get the Gringo) as “Chino.” “Tigers Are Not Afraid is a haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars. The film follows a group of orphaned children who are unexpectedly given three magical wishes. As they run from the cartel that murdered their parents and the ghosts that haunt them, they must decide how to use this special gift to save their own lives and the people they love.” Acclaimed by critics and filmmakers alike, Guillermo del Toro has called Tigers Are Not Afraid

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
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Oliva Wilde’s New Thriller Casts Three Stars

Actress Olivia Wilde made her feature debut as a director with last year’s Booksmart, and now we’ve learned that her next film is on the way, titled Don’t Worry Darling. The psychological thriller is set in the 1950s where a housewife’s reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth underneath. Deadline is reporting today that Midsommar actress Florence Pugh, Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy), and Chris Pine (Star Trek Beyond) will star along with Wilde. Shane and Carey Van Dyke (The Silence) wrote the original version of the script. Katie Silberman did a complete rewrite for Wilde. Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT, The Ring) will produce with Wilde and Silberman. Catherine Hardwicke is serving as executive producer.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2020
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Magic Leads To Murder In ‘Abrakadabra’ Who Has Just Made A Release Date Appear

Magic leads to murder in Abrakadabra, from the filmmakers behind What the Waters Left Behind, the Onetti Brothers. The film closes the “Giallo” trilogy that began with Sonno Profondo (2013) and Francesca (2015). In the film, “Dante, The Great”, a prestigious magician, accidentally dies during a risky magic trick. Thirty-five years later his son Lorenzo, also a magician, presents a magic show in one of the most important theaters in the city. From then on, a series of murders will begin to take place and will attempt to incriminate him. Lorenzo must discover who and why they seek to involve him before it is too late. Germán Baudino (“What the Waters Left Behind”, “2/11 Day of the Dead”), María Eugenia Rigón (“Deadpoint”), and also starring Clara Kovacic (“I am So, Tita from Buenos Aires”, “Jasmine”), Ivi Brickell (“Until it happens”, “Parasomnia”), Gustavo D´Alessandro (“Francesca”), Raúl Gederlini (“Francesca”), and y Pablo Vilela (“Giants of Mexico”) star in this thrilling film. The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2020
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Heist Thriller ‘Among Them’ Steals A Spot On Amazon Prime And Tubi

Tarantino meets Bad Times at the El Royale in writer-director Kevin James Barry’s thriller Among Them. In the film, “After a botched heist, two bank robbers and their unwanted hostage retreat into a seedy coastal motel in the dead of winter. When their boss doesn’t show up and their tickets to freedom go missing, the three of them must battle through their deteriorating mental state and find a way out before they turn on each other.” Starring Jonathan Thomson, Dan Liebman, and Evalena Marie, who also co-wrote the script for Among Them, now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi TV, from Cinema Epoch.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
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Watch The New Exclusive Clip From The Crime Thriller ‘The Host’

Ahead of its release later this week, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the gripping crime thriller The Host. In the film, Robert Atkinson who is sick and tired of his everyday grind as a London banker. Hopeful for a better life, he takes a risk with the bank’s money that eventually leads him down a rabbit hole into a world he could not have imagined and one he definitely isn’t prepared for… With nowhere to run, Robert signs up for a trip where, as if by fate, discovers he’s a pawn for a beautiful woman with shady secrets of her own. Fueled by power players, seduction and violence, Robert falls into a deadly game of choice and consequence. Directed by Andy Newbery, The Host, stars Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, and Nigel Barber. The Host will be available on all On-Demand platforms beginning April 17th. You can pre-order your copy now on iTunes and on Amazon Prime.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 15, 2020
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Movie Review: Butt Boy (2019)

Chip Gutchell (played by the film’s writer/director Tyler Cornack), who decidedly isn’t livin’ his best life… hell, he’s barely “livin'” at all; his job sucks, his marriage is the pits, and not even a new role as “daddy” has brought him any joy. Oh, and he just booked his first prostate exam. Should go easy seeing as how life is shovin’ it in dry where the sun don’t shine on the daily… And there he finds his life’s true pleasure; having foreign objects jammed up his arse six ways to Sunday… and acts on his new desire like a true champion! Well, fate has more in store for our anal-lovin’ hero as the world’s most stereotypical police detective (slick hair and drinking habit intact) named Russel Fox (Tyler Rice) who is desperate to solve a missing child case… but what does our hero and his chocolate starfish have to do with any of that? Better buckle up for that revelation

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DanXIII
Apr 10, 2020
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Secrets Are Buried In The ‘Union Bridge’ Trailer

