If you’re tired of roses and chocolate and want something with a little more bite this Valentine’s Day, then the news that Slayaway Camp will be released on the iOS on February 14 along with a new expansion called My Gory Valentine, might bring a smile to your twisted little face.

The new expansion will take place up north in Canada, where a new psycho known as the Major Miner is giving people one hell of a splitting headache. With a shovel.

We gave the blood-soaked Minecraft/Friday the 13th-style mashup game a decent score of 8 out of 10 in our review, so this will definitely be a worthy purchase for all you loners out there who are going to spending Valentine’s Day alone.

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!
Get your iPhones and iPads ready because in just a couple short weeks we will be officially launching Slayaway Camp on the Apple App Store!!

It’s been a long journey from Kongregate and Steam to this new mobile version, and we’re so proud of the end results! Slayaway Camp launches on Valentine’s Day: February 14, 2017 and will cost only $2.99 USD. It includes all the bone-chilling movies and psycho murderers you know and love!

NEW STEAM CONTENT!
As an extra special thank you to our amazing Steam Community we are also releasing the brand new expansion pack “My Gory Valentine” for FREE. This expansion pack will appear on your movie shelf permanently once you launch the game on Valentine’s Day. (Make sure you’ve completed the first couple movies as it will become available after Slayaway Camp 2.5 unlocks.) This new movie features tonnes of new levels and Gorepacks set in a small mining town on the east coast of Canada, plus a brand new killer: Major Miner.

For news on the mobile version, be sure to be subscribed to our Mailing list (sign up at http://www.slayawaycamp.com), which doubles as our Monthly Murderer Club, where on the third Friday of every month, we’ll give you a free Killer Kode to enter into the Steam and/or Mobile game to unlock a brand new exclusive killer! Our next Monthly Murderer is going to be an awesome homage to a well known indie game about a dungeon that gets pretty dark…

THANKS EVERYONE!
Thank you all so much for your support, comments, kind words, bug reports, and, of course, logic-based murdering. You’ve truly helped us make Slayaway Camp the greatest 1980’s horror-inspired isometric puzzle game ever.

As always, please help us spread the word:Stalk us on Facebook, Hunt Us Down on Twitter, tell your friends, and don’t forget to leave a long, bloviating Steam Review!

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Welcome back, folks. We had a good handful of last minute additions this week, which bumps our total count up to 23 releases. Combine that with next week’s 29 releases and February alone has more than 50 entries to choose from. We have a good handful of classics this week, as well as some decent TV releases, so let’s get to it.

Starting with the 1960s, we have DVD releases for Dr. Orloff’s Monster and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed. There’s something about doctors and their monsters that just seems to put people off.

We do have an entry from 1970 coming to us from Hammer Films. Now we can all Taste The Blood Of Dracula. I’d imagine it’s very high in iron.

From the 1980s we have the Critters collection. My favorite scene will always be from the bowling alley. That’s how you knock some pins down. Also from the 80s is “Twilight Zone: The Complete 80s Series.” Rounding out the best decade ever is 1984’s Wild Beasts on DVD and Blu-ray.

IN addition to the “Twilight Zone” entry, we also have Season 3 of “From Dusk Til Dawn” as well as the complete “Penny Dreadful” series.

All of this comes along with a bunch of other titles this week, including the highly anticipated Abattoir. Keep reading below and see what else tickles your fancy, and be sure to check back next week for more fancy tickling. As always, pleasant viewing.

MOVIES

Abattoir (2016)

Starring:

Lin Shaye, Jessica Lowndes, Joe Anderson, Michael Pare, Dayton Callie

Synopsis:

An investigative reporter works to solve the mystery of a haunted house constructed from rooms of the deceased.

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The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)

Starring:

Ty Hickson, AmariCheatom

Synopsis:

Suffering from delusions of fortune, a young hermit hides out in the forest hoping to crack an ancient mystery, but pays a price for his mania.

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Antibirth (2016)

Starring:

Natasha Lyonne, Chloe Sevigny, Meg Tilly

Synopsis:

Hard-drinking, pill-popping, bong-ripping Lou (Natasha Lyonne, “Orange In The New Black”) and her best friend Sadie (Chloe Sevigny, #Horror, Love & Friendship) spend their days adrift in a druggy haze. But one wild night out becomes a bad trip that never ends when Lou wakes up with symptoms of an unexplained, highly abnormal pregnancy. Who (or what) is growing inside her? As her due date approaches with alarming swiftness, the fear, paranoia, and conspiracy theories begin to pile up. Spiked with blasts of hallucinatory color, surreal shocks, and subversive comedy, the audacious feature debut from Danny Perez is a no-holds-barred descent into delirium. This “Weird, messy and oddly fascinating”, (Maitland McDonagh, Film Journal International) film also stars Meg Tilly (Psycho II) and Mark Webber (Green Room).

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Candiland (2015)

Starring:

James Clayton, ChelahHorsdal, Gary Busey

Synopsis:

New lovebirds Peter and Tess find solace in each other s brokenness. They decide to isolate themselves from the world inside Peter s apartment, creating their own reality Candiland, but their possessive love descends into a surreal savagery. Cut-off, Peter s father must fight to save them both before they completely disappear into madness.

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Dead West (2016)

Starring:

Brian Sutherland, Meagan Karimi-Naser, Jeffrey Arrington, Aurelio Voltaire, Michael Joseph Draper

Synopsis:

A charismatic outlaw sets out on a murderous cross-country trip searching for true love. Each time he thinks he has found “the one,” he ends up disappointed – and she ends up dead. Managing to elude capture by traveling from one town to the next, his luck runs out when Tony, the brother of one of his victims, tracks him down. Suddenly the hunter becomes the hunted as Tony seeks vengeance by enforcing his own brand of vigilante justice.

