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Genre Bending 'The Becomers' Celebrates Fantasia Premiere With New Clip

Genre Bending ‘The Becomers’ Celebrates Fantasia Premiere With New Clip

A new, first-look clip and poster have been released for Zach Clark’s upcoming genre-bending film The Becomers ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22nd. The film follows a body-snatching alien who comes to Earth, reconnects with their partner, and tries to find their way in modern America. Written and conceived in early 2021, the film reflects the challenges of the real world at the time through its pointedly chaotic portrayal of society, with science fiction elements heavily inspired by the original “Star Trek” series. A true brew of surprising genres, the film is all at once comedic, horrific, grotesque, and romantic. “The Becomers is a story of love, longing, and alienation,” said Clark on his latest. “A kitsch-soaked, pathos-laden melodrama about our sad, sad planet.” The Becomers marks Clark’s second time screening at the Fantasia International Film Festival following the 2016 Canadian premiere of Little Sister, with the festival calling him “one of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 20, 2023
Monsters, Murderers, and Mayhem Come Calling at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023

Monsters, Murderers, and Mayhem Come Calling at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2023

London’s Pigeon Shrine FrightFest announces its 24th edition with a new headline sponsor and 70 drool-worthy horror and genre films from around the world. From world premieres of cutting-edge independent fare to anniversary screenings of classics and longtime favorites, the fest truly has something for hear-fare fans of every stripe, with creepy creatures, violent slashers, supernatural spookiness, and loads more. Following is the official press announcement. FrightFest, the UK’s biggest, best and most beloved community-driven horror & fantasy film festival, returns in a blaze of gory glory to the Cineworld Leicester Square, London, for its 24th edition, this year with pioneering technology & entertainment company Pigeon Shrine as its headline sponsor. The company is the brainchild of Tom Paton, working alongside industry finance veterans Jamie McLeod-Ross and Charley McDougall. Running from Thursday August 24–Monday 28 August, Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is a joyful big screen celebration of genre cinema, offering a carnival of carnage, a smorgasbord of shock and a tableau

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Joseph Perry
Jul 14, 2023
Popcorn Frights Film Festival Serves Up Summer Shivers with Its First Wave

Popcorn Frights Film Festival Serves Up Summer Shivers with Its First Wave

Florida’s Popcorn Frights heats up every summer with its sizzling selection of horror, science fiction, and other movies that genre-film fans are sure to love — from classic and premiere slashers to cutting-edge speculative cinema — and the festival has just announced the first wave of its 2023 edition, running August 10–20, with in-person and virtual options. Following is the official press release. Popcorn Frights is leaping off the screen in full stereoscopic 3-D glory for its ninth edition, unleashing a wicked lineup of 25 films that delve into the darkest corners of international genre cinema, including seven world premieres, and with many more macabre delights and film premieres yet to be revealed! Summoning darkness on opening night is the world premiere of DELIVER US, a sinister and dread-soaked tale that unveils an ancient prophecy where a nun defies the laws of nature and gives birth to both the messiah and the antichrist. Audiences will need to brace themselves for

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Joseph Perry
Jun 30, 2023
Black Mirror’s Loch Henry, One Of The Most Disturbing Entries To The Series

Black Mirror’s Loch Henry, One Of The Most Disturbing Entries To The Series

Black Mirror is back after a long hiatus, and many believe that season six has been a solid return to form for the much-loved Netflix anthology series. Arguably the strongest episode of the five new ones is the second offering, Loch Henry. This isn’t a traditional tech-focused Black Mirror episode. It’s more of a tribute to the booming true crime genre that has flourished in the streaming era. LOCH HENRY: Every Loch has its Monster pic.twitter.com/RTW4EwTzAG — Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 5, 2023 The Theme of Episode May Startle Some Viewers. Viewers will have noticed the word Loch when looking at the episode title for the second entry to the sixth season of Charlie Brooker’s mind-bending series. However, it wasn’t followed by Ness, the word that most mainstream audiences would associate with it. Still, seeing that word may have had people speculating about what the episode could involve, with ideas about monsters coming to mind. Of course, that’s because the

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Ella Rebecca Horton
Jun 29, 2023
Season Two Of "The UnXplained With William Shatner" Comes To Netflix

Season Two Of “The UnXplained With William Shatner” Comes To Netflix

The second season of “The UnXplained With William Shatner” makes its premiere this week on Netflix, exploring the dark and mysterious world we call home. The investigative docuseries, which first premiered on the History Channel, sees scientists and historians delve into strange and mysterious phenomena that have intrigued humanity for centuries. The first season, streaming now, features episodes such as “Mysterious Structures,” “Strange Creatures,” “Bizare Rituals,” “Life Beyond Death,” “Incredible Survivors,” “Dark Prophecies,” and more, with the premiere episode exploring “Evil Places.” The trailer for the second season promises to “turn your life upside down,” explores a chilling tale of a mysterious forest where hundreds of bodies are discovered annually, as well as supernatural events and many more chilling topics, such as “The Mystery of Plagues,” “Serial Killers,” “The Truth About Big Foot,” The Search for Atlantis,” “Mysteries of The Bible,” “Mysterious Mummies,” and more. Tune in for the season two premiere on Netflix on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. If

