Fans of supernatural web series Under the Flowers will get another taste of the darkness when season 2, Under the Flowers: Circle of Hell arrives in spring 2018.


The second season of the award-winning web series finds goth spirit Poe (Lauren LaVera) attempting to transform her tortured soul and move on as ‘Rose’ (Amanda Kay Livezey) in a hellish odyssey set in the In-Between, a place glimpsed in season 1. Bravely facing down her many demons, Rose’s journey soon grows even darker, rapidly sending her to the outer edges of Hell and threatening the very destruction of her soul. Will her friend Charlotte, “The Halloween Girl” (Catherine Kustra) come to her friend’s aid, or will the price be too high in the Circle of Hell?


Under the Flowers: Circle of Hell features a primarily female cast and sees the return of characters from season 1 in addition to brand new colourful and sinister characters. It also takes a distinctly darker turn.

“Once our first season wrapped, I knew the next one had to be a dark fairytale”, says writer/director Richard T. Wilson, “the scenes based in the In-Between had really awakened my love of otherworldly adventure stories, so we were pretty much headed for The Wizard of Oz meets Dante’s Inferno once all was said and done! Poe’s transformation into Rose and her struggle to remain in her new life had a lot of personal resonance for me, as did Charlotte’s pitched battles with the character of The Darkness, so I was absolutely walking the Circle of Hell right along with them.”


Season 1 of Under the Flowers won Best Web Series at both the Largo Film Awards (2017) and Direct Short Online Film Festival (2017). It was also an Official Selection at the 17th FirstGlance Film Festival LA (2017), the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, and the Do the Unthinkable International Film Festival.


Under the Flowers: Circle of Hell will be streaming on OPPRIMEtv, the exclusive home of Under the Flowers, and Mad Shelley Films’ first horror short The Halloween Girl.


About Mad Shelley Films
Founded by Emmy® Award-Winning, Writer-Filmmaker, Richard T. Wilson , Mad Shelley Films was born of the filmmaker's love of classic ghost stories and his passion for shining a light on troubled souls, and the tortured spirits that pursue them in this world and the next.
Follow Mad Shelley Films on Facebook and Twitter, and visit the official website.

​ Fast Sell:
A mind-bending sci-fi horror about two brothers who get caught up in a 'crazy UFO death cult´, from the genuinely innovative and exciting directors of the critically acclaimed and influential horror hit Spring.

Synopsis: 

From acclaimed filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution, Spring) comes THE ENDLESS, a truly unique, mind-bending, genre-blending indie gem of a film that will leave you spinning.

When brothers Justin (Benson) and Aaron (Moorhead), former members of a "crazy UFO death cult", receive a mysterious videotape in the mail, they find an eerie calling card from their past inviting them back to attend an event called "The Ascension".

Despite Justin´s initial apprehension, the two agree to return for one day. At first, their old cult friends seem warm and welcoming, but things soon begin to turn strange and the two brothers find themselves drawn ever more into a vortex of bizarre rituals, strange messages, unseeable forces and sinister supernatural secrets that threaten to tear apart the very fabric of reality.
 
Talent:
Justin Benson (Director, Spring, Resolution, VHS: Viral)Aaron Moorhead (Director, Spring, Resolution, VHS: Viral)
Callie Hernandez (Alien Covenant, Blair Witch)
James Jordan (Wind River, True Blood)
Lew Temple (Lawless, The Devil’s Rejects)
Tate Ellington (Sinister 2, The Walking Dead)
Emily Montague (Fright Night, Resolution)
Ric Sarabia (Live By Night, American Horror Story)
 
We like it because: "Are you sure it´s a good idea to go back to the cult?"

Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are on a roll - their critically acclaimed and utterly unique film Spring (which Empire called 'one of the freshest genre offerings of recent years´) got them onto Variety´s 'Directors to watch´ list in 2015, and received raves from Oscar-winning film- makers Richard Linklater and Guillermo del Toro (and which was surely an inspiration for his The Shape of Water). Their follow up, THE ENDLESS, is another dark and riveting tale of the unexpected, that blends David Lynch´s Lost Highway with Martha Marcy May Marlene.

