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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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Jurassic Rampage, the latest creature feature from low-budget titan The Asylum, is out now. Known for delightfully unhinged pop-culture mockbusters like Sharknado, Immortal Combat, Shark Trash, and Master of the Universe, the production house is back. This time to give giant prehistoric reptiles a taste of suburban real estate. The film lands conveniently just one week ahead of David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street theatrical release. This gives creature-feature aficionados a head start on cinematic chaos. Suburban Neighborhoods vs. Prehistoric Predators The film’s premise cuts straight to the chase. An armored military transport loses control, unleashing a payload of hungry dinosaurs directly into an unsuspecting residential block. According to the official synopsis, the trapped neighborhood family must survive a deadly reptilian onslaught. The trailer wastes no time diving into the carnage. A family of four is pinned down in their own home while the armed personnel sent to contain the threat quickly become prehistoric snacks. A Splashy Climax
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Don’t feel like reading? Watch the review below. The year 2026 has been utterly swamped with shark thrillers. As anyone who recently sat through the bargain-bin disaster that was Chum can tell you, quantity definitely doesn’t mean quality. Fortunately, Above and Below arrives like a rogue wave to wash away the bad taste of lesser creature features. It delivers a relentless, high-octane survival thriller that actually remembers how to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Above and Below is helmed by veteran action director Jesse V. Johnson (Savage Dog). Tony Giordano penned the script for the film, which wastes zero time. It quickly plunges its cast and the audience into a multi-front nightmare. Warning: Spoilers Cocaine, Cages, and Apex Predators The premise serves up a classic recipe for vacation chaos. Five friends head off for a bucket-list shark dive. However, their excursion derails when they spot a massive stash of cartel cocaine. Before they can even wrap their
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If you thought September was too early for holiday cheer, nobody told Art the Clown. The silent mascot of horror chaos is taking over the legendary Terror Tram at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. And he’s bringing theatrical metal maestros Ice Nine Kills along to play choir director. Running select nights from Thursday, September 3 through Sunday, November 1, “Terror Tram starring Art the Clown” will see the murderous mime hijack the famous studio backlot. And he’s bringing a sack full of premature, blood-soaked presents. To match the twisted holiday spirit, Ice Nine Kills is crafting an original score that takes a butcher-knife to classic Christmas carols. A Match Made in Slasher Heaven This isn’t the first time the Boston metalcore crew has crossed paths with the silent killer. Ice Nine Kills previously unleashed “A Work of Art,” the official theme song for Terrifier 3, which debuted in theaters alongside the film, amassed nearly 60 million streams, and spent
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Red Owl Films, a new international sales and distribution company based in Wellington, New Zealand, has officially launched operations. Specializing in boundary-pushing fantasy and high-quality genre cinema, Red Owl connects visionary emerging filmmakers with the global film marketplace. They aim to bridge the gap between commercial appeal and auteur storytelling. Beyond international sales, the company offers end-to-end support for its roster, encompassing film festival strategy, international marketing, and global distribution management. Red Owl’s inaugural sales slate highlights an eclectic range of indie horror, classic giallo, and true-crime documentary offerings: The Barn Part II October 31 Directed by Justin M. Seaman The long-awaited sequel to Justin M. Seaman’s indie horror hit picks up three years after Michelle’s narrow escape from the tragedy in Wheary Falls. Now in college and tasked with leading the Gamma Tau Psi sorority haunted house, Michelle remains tormented by the traumatic events of Halloween night. When uninvited trick-or-treaters from her past return—bringing a terrifying host of new
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Director Louis Leterrier has brought his sci-fi horror thriller The Last House to Netflix. And the streaming giant is celebrating the release with a publicity stunt that takes claustrophobia to a whole new level. To mirror the film’s premise, Netflix has trapped an actual human inside a fully furnished living room billboard suspended 30 feet above Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard. Living the Suspended Life on Sunset Boulevard The high-concept thriller follows a family of four unexpectedly sealed inside their home with zero escape routes. They are forced to navigate shrinking resources while surviving whatever sinister force is keeping them locked inside. Taking the “trapped at home” theme to its absolute extreme, the billboard actor lived in his elevated, glass-enclosed box at Selma Avenue and Sunset Boulevard through Saturday, August 8. While maintaining a bizarre semblance of daily routine 30 feet in the air, he communicated with gawking commuters below via whiteboard—a creepy homage to the film’s themes of isolated survival.
