French-Belgian cannibal horror RAW gets Standard Ed. Blu-ray release from Second Sight

Get ready for a second helping of RAW, the deliciously dark tale of a strict vegetarian who discovers a taste for human flesh after heading to a brutal veterinary college where initiation ceremonies are the norm, gets a Standard Edition Blu-ray release thanks to Second Sight Films.

BAFTA nominated and Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau's (Titane) shocking feature film debut was acclaimed by critics after a barnstorming debut at Toronto International Film Festival, where paramedics had to be called after audience members fainted at the film's premiere. 

Now, after wowing audiences on its initial release and its hugely successful Limited Edition, Second Sight has once again pulled the Raw ingredients together for the brilliant Raw Standard Edition release, that has a full menu of extras.

Shy student Justine (Garance Marillier – Warning, Titane), heads to a veterinary school and is subjected a tough series of hazing rituals from fellow students. And it's even tougher for vegetarian Justine as she is covered in blood and forced to eat raw meat. But after tasting the flesh, Justine finds herself craving even more meat - and it doesn't matter if it's animal or human as her uncontrollable desires lead to a horrific outcome.

Second Sight has produced a sumptuous buffet for your delectation, with features including interviews with star Garance Marilier and producer Jean des Forets, commentary from critic Alexandra West, as well as interviews and commentaries from Julia Ducournau and plenty more, this is a dish that tastes as good as it looks.

SPECIAL FEATURES
• The Girl Can’t Help It: a new interview with Actor Garance Marillier
• Making Ends Meat: a new interview with producer Jean des Forets
• New audio commentary by film critic Alexandra West
• Audio Commentary with Julia Ducournau and film critic Emma Westwood
• In the Name of Raw: an interview with director Julia Ducournau
• A Family Affair: a new video essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Raw À Votre Goût –featurette with Julia Ducournau & film critic Emma Westwood

RAW will be dished up on 8 August 2022.

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

Indie horror-comedy VAMPIRE ZOMBIES…FROM SPACE! launches Kickstarter

The 1950s sci-fi spoof VAMPIRE ZOMBIES…FROM SPACE! is going into production in early August and the filmmaking team has launched their Kickstarter campaign. If you put the films of Mel Brooks, Ed Wood and the humor of South Park into a blender you’d get VAMPIRE ZOMBIES…FROM SPACE! an over-the-top comedy feature that pays homage to, and satirizes, science fiction and horror films from the past.

 

From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet, turning the residents of a small American town into his personal army of vampire zombies! A motley crew consisting of a grizzled detective, hot-shot rookie cop, chain-smoking greaser, and determined young woman band together to save the world from — (see title).

 

The film will be directed and produced by Mike Stasko, whose past films have played in festivals around the world and have featured the likes of Fred Willard, (Anchorman, Best in Show) Ray Wise, (Twin Peaks, Robocop) Colin Mochrie, (Whose Line is it Anyway?) Tom Cavanaugh, (The Flash) Graham Greene, (Dances with Wolves) and Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall, That 70s Show).

 

The film is co-written and co-produced by Fun Uncle comedy sketch duo’s Jakob Skrzypa, who has served as a producer for MTV/Paramount’s The Challenge, has worked on Survivor, Big Brother Canada, Nathan for You and as a remote editor for Troma entertainment.

 

“We have so many amazing Windsor filmmakers and artists working on this project, it's going to be a huge group effort. Any support we can get through this Kickstarter campaign will be going directly back into the community, fostering our local artists” says director Stasko. “The film is a great mix of modern raunchy comedy and classic old school cinema”, adds writer Skrzypa.

 

The film has secured funding, but the filmmakers have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help round out the budget and make sure it’s filled with gruesome practical effects, b-movie miniatures, and gut-busting laughs.

 

The Kickstarter campaign starts July 5th and runs for 30 days. 

