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IFC Midnight Serves Up The Trailer For 'A Banquet'

IFC Midnight Serves Up The Trailer For ‘A Banquet’

Let the new trailer for the psychodrama A Banquet whet your appetite ahead of the film’s release this February. Directed by Ruth Paxton and starring Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, and Lindsay Duncan, the film centers on widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) “who is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.” A Banquet opens in select theaters and arrives on Digital Platforms and VOD on February 18, 2022, from IFC Midnight.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2022
Possession Horror 'Flee The Light' Conjures A February Release Date

Possession Horror ‘Flee The Light’ Conjures A February Release Date

Breaking Glass Pictures has conjured a February release of the female-driven indie witchcraft horror Flee The Light, directed by Alexandra Senza and written by Jennifer Mancini. “The film follows sisters Andra and Delfi, who travel to a remote town after Delfi insists she was once a witch and they must visit the sacred place of her coven. While there, Andra’s infected with an evil force and now it’s up to Delfi to save her sister from a fate worse than death.” Flee the Light, which made its World Premiere at the Great Canadian Horror Film Festival, where it won Best Feature, stars Annie Tuma, Ariana Marquis, Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry, Jamar Adams Thompson, Caroline Raynaud, and Leanne Ofori-Atta. Breaking Glass Pictures and Wazabi Films, our International partners, have been supporting this film since before we got our first piece of financing,” said writer and producer Jennifer Mancini of Mythic Trips Entertainment. “We’re elated to have come this far, and to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2022
Trailer Premieres For Award-Winning Spiritual Thriller 'The Righteous'

Award-Winning Chiller ‘The Righteous’ Snags A Summer Release Date

Arrow Films announced today that they have acquired distribution rights to the extraordinary chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit. The film, a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger, marks the directorial debut or actor and writer Mark O’Brien (AMC’s “61st Street”, Blue Bayou, Ready or Not). Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny (Ready or Not, Mission Impossible, “Revenge”), and Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow, The Final Cut, “Shadowhunters”) star. A unique and darkly engaging spiritual thriller, strikingly shot in black and white, The Righteous tells the story of Frederic (Henry Czerny) a grieving man struggling with his faith, who helps an injured young man, Aaron Smith (Mark O’Brien) who stumbles onto his property one night, claiming to be lost in the woods. Frederic and his wife (Mimi Kuzyk) invite the man to stay for the night, but

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2022
Watch The Hair-Raising New Werewolf Film 'The Hunting' Tonight

Watch The Hair-Raising New Werewolf Film ‘The Hunting’ Tonight

We just don’t get enough good werewolf movies these days, but director Mark Andrew Hamer aims to change that with his new hair-raising film The Hunting which will leave you howling with excitement. In the film, “When a mysterious animal attack leaves a mutilated body in the forest, a conservative small-town detective must enlist the help of an eager wildlife specialist to uncover the dark and disturbing truth that threatens the town.” The Hunting, starring Peyton Hillis, Joelle Westwood, Joaquin Guerrero, Angela Cole, Keith Migra, Alan Tuskes, Heidi Azaro, Billy Grimm, Daniel Repas, and Matt Tifft, was written by Mark Andrew Hamer as well as Heather Ryan and Terrance Ryan. The Hunting is out today on VOD and is now playing in select theaters.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2022
A First Look At The Irish Horror 'Mandrake'

A First Look At The Irish Horror ‘Mandrake’

The first image from the upcoming Irish folk horror Mandrake has been shared by ScreenDaily ahead of its debut and sale at EFM. Mandrake follows a probation officer named Cathy Madden (Deirdre Mullins) who is put to the test when given the task of rehabilitating the notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw (Derbhle Crotty) back into society after two decades in jail. The film marks the feature debut of Irish director Lynn Davison and stars young Jude Hill, Deirdre Mullins, Derbhle Crotty, and Paul Kennedy. Marie-Thérèse Mackle and Paul Kennedy are executive producing the film written by Matt Harvey. Mandrake was financed by Northern Ireland Screen and Northern Ireland-based production house Yellowmoon.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2022
A Trip To A Haunted House Turns Deadly In 'Those Who Walk Away' (Trailer)

