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Coming soon to select theaters and VOD from director Damien LeVeck (The Cleansing Hour) is a new horror film: A Creatures Was Stirring. The film stars Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween (2007), Annalise Basso (Oculus), and Connor Paolo (Fire Island). A Creature Was Stirring Synopsis Faith (Chrissy Metz) keeps her troubled teenage …

Dark Sky Films announced that it has acquired the U.S. Rights to Larry Fessenden’s (Habit) new horror film Blackout. The film stars Alex Hurt (Bonding – TV Series), James Le Gros (The Mosquito Coast – TV Series), and Joseph Castillo-Midyett (The Endgame). Blackout Synopsis Painter Charley (Alex Hurt, Minyan, TV’s New Amsterdam) wakes up …

With sequels dropping left and right, it’s high time, after reviewing the second one, that I took a look at Cruel Summer, the first feature in writer/director Scott Tepperman’s (Hell’s Bells) slasher film saga. Cruel Summer Synopsis A group of college students plan one final pre-graduation party at a secluded …

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, John Carpenter’s They Live keeps kicking reality’s ass and making you question the whole circus of life. This 1988 cult classic is a subversive masterclass, mixing sci-fi, social commentary, and sardonic humor like a cocktail that’ll leave you pondering well into the next century. -Soapbox moment. …

An essential film in the drama/horror realm of Spanish cinema, Juanma Bajo Ulloa’s The Dead Mother gets the “special issue” treatment from Radiance Films. The Dead Mother Synopsis A criminal, shoots and kills a painting restorer during a bungled burglary, and shoots her daughter as well. Twenty years later, the …

Coming soon to Digital and DVD from directors Shixing Xu (Sharktopus) and Simon Zhao (The Antarctic Octopus) is a new thriller: Crocodile Island. The film stars Gallen Lo (Confucius), Yinyu Liao (Meet Yourself), and Bingxiang Wang (Confidential File). Crocodile Island Synopsis After their plane makes an emergency landing near the …

Twenty-five years ago, writer Don Mancini, producer David Kirschner and director Ronny Yu gave the Child’s Play franchise an unprecedentedly campy overhaul with the release of 1998’s Bride of Chucky. After spending three films hunting down Andy Barclay (Alex Vincent, House Guest Massacre 2013 [read our interview with Alex]; Justin Whalin, Dungeons & …

Remember when they released Amando de Ossorio’s Blind Dead films on DVD in that groovy coffin-shaped box? Not to be outdone, Synapse Films is bringing those crusty-ass Templar zombies back, in stunning high definition, starting with the original, Tombs of the Blind Dead, AKA La noche del terror ciego, on …

Coming soon to On Demand from Gravitas Ventures and director Marcus Adams (The Marksman) is a new thriller: Deep Fear. The film stars Madalina Ghenea (House of Gucchi), Ed Westwick (S. Darko), and Macarena Gomez (30 Coins – TV Series). It will be available November 3, 2023. Synopsis: Set in …

Set to a moody and awesome song by Tuesday Knight, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master begins with the words: “When deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me. And trembling which made all my bones to shake -Job IV, 13-14.” That’s really about as deep as …