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Movie Review: Paranormal Hollywood Haunting (2026)

British Faux-documentary filmmaker Carl Medland rocked my socks with his trio of funny n’ freaky supernatural investigations into a farm with some bad fuckin’ mojo in the appropriately named Paranormal Farm series (reviews of which can be read here, here, and here). Well, our haunt-seeking host is back with another journey into the bizarre with his latest offering, Paranormal Hollywood Haunting… Arriving in America, Carl sets out to explore the Hollywood mansion of film veteran Arthur Porter and author/health advocate Daniel P’Lopez; an abode nestled right smack in the legendary Hollywood hills. As Carl and his cameraman Mumtaz “Taz” Yildirimlar, begin their investigation, the expected ghostly goings-on begin, but there is a deeper, more personal side to the yarn at hand that soon rises to the surface… That’s the beautiful thing about Paranormal Hollywood Haunting; while treating us to another outré investigation we get a glimpse of a truly human experience. As the film carries on it’s exaggerated fictional preternatural

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DanXIII
Aug 7, 2026

‘Boorman and the Devil: ‘Exorcist II’ Documentary Hits Theaters This August

When Warner Bros. handed director John Boorman the keys to The Exorcist franchise following his triumphs with Point Blank and Deliverance, they expected another box-office miracle. Instead, they got 1977’s Exorcist II: The Heretic—one of the most notoriously catastrophic, utterly bizarre sequels in cinematic history. A critical and commercial trainwreck, The Heretic nearly ruined Boorman’s career and fundamentally altered how Hollywood greenlit big-budget risks. Yet, nearly five decades later, a new documentary, Boorman and the Devil, is stepping up to defend the magnificent madness of taking giant creative swings. Directed and edited by David Kittredge (The Sweet Life) and produced by indie horror heavyweight Travis Stevens (Jakob’s Wife), Jim Fall, and Kittredge, the acclaimed feature documentary explores the ambition, craft, and polarizing legacy of Boorman’s wild sequel. Distributor Yellow Veil Pictures is bringing the documentary to theaters starting August 28 at The Quad Cinema in New York City, before expanding wider on September 4 to major cities including Los Angeles,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 3, 2026

Ancestry Test Reveals a Filmmaker’s Grandfather Was Charles Manson: Watch the Documentary Now

When 26-year-old actress and filmmaker Sophia Maddox got her routine ancestry test results back, she wasn’t greeted by distant European royalty or a lost cousin in Cleveland. Instead, her father, Daniel Arguelles, helped her decipher a far darker secret: his biological father was none other than America’s most notorious cult leader, Charles Manson. “I was obviously very devastated,” Maddox revealed in an interview. “My dad was just rubbing my back, holding me, telling me we were nothing like him. But it was a little traumatic.” Naturally, when life hands you a bloodline linked to one of history’s most terrifying figures, you don’t just process it in therapy—you pitch a true crime documentary. And you can watch it, My Grandfather Charles Manson, right now on Hulu. Co-directed by Maddox and Alexandra Orton, Hulu’s My Grandfather Charles Manson follows Maddox as she dives headfirst into Manson’s brutal legacy, untangles her fraught relationship with her own father, and sits down with former Manson

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 28, 2026

Slash-Produced Documentary ‘Black Zombie’ Digs Up the Monster’s True History

Long before the zombie became Hollywood’s favorite excuse for a video game kill-streak or a multi-season television drama, it was something far more terrifying and historically grounded. This Halloween season, director Maya Annik Bedward is ready to unleash her acclaimed new documentary, Black Zombie. Kino Lorber has snagged the rights.The film will skip the typical jump scares to exhume the deeply unsettling, buried origins of pop culture’s most profitable monster. The Ultimate Monster Makeover After making its world premiere at SXSW, it hit Hot Docs and the Blackstar Film Festival. Then arrived at Fantasia to terrorize audiences. The film tracks how a complex figure born from colonial enslavement, Haitian Vodou, and spiritual resistance. IT has been systematically whitewashed, stripped of its roots, and packaged into a cinematic cash cow. Bedward re-examines horror staples like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow. There’s also archival footage and raw, observational vérité scenes. A Packed Roster of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2026

