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Omar Epps Hunts A Killer In First Image From ‘Trick’ – From The Director Of ‘My Bloody Valentine’

Genre veteran Patrick Lussier has released the first image and comments for his latest film, the horror thriller Trick, featuring Omar Epps who leads the cast in the main role of Detective Mike Denver, a man obsessed with a serial killer that has remained one step ahead of him for years. Trick also stars Ellen Adair (Showtime’s “Homeland” and “Billions,” USA’s “The Sinner”) as Sheriff Lisa Jayne, the sheriff in the small town of Benton who has always considered Detective Denver as her mentor. Cheryl Winston, the only survivor of the latest round of killings in her small town, is played by Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot,” “Shades of Blue”). Talbott is played by frequent George A. Romero collaborator Tom Atkins and Jamie Kennedy (Scream 1-3, Malibu’s Most Wanted, Romeo + Juliet) stars as Dr. Steven. Describing his cast, Lussier told Bloody Disgusting, “Reyes is Cheryl, the survivor of Trick’s first rampage, her innocence slain along with the lives of her friends

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2019
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New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
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A Priest Transforms In A Raptor In The New Trailer For ‘The VelociPastor’

Forget werewolves, a troubled priest finds his way after becoming a wereraptor in writer-director Brendan Steere‘s action-packed movie The VelociPastor, coming later this year from Wild Eye Releasing. A priest on a mission to clean up the streets, a dinosaur, ninjas, blood, and gore, what more could you want? After a devastating family tragedy, a priest travels to China to find deeper spirituality but instead is endowed with an ancient ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first, he is horrified by his newfound superpower, but a local prostitute convinces him to use his newfound gift to fight evil – and ninjas. This grindhouse-style flick stars Claire Hsu, Nicholas M. Garofolo, and Alyssa Kempinski. The VelociPastor is set to have a special midnight screening and Q&A at Texas Frightmare on May 3rd ahead of its release.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 21, 2019
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First Footage Of Alexandre Aja’s Horror Film ‘Crawl’ Shown At CinemaCon

News continues to fly out of CinemaCon. This time, the subject is Alexandre Aja‘s upcoming horror film Crawl whose first footage was revealed today at the Con. In Crawl, Kaya Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators, the alligator. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. CinemaCon attendees can’t stop talking about the footage, calling it “bloody and chaotic.” But what else would you expect from the director of The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Piranha 3D, High Tension, and Mirrors? This is going to be bloody good! Produced by Sam Raimi‘s (Evil Dead) Ghost House Pictures, Crawl swims into theaters on July 12th, 2019. Switching gears from the dazzling to the deathly, never before seen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2019
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Actress Tracey Birdsall Wins Award From U.N.

Congratulations to actress Tracey Birdsall who has just won “Actress of the Year of Women in Film” at the Women in Film Forum, presented by WeLink Media Groups, at the United Nations. Birdsall, star of such films as Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter, Evolution War, and Who’s Jenna..?, was presented with the award at the Delegates Room Dining Hall at the UN on March 15th. The Women In Film Forum, initiated by WIFF founder Ira Houston in cooperation with the United Nations, was first held last year during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Now a permanent part of the CSW, the forum this year invited some of the world’s most influential women filmmakers and artists – including film and television star Birdsall – from all around the world to participate. The Women in Film Forum, is helmed by Zoe Chang, Multimedia Guild President, and was held and televised on the United Nations channel March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2019
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A Look At I Like Scary Movies Event’s Giant ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ Glove

This Spring, a one-of-a-kind experience, I Like Scary Movies, will creep into the city of Los Angeles for a limited engagement. Beginning on April 4th, the multi-sensory installation inspired by some of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and New Line Cinema’s most iconic scary movies will lure fans into artistic reinterpretations of the worlds of the first chapter in the IT saga, The Shining, Beetlejuice, The Lost Boys, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. We’ve got a first look at Freddy’s giant glove that will be featured at the event. “I Like Scary Movies is the experience that all scary movie fans have been dreaming of – a groundbreaking immersive art installation that is a true celebration of some of the most beloved horror films. This is a unique opportunity for fans to interact and enjoy the films that they love in a completely new way with amazing photo opportunities to share with their friends. Come play with us as we take