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Rising Producers Launch Black Ribbon Productions with Blood-Chilling Slate Ahead of Halloween 2026 Los Angeles has a new home for the bizarre, the unsettling, and the downright terrifying. Producers Brooke Becker and Delaney Sharpe have officially launched Black Ribbon Productions. It is a Los Angeles–based production house dedicated to developing genre-bending horror, sci-fi, and alternative digital content. Built on a foundation of bold storytelling, Black Ribbon aims to champion underrepresented voices while serving up unconventional narratives tailored for modern audiences. Becker’s background spans hit television projects including Hulu’s “The Dropout,” HBO Max’s “Head of the Class,” and Freeform’s “grown-ish.” She also served as a staff writer and actor on the award-winning series “Parallel.” You can stream it now on Prime Video. Sharpe, the accomplished playwright behind Emily Dickinson Is Dead, made her directorial debut with Adaptation: Harrison Bergeron. She has also appeared in projects like Reputation, Artefact, and the feature Army & Coop. A Packed Debut Slate Launching just in
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Disney+ has ordered a pilot for “Spaceship Earth,” a series inspired by EPCOT’s legendary dark ride. Casting is underway, though no names have been announced so far. From Ride to the Small Screen Rather than a quiet, slow-moving tram ride, the show is swinging for a high-concept, multi-timeline apocalypse story, Variety reports. The official logline reads: “When a mission to avert an imminent global cataclysm goes awry, a small band of teenagers from Earth’s past and future must join forces to confront a threat as vast and mysterious as time itself.” The History Since EPCOT opened its gates in 1982, Spaceship Earth has served as the park’s visual anchor and spiritual heart, housing a beloved journey through the evolution of human communication inside an 18-story structural marvel. Behind the Scenes Showrunner Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman, Argylle) leads the project via Five Ten Productions. Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) is Executive Producing under his Anomaly Pictures
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Terror Films Releasing has officially re-teamed with writer-director Dean Jacobs (The Trip) for his newest indie horror feature, Water Rites. The folk horror is set to make its worldwide streaming debut this August, bringing a secluded lakefront nightmare directly to digital platforms. The film follows a young couple seeking a quiet summer escape at an isolated lakeside community. However, their idyllic retreat quickly unravels. Soon, they unearth a sinister secret harbored by the locals. This sets off a chain of events from which neither may ever return. A Powerhouse Cast of Genre Legends Water Rites boasts an extraordinary ensemble that bridges legendary horror heritage with fresh talent, anchoring its unsettling story in powerhouse performances. Dee Wallace: Widely celebrated as one of cinema’s most beloved scream queens and character actresses, Wallace’s storied career includes her iconic role as Mary in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, alongside undisputed horror classics like Joe Dante’s The Howling, Lewis Teague’s Cujo, and Stephen Herek’s Critters.
