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If you’re looking for a psychological techno-thriller to keep you frozen in your theater seat this summer, Focus Features has the perfect cybernetic nightmare lined up. The studio is officially set to unleash Hot Spot in theaters nationwide this August. Directed by Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure, The Silent Twins) and penned by Robert Bolesto, the film promises a hypnotic blend of near-future paranoia and classic noir detective fiction. A Meltdown of Identity and Intelligence The film is set in a claustrophobic, near-future society completely governed by a sentient, omnipotent Artificial Intelligence. The narrative follows a weary private investigator who takes on what seems like a routine murder case. However, the investigation quickly derails when he uncovers the tracks of a shadowy rebel faction. It’s an underground group that possesses the exact digital weaponry needed to permanently corrupt and undermine their synthetic digital overlord. As the detective digs deeper into the corporate and technological abyss, the case turns inward.
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As artificial intelligence continues to blur the boundaries of truth, upcoming thriller Appofeniacs aims to tap into the ultimate modern paranoia. The film trades classic monsters for digital fabrication. It explores what happens when weaponized deepfakes bleed into the physical world with deadly force. A Party Trick Turned Nightmare The story follows Duke, played by Aaron Holliday, a reckless digital creator who treats identity manipulation like an amusing stunt. Exploiting the human tendency to believe whatever appears on a screen, Duke launches a chain reaction of deceit. And it rapidly spirals out of control across a web of interconnected lives. What starts as digital mischief soon intersects with Poppy (Simran Jehani), who ventures into the desert for a weekend of cosplay and hedonism, alongside the legendary Clinto Binto (Sean Gunn) and an unfortunate outsider named Lazzy (Paige Searcy), who gets swept into the fallout. The Terror of Confirmation Bias Rather than blaming rogue algorithms or sentient code, Appofeniacs aims to
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Unholy Night (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighbourhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas. Review Unholy Night is a horror comedy with heart. Squabbles between the Italian family members on Christmas Eve and the problems that arise when relatives return from the dead drive the comedy elements winningly. Director Michael Gabriele balances the humor and the horror nicely, along with relationship and family drama. The ensemble cast members all give solid performances, and the makeup for the revenants is satisfyingly creepy. These living dead can speak, cook, and move around well, and can sometimes be calmed down when they become aggressive enough
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Ancestral Beasts (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis After cutting ties with her toxic sister, Elyse (Morgan Holmstrom) retreats to her rural ancestral home to rebuild her mental health. But a grotesque, centipede-like creature begins to stalk her, a physical manifestation of buried trauma. As it feeds on her emotional turmoil, Elyse must confront the past she tried to escape to save herself and those she loves. Review Morgan Holmstrom is excellent in Ancestral Beasts as Elyse, a Red River Métis woman who goes back to the family home where her mother committed suicide in an attempt to get away from her verbally abusive older sister Nikki (Darla Contois). Writer/director Tim Riedel takes Elyse on a riveting, harrowing journey in which a diabolical creature is a metaphor for mental illness, and Holmstrom nails her character in a role that certainly wouldn’t be easy to play. She portrays the different emotions through which her character goes winningly, and is reason enough to recommend
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If someone proved to you right now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we aren’t alone in the universe, would you be terrified, or relieved? That very question is at the center of Disclosure Day, the epic sci-fi thriller from the undisputed king of the summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg. Fresh off its hit theatrical run, the film is officially available to watch at home on Digital platforms starting today. Disclosure Day reunites Spielberg with legendary screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds; the film is a masterclass in global tension, government cover-ups, and jaw-dropping suspense. An All-Star Ensemble Spielberg assembled an absolute powerhouse cast, featuring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Challengers), and Colman Domingo (Rustin). Eve Hewson (The Perfect Couple), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), and Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) join the chaos. Spielberg produces alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger, with Adam Somner and Chris Brigham serving as executive producers. Watch it Now! The