‘Those Who Walk Away’ Trailer Explores A Haunted House Inhabited By A Demon

A sinister creature rots flesh and soul in the new trailer for director Robert Rippberger‘s horror, Those Who Walk Away, starring Booboo Stewart (Twilight Saga, X-Men Days of Future Past) and Scarlet Sperduto (“Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector”, “What Would You Do?”) In the film, “After Max and Avery meet on a social media app for a first date, their evening takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted house, the home of ‘Rotcreep’, a sinister creature that rots your body and soul with one touch. As the night turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, Max and Avery begin to realize the trauma they share may either save them or erupt into an unforgettable nightmare.” Written by Robert Rippberger and Spencer Molleda, Those Who Walk Away is loosely inspired by the Ursula Le Guin short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. Filmed in a series of long continuous takes,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2022
Director Uses Her Near Death Experience As Inspiration For The Horror Film 'Kickstart My Heart' (Trailer)

Director Uses Her Near Death Experience As Inspiration For The Horror Film ‘Kickstart My Heart’ (Trailer)

Director Kelsey Bollig took her real-life horror, her near-death experience of being crushed by an SUV, and used it as motivation to create a film, Kickstart My Heart. In the film, Lilly (Emma Pasarow), wakes to find herself battling her greatest demons with the help of Richie, her little brother. Lilly travels through three levels of hell that she must face in order to survive the accident. As soon as a release date is announced, we’ll let you know. In the meantime, we’ve got the trailer for Kick Start My Heart that explores what it is like to face your own personal hell in order to survive.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Don't Go in the House (1979)

Blu-ray Review: Don’t Go in the House (1979)

After a work place accident in which he just stood idly by as a man went up in flames, delusional psycho/flame enthusiast Donny Kohler (The Soprano‘s Dan Grimaldi) returns home to find his beloved (not to mention horribly abusive) mother dead. It’s at this point the voices in his head take over and tell him he can both enjoy loud disco music (hey, I said he was a psycho) and should really consider making a flame proof room where he can burn women alive… as one does. Donny takes to that advice like a mother fucker, and begins piling up the BBQ… which he dresses and arranges in a room… but hey, he kept his Mom’s corpse too, so it’s kinda his thing… Speaking of dear ol’ mama, her voice soon begins a competition with the other voices in Donny’s deranged dome, and it isn’t long before our “hero” begins seeing visions of the walking dead! While definitely knowing which

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DanXIII
Jan 22, 2022
'Honeycomb' Trailer Arrives Ahead Of Film's World Premiere

‘Honeycomb’ Trailer Arrives Ahead Of Film’s World Premiere

Five small-town girls abandon their mundane lives and move into an abandoned cabin. Growing increasingly isolated, their world becomes filled with imagined rituals and rules but the events of one summer night threaten to abruptly end their age of innocence forever in Honeycomb, whose teaser has been released ahead of its Slamdance World Premiere. Honeycomb marks the feature film debut of 21-year old Canadian filmmaker Avalon Fast. It was shot in the summer of 2019 on Cortes Island, British Columbia with a cast and crew of her peers and friends. Inspired by the fear of the future, the uncertainty of growing up, sun-soaked summer, and the unique experience of being a teenage girl. A beautiful and raw love letter to youth, Honeycomb is a bold and promising feature debut for Fast, who shares writing credit with Emmett Roiko. The film stars a breakout cast of young talent that includes Rowan Wales, Sophie Bawks-Smith, Jillian Frank, Destini Stewart, and Mari Geraghty.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 19, 2022
Sink Your Fangs In The 'Dracula: The Original Living Vampire' Trailer

Sink Your Fangs In The ‘Dracula: The Original Living Vampire’ Trailer

This January, sink your teeth into Asylum’s latest horror fare Dracula: The Original Living Vampire, starring Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers). In the film, Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count. Maximilian Elfeldt directs from the script penned by Michael Varrati. Michael Ironside stars as Dr. Jack Seward, with Jake Herbert playing Count Dracula, Christine Prouty appearing as Amelia Van Helsing, India Davies plays Mina Murray, and Ryan Woodcock stars as Jonathan Harker. Dracula: The Original Living Vampire is getting a day-and-date theatrical on January 28, 2022. Theaters: ATLANTA, GA Area 51’s Aurora Cineplex CLEVELAND, OH Hickory Ridge Cinema LOS ANGELES, CA Laemmle Glendale MIAMI, FL O

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 18, 2022

More from Indie

IFC Midnight Serves Up The Trailer For 'A Banquet'