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Death Reel (2017)

Starring:

Alan Smithee

Synopsis:

An eccentric collector of rare movies shot on Super-8 dies and his library is sold off. Film Fanatic Marty Weeks successfully bids on several reels of film and rushes home to watch them. The projector clatters to life an the light flickers on the screen as terror unspools in early short films made by the Polonia bros between 1983 and 1985, right before their switch to the new video format. Witness the celluloid horror of maniacal cults, scarecrow vengeance, and even an Aqua-Maniac! Watch as Death Reel unfolds and the fevered beginnings of the Polonia Bros gets you in its death grip!!!!!! DVD-R (all DVD-R’s are professionally pressed and silk screened by Discmakers). SRS Cinema Limited Edition, JUST 100 Will Be Sold Ever!

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Dr. Orloff’s Monster (1964)

Starring:

Hugo Blanco, Agnès Spaak, Perla Cristal

Synopsis:

The follow-up to Jess Franco’s career-launching film The Awful Dr. Orloff, Dr. Orloff’s Monster is a modern gothic thriller, injected with moments of perverse eroticism, science fiction, and smoky jazz. When Melissa (Agnés Spaak) returns to her ancestral home to claim her inheritance, she finds that the castle is filled with strange characters and dark secrets. Governing the crumbling manor is a diabolical scientist, Dr. Conrad Jekyll (Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui), who uses high-frequency mind control to command an undead henchman (Hugo Blanco) to perform a series of vicious murders. When a dry-witted detective (Pastor Serrador) and Melissa’s suitor (Pepe Rubio) trace the crimes back to Jekyll’s castle, they realize the only way to trap the zombie is to use Melissa as bait.

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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Starring:

Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Thorley Walters

Synopsis:

In this horror thriller, Peter Cushing stars as Baron Frankenstein, the mad scientist who creates yet another grotesque monster—supposedly in the interest of science–when he transplants the brain of an insane doctor into a different body. Note: A controversial rape scene was onlyadded in at the last minute, after shooting was nearly complete, because Hammer studio head Sir James Carreras thought the film lacked “sex.”

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Massacre On Aisle 12 (2016)

Starring:

Chad Ridgely, Michael Buonomo, Jim Klock

Synopsis:

It’s Christmas Eve at the famous Mr. Beavers’ hardware store. Except on this special holiday night – a dead body and a duffel bag full of cash are discovered locked in a box on Aisle 12. Staring at a dead body and a box of loot the employees must now decide – do the right thing? Or take the money and run…

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Paranormal Abduction (2016)

Starring:

Edward Furlong, Vail Bloom, Heather McComb

Synopsis:

A young women suffering memory loss and psychological issues after surviving a brutal attack, tries to piece together the clues surrounding her attack and its similarities to a series of recent murders. During the investigation, she struggles to maintain her sanity as her world gets more surreal and reality starts to unwind around her. Following the clues that lead her down the “rabbit hole” she finds herself fighting to wake up from this nightmare…before she becomes the next victim.

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The Priests: Exorcism (2015)

Starring:

Dong-won Kang, Byeong-ok Kim, Eui-sung Kim, Yun-seok Kim, so-dam Park

Synopsis:

After a hit-and-run accident a girl named Young Shin is in coma, possessed by one of the 12 manifestations of evil that hide inside and threaten humans. Despite numerous failures, Father Kim and a young, rebellious seminarian named Choi, conduct one last exorcism to free her from the demon s powerful reach. Choi must now battle with his dark inner past in order to save the girl and those around him.

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Queen of the Damned (2002)

Starring:

Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin

Synopsis:

After years of slumber, the legendary vampire has awakened and found acceptance in a tattooed, pierced and black-clad world. He’s a rock star. And his awesome goth-riffed sound has echoed around the globe…and stirred to life the fearsome Mother of All Vampires. Based on “The Vampire Chronicles” by Anne Rice, whose work previously came to the screen in Interview with the Vampire.

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Recovery (2016)

Starring:

Samuel H. Larsen, James Landry Hebert, Alex Shaffer

Synopsis:

The night before their high school graduation, Jessie and her friends are guided by a “Find My iPhone” app to recover her lost device from a house whose demented tenants are hell-bent on making her a flesh-and-blood member of the family.

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The Red Man (2016)

Starring:

Daniel Faraldo, Daniel David Diamond, Charissa Saverio

Synopsis:

A celebrity DJ and recovering drug addict, Evan Gough has had enough the fame, fortune and transparent friends; he is done. Increasingly recurring nightmares from a tragic past are stirring skepticism and suspicion about his life and neighbors at his trendy apartment tower.

Especially unsure about his psychiatrist s prescribed medication regimen, Evan turns within and embarks on a soul-searching journey through psycho-self-analysis and his own intuition.

Suspecting that his psychiatrist, along with his new apartment neighbor, are possibly involved in a secret society conspiracy and are drugging and killing his fellow celebrity tenants, Evan teams up with Dr. Verde s intern to find the truth.

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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Starring:

Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden, Peter Sallis

Synopsis:

A black cloak … A ring … And a phial of red dust. Three Londoners become ensared in a demonic trap when they use three artifacts to help a Satan-worshipping aristocrat resurrect a long-dead vampire who forces them to Taste the Blood of Dracula. Swearing vengeance on the descendants of the men who vanquished him, Count Dracula vows that the targets of his revenge will be murdered by their own children–even though the men to die are those responsible for his rebirth.

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Wild Beasts (1984)

Starring:

Lorraine De Selle, John Aldrich, Ugo Bologna

Synopsis:

For his final work, Godfather Of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi took on the Nature Strikes Back genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo, the drug-crazed beasts including tigers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas and elephants, as well as seeing eye dogs and sewer rats go berserk and rampage through the streets of Rome. What follows is a terrifying mix of actual animal attacks (supervised by professional circus trainers) and over-the-top 80s Italian gore that remains the greatest eco-revenge shocker in EuroCult history. Lorraine De Selle (Cannibal Ferox, House At The Edge Of The Park) and Ugo Bologna (Nightmare City) star in this disturbing urban bloodbath, now digitally remastered for the first time ever and bursting with all-new Special Features!

