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The excitement builds for the upcoming episode of “Bargain Hunt,” titled “Exeter 10.” This highly anticipated show will air on Monday, May 19, 2025, at 12:15 Pm on BBC One. The setting for this episode is a bustling indoor antiques fair in Exeter, where treasures await discovery.

Eric Knowles takes the lead as the host, guiding viewers through the lively atmosphere of the fair. He brings his charm and experience to the screen, ensuring that the audience feels the thrill of the hunt. Joining him are two knowledgeable experts, Izzie Balmer and Serhat Ahmet. Both bring their unique insights and expertise to help the contestants navigate the world of antiques and collectibles.

As the teams search for hidden gems, the competition heats up. Viewers can expect a mix of excitement, strategy, and the occasional surprise. With the backdrop of Exeter’s rich history and vibrant antiques scene, this episode promises to be a...

On Monday 14 April 2025, BBC One broadcasts Bargain Hunt!

Exeter 8 Season 71: Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Bargain Hunt,” titled “Exeter 8,” promises to be an intriguing journey into history. This episode will air on BBC One and features a special segment with host Eric Knowles. The setting is the majestic Exeter Cathedral, a place filled with stories and secrets from the past.

In this episode, Eric Knowles will unveil a unique collection of medieval figures that have a remarkable backstory. These beeswax figures were discovered by stonemasons a year after the cathedral suffered damage from German bombings during World War II. The discovery of these figures adds a layer of historical significance to the episode, as they represent a piece of the cathedral’s rich heritage.

As the episode unfolds, viewers can expect to see not only the figures but also the fascinating tales behind them. The history of Exeter...

Prepare for an exciting episode of “Bargain Hunt” as Season 68 continues with “Exeter 22,” airing at 12:15 Pm on Friday, May 31, 2024, on BBC One. Presenter Caroline Hawley takes viewers on a journey along the Devon coast, where she explores the fascinating history of seaweed collecting, a popular pastime of the past. In a bygone era, Victorian women were discouraged from studying botany, leading them to gather seaweed specimens to press and dry at home. Some of these amateur naturalists even made remarkable discoveries, leading to the naming of new species after them.

Meanwhile, back in Exeter, two enthusiastic teams join their expert guides, Kate Bliss and Ben Cooper, as they navigate a vast indoor antiques fair. With adrenaline pumping and eyes peeled for hidden treasures, the teams dash through the fair, hoping to uncover valuable items that will lead them to victory.

With its blend of history, exploration, and competitive spirit,...

In the wake of the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear, which has now snorted up $53 million, the low-budget indie horror scene is hard at work in their attempts to capitalize on the film’s success. Coming soon, The Asylum will be unleashing Attack of the Meth Gator, and Bloody Disgusting has learned that Wild Eye Releasing has their own mockbuster on the way.

Coming soon from Wild Eye Releasing? Cocaine Shark, of course!

We don’t yet have a release date for Cocaine Shark at this time, but the official trailer has been unleashed this week. It looks, well, let’s just say it’s about what you’d expect…

In director Mark Polonia‘s film, “A mafia drug lord has unleashed a new, highly addictive stimulant on the streets called HT25, derived from sharks held captive in a secret lab, and which causes monstrous side effects. After an explosion and leak at the lab,...

Stars: Michael Paré, Jack Pearson, Erin Coker, Neli Sabour | Written by Gil Luna | Directed by Noah Luke

No relation to the anime of the same name or the Don Bluth film Titan A.E. for that matter, this Attack on Titan is – you guessed it – another creatively titled film from The Asylum. This one justifies its title by having a rebel faction on Saturn’s moon Titan object to Earth’s deal with the government to harvest water crystals. Since they launch an attack on us, the film, whose original title, Alien Space Battle, still appears in the end credits would be more accurately called Attack from Titan. But that just doesn’t sound the same.

After an attack on a freighter carrying those water crystals back to Earth Citizen Prime Ortiz orders Max Reece to put together a mission to rescue it. There’s just one problem, the only...

We asked for the return of short, stupid movies, and The Asylum answered. In light of Elizabeth Banks’ insane horror comedy Cocaine Bear, parody film distributor The Asylum has announced a follow-up film of sorts called Attack of the Meth Gator.

“Hold our bear… I mean, beer,” The Asylum tweeted, attaching a potential poster for the film. “Coming for your life this summer.”

Loosely based on a 2019 news article about police warning residents in Flordia to refrain from flushing methamphetamine down their toilets, the film stars Robbie Rist (Oliver from The Brady Bunch) and Patrick Labyorteaux (Little House on the Prairie). The film is set for release this summer.

Not much else is known about Attack of the Meth Gator, but if it’s to follow Cocaine Bear, you can expect an alligator to ingest a lot of meth and then kill people, which sounds pretty fun. The company assured...

