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Film Review: Sanctuary (2019)

The Northern Horror Fest will be held July 21, 2021, in Bergenfield New Jersey. The event will showcase independent horror/thriller films, one of the films that will be at Northern Horror Fest is the short horror Sanctuary and yours truly was lucky enough to get the chance to check it out thanks to the film’s director Lee Shorten (The Terror: Infamy, The Man in the High Castle)! Sanctuary follows Olivia (Harumy Tanajara) a young woman who believes she’s receiving warnings about the impending apocalypse by her dead brother by way of coins, all the while trying to convince her boyfriend/husband Thomas (Luke Sykes) the warnings are genuine. I’m going to keep this spoiler-free as much as possible as I do feel this film is worth checking out. Overall for a short, a lot was shown within that time to fill you in on the background of the character of Olivia and her unseen Brother. I like that the film does

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Capt McNeely
Jul 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

The First Of Its Kind – QuarantinedCon Brings Convention To Your Home

Is being in isolation got you bummed? Wishing you could be out doing something amazing? Head to QuarantinedCon! The best part? You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your couch or put on pants. The entire Con is a livestreaming one of a kind event! QuarantinedCon is an innovative, full-experience, Pop Culture Expo gathering with Artists, Vendors, Celebrities, Live Q&A Panels, Watch Parties, and more! QuarantinedCon is also here to provide a resource for many of the people struggling unable to perform their crafts. The community of convention vendors and artists have greatly been affected through this pandemic. This con is giving the communities a chance to interact and support one another. Join the Con community for this COMPLETELY ONLINE event at www.Quarantinedcon.com for 36 hours of fandom with the fun beginning at 10 am on Saturday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 3rd at 10:00 pm. Founder Dirk Strangely and a network of industry professionals collaborated with several

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend Indy Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary In Grand Style

Hello my Little Monsters, we are less than a week away from HorrorHound Weekend’s celebration of all things horror movie related. And what makes this year even more special is the fact that it’s HorrorHound’s 10th Anniversary convention. To celebrate this big occasion, the festivities (which run from Friday August 24th through Sunday the 26th) have been moved to more spacious digs at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. They are filling this large venue with over 50 celebrity guests from horror movies old and new, as well as over 100 special effects artists and mask makers at Mask Fest. Have you had enough yet? That’s good because there’s still more. There’s also numerous vendors, selling almost any kind horror related merch you could be looking for. Let’s also not forget about the HorrorHound 2018 Film Fest, as well as off site movie screenings at the Indiana State Museum’s IMAX Theater. Oh yeah, there’s also a kid’s costume contest,

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Capt McNeely
Aug 18, 2018
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Henrique Couto’s Backyard Legacy (2018)

Before I begin this revoltin’ review let me state that Henrique Couto is both a pal and a co-conspirator in the horror picture-makin’ biz…therefore this is going to be a bit more of a “why I think this release is worth your while” than a blow by blow technical breakdown of the monstrous minute or some such shit; anyway… Henrique Couto, simply put, is one of the hardest workin’ dudes in the horror biz today; don’t believe me, just feast your putrid peepers on his Imdb…I’ll wait…for shit’s sake where have you been?!! What not content with just checkin’ out that page you surfed on over to Brazzers or something? Anyway, yeah ol’ Uncle Henny has been a busy lil’ beaver that’s for sure, but he didn’t get to make his monstrous masterpieces before putting in his dues…and that’s where this Blu-ray comes in! Comprised of an arcane ass-load (that’s like waaay over six hours for you non-scientific folks) of

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DanXIII
Jul 25, 2018
Horror Fuel

New Trailer Takes Us On A ‘Road To Hell’

Today we have the trailer for Roberto D’Antona’s Road To Hell (aka Fino all’Inferno). Presented at the Cartoomics 2018 in Milan, a convention featuring comics and films, the film will arrive in Italian theaters this August. In the film, “A group of robbers fleeing to a new life, crossing their path with a woman, with her son and with the tragic curse they bring with them. a criminal boss and a mysterious organization of unscrupulous men, to help them, an ex-policeman with hasty methods and a jealous girlfriend.The escape will soon turn into a mad rush to hell to save the life of the child and the fate of the world.” I take the inspiration from the films of my childhood – explains the director and protagonist Roberto D’Antona – especially from Big Trouble in Little China. Adventurous stories of heroes and anti-heroes that, searching a redemption, were capable of the most titanic undertaking. These are the stories that have

