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This October, a medical experiment goes terribly wrong in the psychological horror film Implanted, from writer-director Fabien Dufils. In Implanted, Sarah, a struggling young woman living in Brooklyn, agrees to volunteer as an experimental test subject for a pharmaceutical company called Dynamic Health Cure and to be implanted with the LEXX nanochip. Sarah hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles and help her to take care of her mother who has Alzheimer’s. A nanochip is implanted in her cerebral cortex. It is designed with artificial intelligence technology to take control of the body at the inception of any disease or illness. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die. Michelle Girolami stars in the film executive produced by Jordon Winter, Malek Ghorayeb, Paul Mignot, Karim Naceur, Edmond Tao, Léa Morel, and Julien Seri. Gravitas Ventures will
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AMC Networks’ premium streaming bundle AMC+ and RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, announced today the acquisition of and a day-and-date release for the darkly comedic drama Silent Night ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Writer Camille Griffin makes her directorial debut with Silent Night, set to be released in theaters and stream exclusively on AMC+ in North America this December. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Ṣọpé Dìrísù, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones, and Trudie Styler star. From producers Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman franchise), Trudie Styler (Moon), and Celine Rattray (The Kids Are Alright), Silent Night follows a group of old friends who – in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom – reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind’s imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack
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The insane horror film, Death Drop Gorgeous, arrives in theaters and on Digital today (9/10). To celebrate, a new red band trailer has been released. An ode to John Waters, the film follows “A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen fight to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.” The festival favorite is from directors Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, and Brandon Perras-Sanchez, and features a cast led by Wayne Gonsalves, Payton St. James, Brandon Perras-Sanchez, and Christopher Dalpe. Death Drop Gorgeous, an LBGTQ+ horror film, is out today from Dark Star Pictures.
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IFC Midnight has now obtained the US rights to Eskil Vogt’s chilling supernatural drama The Innocents, the sophomore film from the director of Thelma, and set a 2022 release date. The film, which debuted at Cannes (2021), is “a dark and twisted morality fable that unfolds under the bright Nordic sun, The Innocents follows a group of young children who become friends during the summer holidays, drawn together by the discovery of mysterious shared abilities. Out of sight of the adults, the children bond quickly, exploring their newfound powers and testing their limits in the forests and playgrounds surrounding their brutalist apartment complex. As the children’s loyalties shift and small cruelties escalate, their innocent play takes a dark turn towards the malevolent, and strange things begin to happen.” Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films, said, “Eskil Vogt is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in Scandinavia today. He has developed a distinct voice through his many high-profile writing credits
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A blood-thirsty beast is unleashed in the new trailer for The Mutation, directed by Scott Jeffrey (Dragon Fury). After a deadly experiment on a rat goes wrong, the mutated rat has been let loose in a city and a group of detectives are on the hunt for the beast. Zoologist, Allen Marsh must work alongside a grieving widow to help the detectives capture and exterminate the mutated rat. As the body count rises, no one is safe, and the rat is growing at a rapid pace! Starring Ricardo Freitas, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Abi Casson Thompson, and James Robertson, The Mutation comes to DVD and Digital on October 5, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer.
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Legendary author Stephen King has released a new short story Red Screen exclusively at Humble Bundle in a partnership where 100% of the proceeds of the sales go towards The ACLU. We’re so excited to partner with one of the world’s most respected names in fiction, Stephen King, to bring book lovers a brand new story to dive into,” said Kamini Tiwari, Humble’s VP of Social Impact. We’re also honored to work with the ACLU for this Humble Exclusive to support their nationwide efforts to protect people’s rights and civil liberties.” This exclusive bundle is on sale now through September 16th through Humble Bundle’s pay-what-you-want-model ($5 minimum)! This never-before-published crime thriller follows a cop who interrogates a deranged plumber who just murdered his wife, only to discover something far more insidious.
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Raven’s Banner unleashes a horde of killer crustaceans on a small town in Crabs, written and directed by Pierce Berolzheimer. Jessica Morris, Dylan Riley Snyder, and Robert Craighead star in the film that sees a horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime, check out the new trailer.
