Streaming giant Netflix continues to build their original horror library. One of their latest titles is the action sci-fi horror thriller Tau, whose trailer has just arrived. Directed by artist and filmmaker Frederico D’Alessandro, Tau stars Gary Oldman, Ed Skrein, and Maika Monroe (It Follows) as a young woman held hostage by the AI devices inside a house. Tau will premiere on Netflix on June 29, 2018.
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Sci-fi/horror thriller Chimera, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Maurice Haeems, is making waves on the festival circuit by garnering top awards. So far, the film has won the Indie Spirit Best Picture Award at the Boston International Film Festival (BIFF) as well as the Best Sci-Fi Feature Award at the Phoenix Film Festival (PFF). Director of Photography David Kruta was awarded the Indie Spirit Best Cinematography Award at the BIFF. On behalf of the entire Chimera team, I would like to thank the jury, the programmers, the staff and the volunteers at BIFF and PFF for their warmth and hospitality. We are thrilled, honored, and humbled to have been recognized by these prestigious events. Now we are looking forward to our upcoming screenings at London, Bilbao and New York,” says director Maurice Haeems. “As an aficionado of intelligent science fiction myself, I am honored to be a part of Chimera.” says lead actor Henry Ian Cusick, who plays a
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VMI Worldwide has just announced that it has acquired the new mother-daughter survival thriller The Russian Bride, directed by Michael S. Ojeda (Avenged). The film has just been screened at the European Film Market (EFM) and has brand new artwork. We are excited to have VMI on board as our sales agent,” says producer Jeff Miller (Clowntown, Inoperable). “We felt they ‘got’ the movie, and they pursued us.” Coming off of a successful EFM for The Russian Bride, we look forward to continuing to sell the picture,” says VMI president Andre Relis. “Ojeda has a keen eye for horror which has continued to amaze distributors and attain festival excitement.” The soundtrack will feature songs by noted composer John Murphy (28 Days Later, Kick Ass). Murphy released Anonymous Rejected Filmscore in 2014, and that soundtrack, renowned for being passed on by a studio head before becoming critically acclaimed, provided inspiration to Ojeda while writing and directing The Russian Bride. I have
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The chilling new trailer is here for Xavier Gens’ (Hitman) horror thriller Cold Skin, starring Ray Stevenson (Divergent) and David Oaks (The Borgias). Cold Skin, based on the best-selling novel of the same name from Albert Sanchez Pinol, begins with a young man traveling to a remote island on the edge of the Antarctic Circle to relieve a weather observer stationed alone at the base. When he arrives he finds a deranged castaway who has witnessed a horror he refuses to name. Aura Garrido, Winslow M. Iwaki, John Benfield, Ben Temple, Ivan Gozález, Alejandro Rod, Julien Blaschke, and Damien Montesdeoca co-star. Kinology will co-produce alongside Babieka Films. Jose Magan, Grégoire Melin, Denis Pedregosa, and Orlando Pedregosa executive produced.
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Imagine being locked in a mental institution against your will when in reality you are sane. That’s the premise of director Steven Soderbergh’s new film Unsane. Claire Foy, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving, Erin Wilhelmi, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, and Colin Woodell star in this horror thriller that centers on a young woman who is involuntarily committed to a mental institution, where she is confronted by her greatest fear – but is it really happening or a product of her imagination? Written and directed by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, Unsane will open in theaters on March 23, 2018.
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Principle photography has wrapped on the slasher Alpha Delta Zatan, directed by Art Arutyunyan and written by Armand Petri. Today we have a first look courtesy of Together Magic and Reel Nightmare Films. From the Press Release: LOS ANGELES, CA August 17th – Together Magic and Reel Nightmare Films have wrapped principal photography of their horror thriller ‘Alpha Delta Zatan’ in Los Angeles. The new full-length feature film will be released worldwide on VOD this October 2017. Starring an all-male cast of up-and-comers including Jeremy Winter, Jake Kidwell, Connor Field, Drake Malone and R&B singer Eleaze, ‘Alpha Delta Zatan’ will deliver audiences with a fun, sensual spin on the “sorority massacre” sub-genre. “Alpha Delta is a treat for fans of horror and slashers, and for anyone who appreciates the male form.” – Says Armand Petri, Head of Operations and Marketing at Reel Nightmare Films. The official synopsis reads: “A goofy but noble college kid is surprisingly invited to join his
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Two years ago we covered a fantastic short horror film titled Hush which was racking up awards at film festivals at the time. I sat down with it’s director Michael Kehoe and he told us how the short film came to be and more. Some may not know it but the Hush and Kehoe’s upcoming feature film The Hatred are connected. Hush is actually a single scene taken from the original script of The Hatred. Kehoe and I recently caught up and he was willing to talk to us about The Hatred which centers on four young women who travel to their college professor’s country home for a weekend getaway, only to discover that the house has a malevolent past. Horror Fuel: “The last time we talked, your short film ‘Hush’ was still making its festival rounds and racking up awards. Do you remember off of the top of your head how many awards it won in all?” Kehoe: “We
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The final lineup has been announced for this year’s 21st annual Fantasia Film Festival, running from July 13th through August 2nd. Yet again, they have an amazing lineup, featuring some of 2017’s most highly anticipated films in multiple genres. From the Press Release: Horror highlights in our final announcement include the North American Premiere of the ultra-dark Cannes sensation GOOD TIME, with directors in attendance; a Lifetime Achievement Award for Mexican luchador film legend Mil Máscaras; a Special Screening of ATOMIC BLONDE; Canadian Premieres of the ultra-brutal BUSHWICK, Dick Maas’ killer lion movie PREY, and the splatter comedy sequel ANOTHER WOLFCOP; the Quebec Premieres of the acclaimed Pyscho doc 78/52 and the Christmas horror classic in the making BETTER WATCH OUT; the North American Premiere of TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY 3D; the World Premieres of the female-driven exploitation films BLOOD HEIST and BLOOD RIDE (both produced by James Franco!); and the World Premiere of Synapse Films’ long-awaited 4K restoration of
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The Orchard has now announced that director Kevin Philips’ psychological horror thriller Super Dark Times will screen in New York, LA, and other select theaters on September 29, 2017. Starring Owen Campbell, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Charlie Tahan, Max Talisman, Sawyer Barth, and Amy Hargreaves, the film was penned by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. In the film, “teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover up , the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence in Kevin Philips’ atmospheric ’90s-set mystery thriller.” Super Dark Times will land on Digital HD and VOD on October 3rd following its September theatrical premiere.
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In May I sat down for an interview with Greg Lamberson about his upcoming film Johnny Gruesome. Now, the first trailer has just arrived for this undead revenge film and we have it here to share with you. Anthony De La Torre, who played the role of young Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, stars as Johnny. Byron Brown II, Aprilann, and Michael DeLorenzo co-star. When I asked Lamberson to describe the film this is what he had to say: Johnny Gruesome is the story of a murdered high school student, sort of a heavy metal rebel. The kids who kill him cover it up, like they often do, and he comes back from the grave as a wise-cracking zombie. It’s a very typical EC Comics type of revenge from the grave story. It was always planned as B movie and that’s exactly what it is.” From the Press Release: Red Hell Movies LLC,
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