Psychological thriller THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT - Available now on Disney+

Andscape’s highly anticipated new film, THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT starring Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe and Anna Diop is available to watch now on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland. 

The film, directed by Nadia Latif, had its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival and is masterfully adapted from Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel.

In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. 

A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good.

Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it, race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Supernatural mockumentary WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE - On Digital, October

If there’s something strange in your neighbourhood. Who you gonna call? WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE.

British writer-director Steven Nesbit (Gloves Off, A Very British Christmas) makes his acting debut as the delusional, strapped for cash, ghost hunter Wallace Peebles in his wacky new supernatural mockumentary feature. 

Paranormal investigator Wallace Peebles (Nesbit) and his incompetent gang of researchers are lured to a New York warehouse to exorcise spirits in exchange for some much-needed cash.

But it’s not just ghouls Wallace needs to watch out for… there’s a mole within the group who has their own fiendish plan… steal a collection of long-lost Irish crown jewels hidden in the warehouse. As loyalties are tested, the motley crew must work together to escape the haunted lock-up before evil forces take over.

Let chaos commence for WALLACE PEEBLES PARANORMAL INSPECTRE when the supernatural come to play.

The film is set to haunt screens this spooky season when it arrives on UK digital 13 October, courtesy of Miracle Media.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

On Digital 13th October

 

Texas Chainsaw Documentary CHAIN REACTIONS - On Disc and Digital, October...

Lightbulb Film Distribution are delighted to announce that a feature-length documentary about one of the most influential horror films of all time – The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – will be released in the UK & Ireland on 27th October.

CHAIN REACTIONS is an exploration of Tobe Hooper’s cult-classic, featuring never-before-seen outtakes and interviews with Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama.

Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe (Lynch/Oz, The Origins of Alien), the doc had its World premiere at Venice Film Festival last year, before screening at a string of International festivals – including BFI (London), Night Visions (Finland), Sitges (Spain) and MIFF (Australia).

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world, this feature-length documentary charts the film's profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk 
 

Must-see horror SHELBY OAKS - Coming to cinemas this Halloween

Altitude will release the highly anticipated, chilling new horror  SHELBY OAKS in UK and Irish cinemas on the 31st October, to add some fright to your Halloween night! 

A woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister falls into obsession upon realising that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.

SHELBY OAKS marks the debut feature from Chris Stuckmann, with assured visual storytelling and razor-sharp tension, it boldly announces the arrival of a compelling new voice in genre cinema.

Starring Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III and Michael Beach, Shelby Oaks is a one-of-a-kind horror that defies genre conventions, delivering a uniquely immersive and terrifying journey.

Shelby Oaks is one the most the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter, attracting over 4500 backers and with support of acclaimed horror filmmaker and executive producer Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep, Midnight Mass).

A film made by horror fans for horror fans, SHELBY OAKS is the must-see horror film this spooky season.

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

 

Mayhem Film Festival announces short film line-up

Mayhem Film Festival is delighted to announce the 17 films that will make up this year’s Short Film Programme. The festival will take place at Broadway, Nottingham on 16-19 October 2025. Mayhem initially started as a single selection of shorts 20 years ago, and short films remain at the heart of the festival. This year’s edition will feature two Short Film Programmes. 

The 21st edition’s shorts line-up includes seven UK Premieres, with work from filmmakers making their first appearance at the festival, as well as long-time friends of Mayhem. For the third year running, the team worked with The Nottingham Horror Collective’s Emily Malone to curate the programme.

The 17 films from this year’s line-up are:

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE #1

SPEAK OF THE DEAD 
Dir. Stephanie Paris, US, 12m12
In 1850, the Fox sisters hold a seance for a wealthy couple who want to call on their deceased
son's spirit to give them closure. When the girls' parlour tricks backfire, the audience begins to
catch on.

AMIRA
Dir. Javier Yañez Sanz, Spain, 15m, with English subtitles
In the XVIII Century, there is a music school where it's always dark…

NIGHT WHISPERS
Dir. Adrian León, UK, 6m50
A night of passion takes a terrifying turn for Tom when his date starts talking in their sleep.

FEMME [UK Premiere]
Dir. Nina Noël Raaijmakers, Netherlands, 17m08, with English subtitles
Young student Fem discovers an interesting hunger that her body develops after a hazing ritual forces her to have sex for the first time.

