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In 2013, Haunter, a Canadian supernatural horror directed by Vincenzo Nataliand starring Abigail Breslin and Stephen McHattie, went relatively unnoticed — quite undeservedly so. Partly, it didn't get much attention since, after its premiere at the SXSW film festival, it only got a limited release. The other reason might be that by 2013 the audience seemed to move on from ghosts altogether, as the supernatural genre was mostly preoccupied with demons and mythical entities.

This article contains spoilers for "Presence" and Mike Flanagan's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Breaking through to the other side and witnessing things from a ghostly plane isn't new for the horror genre. Films like "Haunter," "The Others," and "The Sixth Sense," to name a few, have all provided viewers a glimpse into the afterlife. Director Steven Soderbergh's new horror film "Presence" (check out our review here) offers a different kind of supernatural experience, as we view the entire story from a first-person paranormal perspective, featuring a ghost that only reveals itself after a death in the final act.

Early in "Presence," a medium visiting the house explains that the afterlife doesn't follow the same rules of time as ours, and the spirit is unaware of who they are or when they exist. This sets up the twist that the ghost is, in fact, Tyler Payne (Eddy Maday...

Vincenzo Natali's 1997 film "Cube" takes place entirely inside a strange, unexplained high-tech ... prison ... of some sort. It is constructed of cube-shaped cells with hatches on all four walls, the floor, and the ceiling. Each hatch leads into an identical cell, only distinguished by its colored lights and a series of cryptic numbers etched into the doorways. Random cells throughout the structure are armed with deadly booby-traps. There are no bathrooms, no food, and no water. Six strangers find each other in this prison wearing identical jumpsuits, unsure how they arrived there or why they have been imprisoned. They slowly begin to decipher the numbers to determine which rooms have traps and which ones do not. Naturally, they all slowly begin to go mentally deteriorate.

"Cube" was produced for a modest $350,000 (Canadian), but its intriguing "Twilight Zone" premise and taut direction allowed it to catch on as a cult hit.

The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson.

The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.

Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.

There are also...

The 28th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 18th through August 4th at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screens and events at Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. Last month, the festival announced the first wave of titles that will be screening this year, and now the second wave has been unveiled!

With this second wave announcement, we learn that Cube director Vincenzo Natali has been chosen to be the recipient of the Candadian Trailblazer Awards this year, while the line-up of films includes the Elijah Wood comedy Bookworm, the Kit Harington werewolf movie The Beast Within, a movie called Scared Shitless, the 1815-set blockbuster epic The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo’s The Soul Eater.

Here’s the information on the second wave of titles (and the Canadian Trailblazer...

Ash's Kanto team from the Indigo League season was young and inexperienced but grew significantly over 80-plus episodes. Primeape evolved from Mankey during a heated battle with Team Rocket, showcasing its strength and explosive personality. Despite not being the strongest, Butterfree, Pidgeot, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charizard all played essential roles in key battles.

Ash Ketchum's legacy in the Pokmon anime began in the debut Indigo League season, with the young trainer gathering an iconic team of allies. The aspiring Pokmon Master and Kanto Champion extensively traveled alongside Misty, Brock, and his team, training through his experiences with Gym Leaders, rivals, and League battles.

When looking at what several of his Pokmon would become later, Ash's team was young and comparatively inexperienced during the first anime season. Even so, their growth over the 80-plus episodes was memorable. Between his stalwart Pikachu companion and Charizard packed with potential, Ash's Kanto Pokmon had...

Director Vincenzo Natali never made a sequel to the 2009 movie Splice, despite the open ending leaving room for one. He prioritizes storytelling over intentionally setting up sequels, speaking to his artistic merits. Natali's previous experience with the film Cube and its sequels influenced his decision not to allow a sequel to be made without his involvement. He values protecting the integrity of his work and was likely uninterested in the ideas that surfaced for Splice 2. Although a Splice sequel is unlikely, Natali has continued to make sci-fi horror movies, including Haunter, In the Tall Grass, 388 Arletta Avenue, and Come True, each offering its own unique take on the genre. Come True, in particular, fills the void for fans of dark and satisfying storytelling.

The 2009 sci-fi horror movie Splice left the perfect opening for a sequel, but despite seeming somewhat interested in continuing the story, director Vincenzo Natali never brought Splice 2 to fruition.

