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‘Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Game’ Started A Kickstarter Campaign

The so bad it’s good holiday slasher from 1984 Silent Night Deadly Night could soon become a board game to add to your yuletide game nights! The film’s producers teamed up with Fright-Rags Inc. to make a Kickstarter to help bring this fun vision to life! 1-4 players can team up and try to stop Billy, the Santa-dressed killer, from killing Mother Superior at the Orphanage! Play as Andy, Denise, Mr. Simms, or Sister Margret to try and foil Billy’s plan all the while risking yourself in the process. Players will have to try to set up roadblocks to slow Billy down while drawing action cards featuring moments from the film. The board will be double-sided with a Naughty and Nice side, the nice side being the standard game while the Naughty side is set up as a drinking game! The Kickstarter ends January 13th and backers will be able to pre-order the game through the Kickstarter. If you’re interested

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Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 17, 2021

Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

RLJE Films is set to release Shudder’s hit original series CREEPSHOW Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Christmas. The Blu-ray and DVD will feature the five-episode season as well as the bonus episodes “A Creepshow Animated Special” and “A Creepshow Holiday Special” from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) which star Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Ted Raimi (“Buddy Thunderstruck”), and Ali Larter (House On Haunted Hill), Season 2’s cast includes Thomas Howell (The Amazing Spider-Man), Iman Benson (“Alexa and Katie”), Josh McDermitt (“The Walking Dead”), Ashley Laurence (HellraiserFranchise), Keith David (21 Bridges), Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Molly Ringwald (“Riverdale”), Eric Edelstein (“Shameless”), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Denise Crosby (“Ray Donovan”), Justin Long (Lady of the Manor), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”), Kiefer Sutherland (“Designated Survivor”), Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”). It’s still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! Following CREEPSHOW

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Holiday Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Now Available To Pre-Order!

Listen up horror fans, Bloodmoon Pictures has just announced that the holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas is now on pre-sale! Get your Blu-ray or grab a special signed copy today! 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories)and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2020
Horror Fuel

Santa Has An Ax To Grind This Christmas In The Trailer & Clip From ‘Slayed’

Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what he did. Klock, who recently starred in Secrets in the Woods, centrally stars in the film. Emmy Award-winning co-director Mike Capozzi(Dark/Web) also stars, along with Kyra Kennedy (Red Letters), and Coél Mahal (“Don’t Ask Nancy”). All of these cast and crew members have come together to bring the globe one of this year’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Killer Stalks The Trailer For ‘The Nights Before Christmas’

The holiday season is here. Christmas is coming and holiday-themed horror films are beginning to be released, including director Paul Tanter’s The Nights Before Christmas. “In the run-up to Christmas, a murderous Santa and Mrs. Claus rampage their way through a series of gruesome killings. FBI Special Agent Natalie Parker is tasked with tracking the pair of psychotic serial killers and discovering what links their victims. With the body count rising, she discovers the couple met in and escaped from an asylum for the criminally insane. As Christmas day nears, the psychotic couple slaughters their way through their special naughty list, playing a cat and mouse game with the FBI and leaving a trail of gruesome bloody bodies in their wake.” Simon Phillips, Sayla De Goede, Kate Schroder, Keegan Chambers, and Anne-Carolyn Binnette star. It’s been described as “fantastic,” “gory, brutal and nasty” and “a fun holiday horror gift” by horror festival-goers who also said, “Santa and Mrs. Claus are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Gifts Genre Fans With A Killer Trailer

The highly-anticipated holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas has just gifted genre fans with the premiere of their brand new trailer! 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories). The film features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Robert Kern III, Carlos Omar De

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Nov 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

Holiday Horror Film ‘Toys Of Terror’ Aims To Make Toys Scary Again

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will have you on the edge of seats with their all-new holiday horror film, Toys of Terror. David and Hannah Cashman have promised their family a fun Christmas getaway, but when they arrive at a grand, old house in the snowy woods of Washington and are greeted by a familiar construction foreman, the kids realize their parent’s plan to make it a working vacation; renovating the place in the hopes of flipping it. Alicia, the eldest, is annoyed but the younger kids are soon distracted when, wandering through the creepy mansion, they find a stash of old toys in an abandoned playroom and take to them instantly. Before long, they seem to be inseparable from their new playthings, much to the consternation of their nanny Rose who, along with Alicia, senses that something in the house is not quite right. As stranger and stranger things start to happen, Rose and Alicia have a hunch that there

