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Santa Has An Ax To Grind This Christmas In The Trailer & Clip From ‘Slayed’

Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what he did. Klock, who recently starred in Secrets in the Woods, centrally stars in the film. Emmy Award-winning co-director Mike Capozzi(Dark/Web) also stars, along with Kyra Kennedy (Red Letters), and Coél Mahal (“Don’t Ask Nancy”). All of these cast and crew members have come together to bring the globe one of this year’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2020
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Paul Bateson: The Serial Killer Who Starred In ‘The Exorcist’

Did you know that a real-life serial killer starred in The Exorcist? In 1972, director William Friedkin saw Paul Bateson perform a cerebral angiography in the New York University radiology lab. Wanting to keep things as real as possible, when Friedkin was making The Exorcist the next year, he arranged for the same procedure to be filmed in a hospital by real doctors and technicians. Friedkin was impressed by the way Bateson performed the real procedure the year before and invited him to be included in the scene as a radiographer not knowing of his crimes. Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a metallurgist. In the early 60s, he joined the Army and became an alcoholic while serving in Germany. When his service came to an end, he returned to Lansdale before moving to New York in 1964 where he began living a double life, working as a radiologist during the day, and exploring his sexuality and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 6, 2020
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A Brutal Murderer Stalks ‘The Slaughterhouse Killer’ Trailer

Genre specialist sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired Australian horror “The Slaughterhouse Killer.” We’ve got the new trailer that teases a dark and brutal indie film. A passion for slaughter keeps Box in line at the local abattoir where he can quench his thirst for blood. When Nathan, a young parolee arrives in town, Box is instructed to take him under his wing, and soon the two men bond over a murder. Unable to resist the bloody temptations, the two form a friendship revolving around their sickness for killing. A friendship which is bad news for everyone in town. Shot in Tasmania, Australia, the film, directed and co-written by Sam Curtain and co-writer Benjamin Clarke, who also produce, Slaughterhouse Killer stars Craig Ingham, James Mason, Kristen Condon, and Dean Kirkright.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2020
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Vince Vaughn And Kathryn Newton Swap Bodies In The ‘Freaky’ Trailer

Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton pull a “Freaky Friday” in the new trailer for Blumhouse’s Freaky. In Freaky, after swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer (Vaughn), Millie (Newton), a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. Alan Ruck, Uriah Shelton, and Katie Finneran also star in the movie directed by Christopher Landon, who co-wrote the film with Michael Kennedy. Things get Freaky this November on Friday the 13th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2020
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Blumhouse Television Teams Up With NBC For True Crime Series “The Thing About Pam”

Blumhouse Television is teaming up with NBC New Studios on a new scripted true crime series titled “The Thing About Pam,” based on the notorious Pam Hupp case. It will mark the first project of the new partnership announced earlier this year. Blumhouse Television, an independent studio, will develop and produce the series of new shows based on content featured from the series “Dateline.” In 2011, Betsy Faria was stabbed 55 times. While he pleaded his innocence, Betsy’s husband Russ Faria was charged and sentenced for the crime in 2013, thanks in part to the testimony of Pamela Hupp. In 2015 he was exonerated after evidence surfaced that he had been set up by Happ. It seems Hupp had taken out a life insurance policy on Betsy in the amount of $150, 000. The case was covered by “Dateline” in five episodes, but the corruption doesn’t stop there. Hupp was investigated for her connection with her own mother’s death. And

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2020
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‘Monster Of Worchester’ Released From Prison

David McGreavy was serving a life sentence for the murder of three children he was babysitting in 1973. McGreavy was called the “Monster of Worchester” due to how he murdered the children, all siblings, but he was also called the “Real Friday the 13th Killer” as the murders took place on the 13th of Friday in April of 1973. McGreavy was living with the Ralph family as he was friends with the children’s father, Clive Ralph. Both Clive and his wife worked nights leaving McGreavy to babysit the children but on that fateful night, McGreavy was drunk and he had a history of being a violent drunk as well. Shortly before the killings, McGreavy was at a pub with a friend and drank 5-7 pints of beer. After arriving back at the Ralph residence, he broke the skull of 8-month old Samantha, slit the throat of 2-year old Dawn, and strangled 4-year old Paul. Afterward, McGreavy took a pickax and

