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2023’s The Santa Summit is one of the freshest-feeling Hallmark Christmas movies of the last few years, both because of its premise and how strongly it delivers on the ‘com’ side of the rom-com subgenre. Starring Hunter King, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Amy Groening, and Stephanie Sy, The Santa Summit manages to stand out among the dozens of holiday season Hallmark films from the premise alone, as it takes place at a convention for Santa Claus enthusiasts.

When it comes to settings that promise plenty of Christmas spirit, it’s hard to imagine many that can guarantee festive fun as much as an entire convention of Santa cosplayers. That’s not the reason The Santa Summit has been a hit though. It’s the heartwarming and hilarious adventure that awaits friends Jordin (King), Ava (Groening), and Stella (Sy) once they arrive that makes the 2023 Christmas rom-com worth watching - even for those...

It looks like Netflix will be the home of Lacey Chabert this holiday season. In addition to premiering Lacey’s first movie for the network, Hot Frosty, they will be streaming 10 Hallmark Christmas movies during its 2024 holiday season. Best of all, nine of the 10 are from 2023, and three star Lacey. Here are all the details.

Photo: Wes Brown, Lacey Chabert Credit: ©2022 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes Netflix Is Streaming 10 Hallmark Christmas Movies For The 2024 Holiday Season

Hallmark fans are excited about Lacey Chabert’s first Netflix movie, Hot Frosty. This Christmas movie will be premiering on Wednesday, November 13. However, subscribers will be able to see Lacey and other favorite Hallmark stars like Bethany Joy Lenz, and Kristoffer Polaha.

On Tuesday, What’s On Netflix revealed that Netflix will be streaming 10 Hallmark Christmas movies as part of its 2024 holiday season programming. All but one premiered in 2023. Three of these movies star Hallmark Christmas Queen Lacey Chabert.

Photo: Robert Buckley, Amy Groening

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Peter Stranks

To kick of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2024, ‘Twas The Date Before Christmas is a new, original rom-com, starring Amy Groening and Robert Buckley.

The movie reveals just how far a single woman will go to get her family to continue a holiday tradition. Read on to learn more about the movie’s plot and its cast, and watch a teaser trailer.

‘Twas The Date Before Christmas on Hallmark Channel Photo: Mimi Kuzyk, Sean Cullen, Robert Buckley, Amy Groening, Patrice Goodman Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Peter Stranks

According to TV Insider, ‘Twas The Date Before Christmas tells the story of Jessie (Groening), who wants to stop her family from canceling the Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics. To do so, she tells the family she is bringing a date to the long-standing family tradition.

Meanwhile, she meets Bryan (Buckley) on...

When does Countdown To Christmas 2024 start on Hallmark? Here are all the details of when the feel-good network kicks off its annual event. This includes the premieres everyone wants to see including When Calls The Heart star Chris McNally’s first lead in a Hallmark Christmas movie.

Here are all the details.

Photo: Chris McNally Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Johann Wall When Does Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas Start?

This year is Hallmark’s 15th Anniversary of Countdown to Christmas. Therefore, it promises to be a fantastic event. But, when does it start? Countdown to Christmas stars on Friday, October 18, at 6 a.m., Eastern, with Christmas Waltz starring Lacey Chabert, and Will Kemp.

From then until the rest of the year, it will be 24/7 holiday movies.

Photo: Robert Buckley, Amy Groening Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Peter Stranks Countdown To Christmas Kicks Off With ‘Twas The Date Before Christmas

Hallmark’s...

Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas 2024 is kicking off with ‘Twas The Date Before Christmas. This stars Amy Groening and One Tree Hill alum Robert Buckley. How far will a single woman go to get her family to continue their holiday traditions?

Here are all the details about this holiday romcom that is sure to start the holiday off right.

Photo: Robert Buckley, Amy Groening Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Peter Stranks What Is Hallmark’s ‘Twas The Date Before Christmas About?

