Horror Highlights: The Game Theatre’s CURSED CASTLE Immersive Event, Travel Channel’s HAUNTED LIVE, THE BASEMENT Clips, BLACK PUMPKIN Trailer, BLOOD CHILD

2018/09/12 14:55:08 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

The Game Theatre presents a weekend of live-action roleplaying in a castle! Think of The Cursed Castle game as more like a spooky vacation. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on the first two episodes of the Travel Channel's Haunted Live, two clips from The Basement, a look at the new trailer for Black Pumpkin (co-starring Grayson Kilpatrick), and VOD details for Blood Child.

The Game Theatre's The Cursed Castle: "The Game Theatre produces social adventures mixing roleplay and interactive theatre. Since 2013 their designs have been at the forefront of immersive gaming, which includes full weekend Live Action Roleplay (Larp) adventures that are similar to the large European “Blockbuster Larps”. The company’s next experience, ‘The Cursed Castle’, is an all-inclusive Larp destination vacation. It will also be the first-ever officially licensed ‘College of Wizardry’ expansion event in the United States. College of Wizardry (created by Dziobak Larp Studios in Europe), is the world’s most renowned magic inspired Larp. The Cursed Castle will expand upon College of Wizardry with an all-new adventure based on the fictional works of wizardry everyone knows and loves.

“When looking at partners for piloting College of Wizardry in the US, The Game Theatre was the first choice. We are super excited for them to join the family,” says DSL Founder Claus Raasted.

The Game Theatre’s past Blockbuster Larp event was the successful three-weekend run of ‘Dragon Thrones’. Now, the company will host The Cursed Castle at one of its most beautiful and thematic locations, Grey Towers Castle, which stands at Arcadia University minutes from Philadelphia, PA. The event will run from January 3rd - 6th, 2019, with players from around the world expected to attend this epic magical challenge. Grey Towers is close to all transportation, including a major international airport. Tickets are limited.

“The Cursed Castle will tell a grand story that participants can dive into so they become an agent of magic. The experience reveals what can be expected by those who have graduated a wizardry college, as well as those gifted with magic”, says Evan Michaels, co-founder of The Game Theatre, “College of Wizardry has been a global Larp success about what it’s like to study magic. The Cursed Castle is the next step, asking how someone trained in magic can now help save the world.”

About The Cursed Castle:
Join us for an all-inclusive Larp vacation where you stay in a modern hotel for 4 days 3 nights and enjoy a historical, picturesque castle to attempt thrilling quests and adventures while making new friends from all over the world. Enter a fantastical, magical challenge where you will use your gift of magic to defeat exotic beasts and locate and save curiosities around the world that have been released by the dark magic of The Cursed Castle! Live out your dream of being an Agent of Wizardry in an all-inclusive immersive Larp and gaming adventure within an American Castle! You will be the first cast into a secret magical circle and then can be recruited into a powerful and influential wizardry faction to race against time to solve the curse of Grey Towers!

Website: www.CursedCastleGame.com"

Haunted Live Episodes 1 and 2 Details: "'Haunted Live” is Travel Channel’s first weekly live series, where viewers can help drive the course of the show in real time. The series invites ghost lovers to join the live paranormal investigation alongside the Tennessee Wraith Chasers, a team of paranormal experts that relies on a combination of scientific method and spiritual faith to navigate its investigations. Please see below for episode descriptions for the first two episodes as well as a press release with further information. Please reach out directly with any questions.

“Into the Fire” - Premieres Friday, September 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT (Series Premiere)

The Tennessee Wraith Chasers (TWC) begin their first “Haunted Live” investigation in a unique 19th-century house. Each floor of this home saw various tragedies, from death by fire to casualties of war. Unsurprisingly, paranormal activity has been reported in every room of the building. With so many spirits roaming the halls, will the TWC be able to cut through the chaos and connect with the other side? Tune in to see one of the Wraith Chasers perform a paranormal solo session in a secret compartment of the home, in an attempt to connect with the soldiers who are believed to have perished there while in hiding.

“The Silver Scream” - Premieres Friday, September 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

The Tennessee Wraith Chasers (TWC) explore a haunted theater, where every show comes with a scare. Infamous for its patrons who refuse to leave, this movie house is home to the spirits of a family who were tragically parted by unexpected demise. The spirits of locals who were brutally executed nearby are also thought to have taken up residence inside. Between objects being thrown, mysterious apparitions and entities grabbing at people, this is one theater where nobody sits still. The TWC will conduct part of their investigation from the projector booth, and the film they have in store is sure to keep the spirits on the edge of their seats."

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Watch Clips for The Basement: "Two brand new clips for director Brian M.Conley’s “horrifyingly intimate” (PopGeeks) The Basement, available on Demand and opening in theaters in Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland, Dallas, Minneapolis and Phoenix from Friday, have been released.

A film the critics say is full of “shock and surprise” (Flickering Myth) and is “cinematic and compelling” (OC Movie Reviews), The Basement stars Mischa Barton (“The OC”, The Sixth Sense) in a new Uncork’d Entertainment release from Brian M.Conley and Nathan Ives.

Craig is abducted and wakes up in a basement. His captor, Bill, is a twisted serial killer who wishes to reenact his own capture, with Craig playing the part of Bill and Bill playing everyone else. As Bill tortures Craig, he cycles through a number of personas, all while Craig tries desperately to find a way into Bill's pathology in order to save himself.

The first clip features Barton’s character, while the second sees Craig (Cayleb Long) try to escape the basement.

Jackson Davis, Cayleb Long, Tracie Thoms, and Bailey Anne Borders co-star in The Basement, opening September 15 in theaters and On Demand."

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Black Pumpkin Trailer Released: "On October 31, 2018, two preteens in a small town accidentally awaken an evil that has lain dormant for decades. They are forced to survive on a terrifying Halloween night of cat-and-mouse, from the monster known as "Bloody Bobby."

Co-starring Grayson Kilpatrick (read our Q&A with the actor here), Black Pumpkin will screen as part of a double feature with Bloody Bobby on September 29th at the KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival in North Hollywood.

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Blood Child VOD Release Details: "Following a year on the international film festival circuit, Blood Child is headed back to the States with a national Cable and Digital HD release on September 11th.

Blood Child will be available on all major platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, inDemand, Dish and more.

Writer-director Jennifer Phillips makes her film debut with Blood Child, a horror fantasy that combines every parent's worst nightmare with the Malay myth of the Toyol, ghost children raised by black magic, devastating all involved. Blood Child world premiered at Toronto's Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival, where lead actress Alyx Melone took home the Rising Star Award.

After suffering a devastating miscarriage in Singapore, Ashley turns to a witch doctor to help her with the occult practice of raising a "ghost child" and finding the spirit of her lost child. After returning to the States, Ashley and her husband Bill find themselves pregnant again. However, their happiness is short-lived as the pregnancy acts as a catalyst for a series of terrifying events that start to occur within their home. The family soon learns that Ashley has brought back a lot more than just memories from Asia. The spirit of their lost child is not about to play second fiddle to the impending new arrival and unleashes an unspeakable evil upon the household.

Blood Child: English/Malay/ 93 min

The DVD physical release of Blood Child will be available from all major online retailers.

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About the Author - Tamika Jones

Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.

The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).

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