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Capt McNeely
Dec 4, 2018
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Terror Films Unveils Trailer For Controversial Thriller ‘Del Playa’

Terror Films has unveiled the new trailer for the thriller Del Playa ahead of its July digital release. Few indie thrillers have been as controversial as Del Playa. A petition to shut the film down reached over 30,000 signatures after students at UCSB became convinced that film was inspired by killer Elliot Rodger who took the lives of 6 people and injured 14 others. Writer/Director Shaun Hart has insisted that while there are similarities, the stories are completely unconnected. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, July 17, 2017) – Terror Films is set to release the indie thriller DEL PLAYA across multiple digital platforms in North America on Friday, July 21st. The film’s story follows Matthew (Alan Ayala), who is routinely abused by his stepfather. He has a crush on Claire (Devon Barnes), during high school. His love for Claire rides a fine line between persistence and obsession. And when, Matthew is jumped by her boyfriend, things turn

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 18, 2017
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Netflix Releases Full Trailer For Upcoming ‘DEATH NOTE’ Film

Today, Netflix has unveiled the full trailer for Adam Wingard‘s highly-anticipated adaptation of the beloved Japanese manga, ‘Death Note‘. Premiering on the Netflix streaming service on August 25, 2017, the ghoulish cat-and-mouse tale will star Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, and Willem Dafoe as the wise-cracking death god, “Ryuk”. ‘Death Note’ follows Light Turner, a bright student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only as “L”. ‘Death Note’ is produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka and Jason Hoffs. Johnathan Eirich, Mirir Yoon Branden Ferguson, and John Powers Middleton are serving as executive producers. Watch the fantastic full trailer below.

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Capt McNeely
Jun 29, 2017
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Psycho II…The Slasher Dodges a Bullet

Norman Bates Is Coming Home… Summer, 1983. No Internet. No DVD extras. No “sneak peaks.” There were a handful of magazines to get your entertainment and especially your horror news and Fangoria was mine. I got my first subscription in 1980 and kept it through most of high school. At one point my mother asked me, “Are you sure you don’t want Playboy or something?” Unlike Norman Bates, I had plenty of girlfriends. Boobs I could see any time, but horror? That was serious shit and it came in the mail addressed to me. The slasher film dominated 80s horror. Carpenter’s Halloween hit in 1978 and the original Friday the 13th was ripping off at its heels, and both birthed franchises that spanned an entire decade and beyond. Psychopaths with knives and a variety of tools populated movie houses and late night cable. Most horror scholars will acknowledge the sub genre was peaking around 1983. Friday the 13th was winding

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Capt McNeely
Oct 1, 2015
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In ‘Hooked Up’ beware of babes in Barcelona!

‘Hooked Up’ follows two American men, Tonio and Peter, who have traveled to Barcelona for vacation. When the guys befriend two women,Noemi and Katia, on their first night in Barcelona, they have no idea what they have gotten into. The ladies lure them back to their house with the promise of some fun, but the ladies idea of fun is something very different than he guys have in mind. One of the men won’t be leaving the house alive. Director Pablo Larcuen has taken a new step in this found footage horror movie. ‘Hooked Up’ may be the only horror movie filmed with iPhones. The movie is shot as if it was actually filmed by the characters Tonio and Peter. The main characters of Tonio and Peter are played by Jonah Ehrenreich (Criminal Intention) and Stephen Ohl (If I Go). The killers in ‘Hooked Up’ are played by Julia Molins (Hope) and Natascha Wiese.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2015

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Santa Has An Ax To Grind This Christmas In The Trailer & Clip From ‘Slayed’

