The new Creepshow TV series is a monster hit for Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. The series has set records across the board since its Sept. 26 premiere in terms of viewers, subscriber acquisitions and total minutes streamed: I was one of those who checked out the season premier…
‘Outrageously beautiful, calling to mind Brian DePalma’s neon-noir by way of Kenneth Anger and David Lynch… an incredibly impressive debut feature’ 9/10 Film Threat ‘Gets as close as any movie ever has to simulating the state of mind of someone conflicted, if no longer confused about his sexuality – the feelings, paranoia, decision making and…
Prey is a mysterious and gory chiller from horror powerhouse Blumhouse Productions the team behind Get Out, Us, The Purge, Sinister and Insidious. Toby (Logan Miller; Love, Simon), a high school senior struggling with behavioural problems, is placed on an uninhabited island in order to improve his ways. However, despite being told he is in…
Indie development studio Auroch Digital released the critically acclaimed theme park management tycoon Megaquarium on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today (October 18th) Megaquarium is an economic simulation game in which you grow your public aquarium to a thronging metropolis filled with hundreds of guests, loads of staff and almost 100 different aquatic life forms such as…
Buddi, the star of Child’s Play has already been sighted around London this past week via the official film twitter feed as he keeps himself entertained before his meet & greet at Fopp Covent Garden London, 1pm-2pm this coming Monday, 21st October. Fans who purchase a DVD or Blu-ray will be able to pose with this amazing…
Independent studio Mommy’s Best Games releases the multi-awarded neo-arcade adventure Pig Eat Ball on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today. Originally released on Steam, Pig Eat Ball is a delirious top-down 2D action puzzle adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things. The game features 200+ handmade stages and humongous battles with absurd bosses. “Pig Eat Ball packs all the fun and action of 80’s…
The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF) has launched its full programme of films and events for the upcoming 14th edition, taking place from 1st-14th November in London before embarking on the annual tour 18th-24th November. The Special Focus, and much of this year’s festival programme, will highlight the historic milestone of 100-years of Korean cinema along with an exciting mix of UK…
American Woman finds poignant drama in one woman’s gruelling odyssey, thanks in no small part to Sienna Miller’s outstanding work in the leading role. In a blue-collar town in Pennsylvania, a 32-year-old woman’s teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone. The story is told over the course of 11 years:…
The Criterion Collection and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are delighted to confirm the titles to be released on Blu-ray in December 2019. On 2 December comes , ON THE WATERFRONT, MARLON BRANDO (The Godfather) gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned longshoreman Terry Malloy in this masterpiece of urban poetry, a raggedly emotional…
After a wonderful successful 11th Grimmfest event earlier this month,There is no rest for the team at Grimmfest as they continue to work throughout the days nights weeks and months on more projects that I can write about (until I grow extra hands) One of these many projects that I do want to talk about…
The Vengeance Trilogy, the lauded revenge films directed by internationally acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden). This collection presents Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, with stylish special edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Justin Erickson. Park Chan-wook’s visually stunning masterworks of revenge are presented with a massive array of extras, including the feature-length…
The much-loved Moomin family star in a new, star-studded animated series, Moominvalley, based on the hugely popular work of Tove Jansson. This hit series follows the curious and idealistic Moomintroll with his extraordinary family and whimsical friends, as they take us on an adventure into the magical world of Moominvalley, where we can learn more…
From directors Joe Bland and Grant Martin comes a visionary new sci-fi thriller that will proves everything we know about the weather is… wrong. Josiah Authier and Grant Martin star in Ellipse, an exhilarating new science-fiction survival jaunt on DVD and Digital November 5. When a man has lost everything, it’s easy to self-destruct. Alcohol, silence, and self-loathing help to speed up the…
