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Coming Of Age Horror ‘The Unhealer’ Coming To Roku

Following a wildly successful run on the global film festival circuit and a wide physical and digital release, Horror Business Films and Shout! Studios have announced the ad-supported and subscription-based release of Martin Guigui’s The Unhealer. In the film, A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score. Directed by writer and producer Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, The Bronx Bull, Future World), the film stars genre favorites Natasha Henstridge (Species, The Whole Nine Yards) and Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark). The cast is rounded out by TikTok superstar Elijah Nelson (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, “S.W.A.T.”), Kayla Carlson (“Why Women Kill,” “Widow Detective”), Adam Beach (Suicide Squad, Cowboys & Aliens), Chris Browning (“Westworld”, “Bosch”), Cristi Harris (Night of the Demons 2) and Branscombe Richmond (The Scorpion King, Hard To Kill). The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2021

‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel Slashes Its Way Onto Netflix This February (Trailer)

Netflix continues to build its genre library. One of the movies coming next year is a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel whose premiere date has just been announced. Alvarez said this about the movie: “It’s basically the same character, who is still alive. Our take on it was this guy probably disappeared after everything he’s done. You know, how do you catch a guy who has a mask? Once he removes the mask and runs away, it’s very easy for him to hide somewhere. This story will pick it up many, many years after the original story. He’s been in hiding for a long, long time, trying to be a good person. “These people arriving in this town are going to awaken the giant.” David Blue Garcia (Tejano) directed the movie for Legendary from the script penned by Chris Thomas Devlin. The movie stars Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), Elsie Fisher (“Castle Rock”), Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Mark Burnham (Wrong

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2021

French-Moroccan Horror ‘Achoura’ Finally Getting A US Release (Trailer)

Three years after its premiere, the French-Moroccan horror film Achoura has a US trailer and is finally set for a US release from Dark Star Pictures. In the film, four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to deal with a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend. They will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature from folklore. It is sociologically proven that fantasy and horror cinema has always enjoyed a renewed interest from audiences and critics in times of social and economic turmoil,” the director explains. Sofiia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Omar Lotfi, Iván González, Moussa Maaskri, and Mohamed Choubi star in the English subtitled film. Achoura comes home on VOD and DVD in the US on December 14th, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2021

Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release

Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021

Guillermo Del Torro Takes Us To ‘Nightmare Alley’ This December

Guillermo del Toro’s new film Nightmare Alley, rated “R” for “Strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity, and language.” debuts this December. The all-star cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn. In the film, an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, “An ambitious young carny (Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.” This is not the first time the story has made it to the big screen, it was first made into a film back in 1947 by director Edmund Goulding and starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Nightmare Alley was written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan and will open in theaters on December 17, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Last Rite’ Is Now Out On Digital

Professional wrestler Leroy Kincaide makes his directorial debut with the possession horror The Last Rite, based on true events. In the film, written by Kincade, Lucy (Bethan Waller), a study from home medical student and sleep paralysis victim, moves in with her boyfriend and finds out all is not as it seems. Soon she falls prey to a demonic force hell-bent on ripping her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, Lucy is left with no alternative but to contact a local priest, Father Roberts for help. With time running out and the dark force consuming her from inside, Father Roberts is forced to make a choice, do the right thing and get the church involved, or help Lucy by conducting his own exorcism against the will of the church. ​ Waller stars alongside Johnny Fleming, Kit Smith, Tara Hoyos-Martinez, and Ian Macnaughton. The Last Rite debuted on Digital and On Demand on November 26, 2021. We highly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021

Shudder Takes Us To ‘Death Valley’ To Witness An Experiment Gone Wrong

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, announced today that it will release the original film Death Valley this December. Written and directed by Matthew Ninaber (Psycho Goreman), who also appears as the frightening monster in the film, Death Valley also stars Jeremy Ninaber (Escape the Dark), Ethan Mitchell (Escape the Dark), and Kristen Kaster (If I should Die). “When a secret experiment goes horribly wrong, bioengineer Dr. Chloe (Kaster) becomes trapped inside a secret underground facility. With only 24 hours before a fatal decontamination protocol destroys the entire lab, Chloe deploys an emergency distress signal before a terrifying creature (Matthew Ninaber) of unknown origin can consume what’s left of her. Alerted by the distress beacon, battle-weary guns for hire, Marshall (Mitchell) and Beckett (Jeremy Ninaber) are commissioned to carry out a covert operation to extract the imprisoned scientist. Upon deployment, the team is ambushed by another heavily armed militia hell-bent on finding a way

