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Kelley Mack, who played Addy on “The Walking Dead,” has passed away after battling glioma of the central nervous system. She was 33.

“Kelley passed peacefully on Saturday evening with her loving mother Kristen and steadfast aunt Karen present. Kelley has already come to many of her loved ones in the form of various butterflies. She will be missed by so many to depths that words cannot express,” her family shared on Instagram.

Mack appeared as Addy across five episodes in Season 9 of “The Walking Dead.” A young Hilltop Colony resident, Addy fought back against the Whisperers in a last stand before being beheaded by Alpha.

Her other genre roles include Broadcast Signal Intrusion, Shot in the Dark, and Delicate Arch.

A celebration of life will be held for Mack at the Glendale Lyceum in Glendale, Oh on August 16, with a Los Angeles celebration to follow.

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The Walking Dead actress Kelley Mack has died at the age of 33. She portrayed Addy in Season 9 of the hit zombie horror series.

A post on her official Instagram page revealed that Mack, born Kelley Klebenow, "passed away peacefully" in her hometown of Cincinatti, Ohio on Saturday, Aug. 2, following a battle with glioma of the central nervous system. A glioma is a type of slow-developing, malignant tumor that starts in the glial cells of the brain or spinal cord.

"It is with indelible sadness that we are announcing the passing of our dear Kelley. Such a bright, fervent light has transitioned to the beyond, where we all eventually must go," the Instagram post reads. "Kelley has already come to many of her loved ones in the form of various butterflies. She will be missed by so many to depths that words cannot express."

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Kelley Mack, an actress, producer and voiceover artist who has appeared in “The Walking Dead,” “9-1-1” and “Chicago Med,” has passed away.

Mack passed away in her hometown of Cincinnati on Saturday, Aug. 1 after a battle with glioma, according to media reports. She was 33.

Across her film and TV credits, Mack is best known for playing Addy, a survivor who resides in the Hilltop Colony, in AMC’s “The Walking Dead” from 2018-2019. She has appeared in episodes of “9-1-1,” “Chicago Med,” “Schooled” and “Coventry.”

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mack discovered her love for storytelling at a young age after being gifted a video camera as a birthday present. She first joined the entertainment industry as an actress, beginning with playing Chloe in 2008 film “The Elephant Garden,” which earned her an acting award from Tisch School of the Arts.

On the film side, Mack can be seen in “Delicate Arch,...

Kelley Mack, who recurred on The Walking Dead and had roles in several films, TV series and commercials, died August 2 of glioma in Cincinnati, her family said. She was 33.

Mack played Addy in five Season 9 episodes of AMC’s The Walking Dead in 2018-19. In that season’s finale, she and 10 other characters are abducted by the Whisperers, with deadly results. Her credits also include guest shots on TV series including 9-1-1, Chicago, The Goldbergs spinoff Schooled and multiple miniseries. She also appeared in such feature films as Broadcast Signal Intrusion opposite Harry Shum Jr, Mr. Manhattan and the upcoming Universal.

Born Kelley Lynne Klebenow on July 10, 1992, in Cincinnati, Mack began acting in commercials as a child. She earned an Acting Award from Tisch School of the Arts for her debut role as Chloe in The Elephant Garden (2008), a film that also won the Student Visionary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Kelley Mack, who played the Hilltop Colony resident Addy on the ninth season of AMC’s The Walking Dead in 2018-19, died Saturday in her birthplace of Cincinnati after a battle with glioma of the central nervous system. She was 33.

Mack also appeared on episodes of Fox’s 9-1-1 in 2019 and NBC’s Chicago Med in 2022 and did lots of commercials, showing up in spots for Dr Pepper (in the fictional town of Fansville), Ross Stores, Budweiser, Eli Lilly, Dairy Queen, Chick-fil-a and, with her mom, Rakuten.

She recorded for the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) as the voice match for Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy and voiced the character for a 2024 Hyundai Ioniq commercial as well.

Her big-screen credits included Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), Delicate Arch (2024) and the soon-to-be-released Universal (2025), on which she also served as executive producer.

She lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for the past 11 years.

Kelley Mack, an American TV actress who appeared in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” “9-1-1” and “Chicago Med,” died on Aug. 2. She was 33.

Her family reported in a statement that Mack died in her hometown of Cincinnati after a battle with glioma of the central nervous system.

