Thursday, April 30, 2015

4.30 Release Date For Eli Roth Presents 'The Stranger':




Back in January we let you know that IFC Midnight had picked up the North American distribution rights too the Eli Roth/Nicolás López produced 'The Stranger'... The film will make it's way into theaters (limited) and VOD/digital download June 12th...

The Stranger' Stars: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Luis Gnecco, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Eric Kleinsteuber, Alessandra Guerzoni and Aaron Burns...

Written and Directed By: Guillermo Amoedo - Story: A mysterious man arrives at a small town at the end of the world to eradicate a very contagious and dangerous disease transmitted through blood...






Lorenza Izzo



4.30 DVD/Blu-ray Release Date For 'Monsters: Dark Continent'




On June 2 Tom Green's (no not that Tom Green) 'Monsters: Dark Continent' will land in on DVD and Blu-ray, via Anchor Bay Entertainment/RADiUS...

The film Stars: Joe Dempsie, Johnny Harris, Kyle Soller, Sam Keeley, Uriel Emil Pollack, Nicholas Pinnock, Parker Sawyers And Sofia Boutella...

Story: Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won...

Noah, a haunted soldier with several tours under his belt, is sent on a mission: an American soldier has gone rogue deep in the Infected Zone, and Noah must reach him and take him out. But when Noah's unit and transport are destroyed, he finds himself with only a young and inexperienced cadet for company - the brother of the man Noah has been sent to kill...

The two soldiers must go on a life-altering journey through the dark heart of monster territory, accompanied by a young local woman to guide them. By the time the three of them reach their goal, they will have been forced to confront the fear that the true monsters on the planet may not be alien after all...

Written By: Jay Basu And Directed By: Tom Green (no not that Tom Green)... Monsters: Dark Continent is a sequel to Gareth Edwards's (Godzilla), fan favorite 'Monsters... The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with the film garnering a 71% "fresh", or 7.1/10 rating, on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes...

Special Features:

* Behind-the-scenes featurette







4.30 New Trailer For 'A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night':




A new UK trailer for Ana Lily Amirpour's Iranian vampire flick 'A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night', has worked it's way online! The film Stars: Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marnò, Rome Shadanloo, Dominic Rains and Marshall Manesh...

Story: The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made, Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave.

Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno, and Morricone-inspired riffs, the film's airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic combines the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the weird surrealism of David Lynch...

Written and Directed By: Ana Lily Amirpour... A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night' will make it's way into theaters (UK) on May 22nd...







4.30 Poster/Trailer For Vin Diesel's 'The Last Witch Hunter':




The official poster and trailer have made their way online for Breck Eisner's 'The Last Witch Hunter'... The film Stars: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Lotte Verbeek, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Stephanie Bertoni, Julie Engelbrecht, Isaach De Bankolé, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Inbar Lavi and Michael Caine...

Story: An immortal witch hunter is tasked with the job of coming between the covens of New York City and their goal to destroy humanity by way of a horrific plague. In order to accomplish this he must partner up with a beautiful female witch, something that he thought he would never do...

Written By: Cory Goodman and Melisa Wallack - Directed By: Breck Eisner... The Last Witch Hunter' is set to land in theaters On October 23, via Lionsgate...





4.30 New Trailer For 'THE SUFFERING':




A new trailer for Robert Hamilton's upcoming horror thriller 'The Suffering', has worked it's way online! The film Stars: Nick Apostolides, Elizabeth Deo, Chad Eric Smith, Lee Hamilton, Carl Stevens, Kina Gee and Regen Wilson...

Story: Henry Dawles is at a cross roads in life. A diminished bank account and baby on the way with his estranged wife, has his personal life in shambles. When Mr. Remiel, an elderly shut in, offers Henry a lucrative sum to appraise his rural estate, he accepts without hesitation.