THE SECOND TIME AROUND
Dir. Jack Howard, UK, 12m00
On a rainy night, while closing a café, a young waitress is confronted by a mysterious older woman.

TV OR THE DISTURBANCE ON FOREST HILL
Dir. Frederic Siegel, Switzerland, 14m09, with English subtitles
A police patrol is drawn into a vortex of fictional worlds, triggered by the extensive TV consumption of a little boy.

THE MAN I WAVE AT
Dir. Ben S. Hyland, UK, 10m38
Dave’s life is turned upside down after his wife teases him about the identity of the man that he waves at. Unsure who the man is or why he waves, Dave spirals into an existential crisis as he struggles to put the pieces together.

MUFF [UK Premiere]
Dir. Elliot Ancona, UK, 5m55
Dive into this darkly comic and bloody fable where commitment-phobic Noah is spellbound to fight a duel for the hand of a spectral lady whose bewitching Muff is an accessory…to die for.

DON'T BE AFRAID [UK Premiere]
Dir. Mats Udd, Sweden, 14m57, with English subtitles
A tormented photographer makes a comeback with freshly taken photos at the very location where his son once disappeared. During the exhibition, visitors suddenly realize that there's someone lurking in the background of several photos.

SHORT FILM SHOWCASE #2

GRANDMA IS THIRSTY
Dir. Kris Carr, UK, 14m30
All George wants is to stop getting pushed around by the local bullies. So when a pair of weird twins offer to introduce him to their grandma they say can “make him big & strong”, he jumps at the chance. One problem: Grandma is an ancient creature who feeds on children’s youth.

IN AND OUT OF THE HORNBEAM MAZE [UK Premiere]
Dir. Tomas Stark, Sweden, 5m28 
Four kids are playing in a garden maze on a summer’s day. One by one they are about to meet their fears. Based on a horror ballad by Helen Adam. The film is shot on a pinhole camera.

CIVIL SERVICE [UK Premiere]
Dir. Tiffany Kimmel, US, 15m30
Civil Service follows a single man in charge of ‘family services’ through a typical workday as he denies requests for government assistance while being confronted by his psyche in the form of his dead mother. It is a surrealist exploration of corporate bureaucracy and the kinds of men who choose to rise within government agencies only to dismantle what the public entrusts them to protect.

SKEETER
Dir. Chris McInroy, US, 3m55
A backyard party goes bonkers when this one weird guy shows up.

THE UNBEARING [UK Premiere]
Dir. ALSO Sisters, US, 14m17
After resorting to an illegal abortion, a pest control worker must exterminate the sinister presence growing inside of her before it takes control over her own body and life

LAST CALL
Dir. Winnie Cheung, US, 7m
When a high-speed crash sends Claudia spiraling between reality and illusion, her nights grow darker and more unhinged.

ZOE [UK Premiere]
Dir. Rémi St-Michel, Canada, 15m52 
The remaining shreds of Zoe's mind desperately cling to her vague memories of better feelings.

WHITCH
Dir. Hoku Uchiyama, US, 5m42
After putting her daughter to bed, Aura discovers an intruder in her house: an elderly lady who acts strangely familiar, and who is hell-bent on performing a bloody ritual before midnight.

A limited amount of Full Festival Passes and individual tickets remain available. For more information, and to book passes, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com 

For press enquiries, please contact the team at mayhemfilmfest@gmail.com

Wild Indonesian horror-comedy THE DRAFT! - Coming to Digital, October

Wild Indonesian horror-comedy THE DRAFT! combines the subversive, playful twists of cult break-out One Cut of the Dead with over-the-top horror action as it breaks apart everything we know and love about horror movies from the inside out!

Five college students decide to spend their weekend away at a remote villa. What starts as a fun trip soon turns into a holiday from hell when they find themselves in a battle against a powerful dark force, in this hilariously terrifying take on traditional ‘cabin-in-the-woods’ horror.

Directed by Yusron Fuadi, THE DRAFT! played to acclaim at international genre film festival Fantastic Fest.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

THE DRAFT! is on UK and Ireland digital platforms 27 October

 

Extreme cinema and fetish-gore among TetroVideo's September releases

This month, Gorehounds is pleased to announce the distribution of three extreme horror films: Jonathan Doe's extreme fetish-gore film DEFILEMENT OF A PORCELAIN DOLL, the brutal gore horror anthology film SNUFF MIXTAPE and PARK STREET DIARY (2021), the gore/extreme film by Patrick Fortin.

