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Get Lost In The Trailer For Survival Film ‘Outback’ – Based On A True Story

Outback, the new wilderness survival film from director Mike Green, will take viewers on a frightening journey this June. The lengths people go to save their loved ones are portrayed in a tragically touching way as time is quickly running out for a stranded couple,” states Green. Based on a true story, “Outback tells the terrifying tale of a young couple lost in the wilderness and fighting for survival. Wade and Lisa head to Australia hoping to recharge their failing romance. When their GPS fails, they leave their car and head off on foot to find a new route. As night falls, they must spend the night in the bush without food, water, or weapons, surrounded by snakes, scorpions, and wild dogs. Now, one decision could mean the difference between life…and certain death.” Kym Cramp, Brendan Donoghue, Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese, and Jim Winton star. Outback arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand June 9th, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2020
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Samara Weaving Stars In The Dark Thriller ‘Last Moment Of Clarity’ (Trailer)

Described as a “twisty Hitchcockian thriller,” Ready or Not actress Samara Weaving stars alongside Brian Cox, the star of the creepy AF film The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), and Udo Kier (American Animals) in the upcoming film Last Moment of Clarity whose thrilling trailer has just arrived. In the film written and directed by Colin Krisel and James Krisel, “After his girlfriend Georgia (Weaving) is murdered by European mobsters, Sam (Zach Avery) flees to Paris to hide out. Years later, he sees a woman in a Hollywood film who he’s certain is Georgia. In L.A. to investigate, he encounters enigmatic Kat (Carly Chaikin), who impulsively decides to help him on his quest.” Last Moment of Clarity is set to thriller audiences when it arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand on May 19th, 2020, from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2020
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A Dark Secret Society Is At Work In ‘The Dark Red’ Trailer

A woman is convinced her baby was ripped from her womb and taken away by a sinister cult – but no one believes her bizarre story – in the gripping paranoid thriller The Dark Red, the latest film from the creator of the James Franco-starring horror mystery The Vault. A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital after claiming that her newborn has been abducted by a secret society called the Dark Red – an ancient, underground cult that harvests and controls an incredibly rare blood type that gives one the power to hear and guide another person’s thoughts. The woman, Sybil, claims she is special, that she carries a pure and powerful strain of the blood like nothing seen before, and that the society sees her and her child as central to its next evolution – or perhaps its greatest threat, should she turn against them. Is the Dark Red entirely a figment of Sybil’s imagination – a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2020
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Interactive Sci-Fi Film ‘The Complex’ Is The First Of Its Kind (Trailer)

Wales Interactive, Red and Black Films, Good Gate Media and Little Jade Productions are delighted to announce that The Complex – a completely live-action, interactive sci-fi thriller filmed in the UK, is out now on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Following “Black Mirror’s” ‘Bandersnatch’ and BAFTA-winning game Late Shift – the film was written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from “The Handmaid’s Tale” and is the very first live interactive Science Fiction film and one of only a small number of interactive films in existence. Directed by visionary new talent Paul Raschid (White Chamber) The Complex stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Bad Blood), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch), Al Weaver (Grantchester) and Twitch streamer and former Xbox UK presenter, Leah Viathan. The film’s award-winning team includes Oscar-nominated Production Designer Guy Thompson (Black Sheep) and internationally acclaimed DOP Matthias Pilz (Top Boy). In the film, “After a major bio-weapon attack on London,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 1, 2020
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Short Film Review: Dear Guest (2020)

Maria (The Last Exorcism‘s Ashley Bell) and Jules (Noureen DeWulf) are a couple checking in to a swanky vacation rental, so ol’ J-dawg can get her rest on. It doesn’t take but a fraction of a millipube (it’s a real measurement of time, but only us cool ass movie critics know about it… wait, now I’ve told you about it… ) for things to go from sedate to escape room style fight for survival, as AirBnB type sitches oft do, eh me boils n’ ghouls? Let me tell you cats n’ creeps; Dear Guest is one hell of a sinister short! Writer/director Megan Freels Johnston delivers a fantastic mystery; replete with cryptic clues delivered on lil’ white cards, a house that is impossible to escape, and a fine sense of escalating tension… all delivered as we scratch our horrible heads trying to figure out who is behind it all. Adding to the top tier acting (the cast is comprised entirely

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DanXIII
Mar 31, 2020
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Lionsgate’s ‘Vivarium’ Finds Its Way Home This May

