Claustrophobic Thriller THE SEEDING - Coming to UK Digital Download, Feb

Lightbulb Film Distribution is pleased to share the poster & trailer for new claustrophobic horror-thriller, THE SEEDING - coming to UK Digital Download from 12th February.
 
The debut feature from Barnaby Clay (multi-award-winning music video director), the film stars Scott Haze (Jurassic World Dominion, What Josiah Saw) and Kate Lyn Sheil (She Dies Tomorrow, You’re Next).

The World Premiere took place at Tribeca in June 2023 with the UK premiere taking place at FrightFest in August 2023.

A man trapped in a desert canyon with a mysterious woman is held captive by feral children...
 
Filmmaker Barnaby Clay says, "The Seeding deals with big themes, but in a small, contained way, almost like a brutal adult version of a children's story or fable - something to bore under your skin and stick around for a while. I hope, like all great horror, it speaks some truth about human nature, even if it's a side we’d rather not see."

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

THE SEEDING will be available on UK Digital Download from 12th February 

Horror Makes Us Happy Podcast - 100th Episode and 4th Anniversary

Horror Makes Us Happy will be hitting their 100th podcast episode on February 2nd and their 4th anniversary on May 10th this year, and have lined up some great guests to celebrate.

Back to back for their 99th and 100th episodes they'll be interviewing Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play, Psycho II) and Brian Keene (The Rising, Earthworm Gods, The Lost Level), and then for their 5th anniversary episode they're interviewing Joe R Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Hap and Leonard, Creepshow). 

The meat of each interview covers their guest’s exposure to horror media, from childhood through adulthood, with an emphasis on digging up the deeper psychological reasons that guest, as an individual, loves horror. Cohosts Steve Becker and Chris Whitman hope that after interviewing enough horror fans some interesting trends will arise, ones that could be handed back to mainstream academia. As they say in their excerpts on their YouTube channel, "There are good reasons for enjoying horror – but what are those reasons? The real reasons? Not the ones horror fans learn to make people leave them alone." 

The hosts of the Horror Makes Us Happy podcast are Steve Becker and Chris Whitman. Steve wrote A Guide to the Recovery Toolbox after ten years in recovery (now twenty), and Chris is the author and artist behind the horror webcomic PIECES. You can find out more about Steve, Chris, and their projects at https://HorrorMakesUsHappy.com

Comedy Horror SLOTHERHOUSE - Coming to Digital Download, Feb

Plaion Pictures is excited to announce that their new comedy horror, SLOTHERHOUSE, will be coming to all major Digital Download platforms on 12th February.
 
SLOTHERHOUSE follows Emily Young, a technology obsessed sorority senior trapped in the world of social currency and popularity, as she discovers the influence she can gain from cute animals after meeting an exotic pet distributor. Emily’s deep desire to become sorority house President leads to her adopting a poached pet sloth in order to use it to help her get elected new house President.
 
But when bodies slowly begin to pile up in the Lambda Omega Omega house, Emily and her sisters are slow to realize the deaths are being caused by their new house mascot, Alpha. It isn’t until the girls lock themselves in the house to celebrate the presidential election night that the truth is discovered about their sluggish pet—that this lackluster furball is actually nature’s perfect predator… 

Fueled by revenge, protected by adorableness, and armed with three razor-like claws on each hand. Will Emily and her sisters escape the house with their lives? Or is this death-sloth too quick for them?
 
Following the US theatrical release the film recieved critical aclaim with The Guardian saying "In a year (2023) full of surprisingly aggressive animal movies... Slotherhouse deserves to stand on top of the pile."

Featuring an impressive up and coming cast, British actress Lisa Ambalavanar (Titans, The A List) stars alongside EastEnders alumna Sydney Craven (Wolf Blood) and Andrew Horton (Jupiter's Legacy).

 View the Trailer of YouTube. 

 SLOTHERHOUSE, will be released to all major Digital Download platforms, 12th February.
 

Bayview Entertainment release THE EXORCISM TAPES

BayView Entertainment have released the horror film THE EXORCISM TAPES, which is now available to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and USA.

THE EXORCISM TAPES will also be available to view on AVOD worldwide from 27th February 2024.
 
“Raw, uncut, and unnerving, this film feels like the real deal and not some tired Hollywood rehash.” – Videoscream Film Festival. Voted “Most Original Concept” at the 2021 Videoscream Film Festival.
 
Synopsis:
On Feb 24th, 2021, a video known only as ‘The Exorcism Tapes’ was uploaded to social media by an anonymous user.

In less than 72 hours, the video received more than 8 million views and drew instant criticism and complaints claiming that what it actually showed was the abuse and torture of a mentally ill man by members of his church.

The truth remains elusive.
 
THE EXORCISM TAPES was Written and Directed by Jason Hawkins and stars Jason Hawkins, David Mitchum Brown and Jason Reynolds.

View the Trailer on YouTube. 

View the Film on Amazon.co.uk

View the Film on Amazon.com

 

 

Brit Indie thriller THE GROUP - Available on Digital in the US

British Indie thriller THE GROUP, which debuted at last years FrightFest, is getting a release, in North America at least, this month on Digital.