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TELEVISION

“From Dusk Till Dawn” Season Three

Starring:

Brandon SooHoo, Wilmer Valderrama, Robert Patrick, D.J. Cotrona, Eiza González

Synopsis:

Season three of “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” continues the Gecko brothers’ saga as they fight their way through the chilling world of culebras, the vampire-snake hybrids that control hidden empires in Texas and Mexico. Once the baddest outlaws in the land, Seth and Richie made a run for the Border two years ago to save their lives – and their fortune. After stumbling into a bar full of bloodsuckers and bandits, the Geckos encountered the vampire goddess Santánico, joining her cause to settle an old score. It won them a place in the culebra world. Now that world is on the verge of violent and destructive explosion as new enemies hell-bent on domination gather to take them down. In typical Gecko fashion, Seth and Richie assemble an unlikely crew (some new, some old) to take on the forces of hell.

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“Penny Dreadful” The Complete Series

Starring:

Eva Green, Timothy Dalton, Josh Hartnett, Billie Piper

Synopsis:

Some of literature’s most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. They are joined by a core of original characters in a complex, frightening new narrative, where personal demons from the past can be stronger than vampires, evil spirits and immortal beasts. Relive every chilling episode of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful if you dare – available in a complete series set on BD and DVD for the first time!

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“The Twilight Zone” The Complete 80s Series

Starring:

Bruce Willis, Bud Cort, David Faustino, Frances McDormand, Giovanni Ribisi, Helen Mirren, John Carradine

Synopsis:

Travel into the fifth dimension once again with The Twilight Zone, testing the limits of reality and exploring the mysteries of the universe. Airing from 1985 to 1989, this critically acclaimed anthology series carried on the legacy of the original Rod Serling program and attracted a brand new audience of fans. The series features major stars – including Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Martin Landau and many more! — in compelling tales of intrigue by such noted writers as Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Arthur C. Clarke and Theodore Sturgeon.

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COLLECTIONS

Critters 4-Film Collection

Starring:

Various

Movies:

Critters

Hungry hairballs escape from a maximum-security asteroid, land in Kansas and eat a cow.

Critters 2: The Main Course

Alien bounty hunters hunt man-eating hairballs, for whom a boy visiting his aunt is blamed.

Critters 3

Hairy little aliens make their way to a city in search of their favorite snack.

Critters 4

Space salvagers find an earthman in suspended animation, sharing a pod with alien eggs.

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Freak Fest 5 Movie Collection

Starring:

Peter Graves, James Philbrook, Tamio Kawaji, Kôjirô Hongô, Nobuhiro Kajima

Movies:

Killers From Space

Nuclear scientist Doug Martin disappears after his plane crashes while he is investigating conditions following an atomic bomb test. When he appears at the military base later, he is taken into custody after he is caught spying. When he is injected with a truth serum, it is hard to believe his incredible stories of alien abduction, world conquest and control of animals and insects.

Monster from a Prehistoric Planet

A Japanese tycoon sends out an expedition to a remote South Pacific island to investigate the story of some mysterious creatures revered as gods. Arriving with reporters in tow, the expedition soon discovers a small reptilian creature in an underground cavern. Despite the warnings of the natives to leave it alone, the expedition takes the creature, known as Gappa, back to Japan to be exhibited at the tycoon s theme park. Unfortunately, the creature s parents decide to retrieve their baby and storm Japan intent on doing so regardless of the damage they must inflict.

Destroy All Planets

The reign of terror continues when aliens take two boy scouts hostage to blackmail Gamera into aiding their invasion of Earth. When that plan fails the giant alien leader Viras battles the flying turtle in a duel to the death.

Attack of the Monsters

Gamera, the giant flying turtle, spins into action when two young boys board a spaceship and are hijacked to a strange planet on the other side of the sun. While the boys evade the clutches of two brain-hungry alien beauties, Gamera must deal with a knife-nosed monster named Guiron.

Sound of Horror

A group of archeologists is exploring mountains in a remote part of Greece when they stumble across an unexpected find. While blasting away the rock to find the hidden treasure, the explorers awaken a prehistoric creature with the power of invisibility. Only the shrieking cries of the approaching monster give its victims any warning to their terrifying fate.

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Monsters Quad

Starring:

Various

Movies:

Leprechaun

An Irish fairy escapes from a crate and goes on a gory quest for his 100 stolen gold coins.

The Collection

When Elena’s (Emma Fitzpatrick) friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer. The Collector kidnaps and transports her to an abandoned hotel he’s transformed into his own private maze of torture and death. Upon learning of his daughter’s disappearance, Elena’s wealthy father (Christopher McDonald) hires a group of mercenaries to retrieve her from the vicious grips of The Collector. These mercenaries coerce Arkin (Josh Stewart), the only man to have escaped the wrath of this heinous monster, to lead them through the gruesome labyrinth. Now, Arkin finds himself fighting for his own life in order to save Elena.

My Bloody Valentine

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a permanent coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine’s Day, he woke up…and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickaxe before being killed.

Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine’s Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah, who is now married to his best friend, Axel, the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony’s dark past has returned. Wearing a miner’s mask and armed with a pickaxe, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who’s come back to claim them…

Texas Chainsaw

In 1974, enraged townspeople hunt down and kill every member of the Sawyer family for committing a series of grisly murders. Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a young woman learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her new found wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion’s dank cellars.

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The Shadows Collection: 8 Films

Starring:

Dale Anderson, Paul Collett

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The guy who saved humankind from vampires time and again (and looked cool doing it) is about to save us from aliens, as Wesley Snipes will be appearing the the upcoming interactive short The Recall VR Abduction, which takes place in the same universe as the upcoming feature length film The Recall.

From the Press Release:
Action movie veteran Wesley Snipes will star in his first virtual reality project, THE RECALL VR ABDUCTION, scheduled for release this summer 2017. In this VR film experience, Snipes is interacting with the user through the eyes of another cast member played by R.J. Mitte (Breaking Bad’s Walt Jr.), to pursue death-defying adventures in a world facing alien invasion. This standalone transmedia piece exists in the same universe as the feature-length film, THE RECALL, and features the same cast. The Recall is produced by Mind’s Eye Entertainment who has teamed up with VMI Worldwide, Bridgegate Pictures, Invico Capital, , Talking Dog Studios and SkyVR, to create this virtual reality piece that places viewers in this storyworld colored by extraterrestrial terror.

