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First Images From Horror Comedy ‘Vicious Fun’

Life comes terrifyingly close to imitating art in Vicious Fun, the new horror-comedy from Breakthrough Entertainment and Black Fawn Films in partnership with Turner Latin America’s new movie banner, Particular Crowd. Today, we have the first behind the scenes images. In the film directed by Cody Calahan, Joel is a caustic 1980’s film critic for a national horror magazine, who finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in with his homicidal surroundings or risk becoming the next victim. An outrageous mash-up of dread and humor, Vicious Fun lives up to its title,” said Craig McGillivray, Breakthrough Entertainment’s Vice President of Distribution. “We are thrilled to have Turner Latin America’s new movie banner, Particular Crowd, as a partner on this film, and look forward to sharing the howls and horrors we’ve created together.” The film features an incredible cast including David Koechner (Anchorman, Cheap Thrills), Evan Marsh (Shazam!, Riot

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 2, 2020

MoviesNews

‘I’ll Take Your Dead’ Screening At Fright Fest Ahead Of Release

Black Fawn Distribution is gearing up to unleash the horror-thriller I’ll Take Your Dead, from director Chad Archibald (Bite, The Heretics, Neverlost). I’ll Take Your Dead the film centers on “William (Aidan Devine, Wolfcop), a man who has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. His country farmhouse has become a dumping ground for gang-related casualties while his daughter Gloria (Ava Preston, Critters Attack!) is convinced that some of them haunt their home. After a woman’s body (Jess Salgueiro, “Letterkenny”, “The Boys”) is dropped off on their doorstep, William realizes that she’s not actually dead. As he tries to figure out what to do next, the woman’s assailants get word that she’s still alive and make a plan to finish what they started.” I’ll Take Your Dead stars Aidan Devine (A History of Violence, Suicide Squad), Ava Preston (Critters Attack! The Odd Squad), Toronto International Film Festival’s 2018 Rising Star Jessica Salgueiro (TV’s The Boys, TV’s Letterkenny), and Canadian

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 22, 2019

IndieMoviesReviewsThriller

Blu-ray Review: I’ll Take Your Dead (2018)

William (Aidan Devine) is a simple farmer with a cushy side hustle; he makes the dead bodies generated by ye olde crime lord and his ilk vanish all nice and neat like, ya dig? Now ol’ Billiam ain’t fond of the gig, but it pays large, and with the dough he’s saving he plans on starting a better life for himself and his daughter Gloria (Ava Preston). Speaking of G-dawg; she’s convinced she sees the spirits of some of them stiffs haunting their humble abode! Things continue on until one day the corpse of a woman, Jackie (Jess Salgueiro) is dumped off…but she isn’t as dead as previously established. Our heroes nurse her back to health, and keep her captive until they can figure out just what in he hell to do with her…but the decision might not be their’s as those vile villains that left her for dead catch wind of their error and aim to rectify it post

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DanXIII

May 1, 2019

IndieMovies

Movie Review: The Heretics (2017)

Gloria (Nina Kiri) has one hell of a skeleton in her closet…namely she was kidnapped by a cult during a “locust moon” and tied up on an altar, but in a unique twist; the cultists kill themselves letting their captive live! Flash forward a few years, and G-dawg has hooked up with a fellow trauma survivor named Joan (Jorja Cadence), and is livin’ all lovey-dovey in dysfunctional paradise…that is until one of those pesky cult members, a dude named Thomas (Ry Barrett), who kidnaps her to complete the ritual began years before. will Gloria survive the ordeal…and what is growing inside her, and will Joan be able to rescue her love from the grip of the arcane?!! The Heretics definitely has a few checks in the ol’ plus column; and first and foremost among them is the acting on hand. Kiri makes for a great lead who can go from vulnerable victim, to strong survivor, to off-kilter possessed with equal

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DanXIII

Oct 27, 2018

MoviesNewsTrailers

Witness ‘The Heretics’ This November

This November, a woman will transform into something very, very strange in The Heretics, the horror thriller from Chad Archibald, the director that also brought us Bite and The Drownsman. In the film, “a young woman (Nina Kiri of ”The Handmaid’s Tale”) is abducted by a strange man who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, she falls deathly ill. As her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…she’s changing.”From Black Fawn Films, the award-winning and celebrated Canadian horror machine behind the Antisocial series, Bite, and Let Her Out, comes a film that’s “part cabin-in-the-woods thriller, part psychological puzzle, and part demonic possession battleground” (iHorror). Nina Kiri, Ry Barrett (Lifechanger), and Jorja Cadence star in The Heretics available On Demand November 6, 2018, and DVD on January 5th from Uncork’d Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 19, 2018

