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A Group Of Teens Find Terror In The ‘Backwoods’ Trailer

This December, a terrifying legend turns out to be very real in director Thomas Smith’s Backwoods. In the film, “High school cheerleader Molly woke bound and gagged in the trunk of her boyfriend’s car. That was the high point of her night. After escaping and fleeing into the nearby forest, she comes face-to-face with the town urban legend: The Hangman, a deformed zealot said to lynch male trespassers and keep the women as “brides”. Now, Molly, along with her best friend and would-be rescuer Noah must work together to avoid becoming his latest victims.” Jeremy Sande, Tahj Vaughans, Isabella Alberti, Micahel Anthony Bagozzi, Erin Liley, and Scott Alan Warner star. Backwoods arrives on VOD on December 1, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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‘Triggered’ Actress Reine Swart Talks Explosions And Gore In Our Interview

Back in 2018, I interviewed South African actress/director Reine Swart after being blown away by her performance in the indie horror The Lullaby. When I had an opportunity to catch up with her during the promotion of the new film Triggered, I jumped at the chance. Triggered is the action-packed survival horror from director Alastair Orr. In the movie, a group of high school friends reunites to celebrate the memory of the friend they lost. After setting up camp they wake to find they are fitted with explosive vests and all hell breaks lose as they are forced to fight to survive. Reine stars alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Suraya Rose Santos, and Liesl Ahlers. Horror Fuel: “Your new action-packed movie is about to be released, right?” Reine Swart: “Yeah, that was a really fun one. Alastair is such a great director.” Horror Fuel: “Yes he is. The movie is really intense and physical. What was filming like for you?” Reine

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 5, 2020
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Director Remi Weekes Takes Us Inside ‘His House’ In An Interview

Director Remi Weekes’ horror film His House debuts today (10/30) on Netflix. Before the premiere, we had a chance to ask him a few questions about the film that stars Sopẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and “Dr. Who’s” Matt Smith. His House follows a refugee couple who flee war-torn South Sudan and face an arduous journey. Once arriving in an English town they are assigned a home, but something dark lurks within. Horror Fuel: “What can you tell our readers about His House? Remi Weekes: “His House is a story of two asylum seekers who are given a home in the UK and there comes a suspicion that the home they’re given has something scary within.” Horror Fuel: “This couple has it rough between South Sudan, escaping, and moving into this house. What was the reasoning behind making these characters’ journey so difficult? Remi Weekes: “The film is based on a town from the UK and the migration journey from Africa

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2020
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Writing/Directing Duo Ruckus And Lane Skye Discuss ‘The Devil To Pay’

With the release of the southern gothic thriller The Devil to Pay, I sat down with the husband and wife writing, directing, and producing duo Ruckus and Lane Skye to talk about the film and their writing process. The Devil to Pay centers on an Appalachian woman named Lemon (Danielle Deadwyler) who must fight to save herself, her son, and her home after her husband disappears and a powerful family demands her husband’s debt be paid, or else. Horror Fuel: “I love the location you chose for your film. There’s just something about the mountains. And they also seem sort of like a character in the film. It’s great cinematography. How did you go about capturing that?” Ruckus: “We shot in Hiawassee, Georgia, about two hours north of Atlanta. It’s actually a pretty town. We had to erase some houses and powerlines out of the footage. It’s a little movie magic.” Lane:” We had a guy come in and do

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 3, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman Discusses New Films ‘Death Of Me’ And ‘Spiral’

Darren Lynn Bousman, the horror heavy hitter behind films like Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Tales of Halloween, Repo! The Genetic Opera, and other frightening flicks, sat down with me to discuss his new film Death of Me as well as his new highly anticipated installment of the Saw franchise, Spiral, out in theaters next year. Death of Me follows a woman visiting an island off of Thailand with her photographer husband, played by Luke Hemsworth. After a night of celebrating the couple wakeup in their room with a huge gap of time missing from their memory of the night before. Upon discovering a terrifying video on her husband’s camera Christine’s (Maggie Q) world spirals into a nightmare filled with horrors and mysterious traditions. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of your movies, especially Repo. It is brilliant!” Darren Lynn Bousman: “Oh, thank you very much!” Horror Fuel: “A few days ago I watched your new movie Death of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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‘Z’ Director Brandon Christenson Talks Terror & Imaginary Friends In Our Interview

