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Two Out Of This World Documentaries Premiere This February On Discovery+

Discovery+ has teamed up with the Emmy Award-Winning production company 1895 Films for renowned high-quality documentary programming headed by journalist turned-filmmaker Tom Jennings. On February 18th, Discovery+ will premiere two all-new out-of-this-world documentaries brought by 1895 Films, ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL and ALIEN ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON. The mysterious alleged abductions are among the most well-documented in history. Tom weaves archival footage together with haunting interviews, as eerie experiences are recounted by eyewitnesses and victims. Exclusive audio tapes capture some of the most fascinating and frightening close encounters ever reported. And despite the decades elapsed since these incidents, well-preserved evidence puts modern forensic technologies to task, as investigators now seek conclusive proof of extraterrestrial claims and contacts. ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home to New Hampshire from a honeymoon trip when they made a shocking discovery and came face-to-face with a UFO. When they could not shake the feeling

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2022

Horror Film Inspired By James Dean Is Gearing Up To Rev Its Engine

Wonderland Pictures and Imagination Infinite Productions are gearing up to bring the James Dean mythology to the big screen, exploring the legendary curse of his iconic car. Samuel Gonzalez Jr. wrote and will direct the neo-horror film Little Darling which finds a man exploring a small-town junkyard and stumbles upon Dean’s legendary cursed death car. His obsession to rebuild it takes him on a mind-bending odyssey that unleashes the true horror behind the forgotten mystery. “I’m putting the camera deep in engine oil and blood intending to resurrect the Hollywood legend and the ‘ ‘curse of little bastard” with a grounded 90’s based horror ride straight to hell and back.” Gonzalez said. Michael De Roker and Lalit Bhatnagar are producing the film which is set to begin shooting in the Spring of 2022. James Dean, a budding leading man in Hollywood in the 1950s, starred in Rebel Without A Cause and East of Eden. He also was an amateur racer,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2022

Shock Docs Examines Most Well Known Cases Of Alien Abductions In Two New Documentaries

The U.S. government has confirmed the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAPs) – aka UFOs- and is currently establishing a new commission to study these incidents in a more serious and open manner. While the government reports do not confirm or debunk the existence of alien life, it has reignited worldwide interest in the existence of extraterrestrials and sets the perfect stage to take a look back at two of the most well-documented alleged UFO abduction cases in history. In two all-new Shock Docs, discovery+ presents the real stories, recounted by the eyewitnesses and victims themselves, and supported by exclusive audio and hypnosis tapes, of the most fascinating and frightening close encounters ever to be reported in ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL and ALIEN ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON, both streaming on discovery+ on February 18th. With new forensic technologies not available in the 60s and 70s, and access to the remarkably preserved physical evidence from these two cases, investigators re-examine

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2022

New Trailer Explores ‘What Happened At 625 River Road’ – Based On True Events

Director Devon Jovi Johnson makes his feature film debut with the indie horror film What Happened at 625 River Road. Today, the first trailer has arrived for the film. What really happened at 625 River Road on May 11th, 2015? This film is based on true events and follows two young female college students from New York City on their spring break. As they arrive at their rental home, 625 River Road, a chain of mysterious events takes place that remains unsolved to this day. The film stars Francheska Pujols, Summer Foley, Silvana Jakich, Piotr Marzecki, Matrell Smith, and Lloyd Dickenson, and was written by director Devon Jovi Johnson and Allen Worrell. This summer, we will find out What Happened at 625 River Road. For more information please visit the film’s official website.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2022

Keanu Reeves In Talks To Star In Hulu’s “The Devil In The White City” Series Inspired By H.H. Holmes

Hot off the heels of the release of The Matrix: Resurrections, it seems that Keanu Reeves has found his next role and is heading back to 1893’s World’s Fair. Deadline is reporting that Hollywood’s “Nice Guy” is in talks to star in Hulu‘s upcoming big-budget series adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 novel ‘The Devil in the White City.’ The book follows the true story of “two men, an architect and a serial killer, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It follows Daniel H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on fairgrounds – a palace built to seduce, torture, and mutilate young women. The story takes the viewer on a tour of murder, romance, and mystery in the gilded age.” Leonardo DiCaprio bought the film rights to the book back in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2022

Netflix Explores The Torso Killer In New Doc series ‘Crimes Scene: The Times Square Killer’

