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Yellow Veil Pictures has bought North America rights for Addison Heimann’s offbeat horror “Touch Me,” following its festival run at Sundance Midnight and SXSW.

“Touch Me” follows “two co-dependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world.” Olivia Taylor Dudley stars alongside Lou Taylor Pucci (“Evil Dead”) and Jordan Gavaris (“The Lake”) from a script from Heimann. It’s produced by Heimann, John Humber and David Lawson Jr and executive produced by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead for Rustic Films.

“’Touch Me’ is an astounding second feature,” said Yellow Veil Pictures Joe Yanick. “Addison is so playful in his stylistic choices and confident in allowing so many different ideas to bounce around form into a film that is in equal measure funny, sexy, weird, and bloody.”

Heimann said he’s “admired Yellow Veil...

The Until Dawn movie released recently may not have been received in the most positive way, but it did at least bring Supermassive’s cult horror hit to a new audience. However, the decision to exclude the original game’s writers from the movie’s credits has not gone down well at all, leaving many creatives annoyed at Sony for failing to properly acknowledge the artistic minds responsible for creating the Until Dawn IP.

How Can You Not Credit the Creators of Until Dawn In a Movie Based on Until Dawn? The Until Dawn movie isn’t being received well by fans of the original game. Image credit: Sony

Despite the recent film adaptation being based on the IP that they created, the Until Dawn movie doesn’t feature any on-screen credit for Will Byles, Graham Reznick, or Larry Fessenden. This is pretty egregious, considering that these were the original...

Good Boy marks the feature debut of Ben Leonberg, who stages a classic haunted‑house scare through the unblinking gaze of Indy, a well‑trained retriever with star power rivaling any human lead. The premise is deliciously simple: a secluded country cabin, an abandoned family home steeped in whispered rumors, and a spectral presence that only a dog can perceive.

Indy (playing himself) shoulders the film’s emotional weight, his expressive dark eyes and subtle whimpers guiding us into that liminal space between loyalty and fear. Shane Jensen portrays Todd, the ailing owner fleeing to his grandfather’s dusty retreat in search of peace (or at least a change of scenery). Arielle Friedman’s Vera supplies cautious human foil, while genre veteran Larry Fessenden appears as Grandpa in fleeting flashbacks and old home movies.

Premiered in SXSW’s Midnighter program in March 2025, Good Boy clocks in at a brisk 73 minutes...

Ti West – a standout figure among modern horror directors – continues his reign of terror with a lineup of stylishly sinister films, including X, Pearl, The Sacrament, and his critically acclaimed 2009 slow-burn shocker The House of the Devil, which is back in a haunting new form. Second Sight Films is giving the cult classic a stunning Limited Edition Blu-ray release, complete with a fresh design and a wealth of extras.

To celebrate we have a standard edition blu-ray copy for you to win below:

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Lauded by BFI.com as “a perfectly executed homage to classic horror, yet also a masterclass in modern genre filmmaking,” The House of the Devil has cemented its place as a modern horror essential. The film features a standout performance from Jocelin Donahue, alongside horror icons Mary Woronov, Tom Noonan, and fan favorites Greta Gerwig and Aj Bowen.

The Shudder streaming service has acquired the U.S, Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand distribution rights to the supernatural thriller Good Boy, a haunted house story with a unique approach: it’s told from the perspective of the family dog!

Directed by Ben Leonberg, who wrote the screenplay with Alex Cannon, Good Boy stars Leonberg’s own dog, Indy, who finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner — and best friend — Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. From the start, two things are abundantly clear: Indy is wary of the creepy old house, and his affection for Todd is unwavering. Indy’s new world is immediately filled with unease: he senses invisible presences, follows phantom tracks, receives chilling warnings from a ghostly dog, and is haunted by glimpses of the previous resident’s gruesome demise. When a dark influence begins to grip Todd,...

The streaming service Shudder has been known to feature some of the best and unique horror movies the genre has to offer, and their latest acquisition is no different. Titled Good Boy, the film made its premiere earlier this year at SXSW, and has the unique hook of being a supernatural tale told from a dog's perspective.

Per Deadline, Shudder has picked up distribution rights to Good Boy, and will release the film in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Ben Leonberg helms the project, which he also penned with co-writer Alex Cannon. Starring Leonberg's own canine friend, Indy, Good Boy promises to put a new twist on the haunted house trope by presenting its tale through the eyes of a four-legged protagonist:

"Indy and Todd leave city life behind for a long-vacant family home in the country. From the start, two things are abundantly...

