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Back in the late 1970’s, ol’ Ben (Matt Whelan) inherits some property down Oregon way. So before you can say “Shitty idea”, Ben packs the fam and heads off to that newly acquired property. Naturally, the house the family is set to move in looks creepy as all hell, and despite the beautiful view, the place would be avoided by anyone with half a brain cell in real life… and that’s not even factoring in the bizarre water feature, the eponymous tank, sure to detract even more value from the dread domicile. From there we get some Horror Tropes 101 as we get a blast of bumps in the night, dark family secrets, a legacy of missing persons, and mysterious creatures. Will Ben and his brood survive their wicked windfall, or will the secrets of the house be their demise?! Lets get the elephant in the room out of the way first; writer/director Scott Walker walks some familiar ground with
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Writer/director Billy Hanson‘s Bone Cold begins with a real Debbie Downer of a sitch; namely snipers Jon (Jonathan Stoddard) and Marco (Matt Munroe) try and return to the day-to-day of family life after completing some top secret wet-work down Afghanistan way, but that ol’ double punch of guilt and PTSD make it tough going. They don’t have long to get all domestic-like however as they are soon sent on a new mission to stop Russian military activity in the Ukraine. The mission goes tits-up however, as our lads accidentally kill a civilian bringing military down upon them post-fucking-haste! That would be a bad day under any circumstances but it just so happens to be another wicked wrinkle in the Black Ops as a vicious creature stalks the surrounding forests, and this thing is pissed to all hell and back! Bone Cold is a tight lil’ creature feature for sure, but let me tell ya my cats n’ creeps, it has
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Writer-director Curry Barker’s award-winning short horror film, The Chair, is taking the horror world by storm, and rightfully so. So, of course, we have to share it. . The Chair centers on “Reese (Anthony Pavone), who brings home an antique chair, and a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it is a malevolent spirit possessing the chair or the darkness inside his own mind.” Haley Schwartz gives a fantastic, eerie performance in the short film that also stars Jonnathon Cripple and David Alan Graf. The brilliant 24-minute-long film is a fantastic, twisted, dark tale that we would love to see adapted for a feature film. It serves as a metaphor for the suffering of people with illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, which in reality, is absolutely terrifying. Currently, The Chair has had over 835,000 views. Who knew that a chair could cause such horrors?
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The new trailer and poster for writer-director Ezekiel Decker’s (Dancing With Myself) The Woman Under the Stage have arrived, teasing obsession and danger. Co-written by Logan Rinaldi, the film centers on a young woman who discovers how far she will go to achieve immortality while receiving the role of a lifetime in a mysterious stage play that is said to be cursed. Jessica Dawn Willis (Silhouette, False Profits, Surviving the Cartel) and Matthew Tompkins (The Harrowing, Sicario, Confession) star, along with others. Dallas-based writer-director and head of Absentia Pictures, Mitch McLeod, produced Woman Under the Stage. McLeod’s previous award-winning feature, Silhouette, has been an indie favorite. You can watch Silhoutte (aka A Haunting in Texas) on Prime, Tubi, Roku, and DVD. The Woman Under the Stage is set to premiere later this year.