After an overdose, heroin addict Kara (Evangelina Burton) returns to the support group she washed out of six months earlier to try and make amends for a tragic past mistake.

This is it. Her last chance to make things right. However, with tensions in the group threatening to boil over, it becomes clear that not everyone can forgive and forget...

When a new member, Jack, (Dylan Baldwin) pulls a gun in the meeting, taking the group hostage, they are quickly thrown into a fight for their lives. The rules have changed. He wants them to reveal the sins that brought them here and in turn, if he finds them deserving of his mercy, he’ll let them leave.

They needed a higher power to take control of their lives, and now they have one. Through the cycle of confession and betrayal, the group begins to fracture. Will they be able to overcome their differences long enough to fight back and escape?

THE GROUP is available to rent / buy in the US on the following Digital platforms:

- Vudu
- InDemand
- Dish
- Hoopla
- Kanopy
- Directv
- Apple
- Microsoft
- Amazon

View the Trailer on YouTube.

 

 

Michael Powell's PEEPING TOM - 4K Restoration available on UHD, Blu-ray, DVD

STUDIOCANAL are proud to announce the release of a spectacular 4K restoration of Michael Powell’s iconic serial killer classic PEEPING TOM, restored by The Film Foundation and BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL.  

Written by Leo Marks (Twisted Nerve) and starring Carl Boehm (Sissi), Anna Massey (Frenzy), Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes) and Maxine Audley (A King in New York), this influential cinematic masterpiece will be available on Special Edition 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD with 32-page booklet and 90 mins of brand new extra content from 29 January 2024

Mark (Carl Boehm), a focus puller at the local film studio, supplements his wages by taking glamour photographs in a seedy studio above a newsagent. By night he is a killer, stalking his victims with his camera forever in his hand trying to capture the look of genuine, unadulterated fear – an obsession that stems from his disturbing and terrifying childhood at the hands of his scientist father.  Mark slowly becomes enamoured with Helen (Anna Massey), who lives with her blind mother (Maxine Audley) in the flat downstairs, but how long before he turns the deadly gaze of his camera towards her? 

Now regarded as a ground-breaking masterpiece of the British horror movement, on its initial release in 1960, PEEPING TOM received a savage reception from critics who were dismayed by its controversial subject matter and the sympathy it seems to engender for its murderous protagonist.  The second film from visionary director Michael Powell, following his run of 1940s and 50s classics collaborating with screenwriter Emeric Pressburger, PEEPING TOM left Powell’s career in tatters and the film was made unavailable for many years.  PEEPING TOM has since become recognized as a watershed in genre cinema, its themes of voyeurism and psychopathy proving hugely influential on the evolution of the slasher movie. 

STUDIOCANAL will also be unveiling a brand new 75th Anniversary 4K restoration of THE SMALL BACK ROOM in 2024, which will then be released on UHD and Blu-ray for the first time, featuring brand new bonus content including interviews with filmmaker Kevin Macdonald and Powell & Pressburger expert Ian Christie. Together with a new release of OH… ROSALINDA!!, these two titles will be joining PEEPING TOM and THE TALES OF HOFFMANN in STUDIOCANAL’S Vintage Classics range in 2024. 

PEEPING TOM will be released as a Special Edition 4K UHD, Blu-Ray and DVD with 32-page booklet and 90 mins of brand new extra content on 29 January 2024

Special Features: 

- New Visions of Voyeurism: Peeping Tom by Sir Christopher Frayling
- New Take Me To Your Cinema: The Legacy of Peeping Tom, featuring a conversation between film critic / author Anna Bogutskaya and film critic Rhianna Dhillon
- New Restoring Peeping Tom
- The Eye of the Beholder
- Intro by Martin Scorsese (2007)
- Interview with Thelma Schoonmaker (2007)
- Audio Commentary by Professor Ian Christie
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery
- 2023 trailer

Pre-order the UK 4K UHD from Amazon.co.uk

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

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

 

Indie horror HE NEVER LEFT - to screen at this years Romford Horror Festival

Witching Season Films forthcoming feature HE NEVER LEFT, which has been going down a storm on the festival circuit, has just been accepted into this years Romford Horror Festival in London.

Synopsis:
After hearing strange noises coming from an adjoining motel room, Gabriel, a federal fugitive wanted for murder, and his girlfriend Carly inadvertently become targets of the notorious Pale Face killer, whose legend has consumed and haunted the local community for decades.

About the Film
HE NEVER LEFT, is the second feature produced by Witching Season Films following their previous distribution deal for their first feature film, They Live Inside Us, with Gravitas Ventures. 

In October of 2020, Director James Morris met actor Colin Cunningham at the Horrorfest Film Festival, where the two hosted a panel alongside Ted Raimi. They remained in contact through the following months, and James pitched Colin the original screenplay for the film.

The filmmakers ran a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign where enthusiastic fans help raised part of the film’s budget. Production began on the film in October 2021 and wrapped in June of 2022. The film was shot entirely on location.

View the Trailer on YouTube.

Visit the film makers website at: https://witchingseasonfilms.com

The Romford Horror Festival runs from 29th Feb - 3rd March, for more info this and other films, and to get tickets, visit http://www.romfordhorrorfestival.com