Critically Acclaimed Thriller Good Boy Lands Distribution with Premiere Horror Streamer Shudder: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, announced today that they have acquired the US, Cnd, Uki, Anz rights to the critically acclaimed film Good Boy, the feature directorial debut from Ben Leonberg. The innovative supernatural thriller that redefines the haunted house genre captivated audiences at this year's SXSW.

Co-written by Leonberg and Alex Cannon, the film is shot from the perspective of Indy, played by Leonberg's family dog, offering a glimpse into the hidden world of canine fears and exploring the unsettling presences dogs might sense in the shadows. IndieWire named Good Boy a Critic’s Pick in its SXSW review, citing it as “one of the year’s scariest movies,” while Daily Dead heralded the film for “redefining traditional genre [tropes] for something applaudingly innovative.”

The deal was negotiated by Amy Beecroft, Head of Verve Ventures,...

Shudder has acquired the rights to Good Boy — a haunted house movie told from the point of view of a family dog — in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, Deadline reports.

Ben Leonberg makes his feature directorial debut from a script he co-wrote with Alex Cannon.

Leonberg’s dog, Indy, stars alongside Shane Jensen, Larry Fessenden (You’re Next), Arielle Friedman, Anya Krawcheck, and Stuart Rudin (The Silence of the Lambs).

Indy finds himself on a new adventure with his human owner — and best friend — Todd, leaving city life for a long-vacant family home in the country. From the start, two things are abundantly clear: Indy is wary of the creepy old house, and his affection for Todd is unwavering.

Indy’s new world is immediately filled with unease: he senses invisible presences, follows phantom tracks, receives chilling warnings from a ghostly dog, and is haunted...

Exclusive: Shudder has acquired North America, UK & Ireland, and Australia and New Zealand rights to the supernatural thriller Good Boy, which Altitude has picked up for international sales and will introduce to buyers in Cannes this month.

Ben Leonberg’s feature directorial debut premiered at SXSW and is told through the eyes of a dog as he detects a malign entity in his owner’s new home and fights to protect the one he loves the most. The cast includes Larry Fessenden and Stuart Rudin.

Leonberg and Alex Cannon co-wrote the film starring the director’s family dog. Leonberg’s...

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed May this year. The upcoming month will see the much-anticipated sequel of the hit film A Simple Favor and the release of the much-anticipated mystery thriller series, The Better Sister. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 8 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in May 2025.

Another Simple Favor (May 1) Credit – Amazon MGM Studios

Another Simple Favor is a mystery crime thriller and dark comedy film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay co-written by Jessica Sharzer and Laeta Kalogridis. The 2025 sequel film follows Stephanie as she is invited to Emily’s extravagant wedding in Capri, Italy, but when she gets there, she once again finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery.

The Until Dawn movie came out on April 25, but besides the mixed reviews, another problem has come up. A former Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sie) narrative director shared on LinkedIn that Sony did not give credit to the Until Dawn video game’s writers or developers in the movie’s credits.

Kim MacAskill, who used to work at Sony, spoke about it in a post. She said: “As a former Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Narrative Director who was firmly told that the IP I personally created would Never be credited to me as I was salaried I am struggling with the difference between Neil Druckmann’s favour and that of others in your company.”

MacAskill pointed out that while the movie’s director and writers were named, the original game creators were not. She said, “I’ve just left Until Dawn where the film director, writers etc. were all credited...

When the credits roll on Until Dawn this weekend, hundreds of people who contributed to Hollywood’s latest video game movie will be acknowledged for their work, from director David F. Sandberg all the way down to the assistants and the caterer. But two notable names will not be among them: Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick, the duo who wrote the 2015 hit video game that launched the franchise.

While comic book writers and artists often complain about skimpy payments or lack of ample credit for the work that inspires movies, they generally are given a special thanks in the credits of those films. But as sources who spoke with The Hollywood Reporter note, that’s generally not true in the world of video game adaptations, where the company behind a game — not the game’s creators — are credited.

It’s something video game writers are now thinking about more and more,...

Arrow Video, the video division of Arrow Films, is known for releasing horror and cult films on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K. Today, the company unveiled the new titles they’ll be releasing this July – and they have some great movies in the mix, including the Sylvester Stallone classic Cobra, the Larry Cohen cult film The Stuff, and Lucio Fulci’s Zombie! Let’s go over the list:

Get set for the deep heat of summer.