‘Twas The Date Before Christmas kicks off Countdown To Christmas What is this Hallmark Christmas movie about? According to TV Insider, “To prevent her family from canceling the Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics, Jessie lies and says she’s inviting a date to the long-standing holiday tradition.”

“She meets Bryan on a dating app, and he agrees to spend the holiday with her and her family. As Jessie and Bryan engage...

Hallmark has announced its 2024 Countdown To Christmas list. This is the 15-year-anniversary and the feel-good network has promised some fantastic holiday movies. This includes Donna Kelce in two Christmas movies, as well as adventures in Iceland, Finland, and a football romance in Hallmark’s home town of Kansas City. In addition, there is a sequel to the network’s biggest movie Ever, Three Wiser Men and A Boy.

Here are all the Countdown To Christmas movies airing on the Hallmark Channel. There are also new holiday movies on Hallmark Mystery, and Hallmark+. According to Variety, that is a total of 47 new Christmas movies for 2024!

Hallmark Hunter King, Donna Kelce, Tyler Hynes – Instagram Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas Premieres On Friday, October 18

‘Twas The Date Before Christmas premieres on Friday, October 18, at 8 p.m., Eastern. This stars Robert Buckley and Amy Groening.

Jessie finds a date for Christmas to save the Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics.

While some may just be getting in the fall and spooky season spirit, Hallmark has planned past the pumpkins and even Thanksgiving turkey for its Christmas slate.

The network’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” lineup has been organized, with 47 all-new original movies across the Hallmark Channel, streamer Hallmark+’s “The Very Merry Holiday Collection” and Hallmark Mystery’s “Miracles of Christmas”.

The 15th iteration of the Hallmark Channel’s festive slate kicks off on October 18 on the Hallmark Channel with all-new movies every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. on the Hallmark channel and Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Hallmark Mystery, with a Wednesday 8 p.m. launch Thanksgiving week. Find the full schedule to satisfy all holiday needs below:

Friday, October 18: ’Twas the Date Before Christmas

Stars: Robert Buckley (Chesapeake Shores), Amy Groening (The Santa Summit)

Saturday, October 19: Holiday Crashers

Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Daniella Monet (Baby...

Hallmark Channel is ready for the holidays.

The network is celebrating 15 years of their “Countdown to Christmas” franchise with 31 new movies, including the highly anticipated Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story with Hunter King and Tyler Hynes, while Hallmark Mystery will feature nine new movies as part of “Miracles of Christmas,” and Hallmark+ has an additional seven titles.

The festivities officially launch on October 18. All films premiere at 8 p.m. Et on the channel, unless otherwise noted.

Seven new movies will be part of two franchises: Christmas on Cherry Lane will see three new movies, while Unwrapping Christmas is a new, four-movie franchise following the holiday romances of four friends working at a store named All Wrapped Up.

Check out the full list of movies coming to Hallmark this holiday season…

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‘Twas the Date Before Christmas

Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 18 at 8/7c

Cast: Robert Buckley, Amy Groening

Premise:...

Last Hallmark Christmas season, The Santa Summit was one of the top two movies of the network’s 2023 Countdown To Christmas programming. This holiday movie starred Hunter King and Benjamin Hollingsworth. They play two people who meet at an annual holiday event where everyone dresses up like Santa. After they lose each other, they each overcome their personal struggles as they spend time with friends and family.

This fun and festive movie was such a huge success. Could there be a sequel? Hunter King would like nothing more.

Hunter King Wants To Do The Santa Summit Sequel

The Two Scoops Of Italy star recently spoke to US Magazine about her Hallmark movies including The Santa Summit. She revealed that she had the best time making this movie. “Everybody was so funny. Just even in between takes just, like, some of the funniest people I’ve ever met. But, they’re all incredible,...

