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‘The Clearing’ Set on the Dawn of the Apocalypse [Exclusive]

Lexicon Entertainment, in association with Room in the Sky Films today announced the start of production on their fourth production of the year: The Clearing, the feature directorial debut for writer-director Dave Matalon who directs from his own screenplay, Bloody Disgusting learned. “A horror-action film, The Clearing is set at the dawn of the zombie apocalypse. Amid tensions between Tom (Liam McIntyre) and his wife (Sydelle Noel) over his parental responsibilities and the time he spends with his young daughter Mira (Aundrea Smith), Tom takes Mira on a camping trip, only to discover the impending disaster, trapping the pair in…The Clearing. Will Mira’s recently learned backwoods and orienteering skills help her survive the onslaught of the infected and rejoin her father, who is using … [Read More...]

“The Exorcist” Imagery and Art Possess the Woods

The other day we got the teaser and now (thanks to Deadline) we have action-packed new imagery from the debut episode of “The Exorcist” Season 2, which premieres Friday, Sept. 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. In the Season 2 premiere… “Six months after leaving Chicago, Father Tomas continues his training to become an exorcist under the watchful eye of his partner Marcus Keane. Their travels lead them to a troubled young woman in rural Montana, where their investigation puts them in the crosshairs of her extended family. But as Tomas’ skills continue to grow, Marcus begins to worry that his apprentice is taking unnecessary risks.” “The action then switches to a secluded private island off the coast of Seattle, where Andy Kim (John Cho, “Star Trek,… [Read More...]

Atmospheric New Shots from ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

No matter the subject matter, nearly all of A24’s releases end up being pretty dark genre films. The next one is pretty interesting, especially since it stars both Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. After having its world premiere in Competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, A24 will release Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer on October 27, 2017. It will also screen at the forthcoming Fantastic Fest in Austin. Also starring Alicia Silverstone and Bill Camp: “In the psychological revenge thriller, Farrell plays a successful surgeon who attempts to integrate a teenager into his family, but when the teen’s actions grow increasingly sinister, the doctor is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice.” It sounds pretty dark and something the company behind The Witch, The Blackcoat’s … [Read More...]

New Gross-out Imagery from ‘Welcome To Willits’

We Are What We Are and American Psycho‘s Bill Sage, The Expendables‘ Dolph Lundgren, “Z Nation’s” Anastasia Baranova and “Entourage’s” Sabina Gadecki star in Welcome to Willits, which IFC Midnight has acquired with plans to release in theaters and digital platforms September 22. Scream 4‘s Rory Culkin and A Nightmare on Elm Street‘s Thomas Dekker round out the cast in supporting roles with Chris Zylka, Garrett Clayton, Karrueche Tran, Serge Levin and Keelin Woodell. The feature directorial debut of Trevor Ryan, written by his brother Tim Ryan, the film is adapted from their acclaimed 2015 SXSW Midnight Short “Welcome to Willits: After Sundown.” Combining elements of horror, sci-fi and comedy: “Welcome to the Willits takes place deep in the Northern California woods, where residents struggle to fight … [Read More...]

“Channel Zero: No-End House” Images Look Dazed and Confused

Syfy shared with us imagery from the first two episodes of  “Channel Zero: No-End House,“ the second season of the anthology series that will premiere on the network September 20. The six brand new episodes bring another Creepypasta tale to the small screen…enter at your own peril. Inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta tale, “Channel Zero: No-End House” tells the story of a young woman named Margot Sleator who visits the No-End House: a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes that everything has changed. Amy Forsyth, Aisha Dee and John Carroll Lynch star. The trailer looks like a new spin on haunted houses, showing off all sorts of insane and wild imagery, … [Read More...]

Images Head Into the ‘Jungle’ with Daniel Radcliffe

We finally have an image gallery for Jungle, starring Daniel Radcliffe with Alex Russell, Joel Jackson and Thomas Kretschmann. “In the early 1980s, 22-year-old Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg (Daniel Radcliffe) and two friends – Swiss teacher Marcus Stamm and American photographer Kevin Gale – set off from the Bolivian city of La Paz on what was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. Leading the way into the uncharted Amazon was an Austrian expat named Karl Ruprechter, who had met the friends just days before and claimed to be familiar with the region. But their dream trip soon turned into a wilderness nightmare from which not all of the men returned.” The film was directed by horror veteran Greg McLean, best known for … [Read More...]

