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Cranked Up Films cranks up their 2024 engine with the North American VOD release of Reflect, the feature film debut of writer/director/star Dana Kippel. This sci-fi metaphysical thriller takes viewers on a mind-bending trip with a group of friends seeking self-improvement, only to be entangled in a bizarre game with hooded entities vying for their bodies. It promises a wild ride through Sedona’s stunning desert scenes and the depths of the human psyche. Kippel leads the cast as Summer and stars alongside Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, and more. The film delves into themes of trauma, mental health, and female relationships, all within the framework of a reality-bending game show. Unfulfilled by her current relationship, Summer embarks on a road trip with her gal pals to Sedona, seeking a spiritual awakening through a mysterious obstacle course. Little do they know, they’ve become pawns in a cosmic game orchestrated by enigmatic hooded figures. As they navigate their inner
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When you sit down to The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, the debut feature from South Korean Director Park Sye-young, you may think you are settling in to a take on George Barry’s 1977 killer bed flick, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. Since both features contain killer beds… or more specifically in this film’s case a killer mattress… but the two experiences couldn’t be more different. While Death Bed is a more conventional horror movie, The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra is a melancholy, though completely bizarre, treatise on loneliness and emotion. Following the life cycle of a creature born of fungus that inhabits a mattress owned originally by a couple in a rather crummy relationship, the narrative moves from owner to owner (usually after it feeds on someone), allowing us to experience their sad existences. All of that packs quite an emotional punch that in a conventional drama would be almost overbearing in it’s depressive aesthetic, but since this is ostensibly a
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Buckle up and prepare for a full-throttle adrenaline rush as ROADKILL, a throwback revenge thriller, explodes onto screens this January! Buckle up for a blast from the past with this 80s/90s action-thriller homage, written and directed by Warren Fast. The impressive cast includes rising talent Caitlin Carmichael (Midnight in the Saw Grass), scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5, Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Ryan Knudson (The Final Trial of Billy the Kid), and Warren Fast (Geostorm). Lost and desperate in the backroads of 1983, a young woman picks up a hitchhiker seeking the same destination. Little does she know, this seemingly harmless encounter will throw them both into an action-packed, high-octane nightmare. They soon become entangled in a brutal police manhunt for a sadistic killer, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. As danger closes in and the body count rises, a desperate fight for survival unfolds on the open road. Buckle up for a heart-pounding tale of mistaken
Continue reading →
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Halloween night takes a sinister turn in the chilling new horror film The Jester. Get ready for a heart-pounding tale of estranged sisters, a malevolent entity, and a haunting reckoning with the past. Following the sudden death of their father, Sarah and Emily find themselves drawn back to their childhood home, a place simmering with unresolved tensions and unspoken regrets. As eerie occurrences plague the town on Halloween night, a masked figure known only as “The Jester” emerges, unleashing a reign of terror and death. But this is no ordinary villain. As his mask falls away, it reveals something far more menacing. The sisters quickly realize they face not just a killer but an embodiment of their deepest, darkest secrets. The Jester marks the directorial debut of Colin Krawchuk, who also co-wrote the script with Michael Sheffield. Sheffield also takes on the chilling role of the titular Jester. Joining him are Jesse L. Green and Lelia Symington as the estranged
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Remember like four years ago when I clued you beautiful cats n’ creeps in about writer/director Finn Callan’s sinister short Guest? Probably not, but click that highlighted text and you can catch right the hell up! Now that all of that biz is out of the way, let’s dive in to Callan’s follow up, the appropriately titled Guest 2; a longer (but still “short” in the “it’s not quite feature length” sense) deeper dive into the wicked world established in the frightful first go-around! Siblings Jill (Jennifer English) and Ethan (Simon Bigg) are tasked with setting up a support group confab, but E-Dawg has been shirking those responsibilities and sequestered himself in his room. Fed up with such bullshittery, Jill runs the group solo-style and becomes acquainted with with Mia (Natasha Biggs), a woman dealing with severe loneliness and isolation. Unfortunately for Jill, Mia hasn’t been suffering as all alone as she thinks… and soon the preternatural presence, the eponymous
