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Shudder Acquires Creature Feature ‘The Seed’ Ahead Of World Premiere

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, has acquired worldwide rights to the black comedy creature feature The Seed, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Beyond Fest, in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 5th In the Shudder Original film, lifelong friends Deidre (Lucy Martin, Vikings), Heather (Sophie Vavasseur, Resident Evil: Apocalypse), and Charlotte (Chelsea Edge, I Hate Suzie) are finally getting some time away together, using the upcoming meteor shower to gather more followers for their social media channels. But what starts out as a girls’ getaway in the Mojave Desert descends into a battle for survival with the arrival of an invasive alien force whose air of mystery soon proves to be alluring and irresistible to them. Before long the situation devolves into a battle to the death, where the stakes have galaxy-wide implications. The Seed is produced by Shudder, Camelot Films, and Hardman Pictures, in association with Lipsync Productions, Amp International, The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 29, 2021

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Animated Horror Comedy ‘Resurrection Corporation’ Comes To Amazon

Italian filmmaker, Alberto Genovese, who brought you Troma’s Sick Sock Monsters from Outer space, is back with new tale of horror, the indie animated film Resurrection Corporation. Inspired by Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari, Resurrection Corporation follows the paradoxical adventures of a famous undertaker who’s been on the streets since death itself was banned in the city and supplanted by a practical method of resurrection, to which no citizen can resist. The uselessness of the now obsolete coffins drives the funeral director to an economic and existential crisis. Man, now too old, is not able to adapt to the changing times nor is he able to confront a society so distinctly tanatophobic. His own stubbornness will drive the protagonist to expose an irrational system that, in the repudiation of the word ‘end’, reveals all his deception. This dark and morbid (in the best possible way) film about humanity’s fear of death is now out on Amazon Prime Video, from 1844

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 3, 2021

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Watch The Opening Scene From ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’

The coronavirus pandemic prevented the April 10th theatrical release of Why Don’t You Just Die! But never fear, Arrow Video has just given the film a home release date. That’s not all, we’ve also got the first scene to share with you. Making his feature debut, writer-director Kirill Sokolov presents a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. In the film, “Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honor. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.” Despite our exaggerated use of genre tropes and all

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 14, 2020

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Black Comedy ‘Why Don’t You Just Die!’ Getting An April US Release

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that has ground daily life to a halt around the globe, Arrow Video is proud to announce the US release of Why Don’t You Just Die!, a blood-soaked black comedy in the vein of Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright. Making his feature debut, writer-director Kirill Sokolov presents a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. In the film, “Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honor. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.” Why Don’t You Just Die!

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 28, 2020

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This April A Black Comedy Asks ‘Why Don’t You Just Die?’

Writer-director Kirill Sokolov is making his feature debut with Why Don’t You Just Die!, a blood-soaked black comedy that is a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. In the film, “Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honor. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.” Ahead of the release, Sokolov shared, “Despite our exaggerated use of genre tropes and all the flashy effects, Why Don’t You Just Die! remains, for me, an incredibly personal and sincere story. The film’s inherent violence is the result

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 27, 2020

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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Is Out On Digital Today

The critically acclaimed jet-black comedy A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life is out on digital today. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film was written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn,), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Screen International Genre Rising Star Award. A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life follows Lou Farnt (Katie Brayben): a 30-something,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 13, 2020

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‘A Serial Killer’s Guide To Life’ Arriving This January

Arrow Films has announced the release of the critically acclaimed jet-black comedy feature A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life in the UK, US, and Canada on digital platforms this January. Described as “Sightseers meets Thelma and Louise” (Deborah Haywood, Pin Cushion), the film is written and directed by Staten Cousins Roe (This Way Out) and produced by Forward Motion Pictures – a multi-award-winning production company run by husband and wife team Staten Cousins Roe and Poppy Roe, who have just been longlisted as ‘Breakthrough Producers’ for the 2019 BIFAs. Following its hugely successful UK premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest in August and special Awards mentions at Manchester’s recent GrimmFest, the film stars Olivier Award-winning Katie Brayben (Doctor Who, King Charles III, This Way Out), Poppy Roe (This Way Out, Drawn, The Leisure Class), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Me Before You, Malevolent) and Emmy-nominated Sian Clifford (Fleabag, Vanity Fair, Dodgy Dave), and is directed by breakout British filmmaker Staten Cousins Roe, who

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 17, 2019

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