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Spell On You (La Verrue) Salomé (Inès Angelina Mnafek-Amandio) is a young girl facing problems at home, including having warts growing on her nose and adjusting to the polyamorous relationship that her father Gabriel (Sébastien Houbani) and mother Joséphine (Valentine Carrette) are striking up with Colette (Judith Zins). When Dr. Shalimar (Sarah Stern) privately suggests to Salomé that she cast a spell on the warts, the child takes things increasingly further as she tests occult practices. With Spell On You (La Verrue; France, 2022), writer/director Sarah Lasry has crafted a chilling mystical tale with family drama at the forefront, aided by a fine cast including a superb performance from Mnafek-Amandio as a troubled youngster who becomes immersed in her newfound power. Chicks There have been plenty of horror shorts and features about slumber parties gone wrong, but writer/director Geena Marie Hernandez’s Chicks (U.S., 2022) is one of the finest in recent memory. Polly (Nikole Marquez-Davis) is invited to a sleepover
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Lightbulb Film Distribution has now confirmed the release date of the surreal, critically acclaimed sci-fi/horror Something In The Dirt. Something In The Dirt is the latest title from brilliant filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, the creators of the critically acclaimed films The Endless and Synchronic, as well as episodes from Marvel’s” Moon Knight” and the upcoming second season of “Loki.” The film is fresh from its sold-out UK premiere at FrightFest and there are also two further October festival screenings at Celluloid Screams (Sheffield) and FilmFear (Manchester) In the film, when neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment, they begin documenting the paranormal that could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city, and each other. Something in the Dirt will be in UK Cinemas beginning November 4, 2022, followed by its release on Digital
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The new trailer and poster have been released for the British indie horror The Haunting of the Lady-Jane, ahead of its film festival debut. In the film, “The peaceful waterways of the English countryside are plagued by legends of ‘RÀN’; a water spirit who collects the bodies of sinful people along the river. After a disturbing incident left Lily emotionally scarred and estranged from her parents she decides to begin her life again. Now a socially aware writer on female empowerment, she decides to tour the country with Zara, whose journey of self-identity has led her to fully explore life. Lily met Zara through her blog and decided to become travel companions. They see a chance to travel on a barge the ‘Lady-Jane’ on the English canals. Accepting an offer of a free passage up the British canals, Lily and Zara find themselves isolated with Willard, a religiously obsessed man whose past is murkier than the canal waters. The threesome’s
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A couple’s retreat becomes a fight for survival in the new trailer for the indie horror Shady Grove, from director Dale Resteghini. In the film, “A young couple, Shaina and Mark, attend a music festival with their best friend Elijah on their annual pilgrimage away from their work-heavy city lives. It’s also something of a farewell trip for the couple because they are expecting, though they haven’t told Elijah, yet. Their plan is to tell him at that beautiful cabin they found on a vacation rental app. Upon arrival, the host is nowhere to be found, but she has left instructions for them on the door along with a gift basket of wine. Everything is perfect except the faint smell of death that only the pregnant Shaina can smell. After a visit by two beautiful women, Shaina quickly becomes suspicious – things just don’t add up. When Elijah disappears, she and Mark begin to search frantically for their friend, only
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Shudder has just announced it has acquired the psychological horror Spoonful of Sugar, ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest later this week and set a 2023 release date. In Spoonful of Sugar, “a disturbed babysitter experiences an awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.” The film marks the second feature from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation). Spoonful of Sugar is written by Leah Saint Marie (Price of Honor) and stars Morgan Saylor (Blow the Man Down, Homeland), Kat Foster (Gaslit, Jean Claude Van Johnson), Myko Olivier (United States of Al, Menendez: Blood Brothers), Danilo Crovetti and David Yow (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Under the Silver Lake). And is produced by Vanishing Angle’s (Werewolves Within, Thunder Road) Matt Miller and Natalie Metzger along with Katrina Kudlick (Fixation, Ladyworld). “With Spoonful of Sugar, Mercedes Bryce Morgan delivers an incisive psychological horror laced
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Cinedigm has now released the new trailer for Alex Phillips’ “avant-gutter psychedelic freakout”, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, as well as announced the premiere date on SCREAMBOX. In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.” An Official Selection of the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it took home a special jury mention from the festival’s New Flesh competition, the transgressive splatter comedy stars Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First). The debut feature from Chicago writer/director Alex Phillips, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms also stars Eva Fellows, Mike Lopez, Carol Rhyu, and Sammy Arechar. The film
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The Ghost Brothers are back on the haunt with the much anticipated second season of “Ghost Brothers: Lights Out” on discovery+, premiering as part of Ghostober. Joining the Ghostober programming line-up, Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey flip the switch on paranormal lore by shining their own light on its darkest secrets. These candid and unorthodox paranormal investigators explore iconic haunted hotspots to find out if the legends are really true and if these places are still plagued by the horror of the events that occurred there. They are ready to expose the haunted holdouts hanging around these locations with unconventional experiments. The eight one-hour episodes of GHOST BROTHERS: LIGHTS OUT premiere on discovery+ with a terrifying three-episode binge on Friday, October 7, and then a weekly episodic rollout on Fridays. In the new season, the paranormal investigators visit some of the most iconic haunted locations including the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, where they confront entities from