Nordic noirs, bold Americana, one of the best crime films of the 21st century, Sylvester Stallone thrills, a titillating treat from Larry Cohen, and Lucio Fulci's splatter-fest.

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— Arrow Video (@ArrowFilmsVideo) April 25, 2025

The first release to be announced today was the double feature Blu-ray collection of director Ole Bornedal’s films Nightwatch and Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever.

New...

As indicated by the recent announcement that there’s going to be a “John Wick 5,” death in the movies simply isn’t what it used to be. There’s no longer anything final about it; increasingly, it’s not anything at all. At the end of “John Wick 4,” John Wick didn’t just get killed — he seemed really dead, as in let’s-put-a-fork-in-the-franchise dead. But, of course, the moment you had that thought, and the word “franchise” entered your brain, you just knew it couldn’t be. It would leave too much money on the table. The awesome death of John Wick needed to be rendered null and void so that Keanu Reeves could come back.

“Until Dawn” is a gimcrack horror-movie hodpepodge that reflects the very same attitude towards death. (It doesn’t matter! Just push reset!) But the film doesn’t pull that cheap trick at the...

Condensing a roughly 8-hour immersive video game experience into a passive, under two-hour horror viewing experience is a daunting puzzle to crack, especially for a video game as beloved among horror fans as Until Dawn. It’s a game where your choices as the player and the ability to nail a quick time event directly affect who survives the onslaught of horror threats, both metaphysical and psychological, further complicating adaptation endeavors.

Director David F. Sandberg and screenwriters Gary Dauberman & Blair Butler realize what a fool’s errand it would be to try, at least as a straightforward adaptation, and instead take a kitchen sink approach with the Until Dawn movie

The core narrative thrust of Until Dawn calls the inciting event of the game to mind, in which one sister ventures into the dark wood to console her distraught sister, only for unspeakable horror to befall them both. In this case,...

An Until Dawn video game adaptation seemed… misguided upon announcement. Supermassive Games’ choose your own spooky adventure was, itself, a 10-hour cinematic experience. Simply replicating the events on Blackwood Mountain would be more of a remake versus an adaptation, which David F. Sandberg’s Until Dawn film is not. Writers Gary Dauberman and ex-G4 talent Blair Butler abandon the snowy lodge and butterfly effects for something completely different, begging the question, why is it even titled Until Dawn (*cough* IP familiarity *cough*)? It’s a strange experiment in video game adaptations that feels like it bizarrely leaves the source material behind.

The idea of missing siblings is still a motivating factor. Clover (Ella Rubin) is searching for her sister Melanie (Maia Mitchell), accompanied by a handful of tagalong friends. They’re on a morbid road trip tracking Melanie’s last known whereabouts, ending in an off-the-beaten-path old mining town.

Before “Until Dawn” was a movie, it was a video game that was also basically a movie. Developed by Supermassive Games and co-written by indie horror luminary Larry Fessenden (“Wendigo”), “Until Dawn” starred notable actors like Peter Stormare, Hayden Panettiere and future Oscar-winner Rami Malek. Players were guided through a mixed-bag monster movie in which early decisions reaped unexpected consequences as the game continued. It was essentially a 10-hour “cabin in the woods” b-movie you could rewatch/replay over and over, so characters died differently or stayed alive depending on your idle whims.

But the main story of “Until Dawn” was always the same: a group of teenagers goes to a secluded mountain lodge and are attacked by a deranged killer, and eventually supernatural monsters. That story has been almost entirely ignored — for better or worse — by David F. Sandberg’s extremely loose adaptation. There are still teens, there’s...

Any veteran of the film and television industry is well aware that getting credit for one's work can be a long, confusing, and frustratingly bizarre process. While some credits are fairly cut-and-dried — it's not too difficult for actors to be recognized for their appearances, since they can be clearly seen — the behind-the-scenes folks involved in making film and television can potentially be rendered invisible, as far as official credits go. When it comes to writers attempting to gain credit for their work, they have it the hardest of anyone. That process of arbitration for writing credit, particularly when the rules of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are involved, can be so protracted and mysterious that, in some cases, the people who end up with the final credit can be debated.

This game of musical chairs with regards to credit has only extended to other forms of media as the...

