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Female filmmakers are currently being short-changed by the film industry and there has been a marked decline in the representation of female directors in modern cinema. Despite this, a young British female filmmaker, Gemma Paul of Twisted Root Productions, is working hard to redress the balance. Awareness of gender equality has been much discussed for well over a decade, yet …

BRUCE CAMPBELL TAKES VIEWERS ON ALL-NEW ADVENTURES REVEALING BIZARRE AND ASTOUNDING TALENTS IN TRAVEL CHANNEL’S ‘RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Awe-inspiring talents, unusual objects, strange phenomena and mind-boggling feats are explored in Travel Channel’s reboot of the iconic series, “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” premiering on Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted and executive produced by actor Bruce …

Bring Home LOST IN SPACE on Blu-ray™ and DVD June 4 The Complete First Season is Loaded with Extras including Deleted Scenes and a Colorized Unaired Pilot Episode from the Original 1965 Show   Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents LOST IN SPACE, The Complete First Season, arriving on Blu-ray™ and DVD June 4. Set thirty years in the future, …

SOMEWHERE IN THE NEW ENGLAND WOODS – A sneak peek trailer for the new Skip Shea genre film SEEDS from 4th Street Productions is now available. SEEDS is a New England folk horror tale that is as old as the Book of Genesis, pitting pagans against the Church in a struggle for one woman’s soul. Grieving mother Macha (Emma MacKenzie) …

RLJE Films will release THE CLEANING LADY On Demand, Digital HD and DVD on June 4, 2019.  Directed by Jon Knautz (Goddess of Love), he co-wrote the script with Alexis Kendra (Valentine’s Day). Kendra also stars in the film along with Rachel Alig (“Officer Down”), Stelio Savante (Starship Troopers 3: Marauder) and JoAnne McGrath (The First Date). RLJE Films will release THE CLEANING LADY on DVD for an SRP of $27.97.

Scream Queen Caroline Williams Featured On The “Dead For Filth” Podcast Hosted By Michael Varrati Scream Queen Caroline Williams is a featured guest on the latest edition of the “Dead For Filth” podcast hosted by the extremely accomplished screenwriter/producer Michael Varrati. Iconic Scream Queen Caroline Williams began her career in Texas, co-starring for revered cinema master Louis Malle is his …

A new graphic novel from Koji Steven Sakai and John Mayer called Santa VS Zombies launched on Kickstarter on April 9, 2019. This sixty-page graphic novel follows a burned-out Santa Claus who reluctantly embarks on his last chimney crawl only to find his world turned upside down by a zombie apocalypse. With the help of a crew of children and …

Starring Ashleigh Morghan, Isaac Jay, Sam Marra Directed By Elle Callahan Written By Elle Callahan, Michael Nader HEAD COUNT premiered at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival, and Ashleigh Morghan was honored with the Nightfall Special Jury Prize for a Lead Actor. Newcomer Evan joins a group of teens on a getaway in Joshua Tree. While exchanging ghost stories around …

When a mysterious signal from an unknown dimension summons the end of days, it appears as if only Aubrey (Virginia Gardner) is left on earth. Trapped in the apartment of her recently deceased best friend, the only clue she has is a single cassette left behind after her friend’s death, labeled: “THIS MIXTAPE WILL SAVE THE WORLD.” Thrust into a …

Argent Pictures, the film production and financing outfit run by Jill Ahrens, Ryan Ahrens and Ben Renzo are partnering with Jason Michael Berman at Mandalay Pictures on an original horror comedy titled BRIDE AND DOOM and have tapped Eli Craig (TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL, LITTLE EVIL) to direct and co-write along with Josh Parkinson (THE TERROR, FREE COUNTRY). Argent’s …

WITH NEW YETI SIGHTINGS REPORTED THIS WEEK, A TIMELY ‘YETI’ EPISODE OF TRAVEL CHANNEL’S HIT SERIES ‘IN SEARCH OF MONSTERS’ TO AIR ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 All-New Episode to Feature New Findings and Theories Behind the Elusive Mythical Creature The mysterious Yeti footprints found by the Indian Army at Nepal’s Makalu Base Camp have been making headline news around the …

WITNESS THE TAKEOVER OF A SOUL THIS MAY IN THE POSSESSION DIARIES Start an entry in the frightening The Possession Diaries, featuring acclaimed actor James Russo (Django Unchained, Beverly Hills Cop), arriving on DVD and Digital this June from Uncork’d Entertainment. Juan Frausto, director of Road Kill and Once Upon a Time in the Hood, invites you to log on …

WINTERSKIN SET FOR NORTH AMERICAN RELEASE TERRIFYING NEW TRAILER RELEASED You can hide, but you can’t run High Octane Pictures sets skinless creatures on your cabin this May! From acclaimed filmmaker Charlie Steeds, and starring David Lenik (Escape From Cannibal Farm) and Rowena Bentley (The House Of Violent Desire), comes a frostbitten frightfest that snatches the breath, Winterskin, available on …

Horror movie podcast Bloody Date Night goes back into their vaults in May with a pair of episodes on sequels to movies covered in early episodes of the podcast. Now that Liz knows more about horror movie tropes, will she enjoy these sequels more or find them lacking? Way back in 2015, before moving in together, marriage, and a new house, …