From Director Filip Jan Rymsza, comes Mosquito State Streaming from August 26 Exclusively on Shudder ( @shudder @filip_jan )


Shudder has acquired exclusive rights to the psycho-thriller Mosquito State, from director Filip Jan Rymsza and co-written by Rymsza and Mario Zermeno, for release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on Thursday, August 26.  An official selection of the Venice Film Festival in 2020, where it was awarded the Bisato d’Oro for Best Cinematography, Mosquito…

Streaming channel Shudder announce production of V/H/S/94 as A Shudder Original ( @shudder )


 Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired worldwide rights to V/H/S/94, the fourth installment in the hit horror anthology franchise. The Shudder Original Film will release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand later this year.  V/H/S/94 marks the return of the infamous found footage anthology with…

Award-winning Hungarian writer/director Szabolcs Hajdu’s immersive nocturnal drama TREASURE CITY on VOD.


Award-winning Hungarian writer/director Szabolcs Hajdu’s immersive nocturnal drama TREASURE CITY, is released 18 June, in cinemas and on Virtual Cinemas and VOD. A subtle mix of nocturnal urban tales exploring the darker side of human relations, the film drops the viewer into a web of family, sexual, political and romantic relationships where nothing’s quite what it seems.…

Etheria Film Nights 2021 Official Short Films Showcase Lineup to stream exclusively on Shudder ( @shudder )


Etheria Film Night (www.etheriafilmnight.com) have announced that the 2021 Official Short Films Showcase Lineup, which will stream exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, beginning Friday, June 25 through July 25.  This year’s Festival, the world’s most respected annual showcase of horror, science fiction, fantasy, action and thriller films directed…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

TrashArts Productions and HB Films to remake Dustin Ferguson’s cult horror TERROR AT BLACK TREE FOREST ( @SamMasonBell )


Announcing the latest project from TrashArts Productions and HB Films, ‘TERROR AT BLACK TREE FOREST’ is a UK Slasher Horror feature film based on the original US film from Dustin Ferguson, the highly acclaimed genre film maker. HB Films and Trash Arts Productions are renowned as being highly prolific producers of horror feature films including ‘Lonely Hearts’, ‘The Millennial Killer’, ‘The…

Me, Myself & Di in Selected Cinemas 11th June and DVD /Digital from 21st June starring James Lance, Lucy Pinder , Will Mellor, Tyger Drew-Honey, Larry Lamb , Marek Oravec , Wim Snape Katy Clayton


After winning the ‘trip of a lifetime’ to a caravan park in Rhyl, North Wales, unlucky in love Northerner, Janet Brown, is ready for a holiday romance. Unfortunately, taking the advice of her best friend, Diana – pretending to be the opposite of who she actually is in order to find love – doesn’t quite…

Shudder acquires terrifying thriller The Boy Behind the Door for streaming release this July. ( @shudder @shudder_uk)


THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired the exclusive rights to The Boy Behind the Door for release in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, July 29. The first feature from co-writers and directors Justin Powell and David Charbonier, the…

British Sci-Fi UNDERGODS coming to cinemas and digital 17th May unveils poster and trailer


Lightbulb Film Distribution is delighted to share the poster and trailer for new dystopian fantasy-thriller, Undergods, which will be coming to cinemas and digital download on May 17. Following its world premiere at Fantasia last year, the film went on to celebrate its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival in February. Since then, Undergods has gone on to receive two British Independent Film…

Tony Newton’s Amityville Hex UK distribution acquired by VIPCO


Cult label VIPCO are excited to announce that they have acquired the latest in the Amityville franchise for UK distribution The film ‘AMITYVILLE HEX’ was directed by Tony Newton, who also wrote the film alongside Shawn C. Phillips. Appearing in the film will be Shawn C. Phillips (Ghost Shark) , Sarah Schultz(  Bloodbath on 4th Avenue )…

Yasha Jackson hunts a kidnapper in KILLER AMONG US from writer-director Charles Scharfman ( @Yasha_Fierce )


Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to first time writer-director Charles Scharfman’s crime thriller “Killer Among Us”. Directed by Charles Scharfman, the film stars Yasha Jackson (HBO’s The Flight Attendant), Andrew Richardson (Martin Eden.), Bruce MacVittie (When They See Us) and Imani Lewis (The Forty-Year-Old Version). On the 4th of July, a rookie female cop partners with a veteran detective to save…

Star Studded Emma Thompson scripted Victorian biopic Effie Gray rereleased in the UK , 19th April 2021 by Sovereign Films ( @sovereign_film )


Sovereign is proud to announce the return of EFFIE GRAY, the true story of a scandal that shocked Victorian England, on 19th April in Virtual Cinemas and on VOD, and out 31st May as a special collector’s edition DVD and Blu-ray. Nineteen-year-old Effie Gray marries esteemed art critic John Ruskin, a cold and distant man who, seemingly repelled by his young bride, refuses…

The Voices starring Ashley Bell, Jordan Ladd, and Leslie Easterbrook, theatrical and On Demand release April 2 2021 ( @AshMichaelBell )


Ashley Bell, Jordan Ladd, and Leslie Easterbrook star in this spring’s most unnerving new horror film. From Vertical Entertainment, and award-winning filmmaker Nathaniel Nuon, hear The Voices this April.   After visiting her father’s grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she…

It’s a wrap as psychological horror thriller EVIE enters post-production. Directed by Dominic Brunt and Jamie Lundy ( @dominicbrunt @jamielundyfilm )


British indie feature film EVIE, starring Holli Dempsey (Derek, After Life), Michael Smiley (Luther, Kill List) and Jay Taylor (Donkey Punch, Manhunt), has just wrapped a four week shoot on locations in Yorkshire and the Llyn Peninsula, Wales  Directed by Dominic Brunt (Before Dawn, Bait,) and Jamie Lundy (marking his feature film debut). the brooding psychological horror thriller centres on Evie (Dempsey), who has been burdened with…