Continue reading →
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Last week, the first four episodes of Peacock’s new series “Vampire Academy” made their premiere. Actress Jonetta Kasier has since spoken with us, filling us in on the series and her character of Sonya Karp. Based on the Best-Selling six-book collection by Richelle Mead, the series is filled with “Friendship, romance, and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. ” Learn more about the series here. Kelli: “I watched the first episode last night. I enjoyed it.” Jonetta: “Oh, my god. Really” Kelli: ” I did. I have to say it’s very different than the vampire series I’ve seen. It’s complex (in a good way). Jonetta:
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The Paramount+ Peak Screaming collection returns to the service today with an expanded screaming and streaming collection just in time for Halloween. The collection features more than double the programming from last year, including highly anticipated new originals, fan-favorite horror movies, and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series. This year’s seasonal collection will include the debut of Monster High the Movie (Thursday, Oct. 6), a brand-new live-action musical from Nickelodeon; the exclusive premiere of new thriller movies such as Significant Other (Friday, Oct. 7); the release of an all-new special Halloween episode of Ghosts (Thursday, Oct. 27) and more. The library, which includes entertainment for everyone in the household, is thoughtfully curated into subgenres to enhance discovery. Carousels within the Peak Screaming collection include: Big Screen’s Big Screams: Blockbuster hits such as A QUIET PLACE, THE RING, THE DESCENT, WORLD WAR Z and 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. Buried Gems: Chilling thrillers such as THE BABYSITTER, as well as horror films like
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A new Spanish horror-thriller, titled Piggy, is heading your way from Magnet Releasing. The trailer gives us our first real look at the film, which is brutal AF. “With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of constant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger — a mutual interest — she’s torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.” Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro and Camielle Aguilar star. The film also features a unique collaboration with Pilar Castro and Claudia Salas. Piggy will open exclusively at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas on Friday, October 7,
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Spell On You (La Verrue) Salomé (Inès Angelina Mnafek-Amandio) is a young girl facing problems at home, including having warts growing on her nose and adjusting to the polyamorous relationship that her father Gabriel (Sébastien Houbani) and mother Joséphine (Valentine Carrette) are striking up with Colette (Judith Zins). When Dr. Shalimar (Sarah Stern) privately suggests to Salomé that she cast a spell on the warts, the child takes things increasingly further as she tests occult practices. With Spell On You (La Verrue; France, 2022), writer/director Sarah Lasry has crafted a chilling mystical tale with family drama at the forefront, aided by a fine cast including a superb performance from Mnafek-Amandio as a troubled youngster who becomes immersed in her newfound power. Chicks There have been plenty of horror shorts and features about slumber parties gone wrong, but writer/director Geena Marie Hernandez’s Chicks (U.S., 2022) is one of the finest in recent memory. Polly (Nikole Marquez-Davis) is invited to a sleepover
Continue reading →
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Lightbulb Film Distribution has now confirmed the release date of the surreal, critically acclaimed sci-fi/horror Something In The Dirt. Something In The Dirt is the latest title from brilliant filmmakers Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson, the creators of the critically acclaimed films The Endless and Synchronic, as well as episodes from Marvel’s” Moon Knight” and the upcoming second season of “Loki.” The film is fresh from its sold-out UK premiere at FrightFest and there are also two further October festival screenings at Celluloid Screams (Sheffield) and FilmFear (Manchester) In the film, when neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment, they begin documenting the paranormal that could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city, and each other. Something in the Dirt will be in UK Cinemas beginning November 4, 2022, followed by its release on Digital
Continue reading →
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The new trailer and poster have been released for the British indie horror The Haunting of the Lady-Jane, ahead of its film festival debut. In the film, “The peaceful waterways of the English countryside are plagued by legends of ‘RÀN’; a water spirit who collects the bodies of sinful people along the river. After a disturbing incident left Lily emotionally scarred and estranged from her parents she decides to begin her life again. Now a socially aware writer on female empowerment, she decides to tour the country with Zara, whose journey of self-identity has led her to fully explore life. Lily met Zara through her blog and decided to become travel companions. They see a chance to travel on a barge the ‘Lady-Jane’ on the English canals. Accepting an offer of a free passage up the British canals, Lily and Zara find themselves isolated with Willard, a religiously obsessed man whose past is murkier than the canal waters. The threesome’s
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