One of my favorite films that played at this year's Overlook Film Festival was Good Boy, a haunted house movie shot from the point of view of Indy, the home owner's dog. This was one of the most buzzed about films at the fest and, ahead of the Overlook screening, I had a chance to catch up with Ben Leonberg and Alex Cannon (Co-Writer), discussing the challenges of making the film, Indy's favorite treat, the festival experience, and more:

Have you always been a “dog person”? Did you grow up with dogs?

Ben Leonberg: Yeah, I grew up with dogs. Not training dogs, specifically, but we’d do things like fetch and obedience. So I had a little bit of a background when it came to: How do you get a performance out of a dog?

We have schnauzers, and they do not listen to us well enough that we could make a short film,...

Horror movies often find themselves judged by how well they can maintain suspense, deliver jump scares and make the audience's skin crawl. While some classics like Psycho and The Exorcistachieve this and become box office hits, many horror films that are equally flawless from start to finish often slip under the radar. These underrated gems offer everything a horror fan could want — strong performances, creepy and well-crafted lore, and terrifying scares — but for one reason or another, they haven't garnered the widespread recognition they deserve.

These films might have been overshadowed by more mainstream releases, suffered from limited marketing, or were simply ahead of their time. Each one delivers a masterclass in horror filmmaking, maintaining tension and engagement without a single misstep. Some have gone on to become justified cult classics, while others are hidden gems in need of discovery. They run the gamut of horror's history and make terrific...

Ben Leonberg’s debut feature Good Boy zeros in on the most anxiety enducing character of every supernatural horror movie….the family dog. Celebrating its World Premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, and staring Leonberg’s own dog in the starring role, Good Boy is shot entirely from the Pov of a dog sensing and experiencing the supernatural presence threatening to overtake his owner. It’s an ingenious angle for an overworked subgenre, and one that delivers in spades thanks to its adorable lead, and brilliant direction & editing that really sets the story directly in a dog’s world.

If you’ve ever caught your own pets staring into the corner of an empty room or suddenly freaking out at some invisible intruder, Good Boy is either going to be a bundle of relatable spooky fun, or your worst fears confirmed. And just like your own possibly-in-touch-with-the-spirit-realm pets, Indy (played by the real-life Indy,...

It’s often said that our pets have a sixth sense, seemingly able to detect things beyond our perception or even predict death. It’s a simple, though eerie explanation for the instances where we discover our beloved pup staring intently at an empty corner in the middle of the night or barking at nothing. Good Boy, the feature debut by director Ben Leonberg, who co-wrote the script with Alex Cannon, uses this phenomenon as the basis for a haunted house horror movie. Framing the story entirely from the perspective of man’s best friend poses unique storytelling challenges but instantly creates a sustained feeling of unease and anxiety over the pup’s wellbeing.

Good Boy opens with a conventional haunted house scene, as good pup Indy becomes alarmed by a strange, dark mood that’s pervaded the cramped living room quarters in the middle of the night. His owner,...

From a simple observation of canine behavior —”What dog owner hasn’t wondered why their dog barks at ‘nothing?'” — Ben Leonberg has with his SXSW-premiering Good Boy created what he calls “a haunted house movie from an entirely new perspective.” Leonberg’s own dog Indy stars alongside Shane Jensen in this story of an ailing man who retreats to his family’s secluded rural cabin only to confront generational trauma and supernatural forces. With Larry Fessenden as the family patriarch, whose foreboding presence appears solely through distressed VHS tapes playing, Skinamarink-style, on outdated TVs, the house here becomes something of a liminal […]

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From a simple observation of canine behavior —”What dog owner hasn’t wondered why their dog barks at ‘nothing?'” — Ben Leonberg has with his SXSW-premiering Good Boy created what he calls “a haunted house movie from an entirely new perspective.” Leonberg’s own dog Indy stars alongside Shane Jensen in this story of an ailing man who retreats to his family’s secluded rural cabin only to confront generational trauma and supernatural forces. With Larry Fessenden as the family patriarch, whose foreboding presence appears solely through distressed VHS tapes playing, Skinamarink-style, on outdated TVs, the house here becomes something of a liminal […]

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You're a smart cookie, Ben Leonberg. How can I negatively review a dog-led haunted house movie? Good Boy is a layup for horror fans who adore their canine companions. Leonberg and co-writer Alex Cannon script a love letter to four-legged friends who lift our spirits, love us unconditionally and protect us from anything—including muddy basement entities. Leonberg's "Doggie Horror Movie" is leagues more than a gimmick, redefining traditional genre scopes for something applaudably innovative.