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Get ready for Jurassic Triangle, a thrilling sci-fi dinosaur adventure, stomps onto Digital Video platforms this February! Buckle up for a white-knuckle ride alongside a group of ordinary colleagues tossed into an extraordinary nightmare. After their corporate jet encounters a freak electrical storm over the Atlantic, they crash-land on a breathtaking, uncharted island. Relief quickly turns to primal fear as they realize they’re not alone. This lush paradise harbors a terrifying secret: towering prehistoric predators and other monstrous creatures lurking in the shadows. As the survivors struggle to comprehend their reality, one thing becomes clear: they’re not just lost. They’re prey. Hunted by these prehistoric beasts, their bonds will be tested, their skills pushed to the limit, and their very humanity questioned. Can they band together, overcome their differences, and escape this dino-infested nightmare before succumbing to the ultimate predators? Directed by Victor de Almeida, Jurassic Triangle boasts a talented ensemble cast, including Darrell Griggs, Sian Altman, Dorothea Jones, Rob
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Like Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey before it, get ready for your childhood to be ruined with a horror movie that’ll have you rethinking those nostalgic Disney marathons. On the very day that Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain, filmmaker Jamie Bailey has dropped the trailer for his upcoming horror Mickey’s Mouse Trap. In this indie horror, it’s Alex’s 21st birthday, and like any red-blooded young adult, she’s stuck working the dreaded late shift at a rundown amusement arcade. But what starts as a typical night of boredom and lousy pizza takes a horrifying turn when a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to crash the party. With her friends trapped inside, Alex must fight for survival in a twisted game of cat and mouse (pun intended). Director Jamie Bailey isn’t shy about the film’s outrageous premise: “We just wanted to have fun with it all,” he says. “I mean, it’s Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse murdering people.
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Brace yourself for chills from beyond the grave because the indie horror film Paralyzed With Fear has crawled onto Amazon Prime Video, ready to rent or buy in the USA. Horror hounds worldwide can also unleash this demonic nightmare on other streaming platforms. The synopsis alone sends shivers down the spine: A 15th-century demon, awakened from its unholy slumber, targets a house full of vulnerable women. Its mission? Nothing less than their complete and utter destruction. Glenn Berggoetz directs this bone-chilling tale, bringing together horror legend Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees himself!) with Haidyn Harvey and Andrea Rabold. Prepare for screams, splatter, and a relentless pursuit as the demon unleashes its unholy wrath. Will these women survive the night? Or will they become another chapter in the demon’s twisted history? Dive into Paralyzed With Fear and find out, but don’t blame us if you need to check under the bed afterward.
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Horror Dadz Productions isn’t just giving you one scare; they’re giving you two! Feast your eyes on Spilt Screen, the first-ever found-footage double feature, directed by genre vets Dillon Brown (“Tahoe Joe,” “Ghost”) and Joshua Brucker (“Mothman,” “The Woodmen”). Forget conventional film reels. The indie double feature, Split Screen, throws you headfirst into “screen life” – a chilling subgenre where the Dark Web coughs up two leaked films too hot for public consumption. Thomas Burke (“The Barbados Project”) cracks the code and unleashes: GREYS: The Nevada Alien Incident – From Brown’s warped mind comes a paranoid man facing the ultimate invasion. Vicious aliens descend upon his home, but the real monsters might be the government agents desperate to silence him and his explosive footage. The Illinois Valley Murder Tapes – Brucker paints a chilling portrait of obsessive podcasters hot on the trail of a gruesome serial killer. Armed with leaked murder tapes, they dive headfirst into a twisted game of
Continue reading →
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Get ready for a chilling descent into the woods, where laughter curdles into screams. The Human Trap, a South Korean horror film, arrives on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms, promising to turn your next camping trip into a white-knuckle nightmare. A carefree weekend outing for four naïve teens takes a horrifying turn when they stumble into a hidden nightmare. Rounded up by a deranged Christian “doctor” and his sadistic assistant, they find themselves prisoners in a makeshift medical lab. The gruesome twist? To escape, they must sing the full Kumbaya hymn. But this ain’t your childhood campfire song. Infused with pitch-black humor and relentless suspense, The Human Trap unleashes a torrent of shocking violence. The terrified teens fight for their lives. Each desperate escape attempt was met with unimaginable brutality by their twisted captors. Director Lee Moon-young weaves dark humor into the fabric of his gruesome narrative. The film’s unpredictable twists and turns will keep you guessing until the
Continue reading →
