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Movie Review: ‘Isolation’

The pandemic anthology Isolation, which features 11 directors, gives us a glimpse into the lives of multiple people across the world as the world around them skids to a halt and millions fall sick and die. In each segment, loosely connected, we see different examples of human suffering and just how bad things could be. The film’s cinematography does a fantastic job of capturing the bleakness of the new world by using blues and grays as well as other muted tones and stark city backgrounds nearly void of all life. The large cast that includes Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit, Depraved), Bobby Roe, (“The Houses October Built 1&2”), Andrew Kasch, (Tales Of Halloween), Zach Passero (Wicked Lake), and Christian Pasquariello (Alien Invasion: S.U.M. 1). The directors include Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Lary Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexander Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, and Keir Siewert. Each segment gives us a take on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
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A Woman’s Life Goes Terribly Wrong After Getting A Micro-Chip In ‘Implanted’

This October, a medical experiment goes terribly wrong in the psychological horror film Implanted, from writer-director Fabien Dufils. In Implanted, Sarah, a struggling young woman living in Brooklyn, agrees to volunteer as an experimental test subject for a pharmaceutical company called Dynamic Health Cure and to be implanted with the LEXX nanochip. Sarah hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles and help her to take care of her mother who has Alzheimer’s. A nanochip is implanted in her cerebral cortex. It is designed with artificial intelligence technology to take control of the body at the inception of any disease or illness. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die. Michelle Girolami stars in the film executive produced by Jordon Winter, Malek Ghorayeb, Paul Mignot, Karim Naceur, Edmond Tao, Léa Morel, and Julien Seri. Gravitas Ventures will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2021
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A Virus Strikes And Suriviors Are Forced To Fight For Their Lives In ‘Hall’

This September, Hall will leave you wanting to keep your door deadbolted as a virus breaks out. Check out the new trailer below. Set within the confines of a dark hotel corridor, Hall stars Carolina Bartczak (X-Men: Apocalypse), Julian Richings (Anything for Jackson), and Bailey Thain (Pet Sematary). In the Canadian film, which made its premiere at FrightFest, a debilitating virus spreads across a hotel hallway, leaving the scattered victims in a fight for survival.” Hall will be released on Digital and On-Demand on September 13th, from Lightbulb Films.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
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A Couple Discovers They Are Not Alone in The Horror ‘Shelter In Place’

A couple stuck in a hotel during lockdown discover they aren’t as alone as they thought in 1091 Pictures’ horror film Shelter in Place. Directed and Written by Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin, the film stars Brendan Hines (The Tick, Lie to Me), Tatjana Marjanovic (Great White, Purgatory), Kevin Daniels (Atypical, Modern Family, The Big Leap), Ola Kaminska (The Madness Within), and Jey Reynolds. In Shelter in Place, out on VOD and Digital on September 14, 2021, “a honeymooning couple gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and learns that there is more to fear than just cabin fever.”

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2021
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(Watch) Short Horror Film ‘The Kiss’ Explores Post-Pandemic Anxiety In A Brutal Fashion

Pastel Wasteland, a Portsmouth, UK-based production company, focusing on horror genre features, short films, and content, has now released the new short horror film The Kiss and we’ve got it here for you to watch. Directed by Rob Ulitski, the film stars up-and-coming genre actors Bella Rich and Chris Mills, and “explores post-pandemic anxiety, through an experimental and grisly aesthetic. Shot on a micro-budget at the end of the most recent lockdown, the film was a labor of love and a step into the unknown for the cast and crew, whose output has been sporadic since the initiation of Covid safety procedures in 2020.” I’m so happy we were able to make this film, and channel some of our own anxieties, frustrations and fears into something creative. We are all super passionate about the horror genre, and the community of horror fans who help celebrate and lift each other up on a day to day basis”. Director / Producer Rob

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 3, 2021
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Zombie Thriller ‘Hall’ Gets An April Release Date

Hot off the heels of EFM (European Film Market), Black Fawn Distribution has acquired the Canadian rights to the viral zombie thriller Hall, the directorial debut of Francesco Giannini. Starring Carolina Bartczak (X-Men: Apocalypse, Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Moonfall), the film follows Val (Bartczak), a young mother separated from her daughter (Bailey Thain), who must navigate a hotel hallway ravaged by a mysterious virus. Forced to crawl her way past other helpless victims, Val crosses paths with Naomi (Yumiko Shaku) – a pregnant tourist thrust into the fight of her life. While keeping out of sight, Val and Naomi must escape the stretch of isolated carnage, before they become infected themselves. The film also features Mark Gibson (Vicious Fun, Exit Humanity) and Julian Richings (Anything for Jackson, Man of Steel). Hall is the first film completed under Francesco Giannini’s production banner, Franky Films. Giannini recently took home the Best Director honors for Hall at last year’s Blood in the Snow Film

