Rainey Qualley, Vincent Kartheiser and Breeda Wool in ULTRASOUND screening at Fantasia FF 2021 ( @FantasiaFest )


Fantasia International Film Festival, the iconic Canadian genre film festival, has announced its first wave of programming for the upcoming 25th edition. Once again the festival will be a virtual event, and will run from August 5-25th of this year and one of those films is Ultrasound, starring  Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Chelsea Lopez (Novitiate), Breeda Wool (UnREAL), Tunde Adebimpe (Marriage Story, Spider-Man:…

From Director Mika Boorem comes Hollywood.con a fun-packed adventure-comedy in the tradition of Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile. Out now on Amazon ( @MikaBoorem )


 It’s a mad race to the top and everyone is desperate to get there.     Acclaimed actress Mika Boorem (Riding in Cars With Boys, Blue Crush, Hearts in Atlantis) makes her feature directorial debut with Hollywood.Con, available now on Amazon Prime.   A fun-packed adventure-comedy in the tradition of Romancing the Stone and Jewel…

THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE Arte Original Limited Edition 4K Blu-ray – out now from Arrow Video ( @arrowfilmsvideo )


Dario Argento’s staggeringly assured debut The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom, and established the key traits that would define Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a…

Joshua Winch, Tyler Mane, Linnea Quigley, Danielle Harris highlight Houston Horror Film Fest 2021 ( @joshua_winch @TYLER_MANE @LinneaQuigley @halloweengal )


Joshua Winch (Fall of Grace) joins Tyler Mane (Rob Zombie’s Halloween), Linnea Quigley (The Return of the Living Dead), Danielle Harris (Halloween 4 & 5), Rob Mello (Happy Death Day), Oliver Robins (Poltergeist), Clint Howard (Evilspeak) and many more for the HOUSTON HORROR FILM FEST 2021.  The weekend of June 25 – 27 the Marriott…

Michael Jai White, Tom Berenger and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson star in COPS AND ROBBERS on DVD and Digital this June from Dazzler ( @DazzlerMedia ) ( @MichaelJaiWhite )


In this slick action-thriller, a hostage negotiator plays a high stakes game of cat and mouse with a cornered bank robber. As the two men learn each other’s identity, they realise they have a shared past, with scores and grudges to be settled.   Cops and Robbers stars action legend Michael Jai White (Arrow, The Dark…

Cameron Crowe’s coming-of-age movie ALMOST FAMOUS gets the 4k treatment and includes both version of the feelgood movie.


Writer/Director Cameron Crowe’s feelgood coming-of-age movie  ALMOST FAMOUS, starring Kate Hudson (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Day, Mother’s Day ), Billy Crudup (Where’d You Go, Bernadette, TV’s “The Morning Show”), Frances McDormand (Nomadland, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri), Anna Paquin (The Piano, X-Men) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, Capote) is…

Horror Channel gears up for the Rabid premiere, and I get to learn more about 2 of my favourite people. Jen and Sylvia Soska ( @horror_channel @twisted_twins )


Ahead of Horror Channel’s premiere of RABID on June 12, two of my favourite filmmakers and two of my favourite people on the planet Jen and Sylvia Soska reflect on the challenges of re-imagining Cronenberg’s body horror classic, meeting the great man (that means David Cronenberg, not me) and their new monster movie, BOB. RABID…

HBO’s thriller MARE OF EASTTOWN, available to own digitally now across all major platforms starring Kate Winslet


From creator and writer Brad Ingelsby (“The Way Back”), with all episodes directed by Craig Zobel, comes the tense thriller MARE OF EASTTOWN, available to own digitally now. Starring Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Kate Winslet (HBO’s “Mildred Pierce”), the seven-part limited series MARE OF EASTTOWN tells the story of Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective…

‘Dr. Bird’s Advice For Sad Poets’ starring Jason Isaacs, arrives in the UK 21st June on digital


Enter the whimsical world of James Whitman (Lucas Jade Zumann), a 16-year-old boy obsessed with poet Walt Whitman, who’s reeling from the disappearance of his beloved sister Jorie (Lily Donoghue ­– Dirty John, Black Christmas) and struggling with anxiety and depression. But his dysfunctional parents:  abusive father (Jason Isaacs) and careworn mother (Lisa Edelstein­­)  refuse to confront the issues…

Writer/director Stephen Rutterford’s horror-mystery Finding Ophelia premieres on digital this June. ( @arrgntworm )


Experience a quixotic new nightmare when writer/director Stephen Rutterford’s horror-mystery Finding Ophelia premieres on digital this June.New York Advertising Executive William Edgar (Jimmy Levar) is mesmerized by a series of hypnotic dreams that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.His life is thrown into disarray when forced to choose between his career, his relationships and his romantic…

Bulldog Film Distribution presents WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc in select cinemas and on demand 2 July


Discover the psychedelic sounds of rock superstars WITCH in a guided tour through their mud-hut village formation to superstardom in the politically turbulent Zambia of the 70s, and eventual re-discovery by contemporary music fans. WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc is a vibrant, joyous celebration of life and music.   The film follows the twenty-first century formation…

Thunderbird Releasing announce UK release of thrillingly offbeat pandemic-era road movie romance TYGER TYGER, on digital 28th June. ( @TBirdReleasing )


Thunderbird Releasing announces the UK release of thrillingly offbeat pandemic-era road movie romance TYGER TYGER, on digital platforms on 28th June. Energetic, youthful and extraordinarily timely, Kerry Mondragan’s TYGER TYGER defies categorisation, but mixes road movie and romance with post-apocalyptic drama to plunge the viewer into an unsettling and extraordinary world, people by a superb cast of offbeat character,…

Tyler Savage’s Stalker arrives on video on demand.