THE RECALL VR ABDUCTION, a 10 minute VR film, will subject the viewer to the sci-fi tension through Mitte’s eyes, as he and his friends first encounter Snipes’ mysterious character. Directed by Mauro Borelli, the experience serves as a stand-alone transmedia story, and alongside Snipes, features Jedidiah Goodacre, Niko Pepaj, Laura Maria Bilgeri, and Hannah Rose May.

Snipes was eager to highlight the innovative challenges of working in this dynamic medium for the first time. “The cool thing is that for theater actors, or thespians, this is a great format, because shooting in VR is similar to shooting a play, or performing a play,” explained Snipes. “You don’t have the luxury of cuts, and short takes, and do overs. You have to be on your game, and since everything is in the shot, everyone else needs to be on their game at the same time.”

HE RECALL VR ABDUCTION is currently set for release prior to the feature, but with multiple endings different from the feature this makes for a very unique standalone experience. In addition, audiences will be able to delve even further into the production process, through several VR and 360 behind-the-scenes clips that will be released in the coming months via THE RECALL film social media accounts on Facebook 360 and YouTube 360.

“This will change the way we hear about movies and rewrite the way we package content. Viewers today are smarter and have access to more content right at their fingertips not just to watch the movie, but live in the realm and watch the feature through this new medium,” – VR Producer Travis Cloyd.

“We are excited about the opportunity to team with Wesley Snipes, Talking Dog Studios and SkyVR to tell this story in a virtual reality format outside of the traditional feature experience.” – Minds Eye Entertainment CEO and Producer Kevin DeWalt.

“VR is one of the most innovative technologies to come of age in recent years. We are proud to all come together and lead this technology into the future,” – Bridgegate Pictures, Executive Producer Guy Griffithe.

Feature film production on The Recall was made in multiple formats including BARCO Escape and made possible through the Creative Saskatchewan Screen-Based Media Production Grant Program, with the participation of the Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit and Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.

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I really enjoyed the short film A Knock at the Door in my review, so I was honored to be able to discuss the project further with directors Katrina Rennells and Wendie Weldon. In the following interview, they break down how they were able to create some of the scariest eight minutes that you’re likely to ever see.

If you’re hoping to catch A Knock at the Door, details for two upcoming screenings are listed below:

Pasadena International Film Festival
Laemmle Playhouse 7
673 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
Friday, March 10th @ 8:30pm
Block #6

NewFilmmakers LA
South Park Center
1139 S. Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Saturday, March 25th @ 7:15pm
Shorts Program #2: In Focus: Female Directors

Dread Central: How were you able to make such an effective short from a relatively simple premise?

Wendie Weldon: Truth be told, we kind of fell upon this idea. It was a collaboration of artists and this was the way we were able to include everyone that we wanted to work with. It was a bit of a happy accident.

Katrina Rennells: Some of the central ideas were ones that happened to a couple of us in real life. And to develop those ideas into the horror genre even further, we asked ourselves, “What would be the most terrifying thing that could happen in this moment?” The story fell into place quite organically, and then we had some very talented people working in post production who really brought our vision to completion.

DC: As audio plays a large role in A Knock at the Door, can you talk about the sound design process?

KM: The sound process was actually the toughest part of the project.

WW: We ended up having to go through multiple post sound people. Because our film is so driven by the atmosphere, we had to be very careful to select the sounds that enhanced that and had the right tone.

KM: It took a long time. I think the main sound of our “entity” stemmed from Wendie, actually. We were just sitting in a meeting one time, and she made this really loud creepy noise that she apparently likes to make randomly, and first, we were like, who is this crazy person we’ve decided to work with? But also, let’s definitely use that noise in the short. She ended up recording that noise in my closet and we played around with it in post.

DC: Correct me if I’m wrong, but I got the impression that loneliness is a central theme of A Knock at the Door, because Nick seems to be isolated from humanity. Was this something you wanted to tackle?

WW Yes. It was a by-product of us tackling trust and questioning how much you can trust those around you. As a result of that, it left our lead character isolated.

KM: Yeah, agreed. With a lack of trust comes isolation, so it’s really one of the more depressing results of what a threat like this can cause people to do.

DC: What else are you working on?

WW: We’re in development on the feature version of A Knock at the Door. We’re all avid filmmakers, so individually, we all have our own projects that are consistently being made.

KM: I’ve also got a couple short films and a play coming up that I’m acting in and Wendie made a web series that’s in post production. One of our actors, David Sullivan, has a ton of projects coming out right now – he was just at Sundance for a movie called Deidhra & Laney Rob a Train and is one of the leads on the Netflix show Flaked.

DC: Would you open your door if you heard a knock late at night?

KM: Yeah, after checking to see who it is. If it was a friend or family member, I would definitely open the door. Well on second thought, maybe not now, after working on this film…..

WW: I would look through the peephole, like Nick. If it was someone I knew, I would probably open it unknowingly.

About A Knock at the Door
A Knock at the Door is, at it’s core, a chilling and self-reflective exploration of trust that avoids the blood and gore typical of the genre. It has been described as a cross between popular horror flicks Invasion of the Body Snatchers and It Follows.

The female directing/writing duo, Katrina Rennells and Wendie Weldon, would agree. Despite this being their first time working together, they “saw eye-to-eye on almost everything. We’d wanted to direct for a while, and to have each other’s back through the first-time directing process was cool.”

Kelley Mack, the main producer of the film, is proud of the team that’s come together. One of the lead actors, David Sullivan, was in the Oscar-nominated Argo, their composer, Ryan Stratton, did original music for Hum, a Student Oscar-nominated short, and their final colorist, Rick Dalby, is known for his work on Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Wonder Years and more.

