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Fantasia Announces Winners & Deals As It Closes To Sold Out Show

The Fantasia International Film Festival wrapped its 2018 edition on August 2nd with the sold-out Canadian Premiere of Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and announced that it – for the sixth year in a row – welcomed nearly 100,000 attendees to its three weeks of films, events, and parties. The long-running Montreal genre fest is also proud to announce that a record-breaking 80+ screenings were sold out over the course of Fantasia 2018, marking the most in its 22-year history. In addition to the Fantasia-based launch of Yellow Veil Pictures and the sale of Fantasia World Premiere Cam to Netflix, the festival is also very proud to announce that Paramount Pictures has come aboard to produce Dear Jimmy, a Frontières 2018 Official Selection from the Netherlands. Fellow Frontières participants Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen will co-write the feature script with Tim Koomen; David-Jan Bronsgeest will direct. Platinum Dunes (A QUIET PLACE) and The Picture Company will co-produce. The short film version of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 7, 2018

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Fandemic Announces Special Sebastian Stan Meet And Greet

Houston, we have a problem! But Houston, we also have a SOLUTION! As you’ll have it – the ever popular Sebastian Stan will not be able to attend our event September 14 – 16th, 2018. However, fear not! Next Thursday, August 9th at the NRG Center, Sebastian will be making a one-day appearance, and honoring all VIPs, autographs, photo ops and those exclusive Meet and Greet tickets that have been purchased. Due to the exclusivity of the new Sebastian appearance, we are now able to offer further purchasing options for those who may have missed out but would like to attend August 9th to see Sebastian. • More photo ops are now available for purchase. • It is also likely that within the next 48 hours we will open up more VIPs and Meet and Greets – but we are not sure yet. • Single day passes that include a photo op, and three-day passes that include a photo op

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 3, 2018

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Massie Williams Stars In ‘Corvidae’ – Premiering At FrightFest

Cat and Weasel Films and Wolfheart Productions are pleased to announce their latest short film Corvidae starring Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones, Doctor Who) will premiere this month in London at the annual FrightFest Film Festival on August 27th2018. Corvidae is a dark fairytale written and directed by Tom de Ville that follows a young girl who loves birds, and the very strange thing that happens when she tries to protect a wounded crow from the boys in her village. Rooted in the tradition of pastoral horror, it is a short, silent film inspired by the work of writers such as Alan Garner and Arthur Machen. In the film, Jay (Maisie Williams) is a young girl living in the countryside who comes across a group of local boys who are shooting birds and nests with their catapult. Eager to protect them from doing more harm, Jay steps in and frightens the boys away. They leave, but not without making it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 2, 2018

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John Macaluso Tells Us About Fandemic Comic-Con In An Interview

John Macaluso, a name once associated with the fashion industry, then the CEO of Wizard World, is now head of one of the best new Comic-Cons around, Fandemic. John took a few minutes out of his very busy schedule to talk with me about Fandemic ahead of its September arrival. Horror Fuel: “How did you go from being in the garment industry to conventions?” John Macaluso: “It’s funny that you ask that. I sold my company in 2000 and retired. In 2010 my wife and my kid sat me down and said ‘We’re really happy that you’re retired, but you are driving us crazy. You need to go back to work.’ I got invited to go on a tour of Wizard World and I realized that I really liked what they were doing and they asked me to become the CEO, so I got involved in the event business.” Horror Fuel: “Tell me about Fandemic? What sets it apart from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 29, 2018

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First Images Arrive For ‘Open 24 Hours’ Ahead Of FrightFest

The first batch of images has surfaced from Padraig Reynolds‘ Open 24 Hours ahead of its World Premiere at the upcoming FrightFest Film Festival in London. Heavily influenced by John Carpenter’s Body Bags episode, the film centers on a delusional young woman working at an all-night gas station. “John Carpenter’s Body Bags episode ‘The Gas Station’ and High Tension for sure,” Reynolds has stated. “Since we shot in Serbia in the winter I really wanted to capture the cold and the rain. I really think that added a nice element to the film.” Vanessa Grasse (Leatherface), Brendan Fletcher (Rampage, Freddy vs. Jason), Cole Vigue, Emily Tennant, and Daniel O’Meara star. In the film,“A paranoid delusional woman, Mary White (Vanessa Grasse), has just been released from a mental hospital for setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire. Her boyfriend, James Lincoln Fields is a brutal serial killer known as The Rain Ripper. After being released from the Hospital, Mary’s vulnerable demeanor

