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‘Good Madam’ Explores The Horrors Of Society This July On Shudder (Trailer)

Shudder has just announced the premiere date for the haunting South African psychological horror film Good Madam. The film, from writer-director Jenna Cato Bass (Flatland, High Fantasy) and co-writer Babalwa Baartman, centers on Tsidi, a single mother, who is forced to move in with her estranged mother, Mavis, a live-in domestic worker caring obsessively for her catatonic white ‘Madam’ in an affluent Cape Town suburb. However, as Tsidi tries to heal her family, a sinister specter begins to stir. Good Madam explores the generational trauma inherent to South African culture, sprawling from the past to the present day, with chilling delivery and haunting results. Good Madam (Mlungu Wam) stars Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe, Kamvalethu Jonas Raziya, Sanda Shandu, Khanyiso Kenqa, Sizwe Ginger Lubengu, Siya Sikawuti, Peggy Tunyiswa, and Chris Gxalaba. It is produced by Fox Fire Films, Sanusi Chronicles, and Causeway Films in association with Salmira Productions and Strange Charm. Baartman, Cato Bass, Kristina Ceyton (The Babadook, The Nightingale), and

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 17, 2022

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Supernatural Horror ‘3 Demons’ Coming To Digital And DVD This July

D.M Cunningham’s 3 Demons, a supernatural horror film headlined by Peter Tell, is set to be released from Uncork’d Entertainment this summer. The film fixes on a Deputy that is tasked with watching over the body of a recently deceased woman until her family can arrive & claim her. As his curiosity gets the better of him, he inadvertently concludes an unfinished ritual. The conjuring now complete, strange & sinister forces begin to target him. As his past is unearthed, he’s forced to face his own demons with terrifying consequences. Haley Heslip, Laura Golinski, Jovonnah Nicholson, Zoë Cunningham, and Sherryl Despres also star in 3 Demons, premiering on Digital, DVD, and On-Demand on July 5, 2022.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 17, 2022

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Award-Winning Film ‘Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes’ To Be Released Next Week

Director Kevin Kopacka‘s (Hades) award-winning gothic, genre-bending thriller Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes is coming to digital next week. In the film, “Margo, who comes from a noble family, inherited a castle that she inspects with her ill-tempered husband, Dieter. When they arrive at the run-down keep, their relationship is put to the test as their sanity slowly deteriorates. This opens up a new world. As time and space shift around them, a reality that only exists within the walls of the eerie building is exposed – a truth full of warmth and excess. Things aren’t as they seem in this genre-bending film that shifts between different story layers in unpredictable ways. It is a love letter to European cinema of the sixties and seventies that will leave viewers guessing what will happen next.” Written and produced by Lili Villányi and Kevin Kopacka, the German thriller stars Anna Platen (Para – Wir sind King), Jeff Wilbusch (Peacock’s The Missing, Netflix’s

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 17, 2022

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Horror ‘The Mothman Tapes’ Delves Into The Disappearance Of Three Kids

Everyone has heard of the legendary Mothman, a creature often seen just before a great catastrophe. The upcoming found-footage horror film, The Mothman Tapes, will explore the legend in a fresh new way. Today, we’ve got your first look at the film. From 1289 Films’ Jesse P. Pollack and Dan Jones, the critically acclaimed directors of 2021’s Satanic Panic-fueled true crime documentary, The Acid King, comes The Mothman Tapes, a brand-new found footage horror film that explores the 1987 disappearance of three best friends who set out on a road trip for Point Pleasant, West Virginia, in search of the entity that had terrorized the region two decades prior. The 1987 portions of the film, which has recently acquired distribution from the independent horror curators at Wild Eye Releasing, will be shot on period-correct vintage equipment on location at the original Mothman sighting points in Point Pleasant, lending an aesthetic of authenticity that is often missing from the modern found

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 16, 2022

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Indie Vampire Film ‘Bad Blood’ Sinks Its Fangs Into A June Release Date

Genre outfit Devilworks is gearing up to release the horror film Bad Blood this month, a modern offering on the vampire genre. In the indie film, a dedicated social worker forms a bond with a young boy and takes him into her care, only to discover that he is, in fact, a vampire. As his thirst for human blood increases, she must protect him and sets out to help him in any way she can, including hunting his first kill. Bad Blood stars Laura Montgomery Bennett, Tosca Bell, and Lennon Leckey. Eric Steele wrote, directed, and co-produced alongside Barry Morton for Vamoose Productions. Bad Blood will be released on June 21, 2022, on Premium TVOD, followed by a full digital release.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 16, 2022

