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Movie Review: Fantasy Island (2020)

Fantasy Island begins exactly like any episode of it’s late ’70s boob-tube classic namesake did; namely a plane arrives on a gorgeous tropical island filled with folks looking to have their greatest wish granted by the island’s suave owner Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña stepping in for the late Ricardo Montalban) via… well, who the fuck knows… but he can do it, or rather the island can, and once a fantasy starts you must not end it. The fantasies are pretty standard on their surface level; a non-stop sex and drug fueled party, a second chance at happiness, a chance to be a soldier (okay, that’s a bit out of left fuckin’ field, but there’s another angle present that makes it reasonable), and revenge against a horrendous childhood bully… except where on the original show things usually didn’t end up balls deep in the horror biz, here that is exactly what happens! Soon our harried heroes and heroines find themselves in

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DanXIII
May 7, 2020
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New Poster And Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Fantasy Island’ Theatrical Debut

Set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare in the new trailer. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2020
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This February Set Sail For ‘Fantasy Island’ (New Images)

Get ready to set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2020
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Vacation Turns Into Horror In The ‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer

Take a trip to Fantasy Island this February when a vacation turns into terror for vacationers forced to live out their deepest, darkest desires. The trailer has just landed giving us our first real look at Blumhouse and Sony’s horror movie. In the movie, “the Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars along with Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow was in the director’s chair for the film that he co-wrote with Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs, based on the hit series, with a dark twist, that aired through the 70s and 80s. Take a trip to Fantasy Island on February 14, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2019
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Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
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Blumhouse Teaming Up With Sony For Horror Film Adaptation Of ‘Fantasy Island’

Blumhouse and Sony Pictures are teaming up for a film adaptation of ABC’s long-running series Fantasy Island. According to Deadline this the film will be a bit different from the 80s series, it will be horror themed with a killer stalking the guests of the island. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow will be directing from the script that he co-wrote with Truth or Dare co-scribes Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), and Crazy Rich Asians’ Jimmy O. Yang. Fantasy Island is set to open in theaters on February 28, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 3, 2018
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Dare To Witness A Terrifying Game Of ‘Truth Or Dare’ In New Trailer

Hot off the heels of Get Out‘s win at the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, the studio behind the film has unleashed a new trailer for its latest frightening film Truth or Dare from director Jeff Wadlow. The trailer is filled with creepy smiles and twisted dares. We can’t wait to see it. Lucy Hale stars alongside Tyler Posey and centers on a game of “Truth or Dare” played by a group of friends on a holiday that quickly turns deadly when the people who won’t play are punished by someone or something. Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron, Sam Lerner, Brady Smith, Hayden Szeto, Aurora Perrineau, Morgan Lindholm, and Tom Choi co-star. Blumhouse, headed by Jason Blum, produced so you know it’s going to be good. Get ready for a game of Truth or Dare you won’t forget – in theaters on April 13, 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2018
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Brutal New Trailer Arrivers For ‘Truth Or Dare’

The first bloody trailer for Truth or Dare is here and it makes it clear that players will suffer in what starts out as a harmless game. If a player dares to refuse to play, a brutal death awaits them. The supernatural thriller, from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Cry Wolf), stars Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow), Hayden Szeto (The Good Place), and Sophia Taylor Ali (Bad Kids of Crestview Academy). Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will be producing alongside Jeff Wadlow. Truth or Dare will open in theaters on April 27, 2018, via Universal Studios.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2018
Horror Fuel

This Spring Blumhouse Will Be Ready To Play ‘Truth or Dare’

What harm could come from playing a game of Truth or Dare? You will soon find out. Blumhouse is gearing up to unleash their supernatural thriller Truth or Dare this spring from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Cry Wolf). Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow), Hayden Szeto (The Good Place), and Sophia Taylor Ali (Bad Kids of Crestview Academy) star in the film where we will witness someone – or something – that begins to punish those who tell a lie – or refuse the dare. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will be producing alongside EP Wadlow, Deadline reports. Truth or Dare will open in theaters on April 27, 2018, via Universal Studios.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 10, 2017
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Blumhouse’s Next Project To Be ‘Truth Or Dare’ Starring Lucy Hale

Blumhouse has announced their next project. The horror powerhouse is following up their hit films Get Out and Split with Truth or Dare. Deadline reports that Jason Blum with be working on the project with Bates Motel writer-director Jeff Wadlow. The script was co-written by Wadlow, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Wadlow, Roach and Blum will executive produce. Lucy Hale will be starring in the film. Hale is no stranger to the genre. She co-starred in Scream 4 and Fear Island, as well as the hit series Pretty Little Liars (pictured below). The film centers on a college student vacationing in Mexico. She is conned into playing a game of “Truth or Dare”, a supernatural version. When she returns home she discover that the game is not over. Hopefully, we will know more soon. Stay tuned.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 17, 2017

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Movie Review: Fantasy Island (2020)

Fantasy Island begins exactly like any episode of it’s late ’70s boob-tube classic namesake did; namely a plane arrives on a gorgeous tropical island filled with folks looking to have their greatest wish granted by the island’s suave owner Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña stepping in for the late Ricardo Montalban) via… well, who the fuck knows… but he can do it, or rather the island can, and once a fantasy starts you must not end it. The fantasies are pretty standard on their surface level; a non-stop sex and drug fueled party, a second chance at happiness, a chance to be a soldier (okay, that’s a bit out of left fuckin’ field, but there’s another angle present that makes it reasonable), and revenge against a horrendous childhood bully… except where on the original show things usually didn’t end up balls deep in the horror biz, here that is exactly what happens! Soon our harried heroes and heroines find themselves in