What follows is a harrowing exploration of mind and madness. A journey through an estate as vast and beautiful as it is secretive and horrific. When Henry closes in on the land’s dark truth, Remiel’s eccentric behavior takes a menacing and unforgettable turn. In this twisted tale of morality and redemption, Henry must confront the terrors of his present while coming to terms with the horrors of his past...

Written By: Robert Hamilton and Marco V. Scola - Directed By: Robert Hamilton... The Suffering' is currently seeking a distributor...






Elizabeth Deo


4.30 First Official Clip For 'Poltergeist':




The first official clip for Sam Raimi-produced upcoming reboot of Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic 'Poltergeist', has made it's way online.. A few weeks ago 20th Century Fox moved the flick from it's July 24th release date, to May 22...

The film Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino, Kennedi Clements, Kyle Catlett, Susan Heyward and Jared Harris...

The story will center around Eric Bowen and his family who, after he loses his job, relocate to a new town to start anew. His daughter, Madison, is abducted, making him truly understand what’s important in life: family. In the new version, Eric’s wife, Amy, can communicate with the dead..

Carrigan Burke, a television personality who hosts “Haunted House Cleaners.”” The supernatural doesn’t scare this guy. Dr. Brooke Powell is Carrigan’s ex-wife who is a parapsychologist at a local university.Her team investigates the supernatural events surrounding the disappearance of the Bowen girl...

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost Hosue Pictures is producing along with Roy Lee.. The flick is Written By: David Lindsay-Abaire.. Directed By: Gil Kenan...

Back in October of last year the MPAA gave the flick a PG-13 rating for intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language... To me the rating is not a big deal because the original was rated PG, the pg-13 rating did not exist at the time, so I'm sure if it had.. That film would have been rated pg-13 as well...




Tuesday, April 28, 2015

4.28 New Poster For Veronika Franz's 'Goodnight Mommy':




A new international one-sheet for Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz's Austrian horror/thriller 'Goodnight Mommy', has made it's way online... Back in September of last year it was reported that Radius-TWC (Weinstein Company) had picked up the North American rights to the film...

Goodnight Mommy will be screen at this year’s Stanley Film Festival in Estes Pa, CO...

The flick Stars: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz and Lukas Schwarz... Written/Directed By: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz...

Story: In the heat of the summer. A lonesome house in the countryside between woods and corn fields. Nine-year-old twin brothers are waiting for their mother. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before. The children start to doubt that this woman is actually their mother. It emerges an existential struggle for identity and fundamental trust...







Susanne Wuest


4.28 Release Date For 'Raiders Of The Lost Shark':




On May 19th Scott Patrick's 'Raiders Of The Lost Shark', will land on DVD, via Wild Eye Releasing...

Story: Four friends set out by boat for an idyllic vacation on a private, remote island. But unknown to them, a weaponized shark has escaped from a top secret military lab nearby, a shark that was genetically engineered with hate in its blood, and programmed to hunt any human within range... Now, these friends must band together to battle an all new brand of predator who will stop at nothing to remain at the top of the food chain...

Written By: Brett Kelly and David A. Lloyd - Directed By: Scott Patrick...

The film Stars: Candice Lidstone, Jessica Huether, Dan Desmarais, Lawrence Evenchick, Richard Groen, Faith Rayah, Angela Parent, Kelley Oliver, Mel Guibz, Kitty Kamieniecki, Pavel Lubanski and Catherine Mary Clark...





Faith Rayah


4.28 Poster Trailer And Stills For Paul Hyett's 'HOWL':




A new poster/trailer/stills for Paul Hyett and Metrodome International's upcoming werewolf in London flick 'HOWL', have made their way online!

The film Stars: Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Amit Shah, Sam Gittins, Shauna Macdonald, Rosie Day, Ania Marson and Elliot Cowan...

Story: Joe, a young ticket-collector, is riding the last train out of London on a dark and stormy night along with a meager bunch of passengers. When the train brakes violently and comes to a sudden halt deep in the middle of a forest, it seems they have hit something on the line. But when the driver ventures out to investigate he never returns, leaving the passengers in a state of panic – particularly when Joe sees the driver’s mutilated body outside the carriage.