Jaws Explored: New Documentary Takes a Deeper Dive into the Iconic Film

Just when you thought it was safe to look at film history, a new documentary is getting ready to slice through the surface of cinema’s original summer blockbuster. Physical media and documentary powerhouse CreatorVC—the brilliant minds behind the acclaimed In Search of Darkness trilogies and The Thing Expanded—has officially announced Jaws Explored. Directed by renowned film critic and author Ian Nathan (Alien Vault, Stephen King: Celebrating the King of Horror), this definitive retrospective promises to change the way you view Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece forever. Pre-orders are officially live on the CreatorVC website. Fans who back the project between now and August 9, 2026, can lock down an exclusive Blu-ray, a massive 80-page companion book, and even get their name printed in the film’s credits before it officially launches in August 2027. Moving Past the “Broken Shark” Stories Let’s be real: if you are a devout horror or thriller geek, you already know the Jaws production lore by heart. You know

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2026

Tubi FrightFest 2026 Unleashes Its Mind-Blowing Fear Fare Lineup

London’s Tubi FrightFest is always a top-notch film festival destination for scare fare devotees, and this year the fest presents its biggest lineup ever! The event takes place Thursday August 27–Monday 31 August. Get your drool cups ready and have a gander at the official press announcement. Be prepared for a terrifying, record-breaking selection of World, International, and UK premieres as Tubi FrightFest 2026, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival, returns to the Odeon LUXE Leicester Square and the ODEON Luxe West End for its annual five-day celebration of nerve-jangling eeriness, hair-raising shock, and epic scares. This year’s line-up highlights the genre’s transforming landscape and reflects the amazing span of progressive global genre filmmaking. Running from Thursday August 27 – Monday 31 August, Tubi FrightFest will showcase a record-breaking eighty-two features across five screens, including the popular ‘First Blood’, Documentary, and Retrospective strands. This year there are twenty-four world premieres, with sixteen countries represented, spanning four continents. The

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Joseph Perry
Jul 16, 2026

Director Nick Taylor Discusses His New Documentary, Rubberhead, ahead of Its Premiere

Before CGI turned blood and guts into sterile ones and zeros, cinema was ruled by foam latex, animatronics, and pure madness. At the center of that glorious time sat Steve Johnson. Johnson is a man whose relentless obsession with breaking new ground gave rise to some of the most iconic monsters in sci-fi and horror history. Now, Johnson’s wild ride is getting the documentary treatment in Rubberhead: The Life and Monsters of Steve Johnson, a hilarious, heartbreaking, and brutally honest look at the golden age of special effects makeup—and the genius who nearly let it destroy him. . . The Director The film is from director Nick Taylor, who co-wrote the doc with Joseph Krings. Taylor and I had the chance to talk about this new deep-diving doc. He spoke about what drove him to make it, his respect for Johnson, and so much more. Watch it below. However, this isn’t Taylor’s first dive into the industry. He served in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2026

‘Small Town Monsters’ Returns with Investigative Doc ‘The Disclosure Era’

Forget the grainy, low-res clickbait flooding your social feeds. After decades of official government denial, tight-lipped congressional hearings, and high-profile whistleblowers, The truth behind UAPs (or UFOs, for the traditionalists) might actually be on the horizon. The investigative crew at Small Town Monsters is back on the beat. This time to see if we are finally living in the true “Disclosure Era.” Filmed over the course of 2026 amidst a massive new wave of government declassification, their brand-new documentary series, On the Trail of UFOs: The Disclosure Era, is officially set to lift off on June 21, 2026. Ground Zero of the Phenomenon The series serves as a direct, highly contemporary continuation of the journey that originally launched with 2019’s hit On the Trail of UFOs. But instead of chasing sensationalized headlines or Hollywood-style alien invasions, this project aims to strike at the historical truth of an anomalous phenomenon that stretches back more than a century. To separate fact from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2026