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 22, 2021
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Pandemic Thriller ‘Tyger Tyger’, Starring Dylan Sprouse, Unleashed This February

Writer-director-producer Kerry Mondragon‘s timely pandemic thriller Tyger Tyger is set to spread this February, Variety reports. Starring Dylan Sprouse (“The Suite Life on Deck”, Dismissed) the film follows a frustrated woman named Blake (Sam Quartin), who robs a pharmacy for life-saving medication while awaiting her test results during a pandemic. She ditches her loser boyfriend (Max Madsen) and makes a deal with a drug addict named Luke (Sprouse) to help distribute the stolen meds to those who need them. Mondragon produced the movie under his Uninflected Pictures banner, alongside producer Salvatore Sclafani. Mondragon also served as an executive producer with Mary Rose Costello, Casey Mondragon, Shane Jerominski, Phil Batlin, Akshay D’souza. Co-producers include Jack Nielsen, Kaly Ngo, and Joe D’augustine. Tyger Tyger’ is a personal and magical story about love and drug addiction in the midst of a pandemic,” Mondragon said. “Though we shot this story before the events of 2020, we know both the timeliness and universal themes in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2021
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Micro Budget Outbreak Thriller ‘Breakdown’ Now On Amazon

Thomas Haley makes his feature directorial debut with Breakdown. It also marks the feature film debut for his production company H2 Crew Productions. Breakdown is Haley’s passion project and has been in the works for a few years. Its release is well-timed given the current pandemic and shares similarities with the film’s grim reality. In the film, “a mysterious virus has wiped out much of the world’s population, with the remaining sick being corralled in quarantine zones, as one man fights to find a cure to save humanity, and himself.” Haley also stars in the film described as, “his most intense role released to date,” carrying much of the film’s heavy themes. He is surrounded by a stellar supporting cast including rising scream queen Brooklyn Haley (Paranormal Arracion, Camp Twilight, Slice and Dice), Corey Sorenson (Chicago Fire, Patchwork, Palo Alto), Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, Silent Night, All Through The House), and John Marror (Envy, Desert Moon). Described as a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2021
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Soderbergh Working On A Sequel To ‘Contagion’

Back in 2011, Steven Soderbergh unleashed Contagion, a thriller that is as relevant as ever thanks to the current pandemic. With timing in mind, now would be a great time for a sequel. Luckily, we aren’t the only ones who think so. During a recent talk with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh revealed that a sequel is indeed on its way. I’ve got a project in development that Scott Burns is working with me on, that’s a kind of philosophical sequel to Contagion, but in a different context,” Soderbergh told the podcast. He added, “You’ll look at the two of them as kind of paired, but they have very different hair colors. So, Scott and I were talking about, ‘So, what’s the next iteration of a Contagion-type story?’ So we have been working on that. We should probably hot-foot it a little bit.” Scott Z. Burns penned the script for Contagion, which starred Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2020
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A Dark Entity Is Let Loose In Supernatural Horror ‘Host’

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has announced the release of the supernatural horror film HOST from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. Host marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Savage who co-wrote the film with Gemma Hurley (Shoot for the Moon) and Jed Shepherd (Multiplex). The film stars Haley Bishop (Angel Has Fallen), Radina Drandova (“Pickled Eggs”), Jemma Moore (Wonder Woman), Caroline Ward (The IMAX Nutcracker), Emma Louise Webb (“The Crown”), and Edward Linard (Golden Years). In Host, six friends hire a medium to conduct a séance during lockdown for their weekly Zoom call. Jemma decides to pull a prank and makes up a story about a boy she knew in high school who hanged himself. By doing this, Jemma inadvertently invites a demonic presence to cross over. Soon the friends begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes as the evil spirit begins to make itself known, and they all realize this night

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 29, 2020

More from Pandemic

Movie Review: ‘Isolation’