A ruthless puppet master lures a grieving hit man into a deadly competition of assassins. King of Killers, adapted by Kevin Grevioux from his Darkstorm Comics graphic novel, is a swift and bloody actioner that goes in a surprisingly unexpected direction. Arteries spurt as limbs are sliced off like ham at the deli counter. Brutal beatdowns and stylized gunplay are followed with frenzied stabbing that would make Ghostface jealous. The film is a check your brain at the door adrenaline rush of violence. Frank Grillo, a Hollywood stalwart and one of my favorite actors, steals the show with a deliciously exaggerated performance.

Marcus Garan (Alain Moussi) strains as his mangled face is about to be driven through a wall spike. The film then cuts to a wintry scene a year earlier. A disguised Marcus casually walks into a bar. He observes a shady group of men heading towards the bathroom.

Plot: Based on a graphic novel, King of Killers follows former Agency hitman Marcus Garan as he attempts to unravel the mystery behind a tragic incident. When offered a $10 million contract to eliminate the world’s greatest assassin, Marcus travels to Tokyo to meet the client, but discovers other professional killers have been invited as well. Now Marcus and the others must confront this deadly, mythical assassin…or die trying.

Review: Action movies are a dime a dozen, with only a select few getting the financial backing to get on the radar of most audiences. For every John Wick and Mission: Impossible, countless other projects are cobbled together for a fraction of the money allotted to the big franchises. Despite a cast that includes genre mainstays like Frank Grillo, Alain Moussi, and Stephen Dorff, King of Killers is an atrociously bad attempt to not only play with the big boys...

"How fun does that sound?" asks Frank Grillo as he puts a group of master assassins in the firing line in this exclusive clip from the upcoming action flick, King of Killers. Coming courtesy of Lionsgate, Grillo leads a cast that includes Blade star Stephen Dorff, The 100’s Marie Avgeropoulos, Underworld actor Kevin Grevioux, and Kickboxer: Retaliation star and martial artist Alain Moussi. You can check out our exclusive clip from King of Killers below.

Ready yourself for all manner of glorious action and brutal and bloody violence as King of Killers finds a group of assassins forced to fight in order to survive. Based on a graphic novel by writer-director Kevin Grevioux, King of Killers follows former Agency hitman Marcus Garan (Alain Moussi) as he attempts to unravel the mystery behind a tragic incident. When offered a $10 million contract to eliminate the world’s greatest assassin, Marcus travels...

"Nobody leaves until the game is finished" Signature Ent. in the UK and Lionsgate in the US have revealed an official trailer for King of Killers, an action thriller from writer Kevin Grevioux, making his feature directorial debut. This is launching in September (in both the US and UK) if anyone wants to watch. A group of international assassins are tasked with killing one man. Based on a graphic novel by Grevioux, King of Killers follows former Agency hitman Marcus Garan (Alain Moussi) as he attempts to unravel the mystery behind a tragic incident. When offered a $10 million contract to eliminate the "world's greatest assassin", Marcus travels to Tokyo to meet the client, but discovers other professional killers have been invited as well. Now Marcus and the others must confront this deadly, mythical assassin... or die trying. The full cast also includes Frank Grillo, Stephen Dorff, Marie Avgeropoulos, Kevin Grevioux,...

In this installment of Horror Highlights, watch the trailer for Halloween Party, learn how you can support the Slow Pokes comic book, watch the trailer for Etheria Season 2, find out when you can watch The Curse Of Audrey Earnshaw, and learn Brazil’s Third Annual Rock Horror Film Festival!

Halloween Party: "Halloween Party follows a college student named Grace on a journey to find out who killed her best friend after the girls trigger a cheesy yet disturbing Halloween-themed computer meme. With the help of a talented I.T. student named Spencer, the two soon discover that their old college has a terrible secret..."

Available in select theaters and on VOD October 2, 2020

Horror / Thriller

2020 | Canada | English | 97 minutes

Distributor: Red Hound Films

Directed by: Jay Dahl

Written by: Jay Dahl

Produced by: Bill Niven, Jay Dahl

Cast: Amy Groening, T. Thomason, Marietta Laan, Shelley Thompson, Jeremy Akerman, Zach Faye, Scott Bailey,...

