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Looking for a classic ghost story filled with mystery? Jason Figgis‘ haunting new paranormal thriller Winifred Meeks is out today from Bayview Entertainment. Starring Lara Belmont and Julie Abbott, the film centers on successful writer Anna James who rents a remote farmhouse in England to begin work on the latest of a series of teen crime novels – “The Emma Hart Mysteries”. Initially, the setting seems perfect, but soon her idyll becomes unsettled by the presence of an unquiet spirit – that of the former lady of the house, Winifred Meeks. As Anna delves into her writing – while a deadline looms – she also determines to uncover the history of the property and with that, unwittingly move closer to a disturbing confrontation with the tragic figure that continues to hold sway within the walls of Seaview House.” Watch the film on Amazon or pick up your copy on DVD today.
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Today, AppleTV+ unveiled the tension-filled trailer for the highly-anticipated limited series “Lisey’s Story,” based on the best-selling novel both written and adapted by Stephen King. Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award nominee Clive Owen star in the eight-episode Apple Original which will premiere globally this June with its first two episodes followed by a new episode every Friday. The deeply personal and pensive thriller centers on Lisey Landon (Moore) two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon (Owen). “A series of unsettling events causes Lisey to face memories of her marriage to Scott that she has deliberately blocked out of her mind.” Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones, and Sung Kang also star alongside Moore and Owen in the series directed by Pablo Larraín. “Lisey’s Story” hails from J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. In a rare step, every episode of the series was personally written by
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From director Peter Daskaloff, and starring The Human Centipede’s Ashlynn Yennie and Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), comes Antidote, out today. To celebrate, a brand new trailer has been released, teasing a woman’s horrifying experience at a hospital that may make you think twice about checking in for a procedure. In this film, a woman is admitted into a hospital for emergency surgery, but she wakes up in a bizarre medical facility where patients are treated like lab rats as mysterious doctors are trying out a cure for all ills. The clinical research is brutal, human endurance is put to the test, and she must find a way to escape or continue to be used as a human Guinea pig. Get ready for a dose of horror, Antidote lands on DVD and Digital on May 11, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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An official selection at the Fantasia Film Festival and winner of the “Best Actor Award” (Julian Richings) at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, the “Certified Fresh” film Anything for Jackson is set to land on Blu-ray and DVD this summer. In the film, “after losing their only grandchild in a car accident, an elderly couple kidnaps a pregnant woman to perform a reverse exorcism in order to bring him back to life.” Canadian filmmaker Justin G. Dyck makes his horror debut with Anything for Jackson, after a long career in family-friendly films. The film stars “Supernatural’s” Julian Richings and Sheila McCarthy (Die Hard 2) as well as Konstantina Mantelos (A Christmas Crush), Josh Cruddas (Polar), and Yannick Bisson (Another Wolfcop). It was written by Keith Cooper. It was produced by Vortex Media, Dyck, Cooper, Christopher Giroux, and Bill Marks. Anything for Jackson, which we described in our review as, “entertaining, clever, and filled with the things horror fans
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BackyardFilms has just announced the upcoming sequel(s) to their 2015 breakout Horror, CRAWL or DIE, starring actress and singer, Nicole Alonso (CRAWL or DIE, Screen) who is returning as the fan-favorite badass action hero, Tank. Written and directed by acclaimed Indie director, Oklahoma Ward, filming has wrapped on the sequel that is currently in post-production. Ward and Alonso have kept the plot to their highly anticipated sequel(s) close to the vest, but what we do know is that Alonso’s Tank is back with a heart-pounding vengeance, and the Mohawk sporting, steel-nerved warrior will finally come face-to-face with the creature and this time — IT’S WAR! We called CRAWL or DIE a “claustrophobic masterpiece” back when it was released and there is no doubt that Ward’s follow-up will be just as intense, terrifying, and anxiety-inducing as its precursor. Backyard Films, LLC is the brainchild of Oklahoma Ward and Nicole Alonso. Started in 2012 as a means of producing the original CRAWL
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The trailer is for The Devil’s Child (aka Diavlo) ahead of its release this May, teasing a chilling film with fantastic special effects. When a young nurse takes on the care of an old sickly man she has no warning that he has dark secrets and dark powers, not knowing that she is linked to the family. As she draws closer to the man in the dark gothic manor, secrets come to light as he begins to plague her nightmares. Maria Camila Pérez, Germán Naranjo, Marvens Paissano, and Fiona Horsey star in this dark supernatural thriller written and directed by David Bohórquez (The Banished) who produces along with Katherine Dia. The Devil’s Child will be unleashed on May 7, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.