The three films will be released in the ultra-limited numbered and certified Mediabook edition with personalized Blu-ray, booklet, 4 cards and slipcover.

The pre-order will be alive on the official TetroVideo and Goredrome websites until September 30, after which date the Mediabooks will no longer be available.

T-shirts and magnets dedicated to the films can also be purchased on the official websites.

DEFILEMENT OF A PORCELAIN DOLL

Directed by Jonathan Doe (Carving The Cadaver) in 2022, DEFILEMENT OF A PORCELAIN DOLL is inspired by Asian porn/fetish films and is the third installment in the Erotic Grotesque Nonsense series, which includes Barf Bunny and The Degenerates, two extreme films recently distributed by TetroVideo.

The film stars Little Puck, Felicia Fisher (Barf Bunny), and Jessica Murphy and deals with the theme of salirophilia, a sexual fetish or paraphilia that involves deriving erotic pleasure from soiling or dishevelling the object of one's desire, or viewing them in this state.

The story features a deranged artist who abducts girls and uses them as canvases for her sick works. The woman is convinced that, through degradation and violence, she will be able to purify their bodies.

SNUFF MIXTAPE

Produced by Tony Newton (Gorenography), the brutal collection SNUFF MIXTAPE delves into the dark world of snuff culture, presenting a series of disturbing segments that blur the line between fiction and reality, with graphic depictions of blood, psychological and physical torture, portraying the moral decay of humanity.

The directors involved in this project are Tony Newton, Dustin Ferguson, Jason Impey, Gore Filth, Klyve M. Lewis, Wilhelm Müller, Cam Dewald, Chris Dasinger, and Kieran Johnston.

View the Teaser Trailer on YouTube.

PARK STREET DIARY (2021)

 

The gore/extreme film PARK STREET DIARY (2021) is presented as a visual descent into madness, all captured through the lens of a camera, with the aim of disturbing and upsetting the viewer.

Park Street Diary is directed by Patrick Fortin, the director of several extreme films such as Catcall and Carnival of Gore.

The story features a deranged man who films the atrocities he commits against victims who are tortured, killed, and dismembered.

The pre-order will be alive on the official TetroVideo and Goredrome websites until September 30, after which date the Mediabooks will no longer be available.

Cat-and-mouse survival horror DELIVERY RUN - On Digital, October

Get ready for a white-knuckle ride with DELIVERY RUN – a new hair-raising horror road-trip from hell. Directed and co-written by Joey Palmroos (The Outlaws), this cat-and-mouse survival chiller follows one desperate man, one impossible road and a single, unstoppable menace. Following its acclaimed premiere at Grimmfest 2024, the film is set for its UK digital debut on 6 October 2025, courtesy of Plaion Pictures.
 
Set in the unforgiving, icy backroads of Minnesota, DELIVERY RUN follows Lee (Alexander Arnold - Yesterday, Skins, Poldark), a delivery driver with a gambling problem and debts he can no longer dodge. After gangsters threaten him in his own home, Lee decides to try his luck at delivering food to drum up the cash he now needs urgently. On what should be a routine shift, a petty road-rage incident with a hulking snow plough, soon turns into an all-out hell ride, as Lee tries to escape the wrath of a homicidal maniac driver.

 
What begins as a tit for tat chase soon escalates into a nightmarish journey through backroads, abandoned truck stops and over frozen rivers. Each encounter forces Lee to dig deeper into his own grit and determination – using nothing but his battered delivery car, a phone with an almost drained battery and sheer dumb luck to stay alive.

Also starring Liam James Collins (The Outlaws, Casualty), Arthur Sylense (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny), Jussi Lampi (Lapua 1976, Syke) Nadine Higgin (Doctor Who).

Plough into DELIVERY RUN for a heart racer of a slasher that will drive you wild with fear.

On UK Digital platforms 6 October 2025

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

 

Mayhem Film Festival announces full festival line-up

With just over a month to go before Mayhem’s 21st edition takes place at Broadway, Nottingham (16-19 October), the team is excited to reveal this year’s full festival line-up. With a mix of premieres, previews, classics, and two shorts programmes, there is something for every fan of genre cinema in this year’s programme.