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How To Acquire Funds For Your Horror Movie No matter who you are, horror movies spark something in us all. It is a special genre that is loved and feared worldwide, and therefore it has come to be the most profitable of them all. The 10 most profitable films from 2010 to 2015 were all horror movies, making them a good selling point for investors. However, acquiring funds for any movie is not always simple, and some movie makers are finding new and exciting ways to fund their own productions. The Importance Of An Investor Investors are an important part of any film production, big or small. It is the very breathing ground for the move and the reason for many of our favorite productions today. The movie industry is known for holding a lot of money, and investors are eager to partake. The key to gaining investors is to show how your product is different from others yet is
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Three award-winning filmmakers, Terry R. Wickam, George Brianka, and Edwin M. Figueroa, come together for the indie horror anthology Devil’s Five. Featuring four tales of the macabre and a wrap-around, Devil’s Five stars Ralf Scheepers, Siakie Tetteh, Walter Masterson, Megan Penn, and Almog Pail. In Devil’s Five, “an ancient evil unleashes a deadly computer virus hell-bent on destroying humanity. “Abandoned,” a photographer does a photoshoot with a sexy video vixen in a deserted location supposedly haunted. Soon after they begin taking pictures, they are interrupted by something evil the leads to a white-knuckle conclusion. “Don’t Say These Words!” is based on the true story of the satanic ritual murders that transpired on Long Island in the 1980s, making headlines across the county. It recounts the chilling story of Satanism and demon worship slaying. It is also an homage to classic horror movies and books of that time period. “Choke,” a filmmaker betrayed by his adulteress wife and his business partner,
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On September 12th, the third episode of Epix’s new Stephen King-inspired series “Chapelwaite” is headed your way starring Academy-Award winner Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire. “Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations. Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine. Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to write about them. In doing so, Rebecca will not only craft the next
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This October, a medical experiment goes terribly wrong in the psychological horror film Implanted, from writer-director Fabien Dufils. In Implanted, Sarah, a struggling young woman living in Brooklyn, agrees to volunteer as an experimental test subject for a pharmaceutical company called Dynamic Health Cure and to be implanted with the LEXX nanochip. Sarah hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles and help her to take care of her mother who has Alzheimer’s. A nanochip is implanted in her cerebral cortex. It is designed with artificial intelligence technology to take control of the body at the inception of any disease or illness. When the implant turns sinister and orders her to commit crimes, Sarah is plunged into a murderous spiral with only one choice: to live or die. Michelle Girolami stars in the film executive produced by Jordon Winter, Malek Ghorayeb, Paul Mignot, Karim Naceur, Edmond Tao, Léa Morel, and Julien Seri. Gravitas Ventures will
Continue reading →
AMCHoliday HorrorNewsStreaming TV
AMC Networks’ premium streaming bundle AMC+ and RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, announced today the acquisition of and a day-and-date release for the darkly comedic drama Silent Night ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Writer Camille Griffin makes her directorial debut with Silent Night, set to be released in theaters and stream exclusively on AMC+ in North America this December. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Ṣọpé Dìrísù, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones, and Trudie Styler star. From producers Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman franchise), Trudie Styler (Moon), and Celine Rattray (The Kids Are Alright), Silent Night follows a group of old friends who – in true British fashion and while the rest of the world faces impending doom – reunite to celebrate Christmas in the comfort of an idyllic country home. Burdened with the inconvenience of mankind’s imminent destruction, they adopt a stiff upper lip, crack
Continue reading →
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The insane horror film, Death Drop Gorgeous, arrives in theaters and on Digital today (9/10). To celebrate, a new red band trailer has been released. An ode to John Waters, the film follows “A dejected bartender and an aging drag queen fight to survive the eccentric and hostile nightlife of a corrupt city, as a masked maniac slaughters young gay men and drains them of blood.” The festival favorite is from directors Michael J. Ahern, Christopher Dalpe, and Brandon Perras-Sanchez, and features a cast led by Wayne Gonsalves, Payton St. James, Brandon Perras-Sanchez, and Christopher Dalpe. Death Drop Gorgeous, an LBGTQ+ horror film, is out today from Dark Star Pictures.