"What if you do that hard work, and still don't find someone?" Vertical Ent. has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Spinster, the latest film from Canadian filmmaker Andrea Dorfman. This first premiered at the Whistler Film Festival last year, and also stopped by the Miami Film Festival. After her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means to be a single woman. Comedian Chelsea Peretti stars as Gaby. Her greatest fear, that she'll end up a lonely and pathetic spinster, seems to be her destiny. After a frenzy of dating leaves her exhausted and demoralized, she admits she might never find love and must create a Plan B. Also starring Susan Kent, Amy Groening, and Charlie Boyle. This looks smart and fun, and might have good advice on how you...

Vertical Entertainment to release in Us and UK, Game Theory in Canada.

Montreal-based WaZabi Films has picked up worldwide sales rights excluding North America and UK to Andrea Dorfman’s “anti” rom-com Spinster starring Chelsea Peretti of Brooklyn Nine Nine.

Vertical Entertainment will release the film from Woods Entertainment, Northeast Films and Shut Up & Colour Pictures in the Us and UK, while Game Theory will handle distribution in Canada.

WaZabi will launch talks with buyers immediately on Spinster, which follows Peretti’s character Gaby as she is unceremoniously dumped on her 39th birthday and embarks on a dating rampage...

Vertical Entertainment has picked up U.S. and U.K. rights to Andrea Dorfman’s comedy “Spinster,” starring “Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s” Chelsea Peretti.

The film makes its U.S. premiere today in the Cinema 360 section at the Miami Film Festival. Toronto-based Game Theory Films has Canadian rights.

“Spinster” follows Peretti’s character Gaby who, unceremoniously dumped on her 40th birthday, is petrified she’ll be alone forever. She embarks on a dating rampage only to discover that her problem isn’t that she doesn’t have a love life – it’s that she doesn’t have a life.

The cast also includes Susan Kent, whose credits include “Trailer Park Boys” and “Hands That Bind,” Nadia Tonen (“Mr. D”), Jonathan Watton (“Murdoch Mysteries”), and Amy Groening.

The film is written by Jennifer Deyell, with cinematography by Stephanie Weber Biron and editing by Simone Smith. Producers include Bill Niven, Marc Tetreault, Jay Dahl and William Woods.

Stars: Amy Groening, T. Thomason, Shelley Thompson, Bradley Bailey, Scott Bailey, Jason Daley, Zach Faye, Lisa Hackett, Marletta Laan, Jason Morley, Taylor Olson, Geneviève Steele, Shelley Thompson | Written and Directed by Jay Dahl

Jay Dahl, writer and director of There Are Monsters, is back after a five-year break from the genre with his latest film Halloween Party, an apparent love-letter to the horror films of the 90s and all the baggage associated with the films of the time.

They were known as the ‘Halloween Party’, a group of five badly disfigured children who made a pact to take revenge on a world who couldn’t look at them. Unwittingly released from their closet grave via a Halloween-themed computer meme, they now take malevolent joy in terrorising college students with their worst fears. Can the unlikely pair of bereaved Grace and hacker nerd Spencer stop the virus spreading before its too late?...

Losing one's virginity is a daunting enough task for a young person, as I'm sure most of you reading this right now can attest. But what if the stakes were even higher? And what if your life depended on popping your proverbial cherry?

Read on for details and first images from Teen Lust, which stars Saw's Cary Elwes and "True Blood"'s sexy vamp Kristin Bauer van Straten!

Directed by Blaine Thurier, the film also stars Daryl Sabara, Jon Cor, Annie Clark, Jon Dore, Ali Tataryn, Amy Groening, Hilary Jardine and Jesse Carere.

Synopsis

An awkward high school student strives to lose his virginity before his parents and their Satanic cult can sacrifice him to the devil.

