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Andrea Riseborough Stars In ‘Here Before,’ Aqcuired By Saban Films
Here Before, the feature film debut of Stacey Gregg, made its World Premiere at SXSW. Now, Saban Films has acquired the psychological thriller starring Mandy, The Grudge, and Possessor, actress Andrea Riseborough. In the film, “When a new family moves in next door, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates Laura, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter who died several years previously. Before long, Laura’s memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behavior begins to convince her of something supernatural. As Laura’s determination to get to the bottom of it becomes all-consuming, her family begins to fracture and the line between the extraordinary and the real becomes ever more obscured in this haunting story about a mother’s love.” Jonjo O’Neill (“The Fall”), Martin McCann (“Calibre”), and Eileen O’Higgins (“Brooklyn”) also star in Here Before, produced by Julia Godzinskaya and Sophie Vickers for Rooks Nest. BBC Film, Pia Pressure, and Northern Ireland Screen financed the film. Executive producers include Eva
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“Kindred Spirits” Returns For Season 6 This December (Guide)
Paranormal investigators Amy Bruni and Adam Bery, and psychic medium Chip Coffey return for a new chilling season of “Kindred Spirits” this holiday season. Bruni, Berry, and Coffey are no strangers to the supernatural. The team dives headfirst into the underbelly of America’s most haunted locations to solve mysteries, appease tortured souls and confront aggressive entities. Frightening stories of paranormal disturbances have ramped up across the country, sending this paranormal trio to help distressed homeowners and explore historic sites. At each stop, they discover the dire consequences of leaving these dark mysteries unsolved. The paranormal anomalies and activity we encountered rival nothing we’ve come across before,” said Bruni. “From potentially discovering a body in a basement to finding a 300-year-old haunted shoe – this has been the most unpredictable and mind-bending set of investigations we’ve ever done.” In this new season, there are more family cases, new experiments that will blow your mind, and some of the craziest paranormal activity
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Director Johannes Roberts Talks ‘Resident Evil’s’ Return To Its Horror Roots
Director Johannes Roberts, known for his films 47 Meters Down and The Strangers: Prey at Night, is taking us back to Raccoon City this November with Sony’s Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. We sat down with Roberts to talk about the new movie, set to premiere on November 24, 2021, in theaters. A new take on the gaming franchise, Welcome to Raccoon City takes us back to the Capcom games for the adaption, which has no connection to the Milla Jovovich starring franchise. In the movie, “Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.” The cast includes Kaya Scodelario (Crawl) as Claire Redfield, Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and
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Gameplay Trailer For Nordic Horror Game ‘Bramble: The Mountain King’
Game developer Dimfrost Studio announced today released the gameplay trailer for their upcoming Nordic-inspired horror game Bramble: The Mountain King. The game was first revealed IGN expo at E3 but the trailer is the first look players have to see what awaits them in the dark magical woods full of creatures of Nordic folklore. In Bramble: The Mountain King players will play as a young boy who along with his sister is lost in a magical forest known as Bramble while on an emotional journey to uncover the truth behind a dark curse. The game will feature stealth mechanics along with environmental puzzles and combat that will include “David vs Goliath” boss fights. Bramble: The Mountain King is scheduled to be released in 2022 for PC and consoles.