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A group of pals; Ignacio (Matthew Mitchell Espinosa), Nev (Andrew Hayden Kang), Enoch (Thaddeus Newman), and George (Kiyoshi Shishido) by name, head out for a ‘lil R&R at a remote cabin located deep within the wicked woods. Along for the ride is George’s cousin Albert (Barron Leung), a meek fella who unfortunately becomes the victim of severe, alcohol-fueled abuse by those mentioned up yonder when George exits the scene to find some help. Why the need for assistance you may ask? Well, seems the world outside the cabin walls seems to be the subject of some sort of invasion by creatures unknown, and now ol’ Al is faced with a big-ass die-lemma; end his torment by either puttin’ a murder on those bullies, or face whatever in the fuck is lurking outside… One thing you can say about Canary’s director Taka Tsubota; he’s got a good eye (two of them most likely) for making a film look like a million
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Out this week, Hulu’s new LBGTQ+ horror-thriller Jagged Mind, from director Kelley Kali, sees a woman plagued by visions and a sense of reliving her days over and over. Written by Allyson Morgan, the film stars Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward, Jagged Mind sees a woman plagued by blackouts and strange visions that lead her to discover she’s stuck in a series of time loops, possibly related to her mysterious new girlfriend. The film, which made its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival, is based on the short film “First Date,” which was included in the first season of 20th Digital Studio’s “Bite Size Halloween.” The feature is part of the studio’s existing slate of horror features for Hulu, including Grimcutty, Matriarch, Clock, and the upcoming films Appendage and The Mill. 20th Digital Studio developed Jagged Mind with David Worthen Brooks, Arbi Pedrossian, and Jenna Cavelle as executive producers. Daniela Ruiz produced under her Palabra Productions banner. Kelley
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No one is safe in the 80’s style horror, She Came From the Woods, out today on Tubi’s free streaming service. Clare Foley (Sinister), Spencer List (“The Fosters”), William Sadler (Bill & Ted franchise), Michael Park (“StrangerThings”), and Tyler Elliot Burke (“Hostages”) star alongside “Stranger Things” actress Cara Buono. In the film, “a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades-old evil on the last night of summer camp. As the mayhem and madness turn bloody, the staff of Camp Briarbrook is forced to confront which stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.” Watch She Came From the Woods now on Tubi, and then check out some of its other free-to-watch 10,000+ movies and series including the recently released horror films including The Amityville Curse and Layla.
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From director Scott Tepperman comes Cruel Summer 2, the sequel to 2021’s hit indie film. Get the set now on Scream Team Releasing. In the first film, ” A group of college students plans one final pre-graduation party at a secluded lake house for the ultimate “80s murder mystery” weekend, unaware that a masked psycho has just decided to join the celebration. Killer twists and turns “surround” every corner, and so does the crazed madman. Will anyone survive the slaughter…or is this going to become a truly Cruel Summer?” In Cruel Summer 2, “The mayhem and blood flow in the next chapter of the retro throwback that is the Cruel Summer saga! Heeding the advice of medical professionals, the traumatized survivors of a deadly vacation house massacre try to confront their own personal demons by organizing a stage production of their harrowing experience. But a familiar face is back for revenge and determined to make sure these unsuspecting actors’ stories
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Cleopatra Entertainment has now released the trailer for their highly-anticipated sequel, What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, the film festival hit written by Camilio Zaffora and directed by Nicolas Onetti. Shot five years after Onetti’s’ first installment, What the Waters Left Behind (2017), the sequel tells the story of an Anglo-American indie rock band that ends up stranded in the desolate city of Epecuén. Their internal conflicts and the bad luck of their tour quickly fade when they begin to discover the bloody hell that awaits them. The sequel has garnered rave reviews after its recent international film festival run as an official selection at SITGES (Spain), Blood Window Film Festival (Argentina), Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil), The Boulder International Film Festival (USA), the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Belgium) and the Obscura Film Festival (Germany). David Michigan, Mario Alarcon, Magui Bravi, and German Baudino star in What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, out July 18, 2023, on VOD,
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Got five minutes to spare? Want a taste of horror? Check out the short Irish horror film Don’t Open the Box. Starring John Ryan Howard (Gateway, Beyond The Woods), the short sees “a man receive a mysterious box that brings forth unspeakable evil into his home. As the story unfolds, the box wreaks havoc on him and his young daughter’s lives. Dare you to witness the malevolent forces that lurk within? Brace yourself for a harrowing tale of terror.” Written and directed by Sean Breathnach, watch Don’t Open the Box, supported by Offaly Arts, below and let us know what you think.
