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Denzel Washington, Rami Malek And Jared Leto Star In The Thriller ‘The Little Things’

If you’re a fan of films such as Se7en and The Bone Collector there’s a movie you are going to want to check out this January, The Little Things. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder), the film centers on Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon who is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter, impressed with Deke’s cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke’s past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case. Academy Award winners Denzel Washington (Training Day, Glory), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) star in this tension-filled psychological thriller. The Little Things premieres

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 28, 2020
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’

Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Serial Killer Horror ‘Cut Off’ Getting A U.S. Release (Trailer)

From writer-director Christian Alvart (Antibodies, Pandorum) comes the dark German horror-thriller Cut Off, based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Fitzek and Michael Tsokos. Titled Abgeschnitten in its original language, the pulse-pounding film centers on Coroner Paul Herzfeld who discovers something terrifying, a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter who is missing. Paul finds himself to save his daughter from a serial killer on an island cut off from the mainland by a raging storm. Moritz Bleibtreu leads the cast that includes Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Fahri Yardim, Enno Hesse, Christian Kuchenbuch, Urs Jucker, and Barbara Prakopenka. Cut Off will receive an American release on digital platforms on July 3, 2020, from Dark Sky Films

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2020
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Shawn Ashmore Is On The Hunt For A Serial Killer In ‘Darkness Falls’

Vertical Entertainment is set to unleash the serial killer thriller, Darkness Falls, on Digital and VOD this June. “After his wife’s suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson (Shawn Ashmore) becomes convinced that she has in fact been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, Anderson finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers. He’ll have to break all the rules to stop them from killing other women.” Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Ruins), Gary Cole (“Chicago Fire”, “Veep”), Daniella Alonso (The Collector), Richard Harmon (“The 100”), and genre icon Lin Shaye (The Insidious franchise) star in the film written by Giles Daoust and directed by Julien Seri. Hunt down Darkness Falls on VOD and Digital on June 12th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2020
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Movie Review: The House That Jack Built (2018)

Jack (Matt Dillon) is one of your normal failed architect and arch-sociopath types that you see practically everywhere these days. But this is the 70’s so maybe that was less common then… So Jack; he’s a burgeoning serial killer looking to make one hell of an artistic statement with his murder biz. Over the course of twelve years, Jack builds on his previous mayhem in more and more audacious (read: highly noticeable) ways which attract the attention of the local po-po something fierce. What will fate (and other forces) have in store for Jack? I’m laying it on the line, The House That Jack Built is at times funny, stomach churning, and gore drenched, and at all times ultra-misogynistic, but no matter how brutal things get… and holy fucking fuck do they… it remains relentlessly watchable. The reason for that lies squarely on Matt Dillon. While often depicted as comedic and surface level likable, sympathy is not something we are

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DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Investigates ‘The Postcard Killings’ This March

“Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as a detective in The Postcard Killings, an adaptation of James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s best-selling novel of the same name, Deadline reports. Directed by Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land) and written by Andrew Stern, Ellen Furman, Marklund and Tove Alsterdal, the thriller centers on “NYPD Detective Jacob Kanon, whose world is thrown into turmoil when he learns his daughter and son-in-law have been brutally murdered in London. When he goes there find out who is responsible he learns similar crimes are being reported across Europe, with each killing accompanied by a postcard sent to a local journalist. Fighting against time, bureaucracy and his own grief, Jacob will do whatever it takes to stop the killings and find justice for his little girl.” Famke Janssen (X-Men: The Last Stand) stars alongside Morgan, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król, Steven Mackintosh and Denis O’Hare. The film is produced by Good Films Collective and James Patterson Entertainment.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 19, 2020
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Michael Sheen Starring In New Film Based On The Green River Killer

True crime and serial killers have never been more popular than they are right now. Series and films continue to be released based on real killers. One film in development for 2020 is based on the notorious Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. According to IMDb, “Good Omens” actor Michael Sheen will star, write, direct and produce the project along with Get Out producers Raymond Mansfield and Keith Goldberg, and Mike Richardson (Hellboy). The film will be executive produced by Shaun Redick (Get Out). Simply titled Green River Killer, the film centers on Gary Ridgway who took the lives of at least 49 teenage girls and women, many who were prostitutes, in the state of Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. He was labeled The Green River Killer due to the fact that he often disposed of his victim’s bodies near or in the Green River. Thanks to DNA evidence he was arrested in 2001. In 2013 Ridgeway admitted that he