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This December ‘The Darkness Of The Road’ Reminds You Not To Pick Up Hitchhikers
Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia: Part II) stars in the spine-chilling new horror-thriller The Darkness of the Road, premiering on DVD and Digital this December. In the film, “A single mother and her young daughter are driving on a desolate road in a moonless desert. After meeting a young female hitchhiker at a gas station, the mother realizes her daughter is missing. As they search for her, a merciless force begins to torment the two women, unraveling a world of terror they must survive if they are to discover the terrifying truth behind the daughter’s disappearance.” From director Eduardo Rodriguez (Fright Night II, El Gringo), the film also stars Leah Lauren and Johnny Whitworth (“The 100”, Empire Records). Discover the horrors of The Darkness of the Road on December 14, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Movie Reviews (Blood in the Snow Film Festival): Horror Shorts — Giant Bear, Wolf in Dude’s Clothing, and Mummering Legends
Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival, which runs in Toronto from November 18–23, 2021, features a jaw-dropping array of homegrown horror and horror-comedy features and shorts. Following are reviews of three of the short films that screen at the festival. Giant Bear Giant Bear (Canada, 2019) is a beautifully animated vision of an Inuit legend that is absolutely stunning. Codirectors Neil Christopher and Daniel Gies have crafted an absolutely gorgeous work. As beautiful as the snowy landscape is, the underwater world in the short is breathtaking. A lone hunter tries spearfishing with his dog, only to come face to face with a monstrously large bear. Much more than just an animated creature feature, Giant Bear is a riveting experience. Wolf in Dude’s Clothing Writer/director Solmund MacPherson’s Wolf in Dude’s Clothing (Canada, 2021) sees a wolf assume a human lifestyle after finding a suit of human skin in the wild. The wolf-man (Erik Athavale) — a fun play on the
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Asylum’s ‘Devil’s Triangle’ Pits Scientists Against The People Of Alantis
Following a plane crash, passengers make a surprising yet terrifying discovery in The Asylum’s sci-fi flick Devil’s Triangle. In the movie, starring legendary cult action star Fred Williamson, a group of marine biologists crash land in the Bermuda Triangle, they realize they have stumbled into the lost city of Atlantis. But they quickly discover the city isn’t friendly, and its humanoid inhabitants are planning worldwide domination using the piles of weapons and technology that have fallen through the Triangle over the centuries. Director Brendan Petrizzo wrote the script along with Joe Roche for Devil’s Triangle, which also stars Fred Williamson, Morgan Bradley, Alyson Gorske, Torrey Richardson, Mark Valeriano, Liam Hawley, Anna Shields, Alissa Filoramo, Jordy Tulleners, and Diana Prince. Devil’s Triangle opens in select theaters (below) on November 26, 2021, followed by its Digital release on November 30th. Theaters: Los Angeles CA, Laemmle Glendale Cleveland, OH Hickory Ridge Cinemas Miami, FL O Cinema South Beach Minneapolis, MN Trylon Cinema Kansas
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Critically Acclaimed Horror ‘Saint Maud’ Is Coming Home
Experience the critically-acclaimed, “Certified Fresh” film Saint Maud, arriving on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD this November from Lionsgate. Saint Maud stars Morfydd Clark (Crawl, TV’s “His Dark Materials,” “Dracula”) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, Vox Lux, TV’s “The Looming Tower”). The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world. Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Rose Glass A Higher Calling: The Rapture of Saint Maud Bring home Saint Maud on Blu-ray or DVD on November 30, 2021, from Lionsgate.
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This December A Monster Is On The Loose In Shudder’s ‘Death Valley’
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, announced today that it will release the original film Death Valley this December. Written and directed by Matthew Ninaber (Psycho Goreman), who also appears as the frightening monster in the film, the adrenaline-fueled action-horror stars his brother Jeremy Ninaber (Escape the Dark), Ethan Mitchell (Escape the Dark), and Kristen Kaster (If I should Die). “When a secret experiment goes horribly wrong, bioengineer Dr. Chloe (Kaster) becomes trapped inside a secret underground facility. With only 24 hours before a fatal decontamination protocol destroys the entire lab, Chloe deploys an emergency distress signal before a terrifying creature (Matthew Ninaber) of unknown origin can consume what’s left of her. Alerted by the distress beacon, battle-weary guns for hire, Marshall (Mitchell) and Beckett (Jeremy Ninaber) are commissioned to carry out a covert operation to extract the imprisoned scientist. Upon deployment, the team is ambushed by another heavily armed militia hell-bent on finding
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From The Director Of Train To Busan Comes The Netflix Series ‘Hellbound’
Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” is set to premiere on Netflix this week. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.
