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Marketing Macabre 2023 Year In Review

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  Marketing Macabre 2023 Year In Review Marketing Macabre looks back at 10 of it's top news stories from 2023. For Immediate Release: Teaser Poster from Horror Anthology “F’d: Tales From the End Times” Ash Hamilton (Holes In The Sky: The Sean Miller Story) teams with directors Dillon Brown (The Flock, Tahoe Joe), Ben Harl (Last Day, Afterlife), Josh Brucker (Mothman) and John Isberg (Final Summer) to create the doomsday anthology, "F'd: Tales From the End Times" BAKEMONO is a Japanese monster movie that features all practical FX and no CGI, inspired by John Carpenter’s The Thing with a tentacle transforming creature. The film is shot in Tokyo, Japan by an American director, Doug Roos (The Sky Has Fallen, Rearranged). A gruesome creature waits for unsuspecting victims in a cheap Tokyo rental apartment. What makes the story unique is the fact that it’s told out-of-order like Memento and Pulp Fiction. Doug Roos says, “I wanted to make something unpredictable and new that...

Unlimited Marketing Possibilities For Filmmakers In 2024

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  Unlimited Marketing Possibilities For Filmmakers In 2024  For Immediate Release: Horror films are adored by fans worldwide making it the most popular genre on the planet.  Independent filmmakers have flooded the digital movie landscape giving fans an endless variety of vampires, zombies, and slashers to choose from. Streaming services are the hot bed for these bloody covered goodies, but many of these indie films are easily buried under this plethora of gore.  How do you stand out amongst the masses and have your film rise up from the dead?   Marketing Macabre is the answer.    Michael Joy's horror specific press agency has been giving independent filmmakers a voice since 2017.  Marketing Macabre leverages press releases, exclusive interviews and content, banner ads, top ten lists, and more through a dedicated network of horror media outlets that include Horrornewsnet, Slasher, Indie Horror Junkie, Horror Fuel, Bloody-Flicks, Horror Screams...

Strange Films Studios proudly presents "The Gifted", an upcoming horror drama film starring Ginger Lynn Allen

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  Strange Films Studios proudly presents "The Gifted", an upcoming horror drama film starring Ginger Lynn Allen For Immediate Release: Strange Films Studios proudly presents "The Gifted" from director August Aguilar and starring Ginger Lynn Allen (The Devil's Rejects, 31, Murdercise).  The Gifted synopsis: Barbara (Allen) possesses a unique power to control the will of others. After years of causing pain to others, her only hope to save herself is by confessing her sins to a mysterious priest and his undead assembly.  The Gifted is uniquely told through the lens of Barbara across 50 years of her life recalling some of her most traumatic moments that shaped her to be the dangerous person she has grown to be. Featuring an ensemble cast, Ginger Lynn Allen, Jennifer Pearl, Joe Casterline, Ilene Sullivan, Bing Fu, Kelsey Hayleigh, Ray Bolden Jr., White Lavender Jones, Penelope Bohunko, and Maryann Fisher, the film is Written and Produced by Frank Aguilar, with Ginger...

HORNY TEENAGERS MUST DIE! Hits VOD on January 5, 2024 from Lion Heart Distribution

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  HORNY TEENAGERS MUST DIE! Hits VOD on January 5, 2024 from Lion Heart Distribution For Immediate Release: The new horror movie “Horny Teenagers Must Die!” is releasing on VOD on January 5, 2024. The Award-Winning shocker has won 23 top awards on the film festival circuit. Sex. Drugs. Death. All the makings of one killer vacation. For some of the graduating class of Beaverton High, their final summer together will be their final summer, as a trip to a friend’s childhood cabin will result in more horror, violence, and bloodshed than you can shake a purple vibrator at. “Horny Teenagers Must Die!” is a throwback to the classic teen slashers, but with a modern sensibility that gives the finger to anyone who says sex scenes in movies aren’t necessary. “Horny Teenagers Must Die!” is an over-the-top homage to '80s slasher fare with a difference, pitting a tale of sexual intrigue and weekend hedonism against a violent and bloody dead-teens-in-the-woods backdrop.  Written, directed an...

SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE - A Huge Hit on TUBI & SCARY TALES: DARK WALKER Announced

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  SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE - A Huge Hit on TUBI & SCARY TALES: DARK WALKER Announced For Immediate Release:   New England filmmaker, Geno McGahee, celebrates SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE, a horror anthology that has gone viral on TUBI. It is the third in a popular series of anthology films. A Gregory Hatanaka Presents Film distributed by CINEMA EPOCH, SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE has become a viral hit and has led to the major announcement of a follow up in SCARY TALES: DARK WALKER.   Released on October 13th, SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE has become one of the most popular anthologies on TUBI and continues to move, being watched by millions of viewers and gaining attention for the twists and notable characters.   SCARY TALES: DEAD ZONE features an incredibly talented cast, including Eric Michaelian, Lorrie Bacon, Phil Godeck, Adriana Medina, Chris Spinelli, Jesse Waegelein-Hall, Brent Northup, Danell Reese, Oselito Joseph, Patrick French, Nick Sheldon, Rita Marie Spencer, Shauna Wil...

Aware of the Wolf | Official Trailer Coming Soon To Bayview Entertainment

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  Aware of the Wolf | Official Trailer Coming Soon To Bayview Entertainment For Immediate Release: AWARE OF THE WOLF  directed by Joshua Nelson and starring Tony Murphy, Suzanne Johnson, and Katie Raulerson is coming to Bayview Entertainment in 2024.  Terry is a life coach and motivational speaker for the meek and afraid, and his methods are very effective. But when his students start to become aware of the "wolf" inside of them, their transformations take a dangerous turn. Visit BAYVIEW ENTERTAINMENT Website: https://www.bayviewentertainment.com/ Marketing Macabre

Award winning filmmaker/actor Harley Wallen’s “Ash and Bone” continues its Horror-“Cinderella story” signing the film to Screambox for an early 2024 release!

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  Award winning filmmaker/actor Harley Wallen’s “Ash and Bone” continues its Horror-“Cinderella story” signing the film to Screambox for an early 2024 release! For Immediate Release: I guess it’s a bit of a story about the (little) independent film who could, as Ash and Bone launched a “story and character driven film” onto the film festival circuit in early 2022 and by the time of release it had won Mindfield, Paris Play, Top Indie Film Awards, WSXA, and The Indie Gathering among others including over 30 Nominations,and is currently at 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes  Ash and Bone was produced by Painted Creek Productions and Cama Productions with Kaiti Wallen, Annette Cama & Joe Williamson. Ash and Bone was released with fanfare October 4th 2022 and quickly became one of the hottest horror films of the year, trending as one of the Most Popular on Amazon Ptime, Tubi, Vudu and more it will now go to Screambox and Kanopy for 2024. We caught up with Wallen to ask him if he had ...