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Thai zombies, werewolves, killer unicorns, and, well, a woman in a yard. This week has a little something for everyone, with Ten brand new horror movies waiting for your eyeballs.

Here’s all the new horror that released March 24– March 28, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

From director Aimee Kuge, the indie horror film Cannibal Mukbang puts a horror movie twist on the mukbang trend, and it’s now available on VOD from Jackrabbit Media.

In the new horror movie, “Shy and looking for love, Mark quickly becomes smitten with the outgoing and mysterious Ash, who somehow, much to his surprise, reciprocates the attraction. But as his feelings for her intensify, so does his unexpected submersion into Ash’s biggest love: the wild world of mukbanging. And with it, lots of bloodshed.”

April Consalo, Nate Wise, and Clay Von Carlowitz star in Cannibal Mukbang.

We’ve gotten a lot of werewolf movies over the decades and while some of them have been great, it still feels like we should have more great ones to turn to whenever we’re in the mood to watch some lycanthropic action. Lionsgate will be giving a new werewolf movie called Shadow of the Wolf a Digital and VOD release on March 25th, and while we’ll have to wait and see whether or not this one makes its way onto the list of great werewolf movies, we do know that it has a special ingredient none of the other greats have had: the Highlander himself, Christopher Lambert, is in the cast! You can see Lambert and a preview of some of the werewolf action in the trailer embedded above.

Directed by Alberto Gelpi (La mia seconda volta) from a screenplay by Viviana Panfili and Alessandro Riccardi, Shadow of the Wolf...

"She saw things she wasn't supposed to see." Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for the US release of the indie horror film Shadow of the Wolf from Italy. Originally titled L'ombra del lupo in Italian, this is getting a VOD release in March after first premiering in 2018 years ago (and opening already in Italy at the end of 2020). Christopher Lambert and Maria Grazia Cucinotta star in a chilling tale of horror. When Nico returns from overseas to say farewell to his ailing mother in Italy, he discovers something monstrous is happening in the small town he once called home. As the list of grizzly murder victims begins to grow and the authorities fear the killer is a beast unlike anything that they have ever seen (you mean - a werewolf?), Nico senses a savage transformation within himself and uncovers the terrifying secret his family could never reveal. Another werewolf spin?...

Some secrets can unleash a beast.

If you’re hungry for more werewolf thrills after Wolf Man, sink your teeth into Shadow of the Wolf on Digital and VOD on March 25 from Lionsgate.

Highlander star Christopher Lambert and The World Is Not Enough Bond girl Maria Grazia Cucinotta appear in the film with Raniero Monaco Di Lapio, Marianna Di Martino, Elisabetta De Vito, Fabrizio Vona, and Massimiliano Vado.

When Nico returns from overseas to say farewell to his ailing mother, he discovers something monstrous is happening in the small town he once called home. As the list of grizzly murder victims begins to grow and the authorities fear the killer is a beast unlike anything they have ever seen, Nico senses a savage transformation within himself and uncovers the terrifying secret his family could never reveal.

Directed by Alberto Gelpi and written by Alessandro Riccardi, the Italian production premiered back...

Nava Mau earned an Emmy nomination (in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category) for her breakthrough performance as the lead character’s love interest Teri in the hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, and was named as a 2024 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort. We’ve previously heard that she will be following up her Baby Reindeer success with a role on the final season of the Netflix series You, and now Deadline has broken the news that she’s set to star in the comedic thriller The Dregs – which has something to do with a cursed wine bottle.

Before appearing on Baby Reindeer, Mau played the role of Ana on 16 episodes of the Max streaming series Generation. (16 episodes also happens to have been the show’s full run.)

Set in Tuscany, The Dregs will mark the directorial debut of writer Connor Martin. Filming is expected to begin in Italy next March.

Exclusive: Fresh off of being named to BAFTA Breakthrough’s 2024 cohort, Baby Reindeer breakout has come aboard to star in The Dregs, a Tuscany-set comedic thriller marking the directorial debut of writer Connor Martin.

Shooting in Italy in March, The Dregs centers on a friends’ trip to Tuscany that gets derailed by old wounds and a cursed bottle of Vin Santo.

Others in the cast include Benjamin Norris (Never Have I Ever), Marta Pozzan (From Scratch), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino), and Zach Tinker (American Horror Story), who acts as executive producer.

Mike Stern developed the project and will produce through Astral Plane, with Alessandro Bertolucci serving as co-producer via Dublab It. Co-EPs include Pozzan, Jeremy O’Keefe, Marco Allegri, and Austin Aronson. O’Keefe handled casting via Jok Casting.

Stated Stern on the addition of Mau, “Nava was incredible on Baby Reindeer, and we...