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021

Indigenous Horror ‘Don’t Say Its Name’ Now Out On VOD

A police detective sets out to investigate a series of horrific murders that begin following the hit and run of a Native anti-mining activist in director Rueben Martel‘s Don’t Say Its Name. Starring Madison Walsh, Sera-Lys McArthur, and Julian Black Antelope Don’t Say Its Name is an Indigenous genre film that brings to life ancient myths to terrify modern-day viewers. Watch Don’t Say Its Name now on VOD and Digital, from Vortex Media.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021

Spanish Horror ‘Two” Finds Strangers Stuck Together, Literally

Netflix has really been on a roll the past few years, releasing a ton of foreign horror films and series (not that we are complaining). There’s a new movie headed your way that you might want to add to your watch list, the Spanish horror-thriller Two (aka Dos). The movie centers on two strangers who wake up together to find themselves connected at the abdomen. They have no recollection of how they got to the mysterious room they find themselves in and growing increasingly suspicious of each other. They must connect the dots to find out how to get out of their new hell. Marina Gatell (Little Ashes) stars alongside Pablo Derqui (Julia’s Eyes) in Two, from brilliant director Mar Targarona, who was behind 2007’s The Orphanage and 2012’s The Body. Two makes its premiere on Netflix on December 10, 2021.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2021

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Coming Of Age Horror ‘The Unhealer’ Coming To Roku

Following a wildly successful run on the global film festival circuit and a wide physical and digital release, Horror Business Films and Shout! Studios have announced the ad-supported and subscription-based release of Martin Guigui’s The Unhealer. In the film, A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score. Directed by writer and producer Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness, The Bronx Bull, Future World), the film stars genre favorites Natasha Henstridge (Species, The Whole Nine Yards) and Lance Henriksen (Aliens, Near Dark). The cast is rounded out by TikTok superstar Elijah Nelson (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, “S.W.A.T.”), Kayla Carlson (“Why Women Kill,” “Widow Detective”), Adam Beach (Suicide Squad, Cowboys & Aliens), Chris Browning (“Westworld”, “Bosch”), Cristi Harris (Night of the Demons 2) and Branscombe Richmond (The Scorpion King, Hard To Kill). The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 6, 2021

‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Sequel Slashes Its Way Onto Netflix This February (Trailer)

Netflix continues to build its genre library. One of the movies coming next year is a new Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel whose premiere date has just been announced. Alvarez said this about the movie: “It’s basically the same character, who is still alive. Our take on it was this guy probably disappeared after everything he’s done. You know, how do you catch a guy who has a mask? Once he removes the mask and runs away, it’s very easy for him to hide somewhere. This story will pick it up many, many years after the original story. He’s been in hiding for a long, long time, trying to be a good person. “These people arriving in this town are going to awaken the giant.” David Blue Garcia (Tejano) directed the movie for Legendary from the script penned by Chris Thomas Devlin. The movie stars Olwen Fouéré (Mandy), Elsie Fisher (“Castle Rock”), Sarah Yarkin (Happy Death Day 2U), Mark Burnham (Wrong

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2021

French-Moroccan Horror ‘Achoura’ Finally Getting A US Release (Trailer)

Three years after its premiere, the French-Moroccan horror film Achoura has a US trailer and is finally set for a US release from Dark Star Pictures. In the film, four childhood friends are reunited when one of them surfaces after twenty years, forcing them to deal with a creature straight out of a spine-chilling Moroccan legend. They will have to confront the terrifying events of their youth and fight a monstrous creature from folklore. It is sociologically proven that fantasy and horror cinema has always enjoyed a renewed interest from audiences and critics in times of social and economic turmoil,” the director explains. Sofiia Manousha, Younes Bouab, Omar Lotfi, Iván González, Moussa Maaskri, and Mohamed Choubi star in the English subtitled film. Achoura comes home on VOD and DVD in the US on December 14th, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 4, 2021

Shudder Shares New Clip From ‘The Advent Calander’ Ahead Of Its Release

Ahead of its December release, Shudder has unveiled a new clip, titled “Captured,” from writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s French horror-fantasy The Advent Calendar, revealing a terrifying monster. In the film, Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her. The Advent Calendar made its world premiere earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts. Premiering exclusively on Shudder on Tuesday, December 2nd, The Advent Calander combines Faustian themes

