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Missed The First Purge in theaters last July? Well, then, check out a few clips of Gerard McMurray's film, which kicks off today's Highlights. Also: Retro Nightmares returns with Sweet Sixteen and The Convent screenings and soundtrack release details for the RPG Vampyr.

Watch The First Purge Clips: From the Press Release: "Universal City, California – The origin story to the worldwide phenomenon that redefined horror, The First Purge, the fourth chapter in the thrilling franchise, arrives on Digital and the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on September 18, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on October 2, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized,...

Five cult classics, including The House on Sorority Row, are being revived on the big screen by Bloody Disgusting for their "Retro Nightmares" cinema series kicking off on September 27th. Also in today's Horror Highlights: Travel Channel's "Ghostober" programming details, the latest addition to Mezco's Living Dead Dolls line, and the Indiegogo campaign for Masters of the Grind.

Bloody Disgusting's Retro Nightmares Film Series Details: Press Release: "Just in time to kick off the Halloween season, five HD digitally remastered cult horror classics--as voted online by fans--will be coming to the big screen as part of the “Bloody Disgusting Presents Retro Nightmares” Cinema Series this fall: The House on Sorority Row, Amityville: The Evil Escapes, Amityville: It’s About Time, Sweet Sixteen, and The Convent. Tickets are on sale now at www.Retronightmares.com for theaters nationwide.

Preeminent American horror genre website Bloody Disgusting, independent distribution company Multicom Entertainment Group,...

Exclusive: Cole Hauser has been set to star in The Last Champion, an indie drama from In House Media that will kick off production January 4 in Washington state. Glenn Withrow is directing the script he co-wrote with Hallie Todd and Ivy Withrow. Hauser will play John, a scandal-ridden ex-Olympic athlete who has lived a life dominated by guilt and isolation. The story unfolds when he is forced to return to his unforgiving and unwelcoming rural hometown after his mother’s…...

They're not "kids" anymore.25 years ago today, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" became an unexpected hit for Disney, as families flooded the theaters to see what happened after a group of neighborhood kids were blasted by a shrinking ray and left to fend for themselves in their suddenly-dangerous backyard.Starring Rick Moranis and young actors like Thomas Brown, Amy O'Neill, Jared Rushton and Robert Oliveri, the flick was a massive success when it was first released, spawning two sequels, a TV series and an attraction at Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios.To help celebrate the milestone anniversary, toofab's Brian Particelli sat down with Thomas Brown, who played the slightly short, but totally dreamy, "boy next door" Russ Thompson Jr.Now 41, the actor really opened up about working on the film in his teens -- describing the crazy conditions shooting in Mexico City, his favorite moment to film on the giant...

Veteran acting coach Ivan Markota, whose clients included Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston and Law & Order‘s Mariska Hargitay, died August 6 of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 86. Markota was CEO of Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture & Television Acting, which he opened in 1967. A former actor himself, Markota studied at 22 schools and workshops before deciding to open Van Mar. His credits include the 1960s TV series Land Of The Giants and feature films Waxwork II: Lost In Time (1992) and In Like Flint (1967). Markota’s other students included Sherri Shepherd, T.K. Carter, Rick Dees, Miguel Nunez, John Larroquette, Traci Lords, Denice Duff, Glenn Withrow, Walter Olkewicz, Casper Van Dien, Stephen Nichols, and Mary Hart.

Lionsgate has picked up North America distribution for Glenn Withrow's The Mooring. The film pits a brutal killer – played by Thomas Wilson Brown – against a group of teenage girls moored on a houseboat on the St. Joe’s river in Idaho. No release date is available at this time. The film stars Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin, Larissa Hayden, Lilli Hendrickson, Erin McIntosh, Olivia Meyer, Hailee Naccarato, Jessica Pepeli, Katie Simpson and Brooklyn Tate.

News of Glenn Withrow's horror tale The Mooring first came to light at this year's Efm, and finally word has come that the flick has been acquired by Grindstone Releasing for all of North America through Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Directed by Glenn Withrow, The Mooring stars Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin, Larissa Hayden, Lilli Hendrickson, Erin McIntosh, Olivia Meyer, Hailee Naccarato, Jessica Pepeli, Katie Simpson, and Brooklyn Tate.

Synopsis

A group of gadget-addicted teenage girls come together in Idaho to work through a program run by psychologist Nancy. It’s a program about change, losing dependency on technology, and forming real relationships. They set off up river in a houseboat but are soon forced to moor and camp on a riverbank in the middle of nowhere. During the night a strange, aggressive couple moors beside them, harassing the group. When the couple depart the next morning,...

More visual goodness has hit our desks for the upcoming trapped in the woods with psychos flick The Mooring, and on tap for you we have several new one-sheets and a gallery of the first imagery. Dig it!

The Mooring is directed by Glenn Withrow and stars Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin, Larissa Hayden, Lilli Hendrickson, Erin McIntosh, Olivia Meyer, Hailee Naccarato, Jessica Pepeli, Katie Simpson, and Brooklyn Tate.

Synopsis

A group of gadget-addicted teenage girls come together in Idaho to work through a program run by psychologist Nancy. It’s a program about change, losing dependency on technology, and forming real relationships. They set off up river in a houseboat but are soon forced to moor and camp on a riverbank in the middle of nowhere. During the night a strange, aggressive couple moors beside them, harassing the group. When the couple depart the next morning,...

Here's the thing... as obtrusive as they can be, cell phones, etc., can save your life if, say, you're in a car accident or maybe if you're being chased through the woods by homicidal maniacs. Good thing for us this latest bunch of kids are gonna find that out the hard way.

Coming out of Efm, below you'll find the trailer and artwork for The Mooring, directed by Glenn Withrow and starring Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin, Larissa Hayden, Lilli Hendrickson, Erin McIntosh, Olivia Meyer, Hailee Naccarato, Jessica Pepeli, Katie Simpson, and Brooklyn Tate.

Synopsis

A group of gadget-addicted teenage girls come together in Idaho to work through a program run by psychologist Nancy. It’s a program about change, losing dependency on technology, and forming real relationships. They set off up river in a houseboat but are soon forced to moor and camp on a...

Out of Efm a new horror movie from director Glenn Withrow entitled The Mooring. Check out the sales art and trailer for The Mooring below. This film is currently for sale and no release information is available. The Mooring is directed by Glenn Withrow (The Outsiders) and stars Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ) and Karli Blalock "A group of gadget-addicted teenage girls come together in Idaho to work through a program run by psychologist Nancy. It’s a program about change, losing dependency on technology and forming real relationships. They set off up river in a houseboat,...

Out of Efm we caught wind of a new horror project from director Glenn Withrow entitled The Mooring. We've also got our hands on the trailer and official sales poster. "A group of gadget-addicted teenage girls come together in Idaho to work through a program run by psychologist Nancy. Its a program about change, losing dependency on technology and forming real relationships. They set off up river in a houseboat, but are soon forced to moor and camp on a riverbank in the middle of nowhere. During the night, a strange, aggressive couple moors beside them, harassing the group. When the couple departs the next morning, Nancy decides to leave the girls briefly to get the boat fixed. The drifters return, setting out on a murderous rampage, hunting the girls down one-by-one through a thick, claustrophobic Idaho forest." Hallie Todd, Thomas Wilson Brown, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin, Larissa Hayden, Lilli Hendrickson,...