Continue reading →
DanXIII
May 7, 2020
Horror Fuel

New Poster And Trailer Arrives Ahead Of ‘Fantasy Island’ Theatrical Debut

Set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare in the new trailer. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 29, 2020
Horror Fuel

This February Set Sail For ‘Fantasy Island’ (New Images)

Get ready to set sail for Fantasy Island, where visitors go expecting an adventurous vacation getaway only to land in a nightmare. “The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Jeff Wadlow directed the action-packed horror flick from the script he penned with, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Take a trip to ‘Fantasy Island‘ in theaters on February 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 15, 2020
Horror Fuel

Vacation Turns Into Horror In The ‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer

Take a trip to Fantasy Island this February when a vacation turns into terror for vacationers forced to live out their deepest, darkest desires. The trailer has just landed giving us our first real look at Blumhouse and Sony’s horror movie. In the movie, “the Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.” Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars along with Michael Rooker, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Charlotte McKinney, and Austin Stowell. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow was in the director’s chair for the film that he co-wrote with Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs, based on the hit series, with a dark twist, that aired through the 70s and 80s. Take a trip to Fantasy Island on February 14, 2020.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 11, 2019
Horror Fuel

Sony And Blumhouse’s Horror ‘Fantasy Island’ Gets A New Release Date

Sony Pictures and Blumhouse is bringing new life to the TV classic “Fantasy Island” in the form of a new horror feature by the same name. News has now come that the movie has a been moved up from its original release date February 28, 2020, to February 14, 2020. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), who is set play Mr. Roarke, the host of the island. Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy, “The Walking Dead”), Charlotte McKinney (A Girl is a Gun), Parisa Fitz-Henley (“Jessica Jones”), and Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) also star. Jeff Wadlow is directing Fantasy Island, written by Wadlow and co-writers Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs who reunited from Truth or Dare. In the original 1977 series, “Fantasy Island was a unique resort in the Pacific Ocean, where there is very little that the mysterious overseer, Mr. Roarke, cannot provide. Visitors can experience adventures that should be impossible, but

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 23, 2019
Horror Fuel

Blumhouse Teaming Up With Sony For Horror Film Adaptation Of ‘Fantasy Island’

Blumhouse and Sony Pictures are teaming up for a film adaptation of ABC’s long-running series Fantasy Island. According to Deadline this the film will be a bit different from the 80s series, it will be horror themed with a killer stalking the guests of the island. Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow will be directing from the script that he co-wrote with Truth or Dare co-scribes Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs. Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) stars alongside Michael Pena (End of Watch), and Crazy Rich Asians’ Jimmy O. Yang. Fantasy Island is set to open in theaters on February 28, 2020.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 3, 2018
Horror Fuel

Dare To Witness A Terrifying Game Of ‘Truth Or Dare’ In New Trailer

Hot off the heels of Get Out‘s win at the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, the studio behind the film has unleashed a new trailer for its latest frightening film Truth or Dare from director Jeff Wadlow. The trailer is filled with creepy smiles and twisted dares. We can’t wait to see it. Lucy Hale stars alongside Tyler Posey and centers on a game of “Truth or Dare” played by a group of friends on a holiday that quickly turns deadly when the people who won’t play are punished by someone or something. Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Nolan Gerard Funk, Landon Liboiron, Sam Lerner, Brady Smith, Hayden Szeto, Aurora Perrineau, Morgan Lindholm, and Tom Choi co-star. Blumhouse, headed by Jason Blum, produced so you know it’s going to be good. Get ready for a game of Truth or Dare you won’t forget – in theaters on April 13, 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 7, 2018
Horror Fuel

Brutal New Trailer Arrivers For ‘Truth Or Dare’

The first bloody trailer for Truth or Dare is here and it makes it clear that players will suffer in what starts out as a harmless game. If a player dares to refuse to play, a brutal death awaits them. The supernatural thriller, from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Cry Wolf), stars Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow), Hayden Szeto (The Good Place), and Sophia Taylor Ali (Bad Kids of Crestview Academy). Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will be producing alongside Jeff Wadlow. Truth or Dare will open in theaters on April 27, 2018, via Universal Studios.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 4, 2018
Horror Fuel

This Spring Blumhouse Will Be Ready To Play ‘Truth or Dare’

What harm could come from playing a game of Truth or Dare? You will soon find out. Blumhouse is gearing up to unleash their supernatural thriller Truth or Dare this spring from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Cry Wolf). Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Violett Beane (The Flash), Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow), Hayden Szeto (The Good Place), and Sophia Taylor Ali (Bad Kids of Crestview Academy) star in the film where we will witness someone – or something – that begins to punish those who tell a lie – or refuse the dare. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum will be producing alongside EP Wadlow, Deadline reports. Truth or Dare will open in theaters on April 27, 2018, via Universal Studios.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 10, 2017
Horror Fuel

Blumhouse’s Next Project To Be ‘Truth Or Dare’ Starring Lucy Hale

Blumhouse has announced their next project. The horror powerhouse is following up their hit films Get Out and Split with Truth or Dare. Deadline reports that Jason Blum with be working on the project with Bates Motel writer-director Jeff Wadlow. The script was co-written by Wadlow, Chris Roach, and Jillian Jacobs. Wadlow, Roach and Blum will executive produce. Lucy Hale will be starring in the film. Hale is no stranger to the genre. She co-starred in Scream 4 and Fear Island, as well as the hit series Pretty Little Liars (pictured below). The film centers on a college student vacationing in Mexico. She is conned into playing a game of “Truth or Dare”, a supernatural version. When she returns home she discover that the game is not over. Hopefully, we will know more soon. Stay tuned.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 17, 2017