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Andrea Riseborough Stars In ‘Here Before,’ Aqcuired By Saban Films
Here Before, the feature film debut of Stacey Gregg, made its World Premiere at SXSW. Now, Saban Films has acquired the psychological thriller starring Mandy, The Grudge, and Possessor, actress Andrea Riseborough. In the film, “When a new family moves in next door, their young daughter, Megan, quickly captivates Laura, stirring up painful memories of her own daughter who died several years previously. Before long, Laura’s memories turn to obsession as Megan’s unsettling behavior begins to convince her of something supernatural. As Laura’s determination to get to the bottom of it becomes all-consuming, her family begins to fracture and the line between the extraordinary and the real becomes ever more obscured in this haunting story about a mother’s love.” Jonjo O’Neill (“The Fall”), Martin McCann (“Calibre”), and Eileen O’Higgins (“Brooklyn”) also star in Here Before, produced by Julia Godzinskaya and Sophie Vickers for Rooks Nest. BBC Film, Pia Pressure, and Northern Ireland Screen financed the film. Executive producers include Eva
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“Kindred Spirits” Returns For Season 6 This December (Guide)
Paranormal investigators Amy Bruni and Adam Bery, and psychic medium Chip Coffey return for a new chilling season of “Kindred Spirits” this holiday season. Bruni, Berry, and Coffey are no strangers to the supernatural. The team dives headfirst into the underbelly of America’s most haunted locations to solve mysteries, appease tortured souls and confront aggressive entities. Frightening stories of paranormal disturbances have ramped up across the country, sending this paranormal trio to help distressed homeowners and explore historic sites. At each stop, they discover the dire consequences of leaving these dark mysteries unsolved. The paranormal anomalies and activity we encountered rival nothing we’ve come across before,” said Bruni. “From potentially discovering a body in a basement to finding a 300-year-old haunted shoe – this has been the most unpredictable and mind-bending set of investigations we’ve ever done.” In this new season, there are more family cases, new experiments that will blow your mind, and some of the craziest paranormal activity
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Director Johannes Roberts Talks ‘Resident Evil’s’ Return To Its Horror Roots
Director Johannes Roberts, known for his films 47 Meters Down and The Strangers: Prey at Night, is taking us back to Raccoon City this November with Sony’s Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. We sat down with Roberts to talk about the new movie, set to premiere on November 24, 2021, in theaters. A new take on the gaming franchise, Welcome to Raccoon City takes us back to the Capcom games for the adaption, which has no connection to the Milla Jovovich starring franchise. In the movie, “Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.” The cast includes Kaya Scodelario (Crawl) as Claire Redfield, Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and
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Gameplay Trailer For Nordic Horror Game ‘Bramble: The Mountain King’
Game developer Dimfrost Studio announced today released the gameplay trailer for their upcoming Nordic-inspired horror game Bramble: The Mountain King. The game was first revealed IGN expo at E3 but the trailer is the first look players have to see what awaits them in the dark magical woods full of creatures of Nordic folklore. In Bramble: The Mountain King players will play as a young boy who along with his sister is lost in a magical forest known as Bramble while on an emotional journey to uncover the truth behind a dark curse. The game will feature stealth mechanics along with environmental puzzles and combat that will include “David vs Goliath” boss fights. Bramble: The Mountain King is scheduled to be released in 2022 for PC and consoles.
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This December ‘The Darkness Of The Road’ Reminds You Not To Pick Up Hitchhikers
Najarra Townsend (Contracted, Dementia: Part II) stars in the spine-chilling new horror-thriller The Darkness of the Road, premiering on DVD and Digital this December. In the film, “A single mother and her young daughter are driving on a desolate road in a moonless desert. After meeting a young female hitchhiker at a gas station, the mother realizes her daughter is missing. As they search for her, a merciless force begins to torment the two women, unraveling a world of terror they must survive if they are to discover the terrifying truth behind the daughter’s disappearance.” From director Eduardo Rodriguez (Fright Night II, El Gringo), the film also stars Leah Lauren and Johnny Whitworth (“The 100”, Empire Records). Discover the horrors of The Darkness of the Road on December 14, 2021, from Uncork’d Entertainment.