Leonberg's real-life dog, Indy, stars as himself in Good Boy. He's a loyal sidekick to Todd (Shane Jensen), a cancer patient who relocates into his grandfather's eerie woodland home (Larry Fessenden lends a veteran presence as pop-pop in old videos). Todd's sister Vera (Arielle Friedman) questions the choice, recalling an unshakable discomfort about the isolated spot. Her brother shrugs off the warning, but Indy immediately senses danger. Indy barks and claws and tries to warn Todd,...

Dog owners are often known to be extremely attentive to their pets, showering them with treats and affection and generally considering them one of the family. But filmmaker Ben Leonberg took things a step further. He’s taken his own dog, Indy, and made him the center of a feature-length horror film. The photogenic retriever takes the ball and runs with it (presumably literally as well as figuratively) and proves his star power in Good Boy, receiving its world premiere in the Midnighter section at SXSW.

It’s the sort of high-concept project that horror filmmakers often resort to to separate themselves from the rest of a very crowded field, such as the found-footage trend pioneered by the likes of The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. This effort, shot over three years, doesn’t have quite the same impact, except perhaps for the most ardent fans of canines, and...

Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar in ‘Drop,’ directed by Christopher Landon. (Photo Courtesy of Overlook Film Festival)

The 2025 Overlook Film Festival announced its first wave of films, with director Christopher Landon’s Drop starring Brandon Sklenar (1923) and Meghann Fahy (The Perfect Couple) set as the Opening Night film. This year’s popular horror film festival will take place April 3-6 in New Orleans and will include 47 films, live performances, interactive events, and special guests.

Attendees will also be treated to screenings of classic horror films including director Ernest Dickerson’s Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight and the 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator.

“No matter how many years this festival runs, every time we get to re-open the gates of our spectral summer camp feels like a miracle,” stated Landon Zakheim, co-founder and executive director of the Overlook FIlm Festival. “For all wayward souls and monster...

There’s no question that SXSW has outdone itself this year in terms of genre programming. The festival is kicking off its 31st year this Thursday in Austin, Texas, unleashing a dizzying slate of premieres and events, with a surprising emphasis on horror, sci-fi, and thrillers.

SXSW 2025 has filled its Headliner section, a programming track dedicated to the biggest gala film events and premieres with star power, with highly anticipated genre titles that include Flying Lotus‘s sci-fi horror movie Ash, Christopher Landon‘s ode to Brian De Palma in upcoming thriller Drop, and A24’s nightmare comedy Death of a Unicorn. But there’s so much more to discover beyond the big red carpet premieres. Not even the Midnighter category, which is dedicated to genre film, can contain the sheer volume of offerings.

This year’s SXSW features horror, thrillers, and sci-fi premieres across all categories, ensuring a robust...

Before Adam Wingard joined Legendary's Monsterverse to helm Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, he directed what is arguably one of the greatest slasher films of the 2010s: You're Next. Written by Simon Barrett, the film focuses on an estranged family who find themselves under attack by a group of masked assailants during a family reunion. It's a familiar premise, but one Wingard and Barrett handled with a deft hand that's filled with black humor and gory kills. Now, the pair are discussing the sequel they had planned, which they're glad they never made.

The chat between the two comes during a new commentary track on You're Next, which was released yesterday on SteelBook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray exclusively from Lionsgate Limited (via Bloody Disgusting). The film saw its killers decked out in a lamb, a fox, and a tiger mask, and while Lamb Mask (L.

This year’s SXSW Film Festival, taking place in Austin, TX, has unveiled its lineup this afternoon and it’s another insanely packed year for horror premieres.

While the Midnighter section is dedicated to the genre lovers, SXSW 2025 has filled its Headliner section and beyond with buzzy, highly anticipated titles including Flying Lotus‘s sci-fi horror movie Ash, Christopher Landon‘s ode to Brian De Palma in Drop, and A24’s Death of a Unicorn. Also look for Clown in a Cornfield, the film adaptation of Adam Cesare’s YA slasher novel.

Read on for the genre titles included in SXSW 2025’s lineup, and stay tuned for additional programming announcements.

Headliner

Big names, big talent featuring red carpet premieres and gala film events with major and rising names in cinema.