Netflix is continuing to explore the world of true crime with their new three-part documentary series Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer that focuses on the serial killer that stalked Times Square in the 70s and 80s, believed to have taken over 100 lives. In December of 1979 firemen responded to a call at a seedy hotel in the middle of Times Square, what they discover among the smoke and ash shocked even the most seasoned NYC homicide detectives, triggering a hunt for a vicious serial killer who preyed upon sex workers operating within Times Square’s then-booming, anything-goes sex industry, leading to the arrest of Richard Cottingham, also known as the “Torso Killer,” who was arrested in May of 1980 after the muffled screams of his last victim alerted hotel staff as he tortured her, assaulting her which included him nearly biting her nipple clean off. The three-part series takes viewers deep into the investigation, detailing the social and systemic

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2021

Dive Deep Into Terror This January With ‘The Superdeep’

This January, RLJE Films dives deep into a world of terror with the Shudder Original The Superdeep, inspired by true events and a real location. Milena Radulovic (The Balkan Line), Nikita Dyuvbanov (Abigail), Kirill Kovbas (Ikariya), Vadim Demchog (Son of a Rich), and Sergey Ivanyuk (Z’olushka) star in the frightening flick directed by Arseniy Sukhin (Lockout) and written by Victor Bondaryuk (Deadly Still). In The Superdeep, the Russian Kola Superdeep Borehole is the largest drilling project in the world, attempting to drill as far as possible into the Earth’s crust. After reaching depths of nearly seven miles below the surface, unexplained sounds resembling the screams and moans of numerous people were reported and the borehole was shut down. But when a small team of scientists and military personnel set out to unearth the source of the strange sounds, they end up discovering the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. The Superdeep debuts on January 4, 2022, on VOD, Digital

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 29, 2021

New Movie ‘Lanier’ Delves Into The Horrors And Paranormal Activity Of Georgia’s Lake Lanier

Malevolent hands dragging swimmers into the depths, disappearance, ghostly sightings, according to a group of filmmakers, they all have one thing in common, Georgia’s Lake Lanier. The Lake: In 1956, Lake Lanier was created by a dam on the Chattahoochee River, flooding the town of Oscarviller which now lays under the 59 square mile lake. People flock to the lake for swimming, boating, and parting, but many don’t know that the lake is also known for the deaths that occur in the cool water, over 500 since its creation. Swimmers report that while in the water they feel the eerie sensation of a hand grasping their legs and trying to pull them under. Many people believe that it is the spirits of those who died there. But the lake has had a long history of death before it was even created. Once home to around 1,200 African Americans, the town of Oscarville saw three men accused of the rape and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 27, 2021

The Identity Of The Boy Who Inspired ‘The Exorcist’ Finally Revealed

Did you know that one of the most iconic, and terrifying, horror films of all time, The Exorcist, is based on a true story, the possession of Roland Doe? Roland Doe is an alias. The boy’s real name has been kept secret for decades to protect him, until now. The magazine Skeptical Inquirer has now named the boy from the real 1949 possession case as Roland Edwin Hunkeler, who passed away last year just before his 86th birthday after suffering from a stroke at this home in Marriottsville, Maryland. Roland was a Nasa engine and contributed to the Apollo space mission and patented the tech that helps space shuttles panels withstand the heat of entering and exiting the earth’s atmosphere. A female friend of Roland’s told the New York Post that Hunkeler was terrified of people, especially his colleagues, discovering his secret. Directed by William Friedkin, The Exorcist took inspiration from Hunkler’s possession that occurred in the 1940s when he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 21, 2021

The Real Life ‘Purge’ And Christmas

Over the years you at one point must have heard people say, or post on social media, that they either wonder if or wish that the Purge was or could be real. The 2013 film The Purge gave audiences uncomfortable feelings, or awkward excitement… and spawned four sequels and a television series. The story takes place in a dystopian/utopia society where once a year all crimes are legal (but people seem to REALLY be into the murdering kind), and the films focus on either an individual or groups of individuals trying to survive the night of lawlessness. In the films the idea behind having a Purge was to give the masses a release resulting in lower crime rates during the rest of the year and the economy thrived from it, spoiler alert, in real life just one purge night would completely destroy a country financially since all emergency services (like fire fighting) would not be in service, a lot of

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 12, 2021

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Two Out Of This World Documentaries Premiere This February On Discovery+