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Cranked Up Films cranks up their 2024 engine with the North American VOD release of Reflect, the feature film debut of writer/director/star Dana Kippel. This sci-fi metaphysical thriller takes viewers on a mind-bending trip with a group of friends seeking self-improvement, only to be entangled in a bizarre game with hooded entities vying for their bodies. It promises a wild ride through Sedona’s stunning desert scenes and the depths of the human psyche. Kippel leads the cast as Summer and stars alongside Grace Patterson, Jadelyn Breier, Marissa Patterson, Ariana Williams, and more. The film delves into themes of trauma, mental health, and female relationships, all within the framework of a reality-bending game show. Unfulfilled by her current relationship, Summer embarks on a road trip with her gal pals to Sedona, seeking a spiritual awakening through a mysterious obstacle course. Little do they know, they’ve become pawns in a cosmic game orchestrated by enigmatic hooded figures. As they navigate their inner
Continue reading →
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When you sit down to The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra, the debut feature from South Korean Director Park Sye-young, you may think you are settling in to a take on George Barry’s 1977 killer bed flick, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. Since both features contain killer beds… or more specifically in this film’s case a killer mattress… but the two experiences couldn’t be more different. While Death Bed is a more conventional horror movie, The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra is a melancholy, though completely bizarre, treatise on loneliness and emotion. Following the life cycle of a creature born of fungus that inhabits a mattress owned originally by a couple in a rather crummy relationship, the narrative moves from owner to owner (usually after it feeds on someone), allowing us to experience their sad existences. All of that packs quite an emotional punch that in a conventional drama would be almost overbearing in it’s depressive aesthetic, but since this is ostensibly a
Continue reading →
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Buckle up and prepare for a full-throttle adrenaline rush as ROADKILL, a throwback revenge thriller, explodes onto screens this January! Buckle up for a blast from the past with this 80s/90s action-thriller homage, written and directed by Warren Fast. The impressive cast includes rising talent Caitlin Carmichael (Midnight in the Saw Grass), scream queen Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5, Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Ryan Knudson (The Final Trial of Billy the Kid), and Warren Fast (Geostorm). Lost and desperate in the backroads of 1983, a young woman picks up a hitchhiker seeking the same destination. Little does she know, this seemingly harmless encounter will throw them both into an action-packed, high-octane nightmare. They soon become entangled in a brutal police manhunt for a sadistic killer, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. As danger closes in and the body count rises, a desperate fight for survival unfolds on the open road. Buckle up for a heart-pounding tale of mistaken
Continue reading →
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Halloween night takes a sinister turn in the chilling new horror film The Jester. Get ready for a heart-pounding tale of estranged sisters, a malevolent entity, and a haunting reckoning with the past. Following the sudden death of their father, Sarah and Emily find themselves drawn back to their childhood home, a place simmering with unresolved tensions and unspoken regrets. As eerie occurrences plague the town on Halloween night, a masked figure known only as “The Jester” emerges, unleashing a reign of terror and death. But this is no ordinary villain. As his mask falls away, it reveals something far more menacing. The sisters quickly realize they face not just a killer but an embodiment of their deepest, darkest secrets. The Jester marks the directorial debut of Colin Krawchuk, who also co-wrote the script with Michael Sheffield. Sheffield also takes on the chilling role of the titular Jester. Joining him are Jesse L. Green and Lelia Symington as the estranged
Continue reading →
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Remember like four years ago when I clued you beautiful cats n’ creeps in about writer/director Finn Callan’s sinister short Guest? Probably not, but click that highlighted text and you can catch right the hell up! Now that all of that biz is out of the way, let’s dive in to Callan’s follow up, the appropriately titled Guest 2; a longer (but still “short” in the “it’s not quite feature length” sense) deeper dive into the wicked world established in the frightful first go-around! Siblings Jill (Jennifer English) and Ethan (Simon Bigg) are tasked with setting up a support group confab, but E-Dawg has been shirking those responsibilities and sequestered himself in his room. Fed up with such bullshittery, Jill runs the group solo-style and becomes acquainted with with Mia (Natasha Biggs), a woman dealing with severe loneliness and isolation. Unfortunately for Jill, Mia hasn’t been suffering as all alone as she thinks… and soon the preternatural presence, the eponymous
Continue reading →