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Back in the late 1970’s, ol’ Ben (Matt Whelan) inherits some property down Oregon way. So before you can say “Shitty idea”, Ben packs the fam and heads off to that newly acquired property. Naturally, the house the family is set to move in looks creepy as all hell, and despite the beautiful view, the place would be avoided by anyone with half a brain cell in real life… and that’s not even factoring in the bizarre water feature, the eponymous tank, sure to detract even more value from the dread domicile. From there we get some Horror Tropes 101 as we get a blast of bumps in the night, dark family secrets, a legacy of missing persons, and mysterious creatures. Will Ben and his brood survive their wicked windfall, or will the secrets of the house be their demise?! Lets get the elephant in the room out of the way first; writer/director Scott Walker walks some familiar ground with
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Writer/director Billy Hanson‘s Bone Cold begins with a real Debbie Downer of a sitch; namely snipers Jon (Jonathan Stoddard) and Marco (Matt Munroe) try and return to the day-to-day of family life after completing some top secret wet-work down Afghanistan way, but that ol’ double punch of guilt and PTSD make it tough going. They don’t have long to get all domestic-like however as they are soon sent on a new mission to stop Russian military activity in the Ukraine. The mission goes tits-up however, as our lads accidentally kill a civilian bringing military down upon them post-fucking-haste! That would be a bad day under any circumstances but it just so happens to be another wicked wrinkle in the Black Ops as a vicious creature stalks the surrounding forests, and this thing is pissed to all hell and back! Bone Cold is a tight lil’ creature feature for sure, but let me tell ya my cats n’ creeps, it has
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Writer-director Curry Barker’s award-winning short horror film, The Chair, is taking the horror world by storm, and rightfully so. So, of course, we have to share it. . The Chair centers on “Reese (Anthony Pavone), who brings home an antique chair, and a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it is a malevolent spirit possessing the chair or the darkness inside his own mind.” Haley Schwartz gives a fantastic, eerie performance in the short film that also stars Jonnathon Cripple and David Alan Graf. The brilliant 24-minute-long film is a fantastic, twisted, dark tale that we would love to see adapted for a feature film. It serves as a metaphor for the suffering of people with illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, which in reality, is absolutely terrifying. Currently, The Chair has had over 835,000 views. Who knew that a chair could cause such horrors?
Continue reading →
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The new trailer and poster for writer-director Ezekiel Decker’s (Dancing With Myself) The Woman Under the Stage have arrived, teasing obsession and danger. Co-written by Logan Rinaldi, the film centers on a young woman who discovers how far she will go to achieve immortality while receiving the role of a lifetime in a mysterious stage play that is said to be cursed. Jessica Dawn Willis (Silhouette, False Profits, Surviving the Cartel) and Matthew Tompkins (The Harrowing, Sicario, Confession) star, along with others. Dallas-based writer-director and head of Absentia Pictures, Mitch McLeod, produced Woman Under the Stage. McLeod’s previous award-winning feature, Silhouette, has been an indie favorite. You can watch Silhoutte (aka A Haunting in Texas) on Prime, Tubi, Roku, and DVD. The Woman Under the Stage is set to premiere later this year.
