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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 6: ‘Requiem From The Darkness’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Today we’ll be looking at Requiem from the Darkness. Requiem from the Darkness (2003), also known as The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma, follows a young writer who wants to write a book of a hundred ghost stories as he travels around Japan, on his journey he encounters a trio of supernatural good doers that bring karmic justice to those deserving. The art style of this anime

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Capt McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 5: ‘Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Things are getting fishy with the OVA Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack. First, what’s an OVA? An OVA is an Anime film or series that’s not broadcast first on TV but instead sent straight to video/DVD and have higher budgets than their broadcast counterparts. Now onto Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012). The film centers around a couple that while on vacation, encounter fish with legs that seem to infect people causing them

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Capt McNeely
Oct 5, 2020
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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 4: ‘Monster’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s chase a killer in Monster. Monster may not 100% be considered a horror, but the dark psychological spider web it weaves says otherwise. The story follows a Japanese brain surgeon living in Germany and after performing lifesaving surgery on a little boy, a strange string of murders occur in with the surgeon was a suspect, years later the killings happen again and the doctor, though again being accused, discovered the

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Capt McNeely
Oct 4, 2020
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Scooby-Doo And The Gang Team Up With Elvira In New Halloween Movie

This October Scooby-Doo and the gang return to Crystal Cove to solve a mystery in their new animated movie Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo. “With fake monsters and candy galore, Halloween is heaven for these hungry foodies going door-to-door. But this year, their sweet holiday turns sour when the neighborhood pumpkin patch is infected by toxic ooze, creating high-flying jack-o-lanterns, and a king-sized pumpkin leader squashing everything in its path. It’s up to Scooby-Doo and the gang as they team up with their pals, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!” Frank Welker returns as the voices of Scooby-Doo/Fred Jones, Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers, and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley. The movie also features Cassandra Peterson as the legendary horror siren, Elvira. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo arrives on Digital and DVD on October 6th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2020
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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 3: ‘Another’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s head to school with Another. Another (2012) is a horror mystery that takes us to a junior high class where students will die in Final Destination ways because of a “calamity curse” that affects this class only because of all things…one of the students in the class that year is an “extra” and unbeknownst to that student as well as their classmates…they’re a ghost. Based off a 2009 novel of

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Capt McNeely
Oct 3, 2020
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Anne Hathaway Casts A Spell In ‘The Witches’ Trailer

Warner Bros. casts a spell with the first trailer for Robert Zemeckis‘ (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) new retelling of Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic tale The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, the film is described as being “visually innovative,” and “tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort.” “Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.” The Witches will fly right past theaters and will land on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 2: ‘HELLSING’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s keep the blood flowing with HELLSING. HELLSING (2001) is a vampire anime based on the manga of the same name follows the secret organization Hellsing that fights creatures of the night, mainly vampires. The organization has an ace up its sleeve, a powerful vampire within its ranks, Alucard. The story also centers on a young woman named Seras Victoria, a former police officer that was turned into a vampire by

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Capt McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 1: ‘Ghost Hound’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. So without further ado let’s kick off this month’s list with Ghost Hound. Ghost Hound (2007) follows the story of three high school boys who learn to perform out of body experiences at will in order to learn about the traumatic past of one of the boys who wishes to seek answers to the kidnapping of himself and his older sister years prior; as a result, the three are actually able

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 1, 2020
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Horror Fuel’s Ideas For Stay-At-Home Halloween

Halloween is around the corner but unfortunately, it’s in 2020 and unless you’ve been in another dimension, living in a cave far from civilization, or visiting from another planet, we’re in the middle of a pandemic. Most places around the country are in talks right now about HOW or IF there will be a Halloween this year as public health is a growing concern as cases of Covid-19 are starting to rise back up across the country. With what’s going on, Halloween does not need to be canceled, just modified and the only good news about it this year is that it’s on a Saturday! With that working in favor of parents or those who get weekends off, the opportunity to have a fun and safe Halloween at home. For most, many have already come up with some ideas of how to do it at home but some folks may need a helpful push in the right direction, well here

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Couples’ Dream Of A New Life Becomes A Nightmare In Netflix’s ‘His House’ Trailer

Netflix continues to reveal upcoming horror films that will leave you terrified this Halloween. Now, the Streaming giant has just unleashed the dark trailer for His House, from director Remi Weekes. In the film, after making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and Matt Smith, the film was penned by Weekes based on a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables. His House was produced by New Regency’s Arnon Milchan; Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee; Martin Gentles and Edward King of Starchild Pictures; Aidan Elliott; in association with BBC. Executive producers include New Regency’s Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer and Natalie Lehman; BBC Films Eva Yates; Stuart Manashil, and Steven Schneider. His House premieres worldwide on Netflix on October 30th, 2020, just in time for Halloween.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020

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31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 6: ‘Requiem From The Darkness’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Today we’ll be looking at Requiem from the Darkness. Requiem from the Darkness (2003), also known as The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma, follows a young writer who wants to write a book of a hundred ghost stories as he travels around Japan, on his journey he encounters a trio of supernatural good doers that bring karmic justice to those deserving. The art style of this anime