Soon after its strong opening weekend, a ridiculous-sounding Cocaine Bear mockbuster titled Attack of the Meth Gator has been announced by the same studio responsible for the Sharknado franchise. Loosely inspired by a true story, Cocaine Bear follows the titular black bear who ingests a shipment of cocaine and goes on a drug-fueled rampage throughout Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. The Elizabeth Banks-directed comedy-horror made a killing in its opening weekend, garnering generally positive reviews and grossing a higher-than-expected $23 million.

Now, fresh off its opening weekend, a Cocaine Bear mockbuster has been announced in an effort to capitalize off its current popularity.

Hold our bear… I mean, beer. Coming for your life this summer.

Cocaine Bear (read our review Here) screenwriter Jimmy Warden has said that he has ideas for multiple sequels to the film, and some movie-goers have already let it be known that they’re hoping and waiting for a movie that would be called Cocaine Shark. But while we wait to see if Cocaine Bear is going to spawn a franchise, the mockbuster masters at The Asylum have unveiled a poster of the mockbuster they have made to cash in on the Cocaine Bear hype: a movie called Attack of the Meth Gator! An exact release date hasn’t been announced, but we can expect to see Attack of the Meth Gator sometime this summer.

We can only assume that Attack of the Meth Gator is going to be about an alligator going on a killing spree after consuming meth, much like Cocaine Bear is about a bear going on a killing spree after consuming cocaine.

With Cocaine Bear now playing in theaters, it was only a matter of time before The Asylum whipped up their own “mockbuster” take on the buzzy horror-comedy. And indeed they’ve unleashed the first look at that upcoming project today: Attack of the Meth Gator!

The Asylum tweets, “Hold our bear… I mean, beer. Coming for your life this summer.”

Along with the tweet is early poster art for Attack of the Meth Gator, which presumably centers on an alligator who ingests a whole bunch of meth and eats a whole bunch of people.

Is The Asylum just messing with us all? In a follow-up tweet from their official account, the studio promises that the film is very much real, and we wouldn’t expect anything less.

The Asylum is the company behind horror movies including Snakes on a Train, 2-Headed Shark Attack, Atlantic Rim, Sharknado, and Aquarium of the Dead,...

Stars: Ethan Daniel Corbett, Amanda Jones, Nic Caruccio, Sean Whalen, Michael Paré, Kate Hodge, Jonathan Huynh-Mast, Adam Pepper | Written and Directed by Jose Prendes

The Headless Horseman is one of the latest horror films from The Asylum to hit DVD here in the UK, and it;s what sounds like a mashup of Ghost Rider and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Or Ghost Rider and The Punisher if the UK DVD artwork is to be believed.

To quote the film’s press release “When seconds from death, a nearly decapitated and desperate man makes a deal with the devil to protect the love of his life and seek revenge on the drug dealer who almost murdered him.” Why does it not surprise me that The Asylum’s lack of quality extends to its marketing department?

Angel Cregar is a busy man. If he’s not selling drugs he’s killing...

"Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" might be getting panned by critics, but you've got to respect filmmaker Rhys Frake-Waterfield's hustle. When A.A. Milne's copyright on the gentle resident of Hundred Acre Wood lapsed in 2022, the British writer-director immediately got to work on his low-budget, slasher-flick profaning of the author's lovable characters. It's classic exploitation grifting to which the schlock-producing likes of Roger Corman, William Castle, and Samuel Arkoff would certainly tip their cap. The goal is to get out of the gate first and fast. You don't want to be the second guy to portray Pooh and Piglet as remorseless murderers.

Now that his film is out in the world and making loads of disreputable noise, Frake-Waterfield wants gorehounds to know that this is just the beginning. Not only is he currently working on other blood-thirsty takes on beloved children's classics (e.g. "Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare...

Stars: Xander Bailey, Ryan Youngwoong Kim, Lesley Grant, Dylan J. Harris, Rashod Freelove, Carolina Vargas, Tom Sizemore | Written by Alex Heerman | Directed by Brian Nowak

No, Bullet Train Down is not a crossover of the Gerard Butler “…Down” franchise and the recent Brad Pitt film. But since it is from The Asylum you can bet it does borrow heavily from other films, in this case taking the train from Bullet Train and placing the bomb from Speed on it. Yes, in just sixteen years they’ve has gone from Snakes of a Train to Bombs on a Train, that’s progress.

Jack Banta is about to see a dream come true, the inaugural run of his company’s latest breakthrough, the world’s fastest bullet train. Among the others on board is his assistant Lou, vloggers Claire and Davey and ex-military bomb disposal expert Kessler Briggs.

If there’s a...

Stars: May Kelly, Richard Kovacs, Gillian Broderick, Chris Cordell, Lauren Staerck, Karl Hughes, Julie Stevens, Marcus Massey, Elliot Eason, Kate Awoke, Lee Hancock | Written by Tom Joliffe | Directed by David Gregory

It seems like, with the recently released Firenado, that Scott Jeffrey’s Jagged Edge Productions are looking to take on the current kings of the low-budget natural disaster movie(s), The Asylum. They also share two more things in common, bad CGI and even worse acting!