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Become The Undertaker’s Understudy In ‘The Mortuary Assistant’

Dread XP and Darkstone Digital have announced the release o the highly anticipated first-person horror game that’s been in the works for a while now, The Mortuary Assistant where players take on the role of a recent graduate student called in late one night to the River Fields Mortuary, a place where rumors and local legends talk of being involved in demonic rights and possessions, to perform some embalming procedures on some corpses only to get a call telling her she now can’t leave the office, and soon realizes something is not right with these bodies. In The Mortuary Assistant players need to perform authentic mortician tasks around the mortuary including embalmings, body tagging, and general upkeep. Perform standard exorcisms on bodies that won’t stay dead, and find items all over the mortuary that are useful or collectible. The Mortuary Assistant will be haunting your workspace on August 2nd, 2022 for PC.

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Jun 15, 2022

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Shudder Original Horror-comedy ‘Who Invited Them’ To Debut This Summer

Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has announced the release date for its latest Original Film, the horror-comedy Who Invited Them from writer-director Duncan Birmingham (Maron, Blunt Talk). The film, which made its U.S. premiere at the New Orleans’ Overlook Film Festival, stars Ryan Hansen (Party Down), Melissa Tang (The Kominsky Method), Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why) and Perry Mattfeld (In the Dark). In Who invited Them, Adam and Margo’s (Hansen, Tang) housewarming party is a success. However, one mysterious couple (Granaderos, Mattfeld) linger long after all the other guests have left. The uninvited couple reveals themselves to be their wealthy neighbors, Tom and Sasha. But as a single nightcap leads to another, Adam and Margo start to suspect these new friends are actually duplicitous strangers. The feature is a Shudder Original Production, produced by Mary Pat Bentel (This Close, Holly Slept Over). The deal was negotiated by Emily Gotto and Nicholas Lazo on

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 15, 2022

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H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Witch House’ Conjures A July Release Date And Trailer

From Horror Wasteland Pictures International, H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House is coming to digital and DVD this July. The new trailer for this wild supernatural horror is like a fever dream, filled with horrors. In the film, “Graduate student Alice Gilman (Portia Chellelynn, Hematic Web) is running from an abusive past. She seeks refuge in the infamous Hannah house, a historic home with an ominous history. Determined to prove the possibility of alternate dimensions, she unknowingly unlocks a gateway to unimaginable horror. Facing bizarre and violent events, Alice is plagued by nightmarish dreams of these evil entities. Trapped between the 4th dimension and reality, Alice’s sinister truth is revealed as she fights for her sanity and soul. Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s short story The Dreams in the Witch House, Witch House blurs the boundaries between reality, dreams, and the beyond. Easley and Ken Wallace penned the script for the film, which was shot in Indiana’s Historical Hannah House, which is known

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 15, 2022

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Teens Make Horrible Discovery In ‘Where The Scary Things Are’ (Trailer)

A group of teens discovers something horrid and dangerous in a closed Halloween haunted attraction in Where the Scary Things Are, from writer-director Harrison Smith (Death House, Camp Dread). Paul Cottman, Michael Cervantes, Peter F.Cote, Quinn Andrew Fickes, Selina Flanscha, Oliver Givens, Emma Lim, Asher Ruppert, and Riley Sullivan star. Where The Scary Things Are is coming to DVD and VOD June 28, 2022, from Lionsgate and Class of ’85 in association with Everything’s Fire and Hollywood Media Bridge. ‘

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 15, 2022

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A Woman Finds Herself Trapped Alone In ‘Isolated’ (Trailer)

KateLynn E. Newberry (Widow’s Point, Devil’s Junction: Handy Dandy’s Revenge) stars in Isolated, out today On Demand. The self-contained mystery/action thriller, similar in concept to Red Eye and Devil, tells of a woman who wakes up trapped inside a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there. As she fights to find a way to escape, she ends up talking to a man in a room next to hers that claims he, too, is trapped. As she questions whether or not to trust this man, she starts to remember things from her past that lead her to question not only where she might be but also what she might be. Directed by Tyler Lee Allen, the film stars Newberry, Lanny Joon, and David Solomon. “Newberry commands the screen in this captivating mystery,” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “We look forward to audiences discovering the masterful work Allen has done on ISOLATED this June.” Isolated

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 14, 2022

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