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 6, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 5: ‘Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Things are getting fishy with the OVA Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack. First, what’s an OVA? An OVA is an Anime film or series that’s not broadcast first on TV but instead sent straight to video/DVD and have higher budgets than their broadcast counterparts. Now onto Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012). The film centers around a couple that while on vacation, encounter fish with legs that seem to infect people causing them

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 5, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 4: ‘Monster’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s chase a killer in Monster. Monster may not 100% be considered a horror, but the dark psychological spider web it weaves says otherwise. The story follows a Japanese brain surgeon living in Germany and after performing lifesaving surgery on a little boy, a strange string of murders occur in with the surgeon was a suspect, years later the killings happen again and the doctor, though again being accused, discovered the

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 4, 2020
Horror Fuel

Scooby-Doo And The Gang Team Up With Elvira In New Halloween Movie

This October Scooby-Doo and the gang return to Crystal Cove to solve a mystery in their new animated movie Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo. “With fake monsters and candy galore, Halloween is heaven for these hungry foodies going door-to-door. But this year, their sweet holiday turns sour when the neighborhood pumpkin patch is infected by toxic ooze, creating high-flying jack-o-lanterns, and a king-sized pumpkin leader squashing everything in its path. It’s up to Scooby-Doo and the gang as they team up with their pals, Bill Nye the Science Guy and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!” Frank Welker returns as the voices of Scooby-Doo/Fred Jones, Grey Griffin as Daphne Blake, Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers, and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley. The movie also features Cassandra Peterson as the legendary horror siren, Elvira. Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo arrives on Digital and DVD on October 6th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 4, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 3: ‘Another’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s head to school with Another. Another (2012) is a horror mystery that takes us to a junior high class where students will die in Final Destination ways because of a “calamity curse” that affects this class only because of all things…one of the students in the class that year is an “extra” and unbeknownst to that student as well as their classmates…they’re a ghost. Based off a 2009 novel of

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 3, 2020
Horror Fuel

Anne Hathaway Casts A Spell In ‘The Witches’ Trailer

Warner Bros. casts a spell with the first trailer for Robert Zemeckis‘ (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her) new retelling of Roald Dahl’s 1973 classic tale The Witches, starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch. Produced and co-written by Guillermo del Toro, the film is described as being “visually innovative,” and “tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Jahzir Kadeem Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort.” “Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe—undercover—to carry out her nefarious plans.” The Witches will fly right past theaters and will land on

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 2: ‘HELLSING’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. Let’s keep the blood flowing with HELLSING. HELLSING (2001) is a vampire anime based on the manga of the same name follows the secret organization Hellsing that fights creatures of the night, mainly vampires. The organization has an ace up its sleeve, a powerful vampire within its ranks, Alucard. The story also centers on a young woman named Seras Victoria, a former police officer that was turned into a vampire by

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 2, 2020
Horror Fuel

31 Days Of Anime Horror Part 1: ‘Ghost Hound’

It’s October and that means it’s time to get into the spirit of the season, and obviously nothing gets you into the Halloween mood better than horror. Unfortunately when it comes to most live-action horror films, there’s only so much that can be done and shown, but thankfully of all things, Anime can cross the line with story, gore, and intriguing storytelling. So for every day this month, I’ll be featuring a unique Anime that fits the horror genre that you can most likely find on any streaming service. So without further ado let’s kick off this month’s list with Ghost Hound. Ghost Hound (2007) follows the story of three high school boys who learn to perform out of body experiences at will in order to learn about the traumatic past of one of the boys who wishes to seek answers to the kidnapping of himself and his older sister years prior; as a result, the three are actually able

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 1, 2020
Horror Fuel

Horror Fuel’s Ideas For Stay-At-Home Halloween

Halloween is around the corner but unfortunately, it’s in 2020 and unless you’ve been in another dimension, living in a cave far from civilization, or visiting from another planet, we’re in the middle of a pandemic. Most places around the country are in talks right now about HOW or IF there will be a Halloween this year as public health is a growing concern as cases of Covid-19 are starting to rise back up across the country. With what’s going on, Halloween does not need to be canceled, just modified and the only good news about it this year is that it’s on a Saturday! With that working in favor of parents or those who get weekends off, the opportunity to have a fun and safe Halloween at home. For most, many have already come up with some ideas of how to do it at home but some folks may need a helpful push in the right direction, well here

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Couples’ Dream Of A New Life Becomes A Nightmare In Netflix’s ‘His House’ Trailer

Netflix continues to reveal upcoming horror films that will leave you terrified this Halloween. Now, the Streaming giant has just unleashed the dark trailer for His House, from director Remi Weekes. In the film, after making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface. Starring Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, and Matt Smith, the film was penned by Weekes based on a story by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables. His House was produced by New Regency’s Arnon Milchan; Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee; Martin Gentles and Edward King of Starchild Pictures; Aidan Elliott; in association with BBC. Executive producers include New Regency’s Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer and Natalie Lehman; BBC Films Eva Yates; Stuart Manashil, and Steven Schneider. His House premieres worldwide on Netflix on October 30th, 2020, just in time for Halloween.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 30, 2020
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