Martin Scorsese joked in his Oscar acceptance speech for Best Director that The Departed was his first movie with a plot. The director’s previous classics, like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, had effectively been sprawling character studies more concerned with the people than the events surrounding them, but in helming an English-language remake of the Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, Scorsese had to juggle a real plot.

Related: The Departed: Every Major Performance, Ranked

While Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jack Nicholson ended up being the perfect stars for this movie, they weren’t the first ones considered. There are unsubstantiated rumors that Al Pacino was considered to play Frank Costello, RZA turned down the role of Trooper Brown, and Mel Gibson rejected an offer to play Ellerby because he was preparing to direct Apocalypto.

(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Infernal Affairs Where You Can Stream It: Paramount+ The Pitch: An undercover police officer (Tony Leung) infiltrates a criminal group. A mole in the police department (Andy Lau) is secretly working for […]

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In 2002, Andy Lau and Tony Leung reunited for action crime feature Infernal Affairs, an instant hit which not only spawned two back-to-back sequels the following year, but also sparked the interest of Martin Scorsese, who remade it for his Best Picture-winning The Departed. Now, the Hong Kong legends are reuniting once again, 18 years after the third Infernal Affairs film, for a new thriller set in the 1980s.

They will both star in Goldfinger, which has no relation to 007 nor ska, but does come from Infernal Affairs writer Felix Chong, who scripts and directs. Variety reports the $30.8 million project will also star Simon Yam, Philip Keung, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Charlene Choi, Chin Ka-lok, and Carlos Chan. Inspired by the story of the Hong Kong conglomerate Carrian Group, who was embroiled in a scandal, check out the synopsis below.

Set in the 1980s, the film depicts cut-throat machinations between Hong Kong’s...

In the annals of genre cinema, time-travel has been a relatively common occurrence from everything like “Event Horizon” and “Haunter” to “Timecrimes” and “Army of Darkness,” exploring outlandish concepts in a fairly common-place setting. Director Lee Chung-hyun is the latest to tackle this concept, as he uses it for his feature-film debut, the chilling new thriller “The Call” now available on Netflix.

Heading out to the countryside, a lost phone causes Seo-yeon (Park Shin-hye) to begin looking for an answer to what happened. Eventually, she manages to reach Young-sook (Jun Jong-seo), a girl who claims to have lived in the same house twenty years earlier. Communicating over the phone, they begin to talk to each other about what happened over the years. When it transpires that something in the past affects the future timelines of each other, the resulting changes begin to affect the relationship they have, eventually resulting in...

‘Haunter’ Returns to Rooster Teeth January 30, 2020 Haunter (previously titled ‘Achievement Haunter’) will exclusively premiere a new season on Rooster Teeth on January 30. Haunter will premiere exclusively for First members. In Haunter a group of gamers seek the paranormal at some of the world’s most haunted locales. Determined to see a ghost and …

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Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in July, including the first season of the highly anticipated Stephen King thriller “Castle Rock” as well as season 2 of the costume drama “Harlots” and season 4 of the comedy “Casual.”

And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 2 of “The Strain,” season 4 of “The Vikings” and season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the first five films in the “Star Trek” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Rosemary’s Baby.”

See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in July

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While no Netflix films will be competing at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the streaming service did already close a deal for a new film as the festival kicks off. Netflix has closed a deal to obtain the rights to the novella In the Tall Grass, written by Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, with James Marsden in talks to star with Vincenzo Natali adapting the novella and directing. While no release date has been given yet, production is slated to begin later this summer in Toronto, so it's possible that it could be ready for release on Netflix next year.

In the Tall Grass was first published in two parts, in the June/July 2012 edition of Esquire and then in the August 2012 edition of the magazine, which marked the second father and son collaboration between King and Hill since the 2009 novella Throttle. In the Tall Grass centers on Cal and Becky Demuth,...

Start looking for higher ground, because the pilot episode for the potential new Tremors series is digging closer to the surface. Following the announcement in June that Syfy had ordered a pilot episode of a new Tremors series from Universal Cable Productions and Blumhouse Television, it's now been revealed that Vincenzo Natali is lined up to direct.