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021

Watch The Japanese Legend Inspired Short Film ‘Stay Pretty, No Pity’ Now

From Tokyo Bay Films, and filmmaker Wilco C.Rullens, comes the terrifying short horror film Stay Pretty, No Pity – available to watch below. Starring Maria Ozawa, the 11-minute long film is based on the Japanese folklore of Oiwa Yotsuya (Yotsuya Kaidan) that was born from a true story from the Edo period. The tale tells of a samurai that had his beautiful wife killed because she became deformed, only to be haunted by her vision until he went insane and killed himself. Now hundreds of years later, Yotsuya is back! Out to punish more ugly characters by recruiting the pretty. In the film, Lucy (half Japanese/half American) just escaped from an abusive relationship and took refuge with her new American roommate. Things turn horrible fast for her when a ghost shows her seemingly random images and gives her three days. The clock starts ticking. She will have to solve the mystery of the visions, find the clues within them, to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2021

Guillermo Del Torro Takes Us To ‘Nightmare Alley’ This December

Guillermo del Toro’s new film Nightmare Alley, rated “R” for “Strong/bloody violence, some sexual content, nudity, and language.” debuts this December. The all-star cast includes Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn. In the film, an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel of the same name, “An ambitious young carny (Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.” This is not the first time the story has made it to the big screen, it was first made into a film back in 1947 by director Edmund Goulding and starred Tyrone Power and Joan Blondell. Nightmare Alley was written by Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan and will open in theaters on December 17, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021

True Story Inspired Horror ‘The Last Rite’ Is Now Out On Digital

Professional wrestler Leroy Kincaide makes his directorial debut with the possession horror The Last Rite, based on true events. In the film, written by Kincade, Lucy (Bethan Waller), a study from home medical student and sleep paralysis victim, moves in with her boyfriend and finds out all is not as it seems. Soon she falls prey to a demonic force hell-bent on ripping her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, Lucy is left with no alternative but to contact a local priest, Father Roberts for help. With time running out and the dark force consuming her from inside, Father Roberts is forced to make a choice, do the right thing and get the church involved, or help Lucy by conducting his own exorcism against the will of the church. ​ Waller stars alongside Johnny Fleming, Kit Smith, Tara Hoyos-Martinez, and Ian Macnaughton. The Last Rite debuted on Digital and On Demand on November 26, 2021. We highly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 27, 2021

Shudder Takes Us To ‘Death Valley’ To Witness An Experiment Gone Wrong

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, announced today that it will release the original film Death Valley this December. Written and directed by Matthew Ninaber (Psycho Goreman), who also appears as the frightening monster in the film, Death Valley also stars Jeremy Ninaber (Escape the Dark), Ethan Mitchell (Escape the Dark), and Kristen Kaster (If I should Die). “When a secret experiment goes horribly wrong, bioengineer Dr. Chloe (Kaster) becomes trapped inside a secret underground facility. With only 24 hours before a fatal decontamination protocol destroys the entire lab, Chloe deploys an emergency distress signal before a terrifying creature (Matthew Ninaber) of unknown origin can consume what’s left of her. Alerted by the distress beacon, battle-weary guns for hire, Marshall (Mitchell) and Beckett (Jeremy Ninaber) are commissioned to carry out a covert operation to extract the imprisoned scientist. Upon deployment, the team is ambushed by another heavily armed militia hell-bent on finding a way

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021

Indigenous Horror ‘Don’t Say Its Name’ Now Out On VOD

A police detective sets out to investigate a series of horrific murders that begin following the hit and run of a Native anti-mining activist in director Rueben Martel‘s Don’t Say Its Name. Starring Madison Walsh, Sera-Lys McArthur, and Julian Black Antelope Don’t Say Its Name is an Indigenous genre film that brings to life ancient myths to terrify modern-day viewers. Watch Don’t Say Its Name now on VOD and Digital, from Vortex Media.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 26, 2021

Spanish Horror ‘Two” Finds Strangers Stuck Together, Literally

Netflix has really been on a roll the past few years, releasing a ton of foreign horror films and series (not that we are complaining). There’s a new movie headed your way that you might want to add to your watch list, the Spanish horror-thriller Two (aka Dos). The movie centers on two strangers who wake up together to find themselves connected at the abdomen. They have no recollection of how they got to the mysterious room they find themselves in and growing increasingly suspicious of each other. They must connect the dots to find out how to get out of their new hell. Marina Gatell (Little Ashes) stars alongside Pablo Derqui (Julia’s Eyes) in Two, from brilliant director Mar Targarona, who was behind 2007’s The Orphanage and 2012’s The Body. Two makes its premiere on Netflix on December 10, 2021.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 23, 2021
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