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The highly-anticipated and unnerving paranormal thriller Skinamarink is set to premiere this January on Shudder and in select theaters this January following its World Premiere at Fantasia Fest. Kyle Edward Ball, who is making his directorial debut, penned the indie film in which “two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. To cope with the strange situation, the two bring pillows and blankets to the living room and settle into a quiet slumber party. They play well-worn videotapes of cartoons to fill the silence of the house and distract from the frightening and inexplicable situation. All the while in the hopes that, eventually, some grown-ups will come to rescue them. However, it becomes clear that something is watching over them after a while.” The film stars Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, and Jaime Hill. It is executive produced by
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An injured stunt woman is infected by an ancient biological compound when a side job as a PI goes wrong in Toxica, whose new trailer has just arrived. Rona Walter directs and co-wrote the script for the action-packed horror along with Carlos Bollinger and Lorenzo Fantini. Toxica stars Charlie Blackwood, Grace Hendy, and Paul McLaughlin. Check out the new trailer for Toxica, premiering in 2023.
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Sam (Hugh McCrae Jr.) begins his first day working at a hardware store excitedly, but it’s not long before he realizes something is not quite right about his new workplace. When his curiosity gets the better of him, he puts himself in terrible danger in the horror film Human Resources. Directed by Braden Swope, who co-wrote the script with Evan Sope, the film stars Hugh McCrae Jr., Anthony Candell, Sarah Jose, Tim Misuradze, Michael Kammerer, and Angel Hilton. In the film, “After starting a job at a creepy hardware store, Sam Coleman uncovers a shocking mystery involving a missing employee. With the help of Sarah, a cynical coworker, Sam plunges into the dark corners of the store and is forced to confront the terrifying forces that lurk just behind the walls.” Human Resources lands on Demand on January 10, 2023.
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The highly anticipated action-packed creature feature, The Devil Beneath, starring Dan Ewing (Home & Away) and Tim Pocock (Dance Academy), is the first Australian film to feature a CGI character in a leading role. First released in Australia 6 years ago it is coming to the US for the first time. Originally titled Bunyip, the film has been re-edited, re-mixed, re-scored, and obtained by Vertical Entertainment! Set “in the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just a story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real? The Devil Beneath stars Home & Away heartthrob Dan Ewing and Dance Academy favorite Tim Peacock. Sophie Don, Jessica Green (Lightning Point), Ben Chisholm, John Reynolds, Emily Joy, James Straiton, Felix Williamson, and Gregory Fryer. “I can’t recall a fully realized computer-generated character as a
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Outstanding horror and horror-adjacent movies were in strong supply at film festivals this year, and whittling down my “best of 2022” list was no easy feat. Here are the selections on which I decided. Some are now available through digital, on-demand, subscription services, and physical media, while others are still making the rounds on the fest circuit. (1) Evil Eye (A Night of Horror) Awash in the atmosphere, visually beautiful, and boasting terrific performances and superb set design, Mexican chiller Evil Eye — from one of my favorite directors, Isaac Ezban — is a dark fairy tale/folk horror outing that is woven together masterfully in its telling of a teen girl’s suspicions that her grandmother may be a witch. (2) Skinamarink (Fantasia) This goosebumps-inducing, lo-fi slice of fear-fare cinema became an instant year-end best candidate when I saw it for its Fantasia run in the summer. It induces the feeling of fright we had as children, which is no small
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This January, when the lights go out in a remote cabin, a cam girl finds herself hunted in director Jimmy Giannopoulos‘ horror Alone at Night, starring Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”) “Vicky (Ashley Benson) is a young woman looking for an escape after going through a difficult breakup. After retreating to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head, she continues modeling sexy lingerie for her devoted followers on 18 & Over, an adults-only, live-streaming website. But when the power keeps going out, Vicky discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer wielding a crowbar who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.” The ensemble cast includes Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Luis Guzmán (Traffic), model Winnie Harlow, musician G-Eazy, rapper A$AP Nast, Paris Hilton, and more. Giannopoulos co-wrote the script with Diomedes Raul Bermudez. Alone at Night opens in theaters and lands On Demand on January 20, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.
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A mother desperate to save her son goes to terrifying lengths in the newq trailer for Blood, out this January. In this horror-thriller, Jess (Michelle Monaghan), a nurse and mother recently separated from her husband (Skeet Ulrich), moves her daughter Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and young son Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) back into her family farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen’s dog escapes into the woods and returns days later, blood-soaked and rabid. When the dog attacks and bites him, the resulting infection grows more shocking as Owen’s behavior becomes frightening and deadly. As he spirals deeper into the depths of the illness, Jess discovers a disturbing cure, which makes her question how far she is willing to go to keep her child alive. Directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9) and written by Will Honley (Escape Room: Tournaments of Champion), Blood opens in theaters on January 27, 2023, and lands On Demand on January 31, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.
