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This October ‘The Curse Of Audrey Earnshaw’ Will Cast Its Spell On You
Writer-director Thomas Robert Lee takes viewers on a dark journey filled with religious paranoia, horror, and revenge set against the autumnal palette of the harvest season in 1973 in The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw. The film explores the disturbing bond between Audrey, an enigmatic young woman, and Agatha, her domineering ‘mother’, who live secretly as occultists on the outskirts of a remote Protestant village. As the community is besieged by a pestilence of unknown origin: children, fields, and livestock begin to die — yet the Earnshaw farm remains strangely unaffected. As mass hysteria sets in the village, the townsfolk commence accusations against Audrey and Agatha of witchcraft. Catherine Walker, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson, Geraldine O’Rawe, Don McKellar, and Sean McGinley star in The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, featuring Jessica Reynolds in the titular role of Audrey Earnshaw. I wanted to tell a story about legacy, and to specifically explore it within the context of a folk horror narrative,”says writer-director
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From The Creator Of Final Destination Comes ‘Don’t Look Back’ (Trailer)
From Jeffrey Riddick, the creator of Final Destination, comes Don’t Look Back. The trailer has just arrived and shines a brutal light on society’s habit of watching terrible things but doing nothing to stop it as well as tackling the subject of karma. In the film, Caitlin Kramer, a woman overcoming a tragic past, is among several people who see a man being fatally assaulted. When the witnesses start dying mysteriously, she must unearth if they’re being targeted by a killer or something far more insidious. Kourtney Bell, Bryan Batt, Will Stout, Skyler Hart, Jeremy Holm, Jaqueline Fleming, Amanda Grace Benitez, Damon Lipari, Han Soto, Dean J. West, and Stephen Twardokus star. Don’t Look Back opens in theaters and lands On Demand on October 16, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer and let us know what you think.
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This October An Ancient Creature Escapes The Tar Pits In ‘Tar’ (Trailer)
Howling Wolf Productions’ creature feature, Tar is set to have an exclusive theatrical run in select drive-in theaters this October. Based on legends, the film begins in the murky depths of Los Angeles’ world-famous natural attraction, the La Brea Tar Pits wherein ana ancient secret lies – a creature that is suddenly awoken by construction on the subway. The creature emerges to strike terror in the hearts of the city leaving residents and tourists alike fighting for survival. Golden Globe® Nominee Timothy Bottoms, Aaron Wolf, Tiffany Shepis, Max Perlich, and Academy Award® Nominee Graham Greene star. Co-written by Howling Wolf Productions partners Aaron Wolf and Tim Nuttall, Tar aims to reawaken the creature feature genre for a new era. We want to bring back the fun classic adventure-horror films we grew up on like ‘Jaws’ and ‘Arachnophobia,” Wolf said. “And it’s coming in a year when we truly need Halloween fun. We hope people will enjoy escaping into the new
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Danny Trejo And A Band Of Rebels Fight Pig Soldiers In The ‘Bullets Of Justice’ Trailer
Danny Trejo really hams it up in the action-horror flick Bullets of Justice that has now scored an October release date from the emerging genre distributor The Horror Collective. In the post-apocalyptic aftermath of World War 3, an army of half-human half-pig super-soldiers takes over the world. It is up to a group of human rebels to destroy them and liberate humankind. Timur Turisbekov, Yana Marinova, Dessy Slavova, Doroteya Toleva, and Ester Chardaklieva star along with Trejo in Bullets of Justice, directed by Valeri Milev and was written by Milev and Timur Turisbekov. Bullets of Justice lands on VOD on October 15th. Check out the absurdly awesome trailer!