Carrie meets It Follows in Marla, a spine-chilling new horror experience from writer-director Lisa van Dam-Bates. Starring van Dam-Bates, Travis Johnny Ware, Jason Stange and Katie Hemming, the film explores the terrifying account of a girl who goes to get an IUD implanted by a family friend turned doctor who then commits a deranged act. The event has deadly…
From director Claire McCarthy comes a dynamic and lavish re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts and Clive Owen. Ophelia (Daisy Ridley) takes centre stage as Queen Gertrude’s (Naomi Watts) most trusted lady-in-waiting. Beautiful and intelligent, she soon captures the attention of the handsome Prince Hamlet (George MacKay) and a forbidden love…
A few years ago, I took to a stage (thats me on the left holding the microphone) with some of the cast and crew of an upcoming short film ‘Dead Air’ at the scifi wales convention and asked Geoff (the director), Peter (the writer), Charlie (one of the cast), and Andrew (the puppet coordinator) to…
Gorilla Tree Film Company have skedded Garrett Kruithof’s DEVIL’S ACID for a digital and disc release this November. Starring Drew Rin Varick (American Horror Story) , Ashley Dulaney (“Justified”), Jessica Lynn Parsons (“S.W.A.T”), Betty Jeune (The Florida Project), Nina Leon (“Longmire”) and Eric Gibson star in the trippiest genre film of the year, available 11/5.…
Genre icons Ryan Merriman (The Jurassic Games), Jamie Tisdale (“From Dusk Till Dawn : The Series”) and Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) encounter the terrifying PORTAL this October. Insidious meets Paranormal Activity in director Dean Alioto‘s “delightfully delicious horror film”* available on digital and On Demand from October 15 from Vertical Entertainment. The ambitious founder of an amateur ghost hunting team, is…
After one of the highlights of my year, the news from Grimmfest keeps coming as the 2019 event award winners are announced. Very much deserved, I was there to see filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska receive the Achievement in Horror award and they were of course, wonderfully impressed and giddy with enthusiasm and excitement when…
Based on the Japanese manga of the same name, the film tells the horrific tale of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a businessman who is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned in a grim hotel room-like cell for 15 years, without knowing his captor or the reason for his incarceration. Eventually released, he learns of his wife’s murder…
First there was House of 1,000 Corpses (2003). Then there was The Devil’s Rejects.(2005) and now, writer-director Rob Zombie returns to the world of the Firefly family with the next blood-soaked chapter in the most violent crime saga in movie history, 3 from Hell. If you thought that the end of The Devils Rejects meant the end…
The unimaginable horror stories of ONE NIGHT IN OCTOBER drop October 15! The Purge meets Creepshow in Wild Eye Releasing’s One Night in October, coming to DVD and Digital October 15. On a single night in October, three stories interweave as three different groups face unimaginable horror. Jessica Morgan, Casey Norman, and Rachel Netherton star in…
My journey through the world of Shudder continues with Revenge. Wealthy and handsome Richard takes his beautiful young mistress Jen to an isolated luxury condo in the desert, a few days ahead of his annual hunt. When his two hunting partners turn up unexpectedly, the booze starts flowing and things quickly become debauched. Events run…
Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley’s acclaimed excursion into gear, Echoes of Fear embarks on a national theatrical release beginning this October. Kicking off its big screen run in Los Angeles on October 16, the award-winning spookfest stars Trista Robinson, Hannah Race, Paul Chirico and Marshal Hilton. Echoes of Fear received its World Premiere at the 18th annual Shriekfest Horror…
From Academy Award Nominated director Darrell Roodt, and nominated for Best Feature Film at the Nice International Film Festival, THE FURNACE is an Exploration Films release, available this October, 2019. Newlyweds Mary (Jamie Bernadette) and Matt celebrate Christmas – and their passion for running – with two honeymoon tickets to Africa’s ultimate footrace, The Furnace. Their…
Available on digital in the UK and Ireland on 15th November. Also playing at the Mayhem Festival in Nottingham, Horrorthon, the London East Asian Film Festival and the Leeds International Film Festival A cop teams up with a criminal to hunt down a serial killer, in this stunning and stylish action thriller, featuring a brilliantly charismatic…