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 3, 2018
Horror Fuel

Horror Fuel Invades Days Of The Dead Atlanta

The Days of the Dead’s Atlanta convention has come and gone. This past weekend Horror Fuel invaded Days of the Dead Atlanta. We had a ball meeting actors like Malcolm McDowell (Halloween), Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet), Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects), Matthew Lillard (Scream), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Chosen Jacobs (IT 2017), Jeremy Ray Taylor (IT 2017), and Alex Vincent (Child’s Play), just to name a few. Of course, there were several actresses there as well, including Traci Lords (Cry-Baby) and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist). Every time I go to DOTDAtl (this was my third year) it never fails, there are amazing artists selling their wares. So many paintings, prints, dolls, masks, jewelry, and a lot of clothing to check out. I picked up a few items myself, including a fantastic print by artist Doug Hoppes (the one over his right shoulder) and a signed horror-themed children’s book for my nephew, Scout, by Candy and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2018
Horror Fuel

Women In Horror Month Kicks Off With The Soska’s Massive Blood Drive

February, the month bathed in red and pink. When you think of the month you think hearts, well, we think about something a little different, but it’s still about is all about love. February rings in a very important month for horror fans, it’s Women in Horror month! It’s a time when we celebrate all of the wonderful, brilliant, and badass women that make horror what it is. It’s also the month when the Soska sisters, Jen and Sylvia, roll out their ninth annual Massive Blood Drive. The lovely ladies gather together a fantastic group of filmmakers, actress, and actors to draw attention to the dire need for blood donations. Over 30 days 30 teams of filmmakers from around the world for a new Blood Service PSA. The first filmmaker up is Vanessa Ionta Wright, based in Atlanta, Georgia with the title “Be a Hero”. Wright is the co-owner of Above the Line Artistry as well as the co-founder and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2018
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend – There’s Nothing Like HORROR For The Holidays

Now I know what you’re thinking, my Little Monsters, “wasn’t there a HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis just a month ago?” Yes there was, but the good folks at HorrorHound have decided to return to Columbus, OH and make it a part of their regular annual rotation. So just when you thought all the horror related festivities around Halloween have ended, HorrorHound Weekend keeps them alive by holding another rousing weekend of everything we love to fear at the Crown Plaza Columbus North, just after Halloween, on November 3rd, 4th and 5th. As we make that downhill run towards Christmas, HorrorHound will help kick it off with a Christmas themed convention. There will be celebrity guests from such movies as Gremlins, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Silent Night Deadly Night, Jack Frost, Black Christmas and even A Christmas Story, as well as many other genre favorites. They will also be holding the Ink Fusion Tattoo Festival, a retirement party for Fritz the

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Capt McNeely
Oct 13, 2017
Horror Fuel

We Need To Talk About Michael

News of Jamie Lee Curtis’s return to the long-running Halloween franchise almost broke the Internet a few weeks ago. Some online posts were akin to The Beatles US arrival or the announcement of The Force Awakens. Blumhouse has taken the reigns and hopes to run with it. Part of this Cynema post asks, “to where?” There is nothing wrong with what Blumhouse is doing. Films get made, they get sequels, they get remakes. Hats off to any franchise that lasts forty years and remains relevant. However, there are a number Cynema-like elements to this. While everyone gushes about what this means to horror, I am going to look at just what this means to horror. Fan Reaction Details trickled in not long after the initial euphoria. Would this new film ignore the events after Carpenter’s original ’78 film? The news of Judy Greer joining the new film as Laurie Strode’s daughter sent a new wave of concern among online nerd-dom.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 7, 2017
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis Is Creeping Ever Closer

The wait is almost over my Little Monsters, because in just over a month HorrorHound Weekend will roll into Indianapolis to celebrate 10 years of bringing genre fans together with horror legends, celebrity guests, filmmakers, monster makers, victims, survivors. final girls and maybe even some final boys. You may be asking yourself, “why should I go?” There will be reunions of characters from Friday the 13th Part 2, The Lost Boys, The Goonies, Bates Motel and Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the TV series), as well as a plethora of other celebrity guests from some of your favorite classic and contemporary horror films. There are even tickets available for photo-ops with many of the celebrity guests. Have I got your attention yet? Do you require more motivation to attend? Because there is more. There is also MaskFest, featuring the likes of Tom Savini, Ed and Marsha Edmunds, Mikey Rotella, James Azrael of The HSPPA and many other talented effects artists and

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Capt McNeely
Aug 4, 2017

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Film Review: Sanctuary (2019)