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2020
Horror Fuel

This Christmas Cute But Deadly ‘Creatures’ Invade Earth

Post-production has been completed on Creatures, the new movie from Tony Jopia, the director that brought you Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf, the executive producer of The Hive, and the creator of Good Tidings. In the movie, “a group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien creatures.” Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC aimed to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work, and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horror-comedies truly away.“ Director Tony Jopia says. “Creatures’ will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blood Moon Pictures Announces Holiday Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X’Mas’

Blood Moon Pictures, who have brought us films such as Volumes of Blood and Volumes of Blood 2: Horror Stories, have just announced their latest film, the massive holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till x-Mas. Set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, “five seemingly random men are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each take turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret.” From writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories), 13 Slays feature thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from directors Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Carlos Omar

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

This December Business Gets Brutal In Into The Dark’s ‘A Nasty Piece Of Work’

‘Tis the season for the new trailer for Into the Dark‘s Christmas episode, A Nasty Piece of Work! In the horror series’ newest installment, a businessman is invited to his boss’s holiday party where he is forced to participate in a terrifying competition in order to climb the corporate ladder. Starring Julian Sands (What/If, Warlock), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Kyle Howard (Orange County), Molly Hagan (Sully), and Natalie Hall (Only the Brave), this installment of the holiday centered series was directed by Charles Hood and penned by Paul Soter. A mid-level employee at a large company finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus or promotion he was expecting. But then his boss invites him over for dinner with a proposal for how he can climb the corporate ladder… by beating his professional rival in a violent competition. “A Nasty Piece of Work” premieres on Friday, December 6th on Hulu.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2019

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‘Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Game’ Started A Kickstarter Campaign

The so bad it’s good holiday slasher from 1984 Silent Night Deadly Night could soon become a board game to add to your yuletide game nights! The film’s producers teamed up with Fright-Rags Inc. to make a Kickstarter to help bring this fun vision to life! 1-4 players can team up and try to stop Billy, the Santa-dressed killer, from killing Mother Superior at the Orphanage! Play as Andy, Denise, Mr. Simms, or Sister Margret to try and foil Billy’s plan all the while risking yourself in the process. Players will have to try to set up roadblocks to slow Billy down while drawing action cards featuring moments from the film. The board will be double-sided with a Naughty and Nice side, the nice side being the standard game while the Naughty side is set up as a drinking game! The Kickstarter ends January 13th and backers will be able to pre-order the game through the Kickstarter. If you’re interested

Continue reading →
Daniel S. Liuzzi
Dec 17, 2021

Creepshow Season 2 Is Coming To Blu-ray

RLJE Films is set to release Shudder’s hit original series CREEPSHOW Season 2 on Blu-ray and DVD just in time for Christmas. The Blu-ray and DVD will feature the five-episode season as well as the bonus episodes “A Creepshow Animated Special” and “A Creepshow Holiday Special” from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) which star Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Ted Raimi (“Buddy Thunderstruck”), and Ali Larter (House On Haunted Hill), Season 2’s cast includes Thomas Howell (The Amazing Spider-Man), Iman Benson (“Alexa and Katie”), Josh McDermitt (“The Walking Dead”), Ashley Laurence (HellraiserFranchise), Keith David (21 Bridges), Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Molly Ringwald (“Riverdale”), Eric Edelstein (“Shameless”), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Denise Crosby (“Ray Donovan”), Justin Long (Lady of the Manor), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”), Kiefer Sutherland (“Designated Survivor”), Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”). It’s still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! Following CREEPSHOW

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Holiday Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Now Available To Pre-Order!

Listen up horror fans, Bloodmoon Pictures has just announced that the holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas is now on pre-sale! Get your Blu-ray or grab a special signed copy today! 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories)and features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 16, 2020
Horror Fuel

Santa Has An Ax To Grind This Christmas In The Trailer & Clip From ‘Slayed’

Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what he did. Klock, who recently starred in Secrets in the Woods, centrally stars in the film. Emmy Award-winning co-director Mike Capozzi(Dark/Web) also stars, along with Kyra Kennedy (Red Letters), and Coél Mahal (“Don’t Ask Nancy”). All of these cast and crew members have come together to bring the globe one of this year’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Killer Stalks The Trailer For ‘The Nights Before Christmas’

The holiday season is here. Christmas is coming and holiday-themed horror films are beginning to be released, including director Paul Tanter’s The Nights Before Christmas. “In the run-up to Christmas, a murderous Santa and Mrs. Claus rampage their way through a series of gruesome killings. FBI Special Agent Natalie Parker is tasked with tracking the pair of psychotic serial killers and discovering what links their victims. With the body count rising, she discovers the couple met in and escaped from an asylum for the criminally insane. As Christmas day nears, the psychotic couple slaughters their way through their special naughty list, playing a cat and mouse game with the FBI and leaving a trail of gruesome bloody bodies in their wake.” Simon Phillips, Sayla De Goede, Kate Schroder, Keegan Chambers, and Anne-Carolyn Binnette star. It’s been described as “fantastic,” “gory, brutal and nasty” and “a fun holiday horror gift” by horror festival-goers who also said, “Santa and Mrs. Claus are