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2019
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The Trailer For ‘Girl On The Third Floor’ Gets Bloody Ahead Of SXSW Debut

Travis Stevens, the producer behind We Are Still Here, Cheap Thrills, and Starry Eyes makes his writing-directing debut with Girl on the Third Floor. Set to premiere at SXSW this March, the film’s festival trailer has just arrived, teasing an explosion of blood. Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn of Showtime’s “Banshee” and “Applesauce”) that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all… Also starring Sarah Brooks (We Are Still Here), Girl on the Third Floor is the debut film for newly formed Chicago-based production company QUEENSBURY PICTURES. SXSW Screenings of The Girl on the Third Floor: World Premiere | Sunday, March 10th, 11:45pm @

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2019
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Celebrate With The Big, Bloody Apple: Women In Horror Event This February

February is all about love, but it’s not just for Valentines’. February is Women in Horror month, an entire month dedicated to us showing extra love to those women who make the horror genre what it is. Mass Grave Pictures and CongestedCat Productions have teamed up to celebrate women in a big way, with The Big, Bloody Apple: Women in Horror Month Event celebrating a ‘Decade of Blood’ for women in horror in NYC! The event is being held at Stone Creek Bar and Lounge (140 East 27 th Street, NYC) on February 21st and will feature films by Amanda Goodman, Angie Hansen, Nicole Solomon, Kristina Leath-Marlin, Victoria Diana, and Amanda Sabater. The evening festivities will also include “Women In Horror” trivia from Nicole Solomon of 4MileCircus and a presentation by Heather Buckley (Kino Lorber, Miskatonic University). This is a free event, hosted by award-winning directors Lindsay Serrano (Mass Grave Pictures) and Christina Raia (CongestedCat). Films: The Cabinet – Dir.Victoria

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2019
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A Serial Killer Is On The Loose In The ‘One Must Fall’ Trailer

The trailer has arrived for writer-director Antonio Pantoja‘s (Awakening) new horror-comedy One Must Fall. Set in the 1980s, the film centers on a woman wrongfully fired from her office job and forced to take on a temporary job on a crime scene cleanup crew. There’s a maniacal serial killer on the loose, leaving the team a lot of work. But did he ever leave the crime scene? Julie Streble, Vincent Lee Alston, Daniel de Weldon, Rebekah Lynn Dow, and Heidi Harian staring along with Lloyd Kaufman. Gill Holland is producing, with Lee Kiper and Dorian Washington executive producing. One Must Fall is set to make its festival premiere at HorrorHound this March.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 26, 2018
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New Batch Of Images Tease The Horror Of ‘Agramon’s Gate’

Painted Creek Productions’ has unveiled a new batch of images from their riveting new horror film Agramon’s Gate from award-winning writer-director-producer Harley Wallen (Betrayed, Moving Parts, Bennett’s Song). Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop 1 & 2, The Stuff, It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive) and Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs, Death House) star in this supernatural thriller. This film also stars Kaiti Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Kris Reill, and Angelina Danielle Cama. In the film, a psychic reader and medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong when an entity comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it’s too late. Agramon will not be easy to stop. I really wanted to make a horror film with a real story and have strong drama and thrills and get the jump moments, the mystery and some gore and frights. After seeing ‘The Haunting of Hill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2018

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Omar Epps Hunts A Killer In First Image From ‘Trick’ – From The Director Of ‘My Bloody Valentine’

Genre veteran Patrick Lussier has released the first image and comments for his latest film, the horror thriller Trick, featuring Omar Epps who leads the cast in the main role of Detective Mike Denver, a man obsessed with a serial killer that has remained one step ahead of him for years. Trick also stars Ellen Adair (Showtime’s “Homeland” and “Billions,” USA’s “The Sinner”) as Sheriff Lisa Jayne, the sheriff in the small town of Benton who has always considered Detective Denver as her mentor. Cheryl Winston, the only survivor of the latest round of killings in her small town, is played by Kristina Reyes (“Blindspot,” “Shades of Blue”). Talbott is played by frequent George A. Romero collaborator Tom Atkins and Jamie Kennedy (Scream 1-3, Malibu’s Most Wanted, Romeo + Juliet) stars as Dr. Steven. Describing his cast, Lussier told Bloody Disgusting, “Reyes is Cheryl, the survivor of Trick’s first rampage, her innocence slain along with the lives of her friends