Deadline reports the news about Natali's involvement, revealing that the filmmaker behind Cube, Splice, and Haunter has been "tapped to direct" the Tremors pilot episode starring Kevin Bacon, who will reprise his role as handyman-turned-hero Valentine “Val” McKee.

In addition to feature films, Natali has an impressive list of TV directorial credits to his name, having worked behind the camera on Darknet, Hemlock Grove, The Returned, Hannibal, Wayward Pines, Westworld, The Strain, and American Gods.

Natali will work from a script written by showrunner Andrew Miller, who starred as Kazan in Natali's first feature film,...

Director Vincenzo Natali made a splash with Cube, followed by other films like Splice and Haunter; but where he’s really come into his own is on the small screen, especially with “Hannibal,” for which he directed six episodes. So we’re… Continue Reading →

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He helmed the 2009 remake of Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left and took viewers to a party they wouldn’t soon forget in 2013’s +1. Now director Dennis Iliadis is hard at work on his latest film, He’s Out There, which has started filming in Canada:

Press Release: Montreal, July 29, 2016 – Principal photography has begun on Screen Gems’ suspense thriller, He’s Out There. Yvonne Strahovski stars, along with Justin Bruening, Anna Pniowsky, Abigail Pniowsky, Julian Bailey and Ryan McDonald. Dennis Iliadis directs, from a script by Mike Scannell. Producers are Adrienne Biddle and Bryan Bertino of Unbroken Pictures. Glenn Gainor is executive producer.

On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare.

Yvonne Strahovski’s film roles include I, Frankenstein, The Guilt Trip and Killer Elite, and she will next...

Scream Factory has announced all of the special features to be included in the June 14th Blu-ray / DVD release of the remake of Mario Bava’s Rabid Dogs, including a “Making Of” featurette, cast interviews, and more special goodies fans of the IFC Midnight film can look forward to:

Press Release: After their armed bank robbery goes haywire, three criminals take their hostages—a young woman, a father, and his sick daughter—on a berserk, blood-spattered road trip. Rabid Dogs, the chilling remake of the 1974 Mario Bava cult classic Kidnapped, makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut June 14th, 2016 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Starring Lambert Wilson (The Matrix Reloaded, Dante 01), Laurent Lucas (Calvaire) and Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach , The Backwoods), Rabid Dogs comes loaded with over two hours of bonus feature, including the feature-length “Making of Rabid Dogs”, interviews with the cast, and an effects, weapons,...

Image Comics recently announced that attendees of the Image Expo Spring Formal on Wednesday, April 6th will be treated to a screening of the pilot episode of Robert Kirkman’s Outcast. The series officially kicks off on June 3rd on Cinemax. Also in this round-up: release details for Dementia Blu-ray / DVD and a call for submissions for this September’s HorrorHound Film Festival.

Outcast Screening: Press Release: “Image Comics is pleased to reveal that fans attending the Image Expo Spring Formal will be treated with a special screening of the pilot episode of Outcast, the forthcoming Cinemax TV series based on the bestselling Image/Skybound series, Outcast By Kirkman and Azaceta. The television series was created by Image/Skybound’s own Robert Kirkman who also penned the pilot episode. The series premieres June 3rd on Cinemax and has already been renewed for a second season.

A limited number of tickets...

Now a bodyguard, Matt (Jonathan Bennett) must save Jessie (Talulah Riley) and her friends when their limo is forced into a body of water by a group of kidnappers. Scream Factory announced that IFC Midnight’s Submerged will debut on Blu-ray and DVD this May:

Press Release: A limousine joyride goes berserk in the breathless, pulse-pounding thriller Submerged. This anxiety-inducing film makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut May 3rd, 2016, from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Fans can pre-order their copies now from ShoutFactory.com.

In Submerged, Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) stars as an ex-soldier turned bodyguard hired to protect a young woman. But while cruising with a group of friends one night, their stretch limo is run off the road and into the water by a gang of ruthless kidnappers — who then dive in to finish the job. Suddenly it’s sink or swim, as the bodyguard must...

Tara Subkoff’s #Horror is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th courtesy of IFC Midnight. Also in this round-up: details on Destroyer and Edge of Sanity double feature (both starring Anthony Perkins from Psycho), a clip from Stomping Ground, and a Wolf Mother teaser trailer.

