Coming to UK cinemas this month, Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Jack Reacher) stars as a small town nurse who is brutally attacked and raped in her own home by a mysterious man (Shiloh Fernandez - "Evil Dead [2014]", "Dead Girl" ).
Following his arrest, she starts to write to him whist he's in prison, but the letters all get returned unopened. Determined to confront him she then starts to regularly visit him and seemingly befriends him, against her father's (Nick Nolte - "Hulk", "Cape Fear") express wishes.
Unable to understand his daughters intentions he fears for her safety come the time her assailant is released…but has he underestimated her strength and resolve?
Also starring Rumer Willis ("Sorority Row"), Alexi Wasser ("Cabin Fever 2") and Scout Taylor Compton (Rob Zombie's "Halloween"). "Return to Sender" is released to UK cinemas May 22nd.
Coming to UK DVD and BD this June, When Edward (Jim Sturgess), a young doctor fresh out of college, arrives at Stonehearst Asylum in search of an apprentice position, he is warmly welcomed by the superintendent, Dr Lamb (Ben Kingsley) and his “staff”, including Finn (Thewlis) and a mesmerising woman by the name of Eliza Graves (Kate Beckinsale). Edward is intrigued by Lamb’s modern methods until a series of unusual events lead him to make a horrifying discovery, exposing Lamb’s utopia and proving that no-one is who or what they appear to be.
Featuring a stellar British cast including Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Flemyng, Academy Award Winner Sir Ben Kingsley and two-time Academy Award Winner Sir Michael Caine and directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Transsiberian) "STONEHEARST ASYLUM" is a gothic psychological thriller based on a short story by Edgar Allen Poe.
"Bethany", Directed by James Cullen Bressack ("To Jennifer", "Hate Crime"), and Written by Bressack & Zack Ward (actor - "Resident Evil : Apocalypse", "Don't Blink"), recently wrapped principle photography.
Bethany stars Stefanie Estes ("Bunnyman 2") as Claire, a woman who moves back into her childhood home with her husband. The abusive, traumatic memories of her mother return to haunt her — as her husband becomes busier with work, she finds herself in a fog of memories — as a small figure tries to reach out to her.
Writer Zack Ward also stars, along with comedian Tom Green ("Road Trip" and forthcoming "Iron Sky 2") , Shannen Doherty ("Don't Blink", TVs "Beverly Hills 90210"), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp) and Anna Harr ("Strange Blood").
Film Courage have released some awesome behind the scenes videos, which look into how the film was made. Check them out below...
Studio Canal will be releasing the Iranian Vampire film "A Girl Walks Alone at Night" to selected UK cinemas May 22nd
Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkie, pimps and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns most unsavoury inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom…blood red.
The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Amped by a mix of Iranian rock, techno and Morricone inspired riffs, its airy, anamorphic, black-and-white aesthetic and artfully drawn-out scenes combine the simmering tension of Sergio Leone with the weird surrealism of David Lynch.
ONE DROP, the terrifying new horror creature feature from director Tricia Lee, began shooting yesterday in Toronto. ONE DROP tells the story of a single mother who wakes up in the basement of a medical facility only to discover that everyone around her is dead and she is somehow nine months pregnant. As she tries to escape, she realises that something not-quite-human is prowling the hallways, and the only means of survival may be growing inside of her…
Lee, one of the very few successful female directors in the genre, first made the audience scream with her psychological thriller feature CLEAN BREAK followed shortly by her creature feature debut SILENT RETREAT. Horror critic Debi Moore says “Not only is Tricia a creative director, she’s also a strong and tenacious entrepreneur. One of the strongest female voices in Canadian horror today” – Debi Moore, Dread Central. Since their Best Canadian Feature win at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, long-time team Tricia Lee and writer Corey Brown have been working on the script for ONE DROP, their new horror creature feature, and both are bloodthirsty to see their vision become a reality.
The ONE DROP team have launched an Indiegogo campaign to start sharing eyepopping exclusive project updates from set with fans while also fundraising to complete post- production for the film. Pledgers to the campaign will get the first chance to have a photo op with the creature as well as lots of other horrifying rewards.
In order to bring her chilling vision to life, Tricia Lee and casting director Kristen Henderson have assembled a fantastic cast, and is thrilled to introduce them: Lara Gilchrist (Battlestar Galactica); Benjamin Arthur (Less Than Kind); Torri Higginson (Stargate: Atlantis); Mark Taylor (Flashpoint); Julian Richings (Shoot 'Em Up, Cube). These talented actors will join forces to battle a nightmare beyond the reaches of science. In One Drop, science is pitted against religion in this suspenseful script that is visually, emotionally and intellectually stimulating.
