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Stars: Scott Callenberger, LeJon Woods, Mar Cellus, Ameerah Briggs, Kaitlyn Lunardi, Rob Cardazone, Lindsey Dresbach, Jefferson Cox, Daniel Martin Berkey, William Shuman | Written by Bruce Wemple, LeJon Woods | Directed by Bruce Wemple

The Hangman opens with a nod to Fulci’s The Beyond, as a title card informs us that there are seven known gateways to Hell. The one we’re concerned with here isn’t under a hotel in New Orleans, though, it’s somewhere in a nameless part of the mountains of West Virginia.

That’s followed by some cultists pulling something out of that portal, a creature we then see transform a couple of junkies from strung out to strung up. Meet The Hangman.

Oblivious to all of this, Leon and his son Jesse are going on a father and son weekend in the mountains. Unfortunately, the first night goes badly, ending in recriminations over the death...

Jules Willcox starred in her breakout performance as Jessica, a widow fighting off a stalker in a game of cat-and-mouse in the wilderness, in the 2020 psychological thriller Alone. Ozark star Marc Menchaca starred opposite Willcox as the sadistic stalker, Sam, chasing Jessica in Alone. Silence of the Lambs star Anthony Heald played Robert, the hunter who helps Jessica in Alone.

Alone (2020) may have a notably small cast, but each character served a vital role in the psychological thriller. Directed by John Hyams and written by Mattias Olsson, Alone follows a recently widowed woman who is followed and kidnapped by a stalker while travelling alone. After escaping his remote cabin in the wilderness, she is forced to battle the elements while fighting off her kidnapper in a game of cat-and-mouse as he remains in close pursuit.

Alone is a remake of the 2011 Swedish film, Gone ("Försvunnen"), written and directed by Olsson.

Stars: Theo Rossi, Kim Coates, Shane Paul McGhie, Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss, Dermot Mulroney, Sufe Bradshaw, Ritchie Montgomery | Written by Chad Law, Garry Charles | Directed by Jared Cohn

The Getback is the latest “Tubi Original”, but I’m not sure that’s really accurate as there’s almost nothing original about this film.

Mal Cooper was a rising star in the police department. Until someone he brought in was found not guilty and Mal took matters into his own hands. Turns out the guy was someone even a cop can’t get away with beating, the son of a senator. The ensuing scandal cost him his job and his wife.

Now he works as a bounty hunter, tracking down bail jumpers for Alexander Rogan. Right now he wants him to bring in Jake Gordon. There’s just one problem, Jake’s testimony could make sure Alonzo Beaumont never leaves prison, so...

Joseph “Taheim” Bryan, a writer and producer on the Ice-t film Equal Standard, was fatally shot Thursday night in New York City.

The New York Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a unit had responded at about 11:18 p.m. to a 911 call outside an apartment complex on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City.

Bryan, 50, was identified with multiple gunshot wounds to the arm and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

Ice-t tweeted on Friday: “MFs Killed my friend last ...

Joseph “Taheim” Bryan, a writer and producer on the Ice-t film Equal Standard, was fatally shot Thursday night in New York City.

The New York Police Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a unit had responded at about 11:18 p.m. to a 911 call outside an apartment complex on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City.

Bryan, 50, was identified with multiple gunshot wounds to the arm and torso. He was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

Ice-t tweeted on Friday: “MFs Killed my friend last ...

Writer/producer Joseph “Taheim” Bryan, who recently helmed the Ice-t action film Equal Standard, was shot to death in New York City late on Thursday night.

Bryan was sitting in his new Mercedes-Benz when the incident occurred at 11:15, the New York Post reported.

“MFs Killed my friend last night,” Ice-t wrote in a tweet Friday night above a photo of himself with Bryan, co-star Tobias Truvillion, and rapper “Havoc” of Mobb Deep.

“I’m not in a good place behind this,” the star of Law & Order: Svu said. “Taheim was a Good dude making Positive moves. He wrote & we made the film EqualStandard together. He leaves a Wife&Daughter.Dirty MFs followed him home and Murdered him.”

Equal Standard was an indie film released in May. Its cast included “Naughty by Nature” rapper Anthony “Treach” Criss in a supporting role.

Police reported Bryan was hit four times by seven...

Overlong and erratically paced, Brendan Kyle Cochrane’s New York City-based “Equal Standard” opens with a self-conscious scene that heavy-handedly hints at an impending tragedy. There in the sun-dappled kitchen of the happy Jones family, Detective Chris (Tobias Truvillion), Sergeant Jackie (Syleena Johnson) and their adorable daughter lovingly go about their rosy morning routine, while an over-sentimental score embellished with stark notes of caution (one of the film’s various recurring motifs of unsubtlety) accompanies the perfect picture. As the doting husband and wife exchange their daily goodbyes before taking off for their high-risk professions, there is so much weight and emphasis placed on the concerned Jackie when she says “Be safe” that you prophetically know Chris is soon going to need that advice.

Aiming to be “The Wire” of the Black Lives Matter era with a multi-pronged yarn penned by first-time feature writer Taheim Bryan, “Equal Standard” sadly exhibits...