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Darclight Films have unveiled a batch of new stills from writer and director Blaine Thurier's new comedy horror feature 'Teen Lust'. The Canadian project, currently in post-production, features 'Saw 3D' star Cary Elwes and 'True Blood' hottie Kristin Bauer van Straten (below) and revolves around an awkward high school student who strives to lose his virginity before his parents and their Satanic cult can sacrifice him to the devil. Thurier helms from a script that he co-wrote alongside Jason Stone who directed 'Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse', the original short film that Seth Rogen's 'This is the End' was based on. 'Teen Lust' also stars Daryl Sabara, Annie Clark, Jon Cor, Jon Dore, Jesse Carere, Ali Tataryn, Amy Groening and Hilary Jardine. Head below for the new images....

Director Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, Conor Sweeney Cast Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, Garrett Hnatiuk, Brent Neale, Kevin Anderson, Lloyd Kaufman, Mackenzie Murdock, Billy Sadoo Release Year 2012 Reviewed by John of the Dead I cannot remember how long it had been since the last time I saw a Troma-related film, but when I heard that Fathers Day was not only one of the be…...

Father’S Day

Stars: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, Garrett Hnatiuk, Brent Neale, Kevin Anderson, Meredith Sweeney, Zsuzsi | Written and Directed by Astron-6 (aka Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski, Conor Sweeney)

For people who remember older Troma movies like The Toxic Avenger they will remember that they were pretty gory. Kids were run over then got their heads squashed under car wheels, hell the violence and gore was at a high level, but the most important thing was they had a sense of humour. A lot of horror films don’t go for that sense of humour now, some may say we have lost that element of horror that we just aim for the gore and forget what fun horror can be. In ways that is true, but then came Father’s Day.

Chris Fuchman is the Father’s Day Killer; he rapes fathers...

There are a lot of fathers who birthed Father’s Day, the first collaboration between U.S. exploitation production company/distributor Troma Entertainment and Canadian filmmaking collective Astron-6, of which there are five members: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Conor Sweeney, Matt Kennedy and Steven Kostanski. And, yes, Lloyd Kaufman makes an amusing cameo in the film.

Overall, it’s a good marriage as Astron-6 knows precisely what to deliver to keep Troma audiences happy: Over-the-top gore, maniacal and non-sensical plot twists, bad jokes, lots of naked women and, especially, extreme mutilation of male genitals. One particular extended scene of self-mutilation of one character’s organ towards the end of the film crosses over from being a quick, gross-out gag to a “We dare you to watch this through to the end” act of visual sadism towards the audience.

All of the Astron-6 members pull down double, triple and sometimes quadruple...

Directed by: Astron 6

Starring: Adam Brooks. Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening

I do not like Troma films. By most people's accounts this makes me a very bad horror fan. It's not my fault if I don't like watching movies that make me feel like I smell like a butt hole okay? Also, I just don't understand why anyone would want to smell like a butt hole Or why anyone would want to sit through an hour and a half of a movie that makes you feel like both vomiting and dying.

Before everyone starts getting all angry and posting mean comments on this review, I would like to remind you that I unlike say--Hitler---am capable of trying to understand someones point of view even if I do not agree with it myself. That is to say, I will still give Father's Day the honor of getting a fair review.

*a screener of this film was provided by Troma Entertainment.

Directors: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, and Conor Sweeney.

Writers: Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy and Steven Kostanski.

Cast: Astron-6: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Amy Groening, Garrett Hnatiuk, Brent Neale, Kevin Anderson, Meredith Sweeney, Zsuzsi, and Lloyd Kaufman.

Troma Entertainment is well known for its range of B movie craziness, and the schlock produced in Father's Day is different than their usual fare. It tries to be serious before slapping viewers with comedy. This film marks the debut of Astron-6, a new collective of filmmakers who quite enjoy stamping a grindhouse style onto their premiere product.

Although this tradition dates back to the days of early modern burlesque, the 30's and 70's vibe is replaced with more of the 80's style nostalgia. Here, Ahab (Adam Brooks) is out on a quest for revenge. He's after...