Mega Lightning follows Meg (May Kelly) and a young woman who seemingly has issues with self-esteem and self-worth as she and her sister plan a party with their friends and respective boyfriends after her parents go away for a holiday. However, their plans as scuppered by an over-the-top lightning storm that seemingly targets the electricity in people like some kind of vicious [super]natural event – not only frying people alive but, in a particularly stunning shot,...

Plot: A group of friends is stalked by a large shark whose only purpose is to kill.

Review: The fact that Maneater is a killer shark movie should already set your expectations right from the jump. I mean, when was the last time we had a good one? But that also means that most people going into this should have their expectations set low. In a lot of ways, this is what would happen if you gave Artificial Intelligence the task of making a killer shark movie. It hits all the moments you would expect it to and doesn’t deter once. But is that a good thing?

Nicky Whalen stars as a woman who just had her engagement fall apart. She’s in a tropical location with friends to have fun and let loose. They decide to embark on a booze cruise and end up right in the hunting...

Stars: Ego Mikitas, Maxi Witrak, Terrance Livingston Jr., Lydia Hunter, Michael Deni, Tania Fox, Natasha Goubskaya | Written by Ryan Ebert, Anna Rasmussen | Directed by Glenn Campbell, Tammy Klein

The biggest surprise about Shark Side of the Moon is that, in a genre that’s already seen Sharks of the Corn, Sharkula, Ouija Shark and even Shark Encounters of the Third Kind, it took so long for someone to use the title. What shouldn’t be so surprising is that it was The Asylum that did it and it makes its bow as a Tubi Original, part of Bitefest, the streaming service’s Shark Month.

During the Cold War, the Soviets were experimenting with human/shark hybrids at a launch facility. As is usually the case in these situations the experimental creatures got free. In a desperate bid to keep them from reaching the ocean, Sergey lured them onto a shuttle...

From the directors of The Asylum’s Dune knockoff and the writers/director of The Asylum’s Aladdin ripoff comes The Asylum’s Tubi Original Shark Side of the Moon. Just when you thought it was safe to colonize Earth’s crater-covered moon again, Glenn Campbell and Tammy Klein introduce Russian human-shark hybrids as cosmic predators. Or, more appropriately, lower-than-low-budget digital renderings of what The Asylum standards define as extraterrestrial Street Shark lookin’ freakshows. You’re going to read the review you’d expect for Shark Side of the Moon, a zero-star technical affair that’s barely fit for Syfy’s Sunday headliner slot — but with such an out-of-bounds concept, it’s hard to ignore and not marvel at the Frankensteining of genres on display.

The gist is simple. Russian scientists create humanoid-shark supersoldiers that can survive any situation, which escape their facility and are flown to the moon by...

A fishing trip is turned upside down in The Asylum‘s upcoming Shark Waters, the latest low-budget shark attack horror movie to keep us company in the final weeks of summer.

Shark Waters is coming to select theaters from August 12-August 18, including…

Laemmle Royal – Los Angeles, CA Hickory Ridge Cinemas – Brunswick, Oh Trylon Cinema – Minneapolis, Mn O Cinema South Beach – Miami Beach, Fl Aurora Cineplex – Roswell, Ga

The at-home Digital release is also set for Friday, August 12.

In the film, “Great white sharks attack a fishing charter, ramming a hole in the ship’s hull. With the shoreline miles away, those aboard are forced to fight for their lives before they are either drowned or eaten alive.” Watch the Shark Waters trailer below.

Jim Fitzpatrick, Meghan Carrasquillo, and Mike Anderson star.

Jadon Cal directed Shark Waters, written by M. L. Miller.

The post ‘Shark Waters’ Trailer – The Asylum Returns With...

Joe Begos is one of the top up-and-coming horror directors I keep an eye on. From his debut film Almost Human to his telekinetic follow-up The Mind's Eye it's just a matter of time before Begos hits the mainstream in a big, bad way. And today we have word on his next film which just might be the project that pushes him into a theater near you. This new project comes to us from the twisted minds over at the newly rebooted Fangoria and is called V.F.W.

And, get this, the movie just snagged Avatar and Don't Breathe baddie Stephen Lang as the star. Described as The Wild Bunch meets Night of the Living Dead, it follows, "Fred and his military buddies as they must defend their local Vfw post - and an innocent teen - against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants.

Exclusive: Big Talk Productions has optioned television rights to Katerina Diamond’s bestselling thriller novels that feature lead characters DS Imogen Grey and DS Adrian Miles. The plan is to craft a multi-part, returnable series. The books are set in Devon.

In the first, The Teacher, Exeter suffers a rising count of gruesome deaths and Grey and Miles must solve the case to make their city safe again. As they’re drawn into a network of corruption, lies and exploitation, every step brings them closer to secrets hidden at the heart of the community. Other titles include The Secret, The Angel and The Promise. The latter came out on September 20 and is a Sunday Times bestseller.

Published with HarperCollins, the series is now in 10 languages and has sold over half a million copies in the UK with the Evening Standard branding Diamond “the master of gripping literature.”