The Northern Horror Fest will be held July 21, 2021, in Bergenfield New Jersey. The event will showcase independent horror/thriller films, one of the films that will be at Northern Horror Fest is the short horror Sanctuary and yours truly was lucky enough to get the chance to check it out thanks to the film’s director Lee Shorten (The Terror: Infamy, The Man in the High Castle)! Sanctuary follows Olivia (Harumy Tanajara) a young woman who believes she’s receiving warnings about the impending apocalypse by her dead brother by way of coins, all the while trying to convince her boyfriend/husband Thomas (Luke Sykes) the warnings are genuine. I’m going to keep this spoiler-free as much as possible as I do feel this film is worth checking out. Overall for a short, a lot was shown within that time to fill you in on the background of the character of Olivia and her unseen Brother. I like that the film does

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jul 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

The First Of Its Kind – QuarantinedCon Brings Convention To Your Home

Is being in isolation got you bummed? Wishing you could be out doing something amazing? Head to QuarantinedCon! The best part? You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your couch or put on pants. The entire Con is a livestreaming one of a kind event! QuarantinedCon is an innovative, full-experience, Pop Culture Expo gathering with Artists, Vendors, Celebrities, Live Q&A Panels, Watch Parties, and more! QuarantinedCon is also here to provide a resource for many of the people struggling unable to perform their crafts. The community of convention vendors and artists have greatly been affected through this pandemic. This con is giving the communities a chance to interact and support one another. Join the Con community for this COMPLETELY ONLINE event at www.Quarantinedcon.com for 36 hours of fandom with the fun beginning at 10 am on Saturday, May 2nd through Sunday, May 3rd at 10:00 pm. Founder Dirk Strangely and a network of industry professionals collaborated with several

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 23, 2020
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend Indy Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary In Grand Style

Hello my Little Monsters, we are less than a week away from HorrorHound Weekend’s celebration of all things horror movie related. And what makes this year even more special is the fact that it’s HorrorHound’s 10th Anniversary convention. To celebrate this big occasion, the festivities (which run from Friday August 24th through Sunday the 26th) have been moved to more spacious digs at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. They are filling this large venue with over 50 celebrity guests from horror movies old and new, as well as over 100 special effects artists and mask makers at Mask Fest. Have you had enough yet? That’s good because there’s still more. There’s also numerous vendors, selling almost any kind horror related merch you could be looking for. Let’s also not forget about the HorrorHound 2018 Film Fest, as well as off site movie screenings at the Indiana State Museum’s IMAX Theater. Oh yeah, there’s also a kid’s costume contest,

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 18, 2018
Horror Fuel

Blu-ray Review: Henrique Couto’s Backyard Legacy (2018)

Before I begin this revoltin’ review let me state that Henrique Couto is both a pal and a co-conspirator in the horror picture-makin’ biz…therefore this is going to be a bit more of a “why I think this release is worth your while” than a blow by blow technical breakdown of the monstrous minute or some such shit; anyway… Henrique Couto, simply put, is one of the hardest workin’ dudes in the horror biz today; don’t believe me, just feast your putrid peepers on his Imdb…I’ll wait…for shit’s sake where have you been?!! What not content with just checkin’ out that page you surfed on over to Brazzers or something? Anyway, yeah ol’ Uncle Henny has been a busy lil’ beaver that’s for sure, but he didn’t get to make his monstrous masterpieces before putting in his dues…and that’s where this Blu-ray comes in! Comprised of an arcane ass-load (that’s like waaay over six hours for you non-scientific folks) of

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 25, 2018
Horror Fuel

New Trailer Takes Us On A ‘Road To Hell’

Today we have the trailer for Roberto D’Antona’s Road To Hell (aka Fino all’Inferno). Presented at the Cartoomics 2018 in Milan, a convention featuring comics and films, the film will arrive in Italian theaters this August. In the film, “A group of robbers fleeing to a new life, crossing their path with a woman, with her son and with the tragic curse they bring with them. a criminal boss and a mysterious organization of unscrupulous men, to help them, an ex-policeman with hasty methods and a jealous girlfriend.The escape will soon turn into a mad rush to hell to save the life of the child and the fate of the world.” I take the inspiration from the films of my childhood – explains the director and protagonist Roberto D’Antona – especially from Big Trouble in Little China. Adventurous stories of heroes and anti-heroes that, searching a redemption, were capable of the most titanic undertaking. These are the stories that have

