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Don’t Get Too Comfortable, ‘Killer Sofa’ Is Headed Your Way!

Sit back, relax, and get ready for this year’s most comfortable way to die, by Killer Sofa! Whatever you do, don’t sit on the furniture! Director Bernardo Rao brings killer furniture to life in this “heart-warmingly horrific chronicle of a killer Lazy Boy that falls in love with a girl – and the bloody carnage that follows as a result!” “Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile, the reclining chair becomes enchanted by Francesca and starts committing crimes of passion.” Jed Brophy (The Hobbit), Sarah Munn, Stacy King, and Harley Neville star. Killer Sofa arrives on DVD and Digital this October. Check

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
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Wet Your Appetite With The First Images From Miles Doleac’s ‘The Dinner Party’

Writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons, Hallowed Ground) comes his latest film, The Dinner Party, “a wickedly delish slice of horror that’s part Guto Parente’s The Cannibal Club, part Mother, and all scares!” In the film, currently filming in Hattiesburg, MS, the film centers on a ” budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer’s latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.” The Dinner Party stars Bill Sage, Lindsay Anne Williams, Jeremy London, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Doleac, best known for his roles on TV’s “Banshee” and “American Horror Story”. The Dinner Party is this delightfully weird, yet poignant piece of horror satire that presents itself as the twisted love child of “Eyes Wide Shut”, “Mother”, the “American Horror Story” anthology, and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Doleac says. “It’s unlike anything I’ve directed to date and certainly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2019
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Unspeakable Things Happen In The ‘Investigation 13’ Trailer

Screen icon Meg Foster (“Twin Peaks”, They Live) stars in director Krisstian de Lara’s mesmerizing and unnerving Investigation 13, premiering on digital and DVD this September from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Incorporating traditional narrative story-telling, as well as numerous forms of pioneering technology, including found footage, hand-held cameras, surveillance cameras, and smart glasses, Investigation 13 is a new-age fright-fest chronicling the tale of a group of college science students investigating the urban legend of “The Mole Man”, an ex-patient said to still be residing within the walls of the Black Grove Asylum. When members of the group start missing, they soon learn that this myth is more real than they thought, making their 13th investigation one they will come to regret.” From Gorilla Studios, Investigation 13 also stars Stephanie Hernandez, Patrick Flanagan, Robert Paget, William Alexander, Giordan Diaz, Jesse Ramos, and Peter Aratari as ‘The Mole Man’. Clay Smith wrote the original screenplay, Rolando Vinas and de Lara wrote the most recent

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 5, 2019
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Plug In For VR Horror Thriller ‘Empathy Inc.’ This September

Dark Star Pictures will release the critically acclaimed virtual reality thriller Empathy Inc. in theaters and VOD this fall. Yedidya Gorsetman’s sci-fi thriller tells of an investor in a VR startup discovers that the reality the company provides isn’t actually virtual. Hotshot venture capitalist Joel has a multimillion-dollar deal go up in smoke, and he and his actress wife Jessica are forced to move in with her parents and start from scratch. At the lowest and most desperate moment in his life, Joel meets old friend Nicolaus and his business partner Lester, who are seeking investors in a new technology known as XVR—Xtreme Virtual Reality—from their company Empathy, Inc., which is said to offer the most realistic and moving experiences for users by placing them in the lives of the less fortunate. Joel gets the startup its funds but soon discovers that the tech’s creators have far more sinister uses in store for their creation and that the reality it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 1, 2019
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Movie Review: 3 Lives (2019)

Ol’ Emma (Mhairi Calvey) is well and truly in the sinister soup! She’s been kidnapped and chucked into an abandoned bunker with a dude named Ben (Tyron Ricketts), a real shit-heel who sexually assaulted our heroine 15 years prior… along with her old school chum Jamie (Martin Kaps). Soon this gaggle finds themselves b.d. in the stalk n’ slay bag as they strive to keep alive when the psychos that abducted them begin chasing them through the wicked woods. 3 Lives has it’s ups and downs. Co-Writer (along with Wolf-Peter Arand)/Director Juliane Block presents Emma as a character shattered by the damage Ben inflicted on her, and Calvey certainly has the acting chops to make that believable…but unfortunately the situation she finds herself in is cliche and predictable for anyone that is a fan of the slasher genre. Fortunately the tension is kept relatively high and effective so the goings-on remain mostly watchable throughout. See how I said “mostly” up

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DanXIII
Jul 28, 2019
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‘3 Lives’ Are in Danger In This Horror Thriller’s New Trailer

In Julianne Block’s nail-biting thriller 3 Lives, 15 years after Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart), she comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness. “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control, facades start to crack and Emma has to learn who her real enemy is.” 3 Lives

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2019
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Indie Streaming Service ThrillFlix Now Available In The U.S.