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Lock up your livestock and hide your bounties: the award-winning cult-favorite animated short Space Goblins is officially back—and it’s leveling up into a full-length, blood-soaked feature film. Brought to you by MegaCity Media, this bigger, badder, and infinitely messier cinematic reimagining expands the chaotic universe of Gib and Gob, taking independent sci-fi animation into delightfully unhinged, uncharted territory. And get this: it’s directed by Amer Shihab, the same director behind the short film. The Story: Dumb Luck Meets Galactic Chaos At the heart of the madness are Gib and Gob—two alien bounty-hunter brothers emerging from a decade-long hideout. The bad news? The galaxy didn’t get any smarter while they were gone. In fact, it’s devolved into absolute lawlessness. To survive, the duo must face off against monstrous syndicate lords, impossible odds, and their own complete lack of impulse control. Think RoboCop and Total Recall satire smashed into the bleak, gritty future-noir of Dredd (2012)—all dumped into a post-apocalyptic blender of
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Our friends at Gunnar are back with their latest collaboration with Cyberpunk 2077. This time, we’re stepping out of Night City’s underworld with glasses inspired by the game’s nefarious weapons-manufacturing megacorporation, MILITECH. For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at DreamWorks. The Cyberpunk 2077 Militech glasses take on the look of range glasses, befitting a corporate merc. The polymer frame wraps around the face to offer a wide view with flexible hinges to ensure comfort for long periods of wear. The lenses will protect your eyes from harmful blue-light coming from your screen (not bullets). You can
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There is something seriously wrong with the followers of New Age religion Crystalnetics. For starters, the robed practitioners of said “religion” like nothing more than to chase chicks around their centrally located pyramid headquarters and then getting unreasonably stabby… there’s also a monster involved, but we’ll get to that later… Enter: room-renting, chain smoking, Gen X anthropology student Bob Martin (Vinnie Bilancio), a gruff scholar with a deep interest in ancient supernatural rites and the ass of his landlady, Crystal (Wendi Winburn). Speaking of Crystal, with a name like that you just know she’s balls deep into that crazy cult and before long she’s introduced our hero to the benefits belief in Crystalnetics can bring… but will he see the truth of the cult and it’s star-born, demonic overlord! Coming from Writer/Director Jeff Leroy (Rat Scratch Fever), The Screaming is an incredibly entertaining satire of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics/Scientology biz. We get the genre author turned New Age Prophet, the
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If you thought the worst thing that could happen at a Las Vegas party was waking up next to a tiger, think again. Independent genre giants Mahal Empire have officially announced that their sci-fi thriller, Alien Storm, will debut this July. The invasion is already underway! Global pre-orders are now live in the Apple TV app. Secure your digital front-row seat to the apocalypse. The Mist Meets The Hangover (But Way Deadlier) The film follows a wealthy businessman. A dense, mysterious fog rolls over his sprawling estate. Then, his ultra-lavish Sin City bash gets crashed by the uninvited guests. And the elite inner circle is forced to retreat into a high-tech, underground secret bunker. Unfortunately for them, what was supposed to be a secure sanctuary quickly becomes a subterranean trap. A sinister, otherworldly entity has already breached the perimeter. This turns their billionaire panic room into a tight, terrifying fight for survival. A Legendary Cast To battle an extraterrestrial threat,
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V.CI. have gone creature crazy and have slapped two spine-tinglers from the golden age of Drive-in madness together on one Blu-ray disc titled (appropriately enough) Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature! This monster mash gets underway with The Crawling Hand from 1963… A manned space mission goes tits-up in the worst possible way resulting in a self-destruct request from an astronaut that’s miraculously lived without oxygen for over twenty minutes. The cosmic wreckage from said blast rains down over a small California beach town where it’s discovered by young science student Paul (Rod Lauren) and his Nordic gal pal, Marta (Sirry Steffen). Among the debris is one of our bomb-shattered astronauts arms with hand still attached (which is solid for title accuracy’s sake), and soon that arcane appendage is up and about causing that patented monster mayhem died-in-the-wicked-wool Monsterkids like us love six ways to Sunday… but, that horrid hand doesn’t stop there as it possesses Paul for a lil’ Jekyll n’ Hyde riffage!