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 16, 2019
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New Clip Arrives Ahead World Premiere Of ‘Vivarium’ At Cannes

Ahead of director Lorcan Finnegan‘s (Without Name) sci-fi thriller Vivarium making its world premiere this weekend as part of Cannes Critics’ Week Section, we have a clip to share with you that features Imogen Poots (Green Room) and Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland) having a very strange encounter with a real estate agent. In the film, “In search of a starter home, a young couple follows a mysterious estate agent and get trapped in a strange housing development.” John McDonnell and Brendan McCarthy produced with Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Alexander Brøndsted, and Antonio Tublen co-producing. Executive producers include Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Brunella Cocchiglia, Lorcan Finnegan, Aram Tertzakian, Maxime Cottray, Todd Brown, Nick Spicer, Gabe Scarpelli, Ryan Shoup, Thomas Gammeltoft, Christophe Hollebeke, Manuel Chiche, and Violaine Barbaroux. Vivarium premieres on May 18, 2019. CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – Public Screenings -Sunday 5/19 @ 7:00pm – Theatre Alexandre III, 19 Boulevard Alexandre III, Cannes -Sunday 5/19 @ 8:30pm – Cinema Valbonne, Pré des Arts,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2019
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A Priest Transforms In A Raptor In The New Trailer For ‘The VelociPastor’

Forget werewolves, a troubled priest finds his way after becoming a wereraptor in writer-director Brendan Steere‘s action-packed movie The VelociPastor, coming later this year from Wild Eye Releasing. A priest on a mission to clean up the streets, a dinosaur, ninjas, blood, and gore, what more could you want? After a devastating family tragedy, a priest travels to China to find deeper spirituality but instead is endowed with an ancient ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. At first, he is horrified by his newfound superpower, but a local prostitute convinces him to use his newfound gift to fight evil – and ninjas. This grindhouse-style flick stars Claire Hsu, Nicholas M. Garofolo, and Alyssa Kempinski. The VelociPastor is set to have a special midnight screening and Q&A at Texas Frightmare on May 3rd ahead of its release.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 21, 2019
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First Footage Of Alexandre Aja’s Horror Film ‘Crawl’ Shown At CinemaCon

News continues to fly out of CinemaCon. This time, the subject is Alexandre Aja‘s upcoming horror film Crawl whose first footage was revealed today at the Con. In Crawl, Kaya Scodelario plays a young woman who, while struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators, the alligator. Barry Pepper, Ross Anderson, and Anson Boon are co-starring in the movie that is part creature feature, part horror, and part disaster movie. CinemaCon attendees can’t stop talking about the footage, calling it “bloody and chaotic.” But what else would you expect from the director of The Hills Have Eyes (2006), Piranha 3D, High Tension, and Mirrors? This is going to be bloody good! Produced by Sam Raimi‘s (Evil Dead) Ghost House Pictures, Crawl swims into theaters on July 12th, 2019. Switching gears from the dazzling to the deathly, never before seen

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 4, 2019
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Actress Tracey Birdsall Wins Award From U.N.

Congratulations to actress Tracey Birdsall who has just won “Actress of the Year of Women in Film” at the Women in Film Forum, presented by WeLink Media Groups, at the United Nations. Birdsall, star of such films as Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter, Evolution War, and Who’s Jenna..?, was presented with the award at the Delegates Room Dining Hall at the UN on March 15th. The Women In Film Forum, initiated by WIFF founder Ira Houston in cooperation with the United Nations, was first held last year during the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Now a permanent part of the CSW, the forum this year invited some of the world’s most influential women filmmakers and artists – including film and television star Birdsall – from all around the world to participate. The Women in Film Forum, is helmed by Zoe Chang, Multimedia Guild President, and was held and televised on the United Nations channel March

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 21, 2019
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A Look At I Like Scary Movies Event’s Giant ‘Nightmare On Elm Street’ Glove

