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After its jam-packed, drool-inducing summer showcase, FrightFest — the U.K.’s largest genre film festival — celebrates Halloween with six fear-filled films boasting either their world, international, or U.K. premieres, with Jen and Sylvia Soska on hand to host the screening of their latest offering, On the Edge. It all takes place on October 29 at Cineworld, Leicester Square in London. Following is the official press announcement. Following on from its frightfully successful August five-day event, the UK’s biggest genre film festival is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper all-day Halloween event on Sat 29th October, featuring a six-pack of festive shockers. Embracing three World premieres, the line-up is headlined by The Soska Sisters latest venture, ON THE EDGE. Taking a departure from medical horror, Jen and Sylvia delve into new ground with this tantalising psychological erotic thriller. ‘The Twisted Twins’, who also star in the film, will be hosting the screening, alongside lead actor Aramis Sartorio. Also
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Everyone Will Burn Spanish shocker Everyone Will Burn (Y todos arderán; 2021) is a stylish, gripping effort from director David Hebrero, who cowrote the screenplay with Javier Kiran. Macarena Gómez gives a stunning lead performance as María José, a woman whose son was driven to suicide by other boys because the townspeople are a superstitious and hateful lot, generally speaking. As she is about to take her own life, she is interrupted by a young girl named Lucia (Sofía García in a terrific debut performance) who emerges from somewhere nearby in nature, covered in mud. As the pair drive toward town so that María José can drop off the girl with the authorities, they are stopped by two policemen who soon learn — as does María José — that the girl is empowered with supernatural abilities. As the townsfolk turn further against María José and also set their sights on also persecuting Lucia, dark secrets from the past arise, making
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Spell On You (La Verrue) Salomé (Inès Angelina Mnafek-Amandio) is a young girl facing problems at home, including having warts growing on her nose and adjusting to the polyamorous relationship that her father Gabriel (Sébastien Houbani) and mother Joséphine (Valentine Carrette) are striking up with Colette (Judith Zins). When Dr. Shalimar (Sarah Stern) privately suggests to Salomé that she cast a spell on the warts, the child takes things increasingly further as she tests occult practices. With Spell On You (La Verrue; France, 2022), writer/director Sarah Lasry has crafted a chilling mystical tale with family drama at the forefront, aided by a fine cast including a superb performance from Mnafek-Amandio as a troubled youngster who becomes immersed in her newfound power. Chicks There have been plenty of horror shorts and features about slumber parties gone wrong, but writer/director Geena Marie Hernandez’s Chicks (U.S., 2022) is one of the finest in recent memory. Polly (Nikole Marquez-Davis) is invited to a sleepover
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The new trailer and poster have been released for the British indie horror The Haunting of the Lady-Jane, ahead of its film festival debut. In the film, “The peaceful waterways of the English countryside are plagued by legends of ‘RÀN’; a water spirit who collects the bodies of sinful people along the river. After a disturbing incident left Lily emotionally scarred and estranged from her parents she decides to begin her life again. Now a socially aware writer on female empowerment, she decides to tour the country with Zara, whose journey of self-identity has led her to fully explore life. Lily met Zara through her blog and decided to become travel companions. They see a chance to travel on a barge the ‘Lady-Jane’ on the English canals. Accepting an offer of a free passage up the British canals, Lily and Zara find themselves isolated with Willard, a religiously obsessed man whose past is murkier than the canal waters. The threesome’s
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Shudder has just announced it has acquired the psychological horror Spoonful of Sugar, ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest later this week and set a 2023 release date. In Spoonful of Sugar, “a disturbed babysitter experiences an awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.” The film marks the second feature from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation). Spoonful of Sugar is written by Leah Saint Marie (Price of Honor) and stars Morgan Saylor (Blow the Man Down, Homeland), Kat Foster (Gaslit, Jean Claude Van Johnson), Myko Olivier (United States of Al, Menendez: Blood Brothers), Danilo Crovetti and David Yow (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Under the Silver Lake). And is produced by Vanishing Angle’s (Werewolves Within, Thunder Road) Matt Miller and Natalie Metzger along with Katrina Kudlick (Fixation, Ladyworld). “With Spoonful of Sugar, Mercedes Bryce Morgan delivers an incisive psychological horror laced
