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New Documentary Explores ‘Ghostbusters’ Like Never Before

Ghostbusters is one of the most iconic movies ever made. Now, a new documentary, Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters will delve into the making of the film like you’ve never seen before. See never-before-seen footage, glimpses behind-the-scenes of the film that changed the industry forever. Cleanin’ Up the Town also features interviews from the Ghostbusters themselves, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson. The documentary hallmarks the extraordinary achievements made for the era and emphasizes just how ambitious an undertaking the making of Ghostbusters really was. Directed by Anthony Bueno (Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London) the documentary is produced by Claire Bueno. The extended version of Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters will open in theaters on October 1, 2021, followed by its release On Demand on October 5th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2021
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Murder, Monsters & Mayhem: The “Creepshow” Season 3 Trailer Is Here

The new season of Shudder‘s “Creepshow” is set to premiere later this month. Ahead of its premiere, the trailer has just arrived, giving us a taste of the horrors that await us. Based on the classic 1982 horror-comedy, the series returns for its third season which features murder, monsters, and mayhem. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) makes an appearance this season as a border patrol officer who is up to his neck in dead bodies. In another episode, James Remar (Dexter, Black Lightning) plays the role of a museum collector obsessed with obtaining rare horror movie props at any cost. Kara Kimmer, Ali Larter, Justin Long, and Ryan Kwanten appear this season. Showrunner Greg Nicotero had this to say about the new season during a talk with ComicBook.com, “For Season 3, the most fun thing about Creepshow is every episode is very different,” He continued. “I wrote a bunch of them, and I directed a lot of them. and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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Humanity Fights Dark Entities And Each Other This September In ‘Companion’

Humanity fights to survive both evil entities and each other in writer-director John Darbonne‘s (The Cottages) indie horror Companion, out on Demand this September. “In 2030, society fell as malicious entities appeared around the world. The survivors must fight each other and the dead. Across this brutal landscape, Ella Grace’s burden of guilt is exposed. The past, and the horrors of what she will become, force Ella to kill what she loves in order to discover the terrifying meaning of the ghosts that feed on her fear.” The cast includes Russell Shealy (Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird”, The Farmhand, Surrender Me), Eric Hanson (The Challenger Disaster, No Ordinary Love, Brady’s Lot), Christine Nguyen (Vigilante Diaries, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Get Him to the Greek), Stephen Brodie (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Anna Flynn (Persuasion), Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie), and Marcus Anthony. Companion lands on Digital on September 14, 2021, from Level 33 Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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We’ve Got The First Image From The Thriller ‘Clean’ Starring Adrien Brody

Hot off the heels of the premiere of Epix’s Stephen King-inspired series “Chapelwaite,” which we called “the best new series of the year,” Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody is set to star in Paul Solet‘s crime-thriller Clean. The film is a longtime passion project for Adrien Brody, who also acts as producer, co-writer, and composer, Clean is directed and co-written by Paul Solet. The film stars Brody, Glenn Fleshler, Richie Merritt, Ari Chandler-DuPont, Mykelti Williamson, RZA, Michelle Wilson, and John Bianco, and is produced by Daniel Sollinger and Brody alongside Solet and Elliot Brody. In Clean, grappling with the tragic loss of his daughter and haunted by nightmares from his own criminal past, Clean (Adrien Brody) attempts to live a quiet life of service, caring for his community as a sanitation worker and acting as a mentor to his young neighbor. When local gang violence puts his neighbor’s life in danger, it ignites a return to the violence and darkness that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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Your Ultimate Guide To Shudder’s Annual “61 Days Of Halloween”

It’s official! The Halloween season is here!! Today, Shudder’s “61 Days of Halloween” annual event, featuring a slate of weekly new movie premieres and original series debuts, a new Halloween special with Joe Bob Briggs (and more specials to be announced), and more begins! But that’s not all, there are also horror film favorites being added to the Shudder library from Brian De Palma’s Carrie to Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist, a new edition of Shudder’s beloved “Ghoul Log,” a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern, and the return of Shudder’s Halloween Hotline, where members can receive live, personalized movie recommendations from Shudder’s head curator Samuel Zimmerman. Shudder is the ultimate destination for horror all year long, but every Halloween, we try to outdo ourselves. Last year, we supersized the season, expanding our celebration to 61 days, and this year, we’re going even bigger by bringing Shudder members an unbeatable lineup of new original series and exclusive movie premieres every week, along with new specials