One of the best indie horror films of 2020 is writer-director Brandon Christenson‘s Z which premiered on Shudder earlier this year. The film, which we scored as a 5 out of 5 in our review, is haunting and downright unnerving. Of course, when I had the opportunity to pick Christenson’s brain I couldn’t resist. The film, co-written by Colin Minihan, follows a family whose son has become dangerous. He blames everything on his invisible friend Z, but it doesn’t take long for Elizabeth, the mother (Keegan Connor Tracy), to come to the realization that Z may very well be real. Once she realizes that her son is being influenced by a dark entity she reaches out to a psychiatrist played by Stephen McHattie, leading it to be revealed that she’s faced the entity before. Christenson made waves in the genre before Z was released with his 2017 breakout film Still/Born which follows a new mother who lost one of her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2020
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Director Joaquin Montalvan Talks Cannibal Corpse Killers

Writer-director Joaquin Montalvan, best known for his 2014 indie horror Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher, sat down with me for an interview in which we discussed his new supernatural horror western Cannibal Corpse Killers, out August 18th on DVD and Digital. Cannibal Corpse Killers follows Pike (Dennis Haggard, Hole) and a group of survivors as they endure a long, treacherous mission to Jawbone, a hotbed for cannibals in post-apocalyptic America. Now that a deadly virus has wiped out the nation, the group must cope with the recurring memories of those who died before them and defend themselves against cannibal demons. As they migrate anxiously through the desert, endless trouble surrounds the group once they learn of The Magistrate (Ron Jason, Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher), a man with a dark agenda to build an army of his own cannibal corpse killers. Now, Pike and the group must fight for survival as they work together to retrieve the answers they need

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2020
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Final Destination’s Eric Bress Talks About New Film ‘Ghosts of War’

I’ve long been a fan of the Final Destination franchise, so when I heard that writer/director Eric Bress (Final Destination 2, The Final Destination) had a new movie coming out I was curious, then I saw the trailer for Ghosts of War and I was completely obsessed with getting a copy to review. You’ll be able to read my review now, but let’s just say I loved it! So when I got the chance to interview Bress I was beyond excited, I mean the man helped create one of the best horror franchises ever. Ghosts of War centers on five American soldiers assigned to hold a French mansion serving as an outpost near the end of World War II. Formerly occupied by the Nazi high command, the lives of the soldiers quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy far more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield. Horror Fuel: “I love your movie. In fact, I’ve already

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2020
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Miles Doleac Talks Dinner Parties, Cannibalism, And So Much More In Our Interview

Back in 2016 I sat down with actor-writer-director Miles Doleac to talk about several of his films in an interview. With the upcoming release of his film The Dinner Party I thought it was fitting to catch up with him to talk about the film as well as what he’s been up to the last four years. In The Dinner Party, a couple is invited to an exclusive dinner party, not knowing that they are on the menu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0XXNbdyjI[/embedyt] Horror Fuel: “It’s been a while since we got the chance to catch up. What have you been up to?” Miles Doleac: “I’m teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans, the film program there, which is a great gig. I’ve been gearing up for the release of The Dinner Party. I’ve also been juggling a couple of other projects, one of which I was supposed to do this summer, but now, with COVID, of course, that’s up on the air. But,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2020
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Whet Your Appetite With The New Trailer For Cannibal Horror ‘The Dinner Party’

Bill Sage (American Psycho, “Power”) and Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Devil’s Dozen) star in writer-director Miles Doleac’s cannibalistic horror The Dinner Party, coming to theaters, DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, renowned surgeon and culinary enthusiast, Carmine Braun, invites playwright, Jeffrey Duncan, and his wife to join his eccentric friends at their semi-annual dinner party after promising to fund Duncan’s new play to Broadway. As the evening descends into madness, the group’s true intentions are revealed, along with an ancient secret that will change the Duncans’ lives and fortunes forever. Lindsay Anne Williams, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Miles Doleac also star. Whet your appetite with the new trailer for The Dinner Party, opening in theaters on June 5th (TBC) and available on DVD and Digital from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Fandango Now, Xbox, Dish Network, Direct TV and through local cable providers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2020

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A Group Of Teens Find Terror In The ‘Backwoods’ Trailer

This December, a terrifying legend turns out to be very real in director Thomas Smith’s Backwoods. In the film, “High school cheerleader Molly woke bound and gagged in the trunk of her boyfriend’s car. That was the high point of her night. After escaping and fleeing into the nearby forest, she comes face-to-face with the town urban legend: The Hangman, a deformed zealot said to lynch male trespassers and keep the women as “brides”. Now, Molly, along with her best friend and would-be rescuer Noah must work together to avoid becoming his latest victims.” Jeremy Sande, Tahj Vaughans, Isabella Alberti, Micahel Anthony Bagozzi, Erin Liley, and Scott Alan Warner star. Backwoods arrives on VOD on December 1, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer!

