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Movie Review: Artik (2019)

Comic book addicted mountain-man lookin’ mother fucker Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) spends his days hunting the bleak town in which he lives and it’s outskirts for fresh victims for his serial killer proclivities helped by his “son” Boy Adam (Gavin White)…a viscous feral lad, though one with an introspective side. Also on hand is Artik’s woman Flin Brays (indie horror darling Lauren Ashley Carter) and a cadre of farmhand children that live in their barn. Soon Boy befriends a troubled young man named Holton Shudcase (Chase Williamson) who learns that things are fucked up six ways to Sunday in that lil’ dude’s life, and when he tries to intervene it’s nearly certain that death will come a callin’ …you know, because Artik is a complete deranged lunatic with a hair-fucking-trigger for the ol’ murder biz and all! Artik on the surface seems like something the horror biz has brought us a bazillionty times…psycho hillbilly family lives on a farm where

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DanXIII
Sep 6, 2019
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A Serial Killer Spills Blood In The First Batch Of Images From ‘ARTIK’

Award-winning filmmaker, Tom Botchii, is gearing up for the World Premiere of his horror-thriller, ARTIK. With Popcorn Frights just weeks away, we have an exclusive look at brutal stills from the film to share with you. In the film, “a comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.” It sounds funny but making ARTIK, a film about a murderer, was actually, kind of healing. Truth is, the character himself is loosely based on my dad and the character of Holton was based around an ex-girlfriend,” says Botchii. “So from the moment that I started writing, it felt like the story was just pouring out of me and releasing a lot of pent up emotion. And that was the original goal, do something that gets this off my chest, but also works as a small, independent horror production. Then,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2019
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Movie Review: The Toybox (2018)

Big Chuck (Greg Violand) has got himself a vintage RV which he hopes to utilize to patch up his relationship with his two adult children, Steve (who is gung-ho for forced family fun), and Jay who isn’t all rainbows and sunshine about the affair, via cramming them in that boxy piece of shit and haulin’ ass ‘cross country. Also along for this lil’ road trip are his eldest son’s wife Jennifer (Denise Richards) along with their daughter and dog…you know, because a fright flick needs kids and animals in peril to really get our collective pulse poundin’! Speaking of potential victims…err, I mean characters; the gang picks up Samantha (Mischa Barton) and her brother who have recently been stranded on the road thanks to their crappy car. Soon the occupants begin having terrifying…okay, mildly gross hallucinations…could something evil be afoot (it damn well ought to be or this shit is getting turned off with the F’n quickness)? Anyway, Charlie decides

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DanXIII
Sep 2, 2018
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A Killer RV Is On The Loose In ‘The Toybox’ – Arriving This September

Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions have just announced the release of Tom Nagel‘s The ToyBox, reuniting the team behind 2016’s ClownTown. Nagel’s supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed RV they’re traveling in may destroy them all. The ToyBox stars Denise Richards (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, Starship Troopers, The World is Not Enough), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”, The Sixth Sense), Matt Mercer (Beyond the Gates, The Mind’s Eye), Jeff Denton (“NCIS”, “Criminal Minds”), Brian Nagel (Katy Perry’s Roar), Greg Violand (Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice) , Malika Michelle, David H. Greathouse, and Katie Keene. The ToyBox is directed by Tom Nagel from a screenplay written by Jeff Denton. Jeff Miller (Inoperable, Ouija House) and the Nagel Brothers contributed to the story. The Nagel brothers produced along with Miller (through Millman Productions) and Denton. Jim Jacobsen, Eric Brenner, and Ronnie D. Lee are executive producers.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2018
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The Hunt Is On In The ‘Artik’ Trailer

The hunt is on in the trailer for writer-director Tom Botchii Skowronski‘s horror thriller Artik. Chase Williamson, Jerry G. Angelo, Lauren Ashley Carter, Matt Mercer, David Robbins, Gavin White, Nathan Lee Livingston, and Cyrus Dodson-Sands star. Set in rural farm country, “the film centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight-edge, punk purist, comes between them.” Jerry G. Angelo and Kodi Saint Angelo produce with Erik Bernard and Courtney LeMarco executive produced. Artik arrives in theaters this September.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 6, 2018
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Lauren Ashley Carter And Chase Williamson Set To Star In The Dark Thriller ‘Artik’