The following contains spoilers for The Simpsons season 36 episode 2, "The Yellow Lotus," now streaming on Hulu

The Simpsons brought back Sideshow Bob for season 36, which highlights a long-standing hole in the character's supporting gallery. Introduced in season 1 as Krusty's sidekick, Sideshow Bob first stepped into the spotlight in that season's "Krusty Gets Busted." Since then, Bob has returned multiple times to bedevil the Simpsons and Springfield as a whole. In that time, Bob has also developed a minor supporting cast of his own, which includes members of his family who share his homicidal tendencies. However, those characters eventually faded into the background alongside countless other guest stars and minor players in The Simpsons' world.

Season 36's "The Yellow Lotus" highlights this problem with the way it brings back Bob. Still played by a perpetually game Kelsey Grammer, Bob has a minor but important role in the episode. This episode...

Italian sales company’s Cannes slate also includes ’The Best of You’ starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

Italian sales company Tvco has boarded Asimina Proedrou’s Behind The Haystacks, a family drama set against the Greek refugee crisis which won six awards after premiering last year’s Thessaloniki Film Festival.

The film, which observes the refugee crisis on the Greek/North Macedonian border through the prism of a single family, premiered in the Meet The Neighbours competition at Thessaloniki.

Behind The Haystacks is produced by Argonauts Productions, Fiction Park and Sektor Film, and stars Stathis Stamoulakatos, Lena Ouzounidou and Evgenia Lavda.

Italian auteur Mario Martone, who was recently in Cannes with “Nostalgia,” is set to direct a high-profile doc about the late Massimo Troisi, one of Italy’s most beloved comic actors who starred in the Oscar-winning film “Il Postino.”

Troisi, who played the simple postman who rides his bicycle on the sandy terrain of an Italian island to deliver mail to his sole client, the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, died tragically of congenital heart failure at age 41 in June 1994, the day after “Il Postino” finished shooting at Rome’s Cinecittà studios.

The film directed by Michael Radford, which also starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Philippe Noiret, became an arthouse sensation one year later when it opened in the U.S. distributed by Miramax.

“Il Postino” went on to win an Oscar in 1996 for best dramatic score, having earned five nominations, including for best film, as well as best director for Radford,...

American Night Trailer Alessio Della Valle‘s American Night (2021) movie trailer has been released by Saban Films. The American Night stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Michael Madsen, Jeremy Piven, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Andy Warhol, Fortunato Cerlino, Manal El-Feitury, Anastacia, and Marco Leonardi. Crew Alessio Della Valle wrote the screenplay for American Night. [...]

Continue reading: American Night (2021) Movie Trailer: Jonathan Rhys Meyers & Emile Hirsch star in Alessio Della Valle’s Neo-noir Thriller...

In Italy, which is suffering the biggest coronavirus outbreak in Europe with more than 350 deaths, box office crashed to an all time low of €439.000 over the March 5 weekend frame. Or rather, the portion of the weekend prior to Sunday May 8.

On Sunday the government ordered a total shutdown until at least April 3 of all movie theaters. Prior to Sunday, roughly half the country’s screens – those in the less affected central and southern regions – had been allowed to stay open, provided spectators sit three seats apart in what turned out to be a short-lived Italian experiment.

Battered by all these impediments, Italy’s March 5 frame repped a roughly 90% plunge in grosses compared with the same period in 2019 and a 79% drop compared to the previous weekend, which had already been a total bloodbath.

The top title was Berlin prizewinner “Hidden Away,” the biopic of eclectic painter Antonio Ligabue that recently scored...

China’s streaming and online games companies have received a boost from the cancelation of seven major film releases that were expected to have dominated the Chinese New Year holidays, and the enforced closure of the country’s cinemas.

Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and a dozen other Chinese cities are under government-mandated lockdown, causing tens of millions of people to cancel their travel plans and stay at home instead. That has handed the initiative to streaming companies.

Social media postings suggest that millions of people are stuck at home – some in cities under lockdown, others simply benefiting from the extra three days holiday mandated by the Chinese government – playing games and watching movies online.

The New York-traded shares of games and online entertainment firms have defied the recent stock market downturns and made modest gains. Streamer iQIYI closed the Thursday trading session at $22.43 per Adr, compared with $20.80 on Friday.

Golden Globe-winner Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, and Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Jeremy Piven will star in American Night, a neo-noir thriller helmed by first-time film director Alessio Jim Della Valle.

Written by Della Valle, the plot follows Michael Rubino (Hirsch) who has just become the Don of the New York Mafia, but his greatest dream is to devote his life to painting and become a great artist. John Kaplan (Meyers), an art dealer, may feel like his life is in shambles, but he still has the best eye for spotting fakes in the world. Their paths, apparently distant, cross when Andy Warhol’s Pink Marilyn is stolen, setting off a series of unexpected events that upend their lives.

