Horror Highlights: PRETTY BOY, FUNHOUSE, RING OF DESIRE, TEXAS HORROR, DEAD BY DAYLIGHT

New PRETTY BOY Poster and Photos: "PRETTY BOY, the follow up to the award-winning film BLIND, has completed principal photography.  PRETTY BOY, directed by Marcel Walz and written by Joe Knetter, continues the story they set in  motion in BLIND.  

Pretty Boy just finished the Post Production with Company 3 (Joker, Wonder Woman)  

MARCEL WALZ (Director) 

“Filming PRETTY BOY the way we did was a dream comes true for me. It is beautiful, fun, gory and  creepy. Seeing our Killer, “PRETTY BOY”, slashing through this love letter to the 80s is what I have  always wanted to do! Also, as an LGBTQ Director, I could go crazy on set design for the Valentine’s  party and overall theme in the movie, so be prepared for a lot of pinks, glitter and some intestines  Lol!“  

JOE KNETTER (Writer)  

“Filming PRETTY BOY was an amazing experience. Every single person on the cast and crew brought  their ‘A’ game. Getting back on set safely was our number one priority and we worked hard to make  sure it was a great experience for everyone. The sets we built at Wolfpack Studios took me right back  to that world we previously set up. I will admit, the first time I saw Faye and Pretty Boy back together I  teared up a bit. BLIND is our version of a slow-burn 70’s style drama/suspense film. PRETTY BOY is a  total 80’s horror slasher.” 

Sarah French (Blind), Heather Grace Hancock (Wicked City), Devanny Pinn (The Dawn), Robert Rusler  (Weird Science), Maria Olsen (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), newcomers Jake Red and Andrew Rohrbach, and returning as PRETTY BOY, Jed Rowen."

Directed by Marcel Walz  

Written by Joe Knetter  

Director of Photography Michael Su  

Produced by Rüdiger w. Kümmerle, Ivan Bernard Hruska,  Oliver Diehm and Daren Hammer  

Executive Producer James Cullen Bressack

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Watch the Trailer for FUNHOUSE: "Down and out backup singer and celebrity ex-husband Kasper is invited to compete in the Funhouse, an online ‘Big Brother’ style reality show. To rebrand his image and tarnished reputation, Kasper reluctantly accepts the offer. Together with 7 other C-list celebrities from around the globe he will compete for the prize of 5 million dollars. At first, the Funhouse is just as the name suggests, full of wild times, budding friendships, love connections and brewing rivalries. To everyone’s surprise, the fun quickly turns into misery when the first challenge leaves one of the contestants brutally murdered."

Written and Directed by Jason William Lee
Starring Valter Skarsgård, Gigi Saul Guerrero and Khamisa Wilsher

Magnet Releasing will release FUNHOUSE in theaters and on demand May 28th, 2021

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RING OF DESIRE: "An ancient ring which renders power over whomever wears it has come back and wreaks havoc on a small town. Fortunately, the original possessor's descendant recognizes the power and helps a vacationing couple devise a plan to get the ring back to its rightful place."

Director: Ronnie Nanos
Writers: Rolfe Kanefsky, J.R. Parz
Stars: Felissa Rose, Julie Anne Prescott, Onnoleigh Sweetman

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TEXAS HORROR: "Texas has long rich history of horror stories and Texas Horror hopes to continue this tradition with some amazing work from Texas Creators or stories set in Texas."

This 64-page horror comic anthology is now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/demonsinthedarkness/texas-horror

Here is a list of the stories that are going to be in the first issue:

Demons in the Darkness Part 1 
A story set in the 90s where high school losers summon their rage via a roleplaying game and it starts to kill their bullies. Done in a similar style to a Jack Chick Tract

Written By David Doub

Art by Dominic Racho

Letters by Daniel Chan

Aerobicide - Blockbuster Night
Sometimes returning overdue video tapes can be Hell!

Written by David Doub

Art by Terry Parr

End World Escape
As strife tears the nation apart, one witch tries to go through darker realms to escape the nightmare.

Written by David Doub

Art by Diego Garza

Mask It or Casket
An anti-masking Sherriff and maniac start a bloody war over the masking debate.

Written by David Doub

Art by Miguel Ángel Hernández

Kitchen Witches

This story is about one unlucky lady who becomes possessed by an cursed cup of Ramen

Written and Art by Halo Toons

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Crypt TV Expands IP into Video Games with Dead by Daylight Partnership: "Behaviour InteractiveTM is thrilled to be teaming up with Crypt TV to introduce three new outfits for Dead by Daylight available in the in-game store.

Crypt TV is a digital brand aiming to create the next generation of iconic monsters through its online horror content.

“Dead by Daylight is a labor of love, an homage to horror written by a bunch of passionate fans. We found the exact same thing at Crypt TV,” says Mathieu Côté, Game Director on Dead by Daylight. “The characters they created are so wonderful and upsetting, it was a perfect fit for the realm of the Entity. I know our fans will go crazy for the new collection Crypt TV has brought to us.”

The Huntress as The Mordeo
The Mordeo are a race of demons that are created when humans resort to cannibalism in a special section of the woods.

Let the Huntress transform into a mythical demoness thanks to this legendary set which features the Skull of Flesh-Eaters Head, the Queen’s Shroud and a very special weapon, Insatiable Hunger, dipped into her enemies’ blood.

The Doctor as The Look-See
The Look-See is an entity that preys on those unable to move on from their grief.

Transform The Doctor into The Look-See with a legendary outfit that includes The Sinister Grin Head, a humanoid face devoid of any features let alone a twisted and corrupted grin, The Dark Suit, a shredded version of a clean-cut blazer and shirt and a terrifying new weapon: The Chance Wrench.

The Hag as The Birch Witch
The Birch is Crypt TV’s most popular character to date and the main protagonist of the hit Facebook Watch series of the same name. The Birch, is a sentient tree, a vengeful protector of those with love in their hearts.

Dress The Hag in this mix-and-match outfit, comprised of the Knotted Crown, damp soil and roots sprung from the ground, Bark Crust, a body made of bark and her weapon: the Gnarled Talon.

For the first time in Dead by Daylight’s history, the Crypt TV Collection outfits can be purchased using Iridescent Shards, one of the game’s progression currencies.

“Crypt’s IP has grown successfully into TV, and now seeing those characters expand into Dead by Daylight, one of horror’s biggest video games, is very exciting, says Jason Blum, Blumhouse CEO & founder. “Dead by Daylight and Crypt have passionate fans, and I’m sure the community is going to love playing as The Birch, Look-See & The Mordeo.’

"Crypt fans have been asking for our characters to be featured in Dead by Daylight in the comment section for years which makes this Crypt x Dead by Daylight collection so rewarding,” mentions Eli Roth, co-founder of Crypt TV. “Dead by Daylight has inspired millions of players and has some of the best horror crossovers in all of gaming. We can’t wait to see the reaction of Crypt fans and Dead by Daylight fans and for these two communities to come together."

Tune in to a very special Around the Campfire livestream on May 13th at 2pm EST, where members of the Dead by Daylight team will be joined by Crypt TV’s Alyssa Onofreo and Horror YouTuber Dead Meat for some live Dead by Daylight gameplay featuring the new Crypt TV outfits."