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2019
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Serial Killer Film ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ Lands On Netflix This Month

Stake Land director is Jim Mickle‘s new psychological thriller In the Shadow of the Moon lands exclusively on Netflix later this month. Described as “genre-bending, ” the film set in 1988 centers on Philadephia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who resurfaces every nine years. When the killer’s murders begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with hunting down the killer puts his family, career, and his sanity at risk. Michael C. Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Rachel Keller, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Cleopatra Coleman also star in the film written by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. In the Shadows of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2019
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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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Boyd Holbrook & Michael C. Hall Hunt A Killer In Netflix’s ‘In The Shadow Of The Moon’

This September Netflix’s genre-bending film In the Shadow of the Moon will make its debut. From director Jim Mickle, comes this psychological thriller that delves into the power of time, and how its passing can either bring people together or how it can rip them apart. Set in 1988, “Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.” “Dexter” actor Michael C. Hall also stars along with Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Rachel Keller. Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock penned the script. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Ben Pugh, Rian Cahill, Linda Moran, and Jim Mickle produce the movie from 42, Automatik, and Nightshade. In the Shadow of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019. Hopefully,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2019

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Denzel Washington, Rami Malek And Jared Leto Star In The Thriller ‘The Little Things’

If you’re a fan of films such as Se7en and The Bone Collector there’s a movie you are going to want to check out this January, The Little Things. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder), the film centers on Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon who is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter, impressed with Deke’s cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke’s past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case. Academy Award winners Denzel Washington (Training Day, Glory), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) star in this tension-filled psychological thriller. The Little Things premieres

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 28, 2020
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Elijah Wood Starring In New Ted Bundy Movie ‘No Man Of God’

Serial killer Ted Bundy remains one of the most popular killers in history. A new movie about the killer, No Man of God, is set to star Elijah Wood as an FBI analyst assigned to the case. The film is largely set in a single interrogation room, according to Deadline. And is based on real transcripts culled from interrogations between FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier (Wood) and Bundy that took place from 1984 to 1989. It will explore the relationship between the two men during the killer’s final years on death row. Casting for No Man of God is ongoing with the search on for the actor who will play Ted Bundy. Amber Sealy is in the director’s chair for the try crime movie. C. Robert Cargill penned the script. Elijah Wood will be producing along with Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, and Kim Sherman. Scott Derrickson, Bill Hagmaier, Stacey Jorgensen, and Mark Ward are executive producing. XYZ is handling international sales.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 18, 2020
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Serial Killer Horror ‘Cut Off’ Getting A U.S. Release (Trailer)

From writer-director Christian Alvart (Antibodies, Pandorum) comes the dark German horror-thriller Cut Off, based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Fitzek and Michael Tsokos. Titled Abgeschnitten in its original language, the pulse-pounding film centers on Coroner Paul Herzfeld who discovers something terrifying, a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter who is missing. Paul finds himself to save his daughter from a serial killer on an island cut off from the mainland by a raging storm. Moritz Bleibtreu leads the cast that includes Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Fahri Yardim, Enno Hesse, Christian Kuchenbuch, Urs Jucker, and Barbara Prakopenka. Cut Off will receive an American release on digital platforms on July 3, 2020, from Dark Sky Films

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 8, 2020
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Shawn Ashmore Is On The Hunt For A Serial Killer In ‘Darkness Falls’

Vertical Entertainment is set to unleash the serial killer thriller, Darkness Falls, on Digital and VOD this June. “After his wife’s suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson (Shawn Ashmore) becomes convinced that she has in fact been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, Anderson finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers. He’ll have to break all the rules to stop them from killing other women.” Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Ruins), Gary Cole (“Chicago Fire”, “Veep”), Daniella Alonso (The Collector), Richard Harmon (“The 100”), and genre icon Lin Shaye (The Insidious franchise) star in the film written by Giles Daoust and directed by Julien Seri. Hunt down Darkness Falls on VOD and Digital on June 12th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 15, 2020
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Movie Review: The House That Jack Built (2018)