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Horror maestro Alexandre Aja is officially keeping his feet soaked in aquatic terror. Between gearing up for Netflix’s Under Paris 2 and returning to helm the long-awaited sequel to his 2019 sleeper hit Crawl, Aja is once again proving that water is the ultimate death trap. This time, however, the gators are packing their bags and taking a bite out of the Big Apple. A Concrete Jungle Turned Submerged Feeding Ground Leaving behind the hurricane-battered swamps of Florida, Crawl 2 trades suburban crawlspaces for a partially submerged New York City. Specific plot details are still tucked safely below the waterline. However, the urban setting immediately brings to mind the legendary myth of alligators lurking in the NYC sewer system. It’s also an enthusiastic, modern nod to cult creature-feature classics like 1980’s Alligator. Navigating rising floodwaters trapped inside a skyscraper canyon against hungry apex predators elevates the franchise’s claustrophobic thrill ride to a whole new level of citywide chaos. Fresh Prey
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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
Continue reading →
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Jurassic Rampage, the latest creature feature from low-budget titan The Asylum, is out now. Known for delightfully unhinged pop-culture mockbusters like Sharknado, Immortal Combat, Shark Trash, and Master of the Universe, the production house is back. This time to give giant prehistoric reptiles a taste of suburban real estate. The film lands conveniently just one week ahead of David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street theatrical release. This gives creature-feature aficionados a head start on cinematic chaos. Suburban Neighborhoods vs. Prehistoric Predators The film’s premise cuts straight to the chase. An armored military transport loses control, unleashing a payload of hungry dinosaurs directly into an unsuspecting residential block. According to the official synopsis, the trapped neighborhood family must survive a deadly reptilian onslaught. The trailer wastes no time diving into the carnage. A family of four is pinned down in their own home while the armed personnel sent to contain the threat quickly become prehistoric snacks. A Splashy Climax
Continue reading →
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Don’t feel like reading? Watch the review below. The year 2026 has been utterly swamped with shark thrillers. As anyone who recently sat through the bargain-bin disaster that was Chum can tell you, quantity definitely doesn’t mean quality. Fortunately, Above and Below arrives like a rogue wave to wash away the bad taste of lesser creature features. It delivers a relentless, high-octane survival thriller that actually remembers how to keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Above and Below is helmed by veteran action director Jesse V. Johnson (Savage Dog). Tony Giordano penned the script for the film, which wastes zero time. It quickly plunges its cast and the audience into a multi-front nightmare. Warning: Spoilers Cocaine, Cages, and Apex Predators The premise serves up a classic recipe for vacation chaos. Five friends head off for a bucket-list shark dive. However, their excursion derails when they spot a massive stash of cartel cocaine. Before they can even wrap their
Continue reading →
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If you thought September was too early for holiday cheer, nobody told Art the Clown. The silent mascot of horror chaos is taking over the legendary Terror Tram at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. And he’s bringing theatrical metal maestros Ice Nine Kills along to play choir director. Running select nights from Thursday, September 3 through Sunday, November 1, “Terror Tram starring Art the Clown” will see the murderous mime hijack the famous studio backlot. And he’s bringing a sack full of premature, blood-soaked presents. To match the twisted holiday spirit, Ice Nine Kills is crafting an original score that takes a butcher-knife to classic Christmas carols. A Match Made in Slasher Heaven This isn’t the first time the Boston metalcore crew has crossed paths with the silent killer. Ice Nine Kills previously unleashed “A Work of Art,” the official theme song for Terrifier 3, which debuted in theaters alongside the film, amassed nearly 60 million streams, and spent
Continue reading →
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Red Owl Films, a new international sales and distribution company based in Wellington, New Zealand, has officially launched operations. Specializing in boundary-pushing fantasy and high-quality genre cinema, Red Owl connects visionary emerging filmmakers with the global film marketplace. They aim to bridge the gap between commercial appeal and auteur storytelling. Beyond international sales, the company offers end-to-end support for its roster, encompassing film festival strategy, international marketing, and global distribution management. Red Owl’s inaugural sales slate highlights an eclectic range of indie horror, classic giallo, and true-crime documentary offerings: The Barn Part II October 31 Directed by Justin M. Seaman The long-awaited sequel to Justin M. Seaman’s indie horror hit picks up three years after Michelle’s narrow escape from the tragedy in Wheary Falls. Now in college and tasked with leading the Gamma Tau Psi sorority haunted house, Michelle remains tormented by the traumatic events of Halloween night. When uninvited trick-or-treaters from her past return—bringing a terrifying host of new
Continue reading →
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Director Louis Leterrier has brought his sci-fi horror thriller The Last House to Netflix. And the streaming giant is celebrating the release with a publicity stunt that takes claustrophobia to a whole new level. To mirror the film’s premise, Netflix has trapped an actual human inside a fully furnished living room billboard suspended 30 feet above Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard. Living the Suspended Life on Sunset Boulevard The high-concept thriller follows a family of four unexpectedly sealed inside their home with zero escape routes. They are forced to navigate shrinking resources while surviving whatever sinister force is keeping them locked inside. Taking the “trapped at home” theme to its absolute extreme, the billboard actor lived in his elevated, glass-enclosed box at Selma Avenue and Sunset Boulevard through Saturday, August 8. While maintaining a bizarre semblance of daily routine 30 feet in the air, he communicated with gawking commuters below via whiteboard—a creepy homage to the film’s themes of isolated survival.