Faye Dorn, Big Talk’s Executive Producer Drama,...

Platforms currently available in North America, UK, Germany, Austria.

Sundance Now and Shudder, sister streaming platforms under AMC Networks, are to launch in Australia and New Zealand later this year.

The services are currently available in territories including the Us, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Austria.

Sundance Now’s roster of original and exclusive dramas includes Australian thriller Dead Lucky and Neil Jordan’s Riviera, and features including documentaries and foreign-language titles.

Programming recently added to the service includes docuseries Jonestown: Terror In The Jungle from Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, Exeter, the service’s first original scripted podcast,...

Sundance Now, AMC Networks’ streaming video on demand service, is wading into the podcast waters for the first time with a new scripted crime series starring Jeanne Tripplehorn (“Big Love”) and Ray McKinnon (“Sons of Anarchy”).

The show, “Exeter,” was announced at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday. “Exeter” will follow Tripplehorn as hardened detective Colleen Clayton as she grapples with the wrongful conviction of a woman sent to prison for murder a decade earlier. A run of shocking ritualistic murders in her South Carolina town puts Clayton at odds with her department and outgoing partner, Lester, played by McKinnon.

“Sundance Now could not be more excited to be entering the scripted podcast space with such a riveting story, brilliantly brought to life by two outstanding actors — the indomitable Jeanne Tripplehorn and Ray McKinnon, whom we are thrilled to have back in the Sundance fold,...

Looking for some frights to dig into after your Thanksgiving feasts? We have you covered with today's Horror Highlights, which includes release details for Friends Don't Let Friends, the chilling synopsis for 11th Hour Cleaning, and the trailer for the scary short film Balloon.

Friends Don't Let Friends Trailer & Release Details: Press Release: "Gravitas Ventures has acquired Friends Don’t Let Friends for North American release this November. We have a release date of November 28th

Official Synopsis: As a group of friends come together to cover up a murder, they end up stranded deep in the desert, and have to band together to make it out alive. The further they venture into the darkness, the closer they come to discovering that each one of them is more dangerous than anyone had ever realized. It’s only a matter of time before they understand… Four people can keep a secret,...

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Steve Guttenberg headlines what's supposed to be a reunion of the Police Academy cast. Life doesn't always work out as promised, though...

To the nearest $1m, the final Police Academy movie – Police Academy: Mission To Moscow – took a tidy $1m at the box office. It brought to a tragic end a movie franchise that had delighted surely a few people in its latter years, and certain given the office photocopiers a workout, as jokes were religiously recycled en masse. The Hangover series would put a better gloss on the recycling jokes schtick, and repeat the trick across its sequels many years later, to better commercial return.

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See also: What went wrong with Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.

Police Academy producer Paul Maslansky – who also tried to turn Ski Patrol into a series, foiled by the fact that barely anyone went to see the first and only one – has talked about rebooting Police Academy since. Most of the original cast are still with us, too, save for the brilliant David Graf (Tackleberry), Bubba Smith (Hightower), and George Gaynes (Commandant Lassard). Basically, a chunk of the core ensemble are available, and have been waiting for the call to return for a fresh Police Academy adventure. But the call, unfortunately, never came.

Hence, Lavalantula.

This is a film that centres on Steve Guttenberg, a washed-up movie star of the 90s who’s taken on a bug movie for $10,000. Going by the name of Colton West, we learn that he’s been the star of such movie franchises as Crazy Cops and Red Robot, and I know even typing this that nobody really cares. Instead, you’ve been drawn to this film for the same reason I was: it’s the cast of the Police Academy movies, just in a sort-of-horror film. Asda – and other supermarkets selling DVDs are available – had this next to Star Wars: Rogue One in my local store. One coin toss later, and Rogue One could wait.

It turns out, of course, that it’s a dose of trash that’s been doing the rounds for a little while. Spun out of the Sharknado series, Lavalantula was first shown on Syfy in the Us back in 2015, and I’ve barely found mention of it since. That notwithstanding, I armed myself with some of those new strawberry and vanilla Calippos (6/10 from me for them), and settled in.

Purveyors of The Asylum and Syfy attempts to recreate the feel of B-movies will know what they’re getting here. A perfunctory bit of plot, to get to some special effects that have been produced with second hand computers bought off Ilm. That’s less snooty than it sounds, mind. Lavalantula, a word that only seven of the 49 human beings who have ever tried managed to pronounce correctly the first time, is a solid audit as to what $20,000 or so’s worth of effects can buy you. Some lava and half-decent spiders is the answer. Given that London Has Fallen, for one, cost $105m to make and had effects that looked like Call Of Duty a generation back, Lavathingy does offer a decent recent in that sense. Don’t get carried away and start giving it awards or anything, though.

Thing is, it’s easy to look down on micro budget stuff like this. Yet who knows where the next big filmmaker is going to come from? Jennifer Yuh Nelson cut her teeth on the basic animated movies that used to go straight to bargain stores, and now she’s one of the highest grossing female directors of all time, courtesy of the Kung Fu Panda series. The late Jonathan Demme was one of many schooled by the low budget ways of Roger Corman – a model that Jason Blum has expanded on for his Blumhouse outfit, offering filmmakers low budgets in exchange for final cut – and whilst The Asylum has lower ambitions, everyone needs a break, right?