New Look at Ellen Page Zombie Film ‘The Cured’

A disease that turned people into zombies has been cured! Bloody Disgusting has even more brand new images of Ellen Page (Hard Candy) in the post-Zombie-era drama The Cured, which is now screening at the forthcoming Toronto International Film Festival. In Irish director David Freyne‘s directorial debut, “The film unfolds in the aftermath of a devastating virus which transformed the infected into zombie-like monsters. Mankind is struggling to rebuild societies deeply divided between the uninfected and those who did succumb to the virus and are still haunted by their violent actions. In the backdrop, the rise of a terrorist movement threatens to plunge the world into chaos again.” Freyn directed from his own screenplay developed out of proof of concept prequel short The … [Read More...]

“Channel Zero” Exclusive: Enter Room 2 in “No-End House”

One of my favorite new shows last year was Syfy’s anthology series “Channel Zero”, which returns with a second season this coming October. The next six-episode story is “Channel Zero: No-End House“  inspired by Brian Russell’s Creepypasta tale about a bizarre house of horrors that consists of a series of increasingly disturbing rooms. When she returns home, Margot realizes that everything has changed. Amy Forsyth, Aisha Dee and John Carroll Lynch star. Syfy provided Bloody Disgusting with not only the first ever imagery from “No-End House” but also this exclusive wicked teaser that shows something terrifying waiting in the corner of room 2. Nobody puts Baby in a corner… Nick Antosca returns as executive producer, showrunner and writer for the second installment, alongside … [Read More...]

New ‘Muse’ Image Abducted Ahead of Sitges

The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival will host the premiere of Jaume Balagueró’s (Sleep Tight, [REC]) ninth feature, Muse, adapted by Balagueró and Fernando Navarro himself from the novel “Lady No. 13” by Jose Carlos Somoza. Filmax’s  supernatural thriller, starring Christopher Lloyd, Joanne Whalley, Elliot Cowan, Franka Potente, Ana Ularu, Manuela Vellés and Leonor Watling, filmed for 9 weeks in Ireland, Belgium and Spain. Here’s a brand new image to commemorate the new showing. After it screens at Sitges, it will release in Spain on December 1, 2017. “Samuel has been a professor of literature flicks at the University since the tragic and unexpected death of his girlfriend. Since then, he suffers a recurring nightmare in which a woman is brutally murdered by a strange … [Read More...]

Coming-of-Age ‘Blue My Mind’ the Next Great Body Horror Film?

Hailing out of Switzerland, we have first word and imagery from Lisa Brühlmann‘s fantasy genre film Blue My Mind. The film follows a 15-year-old Mia who is facing an overwhelming transformation which calls her entire existence into question. Her body is changing radically, and despite desperate attempts to halt the process, she is soon forced to accept that nature is far more powerful than her. It sounds as if the film, starring Luna Wedler, Zoë Pastelle Holthuizen, and Nicola Perot, is a coming-of-age body horror tale that may or may not dip into Lovecraftian territory. There’s tremendous buzz behind this title so watch for it on the festival circuit soon. [Read More...]

[Next On] “Preacher” Episode 207, ‘Pig’… The Grail Have Arrived!

This past week’s episode of “Preacher” was a riot as AMC’s second season played God with people’s souls. Jesse (Dominic Cooper) must supply the Saint of Killers (Graham McTavish) with a piece of his soul in order to turn the tables on the seemingly unstoppable killing machine. The episode appears to have ended the Saint of Killers’ story arc, for now, setting the stage for the introduction of the callous and evil Herr Starr (Pip Torrens), who is head of “The Grail”. In this look ahead, we can see that Jesse, Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), and Tulip (Ruth Nega) continue forth in their efforts to find God, all while Starr gets an introduction. When will the two cross paths? Only time will tell. As … [Read More...]

Vibrant Retro ’68 Kill’ Poster Brings Back the ’80s Vibes

IFC Midnight has slated Trent Haaga’s 68 Kill, which had its world premiere at last month’s SXSW Film Festival, to land in theaters and on VOD August 4th. We now have a vibrant retro poster to go along with the trailer for the film that begins when a man’s weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000. Our own Ben Larned reviewed the film, calling it “bloody, hilarious Southern Gothic madness.” Based on the novel by Bryan Smith, “Trailer-dwelling, sewage-pumping Chip (Matthew Gray Gubler) may not lead the most glamorous life, but he’s got one thing going for him: he’s head over heels infatuated with his girlfriend Liza (AnnaLynne McCord). He’s more than willing to … [Read More...]