Mayhem Film Festival will open on Thursday 16 October with the UK Premiere of John Minton’s GAME, starring Sleaford Mods’ front man Jason Williamson and Marc Bessant - a nail-biting close proximity cat and mouse thriller in which two men must use their wits to survive. Members of the cast and crew, including director John Minton, writer/producer Geoff Barrow, and lead actors Jason Williamson and Marc Bessant will join us to present the film and take part in a post-screening Q&A. Our opening night will close with Min Kyu-dong’s THE OLD WOMAN AND THE KNIFE, a fast-paced, action-packed Korean thriller in which an older assassin discovers she has more in common than she thought with a rebellious young apprentice. 

Friday 17 October sees day 2 of the festival, which will open with the previously announced CHESS OF THE WIND, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s Iranian masterpiece from 1976. Next up will be Toshiaki Toyoda’s TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS, a visual feast of a sci-fi in which a hitman heads to a religious facility in search of a missing monk, and ends up encountering a sorcerer and defying the space-time continuum. 

We’ll move into the evening with the previously announced new film from Mayhem alumni Marc Price (Nightshooters, 2018), the high octane THE ARBITER. Joining director Marc Price and cast member Michael Geary for a post-screening Q&A will be additional cast members Georgina Leonidas and Jasmine Sumner. We will round off Friday night with the also previously announced REDUX REDUX from directing duo Kevin & Matthew McManus, a pulse-pounding sci-fi action.

We’ll open Saturday 18 October with the UK Premiere of Yuriyan Retriever’s MAG MAG, an astonishing and statement debut that borrows from Takashi Miike, Sion Sono and Hitoshi Matsumoto to create a fresh new take on J-horror that will truly get under your skin. We’ll then head to a small town in Texas for Paul Gandersman & Peter S. Hall’s MAN FINDS TAPE, in which a brother and sister team up to investigate strange happenings in their hometown - a hair-raising new entry in the found footage genre. We’ll then settle into our first Short Film Showcase of this year’s festival.

Saturday evening will start with the previously announced new mind-bending sci-fi from Mayhem alumni Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Mayhem 2012), BULK, with both Ben Wheatley and producer Andy Starke joining us to present the film and take part in a post-screening Q&A. We will close the day with a screening of Paul W. S. Anderson’s 1997 space horror sci-fi EVENT HORIZON in which a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and rescue a starship that’s mysteriously gone missing. 

We’ll open the last day of the festival with Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s violent BONE LAKE in which a couple’s romantic getaway is interrupted when their gorgeous remote rental appears to have been double-booked. We’ll then delve into a double bill featuring Didier Konings’ folk horror HERESY (Witte Wieven) in which a persecuted young woman enters the woods and begins to find a new faith in dark powers, which will be paired with the UK Premiere of  Kier-La Janisse’s THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, based on the story by Algernon Blackwood, in which a schoolteacher spends a restless night in a hotel in the Alps. Director Kier-La Janisse will join us to take part in a post-screening Q&A. We’ll then settle in for our second Short Film Showcase of the festival. 

We’ll start our last evening with the previously announced PORTAL TO HELL by director Woody Bess, before closing things out with the also previously announced DEAD BY DAWN by Dawid Torrone. 

A very limited amount of Full Festival Passes are still available for £95, giving you access to all films and events at this year’s festival. Individual tickets and Frankenstein ticket packages (where you can select any four films for the price of three), will be available from Friday 19 September at 12PM. For more information, and to book tickets and passes, please visit www.mayhemfilmfestival.com. For Frankenstein ticket packages, please visit Broadway’s box office or contact them on 0115 952 6611.

Mayhem Film Festival takes place at Broadway, Nottingham on 16-19 October 2025.

MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - FULL FESTIVAL LINE-UP

Thursday 16 October

7.00PM - GAME [UK PREMIERE] + Q&A // Dir. John Minton, UK, 80m, 2025

9.30PM - THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE // Dir. Min Kyu-dong, South Korea, 124m, 2025, with English subtitles


Friday 17 October

2.00PM - CHESS OF THE WIND // Dir. Mohammad Reza Aslani, Iran, 100m, 1976

4.15PM - TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS // Dir. Toshiaki Toyoda, Japan, 96m, 2025, with English subtitles

7.00PM - THE ARBITER + Q&A // Dir. Marc Price, UK, 109m, 2025

9.45PM - REDUX REDUX // Dirs. Kevin & Matthew McManus, US, 92m, 2025


Saturday 18 October

12.00PM - MAG MAG [UK PREMIERE] // Dir. Yuriyan Retriever, Japan, 112m, 2025, with English subtitles