In this case, it’s director Mike Mendez, who worked on the likes of NCIS and CSI before giving the world Big Ass Spider! Here, he knows the trade off is he has to shoot lots of explanatory conversation scenes to stretch the budget (he does throw in a Raiders Of The Lost Ark boulder-rip-off at one moment, though, as well as a just on the right side of legal Pirates Of The Caribbean homage), reckoning he has but 10 minutes out of 80 that he can spend on effects. At one stage, he decides to have a man dressed as a spider fight a spider. Sadly, it’s less fun that it sounds.

The other concession to budget is you don’t actually get the cast of Police Academy for very long. This is less forgivable. Sure, you get shirtless Guttenberg stealing a bus, and in his own way giving us his own spin on Last Action Hero. His character also needs to reconnect with his son for reasons that are of no human interest. But everyone else? They’re shuttled in for quick cameos. You get them at the start, and then Winslow and Ramsey finally return an hour later. But by then, they’re plotting how to beat the big spiders, and – presumably fearing legal interest – the references to glories old are all but gone.

I can’t be the only person who put the DVD in to hear Michael Winslow recreate his collection of noises. But we get, what, five minutes with him in all? It’s like a Police Academy reunion where everyone but Steve Guttenberg got given the wrong time. There’s the odd concession and acknowledgement of the series elsewhere in the film - “they took out the Blue Oyster. I loved that place,” says pretend Captain Jack Sparrow (really) at one stage – but for Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook and Winslow, the DVD packaging may as well provide you with a spotter book, so you can at least tick ‘em off once you see them.

Still, Ralph Garman is good fun here as the aforementioned Jack Sparrow knock-off, and 24 fans who wonder just what happened to that fella who played Tony Almeida Isn’t Dead Really will get their answer, as Carlos Bernard duly picks up his cheque. 24: Legacy couldn’t come along quickly enough, though.

On the plus side too, there’s little question that everyone’s in on the gag.

But when you yearn for the film to at least have an equitable number of laughs as a Police Academy sequel, it’d be fair to say a little alarm has long been going off. By the time the film is directly mirroring and quoting a moment from Jurassic Park, that old adage of invoke the memory of other, better films at your peril has long been proved.

The cheapest moment, incidentally, and this is a competitive contest, is the Basil Exposition-type Doctor/Professor/scientist character, clambering into a helicopter with the full chopper sound effect going. Only for the camera to leave the fact that the rotors aren’t turning fully in shot.

Yet I think I still want that horror movie with the Police Academy cast that I was sold. In fact, what I think what I’d like to see now is a big screen version of the PlayStation 4 game Until Dawn, but with Police Academy characters, to bring a bit of a choose your own adventure element to the fun. Plus, then you get to replay it, changing just a few plot elements next time you play, accurately reflecting one of the core components of the Police Academy business plan.

Guttenberg has since followed this up with a sequel, 2 Lava 2 Tarantula, where only two Police Academy alumni joined him. Another film is coming. But Lavalantula: Tokyo Drift is surely just a meeting and a beermat’s worth of plot away, where all of his co-stars will have deserted him, ready to rejoin him for the fourth film in the series. That’s how this stuff work, right? And then Statham will turn up two films later? Right?

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Starring Sophie Skelton, Marcus Vanco, Jeff Gum (Exeter, The Vault), Lorina Kamburova (Nightworld, Leatherface Death Race 4), Nick Loeb, Rachel O’Meara, Debbie Sherman, Luke Cousins, Nathan Cooper, and Cristina Serafini, here’s a new behind-the-scenes shot from the Day of the Dead remake from The Corpse of Anna Fritz director Hèctor Hernández Vicens. Day of the Dead follows a former medical student tormented by a dark figure […]...

Stars: Jonathan Rosenthal, Adrian Voo, Bo Linton, Caroline Attwood, Christine Springett, Patrick Edward Wynne, Kathinka van Putten, Omar Hansen, Athena Baumeister, Velta Moore, David Neff | Written and Directed by Filip Maciejewicz

Another film released under another generic title that will please another supermarket buyer, The Asylum first debuted on the Us film festival circuit – under its original title of Seventy-Nine – way back in 2013; and yet still remains unreleased on any physical format in the Us. Now the film makes it UK DVD debut with little fanfare from Lightning Pictures (aka Point Blank), whose last release, Leatherface, will be more renown for trying to con UK audiences rather than for being a good slasher movie. Surprise, surprise we’ve already had a film called The Asylum released on DVD here, back in 2015, from director Marcus Nispel; who directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in 2003 – and Leatherface is actually the title of the...