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North America rights to the Lynchian southern gothic thriller Union Bridge, the debut feature from writer-director Brian Levin. The new teaser trailer. The film follows Will Shipe, the scion of a powerful family living near the Mason Dixon line, as he moves back home after years in the city. His old friend Nick, who still lives in town, is feverishly digging in the land because of a vision he can’t escape. What is buried in this small town and the events around it has repercussions that affect many people. Most of all, Will Shipe, and the past and future of his legacy. Union Bridge held its World Premiere at the New Filmmakers NY Film Festival and stars Scott Friend (Fourteen), Emma Duncan (“Chicago Med”), Alex Breaux (Depraved, When They See Us), and Elisabeth Noone (“The Wire”). The film is proudly produced by Lucie Elwes, alongside Levin. Breaking Glass acquired rights to the film in March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2020

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Post Apocalyptic Thriller ‘A Knights Tour’ Coming This May

Indie genre distributor Terror Films has acquired the worldwide rights to Marvin Choi’s feature debut, A Knight’s Tour. In a post-apocalyptic world, J.D. (Darnel Powell) is a young drifter suffering from an injury. Soon, J.D. finds himself at a secluded cabin occupied by Henry (Joseph Price), a detached hermit; here, Henry is living in self-imposed isolation from a chaotic world. After their initial suspicions subside, these two strangers begin to form a friendship over a game of chess. When Henry discovers a notebook in J.D.’s backpack highlighting various locations that are now crossed off, Henry begins to question J.D.’s true intentions. After investigating a bit more, Henry suspects that a threat of unseen invaders from the outside world are close at hand, brought to his doorstep by J.D. The film was written by Choi and produced by Sara Razack and has been an official selection at several film festivals. Festival appearances include the Pan African Film Festival, the DisOrient Asian

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 4, 2020
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A First Look At The Horror Thriller ‘Broil’ Whose Release Date Has Just Been Announced

Well Go USA Entertainment, the same company releasing the Train to Busan sequel Peninsula, has acquired the U.S. rights to Canadian thriller Broil, a seemingly classic coming-of-age story that is quickly complicated by the fact that the protagonist’s family has been hiding a dark secret for millennia. Directed by Edward Drake (Breach, Cosmic Sin), Broil features a veteran cast that includes Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale), Timothy V. Murphy (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), and Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stuart Little). A digital and home entertainment release is scheduled for October 13, 2020. “After a violent incident with an insufferable school nemesis, 17-year-old Chance Sinclair (Avery Konrad) is sent to live with her reclusive grandfather (Murphy) in his lavish mountain estate. As she seeks to uncover the true origin of her eccentric grandfather’s exorbitant wealth—and a mysterious familial health condition going back generations—she may get way more than she bargained for. Quickly caught between two warring factions of the family, Chance’s only

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 2, 2020
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Whet Your Appetite With The New Trailer For Cannibal Horror ‘The Dinner Party’

Bill Sage (American Psycho, “Power”) and Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Devil’s Dozen) star in writer-director Miles Doleac’s cannibalistic horror The Dinner Party, coming to theaters, DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, renowned surgeon and culinary enthusiast, Carmine Braun, invites playwright, Jeffrey Duncan, and his wife to join his eccentric friends at their semi-annual dinner party after promising to fund Duncan’s new play to Broadway. As the evening descends into madness, the group’s true intentions are revealed, along with an ancient secret that will change the Duncans’ lives and fortunes forever. Lindsay Anne Williams, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Miles Doleac also star. Whet your appetite with the new trailer for The Dinner Party, opening in theaters on June 5th (TBC) and available on DVD and Digital from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Fandango Now, Xbox, Dish Network, Direct TV and through local cable providers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2020
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Haunting Horror ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Being Released On SteelBook

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Shudder’s, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, Tigers Are Not Afraid which releases this May. Written and directed by Issa López (Secondary Effects), the horror thriller stars Paola Lara (La Siberia), Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero (“Club de Cuervos”), Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas (“Sitiados: Mexico”), Nery Arredondo (“Como Dice El Dicho”), and Tenoch Huerta (Get the Gringo) as “Chino.” “Tigers Are Not Afraid is a haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars. The film follows a group of orphaned children who are unexpectedly given three magical wishes. As they run from the cartel that murdered their parents and the ghosts that haunt them, they must decide how to use this special gift to save their own lives and the people they love.” Acclaimed by critics and filmmakers alike, Guillermo del Toro has called Tigers Are Not Afraid

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 27, 2020
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Oliva Wilde’s New Thriller Casts Three Stars