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From werewolves to witchcraft, monsters to murderers, and far beyond, Los Angeles-based Screamfest is planning a jaw-dropping, drool-inducing 22nd edition for its October 11th through 20th run. With premieres galore and fear fare from around the globe, the festival promises to be a cinematic nerve center for horror cinema aficionados. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, today announced their first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition. Running October 11th through 20th at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® welcomes audiences back to the big screen for a collective experience they won’t soon forget. Tickets will be on sale soon and can be purchased via the festival website: https://screamfestla.com/ Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest® LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous
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SellingYourScreenplay.com (SYS), is hosting SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival and Conference, a conference focusing on best practices associated with the writing of scripts, producing, editing and distribution and promotion of low budget and independent films on October 7th-9th, at The Yard Theater, 4319 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Films being screened and discussed range from 2 minute shorts produced for next to nothing, to feature films with budgets upwards of six-figures. The films cover a range of genres and issues and come from filmmakers from all around the world with an emphasis on local Los Angeles talent. Tickets for the event are available at the website: http://www.sixfigurefilmfestival.com/ Among this year’s film-line, director Katsuto Kobayashi and Kenji Kobayashi’s horror comedy Love Shack, in which Serial Killer places a hidden camera in a hotel room with the intent of filming his malicious actions on an escort he calls in that night, John Woodruff’s horror Animal Among Us, fixing on mysterious murders at
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I first saw famed Canadian auteur Guy Maddin’s debut feature Tales from the Gimli Hospital at the San Francisco International Film Festival when the film was on the festival circuit in 1988, and I was instantly captivated by its old-fashioned style, gripping visuals, and decidedly offbeat sense of humor. I have been an admirer of Maddin’s work ever since, and this new Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux 4K version supported by Telefilm’s restoration program, with some additional material incorporated, took me back to that initial viewing experience, doing so with marvelous visual and audio clarity. It is impossible to place Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux neatly into one or two genres, as the film incorporates several, but suffice it to say that elements of horror, thriller, dark comedy, absurdist comedy, and other genres abound. Looking for all the world like a lost black-and-white early talking film unearthed, Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux, shot on 16mm, uses light
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XYZ has just announced the World Premier of the comedy-laced cannibal horror Feed Me at LA’s Beyond Fest followed by its Digital release just in time for Halloween. Neal Ward, Christopher Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, and Samantha Loxley star in the film produced by Ed Polgardy (The Wretched) along with Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, and Neal Ward. Feed Me follows Mulvin’s character Jed, whose life is shattered when his wife, played by Loxley, suddenly dies and Jed feels directly responsible. Spiraling into an abyss of depression, he finds himself in a bar with a deranged cannibal, Lionel Flack (Ward, in a truly star-making performance) who convinces him he can redeem himself through the glorious act of allowing himself to be slowly eaten to death. Shapiro remarks “I was truly blown away by FEED ME. I’ve watched this movie ten times since I first saw it because it’s such a blast. This is a horror film for the real sickos out
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Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2022 programming comprising 63 features, including 10 world premieres, 3 US premieres, and 25 West Coast Premieres. Following a sold-out festival in 2021, Beyond Fest returns to Los Angeles for its tenth anniversary edition with 15 days of cinematic excess from September 27th-October 11th. Built in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest will screen at the legendary IMAX at the TCL Chinese, Hollywood Legion Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3, and IMAX headquarters with all ticket sales going to the 501c3 non-profit film institution. With a diverse slate celebrating the most inspired and eclectic cinema from across the globe, Beyond Fest opens with two free screenings of Finn Parker’s bone-chilling SMILE, whilst closing night honors is bestowed upon the World Premiere of HALLOWEEN ENDS, the terrifying conclusion to the iconic horror franchise, from Universal Pictures, Trancas International/Miramax/Blumhouse. Additional World Premieres include