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A group of pals; Ignacio (Matthew Mitchell Espinosa), Nev (Andrew Hayden Kang), Enoch (Thaddeus Newman), and George (Kiyoshi Shishido) by name, head out for a ‘lil R&R at a remote cabin located deep within the wicked woods. Along for the ride is George’s cousin Albert (Barron Leung), a meek fella who unfortunately becomes the victim of severe, alcohol-fueled abuse by those mentioned up yonder when George exits the scene to find some help. Why the need for assistance you may ask? Well, seems the world outside the cabin walls seems to be the subject of some sort of invasion by creatures unknown, and now ol’ Al is faced with a big-ass die-lemma; end his torment by either puttin’ a murder on those bullies, or face whatever in the fuck is lurking outside… One thing you can say about Canary’s director Taka Tsubota; he’s got a good eye (two of them most likely) for making a film look like a million
Continue reading →
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Out this week, Hulu’s new LBGTQ+ horror-thriller Jagged Mind, from director Kelley Kali, sees a woman plagued by visions and a sense of reliving her days over and over. Written by Allyson Morgan, the film stars Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Shannon Woodward, Jagged Mind sees a woman plagued by blackouts and strange visions that lead her to discover she’s stuck in a series of time loops, possibly related to her mysterious new girlfriend. The film, which made its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival, is based on the short film “First Date,” which was included in the first season of 20th Digital Studio’s “Bite Size Halloween.” The feature is part of the studio’s existing slate of horror features for Hulu, including Grimcutty, Matriarch, Clock, and the upcoming films Appendage and The Mill. 20th Digital Studio developed Jagged Mind with David Worthen Brooks, Arbi Pedrossian, and Jenna Cavelle as executive producers. Daniela Ruiz produced under her Palabra Productions banner. Kelley
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No one is safe in the 80’s style horror, She Came From the Woods, out today on Tubi’s free streaming service. Clare Foley (Sinister), Spencer List (“The Fosters”), William Sadler (Bill & Ted franchise), Michael Park (“StrangerThings”), and Tyler Elliot Burke (“Hostages”) star alongside “Stranger Things” actress Cara Buono. In the film, “a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades-old evil on the last night of summer camp. As the mayhem and madness turn bloody, the staff of Camp Briarbrook is forced to confront which stories are worth telling and what secrets are worth keeping.” Watch She Came From the Woods now on Tubi, and then check out some of its other free-to-watch 10,000+ movies and series including the recently released horror films including The Amityville Curse and Layla.
Continue reading →
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From director Scott Tepperman comes Cruel Summer 2, the sequel to 2021’s hit indie film. Get the set now on Scream Team Releasing. In the first film, ” A group of college students plans one final pre-graduation party at a secluded lake house for the ultimate “80s murder mystery” weekend, unaware that a masked psycho has just decided to join the celebration. Killer twists and turns “surround” every corner, and so does the crazed madman. Will anyone survive the slaughter…or is this going to become a truly Cruel Summer?” In Cruel Summer 2, “The mayhem and blood flow in the next chapter of the retro throwback that is the Cruel Summer saga! Heeding the advice of medical professionals, the traumatized survivors of a deadly vacation house massacre try to confront their own personal demons by organizing a stage production of their harrowing experience. But a familiar face is back for revenge and determined to make sure these unsuspecting actors’ stories
Continue reading →
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Cleopatra Entertainment has now released the trailer for their highly-anticipated sequel, What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, the film festival hit written by Camilio Zaffora and directed by Nicolas Onetti. Shot five years after Onetti’s’ first installment, What the Waters Left Behind (2017), the sequel tells the story of an Anglo-American indie rock band that ends up stranded in the desolate city of Epecuén. Their internal conflicts and the bad luck of their tour quickly fade when they begin to discover the bloody hell that awaits them. The sequel has garnered rave reviews after its recent international film festival run as an official selection at SITGES (Spain), Blood Window Film Festival (Argentina), Cinefantasy International Fantastic Film Festival (Brazil), The Boulder International Film Festival (USA), the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Belgium) and the Obscura Film Festival (Germany). David Michigan, Mario Alarcon, Magui Bravi, and German Baudino star in What the Waters Left Behind: Scars, out July 18, 2023, on VOD,
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Got five minutes to spare? Want a taste of horror? Check out the short Irish horror film Don’t Open the Box. Starring John Ryan Howard (Gateway, Beyond The Woods), the short sees “a man receive a mysterious box that brings forth unspeakable evil into his home. As the story unfolds, the box wreaks havoc on him and his young daughter’s lives. Dare you to witness the malevolent forces that lurk within? Brace yourself for a harrowing tale of terror.” Written and directed by Sean Breathnach, watch Don’t Open the Box, supported by Offaly Arts, below and let us know what you think.
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