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 3, 2018
Horror Fuel

Horror Fuel Invades Days Of The Dead Atlanta

The Days of the Dead’s Atlanta convention has come and gone. This past weekend Horror Fuel invaded Days of the Dead Atlanta. We had a ball meeting actors like Malcolm McDowell (Halloween), Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2), Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th, Hatchet), Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects), Matthew Lillard (Scream), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Chosen Jacobs (IT 2017), Jeremy Ray Taylor (IT 2017), and Alex Vincent (Child’s Play), just to name a few. Of course, there were several actresses there as well, including Traci Lords (Cry-Baby) and Eileen Dietz (The Exorcist). Every time I go to DOTDAtl (this was my third year) it never fails, there are amazing artists selling their wares. So many paintings, prints, dolls, masks, jewelry, and a lot of clothing to check out. I picked up a few items myself, including a fantastic print by artist Doug Hoppes (the one over his right shoulder) and a signed horror-themed children’s book for my nephew, Scout, by Candy and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 6, 2018
Horror Fuel

Women In Horror Month Kicks Off With The Soska’s Massive Blood Drive

February, the month bathed in red and pink. When you think of the month you think hearts, well, we think about something a little different, but it’s still about is all about love. February rings in a very important month for horror fans, it’s Women in Horror month! It’s a time when we celebrate all of the wonderful, brilliant, and badass women that make horror what it is. It’s also the month when the Soska sisters, Jen and Sylvia, roll out their ninth annual Massive Blood Drive. The lovely ladies gather together a fantastic group of filmmakers, actress, and actors to draw attention to the dire need for blood donations. Over 30 days 30 teams of filmmakers from around the world for a new Blood Service PSA. The first filmmaker up is Vanessa Ionta Wright, based in Atlanta, Georgia with the title “Be a Hero”. Wright is the co-owner of Above the Line Artistry as well as the co-founder and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2018
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend – There’s Nothing Like HORROR For The Holidays

Now I know what you’re thinking, my Little Monsters, “wasn’t there a HorrorHound Weekend in Indianapolis just a month ago?” Yes there was, but the good folks at HorrorHound have decided to return to Columbus, OH and make it a part of their regular annual rotation. So just when you thought all the horror related festivities around Halloween have ended, HorrorHound Weekend keeps them alive by holding another rousing weekend of everything we love to fear at the Crown Plaza Columbus North, just after Halloween, on November 3rd, 4th and 5th. As we make that downhill run towards Christmas, HorrorHound will help kick it off with a Christmas themed convention. There will be celebrity guests from such movies as Gremlins, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Silent Night Deadly Night, Jack Frost, Black Christmas and even A Christmas Story, as well as many other genre favorites. They will also be holding the Ink Fusion Tattoo Festival, a retirement party for Fritz the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 13, 2017
Horror Fuel

We Need To Talk About Michael

News of Jamie Lee Curtis’s return to the long-running Halloween franchise almost broke the Internet a few weeks ago. Some online posts were akin to The Beatles US arrival or the announcement of The Force Awakens. Blumhouse has taken the reigns and hopes to run with it. Part of this Cynema post asks, “to where?” There is nothing wrong with what Blumhouse is doing. Films get made, they get sequels, they get remakes. Hats off to any franchise that lasts forty years and remains relevant. However, there are a number Cynema-like elements to this. While everyone gushes about what this means to horror, I am going to look at just what this means to horror. Fan Reaction Details trickled in not long after the initial euphoria. Would this new film ignore the events after Carpenter’s original ’78 film? The news of Judy Greer joining the new film as Laurie Strode’s daughter sent a new wave of concern among online nerd-dom.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 7, 2017
Horror Fuel

HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis Is Creeping Ever Closer

The wait is almost over my Little Monsters, because in just over a month HorrorHound Weekend will roll into Indianapolis to celebrate 10 years of bringing genre fans together with horror legends, celebrity guests, filmmakers, monster makers, victims, survivors. final girls and maybe even some final boys. You may be asking yourself, “why should I go?” There will be reunions of characters from Friday the 13th Part 2, The Lost Boys, The Goonies, Bates Motel and Buffy The Vampire Slayer (the TV series), as well as a plethora of other celebrity guests from some of your favorite classic and contemporary horror films. There are even tickets available for photo-ops with many of the celebrity guests. Have I got your attention yet? Do you require more motivation to attend? Because there is more. There is also MaskFest, featuring the likes of Tom Savini, Ed and Marsha Edmunds, Mikey Rotella, James Azrael of The HSPPA and many other talented effects artists and

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Aug 4, 2017
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