Vega will play Sarah,...

All-female jury viewed films with a focus on social issues.

Andrzej Jakimowski’s contemporary Polish drama Once Upon A Time In November won the Taormina Arte best film award at the 64th edition of the Taormina FilmFest in Sicily at the weekend.

Further key Taormina Arte awards were presented to Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace for best screenplay and Filippo Piscopo and Lorena Luciano who won the best director award for It Will Be Chaos.

Leven Rambin won the Taormina Arte award for best actress for her role as an army veteran suffering from Ptsd who returns home to...

Jury includes Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Adriana Chiesa Di Palma.

The competition jury of the 64th Taormina Film Festival will be led by Italian producers Martha de Laurentiis, Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata, and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma, and actor -director -producer Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

The festival will take place from July 14-20 in Sicily.

International titles screening in competition include Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, Dario Pleic’s Home and Andrzej Jakimowski’s Once Upon A Time In November. The main selection also includes world premieres of new Italian features by Nino Monteleone (Be Kind), Cristiano Anania and...

Siciliy's most established cinema gathering, the Taormina Film Fest, returns this year in all its splendor, and an all-female jury.

President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.

“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...

Siciliy's most established cinema gathering, the Taormina Film Fest, returns this year in all its splendor, and an all-female jury.

President and producer Martha de Laurentiis (Hannibal) will head a five-women jury, also including actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta and producers Donatella Palermo, Eleonora Granata and Adriana Chiesa Di Palma. Together they will decide the winners of the Golden Tauro Awards and the Taormina Arte Awards, which will be announced at the closing-night ceremony at the historic open air Greek Theatre.

“This year, the festival is honoring films directed by women along with strong social themes from immigration, to ...

Exclusive: UK sales outfit boards 3D family fantasy with Willow Shields.

Metro International has boarded sales on completed UK-China-New Zealand family adventure movie Into The Rainbow (formerly The Wonder).

The Hunger Games’ Willow Shields, Chinese star Leo Wu, Taiwanese actress Joe Chen, Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Archie Kao star in the story of two teenagers who travel inside a super-powered rainbow to China.

Norman Stone (Shadowlands) and Gary Wing-Lun Mak (My Beautiful Kingdom) direct the 3D feature written by Ashley Sidaway, Robert Sidaway and Lindsay Edmonds. Producers include Richard Fletcher (Boy) and Iain Brown (Indian Summer).

The English-language production is part-financed by Tien Ran Media Group, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba. The Golden Era distributor Stellar Mega Films is due to release locally.

The project was previously handled by Embankment Films.

Exclusive: China-nz-uk production with Karl Urban, Willow Shields gets cast, finance, director.

China-nz-uk 3D fantasy The Wonder, starring Karl Urban (Dredd) and Willow Shields (The Hunger Games) is currently prepping in China with shoot due to get underway early next month.

UK sales outfit Embankment Films has boarded international sales on the $20m feature, which will now be directed by actor-director Saul Rubinek (True Romance) who has taken over from Sliding Doors filmmaker Peter Hewitt.

Additional cast includes Il Postino actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Chinese teen star Wu Lei and leading Chinese actress Joe Chen Chiau-En (The Monkey King).

Also new to the English-language production is financier Tien Ran Media Group, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Alibaba, which is making its first foray into international film production.

Tien Ran replaces Show + Share Investment as the film’s primary Chinese financier.

The Golden Era distributor Stellar Mega Films is due to release locally.

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Welcome to the penultimate installment of our summer trip through "The Sopranos" season 1. When I revisited early seasons of "The Wire," as well as the whole run of "Deadwood," I did separate versions of each review for newcomers and veterans, but over time realized that the newcomers weren't commenting much, if at all, and that it therefore made sense to simply do one review. Any significant spoilers for episodes beyond the one being reviewed will be contained in a separate section at the end of the review; so long as you avoid that, and the comments, you should be fine. Thoughts on the twelfth episode, “Isabella," coming up just as soon as I buy you some sweat socks at The Sports Authority... "To tell you the truth, I feel pretty good." -Tony I'll be honest: even though I'd never specifically recapped these early "Sopranos" seasons, I've written so much about the show over the years,...

Exclusive: Germany-set drama and TV mini-series in works.

Like Water Like Chocolate director Alfonso Arau is in development with Bagdad Café writer Chris Doherty on 1930’s-set drama The Crime of Love, about an illicit love affair between two German officers in Nazi Germany.