Actress Olivia Wilde made her feature debut as a director with last year’s Booksmart, and now we’ve learned that her next film is on the way, titled Don’t Worry Darling. The psychological thriller is set in the 1950s where a housewife’s reality begins to crack, revealing a disturbing truth underneath. Deadline is reporting today that Midsommar actress Florence Pugh, Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy), and Chris Pine (Star Trek Beyond) will star along with Wilde. Shane and Carey Van Dyke (The Silence) wrote the original version of the script. Katie Silberman did a complete rewrite for Wilde. Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT, The Ring) will produce with Wilde and Silberman. Catherine Hardwicke is serving as executive producer.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2020
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Magic Leads To Murder In ‘Abrakadabra’ Who Has Just Made A Release Date Appear

Magic leads to murder in Abrakadabra, from the filmmakers behind What the Waters Left Behind, the Onetti Brothers. The film closes the “Giallo” trilogy that began with Sonno Profondo (2013) and Francesca (2015). In the film, “Dante, The Great”, a prestigious magician, accidentally dies during a risky magic trick. Thirty-five years later his son Lorenzo, also a magician, presents a magic show in one of the most important theaters in the city. From then on, a series of murders will begin to take place and will attempt to incriminate him. Lorenzo must discover who and why they seek to involve him before it is too late. Germán Baudino (“What the Waters Left Behind”, “2/11 Day of the Dead”), María Eugenia Rigón (“Deadpoint”), and also starring Clara Kovacic (“I am So, Tita from Buenos Aires”, “Jasmine”), Ivi Brickell (“Until it happens”, “Parasomnia”), Gustavo D´Alessandro (“Francesca”), Raúl Gederlini (“Francesca”), and y Pablo Vilela (“Giants of Mexico”) star in this thrilling film. The

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 24, 2020
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Heist Thriller ‘Among Them’ Steals A Spot On Amazon Prime And Tubi

Tarantino meets Bad Times at the El Royale in writer-director Kevin James Barry’s thriller Among Them. In the film, “After a botched heist, two bank robbers and their unwanted hostage retreat into a seedy coastal motel in the dead of winter. When their boss doesn’t show up and their tickets to freedom go missing, the three of them must battle through their deteriorating mental state and find a way out before they turn on each other.” Starring Jonathan Thomson, Dan Liebman, and Evalena Marie, who also co-wrote the script for Among Them, now available on Amazon Prime and Tubi TV, from Cinema Epoch.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
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Watch The New Exclusive Clip From The Crime Thriller ‘The Host’

Ahead of its release later this week, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the gripping crime thriller The Host. In the film, Robert Atkinson who is sick and tired of his everyday grind as a London banker. Hopeful for a better life, he takes a risk with the bank’s money that eventually leads him down a rabbit hole into a world he could not have imagined and one he definitely isn’t prepared for… With nowhere to run, Robert signs up for a trip where, as if by fate, discovers he’s a pawn for a beautiful woman with shady secrets of her own. Fueled by power players, seduction and violence, Robert falls into a deadly game of choice and consequence. Directed by Andy Newbery, The Host, stars Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, and Nigel Barber. The Host will be available on all On-Demand platforms beginning April 17th. You can pre-order your copy now on iTunes and on Amazon Prime.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 15, 2020
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: Butt Boy (2019)

Chip Gutchell (played by the film’s writer/director Tyler Cornack), who decidedly isn’t livin’ his best life… hell, he’s barely “livin'” at all; his job sucks, his marriage is the pits, and not even a new role as “daddy” has brought him any joy. Oh, and he just booked his first prostate exam. Should go easy seeing as how life is shovin’ it in dry where the sun don’t shine on the daily… And there he finds his life’s true pleasure; having foreign objects jammed up his arse six ways to Sunday… and acts on his new desire like a true champion! Well, fate has more in store for our anal-lovin’ hero as the world’s most stereotypical police detective (slick hair and drinking habit intact) named Russel Fox (Tyler Rice) who is desperate to solve a missing child case… but what does our hero and his chocolate starfish have to do with any of that? Better buckle up for that revelation

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Apr 10, 2020
Horror Fuel

Secrets Are Buried In The ‘Union Bridge’ Trailer

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North America rights to the Lynchian southern gothic thriller Union Bridge, the debut feature from writer-director Brian Levin. The new teaser trailer. The film follows Will Shipe, the scion of a powerful family living near the Mason Dixon line, as he moves back home after years in the city. His old friend Nick, who still lives in town, is feverishly digging in the land because of a vision he can’t escape. What is buried in this small town and the events around it has repercussions that affect many people. Most of all, Will Shipe, and the past and future of his legacy. Union Bridge held its World Premiere at the New Filmmakers NY Film Festival and stars Scott Friend (Fourteen), Emma Duncan (“Chicago Med”), Alex Breaux (Depraved, When They See Us), and Elisabeth Noone (“The Wire”). The film is proudly produced by Lucie Elwes, alongside Levin. Breaking Glass acquired rights to the film in March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 7, 2020
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