2.30PM - MAN FINDS TAPE // Dirs. Paul Gandersman & Peter S. Hall, US, 86m, 2025

4.30PM - Short Film Showcase #1 // Dirs. Various, International, 110m, 2025, partly subtitled

7.30PM - BULK + Q&A // Dir. Ben Wheatley, UK, 90m, 2025

10.00PM - EVENT HORIZON // Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson, US, 95m, 1997


Sunday 19 October

12.00PM - BONE LAKE // Dir. Mercedes Bryce Morgan, US, 94m, 2025

2.00PM - HERESY (WITTE WIEVEN) / THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM [UK PREMIERE] + Q&A // Dirs. Didier Konings/Kier-La Janisse, NL/Can, 90m, 2025, partly subtitled

4.30PM - Short Film Showcase #2 // Dirs. Various, International, 90m, 2025

6.30PM - PORTAL TO HELL // Dir. Woody Bess, US, 93m, 2025

8.30PM - DEAD BY DAWN // Dir. Dawid Torrone, Poland, 87m, 2025, with English subtitles 

Post-apocalyptic thriller FORGIVE US ALL - Coming to Disc and Digital

Lightbulb Film Distribution are pleased to announce that post-apocalyptic thriller FORGIVE US ALL will be released in the UK & Ireland from October 13.

Directed and co-written by Jordana Stott, the film stars Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man) and Richard Roxburgh (Van Helsing).

The film was shot entirely in Queenstown, New Zealand, with a production budget of $10m.

In a post-apocalyptic world, where a biotech virus has transformed humans into violent cannibals, a survivor hides in an isolated cabin. But when a stranger arrives with a story of hope, she must choose whether to stay or escape through a zombie-infested forest.

FORGIVE US ALL will have its UK premiere at genre-festival Grimmfest in Manchester on 11th October.

View the trailer on YouTube

FORGIVE US ALL will be available on Digital & DVD from Monday 13th October

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

Dark comedy PSYCHO THERAPY - Available on UK digital download from 15th September

The Movie Partnership is excited to announce dark comedy, PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER, will be available on Digital Download in the UK from 15th September.

Keane, struggling with writer’s block, watches his marriage to Suzie fall apart. After she announces she wants a divorce, a bizarre man claiming to be Keane’s biggest fan – and a retired serial killer – enters their lives. 

When a misunderstanding leads Suzie to think the stranger is a marriage counselor hired by her husband, Keane sees an opportunity. He agrees to write a book about the killer… just as long as he plays along as their new counselor.

PSYCHO THERAPY: THE SHALLOW TALE OF A WRITER WHO DECIDED TO WRITE ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER stars Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, Con Air, The Wedding Singer), Britt Lower (Severance) and John Magaro (September 5, The Big Short, Past Lives) and is directed by Tolga Karaçelik (Ivy, Butterflies).

Watch the trailer on YouTube.

 

Supernatural Creature Thriller THE DROWNED - Coming To Digital Platforms

Sunrise Films and Vertigo Releasing are excited to announce their upcoming multi-territory release of Samuel Clemens’ debut feature THE DROWNED, starring Alan Calton (Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning), Lara Lemon (War Of The Worlds: The Attack) and Lily Catalifo (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny), alongside Dominic Vulliamy (BBC One’s Rules Of The Game), Corrinne Wicks, Michelangelo Fortuzzi,  and Sandrine Salyères. 

Woven with references to Greek mythology, THE DROWNED follows three thieves who have just stolen a priceless painting and arrive at a secluded safe house by the sea, only to discover their fourth accomplice is missing. They must question whether one of them was responsible for her disappearance, or if the blame lies with a more sinister presence lurking in the deep water below. 

The film, formerly known as The Waterhouse, premiered in London at FrightFest Halloween and will release via Sunrise Films on major digital platforms in North America on 7th October and in Australia and New Zealand on 8th October. Sister company Vertigo Releasing will release digitally on 6th October in the UK and Ireland.

THE DROWNED was produced by Agam Jain, George Clemens and Fernando Ruiz for Take The Shot Films, and James Kermack and Julien Loeffler for Featuristic Films. Raven Banner Entertainment is selling the film worldwide. 

Watch the trailer on YouTube.

 

British folk horror THE SEVERED SUN on UK and Ireland Digital, October

In the heart of an isolated religious community, The Pastor delivers his fervent sermons to a devoted congregation. But dark secrets fester. 