#Horror: Press Release: “You’ve got followers… cyber bullying goes offline during one deadly night. #Horror follows a group of preteen girls living in a suburban world of money and privilege. But when their obsession with a disturbing online game goes too far, virtual terror becomes all too real. This stylishly dark film makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut April 5th, 2016 from Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight. Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com

In #Horror, Chloë Sevigny (American Horror Story, American Psycho) leads an ensemble cast that includes Timothy Hutton (American Crime, The Dark Half) and Natasha Lyonne...

The Walking Dead's Lauren Cohan stars in The Boy, and we have details on the horror film's upcoming premiere. Also in this round-up: Hellions Blu-ray / DVD info, Cavity Colors' Starry Eyes shirt, Cinefamily's X-Files marathon, acquisition details for Christophe Gans' Beauty and the Beast, and Diamond Select Toys' Alien Minimates.

The Boy Premiere: Press Release: "(Burbank, January 11, 2016) - Stx Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment have arranged a once-in-a-lifetime experience for fans to see the new horror movie The Boy at 15 exclusive red carpet screenings before the general public has an opportunity to see the film. The PG-13 rated motion picture opens in theaters nationwide on January 22.

All 15 screenings will occur simultaneously and will take place on one night only- Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - starting at 6Pm Et / 3Pm Pt. Tickets to this event are now available online at TheBoyFanPremiere.Movie. The announcement was made today by Jack Pan, President of Marketing for Stx Entertainment.

Everyone give a Vulcan salute to the Mr. Spock figurine from Mezco, which is available now for pre-order. Also in this round-up: Contracted: Phase 2 Blu-ray details and a 360 interactive seance video to celebrate the VOD and Digital HD release of Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.

Mezco's Spock Figure: From Mezco: "The One:12 Collective is proud to present one of the most iconic and enduring characters in the pop culture lexicon: Spock from the original Star Trek series.

First introduced to audiences in 1966, the Star Trek series was a landmark show that sparked countless fans’ a love of science, space and technology, and inspired many real-world inventions. Spock, powerfully portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in both the TV series and in the film franchises, embodied a new kind of TV hero: calmly logical, and cerebral but not completely devoid of human emotion. Spock has transcended his genre and has been voted...

EpiPens will do no good against the massive stingers aimed at garden party guests in Stung. Scream Factory will release the creature feature horror comedy on Blu-ray and DVD on November 3rd, and we have a look at the film's cover art and list of bonus features.

Press Release: Created in the vein of the 1950s Giant Monster movies, Stung pits wasps against Wasps in a tale of contemporary “bee-movie” madness set at an upscale garden party. A delightfully gory creature feature, Stung will make its Blu-ray and DVD debut on November 3rd from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Stung features a swarm of bonus content, including audio commentary with director Benni Diez, producer Benjamin Munz, and writer Adam Aresty; a Making of ‘Stung’featurette; production blogs; and more! Fans can pre-order their copies now by visiting ShoutFactory.com

In Stung, a fancy garden party goes terribly wrong...

Though you may not recognize the name, Steven Hoban is the producer of some of Canada's best and most ambitious genre films including Splice, Haunter and the Ginger Snaps series. He's also the producer and director of A Christmas Horror Story, a crazy genre exercise that pits Santa against foul-mouthed zombie elves, a dysfunctional family against Krampus, high-schoolers against the ghosts of Christmas past and a family against a demon version of their own son.

A Christmas Horror Story sees release this week, October 2, and we'll have a full review of it up in the [Continued ...]...

Extreme body horror will haunt this Halloween season, as Scream Factory has teamed up with IFC Midnight to release The Human Centipede: The Complete Sequence Blu-ray on October 27th. In addition to containing all three Human Centipede films, the collection also includes new bonus features.

Press Release: Upon its release, The Human Centipede became a cultural sensation. On October 27th, 2015, get ready to experience the “complete sequence” of the infamous Human Centipede series with the release of The Human Centipede: The Complete Sequence on Blu-ray from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Directed by Tom Six and starring Eric Roberts, Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Laurence R Harvey, and Maddi Black, the scandalous The Human Centipede: The Complete Sequence features the unrated director’s cuts of all three films and comes loaded with bonus features, including new featurettes The Ladies of the Human Centipedes and The...