Fantasia International Film Festival Unleashes Its Second Wave for 2026

Montréal’s Fantasia International Film Festival serves up an eye-popping amount of genre-film features with its second wave announcement for its 30th edition, scheduled for July 16 through August 2, 2026. Following is the official press announcement. The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 30th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 2, 2026, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screenings and events at Montréal’s Cinéma du Musée. The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July but in the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a select second wave of its 2026 titles. CAPE FEAR IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE IN CHILLING APPLE TV ADAPTATION In this reimagining of CAPE FEAR, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Amy Adams, ARRIVAL, NIGHTBITCH) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson, THE CONJURING, INSIDIOUS) when Max Cady (Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD

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Joseph Perry
Jun 5, 2026

Our Sinister Six: A Half Dozen Tribeca Genre Films We Can’t Wait to See

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, takes place June 3–14, 2026 in New York City, and plenty of horror, thriller, and science fiction offerings are on tap. Here are five features and one short film that have our attention here at Horror Fuel. Film descriptions and information are from the Tribeca website and official press announcements. Keep watching for our Tribeca reviews once the fest gets rolling! Turn It Up! An indie rock band struggling to make its mark finds a possible meal ticket in an infectious new guitar riff. Unfortunately, it’s also a cursed melody that just so happens to open a portal to another, much scarier dimension. (Our featured image for this article is from Turn It Up!.) Director: Sam Scott Writers: Sam Scott and Gwenlyn Cumyn Cast: Gwenlyn Cumyn, Justine Nelson, Xavier Lopez, Julian Richings Genre: Comedy, Horror, LGBTQIA+, Science Fiction https://tribecafilm.com/films/turn-it-up-2026 Crooks After Faye and Johnny stick up a local gangster’s poker

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Joseph Perry
Jun 1, 2026

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Movie Review: Paranormal Hollywood Haunting (2026)

British Faux-documentary filmmaker Carl Medland rocked my socks with his trio of funny n’ freaky supernatural investigations into a farm with some bad fuckin’ mojo in the appropriately named Paranormal Farm series (reviews of which can be read here, here, and here). Well, our haunt-seeking host is back with another journey into the bizarre with his latest offering, Paranormal Hollywood Haunting… Arriving in America, Carl sets out to explore the Hollywood mansion of film veteran Arthur Porter and author/health advocate Daniel P’Lopez; an abode nestled right smack in the legendary Hollywood hills. As Carl and his cameraman Mumtaz “Taz” Yildirimlar, begin their investigation, the expected ghostly goings-on begin, but there is a deeper, more personal side to the yarn at hand that soon rises to the surface… That’s the beautiful thing about Paranormal Hollywood Haunting; while treating us to another outré investigation we get a glimpse of a truly human experience. As the film carries on it’s exaggerated fictional preternatural

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Aug 7, 2026

‘Boorman and the Devil: ‘Exorcist II’ Documentary Hits Theaters This August

When Warner Bros. handed director John Boorman the keys to The Exorcist franchise following his triumphs with Point Blank and Deliverance, they expected another box-office miracle. Instead, they got 1977’s Exorcist II: The Heretic—one of the most notoriously catastrophic, utterly bizarre sequels in cinematic history. A critical and commercial trainwreck, The Heretic nearly ruined Boorman’s career and fundamentally altered how Hollywood greenlit big-budget risks. Yet, nearly five decades later, a new documentary, Boorman and the Devil, is stepping up to defend the magnificent madness of taking giant creative swings. Directed and edited by David Kittredge (The Sweet Life) and produced by indie horror heavyweight Travis Stevens (Jakob’s Wife), Jim Fall, and Kittredge, the acclaimed feature documentary explores the ambition, craft, and polarizing legacy of Boorman’s wild sequel. Distributor Yellow Veil Pictures is bringing the documentary to theaters starting August 28 at The Quad Cinema in New York City, before expanding wider on September 4 to major cities including Los Angeles,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 3, 2026