A Knock at the Door recently won the Jury Choice Award at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival, and the NYC Horror Film Festival is hosting the film’s last public screening of the year. It will be playing again in early 2017. Details will be announced on their website, listed below, in the coming months.

About the Film:

A Knock at the Door
Short — 8 min. — Horror / Thriller

Logline: Moments after a bloodcurdling scream disrupts Nick’s normally peaceful neighborhood, a frantic knocking at his door triggers events that unknowingly alter his fate forever.

Directors/Writers: Katrina Rennells & Wendie Weldon
Producer: Kelley Mack
Cast: David Sullivan, Drew Jenkins & Kelley Mack

Website: www.aknockatthedoor.com
Facebook: @knockatdoorfilm
Twitter: @knockatdoorfilm
Instagram @knockatdoorfilm
For more information or to get in touch, email the team directly at: knockatdoorfilm@gmail.com.

Jury Choice Award Winner: Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Official Selection: NYC Horror Film Festival
Official Selection: Knoxville Horror Film Festival
Official Selection: IMAGINE Film Festival
Official Selection: Pasadena International Film Festival
Official Selection: NewFilmmakers LA
Official Selection: Women’s Independent Film Festival
Official Selection: Tri-Cities International Film Festival
Official Selection: WorldCon 75 International Film Festival
Official Selection: JRS Short Film Festival

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Things are gonna get a little more spooky down in everyone’s favorite party city, New Orleans, and we’re about to unveil why… that’s right, kids! On tap right now is an exclusive clip for Ghost of New Orleans.

The film is directed by Predrag Antonijevic and stars Josh Lucas, Terrence Howard, Lake Bell, Sharon Leal, and Cary Elwes.

Look for it in theaters, on VOD, and on Digital HD February 17, 2017, via SP Releasing.

Synopsis:
A disgraced detective (Josh Lucas) has a supernatural encounter which leads him to investigate the murder of a beautiful cellist (Lake Bell) that unlocks the truth behind her mysterious death.

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Starring James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee, Thomas Ian Griffith, Maximilian Schell

Directed by John Carpenter

Distributed by Powerhouse Films

The nineties generally isn’t considered horror legend John Carpenter’s high point. Sure, he directed In the Mouth of Madness, arguably the best Lovecraft film ever made, but he had a string of misfires with Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Village of the Damned and Escape from L.A. His work during this period lacked the energy and passion he used to bring to every project, with Village, in particular, coming across like a work for hire assignment.

1998’s Vampires was a latter-day hit for the director, and while the reviews weren’t glowing his fans lapped it up. Of all his movies Vampires is probably the closest he got to a full blown Western, with the story following a team of mercenaries hunting bloodsuckers throughout New Mexico. After a successful hunt, the team is ambushed by an unstoppable master vampire, who wipes out everyone but leader Jack Crow (Woods) and Montoya (Baldwin). They regroup and head out on a revenge mission, and discover the master’s ultimate goal doesn’t bode well for humanity.

Vampires is a long way from Carpenter’s best, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun too. James Woods is an unconventional pick for an action hero role, and he’s clearly relishing the chance to play a leather-clad badass. His character is an asshole to everyone, and his boiling hatred for vampires makes him surprisingly convincing during the action scenes. Sheryl Lee does a good job in what could have been a thankless role, playing a prostitute bitten by the master and cursed with the ability to see through his eyes. It feels like Carpenter is remaking his old concept for Faye Dunaway thriller Eyes of Laura Mars here, but doing it properly this time around, and Lee gamely commits. Her romance with Baldwin never clicks, though, since they don’t have much chemistry together.

The film doesn’t skimp on the gore, with the first act massacre of the team painting the screen red. Carpenter’s signature music score is present, this time coming with a western motif to fit the setting. He has a great time filming the desert landscape and desolate little towns the heroes pass through, and even uses a few Leone-style zooms. The film comes packed with attitude, but it does flag in spots, and the clunky approach to exposition and plot development spoils some of the fun. That said, Vampires moves like lightning, and is easily one of the director’s most purely enjoyable latter-day efforts.

This new region free Blu-ray edition from Powerhouse Films is probably the best Vampires has ever looked and comes with brand new extras. Ported over from the old DVD release is an interesting Carpenter commentary, a short making of, some cast and crew interviews and B-roll footage. It also comes packaged with a booklet featuring an essay from critic Kim Newman, and a recent interview with Carpenter. The highlight of the disc is a Carpenter interview from 1994, where the director talks about his career up to Christine; the second half of this lengthy talk is featured on Powerhouse’s Ghosts of Mars disc. It’s a fun chat, and it’s nice to see him so engaged.

Whether you’re a Carpenter fan or someone who likes their vampire films to have some bite – like actual, bloody bites – then Vampires is definitely worth a look.

Special Features:
• Audio commentary with John Carpenter
• 1994 John Carpenter video interview with The Guardian
• Behind the scenes documentary
• Cast & Crew Interviews
• B-roll footage
• Theatrical trailer
• Booklet with essay by Kim Newman and 2015 John Carpenter interview

BUY IT NOW!

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What exactly is an existential horror movie? As with defining a horror overall, the answer is often down to personal choice. We are all scared of different things.

Most of the time. There are certain fears and anxieties that seem to transcend the most common fears, and they’re ones that everyone shares whether they openly admit it or not. No, I’m not talking about spiders or heights – this is more to do with the nature of existence itself. Concerns regarding love, life, death, sex and everything in between. Why am I here? Who am I? What is my place in this world?

The Existential Attitude, as described by Robert C. Solomon, is “a sense of disorientation, confusion, or dread in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world.” Sure, you may be thinking this is a bunch of philosophical baloney, but the truth is it touches something within everyone.

And when put into the context of horror, it is made all the more frightening for it. Great examples include films like Jacob’s Ladder, Marebito, Martyrs, Under The Skin and many more. The best recent examples perhaps, are The Babadook and Under the Shadow, which both deal with a mother’s handling of death and the following grief through tormenting spirits.

Most horror movies are existential in some way. The threat almost always represents something else. Something within. But some horror films reflect this better than others, touching on an uncanny and barely explainable feeling as a result of an individual’s perception-altering experience.

