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Movie Review: Alone (2020)

Director John Hymas’ thriller Alone is an intense tale of one woman’s fight to survive as a serial killer hunts her down. When Jessica (Jules Willcox) backs up her belongings and heads off to start a new life in a new town she has no idea of the horrors she is about to face. A serial killer has set his sights on her and will stop at nothing to get her. Warning: Spoilers Ahead Jessica is a complicated character. She’s still coping with the loss of her husband and her family’s opinion that she’s making a mistake leaving town to start over. When Jessica stops at a gas station she meets a stranger (Marc Menchaca) who asks a few to many questions like where is she going, where is she from, if she’s traveling alone. Of course, this automatically raises red flags. Every time she stops he pops up and it doesn’t take long for her to realize that she’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2020
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A Kidnapped Woman Fights To Survive In The Thriller ‘Alone’ (Trailer)

A woman fights to survive in the kidnap thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams (“Z Nation”) and written by Mattias Olsson (Gone). Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband. When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes into the wilderness and is pursued by her captor. Willcox stars alongside Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”, “The Outsider”), and Anthony Heald (The Silence Of The Lambs). Hunt down Alone in theaters and arrive On Demand on September 18, 2020, from Magnet Releasing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2020
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Director Confirms ‘Maniac Cop’ Remake Still Happening

Several years ago, it was announced that a Maniac Cop remake was in the works, but there’s been no update in a long time. Recently during an interview with The Movie Crypt, John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) who is set to direct the film gave an update. It will be a completely different thing tonally,” Hyams told the show. “I think that’s why I was hired. I think the reason why Nick was interested in me was because he saw what I had done with Universal Soldier, in the sense that I took it and made it my own and went completely off the reservation with it. Nick Refn loves exploitation cinema as much as the next guy, but he also is not interested in paying homage to things. He loves Maniac Cop, he loves the idea of it, he loves everything it represents, but he has no intention of making a tribute story.” We’ve spent the last

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2018
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‘Maniac Cop’ Is Going To Stalk The Streets Again – A New Reboot Is Coming

Last year we told you that a remake of Maniac Cop was on it’s way. After a long delay, it is finally entering production. The film will be a modern adaption of William Lustig’s 1988 genre classic, with Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) and Lene Børglum (The Neon Demon) producing. John Hyams (Z Nation, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) will be directing from the script penned by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Refn, Variety reports. Set in the present day, Maniac Cop follows a L.A. police officer who is determined to reveal the truth about the brutal murders of innocent people by one of her fellow cops. Unlike the original, the reboot of the film will not be pure horror, but more of a “contemporary action thriller”, which will make it very different from the original. In the 1988 version, an ex police officer is killing people on the streets. Jack Forest (Bruce Campbell) finds himself

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2017
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Z Nation Renewed For Season 4

Good news zombie fans, Syfy’s ‘Z Nation’ has been renewed for its forth season. The 2017 season will air Friday nights and feature 13 episodes of zombie killing action. Produced by The Asylum, ‘Z Nation’ follows a group of survivors and one unique individual named Murphy (Keith Allan) who has been bitten but remains human thanks to scientists using him a guinea pig. Murphy also happens to have power over zombies, which they refer to as “puppies and kittens”. Allan co-stars alongside Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Emilio Rivera and Nat Zang. ‘Z Nation’ is directed by John Hyams, Abram Cox, and others. Creator Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, and Daniel Schaefer pen the scripts for this that has as much wit as it does action. Season one and two are now available on Netflix. Check out the trailer from season 3 (below), now airing on Friday nights on Syfy.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2016
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The Maniac Cop Remake To Begin Filming This Spring

The first promotional art for the remake of ‘Maniac Cop’ has been released and the film is slated to begin filming this spring in New York City. The remake of the 1988 cult classic is being directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldiers: Day of Reckoning), based on the script penned by Ed Brubaker . William Lustig, the director of the original, will be serving as producer for the film. The original film stars the late Robert Z’Dar, along side Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Laurene Landon and Richard Roundtree. The cast for the remake has not been announced at this point, but should released soon. In the 1988 version, people are being murder in plain site by a man in a police uniform. Officer Jack Forrest has been set up and must begin his own investigation to try to clear his name.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 15, 2015
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‘Universal Soldiers’ Director Set To Remake ‘Maniac Cop’

Producer Nicolas Winding Refn announced at Austin’s Fantastic Fest that a remake of 1988’s ‘Maniac Cop’ is now in the works and John Hyams is set to direct. Hyams has quite a bit of experience when it comes to engineered characters, he directed two of the films from the ‘Universal Soldier’ franchise. In ‘Maniac Cop’ an ex police officer has been turned into a killing machine and is killing people on the streets. Jack Forest finds himself the main suspect for the killings, but detective Frank McCrae doesn’t believe it. Together Forrest, his girlfriend and Detective McCrae set out to find the real killer before he can strike again. The original cast includes Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar, and Richard Roundtree and was directed by William Lustig.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 27, 2015

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Movie Review: Alone (2020)