Andy (played by Vincent Van Horn)  moves to LA after a romantic breakup and following a bar room encounter with Sam (played by Christine Ko) takes a drive home  by an Uber style driver. Roger (played by Michael Lee Joplin), the driver then encounters Andy the following day and strike up a friendship, which we…

Mira Sorvino and Sean Astin star in ‘Hero Mode’ the fun-filled gaming comedy on digital 14 June 2021 ( @MiraSorvino @SeanAstin )


Jump into Hero Mode, the fun-filled gamer comedy that will keep the whole family (especially the bored teens) entertained. This comedy adventure sees a coding wiz help save his Mum’s struggling firm with a gamechanger of a video game…   Starring Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, Modern Family) and Sean Astin (Lord Of The Rings, Stranger Things) and inspired by retro video games favourites, A. J. Tesler’s  (Campaign…

Fun and frights ensue in director David Del Rio’s ROAD HEAD, premiering on digital this June from Terror Films.


 Fun and frights ensue in director David Del Rio’s ROAD HEAD, premiering on digital this June from Terror Films.   Elizabeth Grullon (Netflix’s “Lucifer”), Damian Joseph Quinn (US vs Billie Holiday), Clayton Farris (“American Horror Story”) and Paul F.Taylor (‘Pinhead’ in Hellraiser : Judgement) star in a wild horror-comedy from writer Chloe Skye.   Three friends…

‘Brighton’, Starring Larry Lamb, Marion Bailey, Lesley Sharp, Phil Davis and Adjoa Andoh prepares for its home release.


CK Films in association with Red Rock Entertainment have announced the digital release of its award-winning feature, BRIGHTON starring Larry Lamb, Marion Bailey, Lesley Sharp, Phil Davis and Adjoa Andoh, directed by Stephen Cookson and adapted by Melanie Harris and  Stephen Cookson from the original stageplay Brighton Beach Scumbags by Steven Berkoff.  The film, which has garnered multiple awards in film festivals across the world, will be available on DVD from June…

Vicious Fun, a fantastic bloody black comedy from Cody Calahan.


Joel (played by Evan Marsh ) an eager film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim. Evan Marsh plays the role of Joel perfectly as he nervously stumbles from sentence…

Max Reload, pure escapism, and pure joy!


A small town video game store clerk must go from zero to hero after accidentally unleashing the forces of evil from a cursed Colecovision (you can Google Colecovision, yes it was a thing) video game cartridge in this fantastically nostalgic and fun film from directors Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp which is littered with so many fun…

Vertigo Releasing presents Flashback on digital platforms 4 June 2021 ( @VertigoRel )


A young man (Dylan O’Brien, The Maze Runner franchise), must unravel a disturbing mystery which develops from the fragmented, surreal memories of his past in intense psychological thriller Flashback.   Fred Fitzell (Dylan O’Brien) is a man on the precipice of adulthood. With a new corporate job, a long-time girlfriend (Hannah Gross) pressuring him to define their future,…

Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid’s directorial debut SHORTA released in UK and Irish cinemas on 13th August from Vertigo ( @VertigoRel )


Anders Ølholm & Frederik Louis Hviid’s timely, compelling directorial debut SHORTA will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 13th August. The film premiered to great acclaim at the Venice Film Festival and recently played at the Glasgow and Dublin Film Festivals.  Police officers, Jens and Mike, are on a routine patrol when news spreads…

Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke starring SOUND OF METAL. Home release May 31 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.


After losing his hearing, a musician must find stability now that his life has been upended, starring Academy Awards nominee Riz Ahmed (Mogul Mowgli, Venom)  and Olivia Cooke (Pixie, TV’s “Vanity Fair”), groundbreaking drama  SOUND OF METAL is available to Download & Keep, to Rent on Digital and to own on Blu-ray from May 31 from Sony Pictures…

Discovered and restored 46 years after completion. George A. Romero’s ‘The Amusement Park’ prepares for premiere on Shudder ( @shudder )


The Amusement Park – Premieres June 8 **A Shudder Exclusive Film (Available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UKI and Shudder ANZ) Recently discovered and restored 46 years after its completion by the George A. Romero Foundation and produced by Suzanne Desrocher-Romero, The Amusement Park stars Martin’s Lincoln Maazel as an elderly man who finds himself disoriented and increasingly isolated…