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Earlier this year we shared the first look of Patrick Ridremont‘s holiday horror The Advent Calendar (Le Calendrier). Now, the first trailer has arrived teasing a horrifying holiday season. In the film, “Eva, former swimming champion and now a paraplegic, has been in a wheelchair for three years. For her birthday, her friend Sophie sends her a strange Advent calendar. It’s not the traditional treats she finds when she opens each door, but some altogether more peculiar gifts, some of which are nice, but many more of which are terrifying and become more and more bloody.” The French film stars Eugenie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, and Clement Olivieri. The Advent Calander is set to open in overseas theaters this December. A US release date has not been announced at this time.
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Yesterday we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman will be returning to reprise her role of Esther in the upcoming prequel to the disturbing 2009 film Orphan. We can now report that the cast has gained another star, Possessor (out today on VOD and Digital) actor Rossif Sutherland, half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland, Deadline announced. The cast also includes The Omen‘s (2006) actress Julia Stiles. In the movie, titled Orphan: First Kill, “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.” William Brent Bell (The Boy) is directing from the script written by David Coggeshall (The Haunting in Connecticut 2) for Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One.
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This December, writer-director Marc Price is taking viewers on a trip into outer space in the sci-fi survival horror Dune Drifter. And we’ve got the new trailer to share with you that reveals a pilot in a desperate fight to survive. Starring Phoebe Sparrow (“Downton Abbey”), Daisy Aitkens, and Simon Dwyer, the film is set during an ongoing battle for humanity, where a group of rookie space fighter pilots are sent to join the battle against an armada of unbeatable enemy ships. When the trainee pilot and her gunner are shot down, they manage to crash land on a nearby planet. With the gunner mortally wounded and her own life support only set to last two days, our pilot’s only option is to fix her ship. The sudden appearance of an enemy craft offers the answer, but as the pilot looks for parts to use on her own ship she is horrified to spot another survivor; an enemy alien soldier
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Isabelle Fuhrman made a name for herself when she starred in 2009’s hit horror film Orphan. Now she’s confirmed to be returning for the upcoming prequel of the twisted movie. Fuhrman starred in the film as Esther, an odd young girl adopted by parents (Peter Skarsgard and Vera Farmiga) who are struggling to overcome the loss of their baby. But things quickly take a turn for the worse. The prequels plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Fuhrman will both star and serve as an associate producer for the picture that is being directed by William Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) and is written by David Coggeshall. Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment one will produce, Variety reports. Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin, James Tomlinson, and Dark Castle’s Alex Mace will also produce with Jen Gorton executive producing.
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Filmmaker Alex Tait makes he feature directorial debut with the supernatural horror film Dark Figures, set in the Arizona desert. We have the new trailer that reveals five friends in grave danger. Kelly McCart, Shelby Lyn, Dan Nufer, and Ben Scattone star in Dark Figures that follows five friends who accidentally awaken an ancient evil while hiking in Arizona. They must fight to survive both a demonic spirit and the small tribe who worships it. Dark Figures will be unleashed on VOD on November 10, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures.
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Did you know that a real-life serial killer starred in The Exorcist? In 1972, director William Friedkin saw Paul Bateson perform a cerebral angiography in the New York University radiology lab. Wanting to keep things as real as possible, when Friedkin was making The Exorcist the next year, he arranged for the same procedure to be filmed in a hospital by real doctors and technicians. Friedkin was impressed by the way Bateson performed the real procedure the year before and invited him to be included in the scene as a radiographer not knowing of his crimes. Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a metallurgist. In the early 60s, he joined the Army and became an alcoholic while serving in Germany. When his service came to an end, he returned to Lansdale before moving to New York in 1964 where he began living a double life, working as a radiologist during the day, and exploring his sexuality and
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From Russian director Pavel Khvaleev (Involution) comes the kidnapping horror Sleepless Beauty starring Polina Davydova who he worked with on III: The Ritual. “The film tells a twisted story about a young woman, Mila, who is kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as Recreation. Her unknown abductors talk to her through a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she cannot sleep and has to fulfill bizarre and violent tasks if she hopes to stay alive. At first, it looks like someone’s sick idea of entertainment but as the demands become more intense, Mila begins to realize that she is losing control of her own mind and instead, may be a pawn in a twisted and deadly psychological experiment.” Aleksandra Khvaleeva wrote the film, produced by Frank Ellrich, Georgiy Smirnov, and Elena Talyanksaya. It features cinematography and editing by Khvaleev. And is a Monomania Films Production. Sleepless Beauty made its world premiere at the 2020 Imagine Film Festival and was an official