There’s no escape from suburbia in writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium, coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) the film follows a young couple “who are looking for the perfect home. When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t wait to leave. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road takes them back to where they started. Soon, they realize their search for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying nightmare, in this taut thriller filled with white-knuckle suspense.” Vivarium arrives on Digital March 27th and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD on May 12th from Lionsgate. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Director Lorcan Finnegan and Executive Producer Brunella Cocchiglia “Creating the Suburban Nightmare of Vivarium” Featurette

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2020
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Highly Anticipated Horror Thriller ‘1BR’ Coming To Digital

One of the most highly anticipated festival hits, 1BR, arrives this April, from writer-director David Marmor. “After leaving behind a painful past to follow her dreams, Sarah scores the perfect Hollywood apartment. But something is not right. Unable to sleep, tormented by strange noises and threatening notes, her new life quickly starts to unravel. By the time she learns the horrifying truth, it’s too late. Caught in a waking nightmare, Sarah must find the strength to hold onto her crumbling sanity…or be trapped forever in an existential hell.” Nicole Brydon Bloom (“Law and Order SVU”, The Affair), Giles Matthey (Ford v Ferrari) Taylor Nichols (PEN15), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Alan Blumenfeld (“Heroes”), Clayton Hoff (“Shameless”), Celeste Sully (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart), Earnestine Phillips (Here Comes the Boom), and Susan Davis (WarGames) star. This horror-thriller was produced by Alok Mishra and Shane Vorster for Malevolent Films, Allard Cantor and Jarrod Murray for Epicenter, as well as Nic Izzi and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 29, 2020
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Short Film Review: Can I Kill You (2018)

Rachel (Crisann Smith) is lookin’ forward to a lil’ girl time with her gal pal Tammy (Arlette Yousif), but R-dawgs other pal, Sandy (Tommie Vegas), has some other plans… Arriving on Rachel’s doorstep, bloodied and decidedly a bit “off”, Sandy spins a wild yarn about her eerie evening spent up to her armpits in the murder biz… biz that she willfully committed, and now she wants to turn her ghoulish gaze upon Rachel for further mayhem! Comprised of an all female cast, muted (almost ’70s style) color palette, and some great twists; Can I Kill You is a testament to what you can do in a single location, with limited budget and effects, as long as you are locked and loaded with a strong cast and script. Writer/director Nicholas Grant is not one to shy away from slasher flick tropes, or standing said tropes on their head, and this sinister short is all the better for it. Just when you

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DanXIII
Mar 29, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 4 (1937 – 1946)

The last three Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those devious n’ delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been a creepy cornucopia of fright flick fun (Don’t believe me? Head here and here and here to read my thoughts for your own sinister self!)! Let’s see if Volume 4 lives up to it’s predecessors! Starting things off we have 1937’s Night Key: David Mallory (Boris Karloff) is the old-as-balls inventor of a real peach of a new burglar alarm… in fact it’s so great that a real asshole of a businessman ends up taking our nearly blind hero for a ride and steals the profits from the device. Well Dave isn’t going to sit still for that prime cut of being poor bullshit, and before long and he falls in with some gangsters who want to utilize our protagonist’s smarts to help them come into some easy (read: fuckin’ stolen) money! A rather lightweight caper with a

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DanXIII
Mar 28, 2020
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Blu-ray Review: The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)

A down-home gal who goes by Callie (Ashley Judd) takes in a confused, injured young dude with the unlikely name of Darkly Noon (Brendan Fraser). Well, seems our boy Darkly used to be a member of one of those batshit religious cults that the feds went Waco on. Anyway, Callie’s mute boyfriend Clay (Viggo Mortensen) comes into the scene and things begin to sour… and that trend only continues as Darkly meets Clay’s mama Roxy (Grace Zabriskie) who tells him his new “friends” aren’t who they appear to be… it involves witches and bullshit that she weaves together into a big ol’ lie tapestry for our rattled protagonist. What will obtaining this info hold for Darkly? I’ll sum it up for you; he goes completely off the deepest of deep fuckin’ ends. Existing in a bizarre world just a step left of our own, The Passion of Darkly Noon is a hell of a fever-dream thriller! Characters are either completely

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DanXIII
Mar 14, 2020

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Get Lost In The Trailer For Survival Film ‘Outback’ – Based On A True Story

