Horror Highlights: Terror Threads’ HALLOWEEN Shirts, KALEIDOSCOPE, GHOST BOX, MY LITTLE SISTER, APOCALYPSE Streaming Service, BENEATH US, RUSTY REVOLVER, New Horror Books

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Ghost Box Short Story Collection Details: Press Release: "What’s Hallowe’en without a scary story or two? When sticking a flashlight under your chin just won’t cut it, now there’s the Ghost Box (Hingston & Olsen Publishing), a collection of individually bound tales guaranteed to get your goosebumps up—edited by comedian and horror aficionado Patton Oswalt.

The Ghost Box contains a range of spooky stories, including classics and hidden gems alike, from authors like Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO’s Game of Thrones), Arthur Machen (“The Great God Pan”), and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (the Saint-Germain cycle).

It is available in a one-time print run, exclusively through the Hingston & Olsen website. The deluxe clamshell box includes an iridescent, colour-shifting ink foil, as well as a magnetized lid. Inside, each story has a range of hidden design features and clues to be explored and deciphered.

The Ghost Box is the third project from by Hingston & Olsen, an independent Alberta-based press run by author Michael Hingston and designer Natalie Olsen. H&O’s previous titles are the 2015 and 2016 Short Story Advent Calendars.

The Ghost Box is available exclusively at www.hingstonandolsen.com, while supplies last."

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My Little Sister Clip and Trailer Revealed: “New York, NY - Wild Eye Releasing will make a believer out of skeptics with the first look at My Little Sister. Co-directors Maurizio and Roberto del Piccolo lead a group of young friends to face fang with a monstrous urban legend. Astrid Di Bon, Holli Dillon, Antonio Pauletta, Sofia Pauly and Mattia Rosellini square off against Saverio Percudani's Little Sister, available nationwide now on Cable VOD and Digital HD, including inDemand, Comcast, Vudu, Fandango Now, Amazon Instant, and Google Play.

Against all warnings, a group of friends goes camping in the woods where it's rumored a deformed killer named Little Sister preys. One by one they learn the gruesome truth of this urban legend, as they venture deeper into the monster's lair.

Order My Little Sister on Amazon Instant.”

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Apocalypse Streaming Service Announced: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Nov. 1, 2017) – TV4 Entertainment, the global leader in thematic OTT streaming channels, and The Asylum, the blockbuster motion picture and television studio behind SHARKNADO and Z NATION, today jointly announce the launch of APOCALYPSE, a streaming service dedicated to the end of days. APOCALYPSE, available initially in North America, will offer disaster-loving streamers the best earth-ending and apocalyptic films and television series in one place, and on every screen.

At launch, programming for the digital streaming service will showcase The Asylum’s unparalleled library of epic, high-concept action movies. If the end of the world will be televised, APOCALYPSE offers a glimpse into the future with films including:

2 Headed Shark Attack
Airplane vs. Volcano
Snakes on a Train
Transmorphers
…and so much more.

In addition to the on-demand viewing of The Asylum’s epic originals, APOCALYPSE will also feature exclusive behind-the-scenes, deleted scenes, and movie-making magic featurettes. In 2018, TV4 Entertainment and The Asylum will produce exclusive scripted and unscripted original content for the APOCALYPSE streaming service.

“We have always believed that the fans of the high-concept films and television series we produced and acquired over the last twenty years could support a dedicated channel to the genre,” said David Rimawi, Partner, The Asylum. “We are proud to work with TV4 Entertainment to bring that vision to reality, and to faithfully service this loyal fan base through APOCALYPSE,” he said.

Priced at $6.66 monthly (with an introductory discount of 10%) or $49.99 annually, APOCALYPSE can be viewed anywhere – including your doomsday bunker – anytime – before the end of the world – through online and mobile browsers and via an application available now on Google Play and iTunes. Your subscription unlocks viewing on the web (via apocalypsetv.tv) as well as iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, all Android devices, and Chromecast, Roku, and Fire TV.

“Fans of the disaster genre are a passionate, global community long ignored by traditional television,” said Jon Cody, Founder/CEO, TV4 Entertainment. “No one does disaster like the team at The Asylum,” said Cody, “and with a deep library of hits that came long before the world obsession Sharknado, they are our perfect partner for APOCALYPSE.”"

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Premiere Entertainment Group Acquires Beneath Us: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES, October 25, 2017 – Premiere Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles-based sales, production and financing company, has acquired the worldwide rights to horror thriller BENEATH US starring Lynn Collins (“John Carter”, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) and James Tupper (HBO’s “Pretty Little Lies”).

The film follows a group of undocumented workers who are hired by an affluent woman (Collins) and her husband (Tupper) to work on their house, but the workers immediately sense something isn’t right with their employers and become trapped inside the home.

