Entertainment Studios has set a Sept. 22 theatrical release date for Friend Request, a social media themed frightener starring Alycia Debnam-Carey (“Fear the Walking Dead”) as a popular college coed who unfriends an emotionally unstable misfit from her social media, triggering the freak’s suicide.

Unfortunately for everyone, the nut-job’s death unleashes a curse that threatens their lives online and off and leads to the exiling of Debnam-Carey’s character, whose social media is compromised by the dead psycho’s supernatural hacking abilities and made to post each horrific demise on her feed.

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Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for its sequel to director Joel Schumacher’s Flatliners, a 1990 sci-fi thriller about med-school students conducting near-death experiments to see what lies in the afterlife. Niels Arden Oplevscribe (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) directs and Ben Ripley (Source Code) pens.

Nina Dobrev (“Vampire Diaries”) is the group’s hot chick and so we all will rightfully want her to survive over co-stars Diego Luna (Rogue One), Ellen Page (Juno), Kiersey Clemens (Neighbors 2) and James Norton (Rush). But, for our Redbox dollar, we’re most invested in model/actress Charlotte McKinney’s fate.

McKinney, who first came to fame in a Carl’s Jr. ad for Super Bowl XLIX in which she jiggly struts through a farmer’s market seeming nude, plays a nurse with enormous boobs who has sex with Norton’s character. That’s all we know – no thanks to this trailer which keeps McKinney outta sight! Asshole trailer.

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Screen Gems has released a trailer for Keep Watching, a home invasion thriller first announced in 2013 and starring former Disney star Bella Thorne as a hot teen whose family is forced to play a game of kill or be killed, streamed online to the few people not surfing Amazon and PornHub.

Thorne plays Jamie, a disillusioned teenager with a secret. No release date yet, but it’s another notch on Thorne’s horror belt as she continues to mature into a proper scream queen with roles in MTV’s “Scream,” Amityville: The Awakening, Forget Me Not, and McG’s upcoming Babysitter.

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Is that a snake in your pocket or are you just happy to see Sarah Dumont (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) in director Amanda Evans feature film debut, Serpent? Dumont plays the unfaithful wife of an entomologist exposed during their trip to discover a new species of beetle in the South African wilderness.

Making matters worse is the deadly black mamba snake that has slithered inside their tent, threatening to strike them dead with any sudden movement… wait, there’s a killer serpent in the same quarters the guy happens to be sharing with the woman who made a cuckold fool out of him? Toss that bitch to the snake, bro!

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Serpent on DVD Oct. 31.

Last we saw Italian stunner Matilda Lutz, she faced off against vengeful spirit Samara in this year’s Rings. Now, she’s set to take on even more frightening evil: horny men. Lutz plays a hot, young mistress raped by her sugar-daddy’s friends during a hunting trip in French director Coralie Fargeat’s feature debut, Revenge.

Rape/revenge films are sweet for the rape first half of the film before the protagonist gets the upper hand and balls start getting chopped and shot to smithereens. That’s the part with the gratuitous T&A. Sure the nut blasting is warranted, but no guy wants to sit around for that. It’s only there to justify the fucked up part anyway.

Unfortunately, we’re not sure Revenge will honor the rules. Lutz has yet to do nudity on camera and with a female director at the helm, there’s a good chance Revenge will just be a feminist wet dream chockful of scrotum splatter. But, who are we kidding? Lutz in tiny booty-shorts? We’ll watch (sorry, balls).

Netflix has released a trailer for Gerald’s Game, director Mike Flanagan’s (Ouija: Origin of Evil) film adaptation of the 1992 Stephen King novel about a troubled trophy wife left captive in a cabin in the woods when her husband croaks during some kinky BDSM play, leaving her cuffed to the bedposts.

Stunner Carla Gugino (Sin City) stars as Jessie Burlingame, wife to successful attorney Gerald, played by Bruce Greenwood (I, Robot). When Jessie freaks out over being cuffed, she ends the foreplay, immediately killing Gerald with a case of blue balls so bad it stops his heart.

Gerald’s Game premieres Sept. 29.

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Universal Pictures has released a first trailer for Insidious: The Last Key, a prequel in the successful Blumhouse franchise. In theaters Jan. 5, the James Wan-produced film is helmed by Adam Robitel, director of the terrifying Taking of Deborah Logan, and sees the return of Lin Shaye as medium Elise Rainier.

Set years before the events of the previous three Insidious films, The Last Key takes us to New Mexico where an evil entity is haunting Elise’s childhood home – providing us with flashbacks of a teenage Elise, played by Hana Hayes (“The Grinder”), and her encounters with a freakish key demon.

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Of course, nothing in any of the Insidious films is as genuinely nightmarish as Lin Shaye’s very own performance in 1996’s criminally underrated Farrelly brothers’ gem, Kingpin – playing an exploitative and libidinous old landlady (has Lin ever been young?).

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If you thought William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” was pretty good but a bit of a sausage party, you’ll be happy to know that Warner Bros. is correcting the literary classic by adapting it to the screen with an all-female cast. The announcement was met, of course, with a ridiculous amount of disdain online.

Nerds argued the point of the novel would be lost with an all-female cast while feminists were outraged the film is being directed by people with balls – not figurative balls, but actual balls. The real issue, however, has yet to be addressed: will the chicks be hot?

We figure there has to be one fattie in the bunch to take on the role of Piggy, but who would play the other girls? Chloe Grace Moretz as Ralphie? Bella Thorne as Jack? Would bikinis come into play or would it be more of a loincloth and leaves deal? These are the questions that matter, dammit!

Screen Media Films has released a trailer for Jeepers Creepers 3, the long gestating sequel in the popular horror franchise from writer/director and convicted child molester Victor Salva. The film releases in selected Regal theaters on Sept. 26 for a one night showing.