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As a jailbreak takes place on a ship, something even more terrifying emerges from below in the new balls-to-the-wall action-packed trailer for the South Korean thriller Project Wolf Hunting. The brutal film is from director Kim Hong-Sun (Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area) and stars Seo In-guk (The Master’s Sun, Hello Monster), Jang Dong-yoon (Search, Mr. Sunshine), Choi Guy-hwa (Train to Busan, The Wailing), Sung Dong-il (The Cursed, The Great Battle), Park Ho-san (The Call, Prison Playbook) and Jung So-min (Alchemy of Souls). Project Wolf Hunting debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on February 14, 2023, from Well Go USA Entertainment and includes an all-new English dub along with bonus features, including “Behind the Scenes” and “Making the Alpha” featurettes.
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The Horror Collective is kicking off 2023 with the release of the award-winning horror-thriller Bring Out the Fear this January. Bring Out the Fear “follows a couple struggling to fix their doomed relationship and is lost in a dangerous forest that refuses to let them escape. This award-winning dark thriller will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery until the very last frame.” Written and directed by Richard Waters, the film won the Golden Stake Award at Shockfest and played at many festivals worldwide, including Screamfest, Frightfest, Grimmfest, and IFI Horrorthon. Starring Ciara Bailey, James Devlin, Tad Morari, and Brian Matthews Murphy, it was produced by Alison Scarff at Weird Pretty Pictures. Black Mandala is handling international sales. Bring Out the Fear will arrive on January 3, 2023, On Demand and on DVD.
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Genre legend Sam Raimi is gearing up to bring you the horror-thriller Don’t Move, announced today. His company Raimi Productions and Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios (2022 box-office hit Barbarian) are reuniting with Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios to produce the new movie, whose casting is now underway. Don’t Movie is directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who recently helmed episodes of Raimi’s horror anthology series “50 States of Fright.” Schindler reunites with writers T.J. Cimfel and David White, who also wrote Intruders, which Schindler directed. Don’t Move follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down. The film is produced by Lebovici, Raimi, and Zainab Azizi. Hammerstone Studios, Raimi Productions, and Capstone Studios recently partnered to produce the action-thriller Boy Kills World starring Bill Skarsgard, currently in post-production. Raimi Productions’ upcoming projects include Sony Pictures’ thriller 65 starring Adam Driver. Earlier this year, Raimi
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The highly-anticipated and unnerving paranormal thriller Skinamarink is set to premiere this January on Shudder and in select theaters this January following its World Premiere at Fantasia Fest. Kyle Edward Ball, who is making his directorial debut, penned the indie film in which “two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished. To cope with the strange situation, the two bring pillows and blankets to the living room and settle into a quiet slumber party. They play well-worn videotapes of cartoons to fill the silence of the house and distract from the frightening and inexplicable situation. All the while in the hopes that, eventually, some grown-ups will come to rescue them. However, it becomes clear that something is watching over them after a while.” The film stars Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, and Jaime Hill. It is executive produced by
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An injured stunt woman is infected by an ancient biological compound when a side job as a PI goes wrong in Toxica, whose new trailer has just arrived. Rona Walter directs and co-wrote the script for the action-packed horror along with Carlos Bollinger and Lorenzo Fantini. Toxica stars Charlie Blackwood, Grace Hendy, and Paul McLaughlin. Check out the new trailer for Toxica, premiering in 2023.
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Sam (Hugh McCrae Jr.) begins his first day working at a hardware store excitedly, but it’s not long before he realizes something is not quite right about his new workplace. When his curiosity gets the better of him, he puts himself in terrible danger in the horror film Human Resources. Directed by Braden Swope, who co-wrote the script with Evan Sope, the film stars Hugh McCrae Jr., Anthony Candell, Sarah Jose, Tim Misuradze, Michael Kammerer, and Angel Hilton. In the film, “After starting a job at a creepy hardware store, Sam Coleman uncovers a shocking mystery involving a missing employee. With the help of Sarah, a cynical coworker, Sam plunges into the dark corners of the store and is forced to confront the terrifying forces that lurk just behind the walls.” Human Resources lands on Demand on January 10, 2023.