Carsten Lorenz is on board to produce the project, which is being exced by Mark Holdon with Arri Worldwide in talks to handle sales.

“I was looking for a great love story,” Arau told Screen. “Germany in the 1930s was such an interesting and intense period in history that I knew I wanted to set this love story at that time.”

“This project, like the greatest romance of all, Romeo and Juliet, is about real love in a world where such love is prohibited.”

Arau’s hit romance-drama Like Water for Chocolate was nominated for a BAFTA in 1994.

Latest directorial effort L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010) starred Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Geraldine Chaplin.

Arau and exec...

Richie Mehta’s Siddharth was awarded best film at the close of the Beijing International Film Festival (Bjiff), while Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster picked up three prizes including best director.

The Grandmaster also scooped best actress for Zhang Ziyi and best cinematography for Philippe Le Sourd at the festival’s Tiantan Awards on Wednesday night. Wong Kar Wai and Zhang both won prizes for the film in the same categories at the recent Asian Film Awards in Macau.

Best actor at Beijing’s Tiantan Awards went to Guillaume Gouix for French director Sylvain Chomet’s Attila Marcel, which also won best music. Korean director Lee Joon-ik’s Hope won best supporting actress for the performance of child actor Lee Re. Alan Rickman won best supporting actor for his role in Patrice Leconte’s A Promise.

Peter Ho-sun Chan’s American Dreams In China won best screenplay (Zhou Zhiyong, Zhang Ji and...

Rajkumar Hirani has been invited by the Beijing International Film Festival 2014 to be part of the jury. The director had gained huge fame in China with his film 3 Idiots. I was the first film to do huge business and become a household name. Mr. Hirani is the first Bollywood personality who has been invited by the Bjiff.

The director will be sharing the jury table with some of the big names from the film industry including China’s Lu Chuan, Ireland’s Jim Sheridan, France’s Philippe Muyl, Spanish producer Andrés Vicente Gómez and Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

The 4th Bjiff will be held between, April 16th to 23th 2014.

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Known for his commercial yet out of the box films, Rajkumar Hirani is one of the most respected filmmaker amidst the Bollywood fraternity and now the director has been presented with an invite to attend the Beijing International Film Festival-2014. Moreover, he has also been asked to be a part of the jury. Rajkumar Hirani is first Bollywood personality who has been invited by the Bjiff. The director gained fame in China with his film 3 Idiots since it was the first Indian film to do huge business and went to become a household name. The director will be sharing the jury table with some of the big names from the film industry including China's Lu Chuan, Ireland's Jim Sheridan, France's Philippe Muyl, Spanish producer Andres Vicente Gomez and Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta. The 4th Bjiff will be held between, April 16 to 23 2014.

Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkumar Hirani will be part of the 7-member Tiantan Award International Jury at the 4th edition of Beijing International Film Festival. Richie Mehta’s Siddharth is one among the fifteen films in competition for the Tiantan Award.

The Beijing International Film Festival will be held from April 16-23, 2014.

Director of three critically acclaimed features- Munna Bhai Mbbs, Lage Raho Munna Bhai and 3 Idiots- Rajkumar Hirani is the only Indian on the jury. His film 3 Idiots, featuring Aamir Khan, was a major commercial success at the Chinese box-office. Besides, it was screened at the inaugural edition of the Beijing International Film Festival in 2011.

Headed by Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo, the international jury at the festival comprises of Spanish producer Andrés Vicente Gómez; Irish director, scriptwriter and producer Jim Sheridan; Chinese director, scriptwriter and executive producer Lu Chuan; Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta; and French director, scriptwriter and producer Philippe Muyl.

Road To Capri

Ian McShane, Frankie Muniz and Virginia Madsen will star in Boris Damast's road comedy "Road To Capri" which begins filming in the Us and Italy this spring.

The story follows two men who live far apart and learn they shared the same father and inherit the family home in Capri. Giancarlo Giannini, Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Nicolas Vaporidis also star. [Source: Screen]

Navy St.

Nick Jonas and Kiele Sanchez have scored co-starring roles in DirecTV's gritty yet family-oriented mixed martial arts drama "Navy St." Frank Grillo plays a former Mma fighter whose drug addiction prevented him from making it big and now operates an Mma gym on Venice Beach.

Jonas plays his youngest son Nate, a shy kid who receives a Ufc contract but is impacted by the addiction to drugs of his older brother Jay (Jonathan Tucker). Sanchez will play Lisa Prince, the Grillo character's long-time girlfriend.

Boris Damast’s road comedy to start shooting in spring.

Frankie Muniz, Virginia Madsen and Ian McShane will star in Boris Damast’s comedy Road To Capri, set to commence principal photography in the Us and Italy in spring.