In the depths of the forest, The Pastor's daughter, Magpie, takes desperate action, ending the life of her abusive husband. Little does she know, his murder will unleash a malevolent force - a mysterious beast with shimmering white eyes.

THE SEVERED SUN is the feature debut of writer/director Dean Puckett, whose short films The Sermon, The Devil’s Footprints and Satan’s Bite have screened at festivals including BFI Flare, Sitges and FrightFest.

It stars Emma Appleton (Traitors, LOLA), Toby Stephens (Black Sails, Lost in Space) and Jodhi May (The Witcher, Gentleman Jack).

THE SEVERED SUN on UK and Ireland digital platforms 6 October.

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

 

Monster horror comedy THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR - Available on Digital Download

The Movie Partnership is excited to announce that their monster horror comedy THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR will be available on digital download from 8th September.

A secret experiment spirals out of control, unleashing a hyper-intelligent invisible raptor. The apex predator terrorizes the surrounding neighborhood, leaving nothing but a bloody trail in its wake. 

The town's only hope for survival rests in the hands of an unlikely team of heroes: a disgraced paleontologist, his ex-girlfriend, an unhinged security guard, and a local celebrity farmer.

THE INVISIBLE RAPTOR stars Mike Capes, Sandy Martin (Napoleon Dynamite, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri) David Shackleford (There's Somethimng About Mary, Kingpin), Caitlyn McHugh Stamos (I Am Legend) and Sean Astin (The Goonies,The Lord of The Rings). The film is directed by Mikey Hermosa.

Watch the Trailer on YouTube.

 

 

Australian sci-fi thriller IN VITRO - Available on Digital Download

Plaion Pictures have confirmed that the Australian sci-fi thriller IN VITRO will be released across UK Digital platforms from 15th September. 

The film previously had its UK Premiere at Glasgow Film Festival and is currently rated at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes*.

In Vitro is co-directed by Will Howarth and Tom McKeith, with Howarth making his feature-length directorial debut. Star of the film Talia Zucker (Lake Mungo) collaborated with the duo as co-writers. The film also features stand out performances from Ashley Zukerman (Succession, Apple Cider Vinegar), as well as Will Howarth (Beast).

Layla lives on a remote cattle property with her husband, Jack, who has developed a new process for breeding livestock. But the farm is struggling and the isolated existence is not the life Layla dreamed of, especially when a number of unsettling events occur on the property. As Layla starts to question her life with Jack, she discovers that there is a disturbing presence with them on the farm.

Check out the Trailer on YouTube.

 

Supernatural horror BRING HER BACK - Available NOW, Digitally...

In a secluded Australian town, BRING HER BACK sees teenage siblings Andy (Billy Barratt) and his younger, vision-impaired sister Piper (Sora Wong) fall into the care of Laura (Sally Hawkins), a deceptively gentle foster mother haunted by the grief of a traumatic experience.

Newly orphaned and desperate to remain together, Andy and Piper find sanctuary in Laura’s home... until subtle cracks begin to reveal an unnerving truth: Laura’s love may not be what it seems. With whispering rituals, haunting VHS footage, and an unsettling silent foster child named Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips) also living in the house, maternal warmth curdles into something sinister.

Directed with claustrophobic intensity by Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk To Me), BRING HER BACK delivers a terrifying exploration of loss, control, and the warped lengths grief can drive someone to go to. 

BRING HER BACK is written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman. It’s directed by Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou (Talk To Me) and stars Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine, The Shape of Water), Sora Wong (in her acting debut), Billy Barratt (Kraven the Hunter, Invasion), Jonah Wren Phillips (How to Make Gravy, Human Error), Stephen Phillips (Winners & Losers, Neighbours) and Sally-Anne Upton (Wentworth, Neighbours). It’s produced by Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings.

BRING HER BACK is available to Buy or Rent on Digital from 10th September, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER - Available now Digitally

A summer of survival begins when the past refuses to stay buried in I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, the exhilarating next instalment of the iconic slasher franchise. From acclaimed director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great, Do Revenge), five friends bound by a tragic secret find themselves hunted by a relentless stalker who knows their shocking truth. As paranoia spreads and trust fractures, they are dragged into a deadly game that forces them to face the nightmare they thought they had escaped.

Synopsis
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer... and is hell-bent on revenge. As one by one the friends are stalked by a killer, they discover this has happened before, and they turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help.
 