Starring Sophie Skelton, Marcus Vanco, Jeff Gum (Exeter, The Vault), Lorina Kamburova (Nightworld, Leatherface Death Race 4), Nick Loeb, Rachel O’Meara, Debbie Sherman, Luke Cousins, Nathan Cooper, and Cristina Serafini, the Day of the Dead remake is currently filming under the direction of The Corpse of Anna Fritz‘s Hèctor Hernández Vicens. Day of the Dead follows a former medical student tormented by a dark figure […]...

Starring Sophie Skelton, Marcus Vanco, Jeff Gum (Exeter, The Vault), Lorina Kamburova (Nightworld, Leatherface Death Race 4), Nick Loeb, Rachel O’Meara, Debbie Sherman, Luke Cousins, Nathan Cooper, and Cristina Serafini, the Day of the Dead remake is currently filming under the direction of The Corpse of Anna Fritz‘s Hèctor Hernández Vicens. Day of the Dead follows a former medical student tormented by a […]...

Tuesday, July 5th is looking to be a busy start to another month of horror and sci-fi home entertainment releases as there seems to be something for everyone coming to Blu-ray and DVD this week. Arrow Video has given Mario Bava’s Giallo classic Blood and Black Lace the royal treatment with their new two-disc special edition release and for those of you in the mood for an anthology film, Holidays is making its way to DVD on Tuesday.

Other notable titles arriving on July 5th include The Pack, the Cabin Fever remake, The Levenger Tapes, Circle and two different editions of Parasyte – Maxim: Collection 2.

Blood and Black Lace: Two-Disc Special Edition (Arrow Video, Blu/DVD)

Six Models. Six Victims For A Crazed Masked Killer. The Cristian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models... and backstabbing... and blackmail... and drug deals... and Murder.

Having established a template...

Travis Zariwny's remake of Eli Roth's Cabin Fever comes out on Blu-ray and DVD this Tuesday from Scream Factory, and we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to Daily Dead readers.

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Cabin Fever (2016).

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Cabin Fever Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on July 8th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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"Executive producer Eli Roth presents this reboot of his instant-classic gorefest, which features all-new characters and all-new kills. The story is familiar: Fresh out of college, a group of five friends retreat to a remote...

On July 5th, the flesh-eating virus from Eli Roth's Cabin Fever gets some fresh meat when Travis Z's Cabin Fever reboot debuts alongside The Pack on Blu-ray and DVD. In the meantime, check out these Blu-ray clips and trailers from the films courtesy of Scream Factory.

From the Press Release: "On July 5, 2016, Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight, present Cabin Fever and The Pack, two suspenseful thrillers making their Blu-ray and DVD debut!

It will make your flesh crawl … Executive Producer Eli Roth presents Cabin Fever, a reboot of his instant classic gorefest. Featuring all-new characters and all-new kills, Cabin Fever also includes the featurette “The Making of Cabin Fever” and theatrical trailer as bonus features. This story is familiar: Just out of college, a group of five friends retreat to a remote cabin in the woods for one last week of partying – only to become snacks for a gruesome,...

Want a peek at Syfy’s Wynonna Earp Season 1, Episode 10 before it airs tonight? A clip from the new episode is now available and we have it to share with readers this morning. Also in today’s Horror Highlights: Blu-ray and DVD release details for the Cabin Fever reboot and The Pack, as well as info and a poster for Takashi Shimizu’s short film Ame Onna, shot for 4Dx theaters.

Photos & Clip from Wynonna Earp Episode 110: “On this Friday’s episode of Syfy’s hit series Wynonna Earp, Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) and Dolls (Shamier Anderson) investigate the haunting, snowy Barrens, where rumors of a bloodthirsty beast could prove Bobo’s (Michael Eklund) undoing – and their own. Doc (Tim Rozon) confronts his murky future and takes action, with Waverly’s (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) inadvertent help.

You know the saying, every town has its Manson family. And Wynonna has just found Purgatory’s.

Centered on three best friends who are also vampire hunters, Amanda B. Goodman’s vampire horror comedy You Only Die Once is available online in its entirety right now, and we have it for Daily Dead readers to watch. Also in today’s Highlights: a look at bloopers from A24’s The Witch and Viva Pictures’ acquisition of the Us rights for the Morbido label.

Watch the Short Film You Only Die Once: “You Only Die Once tells the tale of 3 childhood best friends and vampire hunters whose friendship is called into question when one of their boyfriends becomes a vamp-bride craving, Count Dracula voice mimicking, messy blood-sucker! It’s Buffy meets Hammer Horror and more in this Amanda B. Goodman horror/comedy short!

Starring: Phil Casale, Teegan Curitz, John DeSilvestri, Amanda B. Goodman, Jen Keefe, Janet S. Kim, Lyssa Mandel, and Lianna Nielsen.

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Scream Factory has announced three IFC Midnight films set to get the Blu-ray / DVD treatment. Road Games, featuring Barbara Crampton, Cabin Fever (2016), and the Australian horror film The Pack will all be released on home media this July.

From Scream Factory: “We are proud to announce that we have Three new IFC Midnight films planned for release on Blu-ray and DVD this July!