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Daniel Ferrands, the director of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, is back with his new true crime film American Boogeyman, the story of the detective and FBI profiler who hunted serial killer Ted Bundy. Chad Michael Murray, who starred in Warner Bros’ 2005 House of Wax remake, The Haunting in Connecticut: Ghosts of Georgia, and the CW’s “Riverdale,” will star as the serial killer Ted Bundy, ScreenDaily reports. Murray will star alongside Lin Shaye (Insidious, The Grudge) and Holland Roden (Sony’s Escape Room 2, MTV’s Teen Wolf). “Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.” Farrands is also behind several other true-crime films including The Amityville Murders, The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, and 2019’s The Haunting of Sharon Tate. Voltage Pictures has worldwide rights to the thriller. Fathom Events
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We’ve got the first images from RLJE Films’ new thriller No Man of God ahead of its premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The film is based on real transcripts and conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Agent Bill Hagmaier. No Man of God explores FBI agent Bill Hagmaier’s actual interrogation of Ted Bundy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “A story that has never been told, No Man Of God brings a new and revealing perspective to the Ted Bundy story.” Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman), and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). It was written by Kit Lesser. No Man of God explores a familiar subject through a different lens. Through the brilliant direction of Amber Sealey, the film poses challenging questions about the dangers of our obsession with
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IFC Films announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the psychological coming-of-age thriller John and the Hole, directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto – one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” in 2021 – in his feature debut. “In this enigmatic and unsettling meditation on adolescent angst, 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers an unfinished bunker while exploring the neighboring woods—a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga), holding them captive within the bunker. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally enjoy and explore his newfound independence. Exploring the difficult passage from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, John and the Hole is both a slow-burn psychological thriller and meditative coming-of-age fable, anchored by a chilling lead performance from Charlie Shotwell.” The film is an adaptation by award-winning screenwriter
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A writer’s world begins to unravel in Open Your Eyes, a suspense-filled horror-thriller starring Ry Barrett (The Heretics, Still the Water) and Joanna Saul (Limited, Overlord) that takes you on a journey that is equal parts horrific and mysterious. In the film, “Jason Miller (Ry Barrett) dives headfirst into his newest screenplay in an attempt to avoid dealing with a traumatic experience. With his mental state teetering on the edge, he meets Lisa (Joanna Saul), his neighbor from down the hall, and a relationship begins to form. As he becomes more intrigued with Lisa, Jason continues to burn the midnight oil to finish his script, strange and mysterious things begin to happen, causing him to question everything. With his mind unraveling and his life spinning out of control, Jason struggles to hold onto the one thing he wants most, hope.” Written and directed by Greg A. Sager (Devil Seed, Kingdom Come) Open Your Eyes is a genre-bending blend of thriller,
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Looking for a classic ghost story filled with mystery? Jason Figgis‘ haunting new paranormal thriller Winifred Meeks is out today from Bayview Entertainment. Starring Lara Belmont and Julie Abbott, the film centers on successful writer Anna James who rents a remote farmhouse in England to begin work on the latest of a series of teen crime novels – “The Emma Hart Mysteries”. Initially, the setting seems perfect, but soon her idyll becomes unsettled by the presence of an unquiet spirit – that of the former lady of the house, Winifred Meeks. As Anna delves into her writing – while a deadline looms – she also determines to uncover the history of the property and with that, unwittingly move closer to a disturbing confrontation with the tragic figure that continues to hold sway within the walls of Seaview House.” Watch the film on Amazon or pick up your copy on DVD today.
Continue reading →
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Today, AppleTV+ unveiled the tension-filled trailer for the highly-anticipated limited series “Lisey’s Story,” based on the best-selling novel both written and adapted by Stephen King. Academy Award-winner Julianne Moore and Academy Award nominee Clive Owen star in the eight-episode Apple Original which will premiere globally this June with its first two episodes followed by a new episode every Friday. The deeply personal and pensive thriller centers on Lisey Landon (Moore) two years after the death of her husband, famous novelist Scott Landon (Owen). “A series of unsettling events causes Lisey to face memories of her marriage to Scott that she has deliberately blocked out of her mind.” Joan Allen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Ron Cephas Jones, and Sung Kang also star alongside Moore and Owen in the series directed by Pablo Larraín. “Lisey’s Story” hails from J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. In a rare step, every episode of the series was personally written by
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From director Peter Daskaloff, and starring The Human Centipede’s Ashlynn Yennie and Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), comes Antidote, out today. To celebrate, a brand new trailer has been released, teasing a woman’s horrifying experience at a hospital that may make you think twice about checking in for a procedure. In this film, a woman is admitted into a hospital for emergency surgery, but she wakes up in a bizarre medical facility where patients are treated like lab rats as mysterious doctors are trying out a cure for all ills. The clinical research is brutal, human endurance is put to the test, and she must find a way to escape or continue to be used as a human Guinea pig. Get ready for a dose of horror, Antidote lands on DVD and Digital on May 11, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
Continue reading →