Realising there’s something dangerous lurking in the forest, Joe tells the passengers to make barricades to secure themselves in the carriage but soon the deadly creature is stalking the besieged train and smashing through their defences, picking them off one-by-one. Joe rallies his ‘pack’ of passengers to fight back. During a vicious battle they manage to kill the creature, revealing it to be a hideous mutated fusion of human and wild animal – a werewolf. However, celebrations are cut short when they hear more howls coming from the forest…

Written By: Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler - Directed By: Paul Hyett...
















Holly Weston


4.28 Trailer/Stills For James Cullen Bressack's 'PERNICIOUS':




The official trailer and stills have made their way online for James Cullen Bressack's upcoming horror thriller 'PERNICIOUS'...

The film Stars: Ciara Hanna, Emily O'Brien, Russell Geoffrey Banks, Byron Gibson, Sara Malakul Lane, Jared Cohn, Sohanne Bengana and Jackie Moore...

Story: Three young, beautiful girls arrive in Thailand to teach English for the summer, some with noble intentions and some just wanting an adventure, but none were prepared for the massacre that awaited them. The nightmare begins when their new friends go missing, vivid bloody dreams haunt their sleep and a stolen statue leads them down a dark path into Thai folklore and magic that has been long forgotten.

Their situation continues to become worse once they realize it's not WHAT that is haunting them but WHO: an eight-year girl, brutally murdered and sacrificed by her family decades ago who wants nothing more than to watch them bleed. This is not a story about redemption. This is not a story about good versus evil. This is not a story about the will to survive. This is a story about Vanida - a child viciously tortured by her own family, who will stop at nothing for revenge - one appendage at a time...

Written By: James Cullen Bressack and Taryn Hillin - Directed By: James Cullen Bressack... Pernicious' will land on VOD and in theaters (limited) June 19th, Benetone Films...
















Sara Malakul Lane



4.28 New Poster For 'The Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)':




A new poster for Tom Six's 'The Human Centipede Part 3 (Final Sequence)', has made it's way online... The film Stars: Eric Roberts, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Michael Flores, Robert LaSardo, Tom Six, Clayton Rohner, Laurence R. Harvey, Dieter Laser and Bree Olson...

Story: Bully prison warden Bill Boss (Dieter Laser), leading a big state prison in the US of A, has a lot of problems; his prison statistically has the highest amount of prison riots, medical costs and staff turnover in the country. But foremost he is unable to get the respect he thinks he deserves from his inmates and the state Governor (Eric Roberts). He constantly fails in experimenting with different ideas for the ideal punishment to get the inmates in line, which drives him, together with the sizzling heat, completely insane.

Under threats of termination by the Governor, his loyal right hand man Dwight (Laurence R Harvey) comes up with a brilliant idea. A revolutionary idea which could change the American prison system for good and save billions of dollars. An idea based on the notorious Human Centipede movies, that will literally and figuratively get the inmates on their knees, creating the ultimate punishment and deterrent for anyone considering a life of crime. Having nothing to lose, Bill and Dwight create a jaw-dropping 500-person prison centipede...

Written and Directed By: Tom Six... Human Centipede Part 3' will land on VOD and theaters (limited) May 22...




4.28 New Image For 'Jurassic World':




A new image (thanks to Empire Magazine) has made it's way online for Universal Pictures upcoming reboot/sequel 'Jurassic World'... The film Stars: Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Katie McGrath, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lauren Lapkus and Ty Simpkins...

The story takes place Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, an island located off Central America's Pacific Coast, near Costa Rica, now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond... This new park is owned by the Masrani Global Corporation. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), a member of the park's on-site staff, conducts behavioral research on a group of Velociraptors, known as Blue, Charlie, Delta and Echo.