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Movie Reviews (Blood in the Snow Film Festival): Horror Shorts — Giant Bear, Wolf in Dude’s Clothing, and Mummering Legends
Canada’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival, which runs in Toronto from November 18–23, 2021, features a jaw-dropping array of homegrown horror and horror-comedy features and shorts. Following are reviews of three of the short films that screen at the festival. Giant Bear Giant Bear (Canada, 2019) is a beautifully animated vision of an Inuit legend that is absolutely stunning. Codirectors Neil Christopher and Daniel Gies have crafted an absolutely gorgeous work. As beautiful as the snowy landscape is, the underwater world in the short is breathtaking. A lone hunter tries spearfishing with his dog, only to come face to face with a monstrously large bear. Much more than just an animated creature feature, Giant Bear is a riveting experience. Wolf in Dude’s Clothing Writer/director Solmund MacPherson’s Wolf in Dude’s Clothing (Canada, 2021) sees a wolf assume a human lifestyle after finding a suit of human skin in the wild. The wolf-man (Erik Athavale) — a fun play on the
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Asylum’s ‘Devil’s Triangle’ Pits Scientists Against The People Of Alantis
Following a plane crash, passengers make a surprising yet terrifying discovery in The Asylum’s sci-fi flick Devil’s Triangle. In the movie, starring legendary cult action star Fred Williamson, a group of marine biologists crash land in the Bermuda Triangle, they realize they have stumbled into the lost city of Atlantis. But they quickly discover the city isn’t friendly, and its humanoid inhabitants are planning worldwide domination using the piles of weapons and technology that have fallen through the Triangle over the centuries. Director Brendan Petrizzo wrote the script along with Joe Roche for Devil’s Triangle, which also stars Fred Williamson, Morgan Bradley, Alyson Gorske, Torrey Richardson, Mark Valeriano, Liam Hawley, Anna Shields, Alissa Filoramo, Jordy Tulleners, and Diana Prince. Devil’s Triangle opens in select theaters (below) on November 26, 2021, followed by its Digital release on November 30th. Theaters: Los Angeles CA, Laemmle Glendale Cleveland, OH Hickory Ridge Cinemas Miami, FL O Cinema South Beach Minneapolis, MN Trylon Cinema Kansas
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Critically Acclaimed Horror ‘Saint Maud’ Is Coming Home
Experience the critically-acclaimed, “Certified Fresh” film Saint Maud, arriving on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital) and DVD this November from Lionsgate. Saint Maud stars Morfydd Clark (Crawl, TV’s “His Dark Materials,” “Dracula”) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, Vox Lux, TV’s “The Looming Tower”). The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world. Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling. BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Rose Glass A Higher Calling: The Rapture of Saint Maud Bring home Saint Maud on Blu-ray or DVD on November 30, 2021, from Lionsgate.
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This December A Monster Is On The Loose In Shudder’s ‘Death Valley’
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, announced today that it will release the original film Death Valley this December. Written and directed by Matthew Ninaber (Psycho Goreman), who also appears as the frightening monster in the film, the adrenaline-fueled action-horror stars his brother Jeremy Ninaber (Escape the Dark), Ethan Mitchell (Escape the Dark), and Kristen Kaster (If I should Die). “When a secret experiment goes horribly wrong, bioengineer Dr. Chloe (Kaster) becomes trapped inside a secret underground facility. With only 24 hours before a fatal decontamination protocol destroys the entire lab, Chloe deploys an emergency distress signal before a terrifying creature (Matthew Ninaber) of unknown origin can consume what’s left of her. Alerted by the distress beacon, battle-weary guns for hire, Marshall (Mitchell) and Beckett (Jeremy Ninaber) are commissioned to carry out a covert operation to extract the imprisoned scientist. Upon deployment, the team is ambushed by another heavily armed militia hell-bent on finding
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From The Director Of Train To Busan Comes The Netflix Series ‘Hellbound’
Over the past few years, Korean horror films and series, such as Bong Joon-Ho’s 2020 Academy Award-winning film Parasite, have been growing in popularity in the states. One of the most highly anticipated Korean horror series, “Hellbound, ” is set to premiere on Netflix this week. The series is based on a Korean webtoon of the same name and depicts a world where angels of death make themselves known before dragging people to hell. Yeon Sang-Ho, best known for his hit zombie film Train to Busan. is in the director’s chair for the series’ whose six-episode first season premieres on Netflix on November 19, 2021.
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