Us-based Mechaniks, EMovies and Rainstorm are producing with world sales agent Atlas International.

Road To Capri centres on two men who live far apart and learn they shared the same father and inherit the family home in Capri.

Giancarlo Giannini, Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Nicolas Vaporidis round out the key cast.

Blake Armstrong, Giovanni Labadessa and Damast co-wrote the screenplay.

Producers are Andrea Kikot of Mechaniks, Max Czertok of EMovies, Steve G Kaplan of Rainstorm Entertainment and Stefan Menz of Atlas International Film.

Steve G Kaplan of Rainstorm Entertainment served as executive producer alongside Carol Bidault and Andrea Giannattasio from EMovies.

Boris Damast’s road comedy to start shooting in spring.

Frankie Muniz, Virginia Madsen and Ian McShane will star in Boris Damast’s comedy Road To Capri, set to commence principal photography in the Us and Italy in spring.

Us-based Mechaniks, EMovies and Rainstorm are producing with world sales agent Atlas International.

Road To Capri centres on two men who live far apart and learn they shared the same father and inherit the family home in Capri.

Giancarlo Giannini, Maria Grazia Cucinotta and Nicolas Vaporidis round out the key cast.

Blake Armstrong, Giovanni Labadessa and Damast co-wrote the screenplay.

Producers are Andrea Kikot of Mechaniks, Max Czertok of EMovies, Steve G Kaplan of Rainstorm Entertainment and Stefan Menz of Atlas International Film.

Steve G Kaplan of Rainstorm Entertainment served as executive producer alongside Carol Bidault and Andrea Giannattasio from EMovies.

Directed by Federico Zampaglione from a script he wrote with Giacomo Gensini, based on a story by veteran Italo-horror scribe Dardano Sacchetti, Tulpa stars Claudia Gerini as Lisa, a businesswoman who leads a secret night life of sexual exploration and experimentation, centered on the titular nightclub. When her lovers start getting brutally killed, she undertakes her own investigation to avoid exposing her carnal activities. Michele Placido and Nuit Arquint (Shadow’s memorable villaing Mortis) co-star; Leonardo Cruciano created the makeup FX, and actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (whose credits range from The Day Of The Beast to The Rite) was one of the producers.

Tulpa, which we first reported on here, screened last year at London’s FrightFest in not-quite-completed form. “We knew what worked in the genre,” Zampaglione says, “but we were also aware of its shortcomings, and that is why we test-screened a rough cut of the film to an audience at Frightfest.

Directed by Federico Zampaglione from a script he wrote with Giacomo Gensini, based on a story by veteran Italo-horror scribe Dardano Sacchetti, Tulpa stars Claudia Gerini as Lisa, a businesswoman who leads a secret night life of sexual exploration and experimentation, centered on the titular nightclub. When her lovers start getting brutally killed, she undertakes her own investigation to avoid exposing her carnal activities. Michele Placido and Nuit Arquint (Shadow’s memorable villaing Mortis) co-star; Leonardo Cruciano created the makeup FX, and actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (whose credits range from The Day Of The Beast to The Rite) was one of the producers.

Tulpa, which we first reported on here, screened last year at London’s FrightFest in not-quite-completed form. “We knew what worked in the genre,” Zampaglione says, “but we were also aware of its shortcomings, and that is why we test-screened a rough cut of the film to an audience at Frightfest.

Directed by Federico Zampaglione from a script he wrote with Giacomo Gensini, based on a story by veteran Italo-horror scribe Dardano Sacchetti, Tulpa stars Claudia Gerini as Lisa, a businesswoman who leads a secret night life of sexual exploration and experimentation, centered on the titular nightclub. When her lovers start getting brutally killed, she undertakes her own investigation to avoid exposing her carnal activities. Michele Placido and Nuit Arquint (Shadow’s memorable villaing Mortis) co-star; Leonardo Cruciano created the makeup FX, and actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (whose credits range from The Day Of The Beast to The Rite) was one of the producers.

Tulpa, which we first reported on here, screened last year at London’s FrightFest in not-quite-completed form. “We knew what worked in the genre,” Zampaglione says, “but we were also aware of its shortcomings, and that is why we test-screened a rough cut of the film to an audience at Frightfest.