Jim Klock‘s holiday horror film Slayed is arriving just in time for Christmas on Digital! Ahead of its debut, we’ve been gifted with not only the film’s official trailer to share with you, but we’ve also got a new, exclusive clip too! Described as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1979) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), the film is set five years after a Christmas Eve massacre in Harris County, Arizona, when a crazed killer returns to a condemned water-treatment plant to terrorize and kill again. Only this time, the lone survivor from that tragic night is waiting to make this Santa-clad monster pay for what he did. Klock, who recently starred in Secrets in the Woods, centrally stars in the film. Emmy Award-winning co-director Mike Capozzi(Dark/Web) also stars, along with Kyra Kennedy (Red Letters), and Coél Mahal (“Don’t Ask Nancy”). All of these cast and crew members have come together to bring the globe one of this year’s

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 13, 2020
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Paul Bateson: The Serial Killer Who Starred In ‘The Exorcist’

Did you know that a real-life serial killer starred in The Exorcist? In 1972, director William Friedkin saw Paul Bateson perform a cerebral angiography in the New York University radiology lab. Wanting to keep things as real as possible, when Friedkin was making The Exorcist the next year, he arranged for the same procedure to be filmed in a hospital by real doctors and technicians. Friedkin was impressed by the way Bateson performed the real procedure the year before and invited him to be included in the scene as a radiographer not knowing of his crimes. Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a metallurgist. In the early 60s, he joined the Army and became an alcoholic while serving in Germany. When his service came to an end, he returned to Lansdale before moving to New York in 1964 where he began living a double life, working as a radiologist during the day, and exploring his sexuality and

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 6, 2020
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A Brutal Murderer Stalks ‘The Slaughterhouse Killer’ Trailer

Genre specialist sales outfit Black Mandala has acquired Australian horror “The Slaughterhouse Killer.” We’ve got the new trailer that teases a dark and brutal indie film. A passion for slaughter keeps Box in line at the local abattoir where he can quench his thirst for blood. When Nathan, a young parolee arrives in town, Box is instructed to take him under his wing, and soon the two men bond over a murder. Unable to resist the bloody temptations, the two form a friendship revolving around their sickness for killing. A friendship which is bad news for everyone in town. Shot in Tasmania, Australia, the film, directed and co-written by Sam Curtain and co-writer Benjamin Clarke, who also produce, Slaughterhouse Killer stars Craig Ingham, James Mason, Kristen Condon, and Dean Kirkright.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 21, 2020
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Vince Vaughn And Kathryn Newton Swap Bodies In The ‘Freaky’ Trailer

Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton pull a “Freaky Friday” in the new trailer for Blumhouse’s Freaky. In Freaky, after swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer (Vaughn), Millie (Newton), a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. Alan Ruck, Uriah Shelton, and Katie Finneran also star in the movie directed by Christopher Landon, who co-wrote the film with Michael Kennedy. Things get Freaky this November on Friday the 13th.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2020
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Blumhouse Television Teams Up With NBC For True Crime Series “The Thing About Pam”

Blumhouse Television is teaming up with NBC New Studios on a new scripted true crime series titled “The Thing About Pam,” based on the notorious Pam Hupp case. It will mark the first project of the new partnership announced earlier this year. Blumhouse Television, an independent studio, will develop and produce the series of new shows based on content featured from the series “Dateline.” In 2011, Betsy Faria was stabbed 55 times. While he pleaded his innocence, Betsy’s husband Russ Faria was charged and sentenced for the crime in 2013, thanks in part to the testimony of Pamela Hupp. In 2015 he was exonerated after evidence surfaced that he had been set up by Happ. It seems Hupp had taken out a life insurance policy on Betsy in the amount of $150, 000. The case was covered by “Dateline” in five episodes, but the corruption doesn’t stop there. Hupp was investigated for her connection with her own mother’s death. And

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 20, 2020
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‘Monster Of Worchester’ Released From Prison

