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When a vlogger and her crew embark on their annual river float, they are plunged into a life and death battle with a sinister paranormal force.   Starting today readers in the U.S. can watch the horror flick #Float for free on the streaming service Tubi. Because there is no movie like a free movie!    #Float is the directorial debut of longtime producer Zac Locke and stars Scarlett Sperduto, Kaya Coleman, Grant Morningstar, Christina Nguyen, Kate Mayhew, Miguel Muñoz, Matt Wise and Cristobal Reyes.    XYZ Films have asked us to share with you the second trailer for the flick. Check it out below.   ...

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Coming to VOD and digital platforms on December 9th from XYZ Films, #Float is the directorial debut from Zac Lock and we have an an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!

"Young, beautiful and full of life, vlogger Kali and her friends are heading to the river for their annual float, but it's the first time since their friend overdosed and drowned last year. Their partying turns deadly as a sinister paranormal force plunges them into a life and death struggle forcing them to face their own fears as they turn on each other - and proceed to die one by one.

#Float skillfully plays on classic tropes of ’80s slasher films – beautiful young, selfish people blithely ignore warnings about the dangers awaiting them and then get gruesomely killed off – while employing a modern sensibility."

Written and Directed by: Zac Locke (The Voyeurs, Black Christmas) Country of Origin: USA...

Zac Locke’s directorial debut is the latest horror movie to show how gentle waves can hide an unseen evil. In place of ominous oceans and sinister seas, this story focuses on a less visited destination in aquatic horror. Yet as choppy as the narrative waters ultimately become in #Float, the events give rise to a mysterious threat like never seen before on the river.

#Float doesn’t take place in the deep blue abyss, and the characters are never too far from dry land, but Locke’s first feature still manages to create a real sense of danger. The movie also offers something a bit unexpected after delivering a hoary setup. Prior to that point, the story starts with a group of twenty-somethings heading for the river. Following the loss of one of their own, Kali (Kate Mayhew), her boyfriend Jackson (Miguel Muñoz), and their friends all set out...

Stars: Kate Mayhew, Miguel Muñoz, Scarlett Sperduto, Kaya Coleman, Grant Morningstar, Christina Nguyen, Ophelia Lichtenstein, Cristobal Reyes | Written and Directed by Zac Locke

#Float, the debut feature from producer turned writer/director Zac Locke, is the latest vlogger/influencer-themed horror film to be washed up onto my viewing list. It’s the story of Kali Fyre (Kate Mayhew) an aspiring online celebrity who lives with her less than supportive boyfriend Jackson (Miguel Muñoz).

Every year they and some friends, Madison, Dee, Blake, Zola (Christina Nguyen; Lion) take a float trip down a local river, but this year the mood is a bit different. One of their group died of an Od on last year’s trip and they’re going to scatter his ashes on the river this year. That just adds to the tension between Kali and Jackson. It also doesn’t help that Dee is interested in Blake...

After spending two years as the Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at Blumhouse Productions and producing such films as Country Gold, Vengeance, The Voyeurs, and the poorly received 2019 version of Black Christmas, Zac Locke has now made his feature writing and directing debut with the supernatural slasher #Float, and Deadline reports that XYZ Films has acquired the North American distribution rights to the film. They’re planning to release it on December 8th.

#Float follows the young, beautiful, and full-of-life vlogger Kali and her pals, who are heading to the river for their annual lazy river float, the first one since their friend Chuy overdosed and drowned a year earlier. But their partying suddenly takes a dark turn when a mysterious force plunges them into a life-and-death struggle, forcing them to face their own fears as they turn on each other – and proceed to die one by one.

Exclusive: XYZ Films has picked up the North American distribution rights to the supernatural slasher #Float, written and directed by Zac Locke (Black Christmas) and starring newcomer Kate Mayhew.

The deal was negotiated by XYZ’s Executive VP of U.S. Distribution, James Emanuel Shapiro. XYZ Films will release the film domestically on December 8.

The film follows the young, beautiful, and full-of-life vlogger Kali (Mayhew) and her pals who are heading to the river for their annual lazy river float, the first one since their friend Chuy overdosed and drowned a year earlier. But their partying suddenly takes a dark turn when a mysterious force plunges them into a life-and-death struggle, forcing them to face their own fears as they turn on each other – and proceed to die one by one.

The flick is the first from Locke’s genre micro-studio Rotting Press and it recently had its festival premiere...

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Trapped in an isolated mountain community by a snowstorm, a forest ranger (Sam Richardson) and a postal worker (Milana Vayntrub) must discern which of their neighbors is the culprit behind a lycanthropic killing spree. Though based on the Ubisoft VR whodunit, the film version of Werewolves Within owes an equal debt to the various genre favorites of director Josh Ruben, from horror comedies to small town satires to murder mysteries. The challenge of converging those disparate inspirations into one cohesive whole fell to cinematographer Matt Wise, a veteran of low […]

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