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The highly anticipated action-packed creature feature, The Devil Beneath, starring Dan Ewing (Home & Away) and Tim Pocock (Dance Academy), is the first Australian film to feature a CGI character in a leading role. First released in Australia 6 years ago it is coming to the US for the first time. Originally titled Bunyip, the film has been re-edited, re-mixed, re-scored, and obtained by Vertical Entertainment! Set “in the Australian Outback, two brothers discover old secrets and family lies. As their friends start to go missing, they fear they are being stalked by someone or something from their worst nightmares – But is it just a story? A legend? A hoax? Or is it real? The Devil Beneath stars Home & Away heartthrob Dan Ewing and Dance Academy favorite Tim Peacock. Sophie Don, Jessica Green (Lightning Point), Ben Chisholm, John Reynolds, Emily Joy, James Straiton, Felix Williamson, and Gregory Fryer. “I can’t recall a fully realized computer-generated character as a
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Outstanding horror and horror-adjacent movies were in strong supply at film festivals this year, and whittling down my “best of 2022” list was no easy feat. Here are the selections on which I decided. Some are now available through digital, on-demand, subscription services, and physical media, while others are still making the rounds on the fest circuit. (1) Evil Eye (A Night of Horror) Awash in the atmosphere, visually beautiful, and boasting terrific performances and superb set design, Mexican chiller Evil Eye — from one of my favorite directors, Isaac Ezban — is a dark fairy tale/folk horror outing that is woven together masterfully in its telling of a teen girl’s suspicions that her grandmother may be a witch. (2) Skinamarink (Fantasia) This goosebumps-inducing, lo-fi slice of fear-fare cinema became an instant year-end best candidate when I saw it for its Fantasia run in the summer. It induces the feeling of fright we had as children, which is no small
Continue reading →
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This January, when the lights go out in a remote cabin, a cam girl finds herself hunted in director Jimmy Giannopoulos‘ horror Alone at Night, starring Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”) “Vicky (Ashley Benson) is a young woman looking for an escape after going through a difficult breakup. After retreating to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head, she continues modeling sexy lingerie for her devoted followers on 18 & Over, an adults-only, live-streaming website. But when the power keeps going out, Vicky discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer wielding a crowbar who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.” The ensemble cast includes Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Luis Guzmán (Traffic), model Winnie Harlow, musician G-Eazy, rapper A$AP Nast, Paris Hilton, and more. Giannopoulos co-wrote the script with Diomedes Raul Bermudez. Alone at Night opens in theaters and lands On Demand on January 20, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.
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A mother desperate to save her son goes to terrifying lengths in the newq trailer for Blood, out this January. In this horror-thriller, Jess (Michelle Monaghan), a nurse and mother recently separated from her husband (Skeet Ulrich), moves her daughter Tyler (Skylar Morgan Jones) and young son Owen (Finlay Wojtak-Hissong) back into her family farmhouse. Shortly after settling in, Owen’s dog escapes into the woods and returns days later, blood-soaked and rabid. When the dog attacks and bites him, the resulting infection grows more shocking as Owen’s behavior becomes frightening and deadly. As he spirals deeper into the depths of the illness, Jess discovers a disturbing cure, which makes her question how far she is willing to go to keep her child alive. Directed by Brad Anderson (Session 9) and written by Will Honley (Escape Room: Tournaments of Champion), Blood opens in theaters on January 27, 2023, and lands On Demand on January 31, 2023, from Vertical Entertainment.
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As a jailbreak takes place on a ship, something even more terrifying emerges from below in the new balls-to-the-wall action-packed trailer for the South Korean thriller Project Wolf Hunting. The brutal film is from director Kim Hong-Sun (Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area) and stars Seo In-guk (The Master’s Sun, Hello Monster), Jang Dong-yoon (Search, Mr. Sunshine), Choi Guy-hwa (Train to Busan, The Wailing), Sung Dong-il (The Cursed, The Great Battle), Park Ho-san (The Call, Prison Playbook) and Jung So-min (Alchemy of Souls). Project Wolf Hunting debuts on Digital, Blu-ray™, and DVD on February 14, 2023, from Well Go USA Entertainment and includes an all-new English dub along with bonus features, including “Behind the Scenes” and “Making the Alpha” featurettes.
Continue reading →
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The Horror Collective is kicking off 2023 with the release of the award-winning horror-thriller Bring Out the Fear this January. Bring Out the Fear “follows a couple struggling to fix their doomed relationship and is lost in a dangerous forest that refuses to let them escape. This award-winning dark thriller will leave you questioning what is real and what is malicious trickery until the very last frame.” Written and directed by Richard Waters, the film won the Golden Stake Award at Shockfest and played at many festivals worldwide, including Screamfest, Frightfest, Grimmfest, and IFI Horrorthon. Starring Ciara Bailey, James Devlin, Tad Morari, and Brian Matthews Murphy, it was produced by Alison Scarff at Weird Pretty Pictures. Black Mandala is handling international sales. Bring Out the Fear will arrive on January 3, 2023, On Demand and on DVD.
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Genre legend Sam Raimi is gearing up to bring you the horror-thriller Don’t Move, announced today. His company Raimi Productions and Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios (2022 box-office hit Barbarian) are reuniting with Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios to produce the new movie, whose casting is now underway. Don’t Movie is directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who recently helmed episodes of Raimi’s horror anthology series “50 States of Fright.” Schindler reunites with writers T.J. Cimfel and David White, who also wrote Intruders, which Schindler directed. Don’t Move follows a seasoned killer who injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down. The film is produced by Lebovici, Raimi, and Zainab Azizi. Hammerstone Studios, Raimi Productions, and Capstone Studios recently partnered to produce the action-thriller Boy Kills World starring Bill Skarsgard, currently in post-production. Raimi Productions’ upcoming projects include Sony Pictures’ thriller 65 starring Adam Driver. Earlier this year, Raimi
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