Don’t Look Now – (Nicolas Roeg, 1973)

So much of what existential horror does relates to people being isolated as an individual. That’s what allows them to have the thoughts laid out above, or to question the nature of their existence and the universe they inhabit. Don’t Look Now is a perfect example of this from the offset, as a bereaved couple move to Venice after the death of their young daughter. Most of the film plays out with the couple attempting to get on with life in this new city, and it’s here where the film is at its most effective and unsettling.

John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura (Julie Christie) don’t see their grief take the form of a monster, supernatural entity or serial killer – at least not for most of the film’s running time. Here the parent’s horror manifests itself in the daylight of Venice, in its canals, church bells and winding streets. It creates an inimitable tone that is present across much of Roeg’s filmography, though never quite as effectively as this.

By the time the film’s climax hits, with a revelation that fits some of the pieces together, the audience is overcome with the aforementioned existential attitude. As the “child” John chases throughout Venice is revealed to be a dwarf serial killer who promptly butchers him to death, he experiences an epiphany. He’d been experiencing premonitions of his own death all along, and now his existential crisis comes to a tragic end.

The Hitcher – (Robert Harmon, 1986)

The Hitcher takes the individual experience further, as the entire film takes place with our protagonist Jim Halsey (C. Thomas Howell) alone on the open road. Alone that is except for his tormentor, John Ryder aka The Hitcher, in a truly electrifying performance by Rutger Hauer.

The setup is simple: Jim picks up a hitchhiker, only to soon discover that the man is something of a depraved maniac. Thus commences a movie-long chase, a chase for the thrill of the game – and for Jim’s soul.

If Venice was the platform for John and Laura’s existential anxieties being presented physically in Don’t Look Now, in The Hitcher that role is performed by Ryder – a flesh and blood character. Or is he?

As the film progresses, Ryder comes across as more of an entity than a real person. An irresistible force of moral ambiguity and nihilistic uncertainty. It’s this man and his facets that force Jim to look into himself and think about his darker tendencies. What he’s capable of, or what he’s willing to become.

Jim is eventually driven to chase Ryder himself rather than flee. The hunted becomes the hunter. As Ryder pushes Jim to kill him, his journey is complete. The story closes on Jim leaning against a police car, silhouetted against the night sky and looking very much like The Hitcher himself. He’s confused and disoriented in the face of a meaningless, nihilistic World. The blood, death and murder left in the wake of the psychotic hitcher has been halted. But if Jim has to become more like Ryder in order to stop him, what is the point?

The Quintessential Existential Horror?

The Hitcher is, in my view, the greatest example of existential horror. It touches on all of the aspects discussed here, wrapped up in a simple-but-effective horror tale of a murderous hitchhiker tracking down his prey. The images it creates (featuring some truly beautiful cinematography by John Seale) and the questions it poses result in a truly terrifying concoction worthy of any horror fan’s respect.

What do you think makes a horror movie “existential?” What are your favourite examples? Does it even matter? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter!

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Originally scheduled for September 21st of next year, Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3 is on the move!  It will now be heading to theaters on July 13, 2018, according to Deadline.

The voice ensemble of favorites returns, including Adam Sandler (Dracula), Selena Gomez (Mavis), and Andy Samberg (Johnny). Director Genndy Tartakovsky is back in the director’s chair along with Michelle Murdocca back producing and Sandler executive producing, with a screenplay by Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers.

Synopsis:
Mavis surprises Dracula with a family voyage on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship so he can take a vacation from providing everyone else’s vacation at the hotel. The rest of Drac’s Pack cannot resist going along, and once they leave port, romance zings Drac when he meets the mysterious ship captain, Ericka.

Now it’s Mavis’ turn to play the overprotective parent, keeping her dad and Ericka apart. Little do they know that his “too good to be true” love interest is actually a descendant of Van Helsing, arch nemesis to Dracula and all monsters!

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After a bit of a struggle to secure the rights, it’s official: LADY IN WHITE is the selection for DreadVision February 2017!

The show is THIS WEDNESDAY, February 8th, at the Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson, TX!

Lady In White is another lost classic, previously out of print in the US until the amazeballs Scream Factory re-released it on a fantastic blu-ray in November.  Starring Lukas Haas, it’s a tale of ghosts and horrible murder in a small town…perfect for Valentine’s Day!

As always, I’ll be there to introduce the film and chat after the movie.  Up for grabs in another chilling challenge: last month’s Box of Dread and other prizes for those souls brave enough to entertain us and win.  What’s in store for this month? Less horror than usual, unless you’re a Vogon.  Next month we’ll likely return to the more visceral terror associated with my challenges, but romance must win out, so we’re exploring the horrors of love this month.

Tickets are just $7 and Alamo Victory members can use this as their BOGO for the week, making it a steal!  The show starts at 9pm, don’t be late, and get your tickets NOW to reserve a seat.

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We’ve been waiting patiently for a peek at the upcoming fourth season of “The Originals,” and today we were rewarded with a new promo courtesy of TVLine.

“The Originals” returns to The CW on Friday, March 17th, which is one week following the series finale of “The Vampire Diaries.”

About “The Originals”:
Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed, and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy, and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart.

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With Ghost in the Shell looming, something tells us that we’re going to be seeing a lot more big budget Far East adaptations in the near future. Case in point: THR is reporting that Jennifer Connelly has joined the cast of Alita: Battle Angel, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez’s ambitious adaptation of the popular manga graphic novels.

The movie is currently in production in Texas with Maze Runner actress Rosa Salazar playing the title character.

Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, and Ed Skrein are among those on the call sheet for the Fox franchise hopeful.

Rodriguez is directing while Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau are producing.

Set in the 26th century, Alita tells of a female cyborg (Salazar) that is discovered in a scrapyard by a scientist. With no memory of her previous life except her deadly martial-arts training, the woman becomes a bounty hunter, tracking down criminals. The action-adventure story is meant to serve as a backdrop to themes of self-discovery and the search for love.

Connelly is one of the villains.