IFC Midnight Serves Up The Trailer For ‘A Banquet’

Let the new trailer for the psychodrama A Banquet whet your appetite ahead of the film’s release this February. Directed by Ruth Paxton and starring Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, and Lindsay Duncan, the film centers on widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) “who is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.” A Banquet opens in select theaters and arrives on Digital Platforms and VOD on February 18, 2022, from IFC Midnight.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 27, 2022
Possession Horror 'Flee The Light' Conjures A February Release Date

Possession Horror ‘Flee The Light’ Conjures A February Release Date

Breaking Glass Pictures has conjured a February release of the female-driven indie witchcraft horror Flee The Light, directed by Alexandra Senza and written by Jennifer Mancini. “The film follows sisters Andra and Delfi, who travel to a remote town after Delfi insists she was once a witch and they must visit the sacred place of her coven. While there, Andra’s infected with an evil force and now it’s up to Delfi to save her sister from a fate worse than death.” Flee the Light, which made its World Premiere at the Great Canadian Horror Film Festival, where it won Best Feature, stars Annie Tuma, Ariana Marquis, Canadian singer/songwriter Jane Siberry, Jamar Adams Thompson, Caroline Raynaud, and Leanne Ofori-Atta. Breaking Glass Pictures and Wazabi Films, our International partners, have been supporting this film since before we got our first piece of financing,” said writer and producer Jennifer Mancini of Mythic Trips Entertainment. “We’re elated to have come this far, and to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2022
Trailer Premieres For Award-Winning Spiritual Thriller 'The Righteous'

Award-Winning Chiller ‘The Righteous’ Snags A Summer Release Date

Arrow Films announced today that they have acquired distribution rights to the extraordinary chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit. The film, a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger, marks the directorial debut or actor and writer Mark O’Brien (AMC’s “61st Street”, Blue Bayou, Ready or Not). Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny (Ready or Not, Mission Impossible, “Revenge”), and Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow, The Final Cut, “Shadowhunters”) star. A unique and darkly engaging spiritual thriller, strikingly shot in black and white, The Righteous tells the story of Frederic (Henry Czerny) a grieving man struggling with his faith, who helps an injured young man, Aaron Smith (Mark O’Brien) who stumbles onto his property one night, claiming to be lost in the woods. Frederic and his wife (Mimi Kuzyk) invite the man to stay for the night, but

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 26, 2022
Watch The Hair-Raising New Werewolf Film 'The Hunting' Tonight

Watch The Hair-Raising New Werewolf Film ‘The Hunting’ Tonight

We just don’t get enough good werewolf movies these days, but director Mark Andrew Hamer aims to change that with his new hair-raising film The Hunting which will leave you howling with excitement. In the film, “When a mysterious animal attack leaves a mutilated body in the forest, a conservative small-town detective must enlist the help of an eager wildlife specialist to uncover the dark and disturbing truth that threatens the town.” The Hunting, starring Peyton Hillis, Joelle Westwood, Joaquin Guerrero, Angela Cole, Keith Migra, Alan Tuskes, Heidi Azaro, Billy Grimm, Daniel Repas, and Matt Tifft, was written by Mark Andrew Hamer as well as Heather Ryan and Terrance Ryan. The Hunting is out today on VOD and is now playing in select theaters.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 25, 2022
A First Look At The Irish Horror 'Mandrake'

A First Look At The Irish Horror ‘Mandrake’

The first image from the upcoming Irish folk horror Mandrake has been shared by ScreenDaily ahead of its debut and sale at EFM. Mandrake follows a probation officer named Cathy Madden (Deirdre Mullins) who is put to the test when given the task of rehabilitating the notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw (Derbhle Crotty) back into society after two decades in jail. The film marks the feature debut of Irish director Lynn Davison and stars young Jude Hill, Deirdre Mullins, Derbhle Crotty, and Paul Kennedy. Marie-Thérèse Mackle and Paul Kennedy are executive producing the film written by Matt Harvey. Mandrake was financed by Northern Ireland Screen and Northern Ireland-based production house Yellowmoon.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 24, 2022
A Trip To A Haunted House Turns Deadly In 'Those Who Walk Away' (Trailer)

