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Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as "The Executioner" murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins. It seems "The Executioner" is back. But if Tom Winston - the original Executioner - is behind bars, who is the new person behind the mask? As the murders escalate, long-buried secrets are revealed, making everyone around Sarah a suspect

8PLAYERS Announces New Immersive Experience! Photo 8PLAYERS Announces New Immersive Experience!
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2017

TEEN SLASHER MOVIE, a new immersive experience, announced a five-week limited engagement beginning September 16, 2017 at undisclosed locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Tickets now on sale at 8players.com. Locations revealed after purchase....


DEPARTURE, Starring Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer, Now In Production Photo DEPARTURE, Starring Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer, Now In Production
by Tori Hartshorn - November 13, 2018

Global announced today that it has commissioned a new Canadian original six-part event series, Departure. Produced by Shaftesbury and Greenpoint Productions Ltd., the thrilling drama is directed by Canadian Screen Award Winner T.J. Scott (Orphan Black, Star Trek: Discovery), with Malcolm MacRury (Sa...


BWW Review: Ryan Landry Scares Up A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET Photo BWW Review: Ryan Landry Scares Up A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET
by Nancy Grossman - December 04, 2018

If you like a little horror with your ho-ho-ho, then program your GPS to guide your sleigh to Machine in the Fenway where Ryan Landry and the Gold Dust Orphans' 2018 Christmas spectacular is A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET, their holiday-themed tribute to '80's slasher films. A Freddy Krueger-like serial ...


Ice Nine Kills Announce Slate Of Events Around 'The Silver Scream' Album Release This Photo Ice Nine Kills Announce Slate Of Events Around 'The Silver Scream' Album Release This October
by Tori Hartshorn - September 11, 2018

Ice Nine Kills are preparing for the release of their upcoming album The Silver Scream, out Friday, October 5 via Fearless Records. All of the album's 13 anthems are based on 13 respective horror classics. The physical pre-order is available here. ...


Female Empowerment Meets The Horror Genre Face-To-Face in SEE EVIL Photo Female Empowerment Meets The Horror Genre Face-To-Face in SEE EVIL
by A.A. Cristi - October 31, 2018

Female Empowerment Advocate And Author Stephanie C. Lyons-keeley's New Screenplay, See Evil, Marks Its Debut As An Official Selection In The Diabolical Horror Film Festival....


AMC's Shudder Acquires THE RANGER Photo AMC's Shudder Acquires THE RANGER
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 12, 2018

Jenn Wexler's punk rock slasher “The Ranger” has been acquired by Shudder, AMC's dedicated genre streaming service, according to Variety. ...


Benjamin Howdeshell Directs Slasher Film with Milla Jovovich for Parcels Track 'Witho Photo Benjamin Howdeshell Directs Slasher Film with Milla Jovovich for Parcels Track 'Withorwithout'
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 17, 2018

Benjamin Howdeshell partners with film icon Milla Jovovich in directing a horror short film-slash-music video for the Berlin-based band Parcels. The all-too-real fears of home invasion create an unexpected and genius backdrop for the track “Withorwithout,” as Howdeshell crafts a film fraught with pa...


Danger One Opens in Select Theaters Nationwide September 14 Photo Danger One Opens in Select Theaters Nationwide September 14
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2018

Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired the domestic rights to DANGER ONE, a dark comedy/action film directed by Tom Oesch and written by Steffen Schlachtenhaufen. DANGER ONE was produced by Mythmaker Productions (which als...


THE STUDY Returns With Choose Your Own Adventure Style Theatre In Time For Halloween Photo THE STUDY Returns With Choose Your Own Adventure Style Theatre In Time For Halloween
by BWW News Desk - October 31, 2018

MB Stage Productions (Los Angeles, CA), announces the cast and show dates for remount of their newest interactive and choose-your-own-adventure style theatre piece THE STUDY written by: David Evan Stolworthy....


EMP Label Group Creates Ariescope Music Imprint with Adam Green Photo EMP Label Group Creates Ariescope Music Imprint with Adam Green
by Caryn Robbins - July 24, 2017

EMP LABEL GROUP, the label founded by Megadeth's DAVID ELLEFSON, has signed a deal with iconic horror director/writer/producer ADAM GREEN (Hatchet, Holliston) to create ARIESCOPE RECORDS, Green's own label imprint which will be manufactured, marketed, and distributed by EMP....


PRIME to Present Night of Theatrical Mashups in THE DRAMATIC LICENSE SHOW Photo PRIME to Present Night of Theatrical Mashups in THE DRAMATIC LICENSE SHOW
by BWW News Desk - September 02, 2017

Slasher chick flicks? Shakespearian noir detectives? Fairytale documentaries? PRIME announces a night of delightful theatrical mashups....


Filmmaker Eli Roth Makes Commercial Directorial Debut for Universal Studios' 'Hallowe Photo Filmmaker Eli Roth Makes Commercial Directorial Debut for Universal Studios' 'Halloween Horror Nights' 2017 Bi-Coastal TV Commercial
by Emily Bruno - August 24, 2017

This year, filmmaker Eli Roth - acclaimed director of blockbuster horror films such as Hostel and Cabin Fever - makes his commercial directorial debut with Universal Studios' new 'Halloween Horror Nights' television spot, entitled 'The Mourning After.'...