More as it comes.

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The last time we had heard anything regarding Hellraiser: Judgment we reported that it had received a release date of March 28, 2017. The news came from both iMDB and the official Facebook page of the new Pinhead, Paul T. Taylor. Things have been quiet ever since.

That changed recently though when the 60 Minutes With podcast caught up with director Gary Tunnicliffe who had this to say about the film’s release plans.

“All I can say is, the movie is finished. It’s edited – got sound and music, and it’s all done. There’s a trailer, which I just saw. There’s a poster, which is really fucking cool. It’s utterly brilliant. I hope to god they use it. It’s not a big Photoshop thing, it’s like a Drew Struzan picture. It’s lovely. But apparently they did see it and think, ‘We may do a limited theatrical on it.’ But I don’t know. They will release it when they see fit. It could be soon, it could be later. It could be theatrical, it could not be. I’m sure I’ll be the last to know.”

That doesn’t sound like the film is going to making that date to us, but when we get some formal confirmation we’ll let you know.

Hellraiser: Judgment stars Damon Carney, John Gulagher, Diane Goldner, Mike Jay Regan, Andi Powers, Jeff Fenter, Heather Langenkamp, and Paul T. Taylor as Pinhead.

Synopsis:
Detectives Sean and David Carter are on the case to find a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the city. Joining forces with Detective Christine Egerton, they dig deeper into a spiraling maze of horror that may not be of this world. Could the judgement awaiting the killer’s victims also be waiting for Sean?

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The star of the upcoming sequel to Pacific Rim, John Boyega recently took to Twitter to share the very first shot of himself in character as Jake Pentecost, the son of Idris Elba’s character from the first film, Stacker Pentecost.

Boyega stars alongside Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Ivanna Sakhno, and Adria Arjona. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight, the sequel is based on the world created by Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham.

Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, and del Toro will produce the action adventure film along with Boyega and Femi Oguns under their Upper Room Productions banner. Cale Boyter will serve as executive producer.

Universal is releasing Pacific Rim: Uprising on February 23, 2018. This will mark Sakhno’s first venture in American film.

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An international one-sheet for Kong: Skull Island has arrived from Japan and it is completely, 110% badass. Need proof? See for yourself

All hail the true King… Kong!

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ Kong: Skull Island reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.

Kong: Skull Island stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and John C. Reilly. The international ensemble cast also includes Tian Jing, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, John Ortiz, Thomas Mann, Shea Whigham, Toby Kebbell, and Eugene Cordero.

Vogt-Roberts directs the film from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, John Gatins, Dan Gilroy, and Derek Connolly. To fully immerse audiences in the mysterious Skull Island, the director, cast, and filmmaking team filmed across three continents over six months, capturing its primordial landscapes on Oahu, Hawaii; on Australia’s Gold Coast; and finally in Vietnam, where filming took place across multiple locations, some of which have never before been seen on film.

Kong: Skull Island will be released worldwide in 2D, 3D in select theaters, and IMAX beginning March 10, 2017, from Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Synopsis:
A diverse team of scientists, soldiers, and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific, as dangerous as it is beautiful. Cut off from everything they know, the team ventures into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape a primal Eden in which humanity does not belong.

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Sorry waves one and two… you’re out of luck! Man, I never thought I’d say this but even I am having zombie fatigue. Hopefully this latest film can breathe some life into this rotting subgenre.

Screen Daily got the first look at Ellen Page in post zombie era drama The Third Wave via the Paris-based Sales company Bac Films.

The first feature of Irish director David Freyne unfolds in the aftermath of a devastating virus which transformed the infected into zombie-like monsters.

Mankind is struggling to rebuild societies deeply divided between the uninfected and those who did succumb to the virus and are still haunted by their violent actions.

In the backdrop, the rise of a terrorist movement threatens to plunge the world into chaos again.

Freyn directed from his own screenplay developed out of proof of concept prequel short The First Wave which you can watch below.

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And the horror keeps on coming from Blumhouse who are enjoying quite the run as of late. Next up for the house that Paranormal Activity built is a little something something called Sweetheart. According to Variety Blumhouse Productions has set Dope’s Kiersey Clemons to star in the latest pic from Sleight director JD Dillard.

Dillard co-wrote the script with his Sleight writing partner Alex Theurer as well Alex Hyner. Dillard, Theurer, and Hyner will all produce along with Jason Blum and Bill Karesh.

Not much is known about the film’s plot but Sweetheart is being described as a survival-horror pic.

Sweetheart is on the fast track to a Spring 2017 start date.

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A new clip is here for A Cure For Wellness so sit back, relax and drink it all in.

Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth star. The screenplay is by Justin Haythe; story by Justin Haythe and Gore Verbinski, who directed.

Look for A Cure for Wellness in theaters on February 17, 2017.

Synopsis:
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company’s CEO from an idyllic but mysterious “wellness center” at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa’s miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure.

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The South by Southwest Film Festival is heading at us like a speeding bullet and we’ve got a look at the special Midnight section titles that are just waiting to blow you away with awesome. Read on for details.

This year’s SXSW takes place March 10-19 in Austin, Texas.

68 Kill
Director: Trent Haaga Screenwriters: Trent Haaga based on the novel by Bryan Smith

Chip’s problem is that he can’t say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

Cast: Matthew Gray Gubler, Annalynne McCord, Alisha Boe, Sheila Vand, Sam Eidson, Lucy Faust, Eric Podner, Peter James, Hallie Grace Bradley, James Moses Black (World Premiere)

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon: 10th Anniversary Screening

Director: Scott Glosserman, Screenwriters: David Stieve, Scott Glosserman

At SXSW in 2006 AICN’s Quint wrote: “…it just had its world premiere at the Alamo a few hours ago. I hope to see this one get picked up, but I guarantee this one will make it.” 10 years after its 2007 theatrical, the 35mm print returns to the fest!