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Rated Thriller ‘The Swerve’ Coming To VOD And Digital
From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. Between the insomnia, the medication for insomnia, and the dreams from the medication for insomnia she’s exhausted. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer-director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on
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Mr. HoleHead’s Warped Dimension Short Film Review: The Song of Her (2019)
In a dystopian, or is that draconian… hell let’s just say it’s both… anyway, in a dystopian/draconian era, Flora (Yelena Ferrer) spends her time playing organ in a titanic, seemingly abandoned church… well that, and hooking Chi (Sui Nakashima) up to a scanner cum torture device called Goda, and grilling her for info, as well as playing armchair therapist to her victim. Naturally the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of Flora’s superior, General Stewart Bailey (Ravin Patterson) who maims Flora with the ol’ cigarette to the putrid peeper bag! Anyway, things come to a head, and soon the two find themselves at the mercy of Satanic mother fucker Lord Goody (Bruce Hermann), but is all hope really lost? The Song of Her is one delicious slice of sinister short film (this picture runs about 21 minutes) perfection! Coming off as a bit like a “What if Bram Stoker wrote 1984?” affair, this flick is a deft blend
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Production Begins On Thriller ‘Cobweb’ Starring “Castle Rock’s” Lizzy Caplan
Lionsgate announced today that production on the upcoming thriller Cobweb will begin production this month in Sophia, Bulgaria. The news came via Erin Westerman, President of Production for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. Filming commences hot off the heels of the successful wrap of Lionsgate’s The Devil’s Light, which was also filmed in Bulgaria. Commenting on the announcement, Westerman said, “We are big believers in the horror business, and the continuous need for content so we are thrilled to be partnered with Vertigo and Point Grey in bringing Sam Bodin’s first film to screen.” Westerman states. Cobweb centers on a small town, in an ordinary house that seems like any other, where a young boy hears a mysterious tapping from inside the walls – and suspects his parents are hiding a terrible secret. Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) joins the cast as Carol, the mother of the young boy. Antony Starr (“The Boys”) plays Mark, the boy’s father. Woody Norman (“Poldark”)
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‘Tokyo Home Stay Massacre’ Trailer Teases Horror And Bloodshed
This October, explore a new house of horrors. Culture Shock Japan presents A Tokyo Bay Films production, Tokyo Home Stay Massacre! In the indie film, three American late teens travel to Japan to escape a sad past and have some fun but end up trapped in a house with a demented Japanese host family who plans to offer them to their gods in a sick ancient Japanese ritual. Diana G., Will Harrell, and Alex Derycz star in the film from writer-directors Kenta Osaka and Hirohito Takimoto. Tokyo Home Stay Massacre will be unleashed on DVD and Digital on October 2, 2020, from Leomark Studios. Check out the trailer!
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A Kidnapped Woman Fights To Survive In The Thriller ‘Alone’ (Trailer)
A woman fights to survive in the kidnap thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams (“Z Nation”) and written by Mattias Olsson (Gone). Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband. When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes into the wilderness and is pursued by her captor. Willcox stars alongside Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”, “The Outsider”), and Anthony Heald (The Silence Of The Lambs). Hunt down Alone in theaters and arrive On Demand on September 18, 2020, from Magnet Releasing.
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Star-Studded Animated Horror ‘To Your Last Death’ Coming To Blu-ray
