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A Horrifying Chain Of Events Unfold In The ‘Night Drive’ Trailer

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. In the trailer, a driver picks up a new fare and a disturbing chain of events follows. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 22, 2021

IndieMoviesNewsThrillerTrailers

Horror-Thriller ‘Night Drive’ Pulls Into Theaters This August

Dark Sky Films has now announced that the thriller Night Drive is pulling into theaters this August. And we’ve got the first trailer that reveals a dark, intense film. In Night Drive, “Russell (AJ Bowen – You’re Next, The Signal) is a driver in Los Angeles who’s reeling from a series of bad decisions. While his life seems to be caught in a downward spiral, a business proposition from an alluring but enigmatic passenger named Charlotte (Sophie Dalah – Unbroken, Dead Night) proves too good to turn down. A simple ride turns deadly, catapulting Russell into an even darker place, but Charlotte may be the key to a second chance he thought he’d never have… if he can make it through the night.” Bradford Baruh, the filmmaker that brought you John Dies at the End, directed alongside Meghan Leon who penned the script. HorrorFuel’s Joseph Perry said in his review, “Baruh and Leon have crafted a fun, thoroughly engaging thrill

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 28, 2021

Film FestivalsReviews

Movie Review (Panic Fest 2021): Night Drive

The latest entry into the ride-share subgenre of thriller and horror movies is Night Drive, one of the best offerings in the subgenre so far. Funny, smart, and with a truly surprising element, the first co-directing feature film team up from Brad Baruh and Meghan Leon is a blast. AJ Bowen (Dead Night; Satanic Panic; I Trapped the Devil) portrays Russell, a ride-share driver with a fancy car who has gone through a series of personal and professional hardships. He and his freewheeling fare Charlotte (Sophie Dalah of Dead Night and Satanic) share some laughs and drinks, and then Russell accidentally hits a pedestrian. It turns out that Charlotte happens to be quite knowledgeable in the area of body disposal, and the night is only going to get weirder and more dangerous for Russell. Bowen and Dalah have superb chemistry together, with both getting in their share of sarcastic barbs and witty asides. Leon’s crackerjack screenplay gives the duo plenty

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Joseph Perry

Apr 21, 2021

MoviesNewsTrailers

New ‘Deathcember’ Trailer Teases 24 Bloody Days Of Christmas

This Christmas Epic Pictures’ horror anthology Deathcember will treat genre fans to 24 terror-inducing short films by 24 directors from around the world, each taking aim the holiday season. Directors include Michael Varrati, Lazar Bodroža, Florian Frerichs, Isaac Ezban, Sonia Escolano, Bob Pipe, Steve De Roover, Jürgen Kling, Ama Lea, Lucky McKee, Milan Todorović, Pollyanna McIntosh, Sadrac González-Perellón, Julian Richards, Lee Sang-woo, Vivienne Vaughn, Ruggero Deodato, Sam Wineman, Andreas Marschall, Rémi Fréchette, Jason A. Rostovsky, John Cook Lynch, Trent Haaga, Annika Marx, BJ Colangelo, Zach Shildwachter, and Alyosha Saari. The cast includes Barbara Crampton, AJ Bowen, and Suspiria Barbara Magnolfi Today, we’ve got the teaser. You won’t have to wait long to see the full trailer, it arrives next week. Here it is, our first official teaser trailer! Can’t wait for you all to see the crazy, bloody, weird Advent horror anthology that #DEATHCEMBER has become. Full trailer out next month! 🎅 world sales: @epic_pictures pic.twitter.com/KivRAymp9Y — Deathcember (@DeathcemberFilm) July

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 14, 2019

MoviesNews

IFC Midnight Announces ‘I Trapped The Devil’ Release Date

IFC Midnight has announced the Spring release of I Trapped the Devil, the Christmas set debut film from writer-director Josh Lobo. “Christmas is supposed to be a time for peace and joyful family reunions. But when Matt (AJ Bowen) and his wife Karen (Susan Burke) show up unannounced at the home of his estranged brother Steve (Scott Poythress) to celebrate the holidays, they are instead greeted with a horrifying surprise: trapped in the basement is a man. But not just any man. Steve believes that his hostage is none other than the devil himself. As shock and skepticism turn to fear and paranoia, Matt and Karen find themselves facing a terrifying quandary: is Steve dangerously unhinged? Or could the mysterious stranger really be evil incarnate? Either way, the stage is set for a true Christmas from hell.” I Trapped the Devil is set to arrive in select theaters an On Demand on April 26th following the end of its festival