Discovery+ has teamed up with the Emmy Award-Winning production company 1895 Films for renowned high-quality documentary programming headed by journalist turned-filmmaker Tom Jennings. On February 18th, Discovery+ will premiere two all-new out-of-this-world documentaries brought by 1895 Films, ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL and ALIEN ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON. The mysterious alleged abductions are among the most well-documented in history. Tom weaves archival footage together with haunting interviews, as eerie experiences are recounted by eyewitnesses and victims. Exclusive audio tapes capture some of the most fascinating and frightening close encounters ever reported. And despite the decades elapsed since these incidents, well-preserved evidence puts modern forensic technologies to task, as investigators now seek conclusive proof of extraterrestrial claims and contacts. ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home to New Hampshire from a honeymoon trip when they made a shocking discovery and came face-to-face with a UFO. When they could not shake the feeling

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2022

Horror Film Inspired By James Dean Is Gearing Up To Rev Its Engine

Wonderland Pictures and Imagination Infinite Productions are gearing up to bring the James Dean mythology to the big screen, exploring the legendary curse of his iconic car. Samuel Gonzalez Jr. wrote and will direct the neo-horror film Little Darling which finds a man exploring a small-town junkyard and stumbles upon Dean’s legendary cursed death car. His obsession to rebuild it takes him on a mind-bending odyssey that unleashes the true horror behind the forgotten mystery. “I’m putting the camera deep in engine oil and blood intending to resurrect the Hollywood legend and the ‘ ‘curse of little bastard” with a grounded 90’s based horror ride straight to hell and back.” Gonzalez said. Michael De Roker and Lalit Bhatnagar are producing the film which is set to begin shooting in the Spring of 2022. James Dean, a budding leading man in Hollywood in the 1950s, starred in Rebel Without A Cause and East of Eden. He also was an amateur racer,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2022

Shock Docs Examines Most Well Known Cases Of Alien Abductions In Two New Documentaries

The U.S. government has confirmed the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAPs) – aka UFOs- and is currently establishing a new commission to study these incidents in a more serious and open manner. While the government reports do not confirm or debunk the existence of alien life, it has reignited worldwide interest in the existence of extraterrestrials and sets the perfect stage to take a look back at two of the most well-documented alleged UFO abduction cases in history. In two all-new Shock Docs, discovery+ presents the real stories, recounted by the eyewitnesses and victims themselves, and supported by exclusive audio and hypnosis tapes, of the most fascinating and frightening close encounters ever to be reported in ALIEN ABDUCTION: BETTY AND BARNEY HILL and ALIEN ABDUCTION: TRAVIS WALTON, both streaming on discovery+ on February 18th. With new forensic technologies not available in the 60s and 70s, and access to the remarkably preserved physical evidence from these two cases, investigators re-examine

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 21, 2022

New Trailer Explores ‘What Happened At 625 River Road’ – Based On True Events

Director Devon Jovi Johnson makes his feature film debut with the indie horror film What Happened at 625 River Road. Today, the first trailer has arrived for the film. What really happened at 625 River Road on May 11th, 2015? This film is based on true events and follows two young female college students from New York City on their spring break. As they arrive at their rental home, 625 River Road, a chain of mysterious events takes place that remains unsolved to this day. The film stars Francheska Pujols, Summer Foley, Silvana Jakich, Piotr Marzecki, Matrell Smith, and Lloyd Dickenson, and was written by director Devon Jovi Johnson and Allen Worrell. This summer, we will find out What Happened at 625 River Road. For more information please visit the film’s official website.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 10, 2022

Keanu Reeves In Talks To Star In Hulu’s “The Devil In The White City” Series Inspired By H.H. Holmes

Hot off the heels of the release of The Matrix: Resurrections, it seems that Keanu Reeves has found his next role and is heading back to 1893’s World’s Fair. Deadline is reporting that Hollywood’s “Nice Guy” is in talks to star in Hulu‘s upcoming big-budget series adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 novel ‘The Devil in the White City.’ The book follows the true story of “two men, an architect and a serial killer, whose fates were forever linked by The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. It follows Daniel H. Burnham, a brilliant and fastidious architect racing to make his mark on the world and Henry H. Holmes, a handsome and cunning doctor who fashioned his own pharmaceutical “Murder Castle” on fairgrounds – a palace built to seduce, torture, and mutilate young women. The story takes the viewer on a tour of murder, romance, and mystery in the gilded age.” Leonardo DiCaprio bought the film rights to the book back in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2022