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2020
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‘Triggered’ Actress Reine Swart Talks Explosions And Gore In Our Interview

Back in 2018, I interviewed South African actress/director Reine Swart after being blown away by her performance in the indie horror The Lullaby. When I had an opportunity to catch up with her during the promotion of the new film Triggered, I jumped at the chance. Triggered is the action-packed survival horror from director Alastair Orr. In the movie, a group of high school friends reunites to celebrate the memory of the friend they lost. After setting up camp they wake to find they are fitted with explosive vests and all hell breaks lose as they are forced to fight to survive. Reine stars alongside Sean Cameron Michael, Suraya Rose Santos, and Liesl Ahlers. Horror Fuel: “Your new action-packed movie is about to be released, right?” Reine Swart: “Yeah, that was a really fun one. Alastair is such a great director.” Horror Fuel: “Yes he is. The movie is really intense and physical. What was filming like for you?” Reine

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 5, 2020
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Director Remi Weekes Takes Us Inside ‘His House’ In An Interview

Director Remi Weekes’ horror film His House debuts today (10/30) on Netflix. Before the premiere, we had a chance to ask him a few questions about the film that stars Sopẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and “Dr. Who’s” Matt Smith. His House follows a refugee couple who flee war-torn South Sudan and face an arduous journey. Once arriving in an English town they are assigned a home, but something dark lurks within. Horror Fuel: “What can you tell our readers about His House? Remi Weekes: “His House is a story of two asylum seekers who are given a home in the UK and there comes a suspicion that the home they’re given has something scary within.” Horror Fuel: “This couple has it rough between South Sudan, escaping, and moving into this house. What was the reasoning behind making these characters’ journey so difficult? Remi Weekes: “The film is based on a town from the UK and the migration journey from Africa

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 30, 2020
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Writing/Directing Duo Ruckus And Lane Skye Discuss ‘The Devil To Pay’

With the release of the southern gothic thriller The Devil to Pay, I sat down with the husband and wife writing, directing, and producing duo Ruckus and Lane Skye to talk about the film and their writing process. The Devil to Pay centers on an Appalachian woman named Lemon (Danielle Deadwyler) who must fight to save herself, her son, and her home after her husband disappears and a powerful family demands her husband’s debt be paid, or else. Horror Fuel: “I love the location you chose for your film. There’s just something about the mountains. And they also seem sort of like a character in the film. It’s great cinematography. How did you go about capturing that?” Ruckus: “We shot in Hiawassee, Georgia, about two hours north of Atlanta. It’s actually a pretty town. We had to erase some houses and powerlines out of the footage. It’s a little movie magic.” Lane:” We had a guy come in and do

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 3, 2020
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Darren Lynn Bousman Discusses New Films ‘Death Of Me’ And ‘Spiral’

Darren Lynn Bousman, the horror heavy hitter behind films like Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Tales of Halloween, Repo! The Genetic Opera, and other frightening flicks, sat down with me to discuss his new film Death of Me as well as his new highly anticipated installment of the Saw franchise, Spiral, out in theaters next year. Death of Me follows a woman visiting an island off of Thailand with her photographer husband, played by Luke Hemsworth. After a night of celebrating the couple wakeup in their room with a huge gap of time missing from their memory of the night before. Upon discovering a terrifying video on her husband’s camera Christine’s (Maggie Q) world spirals into a nightmare filled with horrors and mysterious traditions. Horror Fuel: “I’m a big fan of your movies, especially Repo. It is brilliant!” Darren Lynn Bousman: “Oh, thank you very much!” Horror Fuel: “A few days ago I watched your new movie Death of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 29, 2020
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‘Z’ Director Brandon Christenson Talks Terror & Imaginary Friends In Our Interview