Ash

Director: Flying Lotus, Producers: Nate Bolotin, Matthew Metcalfe, Screenwriter: Jonni Remmler

A woman wakes up on a distant planet...

The original Den of Thieves was all about the thin line separating insular tribes of cops and robbers in Los Angeles. In the breezier Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Gerard Butler’s detective crosses that line to join forces with former nemesis O’Shea Jackson Jr. to rob the World Diamond Center in Nice. The heist franchise represents a line crossing for cinematographer Terry Stacey as well. The British Dp began his features career lensing early aught indies before working on a slew of studio romances and […]

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The original Den of Thieves was all about the thin line separating insular tribes of cops and robbers in Los Angeles. In the breezier Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Gerard Butler’s detective crosses that line to join forces with former nemesis O’Shea Jackson Jr. to rob the World Diamond Center in Nice. The heist franchise represents a line crossing for cinematographer Terry Stacey as well. The British Dp began his features career lensing early aught indies before working on a slew of studio romances and […]

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(L to r) Odessa A.zion, Belmont Cameli, Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino and Ji-young Yoo star in Until Dawn.

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the nightmare again and again – only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.

Based on the 2015 scary video game, watch the first trailer now.

The story for the video game was written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick,...

One of the most entertaining horror films released in 2013 was You’re Next, written by Simon Barrett and directed by Adam Wingard. It was a great mix of action, slasher horror and comedy, and it’s now one of the movies Wingard is known for.

Lionsgate has just announced that You’re Next is getting the 4K Uhd SteelBook treatment. The SteelBook for You’re Next includes 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and digital at a pre-order price of $39.99, only on Lionsgate Limited, which is their direct-to-consumer site.

You’re Next is about an extremely dysfunctional family getting together for a special dinner at their isolated vacation home in Missouri. Parents Aubrey and Paul are joined by sons Crispian, Drake and Felix, and daughter Aimee. Also along for the ride are the siblings’ significant others, including Crispian’s girlfriend Erin.

It’s almost immediately evident through their interactions that this family has some serious issues,...

For those of you old enough to remember the 1990s, there was a trend in PC gaming during that decade which saw the rise of what was dubbed the "interactive movie." It was a concept that had been brewing since at least the days of producer William Castle and "Mr. Sardonicus," if not earlier but where Hollywood had tried and failed to put such an idea into movie theaters (see: the 1995 experiment "Mr. Payback"), the gaming industry made much better headway into combining the rich narrative and emotional experience of cinema with the personalization and immediacy of video games. Still, the format was inelegant; even watershed games like "Phantasmagoria" and "Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger" featured cutscenes with professional actors in-between moments of non-cinematic gameplay. In other words, the best "interactive movie" games were still just games with bits of movies interspersed throughout.

For my money, the dream...

Werewolf films have never had the same cultural impact as vampire movies, or kaiju movies, or ghost stories, but in many ways that lesser renown is a selling point. Because it's a subgenre less codified by Hollywood, and less subject to certain tropes, the werewolf film has been able to,...

Every state has its own histories, landscapes, and stories worth telling, but some lend themselves to more visually stimulating tales than others. There are bland-looking states that shall remain unnamed, and then there are ones that feel intriguing and inviting no matter which way the camera's pointed. Hawaii is an obvious pick on that count, but Alaska gives it a real run for the top spot. It is an endlessly stunning place to be with natural beauty staring you down from every direction. That beauty can come at a cost, though, as nature can be both unrelenting and unforgiving.

That reality, when coupled with the vast size of the state and a sparse population, leaves it ripe for drama, danger, and stories about isolation both intentional and otherwise. It's a place where a detective can be driven mad by the lack of night ("Insomnia"), a humorously inappropriate romance can take...

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has unveiled its audience and jury award honorees for its 2024 edition, which ran from Oct. 17-24 at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations.

Taking home the best film and best ensemble awards from the Dark Matter Jury was “Dead Talents Society” from writer-director John Hsu. The comedy horror, starring Bo-lin Chen, Sandrine Pinna and Gingle Wang, follows a ghost who joins a supernatural talent agency in hopes of becoming an urban legend.

Emma Benestan won best director from the Head Trip Jury, which honors films that deviate from the typical horror formula. Her film, “Animale,” follows a young bullfighter who begins noticing disturbing changes after a violent incident in the ring. Cast members include Oulaya Amamra, Damien Rebattel and Vivien Rodriguez.