 

Visit the film's KICKSTARTER PAGE

 

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Eric Roberts Cast in UK Indie Horror MINACIOUS

Hypericum Films have cast Hollywood’s hardest working actor Eric Roberts as the antagonist in their new British Independent Horror thriller MINACIOUS. 

The film is about a customer service agent who while working from home is terrorized by a dissatisfied psychopathic caller. 

MINACIOUS also stars Sarah Alexandra Marks (Kill Kane), Meghan Adara (TV's I Killed Solomon Reid), Amber Doig-Thorne (The Seven) and Dani Thompson (I Scream on the Beach).

Produced by Daniel Vallecillo and writer/director Richard Anthony Dunford, the feature film is currently in post production and scheduled to be unleashed on the international film festival circuit in September 2022. 

Daniel and Richard had previously collaborated on horror feature 'P.O.V' (2014) and crime drama 'Dragonflies only live for 24 hours' (2018) 

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BODIES BODIES BODIES - Coming to UK & Irish cinemas, September

Coming to UK and Irish cinemas this September from Sony Pictures Entertainment. A group of rich 20-somethings decide to have a house party at a remote mansion during a hurricane. The group decides to play a party game "bodies bodies bodies", which is a murder in the dark-style game. But when the game goes poorly, fracturing the already strained friendships even more, they soon find there may be a real murderer among them and have to figure out who it may be, in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.

BODIES BODIES BODIES is directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct) and written by acclaimed playwright Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves) from a story by Kriten Roupenian (Cat Person). The film stars Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Myha’la Herrold (Industry), Chase Sui Wonders (On the Rocks), Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby) with Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies) and Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island).

BODIES BODIES BODIES will be in UK and Irish cinemas from 2 September, 2022

View the trailer on YouTube.

2.22 A GHOST STORY - 18 Week extended run at The Criterion Theatre

Producer Runaway Entertainment is delighted to announce that the critically acclaimed, smash hit, supernatural thriller  2.22 A GHOST STORY will extend its run at The Criterion Theatre when the current run ends on 4 September.  It will play a 18 week season running through to 8 January 2023. The extension means that the production will have its first Halloween performance on Monday 31 October - be afraid!

Last week the Center Theatre Group announced the US premiere of 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles where it will run from 29 October to 4 December 2022.

The production began its life last summer at the Noel Coward Theatre starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and Jake Wood. It then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre for 10 weeks from 4 December 2021. The production there, starring Stephanie Beatriz, James Buckley, Elliot Cowan and Giovanna Fletcher, completed its run on 12 February 2022. The current cast at the Criterion Theatre features Tom Felton as Sam, Mandip Gill as Jenny, Beatriz Romilly as Lauren and Sam Swainsbury as Ben. Cast details for the extended run will be announced soon. 

Following three record-breaking seasons at the Noel Coward, Gielgud Theatre and Criterion Theatre, with a host of acclaimed star performances, this edge-of-your-seat, supernatural thriller will extend its run at the Criterion Theatre for 18 weeks.

2:22 is written by award-winning writer Danny Robins, creator of the hit BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and is directed by Matthew Dunster. Look out for the clues to unlock the mystery in this brilliantly funny and intriguing play; it’s an adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may, or may not, appear…

Danny Robins said: 'When this play opened in the summer of 2021 I couldn't have dreamed that we'd be where we are now - in our third West End theatre, planning our fourth season! With each run, it’s been so great to see our new casts make it their own, and I'm so delighted that this modern ghost story of mine keeps connecting with audiences. I hope it's more than just a play, it's an exciting, adrenaline-filled night out that will have you laughing and jumping in equal measure and then you'll spend the rest of the night talking about it with your mates, trying to crack the mystery! Do ghosts really exist? There's only one way to find out - get yourself down to the Criterion to see 2:22!'

Matthew Dunster said: 'On we go again! It’s such a thrill to know we get to extend our run of 2:22 at the Criterion through Christmas and into the New Year. And we finally get to do our spooky play on Halloween. What a night that will be.