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If you’re looking for a psychological techno-thriller to keep you frozen in your theater seat this summer, Focus Features has the perfect cybernetic nightmare lined up. The studio is officially set to unleash Hot Spot in theaters nationwide this August. Directed by Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure, The Silent Twins) and penned by Robert Bolesto, the film promises a hypnotic blend of near-future paranoia and classic noir detective fiction. A Meltdown of Identity and Intelligence The film is set in a claustrophobic, near-future society completely governed by a sentient, omnipotent Artificial Intelligence. The narrative follows a weary private investigator who takes on what seems like a routine murder case. However, the investigation quickly derails when he uncovers the tracks of a shadowy rebel faction. It’s an underground group that possesses the exact digital weaponry needed to permanently corrupt and undermine their synthetic digital overlord. As the detective digs deeper into the corporate and technological abyss, the case turns inward.
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As artificial intelligence continues to blur the boundaries of truth, upcoming thriller Appofeniacs aims to tap into the ultimate modern paranoia. The film trades classic monsters for digital fabrication. It explores what happens when weaponized deepfakes bleed into the physical world with deadly force. A Party Trick Turned Nightmare The story follows Duke, played by Aaron Holliday, a reckless digital creator who treats identity manipulation like an amusing stunt. Exploiting the human tendency to believe whatever appears on a screen, Duke launches a chain reaction of deceit. And it rapidly spirals out of control across a web of interconnected lives. What starts as digital mischief soon intersects with Poppy (Simran Jehani), who ventures into the desert for a weekend of cosplay and hedonism, alongside the legendary Clinto Binto (Sean Gunn) and an unfortunate outsider named Lazzy (Paige Searcy), who gets swept into the fallout. The Terror of Confirmation Bias Rather than blaming rogue algorithms or sentient code, Appofeniacs aims to
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Unholy Night (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighbourhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas. Review Unholy Night is a horror comedy with heart. Squabbles between the Italian family members on Christmas Eve and the problems that arise when relatives return from the dead drive the comedy elements winningly. Director Michael Gabriele balances the humor and the horror nicely, along with relationship and family drama. The ensemble cast members all give solid performances, and the makeup for the revenants is satisfyingly creepy. These living dead can speak, cook, and move around well, and can sometimes be calmed down when they become aggressive enough
Continue reading →
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Ancestral Beasts (Canada, 2026) Official Synopsis After cutting ties with her toxic sister, Elyse (Morgan Holmstrom) retreats to her rural ancestral home to rebuild her mental health. But a grotesque, centipede-like creature begins to stalk her, a physical manifestation of buried trauma. As it feeds on her emotional turmoil, Elyse must confront the past she tried to escape to save herself and those she loves. Review Morgan Holmstrom is excellent in Ancestral Beasts as Elyse, a Red River Métis woman who goes back to the family home where her mother committed suicide in an attempt to get away from her verbally abusive older sister Nikki (Darla Contois). Writer/director Tim Riedel takes Elyse on a riveting, harrowing journey in which a diabolical creature is a metaphor for mental illness, and Holmstrom nails her character in a role that certainly wouldn’t be easy to play. She portrays the different emotions through which her character goes winningly, and is reason enough to recommend
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If someone proved to you right now, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we aren’t alone in the universe, would you be terrified, or relieved? That very question is at the center of Disclosure Day, the epic sci-fi thriller from the undisputed king of the summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg. Fresh off its hit theatrical run, the film is officially available to watch at home on Digital platforms starting today. Disclosure Day reunites Spielberg with legendary screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds; the film is a masterclass in global tension, government cover-ups, and jaw-dropping suspense. An All-Star Ensemble Spielberg assembled an absolute powerhouse cast, featuring Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Challengers), and Colman Domingo (Rustin). Eve Hewson (The Perfect Couple), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), and Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) join the chaos. Spielberg produces alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger, with Adam Somner and Chris Brigham serving as executive producers. Watch it Now! The