Ancestry Test Reveals a Filmmaker’s Grandfather Was Charles Manson: Watch the Documentary Now

When 26-year-old actress and filmmaker Sophia Maddox got her routine ancestry test results back, she wasn’t greeted by distant European royalty or a lost cousin in Cleveland. Instead, her father, Daniel Arguelles, helped her decipher a far darker secret: his biological father was none other than America’s most notorious cult leader, Charles Manson. “I was obviously very devastated,” Maddox revealed in an interview. “My dad was just rubbing my back, holding me, telling me we were nothing like him. But it was a little traumatic.” Naturally, when life hands you a bloodline linked to one of history’s most terrifying figures, you don’t just process it in therapy—you pitch a true crime documentary. And you can watch it, My Grandfather Charles Manson, right now on Hulu. Co-directed by Maddox and Alexandra Orton, Hulu’s My Grandfather Charles Manson follows Maddox as she dives headfirst into Manson’s brutal legacy, untangles her fraught relationship with her own father, and sits down with former Manson

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 28, 2026

Slash-Produced Documentary ‘Black Zombie’ Digs Up the Monster’s True History

Long before the zombie became Hollywood’s favorite excuse for a video game kill-streak or a multi-season television drama, it was something far more terrifying and historically grounded. This Halloween season, director Maya Annik Bedward is ready to unleash her acclaimed new documentary, Black Zombie. Kino Lorber has snagged the rights.The film will skip the typical jump scares to exhume the deeply unsettling, buried origins of pop culture’s most profitable monster. The Ultimate Monster Makeover After making its world premiere at SXSW, it hit Hot Docs and the Blackstar Film Festival. Then arrived at Fantasia to terrorize audiences. The film tracks how a complex figure born from colonial enslavement, Haitian Vodou, and spiritual resistance. IT has been systematically whitewashed, stripped of its roots, and packaged into a cinematic cash cow. Bedward re-examines horror staples like White Zombie, Night of the Living Dead, and The Serpent and the Rainbow. There’s also archival footage and raw, observational vérité scenes. A Packed Roster of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2026

Jaws Explored: New Documentary Takes a Deeper Dive into the Iconic Film

Just when you thought it was safe to look at film history, a new documentary is getting ready to slice through the surface of cinema’s original summer blockbuster. Physical media and documentary powerhouse CreatorVC—the brilliant minds behind the acclaimed In Search of Darkness trilogies and The Thing Expanded—has officially announced Jaws Explored. Directed by renowned film critic and author Ian Nathan (Alien Vault, Stephen King: Celebrating the King of Horror), this definitive retrospective promises to change the way you view Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece forever. Pre-orders are officially live on the CreatorVC website. Fans who back the project between now and August 9, 2026, can lock down an exclusive Blu-ray, a massive 80-page companion book, and even get their name printed in the film’s credits before it officially launches in August 2027. Moving Past the “Broken Shark” Stories Let’s be real: if you are a devout horror or thriller geek, you already know the Jaws production lore by heart. You know

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 16, 2026

Tubi FrightFest 2026 Unleashes Its Mind-Blowing Fear Fare Lineup

London’s Tubi FrightFest is always a top-notch film festival destination for scare fare devotees, and this year the fest presents its biggest lineup ever! The event takes place Thursday August 27–Monday 31 August. Get your drool cups ready and have a gander at the official press announcement. Be prepared for a terrifying, record-breaking selection of World, International, and UK premieres as Tubi FrightFest 2026, the UK’s No.1 horror & fantasy film festival, returns to the Odeon LUXE Leicester Square and the ODEON Luxe West End for its annual five-day celebration of nerve-jangling eeriness, hair-raising shock, and epic scares. This year’s line-up highlights the genre’s transforming landscape and reflects the amazing span of progressive global genre filmmaking. Running from Thursday August 27 – Monday 31 August, Tubi FrightFest will showcase a record-breaking eighty-two features across five screens, including the popular ‘First Blood’, Documentary, and Retrospective strands. This year there are twenty-four world premieres, with sixteen countries represented, spanning four continents. The