The organisers of this years London Film4 Frightfest have announced a huge, vibrant and eclectic mix of talent set to appear at this year’s FrightFest the 13th event at the Empire Leicester Sq., including Jennifer Lynch, Sheridan Smith, Dario Argento, Dominic Brunt, Ross Noble, Peter Strickland, Claudia Gerini, Michele Placido, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Russell Tovey and The Soska Sisters…

Read on for the official press release:

As individual tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday 28 July), Film4 FrightFest announces its guest list, which boasts a whole host of directors from around the world including: The Manetti Brothers. (Paura 3D), Federico Zampaglione (Tulpa), Paul Hyett (The Seasoning House), co-directors James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson (Tower Block), Jennifer Lynch (Chained), Paco Plaza ([Rec]3 Genesis), Matthias Hoene (Cockneys Vs. Zombies), Jon Wright (Grabbers), Conor MacMahon (Stitches), Glenn McQuaid and David Bruckner (V/H/S), Eron Sheean (Errors Of The Human Body), Stig Svendsen...

An update has come in for the Italian giallo-esque thriller Tulpa including some behind-the-scenes photos, release info, and a look at one of the film's leading ladies. It you're in Italy, you can see Federico Zampaglione's Tulpa at the end of 2012 or early 2013.

The intention is to distribute the movie in two versions, cut and uncut (the equivalent of PG-13 and R ratings in the Us). The uncut version will be a limited release .

Below is a look at the house where Zampaglione shot a brutal murder sequence featuring Crisula Stafida courtesy of Splatter Container. In addition are a couple of pictures of a special effects hand made by Leonardo Cruciano of Leonardo Cruciano Workshop srl. Click the link at the bottom of the page for more.

Synopsis:

In Tulpa, Claudia Gerini plays Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who by night frequents the notorious sex club ‘Tulpa...

Some new images from the Giallo flick Tulpa were dropped into our mailboxes and have had us seeing red ever since. Wanna know why? Read on for the gory details!

From the Press Release

Just released – first images of Italian star Claudia Gerini in a film directed by her husband Federico Zampaglione, director of award-winning Shadow.

In Tulpa, Gerini plays Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who by night, frequents the notorious sex club ‘Tulpa’ in search of dangerous forms of pleasure. When her lovers start getting murdered in horrible ways, she tries to deal with it herself with truly nightmare consequences.

"Gerini said today: “" This is the most challenging and controversial role of my career".

Currently in its second week of shooting in Rome, Tulpa is described as a neo-giallo thriller with strong psycho-sexual tones and containing scenes of extreme violence.

It’s based on a story by genre veteran Dardano Sacchetti,...

Italian production company Idf, owned by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino) has begun principal photography on Federico Zampaglione's eagerly-awaited third feature, Tulpa. This morning we received the first batch of stills featuring your first look at Claudia Gerini as sex-driven femme fatale! Award-winning actress Claudia Gerini, who has just completed a leading role as Marie Cecile in Christopher Smith's TV adaptation of "Labyrinth," stars as "Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who, by night, frequents the notorious sex club 'Tulpa' in search of dangerous forms of pleasure. When her lovers start getting murdered in horrible ways, to avoid a personal scandal, she tries to deal with it herself with truly nightmare consequences." Tulpa also stars Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale), one of Italy's most renowned actors/directors, alongside Nuot Arquint (Shadow) and Michela Cescon (Sacred Heart).

Ah, giallos. So wonderfully shot. So pretty to look at. So very, very violent. If we could, we'd watch a new one each day. Thankfully a new one is on its way, and we now have an update on Federico Zampaglione's Tulpa.

From the Press Release

Italian production company Idf, owned by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino), has begun principal photography on Federico Zampaglione’s eagerly awaited third feature, Tulpa.

To be shot entirely on location in Rome over five weeks starting March 5th, Tulpa is based on a story by genre veteran Dardano Sacchetti, with a screenplay by Giacomo Gensini and Federico Zampaglione. It is produced by Idf, Giovanni Emidi and Silvia Natill in association with Federico Zampaglione and Claudia Gerini. Director of photography is Giuseppe Di Maio. Makeup and special effects are by Leonardo Cruciano and Bruno Albi Marini with music by Francesco Zampaglione and The Alvarius.

Italian production company Idf, owned by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino) has begun principal photography on Federico Zampaglione's eagerly-awaited third feature, Tulpa. Award-winning actress Claudia Gerini, who has just completed a leading role as Marie Cecile in Christopher Smith's TV adaptation of "Labyrinth," stars as "Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who, by night, frequents the notorious sex club 'Tulpa' in search of dangerous forms of pleasure. When her lovers start getting murdered in horrible ways, to avoid a personal scandal, she tries to deal with it herself with truly nightmare consequences." Tulpa also stars Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale), one of Italy's most renowned actors/directors, alongside Nuot Arquint (Shadow) and Michela Cescon (Sacred Heart).

Italian production company Idf, owned by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino) has begun principal photography on Federico Zampaglione’s eagerly-awaited third feature, Tulpa.