This fall, Scream Factory's celebrating the Halloween season indie style with their Blu-ray release of The Larry Fessenden Collection, featuring four of Fessenden's films: No Telling, Habit, Wendigo and The Last Winter. Ahead of the collection's October 20th debut, Scream Factory's revealed the release's impressive list of bonus features, along with another look at the cover art:

Press Release: Award-winning filmmaker Larry Fessenden has become an indie horror legend with his idiosyncratic, genre-bending films. As a writer, producer, director and actor, Fessenden’s oeuvre has developed a passionate fan base who applaud his realistic, character-driven horror stories. Fessenden’s films often examine the disintegration of civilization and humanity, provoking terror in the viewer through psychological dread, not gratuitous gore.

Scream Factory, in conjunction with IFC Midnight, will bring together four critically-acclaimed films by this multi-talented filmmaker with the release of the four disc The Larry Fessenden Collection on Blu-ray on October 20th,...

When approached by a grisly monster, it's usually we mortal humans who need the prayers. However, Gary Pullin's "Pray for the Monsters" vinyl stickers depict just the contrary. Also: details on the Eli Roth-produced The Stranger on Blu-ray and two new shirts inspired by The 'Burbs courtesy of Fright Rags.

Pray for the Monsters Stickers: Designed by artist "Ghoulish" Gary Pullin, all five of these stickers from Hell and Company come with a Uv protective coating.

Priced at $3.50 apiece, the stickers are 5" in diameter and are limited to only 500.

For more information, visit: http://www.hellandcompany.com/

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The Stranger: Press Release: "Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel, The Green Inferno) presents the riveting directorial debut of writer Guillermo Amoedo (Aftershock, The Green Inferno, Knock Knock) with this macabre and gruesome tale set in a small Canadian town. Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight, will bring The Stranger,...

Abigail Breslin is sure turning into a genre actress lately. It seems like after Zombieland, I’ve seen her in more & more genre films like Haunter, The Call and Maggie. She is also going to appear on Fox’s upcoming genre television show, “Scream Queens”.

Final Girl is a film that I believe I saw a promo trailer earlier this year or maybe even last year and thought it looked interesting. The story also comes from Stephen Scarlata, who was one of the producers of the wonderful documentary, Jodorowsky’s Dune. He is also one of the co-writers of the upcoming VHS Horror Board Game film, Beyond the Gates.

Los Angeles, CA – Renowned photographer to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Tyler Shields will captivate audiences with his debut feature film, the “sardonic, smart, stylized, thriller” (Dennis Dermody, Paper), Final Girl. Starring Oscar® nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland...

David Hewlett has built a solid career as a performer. Weve seen him in a few serious gems including Cube Splice Haunter Rise of the Planet of the Apes and popular scifi series Stargate SG1 Stargate Atlantis and Sgu Stargate Universe. Hes extremely solid in front of the camera. Debug the third project that hes written and directed will hopefully serve as a reminder that sometimes its best to stick with what youre proven to be skilled at and avoid the call to step outside of the good old comfort zone.

Co-written and directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead features telepathy, a zombie-fueled truck, plenty of living dead mayhem, and much more. On August 4th, Scream Factory's releasing the IFC Midnight film on Blu-ray and DVD.

Press Release: "A raucous, blood-soaked post-apocalyptic epic filled with inspired vehicular mayhem and unrestrained gore, Wyrmood: Road of the Dead is one of the most wildly entertaining genre films in years. Making its Blu-ray and DVD debut on August 4th, 2015 from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight, this critically-acclaimed rambunctious adventure Wyrmood: Road of the Dead comes loaded with bonus features, including an audio commentary with the Roache-Turner Brothers, the featurette The Wyrmdiaries: Behind the Scenes of Wyrmwood, Crowdfunding Videos: Wyrmwood Production Pitch, deleted scenes, a seven minute teaser scene, a gallery of storyboards by the director and the theatrical trailer. Fans can pre-order their copies now at ShoutFactory.com

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In just over a week on Twitter, filmmaker Vincenzo Natali has quickly become a fascinating follow. While promoting his work on Hannibal, Natali has taken to sharing some of the best stuff an artist can. There are storyboards, concept art and animatics from the likes of Hannibal, Haunter, Splice, Cypher and Cube; he displays his…

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There are countless filmmakers who join Twitter just to promote their next project. So far that hasn't been the case with Vincenzo Natali. The director of Cube, Nothing, Splice, and Haunter recently joined Twitter, but he's not just drumming up promo for new episodes of Hannibal (he's a regular director on the series), he's actually sharing details on a ton of his past movies that never came to be. Natali has been attached to a handful of big projects in the decades since Cube blew people's minds, perhaps most notably an adaptation of the seminal cyberpunk book Neuromancer, but he's tried to get even more movies off the ground that most never even knew were a possibility. He's shared concept art for Predator, Stephen King's It, an...