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
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John Jarratt & Lincoln Lewis Star In The True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Possessed’ (Trailer)

Ahead of its November release, we’ve got the new trailer for The Possessed, inspired by terrifying true events. Starring Wolf Creek‘s John Jarratt, Lincoln Lewis, Angie Kent, Lauren Grimson, and Kevin Foster, The Possessed follows Jacob Chandler (Jarratt), an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift. Together with his nephew Liam (Lewis), the pair have forged a career clearing demons from the bodies of their clients. Of late, something has changed and demonic possessions are on the rise, together they face the wrath of unspeakable evil. Christine Hulsby, Sue Baldwin, Danny Baldwin, Mitchell Clough, and Chris Sun produce. The supernatural horror from writer-director Chris Sun opens in Aussie theaters on November 2, 2021, from Nexus Films, with a US release to follow.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
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A Woman Is Out For Revenge This September In ‘The Madness Inside Me’

From award-winning writer-director, Matthew Berkowitz comes the twist-filled thriller The Madness Inside Me, out this September. In the film, “Madison Taylor (Merrin Dungey) is a forensic psychiatrist, spending her days interviewing prison inmates and her evenings with her husband Jeremy. When Jeremy is killed in a home invasion by Francis Tate (Devon Graye), her world begins to turn itself inside out. Madison’s fascination with morbid crime begins to gnaw away at her character. She becomes sleepless and now spends her evenings stalking and photographing strangers. She refuses to identify her husband’s killer and instead chooses to stalk him for revenge. Now finding pleasure in her thrill-seeking, dangerous life choices, she starts to put herself in compromising situations for arousal. Is her relationship with criminals an excuse for her to rebel or is this the person who has always been inside her?” Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Alias, American Horror Stories), Devon Graye (I See You, American Horror Stories), and Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
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New ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Movie Will Premiere On Netflix

Leatherface is back! A new brand new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie (the ninth of the franchise) is gearing up to premiere on Netflix. Filmed in Bulgaria last year, the movie is being described as direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 original, the same way that David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy was for that franchise. The news was announced by Netflix’s official Twitter account, which states that the film is “a new chapter in the iconic horror franchise that is set in the present day and returns to the roots of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic.” Alice Krige, Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Jacob Latimore, William Hope, Nell Hudson, and Moe Dunford star, with Mark Burnham playing the iconic role of Leatherface. David Blue Garcia (Tejano) directs with Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe) producing. A release date has yet to be announced, but it will more than likely arrive this year. We wouldn’t be surprised if it arrives this October. The poster reads, “In

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
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IFC Midnight Announces 2022 Release Of Home Invasion Thriller ‘See For Me’

IFC Midnight announced today that they now possess U.S. rights to Randall Okita’s See For Me, a home invasion chiller that pits a blind house-sitter against three experienced thieves. The film stars visually impaired actor Skyler Davenport as the blind house-sitter, Sophie. Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Pascal Langdale, Joe Pingue, George Tchortov, Laura Vandervoort, and Emily Piggford also star. In the film, “when blind former skier Sophie accepts a last-minute house-sitting job in a secluded mansion, she awakes in the middle of the night to find the house under invasion by a group of thieves seeking a hidden safe. Her only means of defense: a new app called “See For Me”, which matches her with a volunteer across the country who uses Sophie’s cell phone to see on her behalf. Stubbornly independent, Sophie is reluctant to accept help until she is connected to Kelly, an army veteran who spends her days playing first-person shooter games. As the game of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
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Arrow Announces September Premieres And More

Arrow Video has now announced the September 2021 lineup of their new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. The September lineup leads with the ARROW release of Zoé Wittock’s acclaimed love story Jumbo, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, and the UK. The feature debut from writer/director Zoé Wittock, Jumbo stars Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) as a lonely introvert who forms an unexpected bond to the new attraction at the theme park where she works. Jumbo world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened around the globe. The film will debut on ARROW September 1st. September 1st will see the arrival of Jumbo (UK/US), Passion & Poetry – The Dundee Odyssey (UK/US/CA/IRE), Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project (UK/US/CA/IRE), Passion & Poetry – Peckinpah Anecdotes (UK/US/CA/IRE), Life Is a Long Quiet River (UK/US/IRE), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (US), The Girl with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2021

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New Documentary Explores ‘Ghostbusters’ Like Never Before