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 29, 2019

MoviesNews

Josh Lobo’s ‘I Trapped The Devil’ Set For An April Release From IFC Midnight

IFC Midnight announced today that they are acquiring the rights to writer-director Josh Lobo‘s debut film I Trapped the Devil (formerly known as A Man in the Dark). The all-star cast includes Chris Sullivan (“This is Us”, Guardians of the Galaxy 2), Jocelin Donahue (The House of the Devil, Doctor Sleep), AJ Bowen (You’re Next, The Sacrament), Susan Burke (Stan against Evil), and Scott Poythress (“Homeland”). It’s the Christmas season, a time of peace and joy with friends and family. But when Matt (AJ Bowen) and his wife Karen (Susan Burke) show up unannounced at the home of his estranged brother Steve (Scott Poythress) to celebrate the holidays, they are instead greeted with a disturbing surprise. Held hostage in Steve’s basement is a man—though not just any man. Or perhaps not a man at all. Steve believes that he has captured the human manifestation of the Devil himself. As shock and skepticism turn to fear and paranoia, Matt and Karen

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 5, 2019

MoviesNewsReviewsTrailers

DVD Review: ‘Dead Night’ Is Deadly Good

Two lovers parked in a wooded area find themselves stalked by a hooded figure. When the man gets out to check on a noise, he’s murdered and the woman taken. Skip forward nine months, the woman is laying in the dirt screaming, ready to give birth. Two hooded figures are there by her side as she delivers and the scene closes. Following a time jump, we meet a family, James (AJ Bowen) a father with cancer, Casey (Brea Grant) the mother, Jason (Joshua Hoffman) their son, their daughter Jessica (Sophie Dalah) and her friend (Elise Luthman) Becky on their way to a cabin. Not long after their arrival, they find a woman (Barbra Crampton) in the snow, after bringing her back to the cabin they learn they have made a fatal mistake. As the film plays out we see scenes from a crime series called “Inside Crime” where we learn that Casey killed her entire family, the family we are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 16, 2018

IndieMoviesReviews

Movie Review: Dead Night (2017)

Dead Night opens in the year 1961 as strange hooded figures abduct a young woman and impregnate her with their demon seed…which goes about as well as one would expect (I mean really, has “raped by a monster to sire it’s love child” ever had a happy ending?) Flash forward to 2015, and a dysfunctional family (and one friend) heads out in the family truckster to visit a remote cabin, under which a large quantity of buried iron is said to exist…why is that important? Because said deposit can supposedly render a new age cure for the family’s ailing patriarch. Of course this location is still home to those creepy creatures mentioned above, and they’ve been rubbin’ up on some corkscrew cocoon thing gettin’ it’s tentacles all a-twitter. We soon learn…via a true crime television show replete with cheesy re-enactments and commercials for a local politician, Leslie Bison (the legendary Barbara Crampton) that the matriarch of the fam, Casey (Brea

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DanXIII

Jul 24, 2018

MoviesNewsTrailers

Barbara Crampton Stars In ‘Dead Night’ – In Theaters This July

Horror icon and scream queen Barbara Crampton, who you know from films like Re-Animator, Beyond the Gates and Death House, stars in Dead Night, from director Bradford Baruh and the producers of John Dies in the End. In the film, “James and his wife Casey load up their two teenage kids and head out to a remote cabin in Oregon for a weekend trip. When James heads into the snowy forest in search of firewood, he encounters an enigmatic woman passed out in the snow. Bringing her back to the cabin for help, the family has no way of knowing that the woman’s presence is the catalyst for a series of events that will change their lives forever.” Featuring a stellar cast of genre favorites including AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton Dead Night delivers a wild and blood-soaked weekend away. Brea Grant, Sophie Dalah, Elise Luthman, Joshua Hoffman, and Daniel Roebuck co-star. Today, Dark Sky Films has announced the film’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 28, 2018

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