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Fox is betting big on Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk this fall with the American Horror Story creators’ campy horror-comedy Scream Queens, and now that the first full trailer for the anthology series has been released, it’s easy to see why – seemingly every teen idol this side of Disney pops up in the preview.

Emma Roberts (Unfabulous), The Nine Lives of Chloe King‘s Skyler Samuels, Glee‘s Lea Michele and Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP) are seemingly taking on the biggest roles in a cast that also boasts Abigail Breslin, Nasim Pedrad, Oliver Hudson, Billie Lourd, Diego Boneta, Glen Powell, Lucien Laviscount, Niecy Nash, Nick Jonas and Ariana Grande. Oh – and original Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis is on hand to provide the series’ real horror credentials (unless you want to count Breslin’s Zombieland and Haunter, which is entirely valid).

Unfortunately, the uneven tone displayed by this...

Given that Scream Queens hails from Ryan Murphy, the creator of Glee and American Horror Story, it’s not that surprising that the Fox series will find a lot of teen characters doing their damnedest to break decibel records.

In the brief trailer for the horror-comedy, there’s a whole lot of screaming, yelling and hammy line-reading, all of which was expected from the show, which follows a college campus reeling from a series of grisly murders committed by a terrifying individual in a devil mask.

Emma Roberts stars as the head of sorority Kkt, which finds itself at the center of the chaos as various sorority girls wind up targets of the killer. The all-star lineup of celebs includes (in a deliciously meta bit of stunt casting) original Scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele (of Glee), Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee), Abigail Breslin (Haunter), Ariana Grande (Victorious...

Neil Marshall and Vincenzo Natali: horror hounds know the former for his directing of The Descent, Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, and more, while the latter brought Splice, Haunter, Cube, and the "U is for Utopia" segment of ABCs of Death 2 to life on the big screen. These two creative horror genre minds bring their skills to the always dangerous dinner table of NBC's Hannibal, as showrunner Bryan Fuller has revealed Marshall and Natali directed select episodes of the third season. Also unveiled are the titles of four season three episodes, one of which should sound very familiar to fans of Thomas Harris' 1981 novel and the 2002 (second) film adaptation of the same name.

On his Twitter page, Fuller announced that Vincenzo Natali directed the first three episodes of Hannibal Season 3, respectively titled "Antipasto", "Primavera", and "Secondo." Fuller then revealed that Neil Marshall helmed "The Great Red Dragon", the eighth episode of season three.

After touring the paranormal-plagued Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital, Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz, the writing/directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, step out of the asylum’s haunted halls and into the woods for their latest film, Extraterrestrial. This spring, keep one eye on the skies and the other on store shelves, because on May 12th, Scream Factory is releasing Extraterrestrial on Blu-ray and DVD with a batch of bonus features:

Press Release - “From The Vicious Brothers, the creators of Grave Encounters, comes a pulse-pounding encounter of the deadly kind. On May 12th, 2015, the sinister alien abduction thriller Extraterrestrial makes its Blu-ray and DVD debut from Scream Factory, in partnership with IFC Midnight. Filled with dread and suspense, Extraterrestrial is a hair-raising homage in the tradition of classic alien abduction movies, with impressive visual effects that bring a visceral energy to the film. Scream Factory’s Blu-ray and DVD...

On the next full moon, coinciding with Nycc Super Week, you can be one of the first to see Wolves at an exclusive fan event followed by a Q&A with writer/director David Hayter! The werewolf action-thriller stars Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class & Days of Future Past, Stoker), Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones, Conan the Barbarian), Merritt Patterson (Kid Cannabis, The Hole), Stephen McHattie (The Strain, Haunter) and John Pyper-Ferguson (The Last Ship, Alphas).