Ghostbusters is one of the most iconic movies ever made. Now, a new documentary, Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters will delve into the making of the film like you’ve never seen before. See never-before-seen footage, glimpses behind-the-scenes of the film that changed the industry forever. Cleanin’ Up the Town also features interviews from the Ghostbusters themselves, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, and Ernie Hudson. The documentary hallmarks the extraordinary achievements made for the era and emphasizes just how ambitious an undertaking the making of Ghostbusters really was. Directed by Anthony Bueno (Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London) the documentary is produced by Claire Bueno. The extended version of Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters will open in theaters on October 1, 2021, followed by its release On Demand on October 5th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2021
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Murder, Monsters & Mayhem: The “Creepshow” Season 3 Trailer Is Here

The new season of Shudder‘s “Creepshow” is set to premiere later this month. Ahead of its premiere, the trailer has just arrived, giving us a taste of the horrors that await us. Based on the classic 1982 horror-comedy, the series returns for its third season which features murder, monsters, and mayhem. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy) makes an appearance this season as a border patrol officer who is up to his neck in dead bodies. In another episode, James Remar (Dexter, Black Lightning) plays the role of a museum collector obsessed with obtaining rare horror movie props at any cost. Kara Kimmer, Ali Larter, Justin Long, and Ryan Kwanten appear this season. Showrunner Greg Nicotero had this to say about the new season during a talk with ComicBook.com, “For Season 3, the most fun thing about Creepshow is every episode is very different,” He continued. “I wrote a bunch of them, and I directed a lot of them. and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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Humanity Fights Dark Entities And Each Other This September In ‘Companion’

Humanity fights to survive both evil entities and each other in writer-director John Darbonne‘s (The Cottages) indie horror Companion, out on Demand this September. “In 2030, society fell as malicious entities appeared around the world. The survivors must fight each other and the dead. Across this brutal landscape, Ella Grace’s burden of guilt is exposed. The past, and the horrors of what she will become, force Ella to kill what she loves in order to discover the terrifying meaning of the ghosts that feed on her fear.” The cast includes Russell Shealy (Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird”, The Farmhand, Surrender Me), Eric Hanson (The Challenger Disaster, No Ordinary Love, Brady’s Lot), Christine Nguyen (Vigilante Diaries, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Get Him to the Greek), Stephen Brodie (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Anna Flynn (Persuasion), Cody Renee Cameron (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie), and Marcus Anthony. Companion lands on Digital on September 14, 2021, from Level 33 Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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We’ve Got The First Image From The Thriller ‘Clean’ Starring Adrien Brody

Hot off the heels of the premiere of Epix’s Stephen King-inspired series “Chapelwaite,” which we called “the best new series of the year,” Academy Award-winner Adrien Brody is set to star in Paul Solet‘s crime-thriller Clean. The film is a longtime passion project for Adrien Brody, who also acts as producer, co-writer, and composer, Clean is directed and co-written by Paul Solet. The film stars Brody, Glenn Fleshler, Richie Merritt, Ari Chandler-DuPont, Mykelti Williamson, RZA, Michelle Wilson, and John Bianco, and is produced by Daniel Sollinger and Brody alongside Solet and Elliot Brody. In Clean, grappling with the tragic loss of his daughter and haunted by nightmares from his own criminal past, Clean (Adrien Brody) attempts to live a quiet life of service, caring for his community as a sanitation worker and acting as a mentor to his young neighbor. When local gang violence puts his neighbor’s life in danger, it ignites a return to the violence and darkness that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 2, 2021
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Your Ultimate Guide To Shudder’s Annual “61 Days Of Halloween”

It’s official! The Halloween season is here!! Today, Shudder’s “61 Days of Halloween” annual event, featuring a slate of weekly new movie premieres and original series debuts, a new Halloween special with Joe Bob Briggs (and more specials to be announced), and more begins! But that’s not all, there are also horror film favorites being added to the Shudder library from Brian De Palma’s Carrie to Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist, a new edition of Shudder’s beloved “Ghoul Log,” a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern, and the return of Shudder’s Halloween Hotline, where members can receive live, personalized movie recommendations from Shudder’s head curator Samuel Zimmerman. Shudder is the ultimate destination for horror all year long, but every Halloween, we try to outdo ourselves. Last year, we supersized the season, expanding our celebration to 61 days, and this year, we’re going even bigger by bringing Shudder members an unbeatable lineup of new original series and exclusive movie premieres every week, along with new specials