Director Johan Vandewoestijne, DoP Luc de Buck and actor Anton Zwijsen have teamed up to bring ThrillFlix, a streaming service, to the public. Already available in multiple countries, ThrillFlix has just become available in the U.S. The service specializes in independent films of all genres. At this moment, content deals have been signed with SGL Entertainment (California), Zeno Pictures (Belgium), Film and Media (Belgium), Filmchest (Connecticut), Belfilm (Belgium) and talks are in progress with Troma Inc. Filmchest is an American company where a huge amount of classics from the 1940s to the 1980s are being kept and restored. ThrillFlix.com brings you lots of highly entertaining movies of all genres — including classics— at a subscription cost of €6,99 per month. It is very easy to subscribe to. One just has to follow the steps on www.ThrillFlix.com. On the catalog page, everyone can freely scroll through the films and watch all the trailers to see if ThrillFlix is for them. You

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Silhouette (2019)

Jack and Amanda Harms (Tom Zembrod and April Hartman respectively) are dealin’ with that ultimate fright flick family buzzkill; a dead kid…namely their young daughter. As is often the case in films like this, the couple haul ass to the most secluded spot they can find and move into a seemingly nice abode (which of course is anything but). Of course that tyke won’t stay dead and soon begins appearing to our heroes which increases their marital woes roughly a billionity (it’s a real number) percent! What is this kreepy kid’s endgame, and will our protagonists make it long enough with their sanity intact to find out? Writer/Director Mitch McLeod has worked a bit of magic with Silhouette; while the flick is definitely well-stepped in horror biz tropes tried and true; his film is elevated by a stellar cast and a keen visual sense. Tom Zembrod and April Hartman really knock it out of the putrid park as the troubled

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DanXIII
Jun 1, 2019
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A Couple’s Dream Becomes A Nightmare In The Trailer For ‘Silhouette’

From writer-director-producer Mitch McLeod (Staring Back) comes the haunting film Silhouette. In the trailer, a couple’s dream of a new life becomes a terrifying nightmare. Silhouette centers on Jack and Amanda Harms who, after the passing of their young daughter, set out into seclusion to begin their lives anew. Quickly upon their arrival, things go awry when the sins of their past come back to haunt them. April Hartman, Tom Zembrod, Jessica Dawn Willis, and Savannah Solsbery star. Filmed in Dallas, TX for a modest budget of $25,000, the film made its debut at the Bare Bones International Independent Music and Film Festival in Muskogee, OK and won Best Actress (April Hartman), Best Horror Feature, and Best of Fest.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2019
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Skin Stealing Monsters Stalk The Trailer For ‘Shed’

Skin-stealing monsters stalk a party on Halloween in the new teaser trailer for the indie horror film Shed (which we reviewed right here). A tiny crew of lunatics made Shed in Columbia, South Carolina in late 2018 … during a hurricane. The film is bloody, sexy, weird, and transgressive. Written, directed, produced and edited by David Axe (The Theta Girl), the film stars Mike Amason and Sanethia Dresch, with effects by Lisa Ashworth and Brandon McIver and music by Matt Akers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2019

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Don’t Get Too Comfortable, ‘Killer Sofa’ Is Headed Your Way!