Cast: Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund, Scott Wilson, Zelda Rubinstein, Kate Lang Johnson, Britain Spellings, Bridgett Newton, Ben Pace

Game of Death (Canada, France)

Directors: Laurence “Baz” Morais, Sebastien Landry, Screenwriters: Laurence “Baz” Morais, Sebastien Landry, Edouard Bond and adapted by Philip Kalin-Hajdu

In the middle of small-town nowhere, seven friends are forced to kill or be killed when they play the Game of Death. When faced with their own mortality, will they turn on each other to survive?

Cast: Sam Earle, Victoria Diamond, Emelia Hellman, Catherine Saindon, Nick Serino, Erniel Baez D., Thomas Vallieres, Jane Hackett (World Premiere)

The Honor Farm

Director/Screenwriter: Karen Skloss

After prom night falls apart, Lucy finds herself at very different kind of party… On a psychedelic trip that could be a dangerous trap.

Cast: Olivia Applegate, Louis Hunter, Dora Madison, Liam Aiken, Katie Folger, Michael Eric Reid, Mackenzie Astin, Michelle Forbes, Josephine McAdam, Christina Parrish (World Premiere)

Lake Bodom (UK)

Director: Taneli Mustonen, Screenwriters: Taneli Mustonen, Aleksi Hyvärinen

Reconstructing a legendary campsite murder turns fatal when the girls decide to rewrite history. As night falls, turns out not all of them are there to play.

Cast: Nelly Hirst-Gee, Mimosa William, Mikael Gabriel, Santeri Mäntylä

Mayhem

Director: Joe Lynch, Screenwriter: Matias Caruso

After being framed for corporate espionage on the same day that a mysterious virus is unleashed on his company, attorney Derek Cho is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life.

Cast: Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Dallas Mark Roberts, Caroline Chikezie, Mark Stewart Frost, Kerry Fox, Lucy Chappell, Steven Brand (World Premiere)

Meatball Machine Kodoku (Japan)

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Screenwriters: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Sakichi Sato

A long-awaited sequel to the internationally acclaimed full-throttle splatter sci-fi action horror Meatball Machine directed by Yoshihiko Nishimura, an acclaimed makeup artist and special effects designer (“Godzilla Resurgence”).

Cast: Yoji Tanaka, Yurisa, Takumi Saito (World Premiere)

PIG: The Final Screenings

Director: Adam Mason

A savage satire of gender politics in America, Adam Mason is guaranteed to shock and offend with Pig. Created with actor and long time collaborator Andrew Howard, Pig is a virtuoso piece of pure cinema.

Cast: Andrew Howard, Guy Burnet, Lorry Stone, Juliet Quintin-Archard, Molly Black (World Premiere)

Tragedy Girls

Director: Tyler MacIntyre, Screenwriters: Chris Lee Hill, Tyler MacIntyre, based on an original screenplay by Justin Olson

A twist on the slasher genre following two budding teenage sociopaths who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small midwestern town into a frenzy, cementing their legacy as modern horror legends.

Cast: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Craig Robinson, Josh Hutcherson, Kevin Durand, Jack Quaid, Timothy V. Murphy, Nicky Whelan, Austin Abrams, Kerry Rhodes (World Premiere)

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Haven’t had your fill of horror in the Outback quite yet? Well, you’re in luck because the Stan network in Australia just took to its Twitter page with a deliciously cool announcement…

“Hey there, “Wolf Creek” Season 2 will be coming to Stan later this year! Stay tuned for future updates!”

Music to our ears! Did you miss “Wolf Creek: The Series” during its run? Well, lucky for you the show is coming to home video this March so plan on catching up!

From the Press Release:
Based on the iconic cult movie franchise, the all-new revenge thriller television series Wolf Creek: Season One arrives on DVD March 21 from Lionsgate. The season is currently available on Digital HD. John Jarratt reprises his role as the murdering psychopath of the Australian Outback, Mick Taylor. One of the most exciting new shows on cable network Pop, the series also stars Lucy Fry as an American college student who hunts down Mick Taylor to avenge the murder of her family.

Executive produced by the film franchise’s creator and director, Greg McLean, the Wolf Creek: Season One DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98.

Synopsis:
After her family is brutally murdered in the Australian outback, American college student Eve Thorogood vows to bring serial killer Mick Taylor to justice—or die in the attempt.

Special Features:

• “Cinema to Series: The Legacy of Wolf Creek” Featurette
• “Making a Television Series” Featurette
• “Meet the Stars” Featurette
• “Discovering the Outback” Featurette
• “Visual Effects” Featurette
• “Meet the Supporting Cast” Featurette

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The critically acclaimed spooker We Go On is headed to Blu-ray and DVD in April, and we have all the details and eye candy you need to get prepped! Dig it!

From the Press Release:
After riveting festival audiences around the world, the chilling WE GO ON is coming to home video this spring. The critically acclaimed thriller, which Fangoria declared as “legitimately scary and unpredictable” and Ain’t It Cool News called “a spooky tale with a strong emotional core,” debuts on Blu-ray and DVD on April 4, 2017, from Lightyear Entertainment through Momentum Pictures/Sony Home Entertainment. Special features on both formats include Directors’ Commentary.

The second feature film from YELLOWBRICKROAD creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, WE GO ON tells the story of one man’s quest to find out if there is more out there after we die. Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom (Clark Freeman) offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon – anything that can prove that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates – a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his fiercely protective mother (Annette O’Toole), he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.

“We’re excited that fans across the U.S. and Canada will be able to see WE GO ON no matter where they live, now that it’s coming to home video,” said Arnie Holland, Lightyear CEO. “It’s the kind of movie that makes you think and compels you to watch again and again. The questions posed in the movie about our mortality and the afterlife are what we all think about at one time or another.”

Directed by Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland (YELLOWBRICKROAD), with screenplay by Mitton, WE GO ON stars Annette O’Toole (“Smallville,” SUPERMAN III), Clark Freeman (YELLOWBRICKROAD), John Glover (SCROOGED, GREMLINS 2, “Smallville”), Giovanna Zacarías (THE LEGEND OF ZORRO), Jay Dunn, and Laura Heisler (YELLOWBRICKROAD).

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