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
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John Jarratt & Lincoln Lewis Star In The True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Possessed’ (Trailer)

Ahead of its November release, we’ve got the new trailer for The Possessed, inspired by terrifying true events. Starring Wolf Creek‘s John Jarratt, Lincoln Lewis, Angie Kent, Lauren Grimson, and Kevin Foster, The Possessed follows Jacob Chandler (Jarratt), an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift. Together with his nephew Liam (Lewis), the pair have forged a career clearing demons from the bodies of their clients. Of late, something has changed and demonic possessions are on the rise, together they face the wrath of unspeakable evil. Christine Hulsby, Sue Baldwin, Danny Baldwin, Mitchell Clough, and Chris Sun produce. The supernatural horror from writer-director Chris Sun opens in Aussie theaters on November 2, 2021, from Nexus Films, with a US release to follow.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Woman Is Out For Revenge This September In ‘The Madness Inside Me’

From award-winning writer-director, Matthew Berkowitz comes the twist-filled thriller The Madness Inside Me, out this September. In the film, “Madison Taylor (Merrin Dungey) is a forensic psychiatrist, spending her days interviewing prison inmates and her evenings with her husband Jeremy. When Jeremy is killed in a home invasion by Francis Tate (Devon Graye), her world begins to turn itself inside out. Madison’s fascination with morbid crime begins to gnaw away at her character. She becomes sleepless and now spends her evenings stalking and photographing strangers. She refuses to identify her husband’s killer and instead chooses to stalk him for revenge. Now finding pleasure in her thrill-seeking, dangerous life choices, she starts to put herself in compromising situations for arousal. Is her relationship with criminals an excuse for her to rebel or is this the person who has always been inside her?” Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies, Alias, American Horror Stories), Devon Graye (I See You, American Horror Stories), and Thomas

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2021
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New ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Movie Will Premiere On Netflix

Leatherface is back! A new brand new Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie (the ninth of the franchise) is gearing up to premiere on Netflix. Filmed in Bulgaria last year, the movie is being described as direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 original, the same way that David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy was for that franchise. The news was announced by Netflix’s official Twitter account, which states that the film is “a new chapter in the iconic horror franchise that is set in the present day and returns to the roots of Tobe Hooper’s horror classic.” Alice Krige, Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Jacob Latimore, William Hope, Nell Hudson, and Moe Dunford star, with Mark Burnham playing the iconic role of Leatherface. David Blue Garcia (Tejano) directs with Fede Alvarez (Don’t Breathe) producing. A release date has yet to be announced, but it will more than likely arrive this year. We wouldn’t be surprised if it arrives this October. The poster reads, “In

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
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IFC Midnight Announces 2022 Release Of Home Invasion Thriller ‘See For Me’

IFC Midnight announced today that they now possess U.S. rights to Randall Okita’s See For Me, a home invasion chiller that pits a blind house-sitter against three experienced thieves. The film stars visually impaired actor Skyler Davenport as the blind house-sitter, Sophie. Kim Coates, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Pascal Langdale, Joe Pingue, George Tchortov, Laura Vandervoort, and Emily Piggford also star. In the film, “when blind former skier Sophie accepts a last-minute house-sitting job in a secluded mansion, she awakes in the middle of the night to find the house under invasion by a group of thieves seeking a hidden safe. Her only means of defense: a new app called “See For Me”, which matches her with a volunteer across the country who uses Sophie’s cell phone to see on her behalf. Stubbornly independent, Sophie is reluctant to accept help until she is connected to Kelly, an army veteran who spends her days playing first-person shooter games. As the game of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
Horror Fuel

Arrow Announces September Premieres And More

Arrow Video has now announced the September 2021 lineup of their new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. The September lineup leads with the ARROW release of Zoé Wittock’s acclaimed love story Jumbo, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, and the UK. The feature debut from writer/director Zoé Wittock, Jumbo stars Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) as a lonely introvert who forms an unexpected bond to the new attraction at the theme park where she works. Jumbo world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and screened around the globe. The film will debut on ARROW September 1st. September 1st will see the arrival of Jumbo (UK/US), Passion & Poetry – The Dundee Odyssey (UK/US/CA/IRE), Mike Siegel: About the Passion & Poetry Project (UK/US/CA/IRE), Passion & Poetry – Peckinpah Anecdotes (UK/US/CA/IRE), Life Is a Long Quiet River (UK/US/IRE), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (US), The Girl with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2021
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