A couple’s retreat becomes a fight for survival in the new trailer for the indie horror Shady Grove, from director Dale Resteghini. In the film, “A young couple, Shaina and Mark, attend a music festival with their best friend Elijah on their annual pilgrimage away from their work-heavy city lives. It’s also something of a farewell trip for the couple because they are expecting, though they haven’t told Elijah, yet. Their plan is to tell him at that beautiful cabin they found on a vacation rental app. Upon arrival, the host is nowhere to be found, but she has left instructions for them on the door along with a gift basket of wine. Everything is perfect except the faint smell of death that only the pregnant Shaina can smell. After a visit by two beautiful women, Shaina quickly becomes suspicious – things just don’t add up. When Elijah disappears, she and Mark begin to search frantically for their friend, only
Continue reading →
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Shudder has just announced it has acquired the psychological horror Spoonful of Sugar, ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest later this week and set a 2023 release date. In Spoonful of Sugar, “a disturbed babysitter experiences an awakening while using LSD to alternatively treat a seemingly “sick” child from a family with dark secrets of their own.” The film marks the second feature from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation). Spoonful of Sugar is written by Leah Saint Marie (Price of Honor) and stars Morgan Saylor (Blow the Man Down, Homeland), Kat Foster (Gaslit, Jean Claude Van Johnson), Myko Olivier (United States of Al, Menendez: Blood Brothers), Danilo Crovetti and David Yow (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Under the Silver Lake). And is produced by Vanishing Angle’s (Werewolves Within, Thunder Road) Matt Miller and Natalie Metzger along with Katrina Kudlick (Fixation, Ladyworld). “With Spoonful of Sugar, Mercedes Bryce Morgan delivers an incisive psychological horror laced
Continue reading →
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Cinedigm has now released the new trailer for Alex Phillips’ “avant-gutter psychedelic freakout”, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, as well as announced the premiere date on SCREAMBOX. In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.” An Official Selection of the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival, where it took home a special jury mention from the festival’s New Flesh competition, the transgressive splatter comedy stars Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (Easy), and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First). The debut feature from Chicago writer/director Alex Phillips, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms also stars Eva Fellows, Mike Lopez, Carol Rhyu, and Sammy Arechar. The film
Continue reading →
NewsParanormalStreaming TVTrailers
The Ghost Brothers are back on the haunt with the much anticipated second season of “Ghost Brothers: Lights Out” on discovery+, premiering as part of Ghostober. Joining the Ghostober programming line-up, Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey flip the switch on paranormal lore by shining their own light on its darkest secrets. These candid and unorthodox paranormal investigators explore iconic haunted hotspots to find out if the legends are really true and if these places are still plagued by the horror of the events that occurred there. They are ready to expose the haunted holdouts hanging around these locations with unconventional experiments. The eight one-hour episodes of GHOST BROTHERS: LIGHTS OUT premiere on discovery+ with a terrifying three-episode binge on Friday, October 7, and then a weekly episodic rollout on Fridays. In the new season, the paranormal investigators visit some of the most iconic haunted locations including the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, where they confront entities from
Continue reading →
InterviewsPeacockStreaming TVTrailers
Last week, the first four episodes of Peacock’s new series “Vampire Academy” made their premiere. Actress Jonetta Kasier has since spoken with us, filling us in on the series and her character of Sonya Karp. Based on the Best-Selling six-book collection by Richelle Mead, the series is filled with “Friendship, romance, and danger. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society. One as a powerful Royal, the other a half-vampire Guardian trained to protect against the savage ‘Strigoi’ who threaten to tear their society apart. That is if Royal infighting doesn’t do the job first. ” Learn more about the series here. Kelli: “I watched the first episode last night. I enjoyed it.” Jonetta: “Oh, my god. Really” Kelli: ” I did. I have to say it’s very different than the vampire series I’ve seen. It’s complex (in a good way). Jonetta:
Continue reading →
HalloweenNewsParamount+Streaming TVTrailers
The Paramount+ Peak Screaming collection returns to the service today with an expanded screaming and streaming collection just in time for Halloween. The collection features more than double the programming from last year, including highly anticipated new originals, fan-favorite horror movies, and iconic Halloween episodes from beloved series. This year’s seasonal collection will include the debut of Monster High the Movie (Thursday, Oct. 6), a brand-new live-action musical from Nickelodeon; the exclusive premiere of new thriller movies such as Significant Other (Friday, Oct. 7); the release of an all-new special Halloween episode of Ghosts (Thursday, Oct. 27) and more. The library, which includes entertainment for everyone in the household, is thoughtfully curated into subgenres to enhance discovery. Carousels within the Peak Screaming collection include: Big Screen’s Big Screams: Blockbuster hits such as A QUIET PLACE, THE RING, THE DESCENT, WORLD WAR Z and 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE. Buried Gems: Chilling thrillers such as THE BABYSITTER, as well as horror films like
Continue reading →
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A new Spanish horror-thriller, titled Piggy, is heading your way from Magnet Releasing. The trailer gives us our first real look at the film, which is brutal AF. “With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent’s butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of constant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger — a mutual interest — she’s torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.” Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro and Camielle Aguilar star. The film also features a unique collaboration with Pilar Castro and Claudia Salas. Piggy will open exclusively at Alamo Drafthouse cinemas on Friday, October 7,
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