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X-Mas’ Gifts Genre Fans With A Killer Trailer

The highly-anticipated holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till X-Mas has just gifted genre fans with the premiere of their brand new trailer! 13 Slays Till X-Mas is set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, with five seemingly random men who are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each takes turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret. The film is from writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories). The film features thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Robert Kern III, Carlos Omar De

Continue reading →
Ella Rebecca Horton
Nov 9, 2020
Horror Fuel

Holiday Horror Film ‘Toys Of Terror’ Aims To Make Toys Scary Again

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will have you on the edge of seats with their all-new holiday horror film, Toys of Terror. David and Hannah Cashman have promised their family a fun Christmas getaway, but when they arrive at a grand, old house in the snowy woods of Washington and are greeted by a familiar construction foreman, the kids realize their parent’s plan to make it a working vacation; renovating the place in the hopes of flipping it. Alicia, the eldest, is annoyed but the younger kids are soon distracted when, wandering through the creepy mansion, they find a stash of old toys in an abandoned playroom and take to them instantly. Before long, they seem to be inseparable from their new playthings, much to the consternation of their nanny Rose who, along with Alicia, senses that something in the house is not quite right. As stranger and stranger things start to happen, Rose and Alicia have a hunch that there

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2020
Horror Fuel

This Christmas Cute But Deadly ‘Creatures’ Invade Earth

Post-production has been completed on Creatures, the new movie from Tony Jopia, the director that brought you Cute Little Buggers and Crying Wolf, the executive producer of The Hive, and the creator of Good Tidings. In the movie, “a group of astronomy students gets more than they bargained for after finding an injured alien who is being targeted by a group of bloodthirsty alien creatures.” Jopia Productions and Creatures Media LLC aimed to create a Christmas themed creature feature that could sit alongside such classic movies as Night of the Creeps, Critters, Dead Heat, Ghoulies, They Live, and Gremlins. Our passion lies in melding practical and visual FX. We aim to deliver on the goods by bringing together some creatively nasty SFX, tremendous puppet creature work, and VFX work that will blow fans of action, horror-comedies truly away.“ Director Tony Jopia says. “Creatures’ will definitely be delivering a Red Christmas this year! We’re super excited to be making our biggest

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2020
Horror Fuel

Blood Moon Pictures Announces Holiday Horror Anthology ’13 Slays Till X’Mas’

Blood Moon Pictures, who have brought us films such as Volumes of Blood and Volumes of Blood 2: Horror Stories, have just announced their latest film, the massive holiday horror anthology 13 Slays Till x-Mas. Set on December 24th, Christmas Eve, “five seemingly random men are invited to a dive bar by a mysterious e-mail. They decide to pass the time by resurrecting the old tradition of telling scary stories on Christmas Eve. As each take turns spinning yarns of yuletide terror it becomes evident, they may be harboring a dark and deadly secret.” From writer-producer P.J. Starks, the creator of Volumes of Blood, and producer Eric Huskisson (The Confession of Fred Krueger, VOB: Horror Stories), 13 Slays feature thirteen Christmas themed stories of merry mayhem from directors Brittany Blanton (Seasons Greetings 2), Sean Blevins (Trick or Treat), Jed Brian (Unlisted Owner), William Capps (After the Slasher), Alex Clark, John Hale (The Conduit), Blair Hoyle (Five Wild Animals), Carlos Omar

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 13, 2020
Horror Fuel

This December Business Gets Brutal In Into The Dark’s ‘A Nasty Piece Of Work’

‘Tis the season for the new trailer for Into the Dark‘s Christmas episode, A Nasty Piece of Work! In the horror series’ newest installment, a businessman is invited to his boss’s holiday party where he is forced to participate in a terrifying competition in order to climb the corporate ladder. Starring Julian Sands (What/If, Warlock), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Angela Sarafyan (Westworld), Kyle Howard (Orange County), Molly Hagan (Sully), and Natalie Hall (Only the Brave), this installment of the holiday centered series was directed by Charles Hood and penned by Paul Soter. A mid-level employee at a large company finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus or promotion he was expecting. But then his boss invites him over for dinner with a proposal for how he can climb the corporate ladder… by beating his professional rival in a violent competition. “A Nasty Piece of Work” premieres on Friday, December 6th on Hulu.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 21, 2019
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