A balancing act of mistrust, fear and reliance. Goodbye Honey will be available May 11th on a number of digital and cable platforms


Freestyle Digital Media has announced the cable, satellite and Digital HD release of the tension-ridden thriller Goodbye Honey, from director/co-writer Max Strand and co-writer/producer Todd Rawiszer.  Pamela Jayne Morgan (Just Say Goodbye) and Juliette Alice Gobin (Look At Me), headline the cast in a balancing act of mistrust, fear and reliance. Goodbye Honey will be available…

Revisit ‘Last Action Hero’ on 4K Ultra HD on May 17 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.


High-octane adventure movie LAST ACTION HERO, starring one of the Kings of the 80s and 90s action film Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator franchise, The Expendables), is available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD on May 17 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The super budget high profile film also stars Anthony Quinn (Zorba The Greek), Charles Dance…

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…

A powerful portrayal of modern teenage life that resonates with youthful energy ‘Beast Beast’ on Digital Download 30 April


A powerful portrayal of modern teenage life that resonates with youthful energy, Beast Beast is a powerful character study of three young lives torn apart by gun violence.   In a quiet suburban town, charismatic theatre lover Krista finds herself increasingly drawn to quiet new kid Nito, a talented skateboarder whose troubled home life pushes him towards…

Lionsgate UK will release WILD MOUNTAIN THYME on all major UK digital retailers from April 30th, and in cinemas in the Republic of Ireland this Summer. ( @LionsgateUK )


Lionsgate UK will release WILD MOUNTAIN THYME on all major UK digital retailers on April 30th, and in cinemas in the Republic of Ireland this Summer. From Oscar®-, Tony®- and Pulitzer Prize®-winning writer and director John Patrick Shanley (Doubt, Moonstruck), WILD MOUNTAIN THYME captures the romance, lyricism and transcendent beauty of the Irish countryside in an extraordinary love story…

Lionsgate presents Anthony Hopkins, Anson Mount and Abbie Cornish in The Virtuoso on Digital Download from 30 April and DVD 10 May ( @LionsgateUK )


Anson Mount (Star Trek: Discovery) is a deadly assassin sent on a mission by his cold-blooded boss, 2021 Oscar-nominee Anthony Hopkins (The Father), in slick neo-noir thriller The Virtuoso.    Danger, deception, and murder descend upon a sleepy country town when a professional assassin (Mount) accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic mentor (Hopkins).   Given only…

In the tradition of Shadow in the Cloud and Resident Evil, ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time’ premiering On Demand this from May 4th from Uncork’d Entertainment. ( @uncorkdent )


In the tradition of Shadow in the Cloud and Resident Evil, and from the director of The Elf and the 13th Friday , Wrong Place, Wrong Time premiering On Demand this May from Uncork’d Entertainment.   An elite team of vigilantes plot to steal 14 billion dollars of laundered money from a notorious mob boss. After being double-crossed, they find refuge in the middle of…

Shudder and FANGORIA announce presenters at the 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, premiering Sunday, April 18 at 8pm ET/5pm PT exclusively on Shudder ( @shudder @fangoria )


Shudder and FANGORIA announced today presenters at the 2021 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, premiering Sunday, April 18 at 8pm ET/5pm PT exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural.  The ceremony, which recognizes outstanding achievement in horror film and television, will be hosted by actor and writer David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man and the Wasp) and…

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 )…

Robert Mitchum’s Harry Powell in Night Of The Hunter returns to our screen in a glorious Criterion edition.


The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor CHARLES LAUGHTON ever directed— is truly a standalone masterwork. and definitely a cinema classic in every way.  A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister ROBERT MITCHUM (Cape Fear, The Friends of Eddie Coyle) as a traveling preacher named Harry…

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…

New mystery thriller, Sensation, on Digital Download now, Starring Eugene Simon (Game of Thrones, Genius) and Emily Wyatt (Hurricane, Rise of the Footsoldier: The Heist). ( @Eugene_Simon )


Sensation is the second film from Director Martin Grof, following his award-winning hit Excursion. Boasting an exciting cast, the film stars Eugene Simon (Game of Thrones, Genius) &  Emily Wyatt (Hurricane, Rise of the Footsoldier: The Heist).  The film follows Andrew (Eugene Simon), who, while on a quest to uncover hidden truths about his family history, provides a top-secret agency with his DNA in order…

Canadian thriller ‘The Oak Room’ Starring RJ Mitte, ( @RjMitte ) Out now on Digital from @Lightbulb_Films


From the distributor that brought you Sator & Disappearance at Clifton Hill, Lightbulb Film Distribution is delighted to share the poster and trailer for a new claustrophobic thriller, The Oak Room, which is now available on Digital Download Following its world premiere at Fantasia, the UK premiere took place at Grimmfest in October. 2020 (one of my favourite festivals…