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After its jam-packed, drool-inducing summer showcase, FrightFest — the U.K.’s largest genre film festival — celebrates Halloween with six fear-filled films boasting either their world, international, or U.K. premieres, with Jen and Sylvia Soska on hand to host the screening of their latest offering, On the Edge. It all takes place on October 29 at Cineworld, Leicester Square in London. Following is the official press announcement. Following on from its frightfully successful August five-day event, the UK’s biggest genre film festival is back at the Cineworld, Leicester Square with a bumper all-day Halloween event on Sat 29th October, featuring a six-pack of festive shockers. Embracing three World premieres, the line-up is headlined by The Soska Sisters latest venture, ON THE EDGE. Taking a departure from medical horror, Jen and Sylvia delve into new ground with this tantalising psychological erotic thriller. ‘The Twisted Twins’, who also star in the film, will be hosting the screening, alongside lead actor Aramis Sartorio. Also
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Everyone Will Burn Spanish shocker Everyone Will Burn (Y todos arderán; 2021) is a stylish, gripping effort from director David Hebrero, who cowrote the screenplay with Javier Kiran. Macarena Gómez gives a stunning lead performance as María José, a woman whose son was driven to suicide by other boys because the townspeople are a superstitious and hateful lot, generally speaking. As she is about to take her own life, she is interrupted by a young girl named Lucia (Sofía García in a terrific debut performance) who emerges from somewhere nearby in nature, covered in mud. As the pair drive toward town so that María José can drop off the girl with the authorities, they are stopped by two policemen who soon learn — as does María José — that the girl is empowered with supernatural abilities. As the townsfolk turn further against María José and also set their sights on also persecuting Lucia, dark secrets from the past arise, making
Continue reading →
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Spell On You (La Verrue) Salomé (Inès Angelina Mnafek-Amandio) is a young girl facing problems at home, including having warts growing on her nose and adjusting to the polyamorous relationship that her father Gabriel (Sébastien Houbani) and mother Joséphine (Valentine Carrette) are striking up with Colette (Judith Zins). When Dr. Shalimar (Sarah Stern) privately suggests to Salomé that she cast a spell on the warts, the child takes things increasingly further as she tests occult practices. With Spell On You (La Verrue; France, 2022), writer/director Sarah Lasry has crafted a chilling mystical tale with family drama at the forefront, aided by a fine cast including a superb performance from Mnafek-Amandio as a troubled youngster who becomes immersed in her newfound power. Chicks There have been plenty of horror shorts and features about slumber parties gone wrong, but writer/director Geena Marie Hernandez’s Chicks (U.S., 2022) is one of the finest in recent memory. Polly (Nikole Marquez-Davis) is invited to a sleepover
Continue reading →
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The new trailer and poster have been released for the British indie horror The Haunting of the Lady-Jane, ahead of its film festival debut. In the film, “The peaceful waterways of the English countryside are plagued by legends of ‘RÀN’; a water spirit who collects the bodies of sinful people along the river. After a disturbing incident left Lily emotionally scarred and estranged from her parents she decides to begin her life again. Now a socially aware writer on female empowerment, she decides to tour the country with Zara, whose journey of self-identity has led her to fully explore life. Lily met Zara through her blog and decided to become travel companions. They see a chance to travel on a barge the ‘Lady-Jane’ on the English canals. Accepting an offer of a free passage up the British canals, Lily and Zara find themselves isolated with Willard, a religiously obsessed man whose past is murkier than the canal waters. The threesome’s
Continue reading →
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Shudder has just announced it has acquired the psychological horror Spoonful of Sugar, ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest later this week and set a 2023 release date. In Spoonful of Sugar, “a disturbed babysitter experiences an awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.” The film marks the second feature from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation). Spoonful of Sugar is written by Leah Saint Marie (Price of Honor) and stars Morgan Saylor (Blow the Man Down, Homeland), Kat Foster (Gaslit, Jean Claude Van Johnson), Myko Olivier (United States of Al, Menendez: Blood Brothers), Danilo Crovetti and David Yow (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Under the Silver Lake). And is produced by Vanishing Angle’s (Werewolves Within, Thunder Road) Matt Miller and Natalie Metzger along with Katrina Kudlick (Fixation, Ladyworld). “With Spoonful of Sugar, Mercedes Bryce Morgan delivers an incisive psychological horror laced