This Spring, a one-of-a-kind experience, I Like Scary Movies, will creep into the city of Los Angeles for a limited engagement. Beginning on April 4th, the multi-sensory installation inspired by some of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and New Line Cinema’s most iconic scary movies will lure fans into artistic reinterpretations of the worlds of the first chapter in the IT saga, The Shining, Beetlejuice, The Lost Boys, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. We’ve got a first look at Freddy’s giant glove that will be featured at the event. “I Like Scary Movies is the experience that all scary movie fans have been dreaming of – a groundbreaking immersive art installation that is a true celebration of some of the most beloved horror films. This is a unique opportunity for fans to interact and enjoy the films that they love in a completely new way with amazing photo opportunities to share with their friends. Come play with us as we take

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 3, 2019
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The Trailer For ‘Girl On The Third Floor’ Gets Bloody Ahead Of SXSW Debut

Travis Stevens, the producer behind We Are Still Here, Cheap Thrills, and Starry Eyes makes his writing-directing debut with Girl on the Third Floor. Set to premiere at SXSW this March, the film’s festival trailer has just arrived, teasing an explosion of blood. Bursting pipes, rotting walls, and unidentifiable slime were not what Don Koch (WWE legend Phil “CM Punk” Brooks) expected when he convinced his wife Liz (Trieste Kelly Dunn of Showtime’s “Banshee” and “Applesauce”) that he could rehab their new Victorian home himself. In over his head, under duress, and tempted by his old weaknesses, Don soon discovers that the house has its own dark, sordid history and won’t be so easy to renovate after all… Also starring Sarah Brooks (We Are Still Here), Girl on the Third Floor is the debut film for newly formed Chicago-based production company QUEENSBURY PICTURES. SXSW Screenings of The Girl on the Third Floor: World Premiere | Sunday, March 10th, 11:45pm @

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 7, 2019
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Celebrate With The Big, Bloody Apple: Women In Horror Event This February

February is all about love, but it’s not just for Valentines’. February is Women in Horror month, an entire month dedicated to us showing extra love to those women who make the horror genre what it is. Mass Grave Pictures and CongestedCat Productions have teamed up to celebrate women in a big way, with The Big, Bloody Apple: Women in Horror Month Event celebrating a ‘Decade of Blood’ for women in horror in NYC! The event is being held at Stone Creek Bar and Lounge (140 East 27 th Street, NYC) on February 21st and will feature films by Amanda Goodman, Angie Hansen, Nicole Solomon, Kristina Leath-Marlin, Victoria Diana, and Amanda Sabater. The evening festivities will also include “Women In Horror” trivia from Nicole Solomon of 4MileCircus and a presentation by Heather Buckley (Kino Lorber, Miskatonic University). This is a free event, hosted by award-winning directors Lindsay Serrano (Mass Grave Pictures) and Christina Raia (CongestedCat). Films: The Cabinet – Dir.Victoria

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 23, 2019
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A Serial Killer Is On The Loose In The ‘One Must Fall’ Trailer

The trailer has arrived for writer-director Antonio Pantoja‘s (Awakening) new horror-comedy One Must Fall. Set in the 1980s, the film centers on a woman wrongfully fired from her office job and forced to take on a temporary job on a crime scene cleanup crew. There’s a maniacal serial killer on the loose, leaving the team a lot of work. But did he ever leave the crime scene? Julie Streble, Vincent Lee Alston, Daniel de Weldon, Rebekah Lynn Dow, and Heidi Harian staring along with Lloyd Kaufman. Gill Holland is producing, with Lee Kiper and Dorian Washington executive producing. One Must Fall is set to make its festival premiere at HorrorHound this March.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 26, 2018
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New Batch Of Images Tease The Horror Of ‘Agramon’s Gate’

Painted Creek Productions’ has unveiled a new batch of images from their riveting new horror film Agramon’s Gate from award-winning writer-director-producer Harley Wallen (Betrayed, Moving Parts, Bennett’s Song). Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop 1 & 2, The Stuff, It’s Alive III: Island of the Alive) and Yan Birch (Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs, Death House) star in this supernatural thriller. This film also stars Kaiti Wallen, Calhoun Koenig, Kris Reill, and Angelina Danielle Cama. In the film, a psychic reader and medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong when an entity comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it’s too late. Agramon will not be easy to stop. I really wanted to make a horror film with a real story and have strong drama and thrills and get the jump moments, the mystery and some gore and frights. After seeing ‘The Haunting of Hill

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2018
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