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…

MANDABI, the 4K restoration of Ousmane Sembène’s trailblazing Senegalese classic released for the first time in the UK from Studiocanal ( @StudiocanalUK )


Directed, written and produced by the legendary, ‘father of African cinema’ Ousmane Sembène, the film was originally made in 1968 where it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival.  The second feature by Sembène was the first movie ever made in the Wolof language—a major step toward the realisation of the trailblazing Senegalese…

Keanu Reeves sci-fi JOHNNY MNEMONIC gets a brand new HD release on May 10th, from Vertigo Releasing. ( @VertigoRel)


To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the groundbreaking Keanu Reeves sci-fi JOHNNY MNEMONIC is getting a brand new HD release on May 10th, from Vertigo Releasing.  Hollywood action superstar Keanu Reeves stars in this ahead-of-its time sci-fi thriller set in 2021(!); it predicted the use of the internet, and paved the way for mind-bending blockbusters such as The Matrix and Inception. Reeves plays a futuristic data carrier with a…

SNATCH, available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD on July 12 courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. ( @SonyPicsHomeEnt )


Writer/Director Guy Ritchie, (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Sherlock Holmes) delivered an awe-inspiring directorial masterpiece with, SNATCH – an edgy and hilarious film about a diamond heist gone wrong, a colourful prizefighter…and a very temperamental dog.  SNATCH is available for the first time on 4K Ultra HD on July 12th  courtesy of Sony Pictures…

Limited Edition NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Collectibles from Fright-Rags. Plus New UNIVERSAL MONSTERS and CREEPSHOW Apparel Available ( @frightrags )


Fright-Rags has teamed with EMCE Toys to create limited edition Night of the Living Dead merchandise, which is up for pre-order for five days only. A vintage-style tin lunchbox features embossed artwork for George A. Romero’s seminal classic and a matching tin-wrapped thermos.   Fright-Rags’ Night of the Living Dead Nanoforce figure set includes 13…

Time to revisit Ridgemont High with the Criterion Edition of the classic Fast Times At Ridgemont High, May 2021


The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director AMY HECKERLING (Clueless) and screenwriter CAMERON CROWE (Almost Famous)— for each of whom it kicked off a hugely successful film career. Based on Crowe’s experiences going undercover as a student at…

Vertigo Releasing announces the arrival of the fright-packed thriller horror The Night. April 2021 ( @VertigoRel )


chiller THE NIGHT. “A terrifying twist on The Shining” – CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND “Sneaks up on viewers and delivers a knockout final act”– VARIETY You’ll be praying for check out time on 2nd April, as Vertigo Releasing announces the arrival of the fright-packed chiller THE NIGHT. After a night out with friends, an exhausted married couple, Babak (Shahab Hosseini), Neda (Niousha…

Intriguing and satirical comedic thriller Black Bear from filmmaker Lawrence Michael Levine arrives this April from Vertigo Releasing ( @VertigoRel )


BLACK BEAR is an intriguing and satirical comedic thriller directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and starring Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West, Happiest Season) Christopher Abbott (Possessor, Catch 22) and Sarah Gadon (True Detective, Alias Grace). The film launched at the Sundance Film Festival, where the film enthralled audiences and received widespread critical acclaim. BLACK BEAR…

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…

Writer-director Mike Leigh’s classic Secrets and Lies comes to Criterion 26th April 2021


Writer-director MIKE LEIGH (Naked) reached new levels of expressive power and intricacy in his ongoing contemplation of unembellished humanity with this resonant exploration of the deceptions, small and large, that shape our relationships to those we love. When Hortense (RoboCop’s MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), a Black optometrist who was adopted as a child, begins the search for her birth mother,…

Atmospheric and gory medieval horror The Head hunter arrives on Bluray this April from 101 Films ( @101_films )


This April, 2018’s THE HEAD HUNTER comes to Blu-ray. A handsomely shot, atmospheric and gory medieval horror, our Blu-ray contains two commentaries from the filmmakers and a ‘making of’ featurette.On the outskirts of a kingdom, in the shadows of a looming castle, a quiet but fierce medieval warrior protects the realm from monsters. The gruesome…

Cult 80s horror SPOOKIES (1986) arrived on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from 101 Films ( @101_films )


On 26th April 101 Films are releasing cult 80s horror SPOOKIES (1986) on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, title 019 on the 101 Films Black Label. Produced by Michael Lee, founder of legendary video distributor VIPCO, the film’s tumultuous production history saw original co-writers/directors Brendan Faulkner and Thomas Doran and co-writer/producer Frank M. Farel fired, and…