Jeepers Creepers 3 is set during The Creeper’s final day of feeding and finds police task forces attempting to figure out the monster’s origins so to kill it. Original final girl Gina Philips reprises her role as Trish and Jonathan Breck returns as The Creeper.

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The first wave of movies to be screened at the 17th annual Screamfest Horror Film Festival has been revealed. Set to run Oct. 10 – 19 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Hollywood, CA, the announced lineup features the North American premiere of Leatherface, a prequel to 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Dominic Monaghan, of groundbreaking ABC series “LOST” and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, serves as this year’s Screamfest ambassador.

Monaghan said:

I am extremely honored to serve as this year’s Screamfest ambassador. I applaud Screamfest and its Founder and Festival Director Rachel Belofsky for embracing the work of filmmakers and actors in the horror genre. I’m a big fan of this space, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of a fest that truly acknowledges unique and creative work.

Rachel Belofsky said:

We are thrilled to partner with Dominic Monaghan at this year’s Screamfest. He is an amazing actor and filmmaker who understands the vision of this festival. His experience in the industry alone, I am certain, will inspire other actors, filmmakers and horror film enthusiasts.

Screamfest is the biggest and longest-running horror film festival in the U.S. The show is a star-studded event where actors and directors talk horror with each other and the public. Festival badges are now available for purchase at the Screamfest website.

The first seven films announced include a world premiere, two U.S. premieres, and four L.A. debuts. They are as follows:

DEAD ANT (USA) 2017
Directed by Ron Carlson
Written by Ron Carlson
Produced by Ron Carlson and Stephanie Hodos
Cast: Tom Arnold, Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Ryhs Coiro, Leisha Hailey, Cameron Richardson and Danny Woodburn
World Premiere
When the “one-hit-wonder” glam-metal band “Sonic Grave” embark on a trip to coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an “unworldly” viscous attack, and they must “rock” themselves out of harms way.

LEATHERFACE (USA) 2017
Directed by Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo
Written by Seth M. Sherwood
Produced by Carl Mazzocone, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Les Weldon
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Lili Taylor, Sam Strike, Sam Coleman, Vanessa Grasse
North American Premiere
In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff’s daughter dead. Ten years later, the Sawyer teen kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter’s death, Sawyer goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster now known as Leatherface.

RUIN ME (USA) 2017
Directed by Preston DeFrancis
Written by Trysta A. Bissett, Preston DeFrancis
Produced by Rebecca G. Stone
Cast: Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Chris Hill, Eva Hamilton, John Odom, Cameron Gordon, Sam Ashdown
LA Premiere
Alexandra reluctantly tags along for Slasher Sleepout, an extreme event that is part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room. But when the fun turns deadly, Alex has to play the game if she wants to make it out alive.

TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (MEXICO) 2017
Directed by Issa López
Written by Issa López
Produced by Marco Polo Constandse
Cast: Paola Lara, Hanssel Casillas, Rodrigo Cortes, Ianis Guerrero, Juan Ramón López
LA Premiere
We are in a Mexican City turned into a ghost town by the drug-war. Estrella is 11, and when her mother vanishes, she makes a wish: she wants her mother to come back. And mom does return—from the dead. Terrified, Estrella escapes and joins a rag-tag gang of other children orphaned by the violence, all escaping their own past. But she learns that in a city ruled by death, you can’t simply leave the ghosts behind; they walk with you wherever you go.

TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL: THE END OF THE END (CANADA) 2017
Directed by Craig David Wallace and Rich Duhaney
Written by Charles Picco, Craig David Wallace
Produced by Andrew Rosen, Sarah Timmins, Jonas Diamond
Cast: Alex House, Maggie Castle, Bill Turnbull, Melanie Leishman, Jason Mewes, Chris Leavins
U.S. Premiere
Continuing where the cult TV series left off, Todd & The Book of Pure Evil: The End of The End: The Animated Feature Film returns to Crowley Heights to find Todd, Jenny and Curtis grieving the loss of their dear friend Hannah. The three must reunite to fight evil when the Book of Pure Evil returns to Crowley High, bringing with it some familiar faces as well as some new foes. But these enemies are merely warm-ups to the final battle with their greatest nemesis yet: The New Pure Evil One.

TRAGEDY GIRLS (USA) 2017
Directed by Tyler MacIntyre
Written by Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre
Produced by Armen Aghaeian, Tara Ansley, Anthony Holt, Edward Mokhtarian, Craig Robinson, Cameron Van Hoy
Cast: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Kevin Durand, Jack Quaid, Craig Robinson
LA Premiere
Best friends Sadie and McKayla are on a mission to boost their social media fandom as amateur crime reporters hot on the trail of a deranged local serial killer. After they manage to capture the killer and secretly hold him hostage, they realize the best way to up get scoops on future victims would be to, you know, murder people themselves. As the @TragedyGirls become an overnight sensation and panic grips their small town, can their friendship survive the strain of national stardom? Will they get caught? Will their accounts get verified?

TRENCH 11 (CANADA) 2017
Directed by Leo Scherman
Written by Matthew Booi, Leo Scherman
Produced by Tyler Levine
Cast: Rossif Sutherland, Robert Stadlober, Charlie Carrick, Shaun Benson, Karine Vanasse
U.S. Premiere
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked tunneller must lead an Allied team into a hidden German base…100 hundred feet below the trenches. The Germans have lost control of a highly contagious biological weapon that turns its victims into deranged killers. The Allies find themselves trapped underground with hordes of the infected, a rapidly spreading disease and a team of German Stormtroopers dispatched to clean up the mess. The only thing more terrifying than the Western Front… is what lies beneath it.