‘Those Who Walk Away’ Trailer Explores A Haunted House Inhabited By A Demon

A sinister creature rots flesh and soul in the new trailer for director Robert Rippberger‘s horror, Those Who Walk Away, starring Booboo Stewart (Twilight Saga, X-Men Days of Future Past) and Scarlet Sperduto (“Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector”, “What Would You Do?”) In the film, “After Max and Avery meet on a social media app for a first date, their evening takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted house, the home of ‘Rotcreep’, a sinister creature that rots your body and soul with one touch. As the night turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, Max and Avery begin to realize the trauma they share may either save them or erupt into an unforgettable nightmare.” Written by Robert Rippberger and Spencer Molleda, Those Who Walk Away is loosely inspired by the Ursula Le Guin short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”. Filmed in a series of long continuous takes,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2022
Director Uses Her Near Death Experience As Inspiration For The Horror Film 'Kickstart My Heart' (Trailer)

Director Uses Her Near Death Experience As Inspiration For The Horror Film ‘Kickstart My Heart’ (Trailer)

Director Kelsey Bollig took her real-life horror, her near-death experience of being crushed by an SUV, and used it as motivation to create a film, Kickstart My Heart. In the film, Lilly (Emma Pasarow), wakes to find herself battling her greatest demons with the help of Richie, her little brother. Lilly travels through three levels of hell that she must face in order to survive the accident. As soon as a release date is announced, we’ll let you know. In the meantime, we’ve got the trailer for Kick Start My Heart that explores what it is like to face your own personal hell in order to survive.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 22, 2022
Blu-ray Review: Don't Go in the House (1979)

Blu-ray Review: Don’t Go in the House (1979)

After a work place accident in which he just stood idly by as a man went up in flames, delusional psycho/flame enthusiast Donny Kohler (The Soprano‘s Dan Grimaldi) returns home to find his beloved (not to mention horribly abusive) mother dead. It’s at this point the voices in his head take over and tell him he can both enjoy loud disco music (hey, I said he was a psycho) and should really consider making a flame proof room where he can burn women alive… as one does. Donny takes to that advice like a mother fucker, and begins piling up the BBQ… which he dresses and arranges in a room… but hey, he kept his Mom’s corpse too, so it’s kinda his thing… Speaking of dear ol’ mama, her voice soon begins a competition with the other voices in Donny’s deranged dome, and it isn’t long before our “hero” begins seeing visions of the walking dead! While definitely knowing which

Continue reading →
DanXIII
Jan 22, 2022
'Honeycomb' Trailer Arrives Ahead Of Film's World Premiere

‘Honeycomb’ Trailer Arrives Ahead Of Film’s World Premiere

Five small-town girls abandon their mundane lives and move into an abandoned cabin. Growing increasingly isolated, their world becomes filled with imagined rituals and rules but the events of one summer night threaten to abruptly end their age of innocence forever in Honeycomb, whose teaser has been released ahead of its Slamdance World Premiere. Honeycomb marks the feature film debut of 21-year old Canadian filmmaker Avalon Fast. It was shot in the summer of 2019 on Cortes Island, British Columbia with a cast and crew of her peers and friends. Inspired by the fear of the future, the uncertainty of growing up, sun-soaked summer, and the unique experience of being a teenage girl. A beautiful and raw love letter to youth, Honeycomb is a bold and promising feature debut for Fast, who shares writing credit with Emmett Roiko. The film stars a breakout cast of young talent that includes Rowan Wales, Sophie Bawks-Smith, Jillian Frank, Destini Stewart, and Mari Geraghty.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 19, 2022
Sink Your Fangs In The 'Dracula: The Original Living Vampire' Trailer

Sink Your Fangs In The ‘Dracula: The Original Living Vampire’ Trailer

This January, sink your teeth into Asylum’s latest horror fare Dracula: The Original Living Vampire, starring Michael Ironside (Total Recall, Starship Troopers). In the film, Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count. Maximilian Elfeldt directs from the script penned by Michael Varrati. Michael Ironside stars as Dr. Jack Seward, with Jake Herbert playing Count Dracula, Christine Prouty appearing as Amelia Van Helsing, India Davies plays Mina Murray, and Ryan Woodcock stars as Jonathan Harker. Dracula: The Original Living Vampire is getting a day-and-date theatrical on January 28, 2022. Theaters: ATLANTA, GA Area 51’s Aurora Cineplex CLEVELAND, OH Hickory Ridge Cinema LOS ANGELES, CA Laemmle Glendale MIAMI, FL O

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 18, 2022
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