Right now, the crew is hard at work building sets and SPFX guru Shaun Hunter is creating gruesome prosthetics to make the most frightening film possible. With the support of Producer Chris Luckhardt (Silent Retreat) and Executive Producers Brigitte Kingsley (The Dark Rising Franchise) and Michael Baker (Backcountry, Nostrum), this project was recently selected to attend the Frontieres Genre Co- Production Market in Brussels, Belgium that coincides with the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. With an overwhelmingly positive response, the only question remaining is, will audiences be brave enough to watch?
The fourth volume of popular horror-comedy series HILLBILLY HORROR SHOW is now available to stream online. For just 99 cents, catch some terrific horror shorts, laugh at the antics of Lulu (Rachel Faulkner - Ride Along 2), Bo (Bo Keister - The Cabining), and Cephus (Scott Geiter), and find out what Kim Jung Un has to do with all of it.
HILLBILLY HORROR SHOW helps promote upcoming talent by packing together an hour’s worth of brilliant short horror films from some of today’s most gifted filmmakers. In between each short, there’s some hilarious banter between the show’s oddball redneck hosts.
‘’We’re up to 4 volumes and each new episode seems to be better than the one before” Keister said in a recent interview. “As long as our audience likes what we’re doing, we’re going to keep going.”
Volume 4 begins in a strange way with STRANGE THING...keep those doors closed! Next, Bo & Cephus take a hilarious, horror-filled romp into the not-so-blissful side of marriage with 'TIL DEATH. After that, we've got a deliciously horrific feast with FOODIE, and round things out hanging the curves in THE HOURGLASS FIGURE. Be sure to stick around to the end for a surprise bonus short, COLLISION!
Purists who like something physical to hold in their hands might want to get their hands on the new HILLBILLY HORROR SHOW : VOLUME 2 DVD, which you can pick up here. Volume 2 keeps this horror anthology series rolling, starting with the darkly hilarious short, HELP WANTED, which is guaranteed to make you rethink searching for a new job. Next up, we explore the war between vampires and angels in the slick action-horror flick, BLOODTRAFICK (Winner - Best Actress, Grace Huang - HollyShorts Film Festival). For the third short, we find a ghostly, modern day western called THE DEED. Look close, because that cowboy seems awful familiar. Finally, Volume 2 caps off with the chilling horror-fantasy, ROSE WHITE.
HILLBILLY HORROR SHOW has been such a success that the producers have reunited for a new film project to star Keister and Faulkner called FINDING WALDO. Also starring Richard Riehle and Tom Proctor, the road-trip comedy is using IndieGoGo to secure its finance. You can get involved by Clicking Here.
An old Victorian building with a murky past spells trouble for a young call girl in John Shackleton’s directorial debut “The Sleeping Room”, which is out now on VOD and DVD from Second Sight films.
Set in Brighton, Leila Mimmack (TVs “Becoming Human”) stars as a young call girl, named Blue. Her latest client, a young chap named Bill (Joseph Beattie- TVS “Hex”), has just moved into a dilapidated Victorian house, which he’s busy renovating.
Blue finds herself strangely attracted to him and his old house, and so ignores the instructions of her thuggish pimp-boss, and starts seeing him in her free time. But it seems Bill’s old house has a bit of history, to it. Apparently, the building was once a Victorian brothel and a series of brutal killings are rumoured to have once taken place there.
Discovering a secret room behind an old 2-way mirror, they find that the stories of murder and mayhem in the old bordello were in fact true and the killer had made recordings of his crimes using the technology of the day. But it seems that supernatural forces are also at work and relatives of both Blue and Bill are somehow connected to the buildings dark past and the spirit of a serial killer is just itching to finish what he started all those years ago…
Co-starring Chris Adamson (“Razor Blade Smile”, “Judge Dredd”), Julie Graham (TVs “Survivors”) and Chris Waller (“Fright Night Part 2”) the film certainly boasts a well rounded cast of supporting genre actors and was actually co-written by Alex Chandon (director of “Inbred" and "Cradle of Fear"). However, it does get a little confusing in places, with the various sub-plots about how Blue and Bill are connected to the old building. Particularly the weird back story about Blue’s mother, which I didn’t really get.
Overall I enjoyed it, but thought it was a little slow. If you like supernatural thrillers, you’ll probably want to check it out.
The film is out now and available from all good DVD and VOD outlets.