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An official selection at the Fantasia Film Festival and winner of the “Best Actor Award” (Julian Richings) at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, the “Certified Fresh” film Anything for Jackson is set to land on Blu-ray and DVD this summer. In the film, “after losing their only grandchild in a car accident, an elderly couple kidnaps a pregnant woman to perform a reverse exorcism in order to bring him back to life.” Canadian filmmaker Justin G. Dyck makes his horror debut with Anything for Jackson, after a long career in family-friendly films. The film stars “Supernatural’s” Julian Richings and Sheila McCarthy (Die Hard 2) as well as Konstantina Mantelos (A Christmas Crush), Josh Cruddas (Polar), and Yannick Bisson (Another Wolfcop). It was written by Keith Cooper. It was produced by Vortex Media, Dyck, Cooper, Christopher Giroux, and Bill Marks. Anything for Jackson, which we described in our review as, “entertaining, clever, and filled with the things horror fans
Continue reading →
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BackyardFilms has just announced the upcoming sequel(s) to their 2015 breakout Horror, CRAWL or DIE, starring actress and singer, Nicole Alonso (CRAWL or DIE, Screen) who is returning as the fan-favorite badass action hero, Tank. Written and directed by acclaimed Indie director, Oklahoma Ward, filming has wrapped on the sequel that is currently in post-production. Ward and Alonso have kept the plot to their highly anticipated sequel(s) close to the vest, but what we do know is that Alonso’s Tank is back with a heart-pounding vengeance, and the Mohawk sporting, steel-nerved warrior will finally come face-to-face with the creature and this time — IT’S WAR! We called CRAWL or DIE a “claustrophobic masterpiece” back when it was released and there is no doubt that Ward’s follow-up will be just as intense, terrifying, and anxiety-inducing as its precursor. Backyard Films, LLC is the brainchild of Oklahoma Ward and Nicole Alonso. Started in 2012 as a means of producing the original CRAWL
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The trailer is for The Devil’s Child (aka Diavlo) ahead of its release this May, teasing a chilling film with fantastic special effects. When a young nurse takes on the care of an old sickly man she has no warning that he has dark secrets and dark powers, not knowing that she is linked to the family. As she draws closer to the man in the dark gothic manor, secrets come to light as he begins to plague her nightmares. Maria Camila Pérez, Germán Naranjo, Marvens Paissano, and Fiona Horsey star in this dark supernatural thriller written and directed by David Bohórquez (The Banished) who produces along with Katherine Dia. The Devil’s Child will be unleashed on May 7, 2021, from Vertical Entertainment.
Continue reading →
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Daniel Ferrands, the director of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, is back with his new true crime film American Boogeyman, the story of the detective and FBI profiler who hunted serial killer Ted Bundy. Chad Michael Murray, who starred in Warner Bros’ 2005 House of Wax remake, The Haunting in Connecticut: Ghosts of Georgia, and the CW’s “Riverdale,” will star as the serial killer Ted Bundy, ScreenDaily reports. Murray will star alongside Lin Shaye (Insidious, The Grudge) and Holland Roden (Sony’s Escape Room 2, MTV’s Teen Wolf). “Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.” Farrands is also behind several other true-crime films including The Amityville Murders, The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, and 2019’s The Haunting of Sharon Tate. Voltage Pictures has worldwide rights to the thriller. Fathom Events
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We’ve got the first images from RLJE Films’ new thriller No Man of God ahead of its premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival. The film is based on real transcripts and conversations between serial killer Ted Bundy and FBI Agent Bill Hagmaier. No Man of God explores FBI agent Bill Hagmaier’s actual interrogation of Ted Bundy,” said Mark Ward, Chief Acquisitions Officer at RLJE Films. “A story that has never been told, No Man Of God brings a new and revealing perspective to the Ted Bundy story.” Directed by Amber Sealey (No Light and No Land Anywhere), the film stars Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Luke Kirby (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Aleksa Palladino (The Irishman), and Robert Patrick (Terminator 2). It was written by Kit Lesser. No Man of God explores a familiar subject through a different lens. Through the brilliant direction of Amber Sealey, the film poses challenging questions about the dangers of our obsession with
Continue reading →
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IFC Films announced today that they are acquiring North American rights to the psychological coming-of-age thriller John and the Hole, directed by visual artist Pascual Sisto – one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” in 2021 – in his feature debut. “In this enigmatic and unsettling meditation on adolescent angst, 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers an unfinished bunker while exploring the neighboring woods—a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents (Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Ehle) and older sister (Taissa Farmiga), holding them captive within the bunker. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally enjoy and explore his newfound independence. Exploring the difficult passage from childhood freedom to adult responsibility, John and the Hole is both a slow-burn psychological thriller and meditative coming-of-age fable, anchored by a chilling lead performance from Charlie Shotwell.” The film is an adaptation by award-winning screenwriter
Continue reading →
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A writer’s world begins to unravel in Open Your Eyes, a suspense-filled horror-thriller starring Ry Barrett (The Heretics, Still the Water) and Joanna Saul (Limited, Overlord) that takes you on a journey that is equal parts horrific and mysterious. In the film, “Jason Miller (Ry Barrett) dives headfirst into his newest screenplay in an attempt to avoid dealing with a traumatic experience. With his mental state teetering on the edge, he meets Lisa (Joanna Saul), his neighbor from down the hall, and a relationship begins to form. As he becomes more intrigued with Lisa, Jason continues to burn the midnight oil to finish his script, strange and mysterious things begin to happen, causing him to question everything. With his mind unraveling and his life spinning out of control, Jason struggles to hold onto the one thing he wants most, hope.” Written and directed by Greg A. Sager (Devil Seed, Kingdom Come) Open Your Eyes is a genre-bending blend of thriller,
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