‘Replace’ Stills Get Bandaged Up

Another interesting addition to the London FrightFest is Replace (read our review), directed by first-time filmmaker Norbert Keil, a horror-thriller starring Rebecca Forsythe (We Are Your Friends) as a young woman who is afflicted with a strange disease. When she starts to age rapidly, she discovers that she can replace her own skin with the skin of others to maintain her beauty. Re-Animator and From Beyond star Barbara Crampton, who recently returned to acting in Adam Wingard’s You’re Next, before appearing in last year’s acclaimed We Are Still Here, as well as Sun Choke and Beyond the Gates, is also featured. In addition to Forsythe and Crampton, Replace stars Lucie Aron and Sean Knopp, while the script was written by Keil and, get this, … [Read More...]

FrightFest Avoids the ‘Radius’

FrightFest shared with us a slew of new shots from Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard’s Canadian sci-fi thriller, Radius, which will premiere at the forthcoming event in London. In the film, Liam (Diego Klattenhoff) wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam’s first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly. It looks like Radius has something to do with an alien encounter and a possible invasion. Charlotte Sullivan and Brett Donahue also star. [Read More...]

FrightFest Will ‘Eat Local’ With New Stills

Jason Flemyng, best known for his collaborations with Matthew Vaughn and roles in such pics as X-Men: First Class and Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, recently sank his teeth into directing with vampire thriller Eat Local. Screening at the upcoming FrightFest in London, we now have a handful of news images to go along with the previously released trailer. Eat Local features “Daredevil‘s” Charlie Cox starring alongside Mackenzie Crook (Pirates Of The Caribbean, “Game Of Thrones”), actor-writer-director Dexter Fletcher (Eddie The Eagle), Freema Agyeman (“Doctor Who”) and Eve Myles (“Doctor Who,” “Torchwood”).  Ruth Jones (Gavin & Stacey), Annette Crosbie (Into The Woods) and Vincent Regan (Lockout, 300) also star. “’Eat Local’ revolves around unwitting Essex boy Sebastian (newcomer Billy Cook), whose promise … [Read More...]

Holiday Horror ‘Better Watch Out’ Image Prepares for Violence

Here’s a brand new look at Chris Peckover’s holiday horror Better Watch Out, which Well Go USA will be release here in the States on October 6, 2017. Described as Home Alone meets Scream, Trace reviewed the film out of the Fantastic Fest premiere, calling it “a hilariously bonkers home invasion tale.” “Better Watch Out provides a bonkers twist on the home invasion sub-genre that had me squealing with glee from start to finish.” “Set in a quiet American suburb on a snowy evening on the lead up to Christmas, Ashley (Olivia DeJonge), the regular babysitter for Deandra (Virginia Madsen) and Robert Lerner (Patrick Warburton), has to defend their twelve-year-old son (Levi Miller) from strangers breaking into the house – only to discover … [Read More...]

Thrilling ‘Inside’ Images Prepare to Cut Rachel Nichols Open

With screenplay by Jaume Balagueró ([REC]) and director Miguel Ángel Vivas’ usual collaborator Manu Díez, the Inside remake stars Rachel Nichols (The Loop, Tokarev, Fantastic Four) and Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Punisher), who are both featured in these new images. The film is set to premiere at the upcoming FrightFest in London. Here’s a previously released trailer. “Pregnant and depressed, a young widow tries to rebuild her life following the fateful car accident where she lost her husband and partially lost her hearing. Now, about to go into labor, she’s living in a remote house in the suburbs when, one Christmas night, she receives an unexpected visit from another woman with a devastating objective: to rip … [Read More...]

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Set Photo Shows Off a Familiar Ride

Yesterday, we learned that the official title for Jurassic World 2 is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Now a set photo has surfaced that shows off a vehicle that should look very familiar to any fans of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 movie that kicked off this franchise. Take a look at the Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom set photo below. ScreenRant points us to a Facebook page called the Jurassic Park Motor Pool, which reportedly received this image from an anonymous source on the set of the sequel: It looks like the classic ’90s Ford Explorers are making a comeback in the sequel. But I’m not a hardcore enough Jurassic Park fan to notice what ScreenRant pointed out about this photo: the “04” near the back of the… [Read More...]