Written and directed by Max Pachman. Mark Mavrothalasitis shares writing credit. Producing are Luis Guerrero and Chris Lemos for Vital Pictures (“Armored”). Jay Hernandez (“Suicide Squad”) serves as executive producer and William Knochel as co-executive producer.

Premiere will introduce the social thriller to distributors during the American Film Market (AFM) with a screening at the Laemmle Monica Film Center on November 1st.

“We are excited to be teaming up with Luis and Chris on their unique and original elevated genre film,” says Premiere’s Vice President of Acquisitions Carlos Rincon. “Similar to GET OUT, the film intelligently deals with pertinent social issues in a suspenseful manner.”

Producers Guerrero and Lemos added, “We're very excited to partner with Premiere Entertainment Group, and look forward to a successful relationship towards the selling of our film.”

Premiere Entertainment’s President & CEO Elias Axume negotiated the deal with producers Guerrero and Lemos."

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New Rusty Revolver Comic Series: Press Release: “10-Year-old Rusty (Anton Troy – Chillerama, Adam Rifkin’s Shooting the Warwicks, and Showtime’s Reality Show) has grown up watching and idolizing the cowboys we’ve all seen on TV. He studied hard to become the fastest draw like his childhood heroes. But when his dad makes some bad decisions getting his family into deep trouble, he’s just not fast enough to save his parents from Deacon (Vernon Wells – The Road Warrior – Mad Max 2, Commando, Inner Space, Weird Science, Power Rangers) and his band of criminal degenerates. Now as a man in the modern world, Rusty has decided that the only way to avenge his family is to become the one thing he knows he can trust. Now he’ll hunt down the demons of his past leaving a trail of blood of his own. This time vengeance comes at the crack of a fire whip and the end of a three-barreled revolver!

Rusty Revolver brings together a varied cast of veteran thriller/action performers like Vernon Wells and Anthony De Longis (General Hospital, Fearless, Masters of the Universe) and newer upcoming rising stars Anton Troy, Vic Stagliano (Sons of Anarchy, Ray Donovan, Burn Notice, Chronological Order) and social media sensation Amber Whittington (Lipstick the Series Cam and Amber’s Closet on YouTube) to form the perfect cast of good vs. evil characters. The movie was developed from a new comic book hero concept that marries horror/thriller with the more traditional western heroes of the 1960’s and 70’s. Rusty is the new anti-hero for the modern times. He’s The Punisher meets Clint Eastwood. He is an amalgamation of fandom protagonists from 80’s and 90’s evolved to become a warrior for the new age. This blend of spaghetti-western meets horror takes you on an action adventure that has you rooting for this non-traditional hero, as he learns to wield his fire whip and seek out justice for his family!

Rusty Revolver made its official European debut in, Budapest Hungary at 2017 Seven Hills Film Festival and was just awarded Best Horror Film at the ICP Entertainment Short Film Series in New York, NY.

Rusty is off to a tremendous start and quickly gaining momentum in the sci-fi/horror communities with a comic book as well as a TV series in the works. Rusty Revolver: Origin the film is currently available on Amazon Prime and will be released on other streaming platforms soon.

On Wednesday, November 8th, Rusty Revolver #1 will be available for purchase on comiXology.com. A website devoted solely to digital comics and graphic novels. comiXology, an Amazon company, is home to the largest selection of digital comics anywhere with over 75,000 comics. This is the first comic book in the series with five new editions set to print in 2018. The Rusty Revolver series is set to make its CON debut at the Albuquerque Comic-Con in Albuquerque New Mexico in January of 2018.

For a limited time, Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to view the pilot episode for free.

Comic book available on the comiXology website here.

For more information on the series, merchandise available for purchase or available downloads for Rusty Revolver, visit the official website: https://www.sumojackstudios.com/rustyrevolver”

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Christopher Michael Carter's New Horror Books: Author Christopher Michael Carter has several new horror books for readers to enjoy, including two anthologies and a story set in space. Learn more about the new books below, and for more information on Carter and his work, visit his official website.

Sharp Items & Bad Intentions: "Sharp Items & Bad Intentions is a horror anthology full of bloody, slashery goodness. Featuring three tales of gory terror: The Slit, All in a Day's Work, and Big Prizes."

Beyond the Wall: "A newspaper writer heads to a mysterious mansion on an assignment where the lord of the manor tells him a series of strange tales involving a vehicular apocalypse, domestic revenge with a scalpel, divine justice in a dystopian world, and the shift of the hunter becoming the hunted."

Last Rites of the Capacitance: "Dr. Angelique Puck headed into space for just another medical mission. She left her girlfriend and the controversy over Rabid Neural Stasis, the disease raging through Earth with no terrestrial cure, behind. She's focused only on science until horror overtakes the Capacitance, leaving her the only survivor."