At the corporation's request, the park's geneticists create a genetically modified hybrid mutant dinosaur, known as Indominus rex, to boost visitor attendance (despite the creature having cannibalized its own sibling). Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the park's operations manager. Her nephews, Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpkins), are visiting the island when the hybrid escapes and are subsequently caught up in the creature's deadly rampage...

Written By: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly... Directed By: Colin Trevorrow... Produced By: Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley... Jurassic World, will land in theaters June 12, 2015 in 3D..





Monday, April 27, 2015

4.27 New Teaser Spot For 'SCREAM QUEENS':




A new teaser spot for Ryan Murphy's and FOX Networks upcoming horror-comedy anthology series 'SCREAM QUEENS', has landed online...

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Keke Palmer, Skyler Samuels, Billie Lourd Abigail Breslin, Nick Jonas, Niecy Nash and Nick Jonas...

Scream Queens' is produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. The series is co-created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Murphy, Falchuk, Brennan and Dante Di Loreto will serve as executive producers.

The story will revolve around a college campus that’s rocked by a series of murders... The 15-episode anthology series is set to air This fall on FOX...





4.27 New Poster For 'POLTERGEIST':




A new awesome poster for Sam Raimi-produced upcoming reboot of Tobe Hooper's 1982 classic 'Poltergeist', has made it's way online.., A few weeks ago 20th Century Fox moved the flick from it's July 24th release date, to May 22...

The film Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun, Jane Adams, Saxon Sharbino, Kennedi Clements, Kyle Catlett, Susan Heyward and Jared Harris...

The story will center around Eric Bowen and his family who, after he loses his job, relocate to a new town to start anew. His daughter, Madison, is abducted, making him truly understand what’s important in life: family. In the new version, Eric’s wife, Amy, can communicate with the dead..

Carrigan Burke, a television personality who hosts “Haunted House Cleaners.”” The supernatural doesn’t scare this guy. Dr. Brooke Powell is Carrigan’s ex-wife who is a parapsychologist at a local university.Her team investigates the supernatural events surrounding the disappearance of the Bowen girl...

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert's Ghost Hosue Pictures is producing along with Roy Lee.. The flick is Written By: David Lindsay-Abaire.. Directed By: Gil Kenan...

Back in October of last year the MPAA gave the flick a PG-13 rating for intense frightening sequences, brief suggestive material, and some language... To me the rating is not a big deal because the original was rated PG, the pg-13 rating did not exist at the time, so I'm sure if it had.. That film would have been rated pg-13 as well...







4.27 New Trailers/Release Date For Jonas Govaerts 'CUB':




A couple of new trailers for Jonas Govaerts horror flick 'CUB', have made their way online ... The film will land on DVD/Blu-ray August 18th, via Artsploitation Films...

The flick Stars: Evelien Bosmans, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts, Jessie Tweepenninckx, Gill Eeckelaert, Maurice Luijten and Jan Hammenecker...

Story: Sam, 12, is in trouble: his entire "Pathfinder" scout troop picks on him - and worse. The leader, Peter, is the worst of all. He seems to find a sadistic pleasure in humiliating Sam. This year's trip is to a woods near the French border where a curious legend named Kai is said, around the campfire, to make mischief. But when Sam finds that Kai is no legend and that he makes more than mischief, no one believes him...

Written By: Jonas Govaerts and Roel Mondelaers - Directed By: Jonas Govaerts...















4.27 New Poster/Release Date For Lance Henriksen's 'Dark Awakening':




A new creepy poster for Dean C. Jones upcoming Horror/Thriller 'Dark Awakening', has worked it's way online... The film is set to land in theaters (limted) June 19th...

Cast: Lance Henriksen, Jason Cook, Valerie Azlynn, William Pifer, Lauren Sesselman, Gil Newsom, Karen Boles, R. Keith Harris, Viktor Hernandez, Robert Crayton And Tracey Coppedge...