Director John Hymas’ thriller Alone is an intense tale of one woman’s fight to survive as a serial killer hunts her down. When Jessica (Jules Willcox) backs up her belongings and heads off to start a new life in a new town she has no idea of the horrors she is about to face. A serial killer has set his sights on her and will stop at nothing to get her. Warning: Spoilers Ahead Jessica is a complicated character. She’s still coping with the loss of her husband and her family’s opinion that she’s making a mistake leaving town to start over. When Jessica stops at a gas station she meets a stranger (Marc Menchaca) who asks a few to many questions like where is she going, where is she from, if she’s traveling alone. Of course, this automatically raises red flags. Every time she stops he pops up and it doesn’t take long for her to realize that she’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2020
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A Kidnapped Woman Fights To Survive In The Thriller ‘Alone’ (Trailer)

A woman fights to survive in the kidnap thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams (“Z Nation”) and written by Mattias Olsson (Gone). Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband. When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes into the wilderness and is pursued by her captor. Willcox stars alongside Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”, “The Outsider”), and Anthony Heald (The Silence Of The Lambs). Hunt down Alone in theaters and arrive On Demand on September 18, 2020, from Magnet Releasing.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 15, 2020
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Director Confirms ‘Maniac Cop’ Remake Still Happening

Several years ago, it was announced that a Maniac Cop remake was in the works, but there’s been no update in a long time. Recently during an interview with The Movie Crypt, John Hyams (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) who is set to direct the film gave an update. It will be a completely different thing tonally,” Hyams told the show. “I think that’s why I was hired. I think the reason why Nick was interested in me was because he saw what I had done with Universal Soldier, in the sense that I took it and made it my own and went completely off the reservation with it. Nick Refn loves exploitation cinema as much as the next guy, but he also is not interested in paying homage to things. He loves Maniac Cop, he loves the idea of it, he loves everything it represents, but he has no intention of making a tribute story.” We’ve spent the last

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2018
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‘Maniac Cop’ Is Going To Stalk The Streets Again – A New Reboot Is Coming

Last year we told you that a remake of Maniac Cop was on it’s way. After a long delay, it is finally entering production. The film will be a modern adaption of William Lustig’s 1988 genre classic, with Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) and Lene Børglum (The Neon Demon) producing. John Hyams (Z Nation, Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning) will be directing from the script penned by Ed Brubaker (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Refn, Variety reports. Set in the present day, Maniac Cop follows a L.A. police officer who is determined to reveal the truth about the brutal murders of innocent people by one of her fellow cops. Unlike the original, the reboot of the film will not be pure horror, but more of a “contemporary action thriller”, which will make it very different from the original. In the 1988 version, an ex police officer is killing people on the streets. Jack Forest (Bruce Campbell) finds himself

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 24, 2017
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Z Nation Renewed For Season 4

Good news zombie fans, Syfy’s ‘Z Nation’ has been renewed for its forth season. The 2017 season will air Friday nights and feature 13 episodes of zombie killing action. Produced by The Asylum, ‘Z Nation’ follows a group of survivors and one unique individual named Murphy (Keith Allan) who has been bitten but remains human thanks to scientists using him a guinea pig. Murphy also happens to have power over zombies, which they refer to as “puppies and kittens”. Allan co-stars alongside Kellita Smith, DJ Qualls, Anastasia Baranova, Russell Hodgkinson, Emilio Rivera and Nat Zang. ‘Z Nation’ is directed by John Hyams, Abram Cox, and others. Creator Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer, and Daniel Schaefer pen the scripts for this that has as much wit as it does action. Season one and two are now available on Netflix. Check out the trailer from season 3 (below), now airing on Friday nights on Syfy.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2016
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The Maniac Cop Remake To Begin Filming This Spring

The first promotional art for the remake of ‘Maniac Cop’ has been released and the film is slated to begin filming this spring in New York City. The remake of the 1988 cult classic is being directed by John Hyams (Universal Soldiers: Day of Reckoning), based on the script penned by Ed Brubaker . William Lustig, the director of the original, will be serving as producer for the film. The original film stars the late Robert Z’Dar, along side Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Laurene Landon and Richard Roundtree. The cast for the remake has not been announced at this point, but should released soon. In the 1988 version, people are being murder in plain site by a man in a police uniform. Officer Jack Forrest has been set up and must begin his own investigation to try to clear his name.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 15, 2015
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‘Universal Soldiers’ Director Set To Remake ‘Maniac Cop’

Producer Nicolas Winding Refn announced at Austin’s Fantastic Fest that a remake of 1988’s ‘Maniac Cop’ is now in the works and John Hyams is set to direct. Hyams has quite a bit of experience when it comes to engineered characters, he directed two of the films from the ‘Universal Soldier’ franchise. In ‘Maniac Cop’ an ex police officer has been turned into a killing machine and is killing people on the streets. Jack Forest finds himself the main suspect for the killings, but detective Frank McCrae doesn’t believe it. Together Forrest, his girlfriend and Detective McCrae set out to find the real killer before he can strike again. The original cast includes Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Laurene Landon, Robert Z’Dar, and Richard Roundtree and was directed by William Lustig.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 27, 2015