Actor Chase Williamson, who has appeared in films such as John Dies at the End, Siren, and The Guest, has signed on to co-star opposite Lauren Ashley Carter (The Woman, Jug Face, Darling) in Tom Botchii’s dark action-thriller Artik. From the Press Release: Actor Chase Williamson (John Dies at the End, SIREN, Bad Match) will be joining forces with veteran indie actress, Lauren Ashley Carter, (Jug Face, Darling, The Women), rising star Jerry G. Angelo (Warfighter, The Rambler, Fright Night) and indie horror favorite Matt Mercer (Contracted, Contracted: Phase II & The Mind’s Eye), in Tom Botchii’s dark hybrid, action-horror-thriller, Artik. The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Angelo), his life partner Flin (Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton Shudcase (Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them. Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s feature film debut and will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2017
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Check Out This Trailer Filled With ‘Psychopaths’

The trailer for writer-director Mickey Keating’s psychedelic genre film Psychopaths has arrived and is filled with brutality. Set over the course of one excessively blood-soaked night, multiple serial Killers’ paths cross, leaving a trail of bodies and begging the question: Which psychopath will live to see the morning? Graham Skipper, Helen Rogers, Matt Mercer, Larry Fessenden, Sam Zimmerman, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry star in this brutal slasher. Take a look at the clip from Psychopaths, set to be released in 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2017
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Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires Slasher ‘Psychopaths’

Ahead of FrightFest, it has been announced that writer-director Mickey Keating’s psychedelic genre film Psychopaths has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Set over the course of one excessively blood-soaked night, multiple serial Killers’ paths cross, leaving a trail of bodies and begging the question: Which psychopath will live to see morning? Graham Skipper, Helen Rogers, Matt Mercer, Larry Fessenden, Sam Zimmerman, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry star in this brutal slasher. Take a look at the clip from Psychopaths, set to be released in 2018.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 16, 2017
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Evil Awaits ‘Beyond The Gates’ – On VOD This December

Jackson Stewart’s supernatural thriller ‘Beyond the Gates’ will be arriving in theaters and VOD next week. Starring Barbra Crampton (You’re Next, Re-Animator), the film centers on two brothers, played by Chase Williams (Siren) and Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye), who are pulled into a supernatural game. Brea Grant (The Devil’s Dolls), Matt Mercer (Contracted), Sara Malakul (Kickboxer: Vengeance), Jesse Merlin (Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves) and Henry LeBlanc (Agents of Shield) co-star. Synopsis: Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father’s video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed ‘Beyond the Gates’ that holds a connection to their father’s disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it. Discover ‘Beyond the Gates’ in theaters and on VOD on December 9th, 2016 from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2016
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A Pair With Psychic Powers Fight To Escape A Demented Doctor In Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye

Two people born with supernatural abilities find themselves prisoners of a psychotic doctor in The Mind’s Eye, from writer/director Joe Begos (Almost Human). Starring Graham Skipper, John Speredakos, Lauren Ashley Carter, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer, Brian Morvant, Jeremy Gardner, Josh Ethier, Larry Fessender and Sean Zimmerman, The Mind’s Eye was written and directed by Begos. This horror-scifi-thriller follows Zack Conners and Rachel Meadows, both born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word gets out of their supernatural talents, they find themselves prisoners of of the psychotic Dr. Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor who wants to harvest their powers for himself. The Mind’s Eye will open in select theaters,and will be available on VOD and iTunes come August 5, 2016 from RLJ Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2016

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Movie Review: Artik (2019)