David McGreavy was serving a life sentence for the murder of three children he was babysitting in 1973. McGreavy was called the “Monster of Worchester” due to how he murdered the children, all siblings, but he was also called the “Real Friday the 13th Killer” as the murders took place on the 13th of Friday in April of 1973. McGreavy was living with the Ralph family as he was friends with the children’s father, Clive Ralph. Both Clive and his wife worked nights leaving McGreavy to babysit the children but on that fateful night, McGreavy was drunk and he had a history of being a violent drunk as well. Shortly before the killings, McGreavy was at a pub with a friend and drank 5-7 pints of beer. After arriving back at the Ralph residence, he broke the skull of 8-month old Samantha, slit the throat of 2-year old Dawn, and strangled 4-year old Paul. Afterward, McGreavy took a pickax and

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Dec 4, 2018
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Terror Films Unveils Trailer For Controversial Thriller ‘Del Playa’

Terror Films has unveiled the new trailer for the thriller Del Playa ahead of its July digital release. Few indie thrillers have been as controversial as Del Playa. A petition to shut the film down reached over 30,000 signatures after students at UCSB became convinced that film was inspired by killer Elliot Rodger who took the lives of 6 people and injured 14 others. Writer/Director Shaun Hart has insisted that while there are similarities, the stories are completely unconnected. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, July 17, 2017) – Terror Films is set to release the indie thriller DEL PLAYA across multiple digital platforms in North America on Friday, July 21st. The film’s story follows Matthew (Alan Ayala), who is routinely abused by his stepfather. He has a crush on Claire (Devon Barnes), during high school. His love for Claire rides a fine line between persistence and obsession. And when, Matthew is jumped by her boyfriend, things turn

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 18, 2017
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Netflix Releases Full Trailer For Upcoming ‘DEATH NOTE’ Film

Today, Netflix has unveiled the full trailer for Adam Wingard‘s highly-anticipated adaptation of the beloved Japanese manga, ‘Death Note‘. Premiering on the Netflix streaming service on August 25, 2017, the ghoulish cat-and-mouse tale will star Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, and Willem Dafoe as the wise-cracking death god, “Ryuk”. ‘Death Note’ follows Light Turner, a bright student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous detective known only as “L”. ‘Death Note’ is produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Masi Oka and Jason Hoffs. Johnathan Eirich, Mirir Yoon Branden Ferguson, and John Powers Middleton are serving as executive producers. Watch the fantastic full trailer below.

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Jun 29, 2017
Horror Fuel

Psycho II…The Slasher Dodges a Bullet

Norman Bates Is Coming Home… Summer, 1983. No Internet. No DVD extras. No “sneak peaks.” There were a handful of magazines to get your entertainment and especially your horror news and Fangoria was mine. I got my first subscription in 1980 and kept it through most of high school. At one point my mother asked me, “Are you sure you don’t want Playboy or something?” Unlike Norman Bates, I had plenty of girlfriends. Boobs I could see any time, but horror? That was serious shit and it came in the mail addressed to me. The slasher film dominated 80s horror. Carpenter’s Halloween hit in 1978 and the original Friday the 13th was ripping off at its heels, and both birthed franchises that spanned an entire decade and beyond. Psychopaths with knives and a variety of tools populated movie houses and late night cable. Most horror scholars will acknowledge the sub genre was peaking around 1983. Friday the 13th was winding

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Oct 1, 2015
Horror Fuel

In ‘Hooked Up’ beware of babes in Barcelona!

‘Hooked Up’ follows two American men, Tonio and Peter, who have traveled to Barcelona for vacation. When the guys befriend two women,Noemi and Katia, on their first night in Barcelona, they have no idea what they have gotten into. The ladies lure them back to their house with the promise of some fun, but the ladies idea of fun is something very different than he guys have in mind. One of the men won’t be leaving the house alive. Director Pablo Larcuen has taken a new step in this found footage horror movie. ‘Hooked Up’ may be the only horror movie filmed with iPhones. The movie is shot as if it was actually filmed by the characters Tonio and Peter. The main characters of Tonio and Peter are played by Jonah Ehrenreich (Criminal Intention) and Stephen Ohl (If I Go). The killers in ‘Hooked Up’ are played by Julia Molins (Hope) and Natascha Wiese.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Apr 19, 2015