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Key Issues & First Appearances With the recent news that the Cult of Dracula movie is now in development with BR Films, we thought our retailer and collector friends might appreciate a list of key issues and first appearances from both Cult of Dracula and its sequel, Rise of Dracula! The film will use characters and stories from both books. …

DEEP WOODS  Available Digitally NOW   A thriller from first time writer, director,  Steve Laughlin Starring Tony Denison (The Closer), Jilon VanOver (Better Call Saul),  Eddie Spears (Hell on Wheels) Ty is an architect who wants to experience nature — before it is paved over. But when he wanders off his hunting path, his survival skills are put to the ultimate test when a ruthless drug cartel …

CRYPTID Available on DVD February 7 Cryptid is a slow-burn “whodunit” where two journalists must figure out how to stop a deadly creature lurking in the shadows before it’s too late. Starring Nicholas Baroudi (The Hating Game, “Person of Interest”), and Ellen Adair (“Homeland”, “The Sinner”), Chopper Bernet, Kevin O’Rourke, Kate MacCluggage, and Jeanine Bartel  ** Best Narrative Feature, Best of …

SWALLOWED Starring: Jena Malone, Mark Patton, Cooper Koch, Jose Colon Directed By: Carter Smith Written By: Carter Smith  After a drug run goes bad, two friends must survive a nightmarish ordeal of drugs, bugs and horrific intimacy in this backwoods body-horror thriller.

CONSECRATION Starring Jena Malone and Danny Huston Directed by Christopher Smith (Black Death, Severance) Exclusively In Theaters February 10th from IFC Films and Shudder Synopsis In CONSECRATION, after the suspicious death of her brother, a priest, Grace (Jena Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened.  Once there, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing …

Blue Fox Entertainment is excited to announce that the highly-anticipated WW1 genre thriller BUNKER will be opening in theaters only February 24th! BUNKER is directed by Adrian Langley (BUTCHERS), written by Michael Huntsman (FISH LAKE), and produced by his father and Blue Fox Entertainment founder James Huntsman (CHURCH AND STATE), and Patrick Rizzotti (THE COLLECTOR franchise). It stars Luke Baines …

Spanish horror anthology VAMPUS HORROR TITLES releases this February from Uncork’d Entertainment. The films, featuring segments from Victor Matellano, Isaac Berrocal, Manuel Martínez Velasco, Piter Moreira and Erika Elizalde, are set on Halloween night. Vampus, a gravedigger and body snatcher, is the guardian of the cemetery, a sinister being who has many secrets. He loves to read horror comics, and …

If you’re going to be traversing a hellish world filled with very hungry zombies around every corner, you should probably know who it is you’re traveling with. Well, it’s time to meet the slayers of Dead Island 2. Today, acquaint yourself with Dani.

To prepare for Valentine’s Day, we’re excited to announce that together with Meta, Crypt TV presents “Eli Roth’s BE MINE: A VR Valentine’s Slasher”, an exciting and gut-wrenching horror VR experience launching in Meta Horizon Worlds and Meta Quest TV on Friday, February 10 at 7pm PST/10pm EST. For fans without a Meta Quest headset, the experience will be available …

Horror-western from up-and-comer Owen Conway Uncork’d Entertainment has acquired Owen Conway-directed horror-western GHOST TOWN, skedding the pic for a March, 2023 release. The film, written, directed by, and starring Conway (Eminence Hill), features Eva Hamilton (Death Kiss), Becky Jo Harris (Spiked) and Amelia Haberman (The Covenant) among the cast. Story is set in 1877 Arizona, where a drifter takes a …

WAKING KARMA on January 26th The disturbing new thriller, starring Michael Madsen, arrives on U.S. VOD next Friday XYZ Films is proud to announce that they will be releasing Liz Fania Werner and Carlos Montaner’s dark thriller WAKING KARMA on North American VOD January 26th. A tale of buried family secrets and unbridled religious fanaticism, the psychological thriller stars award-winning …

Rappers/actors Fre$h & Mike Zombie are shooting the Masked Killa music video for the horror feature (Camp Pleasant Lake) Thomas Walton will be directing and Jared Safier Producing. David M. Parks is the DP and Snake Child will serve as the music producer. Walton announced some of the cast will be returning for the video, including Mike Ferguson who plays …

The World Premiere of Lovinder Gill’s thriller, Seclusion starring Lyndsey Bentham, Jamie Craib, and Mariela Hill takes place at the Chandler International Film Festival on Sunday, January 22, 2023. Synopsis: Mary is living out of her car and can barely take care of herself. She breaks into an unoccupied mansion hoping for peace and solitude. But she is not alone …

Last week, WithAnO Productions announced the release of their film, KILL HER GOATS, appropriately on Friday the 13th. It’s fitting that today they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to put the 80s slasher style film on VHS. Writer/Director Steve Wolsh says, “I miss going to Blockbuster and picking out tapes, picking up the covers and reading the back of the boxes. …

Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theatre is the location for the sold out premiere of the Mahal Empire thriller, Bermuda Island starring Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Natural Born Killers), John Wells (Arena Wars, Overtime), and Greg Tally (Night of the Tommyknockers, Alien Storm). Directed by Adam Werth. The red carpet is covered by Getty Images. Passengers on their way to …