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Coming Soon To Theaters! ‘THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1’

The Strangers: Chapter 1

Coming soon to theaters from Lionsgate and director Renny Harlin (Devil’s Pass) is a new horror film: ‘The Strangers: Chapter 1. The film stars Madelaine Petsch (Sightless), Rachel Shenton (The Silent Child), and Gabriel Basso (The Hive). Synopsis While on a road trip, a couple become the prey of mysterious …

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‘THE STRANGERS’ (2008) Turns 15… You Never Know Who’ll Come Knocking

The Strangers was released 15 years ago and was an immediate hit. It made more than double its original budget in box office sales. People were deeply unnerved.  Writer-director Bryan Bertino took inspiration from Helter Skelter and an incident that occurred when he was a child. Bertino and his sister …

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Interview With Jay Cheel And Brian Robertson, Creators Of ‘Cursed Films’

I got the opportunity to sit down with Jay Cheel and Brian Robertson, the creators of Cursed Films, a standout series on Shudder about sets of famous films that have dark events connected to them. Jay writes and directs the series, while Brian produces it. Cursed Films has just begun it’s …

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‘For The Sake Of Vicious’ (2021) Movie Review

Imagine coming home after a fitful day of work, and seeing your landlord sprawled out, attacked on your kitchen floor, as you come face-to-face with an unknown assailant. That’s the gripping beginning to For The Sake Of Vicious, and it only gets more intense from there. From the tension-filled opening through …

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‘Hosts’ (2020) Is An Invasion Of A New Kind: Movie Review

What if The Strangers were people you knew? Hosts brings that premise to life in a darkly unapologetic way. Sometimes, the terror that awaits you is right next door, and sometimes it unknowingly enters your home, right under your nose. The notion that realistic fear hits viewers in a deeper way is a terrifyingly …

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Fantasia 2020: ‘The Dark And The Wicked’ (2020) – Movie Review

As a writer, reviewer and overall lover of film in a time when we aren’t getting to see a lot of new releases, I am appreciative of The Fantasia International Film Festival. This year, they made their whole library digital, and I am forever grateful. The world right now is …

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13 Horror Movie Titles That Don’t Sound Like Horror

With Halloween right around the corner, now is the time to get your spook on and have those shivers transcend upon your spine. There is an extensive collection of horror movie titles out there that will make you hide under the covers and scream with fright. Some of these titles, …

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‘The Strangers’: An Exquisite Look At Character Development

Horror films get a bad wrap for not having any character development. Us, as horror fans, know that this is a common misconception. For me, an idea for an article was born. After weeks of writer’s block, I heard the demons from below singing, “Hallelujah!” and it was time to …

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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) Don’t Come A-Knocking Review

Picture this. The year is 2008 and a very eager, horror-loving twenty year old Lacy Lou excitedly enters the movie theater to see The Strangers. Little did she know that this would be the very last movie in a decade that would bring actual shivers down her spine. She left …

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Evil Nanny (2016) Will Take Good Care Of You

It’s not every day that I get to think of the suspenseful and thrilling 1990 movie Pacific Heights. It’s a good movie and fairly unique. The days that I do, then, are rare and special and make me smile. I was reminded of this film while watching the new Lifetime horror Evil …

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