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jul 16, 2026

Director Nick Taylor Discusses His New Documentary, Rubberhead, ahead of Its Premiere

Before CGI turned blood and guts into sterile ones and zeros, cinema was ruled by foam latex, animatronics, and pure madness. At the center of that glorious time sat Steve Johnson. Johnson is a man whose relentless obsession with breaking new ground gave rise to some of the most iconic monsters in sci-fi and horror history. Now, Johnson’s wild ride is getting the documentary treatment in Rubberhead: The Life and Monsters of Steve Johnson, a hilarious, heartbreaking, and brutally honest look at the golden age of special effects makeup—and the genius who nearly let it destroy him. . . The Director The film is from director Nick Taylor, who co-wrote the doc with Joseph Krings. Taylor and I had the chance to talk about this new deep-diving doc. He spoke about what drove him to make it, his respect for Johnson, and so much more. Watch it below. However, this isn’t Taylor’s first dive into the industry. He served in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2026

‘Small Town Monsters’ Returns with Investigative Doc ‘The Disclosure Era’

Forget the grainy, low-res clickbait flooding your social feeds. After decades of official government denial, tight-lipped congressional hearings, and high-profile whistleblowers, The truth behind UAPs (or UFOs, for the traditionalists) might actually be on the horizon. The investigative crew at Small Town Monsters is back on the beat. This time to see if we are finally living in the true “Disclosure Era.” Filmed over the course of 2026 amidst a massive new wave of government declassification, their brand-new documentary series, On the Trail of UFOs: The Disclosure Era, is officially set to lift off on June 21, 2026. Ground Zero of the Phenomenon The series serves as a direct, highly contemporary continuation of the journey that originally launched with 2019’s hit On the Trail of UFOs. But instead of chasing sensationalized headlines or Hollywood-style alien invasions, this project aims to strike at the historical truth of an anomalous phenomenon that stretches back more than a century. To separate fact from

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 9, 2026

Fantasia International Film Festival Unleashes Its Second Wave for 2026

Montréal’s Fantasia International Film Festival serves up an eye-popping amount of genre-film features with its second wave announcement for its 30th edition, scheduled for July 16 through August 2, 2026. Following is the official press announcement. The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 30th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 16 through August 2, 2026, returning to the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screenings and events at Montréal’s Cinéma du Musée. The festival’s full lineup will be announced in early July but in the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a select second wave of its 2026 titles. CAPE FEAR IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE IN CHILLING APPLE TV ADAPTATION In this reimagining of CAPE FEAR, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Amy Adams, ARRIVAL, NIGHTBITCH) and Tom Bowden (Patrick Wilson, THE CONJURING, INSIDIOUS) when Max Cady (Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Jun 5, 2026

Our Sinister Six: A Half Dozen Tribeca Genre Films We Can’t Wait to See

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, takes place June 3–14, 2026 in New York City, and plenty of horror, thriller, and science fiction offerings are on tap. Here are five features and one short film that have our attention here at Horror Fuel. Film descriptions and information are from the Tribeca website and official press announcements. Keep watching for our Tribeca reviews once the fest gets rolling! Turn It Up! An indie rock band struggling to make its mark finds a possible meal ticket in an infectious new guitar riff. Unfortunately, it’s also a cursed melody that just so happens to open a portal to another, much scarier dimension. (Our featured image for this article is from Turn It Up!.) Director: Sam Scott Writers: Sam Scott and Gwenlyn Cumyn Cast: Gwenlyn Cumyn, Justine Nelson, Xavier Lopez, Julian Richings Genre: Comedy, Horror, LGBTQIA+, Science Fiction https://tribecafilm.com/films/turn-it-up-2026 Crooks After Faye and Johnny stick up a local gangster’s poker

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Joseph Perry
Jun 1, 2026
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