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‘The Houses October Built 2’ trailer is here!

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7 years ago

August 24, 2017

In 2014 director and writer Bobby Roe brought us The Houses October Built. The production team includes Steven Schneider, who produced recent classics such as Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, and Insidious. The movie stars Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Jeff Larson, and Mikey Roe.

In Roe’s directorial debut he was able to accomplish a found footage style that doesn’t make the audience queasy, and a plot that is relatable and realistic.

The premise of five friends taking a road trip to find the scariest haunted house in the country is not far-fetched from reality in the least. How many of us have done the same? If you didn’t trek across the country many of us have at least tried to find the scariest attraction in our own state. I know I have!

Along their trip the team films inside these haunted houses and interview the scare actors who bring them to life. While many of the scares are generic and seen again and again, it’s the interviews that shed a new light onto the scare industry as the friends discover the operations aren’t as kosher as one would believe.

Despite having fun along their road trip, the run of the mill haunted houses aren’t enough to quench Zack’s thirst for a house so scary, it will top any experience anyone has ever had. His holy grail of haunted attractions is called the Blue Skeleton, but the whispers and rumors of the establishment are difficult to separate. The location of this haunt also proves difficult as it moves every year. This haunted attraction is his ultimate goal, but little does he know it may be his demise, as well.

Where this story takes a left turn into horror movie territory is when the gang encounters scare actors who may not be actors at all. These individuals not only reoccur at many of the houses they visit that are states apart, but they also find them trespassing on the safety of their home away from home, inside their RV.

Despite being thoroughly creeped the hell out by their encounters outside of the attractions the groups continues on under the guidance and enthusiasm of group leader Zack. Finally they are invited to the haunted attraction that has evaded their grasp as they trekked across the country in search for it. However, there is good reason why this Halloween attraction is not open to the public, as they will come to learn it is not a haunted attraction at all.

In the long awaited sequel we discover Brandy (Brandy Schaefer) is found alive in the coffin by authorities, and her entire hellish experience has gone viral online. Dubbed as ‘Coffin Girl’ the video has garnered more than 4 million views since its upload. In a twist that is all too real in today’s culture the victims turned survivors have become something of celebrities among the horror crowd. With the promise of “easy money” the only female of the group is roped back into the second round of road tripping with her friends who made the original journey with her with the promise of posing with fans and networking social media to their benefit with their newfound status.

This time instead of the Blue Skeleton being their ultimate goal, it is a haunted attraction called Hell Bent. However, as they seek out this new attraction to face their fears created by their terrifying experiences they begin to see signs of the Blue Skeleton in their path. Is this road trip going to act as catharsis and heal their wounds, or open up new ones? Literally.

RLJ Entertainment is bringing The Houses October Built 2 this autumn on September 22. Check out the trailer below!

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“In a Violent Nature” So Gory Audience Member Throws Up During Screening

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3 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Cameron McFarland

Chis Nash (ABC’s of Death 2) just debuted his new horror film, In a Violent Nature, at the Chicago Critics Film Fest. Based on the audience’s reaction, those with squeamish stomachs may want to bring a barf bag to this one.

Thats right, we have another horror film that is causing audience members to walk out of the screening. According to a report from Film Updates at least one audience member threw up in the middle of the film. You can hear audio of the audience reaction to the film below.

Audience reacting to a kill from ‘IN A VIOLENT NATURE’ during the Chicago Critics Film Fest screening of the film. An audience member also vomited during the screening.

The film, described as a slasher from the killer's perspective, hits theaters on May 31. pic.twitter.com/KGlyC3HFXa
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 6, 2024

This is far from the first horror film to claim this kind of audience reaction. However, early reports of In a Violent Nature indicates that this film may be just that violent. The film promises to reinvent the slasher genre by telling the story from the killer’s perspective.

Here is the official synopsis for the film. When a group of teens takes a locket from a collapsed fire tower in the woods, they unwittingly resurrect the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime. The undead killer soon embarks on a bloody rampage to retrieve the stolen locket, methodically slaughtering anyone who gets in his way.

While we will have to wait and see if In a Violent Nature lives up to all of its hype, recent responses on X offer nothing but praise for the film. One user even makes the bold claim that this adaptation is like an arthouse Friday the 13th.

In a Violent Nature will receive a limited theatrical run starting May 31, 2024. The film will then be released on Shudder sometime later in the year. Make sure to check out the promo images and trailer below.

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New Windswept Action Trailer for ‘Twisters’ Will Blow You Away

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6 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The summer movie blockbuster game came in soft with The Fall Guy, but the new trailer for Twisters is bringing back the magic with an intense trailer full of action and suspense. Steven Spielberg’s production company, Amblin, is behind this newest disaster film just like its 1996 predecessor.

This time Daisy Edgar-Jones plays the female lead named Kate Cooper, “a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Glen Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.”

Twisters cast includes Nope’s Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy).

Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and hits theaters on July 19.

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Travis Kelce Joins Cast on Ryan Murphy’s ‘Grotesquerie’

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7 hours ago

May 8, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Football star Travis Kelce is going Hollywood. At least that is what Dahmer Emmy award-winning star Niecy Nash-Betts announced on her Instagram page yesterday. She posted a video of herself on set of the new Ryan Murphy FX series Grotesquerie.

“This is what happens when WINNERS link up‼️ @killatrav Welcome to Grostequerie[sic]!” she wrote.

Standing just out of frame is Kelce who suddenly steps in to say, “Jumping into new territory with Niecy!” Nash-Betts appears to be in a hospital gown while Kelce is dressed as an orderly.

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Not much is known about Grotesquerie, other than in literary terms it means a work filled with both science fiction and extreme horror elements. Think H.P. Lovecraft.

Back in February Murphy released an audio teaser for Grotesquerie on social media. In it, Nash-Betts says in part, “I don’t know when it started, I can’t put my finger on it, but it’s different now. There’s been a shift, like something’s opening up in the world — a kind of hole that descends into a nothingness…”