Lauded by Mark Kermode as one of his Top 20 Children’s Films in The Observer, The Amazing Mr Blunden is set for a brand-new Limited Edition Blu-ray release courtesy of Second Sight in time for Christmas. Adapted from Antonia Barber’s novel The Ghosts by celebrated director Lionel Jeffries (The Railway Children) who also helms this mesmerising family classic, The Amazing Mr Blunden arrives in a stunning collector’s edition, with a…
Arrow Academy’s November Blu-ray releases include a rediscovered and riveting Brit noir with a fantastic international case, and a classic Western starring a Hollywood superstar. Both are presented in High Definition with a wealth of formidable extras including audio commentaries, feature-length documentaries, new artwork, and collector’s booklets with brand new writing on the films. First…
The world tour of Monster Kitten continues as the Dead Air festival Circuit kicks off with style! Having already screened at the Days of the Dead Horror Convention in Charlotte, USA., as well as Toronto Indie Horror Film Festival – Toronto, Canada,Boobs and Blood International Film Festival – Hollywood, USA – 5th October, and Slaughter…
Its nearly time. Its nearly time. Its nearly time. Its a great start to horror month as I see lots of you watching creepy films and sharing your viewing choices on social media. For the next few weeks, hundreds of not thousands of horror films will be watched by genre fans and I shall be…
In a film world of franchises, shared universes, comic book films, sequels and reboots, its always wonderful to see something different, something fresh and something that will not only education you but also entertain you. This week I found that in one of the most interesting documentaries that I have seen in quite a while.The…
Guests, both past and present, will battle for their souls as all is revealed about the Abaddon Hotel and the evil that dwells there. One year after the events of Hell House LLC II, the hotel is on the verge of being torn down when it is purchased by billionaire Russell Wynn as the new…
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premiere streaming destination for exclusive and original genre entertainment, has added another gem to its collection and another treat for you to view and recommend.The Shudder Exclusive film ONE CUT OF THE DEAD the hit zombie comedy is available for all Shudder members to stream in the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland.…
From Oscar-nominated writer Jeff Pope (Philomena, Stan & Ollie, Little Boy Blue) comes a six-part drama series, A Confession, out on DVD on 14th October and available now on Digital Download. Directed by award-winning director Paul Andrew Williams (London To Brighton, The Cottage, Broadchurch), A Confession stars Martin Freeman (Sherlock, The Office, Fargo, The Hobbit Trilogy), Imelda Staunton (Harry…
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced THE DANIEL CRAIG COLLECTION, the complete collection of the four James Bond films starring Daniel Craig as 007, which will be available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD™ in Dolby Vision®. Beginning 11th November 2019, Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall, and…
The award-winning, charming and quirky sci-fi series Nikola Tesla and the End of the World is returning to Amazon Prime for season two. The original series won a number of accolades worldwide and was nominated for “Best British Series” at Raindance. In the new series, two physicists and a lost boyfriend use Nikola Tesla’s multiverse device…
Written and Directed by Jessica Hunt & Sam Mason-Bell Lonely Hearts is such a strange, weird and wonderful film that does that strange thing that whilst quite a few films do and I always enjoy it when it happens. When watching the film Im not sure I am liking it, but by the time the…
With an acting career spanning several decades starting with onscreen appearances in the hit ITV show The Gentle Touch, Mark might be best known for his role as notorious controversial school bully Gripper Stebson, in the BBC show Grange Hill. Marks appearances in the show began in 1981 and ran up to and including episodes…
Another gem from the world of Proportion Production, this time heading back into the horror genre with a wonderful throwback to the era of classic slasher thrillers.with The Final Scream. When ‘Kia’ (played by Kate Lister ), a failing actress takes a casting call that seems like a dream job, we the viewer not that…
Liverpool Film Festival in association with the Everyman Cinema and Odeon at Liverpool One is delighted to announce the official selection for the third edition of the annual event. Films from around the world will be screened over four days from the 31st October – 3rd November across the two venues with a line-up consisting…
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