The pandemic anthology Isolation, which features 11 directors, gives us a glimpse into the lives of multiple people across the world as the world around them skids to a halt and millions fall sick and die. In each segment, loosely connected, we see different examples of human suffering and just how bad things could be. The film’s cinematography does a fantastic job of capturing the bleakness of the new world by using blues and grays as well as other muted tones and stark city backgrounds nearly void of all life. The large cast that includes Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Habit, Depraved), Bobby Roe, (“The Houses October Built 1&2”), Andrew Kasch, (Tales Of Halloween), Zach Passero (Wicked Lake), and Christian Pasquariello (Alien Invasion: S.U.M. 1). The directors include Alix Austin, Adam R. Brown, Lary Fessenden, Dennie Gordon, Andrew Kasch, Kyle I. Kelley, Alexander Neary, Christian Pasquariello, Zach Passero, Bobby Roe, and Keir Siewert. Each segment gives us a take on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Woman’s Life Goes Terribly Wrong After Getting A Micro-Chip In ‘Implanted’

This October, a medical experiment goes terribly wrong in the psychological horror film Implanted, from writer-director Fabien Dufils. In Implanted, Sarah, a struggling young woman living in Brooklyn, agrees to volunteer as an experimental test subject for a pharmaceutical company called Dynamic Health Cure and to be implanted with the LEXX nanochip. Sarah hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles and help her to take care of her mother who has Alzheimer’s. A nanochip is implanted in her cerebral cortex. It is designed with artificial intelligence technology to take control of the body at the inception of any disease or illness. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die. Michelle Girolami stars in the film executive produced by Jordon Winter, Malek Ghorayeb, Paul Mignot, Karim Naceur, Edmond Tao, Léa Morel, and Julien Seri. Gravitas Ventures will

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Virus Strikes And Suriviors Are Forced To Fight For Their Lives In ‘Hall’

This September, Hall will leave you wanting to keep your door deadbolted as a virus breaks out. Check out the new trailer below. Set within the confines of a dark hotel corridor, Hall stars Carolina Bartczak (X-Men: Apocalypse), Julian Richings (Anything for Jackson), and Bailey Thain (Pet Sematary). In the Canadian film, which made its premiere at FrightFest, a debilitating virus spreads across a hotel hallway, leaving the scattered victims in a fight for survival.” Hall will be released on Digital and On-Demand on September 13th, from Lightbulb Films.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2021
Horror Fuel

A Couple Discovers They Are Not Alone in The Horror ‘Shelter In Place’

A couple stuck in a hotel during lockdown discover they aren’t as alone as they thought in 1091 Pictures’ horror film Shelter in Place. Directed and Written by Chris Beyrooty and Connor Martin, the film stars Brendan Hines (The Tick, Lie to Me), Tatjana Marjanovic (Great White, Purgatory), Kevin Daniels (Atypical, Modern Family, The Big Leap), Ola Kaminska (The Madness Within), and Jey Reynolds. In Shelter in Place, out on VOD and Digital on September 14, 2021, “a honeymooning couple gets stranded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and learns that there is more to fear than just cabin fever.”

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 27, 2021
Horror Fuel

(Watch) Short Horror Film ‘The Kiss’ Explores Post-Pandemic Anxiety In A Brutal Fashion

Pastel Wasteland, a Portsmouth, UK-based production company, focusing on horror genre features, short films, and content, has now released the new short horror film The Kiss and we’ve got it here for you to watch. Directed by Rob Ulitski, the film stars up-and-coming genre actors Bella Rich and Chris Mills, and “explores post-pandemic anxiety, through an experimental and grisly aesthetic. Shot on a micro-budget at the end of the most recent lockdown, the film was a labor of love and a step into the unknown for the cast and crew, whose output has been sporadic since the initiation of Covid safety procedures in 2020.” I’m so happy we were able to make this film, and channel some of our own anxieties, frustrations and fears into something creative. We are all super passionate about the horror genre, and the community of horror fans who help celebrate and lift each other up on a day to day basis”. Director / Producer Rob

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 3, 2021
Horror Fuel

Zombie Thriller ‘Hall’ Gets An April Release Date

Hot off the heels of EFM (European Film Market), Black Fawn Distribution has acquired the Canadian rights to the viral zombie thriller Hall, the directorial debut of Francesco Giannini. Starring Carolina Bartczak (X-Men: Apocalypse, Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Moonfall), the film follows Val (Bartczak), a young mother separated from her daughter (Bailey Thain), who must navigate a hotel hallway ravaged by a mysterious virus. Forced to crawl her way past other helpless victims, Val crosses paths with Naomi (Yumiko Shaku) – a pregnant tourist thrust into the fight of her life. While keeping out of sight, Val and Naomi must escape the stretch of isolated carnage, before they become infected themselves. The film also features Mark Gibson (Vicious Fun, Exit Humanity) and Julian Richings (Anything for Jackson, Man of Steel). Hall is the first film completed under Francesco Giannini’s production banner, Franky Films. Giannini recently took home the Best Director honors for Hall at last year’s Blood in the Snow Film

