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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

BWW Review: MARK OF THE WITCH Has Italian Flair But Thin Plot, Acting
by Marakay Rogers - May 27, 2016

What starts as an homage to Dario Argento ends weakly, with style victorious over substance. Unlike its inspiration, it doesn't all hang together....


AMERICAN HORROR STORY Creeping to Life at Universal Studios This Halloween
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2016

One of the most horrifying and wickedly gruesome shows in television history is bleeding off the screen and into your nightmares....


ITSAZOO Invites Audiences into Their Own, Personal Horror Film with Site-Specific Theatre Event: HIDDEN
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2016

ITSAZOO presents the bone-chilling, site-specific horror event Hidden, October 22 - November 13, 2016at UBC Botanical Garden. Inspired by slasher-era movies such as Friday the 13th and Halloween, Playwright and Co-Director Sebastien Archibald and award-winning Director Chelsea Haberlin will take par...


Horror Film HELLWEEK Headed to Amazon Prime
by Tyler Peterson - July 06, 2016

SGL Entertainment is pleased to announce that they have just released The Classic Horror Slasher Film HELLWEEK on Amazon Prime Movies. The film can be watched for Free with a Subscription, and for non subscribers you can rent or buy the movie. SGL Entertainment also has plans to re-release the movie...


Photo Flash: HATCHED Brings New Work to 54 Below for Fourth Year in a Row
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2017

For those craving a night of innovative and off-beat musical theater with no shortage of drinks and a lively crowd, Pace University and Ryan Scott Oliver presented an evening of songs from hot, new musicals - all written, performed and directed by freshmen from Pace University's BFA Musical Theater ...


The Dahmers Announce BLOOD ON MY HANDS EP
by Ashlee Latimer - October 11, 2016

Blood On My Hands is the latest spawn from The Dahmers. The title track is inspired by Psycho and Jekyll & Hyde the song is telling the horrific story of a schizophrenic murderer trying to cope with himself and reality. As melodic and horror influenced as always but with a rawer surface this three m...


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...


Photo Flash: First Look at NIGHT OF THE LIVING N-WORD!
by Nora Dominick - July 12, 2016

MyCarl Productions, in association with KAMPFIRE FILMS, is pleased to announce the world premiere production of Kevin R. Free's NIGHT OF THE LIVING N-WORD!!, directed by Nicole A. Watson as part of the 20th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. NIGHT OF THE LIVING N-WORD!! will ...


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...


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 - August 14, 2017

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


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...


Slasher Horror Film ENGINE TROUBLE Re-Released Worldwide by SGL Entertainment
by Julie Musbach - July 02, 2017

SGL Entertainment is pleased to announce that they have just re released ENGINE TROUBLE a SLASHER Horror Film that was originally released on DVD through Lionsgate Pictures as well as on Showtime Cable Television....


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...


Beware The Hat Man... Drew Gabreski on BE AFRAID, Screening at 2017 Winter Film Awards Indie Film Fest
by BWW News Desk - March 01, 2017

For most of his professional adult life, director Drew Gabreski's behind-the-camera work has centered on athletes, especially boxers. He's directed several sports documentaries and a few commercials featuring prominent boxers for brands like Adidas, too....


Maddie Hasson, & More Join Cast of YouTube's Sci-Fi Thriller Pilot IMPULSE
by Caryn Robbins - December 19, 2016

Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and YouTube revealed the casting for the pilot IMPULSE (working title), a 60-minute genre-bending action-thriller directed and executive produced by Hypnotic's Doug Liman ('Bourne Identity,' 'Live. Die. Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow')....


BWW Review: RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN Posits Feminism Front and Center at Little Fish Theatre
by Stacy Davies - August 19, 2016

Under the light of a turbulent society in which women are having discussions and debates about themselves with other women (and men) every day, particularly on social media, Gionfriddo's play climbs to an even more enlightened height....


AMERICAN HORROR STORY Creeping to Life at Universal Studios This Halloween
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2016

One of the most horrifying and wickedly gruesome shows in television history is bleeding off the screen and into your nightmares....


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...


Edward Allan Baker's ROSEMARY WITH GINGER Opens 9/23 at Centennial Black Box
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 15, 2016

Edward Allan Baker's Rosemary With Ginger - starring Laura Holloway and Tarama Todres - is the next production of the Nashville-based Chicago Talking Machine , running September 23-25 and September 30-October 2 at the Centennial Black Box Theater, 211 27th Avenue North....


Netflix Orders All-New Original Sci-Fi Drama ANOTHER LIFE Photo Netflix Orders All-New Original Sci-Fi Drama ANOTHER LIFE
by Tori Hartshorn - April 27, 2018

Netflix Orders All-New Original Sci-Fi Drama ANOTHER LIFE...


Horror Comedy GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE Lands Distribution With SGL Entertainment Photo Horror Comedy GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE Lands Distribution With SGL Entertainment
by Macon Prickett - March 06, 2018

The crowd-pleasing screwball comedy meets slasher spoof GARDEN PARTY MASSACRE will hit the market later this year via SGL Entertainment.  This is the second film from writer/director Gregory Blair and the second collaboration with SGL Entertainment. Blair's award-winning, slow-burn psychological thr...


Bloodshed on Broadway: Spine-Tingling Showtunes for Your Halloweekend
by A.A. Cristi - October 29, 2016

In 1785, a tale titled, 'The String of Pearls: A Romance' appeared in a series of Victorian fictions known as 'penny dreadfuls.' A story as gory as they come, the tale was a ghoulish account of a psychopathic barber and his pastry-proficient accomplice turning murder victims into meat pies. Gaining ...


Beware The Hat Man... Drew Gabreski on BE AFRAID, Screening at 2017 Winter Film Awards Indie Film Fest
by Movies News Desk - February 16, 2017

For most of his professional adult life, director Drew Gabreski's behind-the-camera work has centered on athletes, especially boxers. He's directed several sports documentaries and a few commercials featuring prominent boxers for brands like Adidas, too....


BWW Review: MACBETH at Actors Theatre Of Louisville
by Keith Waits - October 10, 2016

Actors Theatre's current staging of Macbeth is loud, bloody, and glorious. It's far from a definitive take on one of the Bard's finest tragedies, and no doubt some purists will wince at the modern dress and liberties taken with the script-gone is 'double, double, toil and trouble' as well as the ent...


Photo Flash: Lea Michele, John Stamos & More In New SCREAM QUEENS Character Portraits
by Caryn Robbins - August 26, 2016

An over-the-top, biting satire, SCREAM QUEENS is part black comedy, part SLASHER flick and a modern take on the classic whodunit, in which every character has a motive for murder...or could easily be the next victim....






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