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Lock up your livestock and hide your bounties: the award-winning cult-favorite animated short Space Goblins is officially back—and it’s leveling up into a full-length, blood-soaked feature film. Brought to you by MegaCity Media, this bigger, badder, and infinitely messier cinematic reimagining expands the chaotic universe of Gib and Gob, taking independent sci-fi animation into delightfully unhinged, uncharted territory. And get this: it’s directed by Amer Shihab, the same director behind the short film. The Story: Dumb Luck Meets Galactic Chaos At the heart of the madness are Gib and Gob—two alien bounty-hunter brothers emerging from a decade-long hideout. The bad news? The galaxy didn’t get any smarter while they were gone. In fact, it’s devolved into absolute lawlessness. To survive, the duo must face off against monstrous syndicate lords, impossible odds, and their own complete lack of impulse control. Think RoboCop and Total Recall satire smashed into the bleak, gritty future-noir of Dredd (2012)—all dumped into a post-apocalyptic blender of
Continue reading →
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Our friends at Gunnar are back with their latest collaboration with Cyberpunk 2077. This time, we’re stepping out of Night City’s underworld with glasses inspired by the game’s nefarious weapons-manufacturing megacorporation, MILITECH. For those not familiar with our friends at Gunnar, they specialize in making glasses that have anti-blue light tech. Screens give off blue light that’s invisible to the eyes but can cause strain and fatigue for them. Gunnar’s glasses help block this light to allow those who look at screens all day to work in comfort. Gunnar’s glasses are used by pro e-sport players, gamers, the military, and even animators at DreamWorks. The Cyberpunk 2077 Militech glasses take on the look of range glasses, befitting a corporate merc. The polymer frame wraps around the face to offer a wide view with flexible hinges to ensure comfort for long periods of wear. The lenses will protect your eyes from harmful blue-light coming from your screen (not bullets). You can
Continue reading →
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There is something seriously wrong with the followers of New Age religion Crystalnetics. For starters, the robed practitioners of said “religion” like nothing more than to chase chicks around their centrally located pyramid headquarters and then getting unreasonably stabby… there’s also a monster involved, but we’ll get to that later… Enter: room-renting, chain smoking, Gen X anthropology student Bob Martin (Vinnie Bilancio), a gruff scholar with a deep interest in ancient supernatural rites and the ass of his landlady, Crystal (Wendi Winburn). Speaking of Crystal, with a name like that you just know she’s balls deep into that crazy cult and before long she’s introduced our hero to the benefits belief in Crystalnetics can bring… but will he see the truth of the cult and it’s star-born, demonic overlord! Coming from Writer/Director Jeff Leroy (Rat Scratch Fever), The Screaming is an incredibly entertaining satire of L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics/Scientology biz. We get the genre author turned New Age Prophet, the
Continue reading →
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If you thought the worst thing that could happen at a Las Vegas party was waking up next to a tiger, think again. Independent genre giants Mahal Empire have officially announced that their sci-fi thriller, Alien Storm, will debut this July. The invasion is already underway! Global pre-orders are now live in the Apple TV app. Secure your digital front-row seat to the apocalypse. The Mist Meets The Hangover (But Way Deadlier) The film follows a wealthy businessman. A dense, mysterious fog rolls over his sprawling estate. Then, his ultra-lavish Sin City bash gets crashed by the uninvited guests. And the elite inner circle is forced to retreat into a high-tech, underground secret bunker. Unfortunately for them, what was supposed to be a secure sanctuary quickly becomes a subterranean trap. A sinister, otherworldly entity has already breached the perimeter. This turns their billionaire panic room into a tight, terrifying fight for survival. A Legendary Cast To battle an extraterrestrial threat,
Continue reading →
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V.CI. have gone creature crazy and have slapped two spine-tinglers from the golden age of Drive-in madness together on one Blu-ray disc titled (appropriately enough) Creepy-Creatures Double-Feature! This monster mash gets underway with The Crawling Hand from 1963… A manned space mission goes tits-up in the worst possible way resulting in a self-destruct request from an astronaut that’s miraculously lived without oxygen for over twenty minutes. The cosmic wreckage from said blast rains down over a small California beach town where it’s discovered by young science student Paul (Rod Lauren) and his Nordic gal pal, Marta (Sirry Steffen). Among the debris is one of our bomb-shattered astronauts arms with hand still attached (which is solid for title accuracy’s sake), and soon that arcane appendage is up and about causing that patented monster mayhem died-in-the-wicked-wool Monsterkids like us love six ways to Sunday… but, that horrid hand doesn’t stop there as it possesses Paul for a lil’ Jekyll n’ Hyde riffage!
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