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile‘s Zac Efron has found his next role as the lead in the upcoming survival thriller, Gold, which is headed to the AFM virtual market. According to Deadline, “The film will follow two strangers traveling through a desert who stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found. They hatch a plan to protect and excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary equipment. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs and mysterious intruders, whilst battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.” Anthony Hayes (“Animal Kingdom”) will both direct and co-star in the movie based on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Polly Smyth who has worked in the wardrobe department on many major movies including Rouge and Dying Breed. Filming is due to begin in Australia later this month. John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz will be producing under their Deeper
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We’ve got good news for fans of the Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams-produced brilliant HBO series “Lovecraft Country.” The action-packed, incredibly well-written series is headed to Blu-ray! “Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” explores racism, family drama, and monsters is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams) only to encounter terrifying racism, magic, and Lovecraftian monsters along the way. Grab your “must-see” DVD and Blu-ray of “Lovecraft Country” on February 16, 2021. Special Features include: Compendium of Horrors (NEW) Orithyia Blue and the Imagination of Diana Freeman (NEW) Crafting “Lovecraft Country” Exploring “Lovecraft Country” “Lovecraft Country”: The Craft
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Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Girl Next Door) is starring in the new psychological thriller State of Consciousness from Iervolino Entertainment, which has just started filming in Bari, Italy, and the surrounding areas. Marcus Stokes is directing the movie in which nightmares and reality become indistinguishable to Stephen (Hirsch) when he is forced to take medication for a psychological disorder he doesn’t have. To regain his sanity and get back to his normal life, he sets out to escape from the institution he has been trapped in. The film is produced by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi. Silvio Muraglia’s Paradox Studios acquired worldwide distribution rights. Andrea Iervolino said, “I can’t tell you how excited we are to have Emile jump into this role. Getting intensity, intelligence, and ingenuity all in one performance is daunting – until you get Emile Hirsch, then you breathe easier and things get really exciting. We’re really looking forward to making this movie and letting
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Earlier this year we shared the first look of Patrick Ridremont‘s holiday horror The Advent Calendar (Le Calendrier). Now, the first trailer has arrived teasing a horrifying holiday season. In the film, “Eva, former swimming champion and now a paraplegic, has been in a wheelchair for three years. For her birthday, her friend Sophie sends her a strange Advent calendar. It’s not the traditional treats she finds when she opens each door, but some altogether more peculiar gifts, some of which are nice, but many more of which are terrifying and become more and more bloody.” The French film stars Eugenie Derouand, Honorine Magnier, and Clement Olivieri. The Advent Calander is set to open in overseas theaters this December. A US release date has not been announced at this time.
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Yesterday we reported that Isabelle Fuhrman will be returning to reprise her role of Esther in the upcoming prequel to the disturbing 2009 film Orphan. We can now report that the cast has gained another star, Possessor (out today on VOD and Digital) actor Rossif Sutherland, half-brother of Kiefer Sutherland, Deadline announced. The cast also includes The Omen‘s (2006) actress Julia Stiles. In the movie, titled Orphan: First Kill, “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.” William Brent Bell (The Boy) is directing from the script written by David Coggeshall (The Haunting in Connecticut 2) for Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One.
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This December, writer-director Marc Price is taking viewers on a trip into outer space in the sci-fi survival horror Dune Drifter. And we’ve got the new trailer to share with you that reveals a pilot in a desperate fight to survive. Starring Phoebe Sparrow (“Downton Abbey”), Daisy Aitkens, and Simon Dwyer, the film is set during an ongoing battle for humanity, where a group of rookie space fighter pilots are sent to join the battle against an armada of unbeatable enemy ships. When the trainee pilot and her gunner are shot down, they manage to crash land on a nearby planet. With the gunner mortally wounded and her own life support only set to last two days, our pilot’s only option is to fix her ship. The sudden appearance of an enemy craft offers the answer, but as the pilot looks for parts to use on her own ship she is horrified to spot another survivor; an enemy alien soldier
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Isabelle Fuhrman made a name for herself when she starred in 2009’s hit horror film Orphan. Now she’s confirmed to be returning for the upcoming prequel of the twisted movie. Fuhrman starred in the film as Esther, an odd young girl adopted by parents (Peter Skarsgard and Vera Farmiga) who are struggling to overcome the loss of their baby. But things quickly take a turn for the worse. The prequels plot details are being kept under wraps for now, but we do know that Fuhrman will both star and serve as an associate producer for the picture that is being directed by William Bell (The Boy, The Devil Inside) and is written by David Coggeshall. Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment one will produce, Variety reports. Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin, James Tomlinson, and Dark Castle’s Alex Mace will also produce with Jen Gorton executive producing.