When we dared to put this new play straight into the West End last summer we couldn’t have dreamed it would stir the people’s imagination in the way it has this past year. We love doing Danny’s wonderful play for our audiences, and their ongoing loyalty to the show and their joy at discovering each new cast has been so exciting for us..'

What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth?

Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn’t having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again? Belief and scepticism clash, but something feels strange and frightening, and something is getting closer, so they’re going to stay up... until 2:22... and then they’ll know.

For more info visit http://www.222aghoststory.com

Criterion Theatre,
218-223 Piccadilly,
London
W1J 9HR

033 33 202 895

First performance 6 September 2022 at 7.30pm
Final performance 8 January 2023 at 6.00pm
Gala Performance on 9 September 2022 at 7.30pm

Tuesday - Saturday - 7.30pm
Saturday matinee - 2.30pm
Sunday - 2pm and 6pm

Please check the website for Christmas and New Year schedules which vary.

Tickets from £15

 

THE REEF : STALKED - Coming to Disc and Digital outlets

IT WILL FIND YOU! In an effort to escape the trauma of their sister’s murder, Nic (Teressa Liane - The Vampire Diaries) and Annie (Saskia Archer - Boshack) along with two close friends set off for a dream vacation. A Pacific island adventure lies ahead with drinks, sun and surf on the menu. 

But within hours of hitting the surf, the women are attacked, far from land, by a great white shark. Bleeding and vulnerable, it’s a race against time as they soon realise they’re being stalked by the beast as they venture closer and closer to safety. They are more than prey to the shark, they’re entertainment.

THE REEF : STALKED is written and directed by Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef).

Signature Entertainment presents THE REEF : STALKED on UK Digital Platforms 29th July & DVD 8th August

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

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

MONSTER starring Charlize Theron - Limited Edition Blu-ray Release on 15th August

Charlize Theron gives a tour-de-force performance as America’s first female serial killer Aileen Wuornos in MONSTER (2003), from director Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), that earned her accolades galore, including the prestigious best actress Oscar® in 2004. Now almost 20 years on from its original, lauded theatrical release, the film is set for the Limited Edition treatment from Second Sight Films.

Based on true events, this darkly chilling, gripping drama will be released on Blu-ray in a stunning Limited Edition Box set, presented in a rigid slipcase, with new artwork by Daniel Benneworth-Gray.  It comes with a soft-cover book, featuring brand new essays and a host of special features; from brand new interviews to archive commentaries that take you behind the scenes and into the mind of a real-life Monster. The set is released on 15 August 2022 and available to pre-order now.

Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron – Mad Max Fury Road, Bomb Shell) has had it tough, but when the down-on-her-luck sex worker moves to Florida she unexpectedly finds love and is determined to get her life back on track.

Befriending Selby Wall (Christina Ricci – Buffalo ’66, Yellow Jackets), a sweet but reserved young woman, a romance soon blossoms. But things take a dark turn when a john tries to assault Aileen. She fights back and kills him and decides it’s time to give up the game.

But Aileen quickly discovers going straight isn’t that easy and is sucked back into a world of violent crime that escalates from petty theft to serial murder. As more and more men turn up dead, Selby starts to suspect the woman closest to her is responsible.

Special Features

• Archive audio commentary with writer/director Patty Jenkins, actor/producer Charlize Theron and
producer Clark Peterson
• Making a Murderer: a new interview with director Patty Jenkins
• Producing a Monster: a new interview with producer Brad Wyman
• Light From Within: a new interview with DoP Steven Bernstein
• Monster: The Vision and Journey
• Based on a True Story: The Making of Monster
• Deleted and extended scenes with director commentary
• Monster: Evolution of the Score
• Original trailer
• English subtitles for the hearing impaired
Limited Edition Contents
• Rigid slipcase with new artwork by Daniel Benneworth-Gray
• Soft cover book with new essays by Anton Bitel, Hannah Strong & Shelagh Rowan-Legg
• Six collectors' art cards

MONSTER - LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY is released on 15th August from Second Sight Films

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