One of the best indie horror films of 2020 is writer-director Brandon Christenson‘s Z which premiered on Shudder earlier this year. The film, which we scored as a 5 out of 5 in our review, is haunting and downright unnerving. Of course, when I had the opportunity to pick Christenson’s brain I couldn’t resist. The film, co-written by Colin Minihan, follows a family whose son has become dangerous. He blames everything on his invisible friend Z, but it doesn’t take long for Elizabeth, the mother (Keegan Connor Tracy), to come to the realization that Z may very well be real. Once she realizes that her son is being influenced by a dark entity she reaches out to a psychiatrist played by Stephen McHattie, leading it to be revealed that she’s faced the entity before. Christenson made waves in the genre before Z was released with his 2017 breakout film Still/Born which follows a new mother who lost one of her

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 30, 2020
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Director Joaquin Montalvan Talks Cannibal Corpse Killers

Writer-director Joaquin Montalvan, best known for his 2014 indie horror Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher, sat down with me for an interview in which we discussed his new supernatural horror western Cannibal Corpse Killers, out August 18th on DVD and Digital. Cannibal Corpse Killers follows Pike (Dennis Haggard, Hole) and a group of survivors as they endure a long, treacherous mission to Jawbone, a hotbed for cannibals in post-apocalyptic America. Now that a deadly virus has wiped out the nation, the group must cope with the recurring memories of those who died before them and defend themselves against cannibal demons. As they migrate anxiously through the desert, endless trouble surrounds the group once they learn of The Magistrate (Ron Jason, Legend of the Hillbilly Butcher), a man with a dark agenda to build an army of his own cannibal corpse killers. Now, Pike and the group must fight for survival as they work together to retrieve the answers they need

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 15, 2020
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Final Destination’s Eric Bress Talks About New Film ‘Ghosts of War’

I’ve long been a fan of the Final Destination franchise, so when I heard that writer/director Eric Bress (Final Destination 2, The Final Destination) had a new movie coming out I was curious, then I saw the trailer for Ghosts of War and I was completely obsessed with getting a copy to review. You’ll be able to read my review now, but let’s just say I loved it! So when I got the chance to interview Bress I was beyond excited, I mean the man helped create one of the best horror franchises ever. Ghosts of War centers on five American soldiers assigned to hold a French mansion serving as an outpost near the end of World War II. Formerly occupied by the Nazi high command, the lives of the soldiers quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy far more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield. Horror Fuel: “I love your movie. In fact, I’ve already

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2020
Horror Fuel

Miles Doleac Talks Dinner Parties, Cannibalism, And So Much More In Our Interview

Back in 2016 I sat down with actor-writer-director Miles Doleac to talk about several of his films in an interview. With the upcoming release of his film The Dinner Party I thought it was fitting to catch up with him to talk about the film as well as what he’s been up to the last four years. In The Dinner Party, a couple is invited to an exclusive dinner party, not knowing that they are on the menu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh0XXNbdyjI[/embedyt] Horror Fuel: “It’s been a while since we got the chance to catch up. What have you been up to?” Miles Doleac: “I’m teaching at Loyola University in New Orleans, the film program there, which is a great gig. I’ve been gearing up for the release of The Dinner Party. I’ve also been juggling a couple of other projects, one of which I was supposed to do this summer, but now, with COVID, of course, that’s up on the air. But,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2020
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Whet Your Appetite With The New Trailer For Cannibal Horror ‘The Dinner Party’

Bill Sage (American Psycho, “Power”) and Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Devil’s Dozen) star in writer-director Miles Doleac’s cannibalistic horror The Dinner Party, coming to theaters, DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. In the film, renowned surgeon and culinary enthusiast, Carmine Braun, invites playwright, Jeffrey Duncan, and his wife to join his eccentric friends at their semi-annual dinner party after promising to fund Duncan’s new play to Broadway. As the evening descends into madness, the group’s true intentions are revealed, along with an ancient secret that will change the Duncans’ lives and fortunes forever. Lindsay Anne Williams, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Miles Doleac also star. Whet your appetite with the new trailer for The Dinner Party, opening in theaters on June 5th (TBC) and available on DVD and Digital from Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Fandango Now, Xbox, Dish Network, Direct TV and through local cable providers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 30, 2020
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