Sit back, relax, and get ready for this year’s most comfortable way to die, by Killer Sofa! Whatever you do, don’t sit on the furniture! Director Bernardo Rao brings killer furniture to life in this “heart-warmingly horrific chronicle of a killer Lazy Boy that falls in love with a girl – and the bloody carnage that follows as a result!” “Francesca always attracted weirdos. When one of her stalkers is found dead, she looks for comfort from her best friend, Maxi. Meanwhile, Maxi’s grandfather, Jack, a disgraced Rabbi, comes across a reclining chair containing a Dybbuk inside. Jack and his voodoo sorceress partner try to find out where the recliner has been delivered while exploring Jack’s newfound gift for communicating with the other world. Meanwhile, the reclining chair becomes enchanted by Francesca and starts committing crimes of passion.” Jed Brophy (The Hobbit), Sarah Munn, Stacy King, and Harley Neville star. Killer Sofa arrives on DVD and Digital this October. Check

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 3, 2019
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Wet Your Appetite With The First Images From Miles Doleac’s ‘The Dinner Party’

Writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons, Hallowed Ground) comes his latest film, The Dinner Party, “a wickedly delish slice of horror that’s part Guto Parente’s The Cannibal Club, part Mother, and all scares!” In the film, currently filming in Hattiesburg, MS, the film centers on a ” budding playwright and his wife attend a dinner party hosted by wealthy, cultural elites, who have promised to bankroll the writer’s latest play to Broadway, but, in fact, have darker designs in mind for the couple.” The Dinner Party stars Bill Sage, Lindsay Anne Williams, Jeremy London, Mike Mayhall, Alli Hart, Ritchie Montgomery, and Doleac, best known for his roles on TV’s “Banshee” and “American Horror Story”. The Dinner Party is this delightfully weird, yet poignant piece of horror satire that presents itself as the twisted love child of “Eyes Wide Shut”, “Mother”, the “American Horror Story” anthology, and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. “Doleac says. “It’s unlike anything I’ve directed to date and certainly

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 12, 2019
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Unspeakable Things Happen In The ‘Investigation 13’ Trailer

Screen icon Meg Foster (“Twin Peaks”, They Live) stars in director Krisstian de Lara’s mesmerizing and unnerving Investigation 13, premiering on digital and DVD this September from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Incorporating traditional narrative story-telling, as well as numerous forms of pioneering technology, including found footage, hand-held cameras, surveillance cameras, and smart glasses, Investigation 13 is a new-age fright-fest chronicling the tale of a group of college science students investigating the urban legend of “The Mole Man”, an ex-patient said to still be residing within the walls of the Black Grove Asylum. When members of the group start missing, they soon learn that this myth is more real than they thought, making their 13th investigation one they will come to regret.” From Gorilla Studios, Investigation 13 also stars Stephanie Hernandez, Patrick Flanagan, Robert Paget, William Alexander, Giordan Diaz, Jesse Ramos, and Peter Aratari as ‘The Mole Man’. Clay Smith wrote the original screenplay, Rolando Vinas and de Lara wrote the most recent

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 5, 2019
Horror Fuel

Plug In For VR Horror Thriller ‘Empathy Inc.’ This September

Dark Star Pictures will release the critically acclaimed virtual reality thriller Empathy Inc. in theaters and VOD this fall. Yedidya Gorsetman’s sci-fi thriller tells of an investor in a VR startup discovers that the reality the company provides isn’t actually virtual. Hotshot venture capitalist Joel has a multimillion-dollar deal go up in smoke, and he and his actress wife Jessica are forced to move in with her parents and start from scratch. At the lowest and most desperate moment in his life, Joel meets old friend Nicolaus and his business partner Lester, who are seeking investors in a new technology known as XVR—Xtreme Virtual Reality—from their company Empathy, Inc., which is said to offer the most realistic and moving experiences for users by placing them in the lives of the less fortunate. Joel gets the startup its funds but soon discovers that the tech’s creators have far more sinister uses in store for their creation and that the reality it

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 1, 2019
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Movie Review: 3 Lives (2019)

Ol’ Emma (Mhairi Calvey) is well and truly in the sinister soup! She’s been kidnapped and chucked into an abandoned bunker with a dude named Ben (Tyron Ricketts), a real shit-heel who sexually assaulted our heroine 15 years prior… along with her old school chum Jamie (Martin Kaps). Soon this gaggle finds themselves b.d. in the stalk n’ slay bag as they strive to keep alive when the psychos that abducted them begin chasing them through the wicked woods. 3 Lives has it’s ups and downs. Co-Writer (along with Wolf-Peter Arand)/Director Juliane Block presents Emma as a character shattered by the damage Ben inflicted on her, and Calvey certainly has the acting chops to make that believable…but unfortunately the situation she finds herself in is cliche and predictable for anyone that is a fan of the slasher genre. Fortunately the tension is kept relatively high and effective so the goings-on remain mostly watchable throughout. See how I said “mostly” up