The screening will take place in Manhattan on Wednesday, October 8th at 8pm. Follow @BewareWolves on Twitter to find out how you and a guest can win passes to this special event! In order to attend, you must be 17 or older as Wolves is rated R for bloody violence throughout, and some sexuality.

Popular high school student Cayden Richards wakes from a horrific nightmare, only to realize that he’s living it… He is changing into something vicious,...

The bad thing with anthology films is that the quality can vary from short to short but that also happens to be the good thing about anthology films because if something is really terrible, it'll be over in just a few minutes and a new possible bit of awesome starts. That was certainly the case with the first ABCs of Death and that's likely also going to be true of the follow-up but judging from the opening of the trailer, the sequel is already looking like all sorts of awesome.

The line-up of directors this time around is nothing to scoff about and includes the Twisted Twins (Dead Hooker in a Trunk, American Mary), world renowned animator Bill Plympton (Cheatin'), Vincenzo Natali (Haunter, Splice, Cube), E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), [Continued ...]...

The trailer for John Geddes' Hellmouth made its debut via Twitch this morning and I can honestly say I did not anticipate it having such an FX-heavy, '50-inspired vibe.

A nod to classic horror and fantasy, the film stars Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, Haunter) as Charlie Baker, a dying grave keeper who's forced to take one final job. Baker goes on a dark descent through gothic landscapes, demonic worlds and medieval realms as he journeys to discover the secret behind a mysterious cemetery.

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In celebration of the UK DVD and Blu-ray release of Vincenzo Natali's ghostly thriller Haunter, we've gotten our hands on a quick sneak peak. The film's on shelves now so check this out and see if it rattles them bones!

The film stars Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Michelle Nolden, Peter Outerbridge, and Peter DaCunha.

And remember, UK readers... there's still time to win a Blu-ray copy of Haunter (review here).

Synopsis:

In 1986, 15-year-old Lisa (Breslin) and her family died in their home under sinister circumstances. Unable to move on, their spirits have continued to roam the house. And for nearly 30 years they have had to live the same miserable day over and over, never thinking they're anything but alive.

But now, Lisa has started noticing things that make her believe that she and her uncomprehending family are in fact ghosts. On top of that, she realizes that she must...

Stars: Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, Peter DaCunha, Samantha Weinstein, Eleanor Zichy, David Hewlett, Sarah Manninen | Written by Brian King, Matthew Brian King | Directed by Vincenzo Natali

Often it feels like there are not enough ghost stories based horror films these days, but then when you think about it we’ve had Insidious, Sinister and The Conjuring just to name a few. I’m not sure why I feel there needs to be more but this could be a sign that things need to be shaken up a bit. Saying that though I’ll be reviewing Soulmate soon which is a good old-fashioned ghost story that gets so much right, so most importantly these films just need to be good. Haunter looks to add a little something different to the mix with the question, do ghosts realise they are actually dead?

To her parents Lisa (Breslin) is...

It has a cast that includes Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas, but Ant-Man apparently still doesn't have a screenplay that Marvel Studios are happy with. Following the departure of Edgar Wright over creative differences, and a subsequent pass by Adam McKay, the latest draft has been taken on by the writing team of Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.The pair landed themselves on the buzzy Black List for 2010, right after graduating from Nyu, with the screenplay for their still un-produced drama Die In A Gunfight. They've since had their horror pic Haunt (not to be confused with Vincenzo Natali's Haunter) brought to the screen with Harrison Gilbertson in the lead, and they've also been at work on Jonathan Levine's Legend and the developing Sabrina The Teenage Witch reboot.Too many cooks, or necessary triage? Whatever's going on, Marvel and new director Peyton Reed are clearly finding Ant-Man a particularly tough nut to crack.

To celebrate the release of Haunter – the chilling new paranormal horror with a twist starring Abigail Breslin (Ender’s Game; Zombieland) out on DVD and Blu-ray 14th July 2014 – we have a copy on Blu-ray to giveaway!

An entertaining amalgam of The Others, The Conjuring and Groundhog Day, celebrated director Vincenzo Natali (Cube; Splice; Hannibal TV Series) is back on top form with this tightly-wound paranormal horror that utilises the best elements of the subgenre to great effect.

Featuring a standout performance from up and comer Abigail Breslin that keeps the tension alive, further lifted by the spine-chilling Stephen McHattie (Watchmen; 300) as their venomous killer, Haunter is the must-see addition to your horror collection!