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 22, 2021
Horror Fuel

Pandemic Thriller ‘Tyger Tyger’, Starring Dylan Sprouse, Unleashed This February

Writer-director-producer Kerry Mondragon‘s timely pandemic thriller Tyger Tyger is set to spread this February, Variety reports. Starring Dylan Sprouse (“The Suite Life on Deck”, Dismissed) the film follows a frustrated woman named Blake (Sam Quartin), who robs a pharmacy for life-saving medication while awaiting her test results during a pandemic. She ditches her loser boyfriend (Max Madsen) and makes a deal with a drug addict named Luke (Sprouse) to help distribute the stolen meds to those who need them. Mondragon produced the movie under his Uninflected Pictures banner, alongside producer Salvatore Sclafani. Mondragon also served as an executive producer with Mary Rose Costello, Casey Mondragon, Shane Jerominski, Phil Batlin, Akshay D’souza. Co-producers include Jack Nielsen, Kaly Ngo, and Joe D’augustine. Tyger Tyger’ is a personal and magical story about love and drug addiction in the midst of a pandemic,” Mondragon said. “Though we shot this story before the events of 2020, we know both the timeliness and universal themes in

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 16, 2021
Horror Fuel

Micro Budget Outbreak Thriller ‘Breakdown’ Now On Amazon

Thomas Haley makes his feature directorial debut with Breakdown. It also marks the feature film debut for his production company H2 Crew Productions. Breakdown is Haley’s passion project and has been in the works for a few years. Its release is well-timed given the current pandemic and shares similarities with the film’s grim reality. In the film, “a mysterious virus has wiped out much of the world’s population, with the remaining sick being corralled in quarantine zones, as one man fights to find a cure to save humanity, and himself.” Haley also stars in the film described as, “his most intense role released to date,” carrying much of the film’s heavy themes. He is surrounded by a stellar supporting cast including rising scream queen Brooklyn Haley (Paranormal Arracion, Camp Twilight, Slice and Dice), Corey Sorenson (Chicago Fire, Patchwork, Palo Alto), Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare, Silent Night, All Through The House), and John Marror (Envy, Desert Moon). Described as a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 1, 2021
Horror Fuel

Soderbergh Working On A Sequel To ‘Contagion’

Back in 2011, Steven Soderbergh unleashed Contagion, a thriller that is as relevant as ever thanks to the current pandemic. With timing in mind, now would be a great time for a sequel. Luckily, we aren’t the only ones who think so. During a recent talk with the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Soderbergh revealed that a sequel is indeed on its way. I’ve got a project in development that Scott Burns is working with me on, that’s a kind of philosophical sequel to Contagion, but in a different context,” Soderbergh told the podcast. He added, “You’ll look at the two of them as kind of paired, but they have very different hair colors. So, Scott and I were talking about, ‘So, what’s the next iteration of a Contagion-type story?’ So we have been working on that. We should probably hot-foot it a little bit.” Scott Z. Burns penned the script for Contagion, which starred Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 30, 2020
Horror Fuel

A Dark Entity Is Let Loose In Supernatural Horror ‘Host’

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has announced the release of the supernatural horror film HOST from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural. Host marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Savage who co-wrote the film with Gemma Hurley (Shoot for the Moon) and Jed Shepherd (Multiplex). The film stars Haley Bishop (Angel Has Fallen), Radina Drandova (“Pickled Eggs”), Jemma Moore (Wonder Woman), Caroline Ward (The IMAX Nutcracker), Emma Louise Webb (“The Crown”), and Edward Linard (Golden Years). In Host, six friends hire a medium to conduct a séance during lockdown for their weekly Zoom call. Jemma decides to pull a prank and makes up a story about a boy she knew in high school who hanged himself. By doing this, Jemma inadvertently invites a demonic presence to cross over. Soon the friends begin noticing strange occurrences in their homes as the evil spirit begins to make itself known, and they all realize this night

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 29, 2020
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