The Pack (2015) Man’s best friend becomes his worst nightmare when a horde of bloodthirsty wild dogs descends upon a family’s farmhouse. In a remote stretch of the Australian Outback, a sheep rancher (Jack Campbell), his veterinarian wife (Anna Lise Phillips), and their two teenage children live in bucolic isolation — until a horrifying night when a pack of fang-baring, four-legged, rabid beasts besiege their home. With no one around to help them, the family must band together to survive — or else become canine kibble. Generating...

On Monday, J.K. Rowling dropped some big news for Harry Potter fans. As People.com announced exclusively, the author is finally taking readers to the American world of magic with a series of four original stories called The History of Magic in North America. The new tales will be available exclusively on Pottermore. The series covers previously untapped topics including Ilvermorny, the U.S. school of magic, the Salem witch trials, the Magical Congress of the United States of America and the Native American legend of skin-walkers. As we count down the minutes until the new series goes live, we're...

On Monday, J.K. Rowling dropped some big news for Harry Potter fans. As People.com announced exclusively, the author is finally taking readers to the American world of magic with a series of four original stories called The History of Magic in North America. The new tales will be available exclusively on Pottermore. The series covers previously untapped topics including Ilvermorny, the U.S. school of magic, the Salem witch trials, the Magical Congress of the United States of America and the Native American legend of skin-walkers. As we count down the minutes until the new series goes live, we're...

With Fangoria’s free screening of Marcus Nispel’s Exeter possessing L.A. tonight, loaded with secret surprises that no horror fan will forget, the film’s FX chief Shaun Smith has given Fangoria a much more deeper look at the fright film with an exclusive batch of gruesome stills and some behind-the-scenes images! For those unfamiliar, here’s the official […]...

Stars: Stephen Lang, Brett Dier, Brittany Curran, Kevin Chapman, Gage Golightly, Kelly Blatz, Jenny Shakeshaft, Meredith Prunty, Ashley Tramonte, Nick Nicotera, Jeff Gum, Adam Teper, Keith Arem, Aaron Dorsey, Karina Junker | Written by Marcus Nispel, Kirsten Elms | Directed by Marcus Nispel

During a party in an abandoned asylum, teenagers perform an occult ritual that leads to a violent possession. After they become trapped in the building, they try to uncover the asylum’s dark past to survive.

As stories go, especially horror stories, ‘stuck in an insane asylum’ is one we seem to want to go back to again and again. You think the cow has been milked dry but then another bunch of teenagers stumble into a crumbling ruin and end up finding that all the doors have been locked whilst they weren’t paying attention. The Asylum gives you what you would expect, but in fact it gives...

To celebrate the release of the genre-busting evolution in teen horror The Asylum, out on DVD and Blu-ray 4th May 2015, we have a DVD and the official quad poster to giveaway courtesy of Studiocanal.

From director Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday The 13th remakes) and the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this gore-filled supernatural story of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll possession! “Plenty of gory shocks and some big laughs” – SciFiNow.

The Asylum is available to order today: http://amzn.to/1dnYH95

To win a copy of The Asylum on DVD and a cool quad poster for the film, just answer the following question:

The Asylum director Marcus Nispel also directed which of the following remakes? Was it:

a) Red Sonja

b) Conan the Barbarian

c) Excalibur

Email your answer to NerdlyComps@gmail.com, making sure to include your name and address. You can also...

No, it isn’t a new clip from the mad scientists at The Asylum production company, but rather one from Marcus Nispel’s first original horror film, The Asylum (review) (aka Backmask and Exeter)! You can catch the flick on UK DVD… Continue Reading →

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The Red Granite International subsidiary has dropped a Marcus Nispel project into the Cannes market in the form of the maritime horror film.

Scott Sandler, Connor Colebrook and Juhani Nurmi wrote the screenplay to Stowaway from a story by Nispel (pictured) and Nurmi.

Los Angeles-based producers White Sands Pictures have earmarked an autumn start on the story of a woman who takes a yacht trip with her fiancé’s family, unaware of the clan’s secret that lies at the bottom of the ocean.

Stowaway is inspired by the Norse myth about an avenging seaborne humanoid creature and the production will benefit from the services of creature feature expert Mike Elizade of SpectralMotion.

Nispel, whose credits include Pathfinder, Conan The Barbarian and the upcoming Exeter, produces alongside Stefan Brunner. The executive producer is White Sands founder Juergen J Straub.

We’ve been talking about Marcus Nispel’s Exeter (formerly Backmask) around these parts for a really long time, and word has come that the flick will soon be hitting Blu-ray and DVD in the UK as The Asylum. Read on for… Continue Reading →

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th remakes were brought to life on the big screen by Marcus Nispel, and the director returns to the horror genre with the long-awaited Exeter (formerly known as Backmask). Ahead of its DirecTV debut this July, Exeter will make its Us premiere at the 10th Annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival in Phoenix, Az. The core films of the festival have been revealed, and in addition to Exeter, horror and sci-fi fans can look forward to experiencing the heavy metal horror of Deathgasm, the strange-but-true vibe of Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau, and much more:

The 10th Annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival kicks off Friday, March 27th with screenings of The Editor and Julia, followed by a Saturday night double feature of Exeter and Deathgasm. Other films showing at the festival include Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau...