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From werewolves to witchcraft, monsters to murderers, and far beyond, Los Angeles-based Screamfest is planning a jaw-dropping, drool-inducing 22nd edition for its October 11th through 20th run. With premieres galore and fear fare from around the globe, the festival promises to be a cinematic nerve center for horror cinema aficionados. Following is the official press announcement. Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, today announced their first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition. Running October 11th through 20th at the TCL Chinese Theater, Screamfest® welcomes audiences back to the big screen for a collective experience they won’t soon forget. Tickets will be on sale soon and can be purchased via the festival website: https://screamfestla.com/ Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest® LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous
Continue reading →
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SellingYourScreenplay.com (SYS), is hosting SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival and Conference, a conference focusing on best practices associated with the writing of scripts, producing, editing and distribution and promotion of low budget and independent films on October 7th-9th, at The Yard Theater, 4319 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Films being screened and discussed range from 2 minute shorts produced for next to nothing, to feature films with budgets upwards of six-figures. The films cover a range of genres and issues and come from filmmakers from all around the world with an emphasis on local Los Angeles talent. Tickets for the event are available at the website: http://www.sixfigurefilmfestival.com/ Among this year’s film-line, director Katsuto Kobayashi and Kenji Kobayashi’s horror comedy Love Shack, in which Serial Killer places a hidden camera in a hotel room with the intent of filming his malicious actions on an escort he calls in that night, John Woodruff’s horror Animal Among Us, fixing on mysterious murders at
Continue reading →
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I first saw famed Canadian auteur Guy Maddin’s debut feature Tales from the Gimli Hospital at the San Francisco International Film Festival when the film was on the festival circuit in 1988, and I was instantly captivated by its old-fashioned style, gripping visuals, and decidedly offbeat sense of humor. I have been an admirer of Maddin’s work ever since, and this new Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux 4K version supported by Telefilm’s restoration program, with some additional material incorporated, took me back to that initial viewing experience, doing so with marvelous visual and audio clarity. It is impossible to place Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux neatly into one or two genres, as the film incorporates several, but suffice it to say that elements of horror, thriller, dark comedy, absurdist comedy, and other genres abound. Looking for all the world like a lost black-and-white early talking film unearthed, Tales from the Gimli Hospital Redux, shot on 16mm, uses light
Continue reading →
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XYZ has just announced the World Premier of the comedy-laced cannibal horror Feed Me at LA’s Beyond Fest followed by its Digital release just in time for Halloween. Neal Ward, Christopher Mulvin, Hannah Al Rashid, and Samantha Loxley star in the film produced by Ed Polgardy (The Wretched) along with Adam Leader, Richard Oakes, and Neal Ward. Feed Me follows Mulvin’s character Jed, whose life is shattered when his wife, played by Loxley, suddenly dies and Jed feels directly responsible. Spiraling into an abyss of depression, he finds himself in a bar with a deranged cannibal, Lionel Flack (Ward, in a truly star-making performance) who convinces him he can redeem himself through the glorious act of allowing himself to be slowly eaten to death. Shapiro remarks “I was truly blown away by FEED ME. I’ve watched this movie ten times since I first saw it because it’s such a blast. This is a horror film for the real sickos out
Continue reading →
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Beyond Fest, the highest-attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its complete slate of 2022 programming comprising 63 features, including 10 world premieres, 3 US premieres, and 25 West Coast Premieres. Following a sold-out festival in 2021, Beyond Fest returns to Los Angeles for its tenth anniversary edition with 15 days of cinematic excess from September 27th-October 11th. Built in partnership with the American Cinematheque, Beyond Fest will screen at the legendary IMAX at the TCL Chinese, Hollywood Legion Theatre, Aero Theatre, Los Feliz 3, and IMAX headquarters with all ticket sales going to the 501c3 non-profit film institution. With a diverse slate celebrating the most inspired and eclectic cinema from across the globe, Beyond Fest opens with two free screenings of Finn Parker’s bone-chilling SMILE, whilst closing night honors is bestowed upon the World Premiere of HALLOWEEN ENDS, the terrifying conclusion to the iconic horror franchise, from Universal Pictures, Trancas International/Miramax/Blumhouse. Additional World Premieres include
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