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great, Do Revenge) and stars Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies, Bodies, Bodies), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta, Him), Sarah Pidgeon (The Wilds, Tiny Beautiful Things), Billy Campbell (Dynasty, Enough), Freddie Prinze Jr. (I Know What You Did Last Summer, She’s All That), Jennifer Love Hewitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer).
 
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is available to Buy or Rent on Digital from 2nd September, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

 

 

New horror-thriller THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN - Coming to Disc and Digital

Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is excited to share that their gripping new horror-thriller, THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN, will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital from 29th September. 

Delving into the eerie underbelly of a seemingly idyllic 1974 Florida town, this creepy suspense thriller follows the harrowing experience of young Annie Williams (Wolfe), a spirited girl whose carefree existence is turned upside down as she becomes stalked by an ominous man in a white van. 

Known for her wild imagination, her parents dismiss her fears, plunging Annie into a terrifying Halloween nightmare that shatters her world.

A tension-packed thrill ride, inspired by a series of true crimes that shook the southern states of America, this is the extraordinary true story of one girl’s unimaginable ordeal with a serial killer.

Already receiving critical acclaim with Empire's Kim Newman calling the film "terrifically suspenseful", THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN also features a standout cast including Madison Wolfe (The Conjuring 2, I Kill Giants), Ali Larter (Final Destination Franchise, Legally Blonde), and Sean Astin (The Goonies, Stranger Things, The Lord of the Rings franchise).

THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN will be available on DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital from 29th September.

Pre-order the UK BD from Amazon.co.uk

Pre-order the UK DVD from Amazon.co.uk

 

 

Andrew De Burgh's THE DEMONESS - Finishes post production

From critically acclaimed writer-director Andrew de Burgh ("The Bestowal") comes a deeply twisted and sadistic horror story. 

In Los Angeles, struggling couple Sarah Lallana (Bella Glanville, - "After the Hunt") and Jack Gerrard (Xander Bailey - "Misfortune") are visited by a demonic succubus (Sydney Culbertson - "American Underdog") who deviously manipulates them into turning against each other. 

After getting a thrill from breaking them down, she summons Satan (Mark Pontarelli - "Trust in Love") who grants her the power to turn into a human version of herself. Then sets out on a mission to torment the human race with her first stop being a trance club where she meets tech bro Steve Urden (Riley Nottingham - "V/H/S Halloween") and film producer Brad Henriksen (Bruce Clifford - "Wild West Chronicles"). 

During the course of the film, she also crosses paths with her mysterious neighbors Yagami Minamino (Akihiro Kitamura - "The Human Centipede"), Tamara Minamino (Amelia Gotham - "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild") and Saori Minamino (Haruka Igarashi - "Shogun") as well as a corrupt detective (Dallas Schaefer - "Daisy Jones and The Six"), who has been tracking her.

Inspired by 80s classics like "Hellraiser" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street", the film has just finished post-production and will be on the festival circuit shortly. With a Theatrical and/or Digital release coming in 2026.

The Demoness IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34622366/

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YEAR 10 - A Review

Taking place in the near future, some 10 years after an unspecified apocalyptic event, humanity has been all but wiped out. With the few survivors that remain, reduced to primitive conditions, and fighting over the ever dwindling resources.

One such survivor, a young man who lives in a secluded shelter deep in the forest, finds himself battling for survival against a group of brutal marauders, after they kill his father and steal supplies that he desperately needs for his sick girlfriend.

Hellbent on revenge and in need of the vital items they stole, he has no option but to go after them, and find a way of recovering his belongings without getting caught, or worse. Leading to a daring cat and mouse game and a series of brutal confrontations...

Exceptionally bleak, this debut film from Director Ben Goodger is a surprisingly good effort and is very much a slow burn thriller, which relies heavily on tension, rather than action. Being more akin to the equally bleak "The Road" than, say, "Mad Max 2".

Rather unusually, there's absolutely no dialogue throughout the films entire run time. With humanity's ability to communicate seemingly devolved to a few feral grunts and the occasional death scream. Leaving composer Utkucan Eken's (The Ex-Pat, Lair) score to convey the atmosphere.

Whilst I was suitably impressed, I should point out that this isn't a film that everyone will enjoy. If you like indie films or post-apocalyptic features you'll probably want to check it out, but if you weren't feeling down and depressed before you watched this, you will be by the time you've finished.

YEAR 10 is available Digitally, courtesy of Reel2Reel films.

View the Trailer on YouTube.