NewsTrailers

Life Gets Messy In The Trailer For ‘I’ll Take Your Dead’

Ahead of its World Premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival this Thursday, Black Fawn Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment have unveiled the trailer for I’ll Take Your Dead, the revenge thriller from The Heretics’ director Chad Archibald. In the film, William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. Through circumstances out of his control, his little farmhouse in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang-related murders in the nearby city. His daughter Gloria has become used to the rough looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them haunt their house. After a woman’s body is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realizes that she’s not actually dead. William patches up the woman and holds her against her will until he can figure out what to do with her. When the woman’s murders get word she’s still alive they make a plan to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 25, 2018

MoviesNews

A First Look At Chad Archibald’s Horror Thriller ‘I’ll Take Your Dead’

Black Fawn Films along with Breakthrough Entertainment has released the first look for Chad Archibald‘s I’ll Take You Dead. In the horror thriller, “William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. Through circumstances out of his control, his little farmhouse in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang-related murders in the nearby city. His daughter Gloria has become used to the rough looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them haunt their house. After a woman’s body is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realizes that she’s not actually dead. As the gang activity increases, William patches up the woman and holds her against her will until he can figure out what to do with her. As they begin to develop an unusual respect for each other, the woman’s murderers get word that she’s still alive and make a plan to finish

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 30, 2018

Streaming TV

Chad Archibald And Cody Calahan Are Taking Us To ‘The Cleaners’

Chad Archbald (Bite, Let Her Out) and Cody Calahan (Antisocial, Antisocial 2) and their company Black Fawn films are working to deliver a new television series, titled The Cleaners. The Cleaners follows a team of crime scene cleaners who mop up after supernatural killings, hiding the truth from the world… that monsters really do exist. From the Press Release: Award-winning horror film producers and directors Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films are set to showcase their TV series concept “The Cleaners,” created by Calahan and Al Kratina, to networks in Banff. For the first time ever, William F. White Int’l. will allow a production company to take over its social media sites. Black Fawn Films will control the WFW Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube channel for three days. While in Calgary, Black Fawn will be making a stop to meet fans at the Calgary Horror-Con on June 11th, where they will be presenting at a panel moderated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 10, 2017

Trailers

Witness The Trailer For Chad Archibald’s ‘The Heretics’

Black Fawn Films’ Chad Archibald (Bite) and Cody Calahan (Antisocial) are preparing to take their eighth collaboration with Breakthrough Entertainment, titled ‘The Heretics’, to the European Film Market in Berlin ahead of its international film festival run. In the film, written by Jayme Laforest, a notorious cult kidnaps a young girl, and sacrifice themselves by the light of the locust moon. The next morning the girl awakes, caked in dried blood and surrounded by corpses…but safe – or so she thinks. Years later, the locust moon is about to rise again and the girl is captured once more by a surviving member of the cult. She is taken to a remote cabin where she learns that she is changing. Nina Kiri, Jorja Cadence, Ry Barrett, Nina Richmond, Will King, Ty Phoenix, Colin Price, and Julie C. Sheppard star in the film whose first trailer has arrived. Take a look.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 2, 2017

Uncategorized

Bite Sinks Its Teeth Into A Blu-ray And DVD Release Date

Chad Archibald’s Bite, From Black Fawn Films, has been given a DVD release date for later this summer. The stomach-churning film follows Casey, a young woman returning home after a bachelorette getaway. After being bitten by a mystery insect of her trip, Casey begins to feel herself changing. She’s becoming something new. After canceling her wedding Casey gives into her new urges and builds a hive where her eggs feed on flesh. Elma Begovic stars as Casey. Denise Yuen, Annette Wozniak, Jordan Gray, Barry Bimberg, Lawrene Denkers, Daniel Kimitz, Caroline Palmer and Tianna Nori co-star in Bite, which made some theater goers physically ill. Bite will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD on August 2, 2016 from Shout Factory. You can now pre-order your copy at ShoutFactory.com. The Blu-ray and DVD features five behind-the-scenes shorts, including the film’s special-effects makeup and more. Other Articles You Might Like: Viewers Faint And Vomit At The Screening Of Bite Chad Archibald’s The Drownsman

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 13, 2016

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