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jul 28, 2019
Horror Fuel

‘3 Lives’ Are in Danger In This Horror Thriller’s New Trailer

In Julianne Block’s nail-biting thriller 3 Lives, 15 years after Mhairi Calvey (Robert the Bruce, Braveheart), she comes face to face with the perpetrator again – in the wilderness. “Emma wakes up to find herself trapped in an abandoned bunker. She soon realizes that there are two other victims trapped with her, Ben and Jamie, who she knows from her days in high school. Now Ben and Jamie are Emma’s only means of escape from their savage captors, three ex-soldiers. Faced with the choice to stay in the bunker or to escape her kidnappers with the help of her former rapist and his old friend, Emma chooses the latter. Ruthlessly the ex-soldiers chase the group through the wilderness. While Emma tries to find out why Ben, Jamie, and herself have been kidnapped in the first place. Slowly matters start to spin out of control, facades start to crack and Emma has to learn who her real enemy is.” 3 Lives

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 25, 2019
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Indie Streaming Service ThrillFlix Now Available In The U.S.

Director Johan Vandewoestijne, DoP Luc de Buck and actor Anton Zwijsen have teamed up to bring ThrillFlix, a streaming service, to the public. Already available in multiple countries, ThrillFlix has just become available in the U.S. The service specializes in independent films of all genres. At this moment, content deals have been signed with SGL Entertainment (California), Zeno Pictures (Belgium), Film and Media (Belgium), Filmchest (Connecticut), Belfilm (Belgium) and talks are in progress with Troma Inc. Filmchest is an American company where a huge amount of classics from the 1940s to the 1980s are being kept and restored. ThrillFlix.com brings you lots of highly entertaining movies of all genres — including classics— at a subscription cost of €6,99 per month. It is very easy to subscribe to. One just has to follow the steps on www.ThrillFlix.com. On the catalog page, everyone can freely scroll through the films and watch all the trailers to see if ThrillFlix is for them. You

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 6, 2019
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Movie Review: Silhouette (2019)

Jack and Amanda Harms (Tom Zembrod and April Hartman respectively) are dealin’ with that ultimate fright flick family buzzkill; a dead kid…namely their young daughter. As is often the case in films like this, the couple haul ass to the most secluded spot they can find and move into a seemingly nice abode (which of course is anything but). Of course that tyke won’t stay dead and soon begins appearing to our heroes which increases their marital woes roughly a billionity (it’s a real number) percent! What is this kreepy kid’s endgame, and will our protagonists make it long enough with their sanity intact to find out? Writer/Director Mitch McLeod has worked a bit of magic with Silhouette; while the flick is definitely well-stepped in horror biz tropes tried and true; his film is elevated by a stellar cast and a keen visual sense. Tom Zembrod and April Hartman really knock it out of the putrid park as the troubled

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jun 1, 2019
Horror Fuel

A Couple’s Dream Becomes A Nightmare In The Trailer For ‘Silhouette’

From writer-director-producer Mitch McLeod (Staring Back) comes the haunting film Silhouette. In the trailer, a couple’s dream of a new life becomes a terrifying nightmare. Silhouette centers on Jack and Amanda Harms who, after the passing of their young daughter, set out into seclusion to begin their lives anew. Quickly upon their arrival, things go awry when the sins of their past come back to haunt them. April Hartman, Tom Zembrod, Jessica Dawn Willis, and Savannah Solsbery star. Filmed in Dallas, TX for a modest budget of $25,000, the film made its debut at the Bare Bones International Independent Music and Film Festival in Muskogee, OK and won Best Actress (April Hartman), Best Horror Feature, and Best of Fest.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 25, 2019
Horror Fuel

Skin Stealing Monsters Stalk The Trailer For ‘Shed’

Skin-stealing monsters stalk a party on Halloween in the new teaser trailer for the indie horror film Shed (which we reviewed right here). A tiny crew of lunatics made Shed in Columbia, South Carolina in late 2018 … during a hurricane. The film is bloody, sexy, weird, and transgressive. Written, directed, produced and edited by David Axe (The Theta Girl), the film stars Mike Amason and Sanethia Dresch, with effects by Lisa Ashworth and Brandon McIver and music by Matt Akers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 18, 2019
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