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 20, 2023
Malcolm McDowell Starring In Big Screen Adaptation Of 'The Vampyre'

Malcolm McDowell Starring In Big Screen Adaptation Of ‘The Vampyre’

John William Polidori’s classic 1819 tale The Vampyre is getting a feature film adaptation titled The Vampyre: Blood & Ink Deadline reports. Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell (31, Halloween 2007) is starring alongside Derek Jacobi (Murder on the Orient Express), Frances Barber (Dreamland), Amelia Gething (Emily, Mary & George), Amelia Clarkson (Red Rose, The Last Kingdom), and Bill Fellows (Ted Lasso) in the film from Milky Way Media. Rosanna Hamlin and Trisha Ward are adapting the story for the screen. Deadline states, “The Vampyre: Blood & Ink will depict Polidori’s dark account of the famed and mythical creatures. Pic will begin with Lord Ruthven, a mysterious and magnetic nobleman who captivates London society with his charismatic charm. Aubrey, a young Englishman, becomes infatuated with Ruthven and is drawn into a world of secrets and supernatural horror. As Aubrey uncovers the truth about Ruthven’s sinister nature, he finds himself trapped in a perilous battle against the allure of the vampire’s deadly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 16, 2023
'John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando' Gets A Killer Game Trailer

‘John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando’ Gets A Killer Game Trailer

Horror icon John Carpenter is bringing fans a new game, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando. The first trailer, which looks damn good, is out and features characters fighting hordes of hungry zombies with Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love A Bad Name” blaring in the background. In the first-person shooter, players must set out to kill the Sludge God, an evil creature that turns people into zombies. “It’s exciting to be collaborating on a new video game with Focus and Saber.” Carpenter said in a statement. “Look, I really like shooting zombies. They keep telling me that they’re called ’the infected.’ Please. They’re ghouls, dude. They blow up real good and there are a ton of them. People are going to love this game. Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits added: “We’re excited to partner with our friends at Focus again and thrilled to collaborate with the legendary John Carpenter on this project.” Willits continued, “His unique vision, unparalleled expertise in

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 12, 2023
Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE BYSTANDERS and OZMA (Sci-Fi London 2023)

Spoiler-Free Reviews: THE BYSTANDERS and OZMA (Sci-Fi London 2023)

The Bystanders The invisible-to-people titular characters in director Gabriel Foster Prior’s U.K. science-fiction comedy The Bystanders aren’t exactly guardian angels, but they do have similar tasks in that they are assigned humans to watch over. If you get a positive-minded Bystander like rookie Peter Weir (Scott Haran), you could be in good shape, but if you’re stuck with a more jaded one such as Frank (Seann Walsh) — well, all bets are off. Peter, an anonymous office worker and a perennial second-place personality still stinging from a childhood chess championship loss, switches his charge Sarah (Georgia Mabel Clarke), a music label employee who is trying to get noticed at her job, with Frank’s ambitionless man-child Luke (Andi Jashy) in an effort to become Bystander of the Year. A budding friendship turns into rivalry, and Prior — who cowrote the screenplay with Jack Hughes — delivers a winning comedy of ill manners. Haran and Walsh have terrific comic chemistry together, and

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Joseph Perry
Jun 8, 2023
Sci-Fi London Film Festival Announces Its Mind-Boggling 2023 Lineup

Sci-Fi London Film Festival Announces Its Mind-Boggling 2023 Lineup

Sci-Fi London Film Festival, which opens May 31st, serves up speculative cinema and chilling fare galore, from the horror of The Elderly to the mystery of UFO Sweden. Following is the official press announcement. Today the SCI-FI-LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2023 launches its cosmic 23rd annual programme, which will run from Wednesday 31st May until Tuesday 6th June with seven days of fantastic film. It will showcase a fabulous line-up with 2 World Premieres, 10 UK Premieres, 6 World Short Premieres and 13 UK Short Premieres. Alongside the festival is also doing a classic screening of Peter Watkins’ THE WAR GAME with a live score! Opening this year’s festival on 31 May is the UK premiere of the exciting Swedish blockbuster, UFO SWEDEN by Victor Danell. It’s 1996, and a group of misfits in Norrköping spend their time investigating UFO sightings in Sweden. They debunk 99 per cent of the claims, but the remaining one per cent fuels their passion. Denise,

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Joseph Perry
May 24, 2023
'Cocaine Shark' Is Swimming Its Way Onto DVD (Trailer)

‘Cocaine Shark’ Is Swimming Its Way Onto DVD (Trailer)

Let’s face it; you would think there is nothing more majestic or terrifying than a giant shark lurking just below the surface, hungry and ready to tear its next meal apart. But what about a giant shark fueled by cocaine? That’s right; Cocaine Shark is swimming your way! In Cocaine Shark, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects.” reads the film’s synopsis. “After an explosion and leak at the lab, an army of mutated, bloodthirsty sharks and other creatures are set loose on the world as a small band of people try to stop the carnage.” Cocaine Shark is directed by Mark Polonia and written by Bando Glutz. It stars Samantha Coolidge, Ryan Dalton, Natalie Himmelberger, and Titus Himmelberger. Watch Cocaine Shark now on VOD and get your copy on DVD on July 11, 2023, from

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 23, 2023
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