Award-winning actress Claudia Gerini, who has just completed a leading role as Marie Cecile in Christopher Smith’s TV adaptation of Labyrinth, stars as Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who, by night, frequents the notorious sex club ‘Tulpa’ in search of dangerous forms of pleasure. When her lovers start getting murdered in horrible ways, to avoid a personal scandal, she tries to deal with it herself with truly nightmare consequences. Tulpa also stars Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale), one of Italy’s most renowned actors/directors, alongside Nuot Arquint (Shadow) and Michela Cescon (Sacred Heart).

Federico, who is described as Italy’s Rob Zombie, said today:

I’m very excited to start shooting Tulpa, but I’m aware it’s a very difficult film to make,...

Italian production company Idf, owned by actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino), has begun principal photography on Federico Zampaglione’s eagerly-awaited third feature, Tulpa.

Award-winning actress Claudia Gerini, who has just completed a leading role as Marie Cecile in Christopher Smith’s TV adaptation of Labyrinth, stars as Lisa Boeri, a respectable and upwardly mobile businesswoman who, by night, frequents the notorious sex club "Tulpa" in search of dangerous forms of pleasure. When her lovers start getting murdered in horrible ways, to avoid a personal scandal, she tries to deal with it herself with truly nightmare consequences.

Tulpa also stars Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale), one of Italy’s most renowned actors/directors, alongside Nuot Arquint (Shadow) and Michela Cescon (Sacred Heart). More on Tulpa in this exclusive interview here.

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It's been close to a year since we've had any sort of update on Federico Zampaglione's Tulpa, but today we have a few screenshots and more to share on the Italian Giallo homage, which begins a five-week shoot in Rome on March 5th.

First, however, on February 25th Zampaglione will screen the opening sequence of Tulpa in Glasgow at the Film4 Frightfest.

Tulpa is based on a treatment penned by Dardano Sacchetti (The Cat o' Nine Tails, A Bay of Blood, City of the Living Dead and many more masterpieces) and then developed by Federico Zampaglione with Giacomo Gensini.

The film, which promises a lot of extreme gruesome death scenes, is about Lisa Boeri (Claudia Gerini), a rich businesswoman totally devoted to her work. She is alone, without any serious relationship, and while during the day she is almost a cold money machine, at night she becomes another person. Every...

*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by Indican Pictures

Director: Joseph Tito.

Writers: Joseph Tito and Silvio Oddi.

Cast: Natasha Allan, Daniel Baldock and Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

Release Date: Sept. 20, 2011 (DVD).

The problem with the movie Death of the Virgin is that it does not quite know what it wants to be. There are elements of a psychological horror, the underpinnings of artistic expression, a potential ghost story and a question of faith to be explored. All of them can blend together into a powerhouse product like The Omen. But when the tale is not clearly defined and the characters are as flat as a pizza, where this movie goes is uncertain.

This film can travel anywhere, including making a quest for the meaning of life. Three maidens make a trip on a bus to go find it, and they arrive at Caravaggio, an Italian monastery.

Dread Central is always on the lookout for intriguing new information to share with our readers. So when an email arrived informing us of a supernatural thriller that was the equivalent of "The DaVinci Code meets The Exorcist", of course we sat up and took notice.

The film being described is none other than director Joseph Tito's Death of the Virgin. It's been an official selection of the Toronto and Rome International Film Festivals. And if the trailer is any indication, this religious-themed horrific thriller certainly looks to be able to deliver on the whole DaVinci Code/Exorcist thing.

Starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Rite, The Postman (Il Postino), James Bond – The World is Not Enough), Daniel Baldock (Letters to Juliet, Pope Pius Xii, Pillars of the Earth, Go Go Tales), Linda Valadas (Novellas Morangos Com Acucar, Detective Maravilhas, Tu E Eu) and Natasha Allan (Take Your Place (Prenez Vos...

Release Date: Sept. 20, 2011

Price: DVD $24.99, Blu-ray $29.99

Studio: Indican Pictures

There are supernatural happenings whirling about the art of Caravaggio in Death of the Virgin.

At first glance, the horror-thriller film Death of the Virgin looks like it could appeal to both lovers of 16th Century Italian art and devilish and violent supernatural movies. Hmmmm….

Here’s what the movie’s all about:

In 1432, an apparition of the Virgin Mary appears in the sleepy town of Caravaggio, becoming the inspiration for the gruesomely beautiful paintings of the artist, Michelangelo Merisi — better known as Caravaggio.

Five centuries later, in modern-day Italy, three women travel to Caravaggio: Lisa (Jennifer Healy), an aspiring art student; Claudia (Maria Grazia Cucinotta, The Rite); a sexy Italian translator; and May (Natasha Allan, Blue Bird), a young woman about to enter the nunnery. Their world is quickly turned upside down when the apparition reappears and May becomes plagued by premonitions of shocking murders.