For the Shorts Jury, Grace Rex’s script for “The Shadow Wrangler” took home best screenplay. Following an audiobook narrator tortured by...

John Speredakos is no stranger to the world of indie horror. With a career that spans over two decades, the New York City-born actor has delivered unforgettable performances in films like Wendigo (2001), Blackout (2023), and now Crumb Catcher (2023), the darkly comedic thriller that premiered at Grimmfest 2024. Directed by Chris Skotchdopole, Crumb Catcher tells the unsettling story of a newlywed couple held hostage by a maniacally optimistic inventor, played by Speredakos, and his sour wife. The film explores themes of class, delusion, and desperation, all wrapped in a pitch-black comedic tone that keeps the audience guessing.

Will Knowles sat down with John at Grimmfest, where he opened up about the joy of playing such a twisted character, his love for improvisation, and what’s coming next in his burgeoning horror career.

Grimmfest, one of the UK’s premier horror festivals, was the perfect setting for Crumb Catcher to make its mark. The festival’s 2024 edition,...

Larry Fessenden’s career in horror films will be honored at the 2024 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Bhff).

The indie filmmaker, who launched his career with a Frankenstein story in 1991’s “No Telling,” will be celebrated with the Leviathan Award to mark his cinematic achievements. A special screening of Fessenden’s 1996 film “Habit” will also be part of the ceremony. Fessenden will participate in a Q&a with Bhff alum Jenn Wexler.

The Leviathan Award, Brooklyn Horror’s first and only tribute award, was created in 2023 to honor the luminaries of horror and acknowledge their monstrous contributions to the genre.

Fessenden is credited by the festival for being an “irreplaceable” voice in filmmaking. Fessenden is the founder of Glass Eye Pix, which has sustained indie horror in New York for three decades and counting.

“Larry Fessenden is exactly the kind of trailblazing and enduring artist we want to celebrate, one whose...

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Bhff) announced today the full program for its 2024 incarnation, running October 17-24 with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unworldly lineup of films and events, including a special screening of Larry Fessenden’s Habit with the Leviathan Award Ceremony, honoring his film career, hypes the press release.

In addition, Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox Original Series “Tales From the Void” will be screening alongside Joe Begos’s newest grindhouse horror Jimmy & Stiggs!

Here are the full deets…

The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New...

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has announced their lineup of features, shorts and events for this year's festival, happening from October 17th through 24th at Nitehawk Cinema's Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations.    Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy's Dead Mail will open this year's festival. James Ashcroft's The Rule of Jenny Pen starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow is the Closing Night Film. Emma Benestan's festival circuit hit, Animale, will be the festival's centerpiece film.   Larry Fessenden will be honored with this year's Leviathan Award, the ceremony features a screening of their film, Habit. Other festival circuit standouts include Rita, Timestalker, Black Eyed Susan, The Dead Thing, Sayara and The Soul Eater.    And chalk up a win for the home team today as our own Izzy...

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The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces Full 2024 Program: "The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (Bhff) announces today the full program for its 2024 incarnation, running October 17-24 with all screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations. Audiences are in for an unworldly lineup of films and events, including a special screening of Larry Fessenden’s Habit with the Leviathan Award Ceremony, honoring his film career.

The Opening Night film is the NY premiere of Dead Mail from directors Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. The 2024 festival boasts the North American Premieres of exciting new films: Tiago Teixeira’s unsettling body horror film Custom; a new documentary on horror at the turn of the millennium from Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton, Generation Terror; and New Zealand director Sasha Rainbow’s film Grafted.

The festival will feature the world premieres of Izzy Lee's first feature, House Of Ashes; the atmospheric ghost story,...

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 2024 edition, which runs from Oct. 17-24. All films will be screened at Nitehawk Cinema’s Williamsburg and Prospect Park locations.

Opening with Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy’s crime thriller “Dead Mail,” Bhff will feature the North American premieres of Tiago Teixeira’s erotic body horror “Custom,” Phillip Escott and Sarah Appleton’s late ’90s horror documentary “Generation Terror” and Sasha Rainbow’s “Grafted” starring Jess Hong.

Films receiving their world premieres at Bhff include Izzy Lee’s directorial debut “House of Ashes,” the queer science fiction adventure “Psychonaut” and “Lilly Lives Alone” starring Jeffrey Combs.