“Abigail Breslin finds her feet as a young adult in film with a career-defining performance” **** – Box Office Buz

Order your copy today on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1lEKFw9 However to win a copy on Blu-ray, just answer the following question…...

If you were to check Abigail Breslin’s IMDb page, you would see that the young actress has spent a good bit of time in genre films. She has Zombieland, The Call, Haunter, and the upcoming Maggie all on her resume. You will also find a movie named Final Girl which filmed in 2012 and has been in post-production since March of 2013. It actually received an odd trailer that month, where director Tyler Shields showed the entire film in 1 minute. That was the last we had seen of it.

That was until today. We now have a new, more traditional, trailer for this long gestating project and I have to say it has piqued my interest quite a bit.

Synopsis:

A psychological thriller about a beautiful teen girl new to town who is lured out to the woods by a group of senior boys to be the victim in their final initiation.

As far as modern day scream queens go, Ginger Snaps/Freddy vs. Jason star Katharine Isabelle is right up there at the top of the list, most recently making an impression on NBC's "Hannibal." Up next, she finds herself the victim of a horrifying home invasion in Torment, which has just been dated for Stateside release.

After playing at last October's Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Torment has been acquired by Phase 4 Films and will be given a VOD release on June 10th. Check out the creepy trailer below, which makes this one look like a home invasion flick worth being excited about!

Directed by Jordan Baker, the flick also stars Stephen McHattie, Robin Dunne (“Sanctuary”) and Peter DaCunha (Haunter).

Synopsis

When a family arrives at their remote cabin for a quiet getaway, they find their home vandalized, as the arrival of four psychotic intruders sets the stage for a harrowing life-or-death struggle.

We told you about the Hellions Horror Video Contest back in January. You read, followed orders, made movies and then voted. Now the time has come to reveal the winner. Read on for details.

From the Press Release

After five weeks of competition the Hellions Video Contest Winner was announced on April 7th, 2014. The Crimson Thread, written and directed by Nate Wilson, took top honours and will be featured in a scene of the feature film Hellions.

Over the course of the contest, fans had an opportunity to vote on their favourite entry and elect a Weekly Audience Favourite to advance to the Final Round. The other Finalists were:

I Don’t Bite... by Johnathan Zorbas Mutant Yetis from the Fourth Dimension by Kerim Banka An Offering by Ryan Glover A Horrorible Film by Ty Thompson Xana by Razvan Anton Tasha and Friends by Greg Kovacs

The Final Round was...

The horror film Haunter is not an origin story of that gaseous purple Pokemon but another take on the haunted house trope. Lisa (Abigail Breslin, reprising the role of emo teen that she started in August: Osage County) finds herself trapped in a Groundhog Day nightmare, reliving the same dreary 1980s Sunday whilst being the only one of her family to even notice that they’re trapped in a time loop. In fact, she’s so hyper-conscious of the daily repetitions that she becomes alarmed when certain things become altered.

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The ghost of a serial killer inhabits Abigail Breslin in this supernatural nail-biter, but it's too derivative

Abigail Breslin takes the lead in this serviceable supernatural horror thriller as 15-year-old Lisa, the only one aware that she and her family are trapped in a monotonous Groundhog Day of missing laundry, macaroni cheese and Murder She Wrote. After realising there's a ghost in the house, or rather quite a few, she sets about solving the mystery of her family's time loop, and ends up taking on the evil spirit of a serial killer who once lived there. He is the Haunter (an unnerving Stephen McHattie), who can possess the living. But who is living and who is dead? Director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) explores some intriguing ideas but the pace lags, and the film itself becomes inhabited by the presence of The Amityville Horror, The Shining and The Others, to name a few.

There are a few Christmas, or holiday, themed horror anthologies in the works. Kevin Smith is tinkering around with one about Krampus, as previously reported. Now, producers Steven Hoban and Mark Smith (Ginger Snaps, Haunter, Splice). Hoban will direct a segment, as will Grant Harvey of Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning and Brett Sullivan (Orphan Black). Doug Taylor, Sarah Larsen, James Kee and Pascal Trottier are scripting four "interweaving tales." It sounds like we're going to get the Trick 'r Treat treatment applied to Christmas...

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