Mack graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 2010, and earned a bachelor’s degree in cinematography from the Dodge College of Film at Chapman University in 2014. After receiving a mini video camera as a birthday gift, Mack began appearing in commercials as a child actor. She later earned an acting award from Tisch School of the Arts for her debut role in “The Elephant Garden,” a film that also won the Student Visionary Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008.

Mack was best known for her work in television, which included playing Addy in Season 9 of “The Walking Dead” and Penelope Jacobs in...

This week’s biggest horror news story was the reveal of several first look images from Hellraiser, the brand new Hulu movie from director David Bruckner that’s headed our way.

The franchise’s latest film is set to unleash pain and pleasure exclusively on Hulu on October 7, 2022, with Jamie Clayton (“Sense8”) taking over as our brand new Pinhead.

While we wait for the first trailer, Collider has shared a snippet from composer Ben Lovett‘s new Hellraiser score, which they note will also be releasing on October 7.

Lakeshore Records shared a 1-minute sneak peek of Lovett’s score with Collider, which you can listen to below. Ben Lovett’s previous horror scores include The Ritual, The Wind, The Night House, The Old Ways, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, and Broadcast Signal Intrusion.

In the new Hellraiser movie from Hulu, “A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box,...

Chicago – In 1987, one of the oddest incidents in broadcast history took place in Chicago, when a local news sports segment and an episode of “Dr. Who” on PBS was interrupted by a bizarre video sequence featuring a man in a Max Headroom mask. This infamous event was the inspiration for the new film “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” – directed by Jacob Gentry – which was release to theaters and through Video-On-Demand on October 22nd, 2021, after playing at the 57th Chicago International Film Festival.

Director Jacob Gentry of ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’

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“Broadcast Signal Intrusion“ reframes the Max Headroom event as a thriller narrative, in which James (Harry Shum Jr.) becomes obsessed about the interruptions, looking for messages within them that could reveal some secrets. Kelley Mack portrays Alice, who James brings into his obsession. The script by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall and the...

Chicago – In 1987, one of the oddest incidents in broadcast history took place in Chicago, when a local news sports segment and an episode of “Dr. Who” on PBS was interrupted by a bizarre video sequence featuring a man in a Max Headroom mask. This infamous event was the inspiration for the new film “Broadcast Signal Intrusion,” which was release to theaters and through Video-On-Demand on October 22nd, 2021, after playing at the 57th Chicago International Film Festival.

Harry Shum Jr. of ‘Broadcast Signal Intrusion’

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com

“Broadcast Signal Intrusion“ reframes the Max Headroom event as a thriller narrative, in which James (Harry Shum Jr.) becomes obsessed about the interruptions, looking for messages within them that could reveal some secrets. Kelley Mack portrays Alice, who James brings into his obsession. The script by Phil Drinkwater and Tim Woodall and the direction of Jacob Gentry...

Dark Sky Films and MPI Media Group will bring to Blu-ray Jacob Gentry's thriller Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), starring Harry Shum Jr., Kelley Mack, and Chris Sullivan. Gentry is the director of some killer genre films including the cyberpunk noir Synchronicity and the apocalypse horror The Signal.

The release will be available for purchase on December 7 and is available to pre-order now.

Synopsis:

For three years, James (Harry Shum Jr.

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The spooky season terror continues with the upcoming release of "Broadcast Signal Intrusion." This suspenseful thriller sees a man spiraling down a rabbit hole as he investigates a very creepy mystery. The Jacob Gentry-helmed horror movie leads us into the twisty world of broadcast hijackers and unsolved murders. To get ready for some mystery solving, here's everything you need to know about "Broadcast Signal Intrusion."

"Broadcast Signal Intrusion" is slated for a limited theatrical and VOD release on October...

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As “The Night House” unfolds, and viewers watch as the widow of a suicide victim slowly unravels his dark past, it is composer Ben Lovett’s creepy, atmospheric music that keeps us on edge — a score that began long before director David Bruckner started filming on a lake in upstate New York.

Lovett and Bruckner are old college buddies from the University of Georgia, and as soon as they finished work on “The Ritual” in 2017, Bruckner sent over a script that immediately inspired the composer.

“The Night House” is not your average horror film. The film’s central character Beth (Rebecca Hall) has visions that compel her to delve into her late husband’s disturbing obsessions, which involve mirror images, reversed architectural floor plans, affairs with women who resemble her, and more.

“So you start thinking about inversions of melody, and negative space, and the idea of focusing on the...

