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Tony Wash Brings the Urban Legend of ‘The Rake’ to Life! [Exclusive Trailer]
Unified Pictures and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be spreading the fear of The Rake on DVD and Digital June 5, 2018, Bloody Disgusting learned.
Shenae Grimes-Beech (TV’s “90210,” Scream 4), Rachel Melvin (TV’s “Sleepy Hollow”), and Izabella Miko (Clash of the Titans) star in the tale of siblings who return home 20 years after the shocking murder of their parents and discover that the horrible crime may have a startling connection to a local urban legend.
“At a young age, Ashley and Ben witnessed the brutal murder of their parents. Years later, Ashley is still convinced it wasn’t someone, but something that killed her parents and now she’s tormented by the thought of The Rake returning for her and her family. Is Ashley traumatized, or is the creature inside her real?“
Directed by award-winning horror filmmaker Tony Wash (2014’s SXSW Film Festival Midnight Short Award nominee “The Muck”; 2011’s Chicago Horror Film Festival Jury Award-winning short “A Chance in Hell; It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want To), The Rake co-stars Joey Bicicchi (Rudderless), Stephen Brodie (The Lone Ranger), and Joe Nuñez (Superbad). It was co-written by Tony Wash and Jeremy Silva (High on the Hog) and produced by Mike Dozier (Devil in My Ride).
Wash also provides all of the incredible World of Death content here on Bloody Disgusting.
Check out an exclusive look at the official art and trailer that will infect us all…
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Horror Novelist Ray Garton Has Passed Away at 61
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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