Indican Pictures, a distribution housed based in Hollywood, is set to deliver their latest thriller, Death of the Virgin. This title was shot in Italy by Joseph Tito, a Roman born director. Death of the Virgin releases on DVD September 21st and the film involves a young women, May (Natasha Allan) preparing for the nunnery. However, strange visions haunt her involving blood tears, impalings and gore. It seems the 16th Century religious painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is haunting her.

Carvaggio was an actual Italian painter who was more known for his brawling and aggression than his artwork. Carvaggio is remembered for walking about Rome with a sword and a servant attacking those who got in his way. With a price on his head, Carvaggio fled to neighbouring Italian cities, where he himself was attacked in an assassination attempt. He would die a year later. His paintings and work in the arts would be forgotten,...

DVD artwork is in for Death of the Virgin , a thriller currently playing in New York (it opens in Chicago and L.A. later this month) that is heading to DVD on September 20. Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Daniel Baldock, Linda Valadas and Natasha Allan star in this bloody tale that wields a Da Vinci Code -esque mystery. You'll find the trailer just past the synopsis. Based on a true story comes this chilling tale. In 1432 a stunning apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared in the sleepy town of Caravaggio becoming the inspiration for the gruesome yet extraordinary paintings of the artist, Michelangelo Merisi (better known as Caravaggio). Now, in modern day 2011, three women travel to Caravaggio -- Lisa, an aspiring art student, Claudia, a sexy Italian translator and May, a young...

Do you have "home invasion film" fatigue? No? Well, keep a lookout for Transgression from director Enric Alberich. This one hails from Spain, where the similarly-themed Kidnapped spawned from, and stars Michael Ironside, Maria Grazia Cucinotta ( Day of the Beast ) and Jonathan Keltz. You'll find a trailer below, and if it's images you seek, head over to our boys at Aullidos right here . Synopsis: Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars trespass into their home looking for easy money. But things don't go as planned. Tension and fear take over them all, victims and executioners, and mistrust, betrayals and unexpected lies will come to light at the worst possible time. "Transgression" is a disquieting...

The first promotional trailer for home invasion thriller Transgression has been released by Stealth Media Group. The film follows four masked men as they take over a palatial home. After money, this group terrorizes the homeowners (Michael Ironside, Maria Gazia Cucinotta) and this night turns from quiet calm to tragedy.

As well, the first film poster shows left and actress Cucinotta (The Rite) is predominant. The tagline reads: "every 10 seconds a home is broken into...what if it happened to you." Fans of thrillers will find something of interest here, with Transgression.

The synopsis for thriller Transgression is here:

"Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars trespass into their home looking for easy money. But things don’t go as planned. Tension and fear take over them all, victims and executioners, and mistrust, betrayals and unexpected lies will come to light at the worst possible time.

Although it doesn.t come close to the scares provided by The Exorcist or even the moderate chills provided by The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Rite does manage to give a goose bump or two thanks to the performance from Anthony Hopkins and the use of its Rome setting. Based on Matt Baglio's book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, The Rite was directed by Mikael Håfström (1408 and the underappreciated Derailed) and sees Hopkins joined by Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, Toby Jones, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, and Marta Gastini. It also features a chilling performance from Rutger Hauer (who manages to be the creepiest part of the movie without even really seeming to try).

The new Anthony Hopkins thriller The Rite will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 17. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.98 Srp while the Blu-ray, which will come with a Digital Copy, will cost $35.99 Srp. You can take a look at the cover art photos and special features below.

Inspired by true events, this supernatural thriller follows a seminary student (Colin O'Donoghue) sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Only when sent to apprentice with legendary Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who has performed thousand of exorcisms, does his armor of skepticism begin to fall. Drawn into a troubling case that transcends even Father Lucas's skill, the young seminarian glimpses a phenomenon science can't explain or control - and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes.

More distribution news is headed your way, this time for Joseph Tito's Death of the Virgin, starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Silvio Oddi, Natasha Allan, Richard Eckles, and Jennifer Healy.

The good folks over at Indican Pictures have acquired domestic rights, and to celebrate, we here at Dread Central would like to take this moment to pour out some of our 40 ozs in memory of all of the fallen hymens out there. Respect!

For more visit the official Death of the Virgin website and check out Death of the Virgin on Facebook.

Synopsis

A suspense thriller, Death Of The Virgin is based on a true story. Taking place in the town of Caravaggio, the movie is inspired by the apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1432 and the gruesome yet extraordinary paintings of the artist Michelangelo Merisi, who became known as Caravaggio.

May, a young Canadian woman with a horrifying past,...