Netflix Explores The Torso Killer In New Doc series ‘Crimes Scene: The Times Square Killer’

Netflix is continuing to explore the world of true crime with their new three-part documentary series Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer that focuses on the serial killer that stalked Times Square in the 70s and 80s, believed to have taken over 100 lives. In December of 1979 firemen responded to a call at a seedy hotel in the middle of Times Square, what they discover among the smoke and ash shocked even the most seasoned NYC homicide detectives, triggering a hunt for a vicious serial killer who preyed upon sex workers operating within Times Square’s then-booming, anything-goes sex industry, leading to the arrest of Richard Cottingham, also known as the “Torso Killer,” who was arrested in May of 1980 after the muffled screams of his last victim alerted hotel staff as he tortured her, assaulting her which included him nearly biting her nipple clean off. The three-part series takes viewers deep into the investigation, detailing the social and systemic

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 31, 2021

Dive Deep Into Terror This January With ‘The Superdeep’

This January, RLJE Films dives deep into a world of terror with the Shudder Original The Superdeep, inspired by true events and a real location. Milena Radulovic (The Balkan Line), Nikita Dyuvbanov (Abigail), Kirill Kovbas (Ikariya), Vadim Demchog (Son of a Rich), and Sergey Ivanyuk (Z’olushka) star in the frightening flick directed by Arseniy Sukhin (Lockout) and written by Victor Bondaryuk (Deadly Still). In The Superdeep, the Russian Kola Superdeep Borehole is the largest drilling project in the world, attempting to drill as far as possible into the Earth’s crust. After reaching depths of nearly seven miles below the surface, unexplained sounds resembling the screams and moans of numerous people were reported and the borehole was shut down. But when a small team of scientists and military personnel set out to unearth the source of the strange sounds, they end up discovering the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. The Superdeep debuts on January 4, 2022, on VOD, Digital

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 29, 2021

New Movie ‘Lanier’ Delves Into The Horrors And Paranormal Activity Of Georgia’s Lake Lanier

Malevolent hands dragging swimmers into the depths, disappearance, ghostly sightings, according to a group of filmmakers, they all have one thing in common, Georgia’s Lake Lanier. The Lake: In 1956, Lake Lanier was created by a dam on the Chattahoochee River, flooding the town of Oscarviller which now lays under the 59 square mile lake. People flock to the lake for swimming, boating, and parting, but many don’t know that the lake is also known for the deaths that occur in the cool water, over 500 since its creation. Swimmers report that while in the water they feel the eerie sensation of a hand grasping their legs and trying to pull them under. Many people believe that it is the spirits of those who died there. But the lake has had a long history of death before it was even created. Once home to around 1,200 African Americans, the town of Oscarville saw three men accused of the rape and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 27, 2021

The Identity Of The Boy Who Inspired ‘The Exorcist’ Finally Revealed

Did you know that one of the most iconic, and terrifying, horror films of all time, The Exorcist, is based on a true story, the possession of Roland Doe? Roland Doe is an alias. The boy’s real name has been kept secret for decades to protect him, until now. The magazine Skeptical Inquirer has now named the boy from the real 1949 possession case as Roland Edwin Hunkeler, who passed away last year just before his 86th birthday after suffering from a stroke at this home in Marriottsville, Maryland. Roland was a Nasa engine and contributed to the Apollo space mission and patented the tech that helps space shuttles panels withstand the heat of entering and exiting the earth’s atmosphere. A female friend of Roland’s told the New York Post that Hunkeler was terrified of people, especially his colleagues, discovering his secret. Directed by William Friedkin, The Exorcist took inspiration from Hunkler’s possession that occurred in the 1940s when he

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 21, 2021

The Real Life ‘Purge’ And Christmas

Over the years you at one point must have heard people say, or post on social media, that they either wonder if or wish that the Purge was or could be real. The 2013 film The Purge gave audiences uncomfortable feelings, or awkward excitement… and spawned four sequels and a television series. The story takes place in a dystopian/utopia society where once a year all crimes are legal (but people seem to REALLY be into the murdering kind), and the films focus on either an individual or groups of individuals trying to survive the night of lawlessness. In the films the idea behind having a Purge was to give the masses a release resulting in lower crime rates during the rest of the year and the economy thrived from it, spoiler alert, in real life just one purge night would completely destroy a country financially since all emergency services (like fire fighting) would not be in service, a lot of

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 12, 2021
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