Outback, the new wilderness survival film from director Mike Green, will take viewers on a frightening journey this June. The lengths people go to save their loved ones are portrayed in a tragically touching way as time is quickly running out for a stranded couple,” states Green. Based on a true story, “Outback tells the terrifying tale of a young couple lost in the wilderness and fighting for survival. Wade and Lisa head to Australia hoping to recharge their failing romance. When their GPS fails, they leave their car and head off on foot to find a new route. As night falls, they must spend the night in the bush without food, water, or weapons, surrounded by snakes, scorpions, and wild dogs. Now, one decision could mean the difference between life…and certain death.” Kym Cramp, Brendan Donoghue, Lauren Lofberg, Taylor Wiese, and Jim Winton star. Outback arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand June 9th, from Lionsgate.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2020
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Samara Weaving Stars In The Dark Thriller ‘Last Moment Of Clarity’ (Trailer)

Described as a “twisty Hitchcockian thriller,” Ready or Not actress Samara Weaving stars alongside Brian Cox, the star of the creepy AF film The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Carly Chaikin (“Mr. Robot”), and Udo Kier (American Animals) in the upcoming film Last Moment of Clarity whose thrilling trailer has just arrived. In the film written and directed by Colin Krisel and James Krisel, “After his girlfriend Georgia (Weaving) is murdered by European mobsters, Sam (Zach Avery) flees to Paris to hide out. Years later, he sees a woman in a Hollywood film who he’s certain is Georgia. In L.A. to investigate, he encounters enigmatic Kat (Carly Chaikin), who impulsively decides to help him on his quest.” Last Moment of Clarity is set to thriller audiences when it arrives on DVD, Digital, and On Demand on May 19th, 2020, from Lionsgate.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 5, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Dark Secret Society Is At Work In ‘The Dark Red’ Trailer

A woman is convinced her baby was ripped from her womb and taken away by a sinister cult – but no one believes her bizarre story – in the gripping paranoid thriller The Dark Red, the latest film from the creator of the James Franco-starring horror mystery The Vault. A young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital after claiming that her newborn has been abducted by a secret society called the Dark Red – an ancient, underground cult that harvests and controls an incredibly rare blood type that gives one the power to hear and guide another person’s thoughts. The woman, Sybil, claims she is special, that she carries a pure and powerful strain of the blood like nothing seen before, and that the society sees her and her child as central to its next evolution – or perhaps its greatest threat, should she turn against them. Is the Dark Red entirely a figment of Sybil’s imagination – a

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

Interactive Sci-Fi Film ‘The Complex’ Is The First Of Its Kind (Trailer)

Wales Interactive, Red and Black Films, Good Gate Media and Little Jade Productions are delighted to announce that The Complex – a completely live-action, interactive sci-fi thriller filmed in the UK, is out now on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Following “Black Mirror’s” ‘Bandersnatch’ and BAFTA-winning game Late Shift – the film was written by Lynn Renee Maxcy, part of the Emmy award-winning writing team from “The Handmaid’s Tale” and is the very first live interactive Science Fiction film and one of only a small number of interactive films in existence. Directed by visionary new talent Paul Raschid (White Chamber) The Complex stars Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Bad Blood), Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones, The Witch), Al Weaver (Grantchester) and Twitch streamer and former Xbox UK presenter, Leah Viathan. The film’s award-winning team includes Oscar-nominated Production Designer Guy Thompson (Black Sheep) and internationally acclaimed DOP Matthias Pilz (Top Boy). In the film, “After a major bio-weapon attack on London,

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

Short Film Review: Dear Guest (2020)

Maria (The Last Exorcism‘s Ashley Bell) and Jules (Noureen DeWulf) are a couple checking in to a swanky vacation rental, so ol’ J-dawg can get her rest on. It doesn’t take but a fraction of a millipube (it’s a real measurement of time, but only us cool ass movie critics know about it… wait, now I’ve told you about it… ) for things to go from sedate to escape room style fight for survival, as AirBnB type sitches oft do, eh me boils n’ ghouls? Let me tell you cats n’ creeps; Dear Guest is one hell of a sinister short! Writer/director Megan Freels Johnston delivers a fantastic mystery; replete with cryptic clues delivered on lil’ white cards, a house that is impossible to escape, and a fine sense of escalating tension… all delivered as we scratch our horrible heads trying to figure out who is behind it all. Adding to the top tier acting (the cast is comprised entirely