It’s hard to believe that the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival is set to kick off once again later this week already, but here we are. From August 5th through August 25th, Fantasia will feature more than 100 different features and shorts from around the globe to entertain genre fans throughout the month. And while it was hard to whittle down our list to just 11 films, this writer highly encourages everyone who will be attending Fantasia (whether in person or virtually) to check out the festival’s incredibly diverse lineup Here, because there’s an amazing assortment of projects that are being celebrated by the fest this year.

It’s also worth noting that some of the Fantasia 2021 selections have appeared at previous festivals, so it didn’t seem fair to include them here since we’ve already covered them. Those titles include Broadcast Signal Intrusion, Coming Home in the Dark, The Feast,...

Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, is back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from Thursday August 26th – Monday 30th August 2021 for five days of the very best of global genre cinema.

The internationally renowned event leads the way in attesting to the versatility of the genre and, despite the interruptions caused by the pandemic, this year is no exception as the twenty-five films to be presented in the main screens are revealed. They include four world premieres and eight International / European premieres.

Global events over the past eighteen months have not only altered most people’s lives but have had a profoundly influential effect on a lot of genre filmmakers and both the opening and closing films this year reflect that.

From the press release:

The festival opens with the European premiere of Demonic, the latest, highly anticipated and petrifying new vision from artist Neill Blomkamp,...

Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival got an early 25th birthday present in the form of James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad,” which will receive a special screening on Aug. 4, the day before Fantasia officially kicks off with the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s zombie thriller “Brain Freeze.” Gunn is a long-time friend of the fest, having first attended in 1997 before later returning for the Canadian premiere of his Marvel blockbuster “Guardians of the Galaxy.”

Fantasia also unveiled its second wave of features participating at this year’s festival, joining a raft of titles announced in May, and will announce the rest of its slate in late July along with details on several virtual events and this year’s juries.

New world premieres, joining the a six-pack announced last month, include Ruth Platt’s “Martyrs Lane,” Anna Zaytseva’s feature debut “#Blue_Whale,” Jonathan Rhys Meyers-starrer “Yakuza Princes” from filmmaker Vicente Amorim,...

The Chattanooga Film Festival lead the pack and set a high bar for virtual festivals last year and they're back again this year with another virtual edition! Taking place June 24 - 29, the opening and closing night films have been announced, along with special events from Clay McLeod Chapman and Grady Hendrix:

Chattanooga, Tenn. - After holding one of the first successful virtual film festivals in May of 2020, the Chattanooga Film Festival (Cff) returns again virtually this year June 24 - 29, 2021.

Kicking things off opening night is the world premiere of Dark Sky Film’s Scenes From An Empty Church. Though audiences have already started to see films that take place during the pandemic or use the fear, loss of hope and isolation it has caused to inform their stories, no film has managed so brilliantly to ponder the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the human condition than this film. Director...

As someone who grew up in the Chicagoland area, I have vague memories of there being a discussion of what would become known as the “Max Headroom Incident,” but never actually saw either of the videos in question until a few years ago. But this real-life occurrence that involved both WGN and Wttw getting their feeds hijacked with a Headroom impersonator has continued to be a mystery after all these years (the hackers were never caught), as well as a bit of technological folklore for anyone growing up in Illinois during that time. It also serves as the inspiration behind the latest feature film from Jacob Gentry, Broadcast Signal Intrusion, which is loosely based on those incidents, but utilizes far more horrific imagery as the means of crafting a tension-fueled tech thriller that managed to creep me out in ways I wasn’t expecting.

Bsi follows James (Harry Shum Jr....

The new thriller "Broadcast Signal Intrusion", directed by Jacob Gentry, stars Anthony E. Cabral, Richard Cotovsky and Jeff Dlugoleckim releasing March 21, 2021: 

"...while logging tapes of decades-old TV broadcasts, video archivist 'James' discovers a surreal and disturbing clip that he believes is the product of a mysterious broadcast signal hacking. His discovery takes a sinister turn when he tracks down similar broadcast intrusions that send him on an obsessive mission. Now James must confront two very real possibilities: that the videos may be clues to a crime beyond all comprehension and that whoever was behind them may be very aware that James is coming uncomfortably close to the truth..."

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Jacob Gentry‘s evolution as a filmmaker remains fixated on electromagnetic waves (outside MTV’s My Super Psycho Sweet 16 franchise) in the SXSW premiere Broadcast Signal Intrusion. It’s a clash of science fiction imagery and novice sleuthing, as Possessor-reminiscent masked interruptions splice between ’90s television programming until narrative beats transform into something more tensely true crime. […]

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