HBO Drama Series THE DEUCE to Return for a Second Season Photo HBO Drama Series THE DEUCE to Return for a Second Season
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 09, 2018

Chronicling the rise of pornography and the multibillion-dollar industry's transformation of American culture, the critically acclaimed drama series THE DEUCE, created by George Pelecanos and David Simon, returns for its nine-episode second season SUNDAY, SEPT. 9 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively...


YouTube Orders Second Season of Supernatural Thriller IMPULSE Photo YouTube Orders Second Season of Supernatural Thriller IMPULSE
by Macon Prickett - July 19, 2018

YouTube announced that it has ordered a second season of the critically-acclaimed supernatural thriller IMPULSE from Universal Cable Productions (UCP). Since its debut on June 6, the first episode of IMPULSE has generated nearly 8 million views. Season Two of the 10-episode, hour-long series will pr...


8PLAYERS Announces New Immersive Experience! Photo 8PLAYERS Announces New Immersive Experience!
by BWW News Desk - October 07, 2017

TEEN SLASHER MOVIE, a new immersive experience, announced a five-week limited engagement beginning September 16, 2017 at undisclosed locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Tickets now on sale at 8players.com. Locations revealed after purchase....


Slasher Horror Feature CRAZY LAKE Promises Rip Roaring Good Time Photo Slasher Horror Feature CRAZY LAKE Promises Rip Roaring Good Time
by Caryn Robbins - September 19, 2017

Directors Jason Henne and Christopher Leto were influenced by slashers, from the '80s. Now, they deliver their own slasher to horror fans, this October....


THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Unrated Available on Digital 5/22 and Blu-ray/DVD Today Photo THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT Unrated Available on Digital 5/22 and Blu-ray/DVD Today
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2018

 Inspired by the 2008 cult classic The Strangers, TheStrangers: Prey at Night is based on real events surrounding a family struggling to survive as they are attacked on their vacation by a trio of masked psychopaths that hunt their prey with seemingly no rhyme or reason. Director Johannes Roberts (4...


Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson to Star in A PSYCHO'S PATH Photo Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson to Star in A PSYCHO'S PATH
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 05, 2018

Another Halloween season is upon us and that means another round of horror films. With the success of the 2017 reboot 'It' and the much anticipated return of 'Halloween' next month, a new wave of slasher films is imminent. Today, Entangled Entertainment and Hourglass Pictures announced details for t...


BWW Review: Sex, Pizza and Slasher Flicks in Erica Schmidt's ALL THE FINE BOYS
by Michael Dale - March 08, 2017

Straight cisgender teenage boys looking to lose their virginity are generally accepted as a staple of coming-of-age comedies that make movie theatre box offices hum. But when it comes to the matter of young girls being eager to have their first sexual encounter, audiences tend to prefer a bit more d...


HOOKMAN an Existential Slasher Comedy Comes to Steep Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - March 20, 2017

Her mother warned her about the treacherous hook-handed man hiding in the back seat, but only after a tragic accident could Lexi see the real threat of the hookman. The bitingly funny, edge-of-your-seat scary Hookman is a lethally sharp slasher comedy about grief, adolescence, and the power of the s...


SLASHR Announces Limited Run at Gene Frankel Theatre Photo SLASHR Announces Limited Run at Gene Frankel Theatre
by Julie Musbach - August 21, 2018

SlashR, a tongue in cheek satire written & directed by Tony Stinkmetal and centered around the fractured culture in the wake of the last national election and inventively staged in the style of the 1970s slasher movies of Dario Argento and John Carpenter, will make its world premiere September 5 - 1...


School of Night presents THE FINAL GIRL, 10/13 Photo School of Night presents THE FINAL GIRL, 10/13
by A.A. Cristi - September 07, 2017

The company and creative team behind the critically acclaimed Punch and Judy and The Faggot King or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second have announced The Final Girl, an original 80s slasher-horror play guaranteed to heighten the enjoyment of the Halloween season. Written...


Photo Flash: HOOKMAN Opens Tomorrow at Steep Theatre
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2017

Her mother warned her about the treacherous hook-handed man hiding in the back seat, but only after a tragic accident could Lexi see the real threat of the hookman. The bitingly funny, edge-of-your-seat scary Hookman is a lethally sharp slasher comedy about grief, adolescence, and the power of the s...


THE MISS BEHAVE GAMESHOW Comes to Provincetown Photo THE MISS BEHAVE GAMESHOW Comes to Provincetown
by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2018

The underground smash hit show that managed to hustle it's way to a Vegas residency is FINALLY coming to P-Town! Hold on tight, the joyfully chaotic world of The Miss Behave Gameshow is a fast, frenzied and downright f***ing fun night of entertainment and is playing the legendary Crown for 2 nights ...


BWW Review: Sex, Pizza and Slasher Flicks in Erica Schmidt's ALL THE FINE BOYS
by Michael Dale - March 08, 2017

Straight cisgender teenage boys looking to lose their virginity are generally accepted as a staple of coming-of-age comedies that make movie theatre box offices hum. But when it comes to the matter of young girls being eager to have their first sexual encounter, audiences tend to prefer a bit more d...






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