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 31, 2020
Horror Fuel

Lionsgate’s ‘Vivarium’ Finds Its Way Home This May

There’s no escape from suburbia in writer-director Lorcan Finnegan‘s Vivarium, coming to Blu-ray and DVD. Starring Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) and Imogen Poots (Black Christmas) the film follows a young couple “who are looking for the perfect home. When a strange real-estate agent takes them to Yonder, a mysterious suburban neighborhood of identical houses, Tom and Gemma can’t wait to leave. But when they try to exit the labyrinth-like housing development, each road takes them back to where they started. Soon, they realize their search for a dream home has plunged them into a terrifying nightmare, in this taut thriller filled with white-knuckle suspense.” Vivarium arrives on Digital March 27th and on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD on May 12th from Lionsgate. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Director Lorcan Finnegan and Executive Producer Brunella Cocchiglia “Creating the Suburban Nightmare of Vivarium” Featurette

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

Highly Anticipated Horror Thriller ‘1BR’ Coming To Digital

One of the most highly anticipated festival hits, 1BR, arrives this April, from writer-director David Marmor. “After leaving behind a painful past to follow her dreams, Sarah scores the perfect Hollywood apartment. But something is not right. Unable to sleep, tormented by strange noises and threatening notes, her new life quickly starts to unravel. By the time she learns the horrifying truth, it’s too late. Caught in a waking nightmare, Sarah must find the strength to hold onto her crumbling sanity…or be trapped forever in an existential hell.” Nicole Brydon Bloom (“Law and Order SVU”, The Affair), Giles Matthey (Ford v Ferrari) Taylor Nichols (PEN15), Naomi Grossman (“American Horror Story”), Alan Blumenfeld (“Heroes”), Clayton Hoff (“Shameless”), Celeste Sully (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart), Earnestine Phillips (Here Comes the Boom), and Susan Davis (WarGames) star. This horror-thriller was produced by Alok Mishra and Shane Vorster for Malevolent Films, Allard Cantor and Jarrod Murray for Epicenter, as well as Nic Izzi and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 29, 2020
Horror Fuel

Short Film Review: Can I Kill You (2018)

Rachel (Crisann Smith) is lookin’ forward to a lil’ girl time with her gal pal Tammy (Arlette Yousif), but R-dawgs other pal, Sandy (Tommie Vegas), has some other plans… Arriving on Rachel’s doorstep, bloodied and decidedly a bit “off”, Sandy spins a wild yarn about her eerie evening spent up to her armpits in the murder biz… biz that she willfully committed, and now she wants to turn her ghoulish gaze upon Rachel for further mayhem! Comprised of an all female cast, muted (almost ’70s style) color palette, and some great twists; Can I Kill You is a testament to what you can do in a single location, with limited budget and effects, as long as you are locked and loaded with a strong cast and script. Writer/director Nicholas Grant is not one to shy away from slasher flick tropes, or standing said tropes on their head, and this sinister short is all the better for it. Just when you

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 29, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Universal Horror Collection: Volume 4 (1937 – 1946)

The last three Universal Horror Collections brought to us courtesy of those devious n’ delightful devils over at Scream Factory have been a creepy cornucopia of fright flick fun (Don’t believe me? Head here and here and here to read my thoughts for your own sinister self!)! Let’s see if Volume 4 lives up to it’s predecessors! Starting things off we have 1937’s Night Key: David Mallory (Boris Karloff) is the old-as-balls inventor of a real peach of a new burglar alarm… in fact it’s so great that a real asshole of a businessman ends up taking our nearly blind hero for a ride and steals the profits from the device. Well Dave isn’t going to sit still for that prime cut of being poor bullshit, and before long and he falls in with some gangsters who want to utilize our protagonist’s smarts to help them come into some easy (read: fuckin’ stolen) money! A rather lightweight caper with a

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)

A down-home gal who goes by Callie (Ashley Judd) takes in a confused, injured young dude with the unlikely name of Darkly Noon (Brendan Fraser). Well, seems our boy Darkly used to be a member of one of those batshit religious cults that the feds went Waco on. Anyway, Callie’s mute boyfriend Clay (Viggo Mortensen) comes into the scene and things begin to sour… and that trend only continues as Darkly meets Clay’s mama Roxy (Grace Zabriskie) who tells him his new “friends” aren’t who they appear to be… it involves witches and bullshit that she weaves together into a big ol’ lie tapestry for our rattled protagonist. What will obtaining this info hold for Darkly? I’ll sum it up for you; he goes completely off the deepest of deep fuckin’ ends. Existing in a bizarre world just a step left of our own, The Passion of Darkly Noon is a hell of a fever-dream thriller! Characters are either completely

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Mar 14, 2020
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