“Fear in Focus” is set to return for Bhff 2024, with this year’s rendition centering around horror films from Spain. The sidebar program will feature a 35mm screening of “The Blood Spattered Bride” and a showing of the Spanish version of “Dracula” with...

Apartment 7A Trailer: "Paramount+ today released the official trailer for the all-new psychological thriller Apartment 7A, available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ Friday, September 27 in the U.S. and Canada, Latin America and Brazil and on September 28 in the U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Australia. Availability in additional international Paramount+ markets to come at a later date. In addition to exclusively streaming on Paramount+, the film will be available for purchase on digital beginning Friday, September 27.

Set in 1965 New York City, the film tells the story prior to the legendary horror classic Rosemary’s Baby, exploring what happened in the infamous Bramford building before Rosemary moved in.

The highly anticipated film will debut at this year’s Fantastic Fest, the world’s largest genre and horror festival based in Austin, Texas, and will be featured in Paramount+ Peak Screaming, a curated collection of fan-favorite horror movies and Halloween episodes from beloved series.

Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about.The actor: Kelly Reichardt, Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes, Kathryn Bigelow. All names that appear multiple times in...

Independents look solid this weekend with Vertical’s Widow Clicquot nice alternative programming amid summer blockbuster season, IFC Film horror Oddity off to a fine start, and Thelma, one of the year’s biggest specialty hits, passing $8 million. New films and holdovers in limited release did business.

Thomas Napper’s Widow Clicquot is looking at an estimated 3-day box-office gross of $190k on about 100 screens. Haley Bennett stars as Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot in the true story of a 20-year-old woman who flouts convention by — after her husband dies — taking the reins of their wine business. Clicquot (1777–1866) defied her critics and ultimately revolutionized the champagne industry one of the world’s early, great businesswomen. (‘Veuve’ is French for widow.)

The R-rated drama, screenplay by Erin Dignam, is 88% with critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, a good sign for an extended run. Top five opening markets include LA, NY, San Francisco, Washington D.

It’s busy and Twister-y at the box office this weekend, but a few indies are hoping to catch a breeze with very well-reviewed Oddity looking to expand the market for high-end horror and Widow Clicquot to attract fans of good period films and bubbly.

Oddity from IFC Films, is a supernatural home-invasion horror from writer-director Damian McCarthy (Caveat). It opens on 790 screens, the widest new indie release this week. Carolyn Bracken stars as Dani, who is restoring an old castle in rural Cork County, Ireland, with her husband Ted (Gwilym Lee), a doctor at a facility for the criminally insane. When Dani is brutally murdered, her blind occultist twin sister Darcy (also Bracken) goes after those responsible using inherited haunted items as her tools of revenge. Premiered in SXSW’s Midnighter section, taking the Audience Award. At 98% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Vertical’s Indie drama Widow Cliquot is...

Even Mario Bava’s succinctly titled horror “Hatchet for the Honeymoon” 54 years ago did not imagine a more vividly unpleasant entrée to wedlock than “Crumb Catcher,” Chris Skotchdopole’s feature directorial bow. In this mix of home-invasion thriller and grotesque comedy, a just-hitched young couple already on each other’s last nerves are surprised by uninvited visitors, causing the night to go from bad to very much worse. If you can withstand spending nearly two hours in the company of these grating, argumentative characters, there are rewards to be had in a skillfully wrought, twisty suspense tale that releases to limited U.S. theaters on July 19.

Introduced posing for photos immediately after their wedding, Shane (Rigo Garay) and Leah (Ella Rae Peck) do not appear to be much of a love match. He’s clearly discomfited by the high-end surroundings, which her otherwise disapproving parents apparently bankrolled; she unthinkingly “corrects” his every spoken thought.

Almost a decade after Lucky McKee burst upon the indie horror scene and became a ‘Master of Horror’ in the making thanks to his directorial debut May, he teamed up with legendary cult author Jack Ketchum for his most shocking and brutal film to date: The Woman, which was itself a sequel to a previous Ketchum film adaptation titled Offspring.

Both films get the 4K Uhd treatment in a brand new double feature release from Arrow Video on August 26, allowing you to experience Ketchum’s uncompromisingly twisted vision of the dark side of the American family in a definitive edition that includes a 4K remaster of The Woman plus a bonus disc featuring a restoration of its 2009 predecessor.

Bloody Disgusting has been exclusively provided with the official trailer for the upcoming 4K restoration of director Andrew van den Houten’s Offspring. Check it out below.

4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Limited...