Comic book addicted mountain-man lookin’ mother fucker Artik (Jerry G. Angelo) spends his days hunting the bleak town in which he lives and it’s outskirts for fresh victims for his serial killer proclivities helped by his “son” Boy Adam (Gavin White)…a viscous feral lad, though one with an introspective side. Also on hand is Artik’s woman Flin Brays (indie horror darling Lauren Ashley Carter) and a cadre of farmhand children that live in their barn. Soon Boy befriends a troubled young man named Holton Shudcase (Chase Williamson) who learns that things are fucked up six ways to Sunday in that lil’ dude’s life, and when he tries to intervene it’s nearly certain that death will come a callin’ …you know, because Artik is a complete deranged lunatic with a hair-fucking-trigger for the ol’ murder biz and all! Artik on the surface seems like something the horror biz has brought us a bazillionty times…psycho hillbilly family lives on a farm where

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 6, 2019
Horror Fuel

A Serial Killer Spills Blood In The First Batch Of Images From ‘ARTIK’

Award-winning filmmaker, Tom Botchii, is gearing up for the World Premiere of his horror-thriller, ARTIK. With Popcorn Frights just weeks away, we have an exclusive look at brutal stills from the film to share with you. In the film, “a comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.” It sounds funny but making ARTIK, a film about a murderer, was actually, kind of healing. Truth is, the character himself is loosely based on my dad and the character of Holton was based around an ex-girlfriend,” says Botchii. “So from the moment that I started writing, it felt like the story was just pouring out of me and releasing a lot of pent up emotion. And that was the original goal, do something that gets this off my chest, but also works as a small, independent horror production. Then,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 17, 2019
Horror Fuel

Movie Review: The Toybox (2018)

Big Chuck (Greg Violand) has got himself a vintage RV which he hopes to utilize to patch up his relationship with his two adult children, Steve (who is gung-ho for forced family fun), and Jay who isn’t all rainbows and sunshine about the affair, via cramming them in that boxy piece of shit and haulin’ ass ‘cross country. Also along for this lil’ road trip are his eldest son’s wife Jennifer (Denise Richards) along with their daughter and dog…you know, because a fright flick needs kids and animals in peril to really get our collective pulse poundin’! Speaking of potential victims…err, I mean characters; the gang picks up Samantha (Mischa Barton) and her brother who have recently been stranded on the road thanks to their crappy car. Soon the occupants begin having terrifying…okay, mildly gross hallucinations…could something evil be afoot (it damn well ought to be or this shit is getting turned off with the F’n quickness)? Anyway, Charlie decides

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Sep 2, 2018
Horror Fuel

A Killer RV Is On The Loose In ‘The Toybox’ – Arriving This September

Skyline Entertainment and Steel House Productions have just announced the release of Tom Nagel‘s The ToyBox, reuniting the team behind 2016’s ClownTown. Nagel’s supernatural thriller follows an ill-fated family on a road trip intended to bring them back together, but the possessed RV they’re traveling in may destroy them all. The ToyBox stars Denise Richards (“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, Starship Troopers, The World is Not Enough), Mischa Barton (“The O.C.”, The Sixth Sense), Matt Mercer (Beyond the Gates, The Mind’s Eye), Jeff Denton (“NCIS”, “Criminal Minds”), Brian Nagel (Katy Perry’s Roar), Greg Violand (Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice) , Malika Michelle, David H. Greathouse, and Katie Keene. The ToyBox is directed by Tom Nagel from a screenplay written by Jeff Denton. Jeff Miller (Inoperable, Ouija House) and the Nagel Brothers contributed to the story. The Nagel brothers produced along with Miller (through Millman Productions) and Denton. Jim Jacobsen, Eric Brenner, and Ronnie D. Lee are executive producers.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2018
Horror Fuel

The Hunt Is On In The ‘Artik’ Trailer

The hunt is on in the trailer for writer-director Tom Botchii Skowronski‘s horror thriller Artik. Chase Williamson, Jerry G. Angelo, Lauren Ashley Carter, Matt Mercer, David Robbins, Gavin White, Nathan Lee Livingston, and Cyrus Dodson-Sands star. Set in rural farm country, “the film centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Jerry G. Angelo), his life partner Flin (Lauren Ashley Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero until Holton (Chase Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight-edge, punk purist, comes between them.” Jerry G. Angelo and Kodi Saint Angelo produce with Erik Bernard and Courtney LeMarco executive produced. Artik arrives in theaters this September.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 6, 2018
Horror Fuel