Gordon Fleming's asbestos removal crew were infected by it in 2001's Session 9, Lance Preston and his ghost investigation team faced it in 2011's Grave Encounters, and soon a group of teenagers will also become immersed in the creepy, haunting, and ultimately mind-bending atmosphere of an abandoned asylum in Marcus Nispel's Exeter (formerly known as Backmask). Featured in our latest round-up, the next film from the director of the Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remakes has been acquired for U.S. distribution and given a release date. Also included in this go-around is the poster for The Diabolical, a new horror film starring Ali Larter, as well as a look at Super7 and Secret Base's Green Slime Alien soft vinyl figure, going on sale this Friday.

Exeter: Viva Pictures and DirecTV have acquired the U.S. rights to Exeter and have set a July 2nd...

DirecTV, which in the last year has hosted VOD exclusives on titles like Enemy and Life After Beth, will debut Marcus Nispel’s delayed, rock ‘n’ roll exorcism flick Exeter (formerly, Backmask) this July before a theatrical release via Viva Pictures. Exeter has seen a long road to release. The film was largely announced and produced…

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Jason Blum & the director of the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th returns with Exeter, formally Backmask. If you have DirecTV, you will be the first to see the flick on July 2nd. From the Press Release:

Viva Pictures and Directv announced today that they have acquired U.S. rights to Exeter, a feature film from the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th and the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious. The film will debut exclusively on Directv on July 2 followed by a theatrical release by Viva Pictures later this year.

Exeter was directed by Marcus Nispel and written by Kirsten McCallion. The film was executive produced by Jason Blum and Steven Schneider.

After an all-night party at an abandoned asylum known for its horrific treatment of its patients, a group of ordinary teens decide to tinker with the occult, leading to a possession,...

The Glasgow arm of the UK’s annual, celebrated Film4 Frightfest will unfold over three nights this February, boasting the UK premieres and seeming first public screenings of two long-awaited fright films in the process: Jon Watts’ Eli Roth-produced Clown and Marcus Nispel’s rock ‘n’ roll exorcism horror The Asylum (formerly Backmask). Celebrating its tenth year,…

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Kicking off with a special screening on Thursday 26th February and hosting eleven films on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th February, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival celebrates ten ‘gore-ious’ years at its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival with an all-exclusive slate of the freshest new horror films around – including three World, two European and six UK premieres!

The shocktacular line-up starts on Thurs 26 Feb in sumptuous Hammer-style with the UK premiere of the Edgar Allan Poe based Eliza Graves featuring an all-star Hollywood cast, including Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Michael Caine.

Friday’s fearsome line-up kicks off with the European premiere of The Atticus Institute, the paranormal activity shockumentary of the year, written and directed by Chris Sparling, who wrote ‘Buried’. This is followed by the World Premiere of The Hoarder, starring an on-form Mischa Barton who uncovers the worst horrors in the...

11th edition of festival to close with UK premiere of Force Majeure, and will feature 33 UK premieres and a record 11 world premieres.

While We’re Young is to receive its European premiere as the opening film of the 11th Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) (Feb 18-Mar 1).

Noah Baumbach’s comedy stars Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts as a settled married couple who are offered a second chance at youth when hipsters Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried) come into their lives. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival last year.

This year’s festival will close with the UK premiere of Cannes Jury Prize-winner Force Majeure, written and directed by Ruben Östlund. The film explores the flaws and cracks in a marriage after an avalanche hits in the French Alps where the couple are on a skiing holiday with their children.

Supported by Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, EventScotland, Creative Scotland and BFI, this year’s...

Marcus Nispel is returning to the horror genre with Exeter. Nispel got his start in horror with a series of remakes, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Friday the 13th (2009). His first original film deals with a sanitarium and a possessed young girl. Not entirely original in setting or motif, this film has already been released in several Asian markets. A release in North America is still eluding the filmmakers. The film's story is based on an urban legend. In the past, it was sometimes believed that playing rock and roll records backwards would reveal hidden messages. In Exeter, a Satanic message is delivered through an old recording, which summons a demon. That demon begins to possess a group of friends. Now, everyone is a conduit of hell! The film's first trailer shows the devil at work. A priest is called in to calm events. But, Satan's helpers are many and murderous.

If the first international trailer for Exeter is any indicator Marcus Nispel may be best served sticking to genre reboots. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th were both servicable (I actually loved the Friday reboot) pictures. Exeter however does admittedly look to be a painfully obnoxious terribly unoriginal (Im not joking theres actually a part in which a guy chants the power of Christ compels you while performing an exorcism in the film... seriously... seriously) and completely uninspired film. That assessment falls on the heels of a single trailer of course. And that opinion could certainly change with a viewing. But this isnt the kind of trailer you want landing in the publics lap.