Continue reading →
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IFC Midnight has now obtained the US rights to Eskil Vogt’s chilling supernatural drama The Innocents, the sophomore film from the director of Thelma, and set a 2022 release date. The film, which debuted at Cannes (2021), is “a dark and twisted morality fable that unfolds under the bright Nordic sun, The Innocents follows a group of young children who become friends during the summer holidays, drawn together by the discovery of mysterious shared abilities. Out of sight of the adults, the children bond quickly, exploring their newfound powers and testing their limits in the forests and playgrounds surrounding their brutalist apartment complex. As the children’s loyalties shift and small cruelties escalate, their innocent play takes a dark turn towards the malevolent, and strange things begin to happen.” Arianna Bocco, President of IFC Films, said, “Eskil Vogt is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in Scandinavia today. He has developed a distinct voice through his many high-profile writing credits
Continue reading →
NewsTrailers
A blood-thirsty beast is unleashed in the new trailer for The Mutation, directed by Scott Jeffrey (Dragon Fury). After a deadly experiment on a rat goes wrong, the mutated rat has been let loose in a city and a group of detectives are on the hunt for the beast. Zoologist, Allen Marsh must work alongside a grieving widow to help the detectives capture and exterminate the mutated rat. As the body count rises, no one is safe, and the rat is growing at a rapid pace! Starring Ricardo Freitas, Amanda-Jade Tyler, Abi Casson Thompson, and James Robertson, The Mutation comes to DVD and Digital on October 5, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment. Check out the new trailer.
Continue reading →
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Legendary author Stephen King has released a new short story Red Screen exclusively at Humble Bundle in a partnership where 100% of the proceeds of the sales go towards The ACLU. We’re so excited to partner with one of the world’s most respected names in fiction, Stephen King, to bring book lovers a brand new story to dive into,” said Kamini Tiwari, Humble’s VP of Social Impact. We’re also honored to work with the ACLU for this Humble Exclusive to support their nationwide efforts to protect people’s rights and civil liberties.” This exclusive bundle is on sale now through September 16th through Humble Bundle’s pay-what-you-want-model ($5 minimum)! This never-before-published crime thriller follows a cop who interrogates a deranged plumber who just murdered his wife, only to discover something far more insidious.
Continue reading →
NewsTrailers
Raven’s Banner unleashes a horde of killer crustaceans on a small town in Crabs, written and directed by Pierce Berolzheimer. Jessica Morris, Dylan Riley Snyder, and Robert Craighead star in the film that sees a horde of murderous crab monsters descend on a sleepy coastal town on Prom night, and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day. As soon as a release date is announced we’ll let you know. In the meantime, check out the new trailer.
Continue reading →
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How To Acquire Funds For Your Horror Movie No matter who you are, horror movies spark something in us all. It is a special genre that is loved and feared worldwide, and therefore it has come to be the most profitable of them all. The 10 most profitable films from 2010 to 2015 were all horror movies, making them a good selling point for investors. However, acquiring funds for any movie is not always simple, and some movie makers are finding new and exciting ways to fund their own productions. The Importance Of An Investor Investors are an important part of any film production, big or small. It is the very breathing ground for the move and the reason for many of our favorite productions today. The movie industry is known for holding a lot of money, and investors are eager to partake. The key to gaining investors is to show how your product is different from others yet is
Continue reading →
IndieNewsTrailers
Three award-winning filmmakers, Terry R. Wickam, George Brianka, and Edwin M. Figueroa, come together for the indie horror anthology Devil’s Five. Featuring four tales of the macabre and a wrap-around, Devil’s Five stars Ralf Scheepers, Siakie Tetteh, Walter Masterson, Megan Penn, and Almog Pail. In Devil’s Five, “an ancient evil unleashes a deadly computer virus hell-bent on destroying humanity. “Abandoned,” a photographer does a photoshoot with a sexy video vixen in a deserted location supposedly haunted. Soon after they begin taking pictures, they are interrupted by something evil the leads to a white-knuckle conclusion. “Don’t Say These Words!” is based on the true story of the satanic ritual murders that transpired on Long Island in the 1980s, making headlines across the county. It recounts the chilling story of Satanism and demon worship slaying. It is also an homage to classic horror movies and books of that time period. “Choke,” a filmmaker betrayed by his adulteress wife and his business partner,
Continue reading →
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On September 12th, the third episode of Epix’s new Stephen King-inspired series “Chapelwaite” is headed your way starring Academy-Award winner Adrien Brody and Emily Hampshire. “Set in the 1850s, the series follows Captain Charles Boone (Brody), who relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. However, Charles will soon have to confront the secrets of his family’s sordid history and fight to end the darkness that has plagued the Boones for generations. Rebecca Morgan (Hampshire), an ambitious young woman who left Preacher’s Corners to attend Mount Holyoke College and has returned home with an advance to write a story for the new and prestigious Atlantic Magazine. Her writer’s block lifts when Boone arrives in town with his children, and despite her mother’s protests, Rebecca applies to be the governess of the infamous Chapelwaite manor and the Boone family in order to write about them. In doing so, Rebecca will not only craft the next
Continue reading →