Continue reading →
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Rising Producers Launch Black Ribbon Productions with Blood-Chilling Slate Ahead of Halloween 2026 Los Angeles has a new home for the bizarre, the unsettling, and the downright terrifying. Producers Brooke Becker and Delaney Sharpe have officially launched Black Ribbon Productions. It is a Los Angeles–based production house dedicated to developing genre-bending horror, sci-fi, and alternative digital content. Built on a foundation of bold storytelling, Black Ribbon aims to champion underrepresented voices while serving up unconventional narratives tailored for modern audiences. Becker’s background spans hit television projects including Hulu’s “The Dropout,” HBO Max’s “Head of the Class,” and Freeform’s “grown-ish.” She also served as a staff writer and actor on the award-winning series “Parallel.” You can stream it now on Prime Video. Sharpe, the accomplished playwright behind Emily Dickinson Is Dead, made her directorial debut with Adaptation: Harrison Bergeron. She has also appeared in projects like Reputation, Artefact, and the feature Army & Coop. A Packed Debut Slate Launching just in
Continue reading →
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Disney+ has ordered a pilot for “Spaceship Earth,” a series inspired by EPCOT’s legendary dark ride. Casting is underway, though no names have been announced so far. From Ride to the Small Screen Rather than a quiet, slow-moving tram ride, the show is swinging for a high-concept, multi-timeline apocalypse story, Variety reports. The official logline reads: “When a mission to avert an imminent global cataclysm goes awry, a small band of teenagers from Earth’s past and future must join forces to confront a threat as vast and mysterious as time itself.” The History Since EPCOT opened its gates in 1982, Spaceship Earth has served as the park’s visual anchor and spiritual heart, housing a beloved journey through the evolution of human communication inside an 18-story structural marvel. Behind the Scenes Showrunner Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman, Argylle) leads the project via Five Ten Productions. Michael Waldron (Loki, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) is Executive Producing under his Anomaly Pictures
Continue reading →
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Terror Films Releasing has officially re-teamed with writer-director Dean Jacobs (The Trip) for his newest indie horror feature, Water Rites. The folk horror is set to make its worldwide streaming debut this August, bringing a secluded lakefront nightmare directly to digital platforms. The film follows a young couple seeking a quiet summer escape at an isolated lakeside community. However, their idyllic retreat quickly unravels. Soon, they unearth a sinister secret harbored by the locals. This sets off a chain of events from which neither may ever return. A Powerhouse Cast of Genre Legends Water Rites boasts an extraordinary ensemble that bridges legendary horror heritage with fresh talent, anchoring its unsettling story in powerhouse performances. Dee Wallace: Widely celebrated as one of cinema’s most beloved scream queens and character actresses, Wallace’s storied career includes her iconic role as Mary in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, alongside undisputed horror classics like Joe Dante’s The Howling, Lewis Teague’s Cujo, and Stephen Herek’s Critters.
Continue reading →
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Horror maestro Alexandre Aja is officially keeping his feet soaked in aquatic terror. Between gearing up for Netflix’s Under Paris 2 and returning to helm the long-awaited sequel to his 2019 sleeper hit Crawl, Aja is once again proving that water is the ultimate death trap. This time, however, the gators are packing their bags and taking a bite out of the Big Apple. A Concrete Jungle Turned Submerged Feeding Ground Leaving behind the hurricane-battered swamps of Florida, Crawl 2 trades suburban crawlspaces for a partially submerged New York City. Specific plot details are still tucked safely below the waterline. However, the urban setting immediately brings to mind the legendary myth of alligators lurking in the NYC sewer system. It’s also an enthusiastic, modern nod to cult creature-feature classics like 1980’s Alligator. Navigating rising floodwaters trapped inside a skyscraper canyon against hungry apex predators elevates the franchise’s claustrophobic thrill ride to a whole new level of citywide chaos. Fresh Prey
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