Continue reading →
IndieMoviesNewsTrailers
Filmmaker Alex Tait makes he feature directorial debut with the supernatural horror film Dark Figures, set in the Arizona desert. We have the new trailer that reveals five friends in grave danger. Kelly McCart, Shelby Lyn, Dan Nufer, and Ben Scattone star in Dark Figures that follows five friends who accidentally awaken an ancient evil while hiking in Arizona. They must fight to survive both a demonic spirit and the small tribe who worships it. Dark Figures will be unleashed on VOD on November 10, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures.
Continue reading →
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Did you know that a real-life serial killer starred in The Exorcist? In 1972, director William Friedkin saw Paul Bateson perform a cerebral angiography in the New York University radiology lab. Wanting to keep things as real as possible, when Friedkin was making The Exorcist the next year, he arranged for the same procedure to be filmed in a hospital by real doctors and technicians. Friedkin was impressed by the way Bateson performed the real procedure the year before and invited him to be included in the scene as a radiographer not knowing of his crimes. Born in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a metallurgist. In the early 60s, he joined the Army and became an alcoholic while serving in Germany. When his service came to an end, he returned to Lansdale before moving to New York in 1964 where he began living a double life, working as a radiologist during the day, and exploring his sexuality and
Continue reading →
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From Russian director Pavel Khvaleev (Involution) comes the kidnapping horror Sleepless Beauty starring Polina Davydova who he worked with on III: The Ritual. “The film tells a twisted story about a young woman, Mila, who is kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as Recreation. Her unknown abductors talk to her through a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she cannot sleep and has to fulfill bizarre and violent tasks if she hopes to stay alive. At first, it looks like someone’s sick idea of entertainment but as the demands become more intense, Mila begins to realize that she is losing control of her own mind and instead, may be a pawn in a twisted and deadly psychological experiment.” Aleksandra Khvaleeva wrote the film, produced by Frank Ellrich, Georgiy Smirnov, and Elena Talyanksaya. It features cinematography and editing by Khvaleev. And is a Monomania Films Production. Sleepless Beauty made its world premiere at the 2020 Imagine Film Festival and was an official
Continue reading →
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile‘s Zac Efron has found his next role as the lead in the upcoming survival thriller, Gold, which is headed to the AFM virtual market. According to Deadline, “The film will follow two strangers traveling through a desert who stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found. They hatch a plan to protect and excavate their bounty with one man leaving to secure the necessary equipment. The other man remains and must endure harsh desert elements, ravenous wild dogs and mysterious intruders, whilst battling the sinking suspicion that he has been abandoned to his own fate.” Anthony Hayes (“Animal Kingdom”) will both direct and co-star in the movie based on a screenplay that he co-wrote with Polly Smyth who has worked in the wardrobe department on many major movies including Rouge and Dying Breed. Filming is due to begin in Australia later this month. John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz will be producing under their Deeper
Continue reading →
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We’ve got good news for fans of the Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams-produced brilliant HBO series “Lovecraft Country.” The action-packed, incredibly well-written series is headed to Blu-ray! “Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season” explores racism, family drama, and monsters is based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff. The series follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams) only to encounter terrifying racism, magic, and Lovecraftian monsters along the way. Grab your “must-see” DVD and Blu-ray of “Lovecraft Country” on February 16, 2021. Special Features include: Compendium of Horrors (NEW) Orithyia Blue and the Imagination of Diana Freeman (NEW) Crafting “Lovecraft Country” Exploring “Lovecraft Country” “Lovecraft Country”: The Craft
Continue reading →
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Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Girl Next Door) is starring in the new psychological thriller State of Consciousness from Iervolino Entertainment, which has just started filming in Bari, Italy, and the surrounding areas. Marcus Stokes is directing the movie in which nightmares and reality become indistinguishable to Stephen (Hirsch) when he is forced to take medication for a psychological disorder he doesn’t have. To regain his sanity and get back to his normal life, he sets out to escape from the institution he has been trapped in. The film is produced by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi. Silvio Muraglia’s Paradox Studios acquired worldwide distribution rights. Andrea Iervolino said, “I can’t tell you how excited we are to have Emile jump into this role. Getting intensity, intelligence, and ingenuity all in one performance is daunting – until you get Emile Hirsch, then you breathe easier and things get really exciting. We’re really looking forward to making this movie and letting
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