Following a wildly successful run on the global film festival circuit, having claimed over two dozen awards and 60 nominations, Coverage Ink and Quiver Distribution have announced the Blu-ray release of Jason Axinn‘s To Your Last Death, a blood-splattered, time-warped, animated film. To Your Last Death combines a wildly imaginative script with eye-popping animation. The film is anchored by a first-class voice cast that includes Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) as the mysterious Gamemaster, Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks”, Batman: The Killing Joke,), Dani Lennon (The Love Witch, Bite Me), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects), and William Shatner (the “Star Trek” franchise, “The Practice”) as the sadistic Overseer. Of her time in the recording booth, Baccarin shared, “What drew me to this project was how dark it was. This idea that we can be finger puppets, that somebody could be up there, wreaking chaos in our lives… Obviously, it’s a fantasy world, and it’s always fun to do something
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This October ‘The Curse Of Audrey Earnshaw’ Will Cast Its Spell On You
Writer-director Thomas Robert Lee takes viewers on a dark journey filled with religious paranoia, horror, and revenge set against the autumnal palette of the harvest season in 1973 in The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw. The film explores the disturbing bond between Audrey, an enigmatic young woman, and Agatha, her domineering ‘mother’, who live secretly as occultists on the outskirts of a remote Protestant village. As the community is besieged by a pestilence of unknown origin: children, fields, and livestock begin to die — yet the Earnshaw farm remains strangely unaffected. As mass hysteria sets in the village, the townsfolk commence accusations against Audrey and Agatha of witchcraft. Catherine Walker, Jared Abrahamson, Hannah Emily Anderson, Geraldine O’Rawe, Don McKellar, and Sean McGinley star in The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, featuring Jessica Reynolds in the titular role of Audrey Earnshaw. I wanted to tell a story about legacy, and to specifically explore it within the context of a folk horror narrative,”says writer-director
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From The Creator Of Final Destination Comes ‘Don’t Look Back’ (Trailer)
From Jeffrey Riddick, the creator of Final Destination, comes Don’t Look Back. The trailer has just arrived and shines a brutal light on society’s habit of watching terrible things but doing nothing to stop it as well as tackling the subject of karma. In the film, Caitlin Kramer, a woman overcoming a tragic past, is among several people who see a man being fatally assaulted. When the witnesses start dying mysteriously, she must unearth if they’re being targeted by a killer or something far more insidious. Kourtney Bell, Bryan Batt, Will Stout, Skyler Hart, Jeremy Holm, Jaqueline Fleming, Amanda Grace Benitez, Damon Lipari, Han Soto, Dean J. West, and Stephen Twardokus star. Don’t Look Back opens in theaters and lands On Demand on October 16, 2020, from Gravitas Ventures. Check out the trailer and let us know what you think.
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This October An Ancient Creature Escapes The Tar Pits In ‘Tar’ (Trailer)
Howling Wolf Productions’ creature feature, Tar is set to have an exclusive theatrical run in select drive-in theaters this October. Based on legends, the film begins in the murky depths of Los Angeles’ world-famous natural attraction, the La Brea Tar Pits wherein ana ancient secret lies – a creature that is suddenly awoken by construction on the subway. The creature emerges to strike terror in the hearts of the city leaving residents and tourists alike fighting for survival. Golden Globe® Nominee Timothy Bottoms, Aaron Wolf, Tiffany Shepis, Max Perlich, and Academy Award® Nominee Graham Greene star. Co-written by Howling Wolf Productions partners Aaron Wolf and Tim Nuttall, Tar aims to reawaken the creature feature genre for a new era. We want to bring back the fun classic adventure-horror films we grew up on like ‘Jaws’ and ‘Arachnophobia,” Wolf said. “And it’s coming in a year when we truly need Halloween fun. We hope people will enjoy escaping into the new
Continue reading →
Danny Trejo And A Band Of Rebels Fight Pig Soldiers In The ‘Bullets Of Justice’ Trailer
Danny Trejo really hams it up in the action-horror flick Bullets of Justice that has now scored an October release date from the emerging genre distributor The Horror Collective. In the post-apocalyptic aftermath of World War 3, an army of half-human half-pig super-soldiers takes over the world. It is up to a group of human rebels to destroy them and liberate humankind. Timur Turisbekov, Yana Marinova, Dessy Slavova, Doroteya Toleva, and Ester Chardaklieva star along with Trejo in Bullets of Justice, directed by Valeri Milev and was written by Milev and Timur Turisbekov. Bullets of Justice lands on VOD on October 15th. Check out the absurdly awesome trailer!