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 28, 2018

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What Keeps You Alive’s Red Band Trailer Will Leave Your Heart Pounding

IFC Midnight has released red-band trailer for Colin Minihan‘s What Keeps You Alive following the film’s celebrated World Premiere at SXSW, and ahead of its screening at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. Have you ever asked yourself how much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. “Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie’s family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules’ normally loving wife, as Jackie (if that even is her real name) begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side—all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves most in a terrifying fight to survive. Defying expectations at every turn, Director Colin Minihan delivers a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 25, 2018

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Don’t Miss The ‘King Cohen’ Q&A Tonight Featuring Larry Cohen And Steve Mitchell

Writer, producer, director, creator and all-around maverick, Larry Cohen, acclaimed master of horror Mick Garris, King Cohen director Steve Mitchell and celebrated screenwriter participate in a Q&A tonight July 23 at Laemmle NoHo 7! The event follows the 7pm screening of King Cohen at the theatre, located on Lankershim Blvd. Tickets are available here. Larry Cohen, best known for resourceful low-budget horror and thriller films that combine social commentary with prerequisite scares and welcome humor, is responsible for celluloid classics including Black Caesar, It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff. He was also a major player in the Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, as well as a prominent Hollywood screenwriter (Phone Booth). King Cohen features interviews with such industry luminaries as Martin Scorsese, J.J Abrams, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, John Landis, Fred Williamson as well as Cohen himself. Cohen’s remarkable one-of-a-kind career, from 60’s TV series creator (Branded, The Invaders), to 70’s and 80’s independent film icon and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 23, 2018

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Joss Whedon Announces “Buffy” Series Reboot At SDCC

Last night at the San Diego Comic-Con Joss Whedon announced that he is executive producing a reboot of his career-making series “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” with “Agents of Shield” producer and “Midnight, Texas” creator Monica Breen handling the script. That’s not all. This time around, Buffy will be played by a yet to be named African American actress. The series will “contemporary” and will be “building on the mythology” of the original series. The series that ran from 1996 to 2003 followed Buffy, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, a young woman forced to fulfill her destiny of fighting vampires and demons with the help of her friends all while struggling to live the life of a normal teenage girl. The original series was based on the 1992 film by the same name, which Whedon also wrote.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 21, 2018

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A First Look At M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Glass’ (New Images)

New images from M. Night Shyamalan‘s Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, have arrived via EW. In the first image, we see David Dunn (Bruce Willis), Endell Crumb (James McAvoy), and Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) sitting together in an asylum. Split and Unbreakable we tied together in the last moments of Split when Bruce Willis’ character makes a cameo and makes a reference to Mr. Glass. Split stars James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy who will also be returning for Glass. McAvoy plays a young man who has kidnapped Joy’s character. What makes his character so interesting is that he hosts dozens of personalities. “American Horror Story” actress Sarah Paulson also stars. Spencer Treat Clark and Luke Kirby co-star. In Unbreakable, security Guard David Dunn miraculously survives a catastrophic train crash outside Philadelphia. Not only is he the sole survivor out of 132 passengers, he also is completely unharmed. A little later, comic book specialist

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 13, 2018

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Take A Trip To A Sinister Theater In The ‘Nightmare Cinema’ Trailer

Ahead of its world premiere the Friday at the Fantasia Film Festival, Nightmare Cinema, from Cinelou Films, has released its first teaser trailer. Featuring five tales from five brilliant Masters of Horrors, this film includes segments from directors Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling), Mick Garris (The Shining series, Sleepwalkers), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Ryuhei Kitamura (Downrange, Versus), and Alejandro Brugues (Juan of the Dead). In this anthology, “A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings. By the time our patrons realize the truth, escape is no longer an option. For once the ticket is torn, their fate is sealed at Nightmare Cinema.” The cast includes Patrick Wilson, Eric Nelson, Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlin, Adam Godley, Orson Chaplin, Kevin Fonteyne, Maurice

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 13, 2018

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