Jack (Matt Dillon) is one of your normal failed architect and arch-sociopath types that you see practically everywhere these days. But this is the 70’s so maybe that was less common then… So Jack; he’s a burgeoning serial killer looking to make one hell of an artistic statement with his murder biz. Over the course of twelve years, Jack builds on his previous mayhem in more and more audacious (read: highly noticeable) ways which attract the attention of the local po-po something fierce. What will fate (and other forces) have in store for Jack? I’m laying it on the line, The House That Jack Built is at times funny, stomach churning, and gore drenched, and at all times ultra-misogynistic, but no matter how brutal things get… and holy fucking fuck do they… it remains relentlessly watchable. The reason for that lies squarely on Matt Dillon. While often depicted as comedic and surface level likable, sympathy is not something we are

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 20, 2020
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Investigates ‘The Postcard Killings’ This March

“Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars as a detective in The Postcard Killings, an adaptation of James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s best-selling novel of the same name, Deadline reports. Directed by Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land) and written by Andrew Stern, Ellen Furman, Marklund and Tove Alsterdal, the thriller centers on “NYPD Detective Jacob Kanon, whose world is thrown into turmoil when he learns his daughter and son-in-law have been brutally murdered in London. When he goes there find out who is responsible he learns similar crimes are being reported across Europe, with each killing accompanied by a postcard sent to a local journalist. Fighting against time, bureaucracy and his own grief, Jacob will do whatever it takes to stop the killings and find justice for his little girl.” Famke Janssen (X-Men: The Last Stand) stars alongside Morgan, Cush Jumbo, Joachim Król, Steven Mackintosh and Denis O’Hare. The film is produced by Good Films Collective and James Patterson Entertainment.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 19, 2020
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Michael Sheen Starring In New Film Based On The Green River Killer

True crime and serial killers have never been more popular than they are right now. Series and films continue to be released based on real killers. One film in development for 2020 is based on the notorious Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. According to IMDb, “Good Omens” actor Michael Sheen will star, write, direct and produce the project along with Get Out producers Raymond Mansfield and Keith Goldberg, and Mike Richardson (Hellboy). The film will be executive produced by Shaun Redick (Get Out). Simply titled Green River Killer, the film centers on Gary Ridgway who took the lives of at least 49 teenage girls and women, many who were prostitutes, in the state of Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. He was labeled The Green River Killer due to the fact that he often disposed of his victim’s bodies near or in the Green River. Thanks to DNA evidence he was arrested in 2001. In 2013 Ridgeway admitted that he

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 24, 2019
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Serial Killer Film ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ Lands On Netflix This Month

Stake Land director is Jim Mickle‘s new psychological thriller In the Shadow of the Moon lands exclusively on Netflix later this month. Described as “genre-bending, ” the film set in 1988 centers on Philadephia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who resurfaces every nine years. When the killer’s murders begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with hunting down the killer puts his family, career, and his sanity at risk. Michael C. Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Rachel Keller, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Cleopatra Coleman also star in the film written by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. In the Shadows of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 17, 2019
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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
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Boyd Holbrook & Michael C. Hall Hunt A Killer In Netflix’s ‘In The Shadow Of The Moon’

This September Netflix’s genre-bending film In the Shadow of the Moon will make its debut. From director Jim Mickle, comes this psychological thriller that delves into the power of time, and how its passing can either bring people together or how it can rip them apart. Set in 1988, “Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke’s obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity.” “Dexter” actor Michael C. Hall also stars along with Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Rudi Dharmalingam, and Rachel Keller. Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock penned the script. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Ben Pugh, Rian Cahill, Linda Moran, and Jim Mickle produce the movie from 42, Automatik, and Nightshade. In the Shadow of the Moon debuts on Netflix on September 27, 2019. Hopefully,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 22, 2019
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