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100% Rotten Tomatoes Rated Thriller ‘The Swerve’ Coming To VOD And Digital
From writer-director Dean Kapsalis comes the haunting new thriller The Swerve, starring Azura Skye, Bryce Pinkham, Ashley Bell, and Zach Rand. In the film, Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. Between the insomnia, the medication for insomnia, and the dreams from the medication for insomnia she’s exhausted. The arrival of her estranged sister and a mouse invading her home doesn’t help either. Add the weight of a dark secret, and her already delicate balance collapses, sending her spiraling out of control. With Azura Skye‘s riveting and acclaimed performance as Holly, she effortlessly crafts a portrait of a struggling mother on the edge. Writer-director Dean Kapsalis’ powerfully heart-wrenching feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on
Continue reading →
Mr. HoleHead’s Warped Dimension Short Film Review: The Song of Her (2019)
In a dystopian, or is that draconian… hell let’s just say it’s both… anyway, in a dystopian/draconian era, Flora (Yelena Ferrer) spends her time playing organ in a titanic, seemingly abandoned church… well that, and hooking Chi (Sui Nakashima) up to a scanner cum torture device called Goda, and grilling her for info, as well as playing armchair therapist to her victim. Naturally the two fall in love, much to the chagrin of Flora’s superior, General Stewart Bailey (Ravin Patterson) who maims Flora with the ol’ cigarette to the putrid peeper bag! Anyway, things come to a head, and soon the two find themselves at the mercy of Satanic mother fucker Lord Goody (Bruce Hermann), but is all hope really lost? The Song of Her is one delicious slice of sinister short film (this picture runs about 21 minutes) perfection! Coming off as a bit like a “What if Bram Stoker wrote 1984?” affair, this flick is a deft blend
Continue reading →
Production Begins On Thriller ‘Cobweb’ Starring “Castle Rock’s” Lizzy Caplan
Lionsgate announced today that production on the upcoming thriller Cobweb will begin production this month in Sophia, Bulgaria. The news came via Erin Westerman, President of Production for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. Filming commences hot off the heels of the successful wrap of Lionsgate’s The Devil’s Light, which was also filmed in Bulgaria. Commenting on the announcement, Westerman said, “We are big believers in the horror business, and the continuous need for content so we are thrilled to be partnered with Vertigo and Point Grey in bringing Sam Bodin’s first film to screen.” Westerman states. Cobweb centers on a small town, in an ordinary house that seems like any other, where a young boy hears a mysterious tapping from inside the walls – and suspects his parents are hiding a terrible secret. Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) joins the cast as Carol, the mother of the young boy. Antony Starr (“The Boys”) plays Mark, the boy’s father. Woody Norman (“Poldark”)
Continue reading →
‘Tokyo Home Stay Massacre’ Trailer Teases Horror And Bloodshed
This October, explore a new house of horrors. Culture Shock Japan presents A Tokyo Bay Films production, Tokyo Home Stay Massacre! In the indie film, three American late teens travel to Japan to escape a sad past and have some fun but end up trapped in a house with a demented Japanese host family who plans to offer them to their gods in a sick ancient Japanese ritual. Diana G., Will Harrell, and Alex Derycz star in the film from writer-directors Kenta Osaka and Hirohito Takimoto. Tokyo Home Stay Massacre will be unleashed on DVD and Digital on October 2, 2020, from Leomark Studios. Check out the trailer!
Continue reading →
A Kidnapped Woman Fights To Survive In The Thriller ‘Alone’ (Trailer)
A woman fights to survive in the kidnap thriller Alone, directed by John Hyams (“Z Nation”) and written by Mattias Olsson (Gone). Jules Willcox (Netflix’s Bloodline) stars as Jessica, a grief-stricken widow who flees the city in an attempt to cope with the loss of her husband. When Jessica is kidnapped by a mysterious man and locked in a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, she escapes into the wilderness and is pursued by her captor. Willcox stars alongside Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”, “The Outsider”), and Anthony Heald (The Silence Of The Lambs). Hunt down Alone in theaters and arrive On Demand on September 18, 2020, from Magnet Releasing.
Continue reading →
Star-Studded Animated Horror ‘To Your Last Death’ Coming To Blu-ray
Following a wildly successful run on the global film festival circuit, having claimed over two dozen awards and 60 nominations, Coverage Ink and Quiver Distribution have announced the Blu-ray release of Jason Axinn‘s To Your Last Death, a blood-splattered, time-warped, animated film. To Your Last Death combines a wildly imaginative script with eye-popping animation. The film is anchored by a first-class voice cast that includes Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) as the mysterious Gamemaster, Ray Wise (“Twin Peaks”, Batman: The Killing Joke,), Dani Lennon (The Love Witch, Bite Me), Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects), and William Shatner (the “Star Trek” franchise, “The Practice”) as the sadistic Overseer. Of her time in the recording booth, Baccarin shared, “What drew me to this project was how dark it was. This idea that we can be finger puppets, that somebody could be up there, wreaking chaos in our lives… Obviously, it’s a fantasy world, and it’s always fun to do something
Continue reading →