Story: With the death of his mother, and a frustrating career as the city's District attorney James Thomas decides to move his wife (Jennifer) and seven year old son (Danny) to the family's estate home in rural Cedar Rock Falls, North Carolina.

Shortly after the transition Jennifer and Danny begin to experience strange paranormal occurrences. The house is haunted by the apparitions of nine dead children. Seeking answers and solace for the nightmare they are going through Jennifer approaches the local parish priest (Father Donovan)..

Unfortunately the mystery deepens as she discovers that he holds the darkest secret of all. He is cognizant of the origins of the dead children, the reason for their resurrection, and how and why it ties to her beloved husband James...

The film is Written By: Dean Jones And Josh Edwards - Directed By: Dean Jones... Executive Produced By: Michele Weisler And Liliana Kligman-Roitman - Produced By: Starr Jones. SALES AGENT: The Little Film Company...






Lauren Sesselmann



4.27 New Still For Rob Zombie's '31':




A new still (featuring Michael 'Redbone' Alcott as Fat Randy) for Rob Zombie's upcoming flick '31', have worked it's way online... The film also Stars: Elizabeth Daily, Sheri Moon Zombie, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Torsten Voges, David Ury, Judy Geeson, Bari Suzuki, Ginger Lynn, Daniel Roebuck, Judy Geeson and Malcolm McDowell...

Written and Directed By: Rob Zombie - Zombie has said this flick will be in the same style of 'The Devil Rejects'...

The story will center around five people being kidnapped a few days before Halloween and held hostage in a place called Murder World. While trapped, they must play a violent game called 31 where the mission is to survive 12 hours against a gang of evil clowns...




4.27 Trailer For Michael Anderson's 'The Hatching':




The trailer for Michael Anderson's upcoming horror comedy 'The Hatching', has made it's way online! The film Stars: Laura Aikman, Andrew Lee Potts, Danny Kirrane, Georgia Henshaw, Deborah Rosan, Jack McMullen, Sorrel Golding and Thomas Turgoose...

Story: On the death of his father, Tim Webber returns to his childhood village in Somerset to find something sinister is disturbing the idyllic peace of the villagers. As people disappear and gruesome body parts mount, the horrific truth emerges that crocodiles are hunting on the moors. As suspicion escalates, Tim is on the hook to make amends for his tragic teenage mistake years before...

Written By: Michael Anderson and Nick Squire - Directed By: Michael Anderson...




Saturday, April 25, 2015

4.25 Poster/Trailer For 'Dude Bro Party Massacre III':




The "LOL" poster and trailer for upcoming retro looking horror comedy 'Dude Bro Party Massacre III', have worked their way online... Written By: Alec Owen, Jon Salmon, Michael E. Peter, Ben Gigli, Timothy Ciancio, Michael Rousselet, Tomm Jacobsen, Joey Scoma, Mike James and Brian Firenzi - Directed By: Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet and Jon Salmon...

Story: DUDE BRO PARTY MASSACRE III follows BRENT CHIRINO as he enters the oil-misted halls of the DELTA BI THETA fraternity. Brent isn't just any pledge... he's a legacy. And it's a legacy of death. See, Brent is here to solve the mystery of his identical twin brother BROCK's murder, and he'll do anything to crack the case... even attempt the frat's most daring prank of all time. After the Deltas' senior prank causes two commercial jets to collide over an orphanage, they're punished to a weekend at The Old Sorority House by the Lake.

But they're not the only ones there... a mysterious killer named MOTHERFACE lurks nearby. She knows the bros' deepest fears... and she's taking advantage of those fears to pick them off, one by shirtless one, in increasingly gory ways. It's a race against time for Brent to discover the mysteries of his brother's death before Motherface butchers them all!

Cast: Alec Owen, Patton Oswalt, Paul Prado, Kelsey Gunn, Paul Prado, Brian Firenzi, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Joey Scoma, Jimmy Wong, Greg Sestero and Nina Hartley...






Olivia Taylor Dudley


Nina Hartley