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Get ready for Jurassic Triangle, a thrilling sci-fi dinosaur adventure, stomps onto Digital Video platforms this February! Buckle up for a white-knuckle ride alongside a group of ordinary colleagues tossed into an extraordinary nightmare. After their corporate jet encounters a freak electrical storm over the Atlantic, they crash-land on a breathtaking, uncharted island. Relief quickly turns to primal fear as they realize they’re not alone. This lush paradise harbors a terrifying secret: towering prehistoric predators and other monstrous creatures lurking in the shadows. As the survivors struggle to comprehend their reality, one thing becomes clear: they’re not just lost. They’re prey. Hunted by these prehistoric beasts, their bonds will be tested, their skills pushed to the limit, and their very humanity questioned. Can they band together, overcome their differences, and escape this dino-infested nightmare before succumbing to the ultimate predators? Directed by Victor de Almeida, Jurassic Triangle boasts a talented ensemble cast, including Darrell Griggs, Sian Altman, Dorothea Jones, Rob
Continue reading →
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Like Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey before it, get ready for your childhood to be ruined with a horror movie that’ll have you rethinking those nostalgic Disney marathons. On the very day that Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain, filmmaker Jamie Bailey has dropped the trailer for his upcoming horror Mickey’s Mouse Trap. In this indie horror, it’s Alex’s 21st birthday, and like any red-blooded young adult, she’s stuck working the dreaded late shift at a rundown amusement arcade. But what starts as a typical night of boredom and lousy pizza takes a horrifying turn when a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to crash the party. With her friends trapped inside, Alex must fight for survival in a twisted game of cat and mouse (pun intended). Director Jamie Bailey isn’t shy about the film’s outrageous premise: “We just wanted to have fun with it all,” he says. “I mean, it’s Steamboat Willie’s Mickey Mouse murdering people.
Continue reading →
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Brace yourself for chills from beyond the grave because the indie horror film Paralyzed With Fear has crawled onto Amazon Prime Video, ready to rent or buy in the USA. Horror hounds worldwide can also unleash this demonic nightmare on other streaming platforms. The synopsis alone sends shivers down the spine: A 15th-century demon, awakened from its unholy slumber, targets a house full of vulnerable women. Its mission? Nothing less than their complete and utter destruction. Glenn Berggoetz directs this bone-chilling tale, bringing together horror legend Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees himself!) with Haidyn Harvey and Andrea Rabold. Prepare for screams, splatter, and a relentless pursuit as the demon unleashes its unholy wrath. Will these women survive the night? Or will they become another chapter in the demon’s twisted history? Dive into Paralyzed With Fear and find out, but don’t blame us if you need to check under the bed afterward.
Continue reading →
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Horror Dadz Productions isn’t just giving you one scare; they’re giving you two! Feast your eyes on Spilt Screen, the first-ever found-footage double feature, directed by genre vets Dillon Brown (“Tahoe Joe,” “Ghost”) and Joshua Brucker (“Mothman,” “The Woodmen”). Forget conventional film reels. The indie double feature, Split Screen, throws you headfirst into “screen life” – a chilling subgenre where the Dark Web coughs up two leaked films too hot for public consumption. Thomas Burke (“The Barbados Project”) cracks the code and unleashes: GREYS: The Nevada Alien Incident – From Brown’s warped mind comes a paranoid man facing the ultimate invasion. Vicious aliens descend upon his home, but the real monsters might be the government agents desperate to silence him and his explosive footage. The Illinois Valley Murder Tapes – Brucker paints a chilling portrait of obsessive podcasters hot on the trail of a gruesome serial killer. Armed with leaked murder tapes, they dive headfirst into a twisted game of
Continue reading →
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Get ready for a chilling descent into the woods, where laughter curdles into screams. The Human Trap, a South Korean horror film, arrives on Amazon Prime and other streaming platforms, promising to turn your next camping trip into a white-knuckle nightmare. A carefree weekend outing for four naïve teens takes a horrifying turn when they stumble into a hidden nightmare. Rounded up by a deranged Christian “doctor” and his sadistic assistant, they find themselves prisoners in a makeshift medical lab. The gruesome twist? To escape, they must sing the full Kumbaya hymn. But this ain’t your childhood campfire song. Infused with pitch-black humor and relentless suspense, The Human Trap unleashes a torrent of shocking violence. The terrified teens fight for their lives. Each desperate escape attempt was met with unimaginable brutality by their twisted captors. Director Lee Moon-young weaves dark humor into the fabric of his gruesome narrative. The film’s unpredictable twists and turns will keep you guessing until the
Continue reading →
