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‘Cult Of Chucky’ SFX Team Joins Horror Thriller ‘The Headmistress’

Three Tortured Minds, the producers of the upcoming supernatural horror-thriller The Head Mistress, announced their digital VFX team today, including GRID studio—the Belgium-based VFX company behind Cult of Chucky—and U.S.-based VFX artist Stacey Palmer. We are thrilled to have assembled such an outstanding visual effects team, including Stacey Palmer and the team over at GRID studio,” said the film’s producers, Glenn Chung, Christopher A. Micklos, and Jay Sapiro. “Their combined talent, experience, and creativity will bring a whole new dimension to the film and really help us realize our vision for THE HEADMISTRESS.” Belgium-based GRID Studio offers 25 years of experience in the creation of content & image, both in animation and VFX. Their horror filmography includes the VFX work on films like Brian Yuzna’s Amphibious (aka Amphibious Creatures of the Deep), Dead Again in Tombstone, Cult of Chucky, and more. Stacey Palmer started her career as a Digital FX artist in 2006. She has worked on music videos, commercials,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 12, 2020

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Horror Fuel’s Kelli Marchman McNeely Interviewed On Indie Horror Rising Podcast

Over the past 9 years of my career, I’ve interviewed upwards of a thousand writers, directors, actors, artists, musicians, and more. Rarely have I ever been interviewed myself. But recently, I sat down for an interview and discussion with the podcast Indie Horror Rising of Three Tortured Minds, hosted by Chris Micklos and Jay Sapiro, producers of the indie horror The Nursery. During the podcast, we discuss everything from how Horror Fuel was born, trends, personal projects, upcoming films, the state the indie world, and much more. Be sure to subscribe to Indie Horror Rising and follow them on Facebook. Check out our interview!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 8, 2020

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The Haunting Indie Horror The Nursery Arrives On Digital And DVD

The indie horror film The Nursery (review) arrived on DVD this week, featuring exclusive content and extras, including feature-length audio commentary by the filmmakers and a behind-the-scenes “making of” featurette. Making a truly independent, micro-budget horror film so far from Hollywood has been an incredible journey,” The Nursery’s Executive Producers—Glenn Chung, Chris Micklos, and Jay Sapiro—said in a joint statement. As first-time filmmakers, we wanted our behind-the-scenes extras to take our fans behind the curtain and give them a sense not only of how we managed to navigate this journey ourselves, but also how they can do, too.” During our interview with directors Christopher Micklos and Jay Sapiro, the two filmmakers went into detail about how the film came to life and how each scene was personal. The Nursery is now available on DVD from Family Video, Amazon.com, and more. In addition, it is available for sale or rent on a broad range of video-on-demand platforms, including Amazon Instant Video,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 11, 2018

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Win A Copy Of The Nursery!

Looking for something scary to watch? Here’s your chance to win a copy of Christopher A. Micklos and Jay Sapiro‘s The Nursery which has just been released on DVD from Uncork’d Entertainment. Inspired by genre standouts like Halloween, Phantasm, and House of the Devil, the film centers on a damaged college sophomore who babysits for a family with a tragic history. She finds herself stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past. Soon, she and her friends must confront the angry spirit hunting them down one-by-one on a deliberate march towards its ultimate prey. Emmaline Friederichs, David Sapito, Carly Rae James Sauer, Madeline Conway and Marco Lama star in the film directed by Christopher A. Micklos and Jay Sapiro who told us during an interview quite a lot about the film and some interesting things that went on behind-the-scenes. The Nursery arrived on DVD on August 7, 2018, from Uncork’d Entertainment. the film is also

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 7, 2018

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Directors Chris Micklos And Jay Sapiro Talk ‘The Nursery’ In An Interview

Christopher Micklos and Jay Sapiro are making their directorial debut with the chilling supernatural thriller The Nursery. So I sat down with Micklos and Sapiro to discuss their film, how it came to be, and what’s next for the duo. In the film, “When Ranae, a college student babysits for a family with a tragic history, she finds herself stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her past. Soon, she and her friends must confront the angry, evil spirit hunting them down one-by-one on a deliberate march towards its ultimate prey.” Emmaline Friederichs, Madeline Conway, and Carly Rae James Sauer star. Horror Fuel: “How did you two get brought together for The Nursery?” Jay: “Chris and I have owned a media firm with our third partner and fellow filmmaker Glenn Chung for about twenty years. We’ve made countless ads and videos. We’ve always talked about making a film together on some level. But we kept putting it

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 12, 2018

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Uncork’d Entertainment To Deliver ‘The Nursery’

The indie horror film The Nursery, from directors Jay Sapiro and Christopher A. Micklos who also wrote the script, has been picked up for distribution by Uncork’d Entertainment. Carly Rae James Sauer, Madeline Conway, David Sapiro, Deanna Sapiro, Emmaline Friedericks, Marco Lama, and Claudio Parrone Jr. co-star. In the film, “When a damaged college sophomore babysits for a family with a tragic history, she finds herself stalked by a sinister presence and haunted by ghosts from her own past. Soon, she and her friends must confront the angry spirit hunting them down one-by-one on a deliberate march towards its ultimate prey.” From the Press Release: Madison, WI – The indie horror film The Nursery has officially signed a distribution deal with respected genre distributor Uncork’d Entertainment. The deal, which makes Uncork’d both the North American distributor and international sales agent for The Nursery, was finalized this week. The Nursery is expected to be released in late spring or early summer

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 3, 2018

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