Lauren Ashley Carter And Chase Williamson Set To Star In The Dark Thriller ‘Artik’

Actor Chase Williamson, who has appeared in films such as John Dies at the End, Siren, and The Guest, has signed on to co-star opposite Lauren Ashley Carter (The Woman, Jug Face, Darling) in Tom Botchii’s dark action-thriller Artik. From the Press Release: Actor Chase Williamson (John Dies at the End, SIREN, Bad Match) will be joining forces with veteran indie actress, Lauren Ashley Carter, (Jug Face, Darling, The Women), rising star Jerry G. Angelo (Warfighter, The Rambler, Fright Night) and indie horror favorite Matt Mercer (Contracted, Contracted: Phase II & The Mind’s Eye), in Tom Botchii’s dark hybrid, action-horror-thriller, Artik. The story centers around a family-run sunflower farm, where comic-book obsessed serial killer Artik (Angelo), his life partner Flin (Carter), and their family of foster kids are on the hunt for the ultimate comic-book hero. Until Holton Shudcase (Williamson), an Al-Anon attending straight edge, punk purist, comes between them. Artik is writer/director Tom Botchii’s feature film debut and will

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 29, 2017
Horror Fuel

Check Out This Trailer Filled With ‘Psychopaths’

The trailer for writer-director Mickey Keating’s psychedelic genre film Psychopaths has arrived and is filled with brutality. Set over the course of one excessively blood-soaked night, multiple serial Killers’ paths cross, leaving a trail of bodies and begging the question: Which psychopath will live to see the morning? Graham Skipper, Helen Rogers, Matt Mercer, Larry Fessenden, Sam Zimmerman, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry star in this brutal slasher. Take a look at the clip from Psychopaths, set to be released in 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 12, 2017
Horror Fuel

Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires Slasher ‘Psychopaths’

Ahead of FrightFest, it has been announced that writer-director Mickey Keating’s psychedelic genre film Psychopaths has been acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Set over the course of one excessively blood-soaked night, multiple serial Killers’ paths cross, leaving a trail of bodies and begging the question: Which psychopath will live to see morning? Graham Skipper, Helen Rogers, Matt Mercer, Larry Fessenden, Sam Zimmerman, Mark Kassen, Ivana Shein, and James Landry star in this brutal slasher. Take a look at the clip from Psychopaths, set to be released in 2018.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 16, 2017
Horror Fuel

Evil Awaits ‘Beyond The Gates’ – On VOD This December

Jackson Stewart’s supernatural thriller ‘Beyond the Gates’ will be arriving in theaters and VOD next week. Starring Barbra Crampton (You’re Next, Re-Animator), the film centers on two brothers, played by Chase Williams (Siren) and Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye), who are pulled into a supernatural game. Brea Grant (The Devil’s Dolls), Matt Mercer (Contracted), Sara Malakul (Kickboxer: Vengeance), Jesse Merlin (Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves) and Henry LeBlanc (Agents of Shield) co-star. Synopsis: Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father’s video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed ‘Beyond the Gates’ that holds a connection to their father’s disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it. Discover ‘Beyond the Gates’ in theaters and on VOD on December 9th, 2016 from IFC Midnight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 1, 2016
Horror Fuel

A Pair With Psychic Powers Fight To Escape A Demented Doctor In Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye

Two people born with supernatural abilities find themselves prisoners of a psychotic doctor in The Mind’s Eye, from writer/director Joe Begos (Almost Human). Starring Graham Skipper, John Speredakos, Lauren Ashley Carter, Noah Segan, Matt Mercer, Brian Morvant, Jeremy Gardner, Josh Ethier, Larry Fessender and Sean Zimmerman, The Mind’s Eye was written and directed by Begos. This horror-scifi-thriller follows Zack Conners and Rachel Meadows, both born with incredible psychokinetic capabilities. When word gets out of their supernatural talents, they find themselves prisoners of of the psychotic Dr. Michael Slovak, a deranged doctor who wants to harvest their powers for himself. The Mind’s Eye will open in select theaters,and will be available on VOD and iTunes come August 5, 2016 from RLJ Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 28, 2016
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