The directors themselves take the lead roles, showing they have talent to burn, and proving themselves remarkably assured actors as the likeable brothers plunged back into the cult they so wisely left all those years before. The film also stars bewitching genre star Callie Hernandez (Alien Covenant, Blair Witch), Tate Ellington (Sinister 2, The Walking Dead), movie veteran Ric Sarabia, and David Lawson as creepy cult member 'Smiling Dave´; as well as Peter Cilella and Vinny Curran reprising their roles from Benson and Moorhead´s innovative debut Resolution, which is niftily linked to this film.

THE ENDLESS features what are fast becoming the directing duo´s trademarks - long, dread-drenched takes with detailed, naturalistic performances; superb, unsettling sound design; and an unpredictable, deliciously fresh script with Lovecraftian overtones. From the brilliantly staged rope-pull set piece, through to a seriously strange cult-style karaoke session, this is a stunningly realised slow burner that firmly establishes Moorhead & Benson´s unique cinematic universe, gripping you from the first shot, and steadily tightening its hold as things get very weird indeed.

Described as a 'true indie gem´ by Bloody Disgusting, THE ENDLESS, is a genuinely extraordinary and groundbreaking cross between Of Mice and Men and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. After wowing genre fans at the 2017 London Film Festival, THE ENDLESS is now ready for more converts.
Are you ready to join the cult following?
 
THE ENDLESS is released by Arrow Films in Cinemas, and via Arrow Video on Digital HD on 29th June.
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THE ENDLESS will also be released on DVD & Blu-ray via Arrow Video on 2nd July.

Ginger Nuts of Horror has always put its money where its mouth is, We have never shied away from calling it as we see it We praise the praiseworthy and we criticise where we see the need to criticise.  

So with that in mind we are are proud to give Rich hawkins the first Ginger Nuts of Horror Approved Author badge.  These badges will be handed out to authors who have consistently received high praise from the reviewers on the the website.   

There is something chilling about the ocean, the vast still mostly uncharted waters have been a source for our fears since man first gazed upon it.  Who knows what lies within its hidden depths, it is a place where mankind really shouldn't go, and the release of The Meg, ensures that never forget that we shouldn't go in the water.  

Based on the MEG the novel by Steve Alten, first published in July 1997. The novel, along with its sequels, follows the under water adventures of a U.S Navy deep sea diver named Jonas Taylor.


Jason Statham (“Spy,” “Furious 7,” “The Expendables” films) and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (“Transformers: Age of Extinction,” “Forbidden Kingdom,” “The Message”) star in the science fiction action thriller “The Meg,” directed by Jon Turteltaub (the “National Treasure” movies, “Last Vegas”).

In the film, a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been attacked by a massive creature, previously thought to be extinct, and now lies disabled at the bottom of the deepest trench in the Pacific…with its crew trapped inside.  With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) is recruited by a visionary Chinese oceanographer (Winston Chao), against the wishes of his daughter Suyin (Li Bingbing), to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon.  What no one could have imagined is that, years before, Taylor had encountered this same terrifying creature.  Now, teamed with Suyin, he must confront his fears and risk his own life to save everyone trapped below…bringing him face to face once more with the greatest and largest predator of all time.

Rounding out the international main cast of “The Meg” are Rainn Wilson (TV’s “The Office,” “Super”), Ruby Rose (“xXx: Return of Xander Cage,” TV’s “Orange is the New Black”), Winston Chao (“Skiptrace,” “Kabali”), Page Kennedy (TV’s “Rush Hour”), Jessica McNamee (“The Vow,” TV’s “Sirens”), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The BFG,” TV’s “The Missing”), Robert Taylor (“Focus,” TV’s “Longmire”), New Zealander Cliff Curtis (“The Dark Horse,” “Risen,” TV’s “Fear the Walking Dead”), Sophia Shuya Cai (“Somewhere Only We Know”), and Masi Oka (TV’s “Hawaii Five-0,” “Heroes”).

Turteltaub directed the film from a screenplay by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Steve Alten.  Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the “Transformers” films), Belle Avery (“Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”) and Colin Wilson (“Suicide Squad,” “Avatar”) produced the film, with Gerald R. Molen, Randy Greenberg, Wayne Wei Jiang, and Barrie Osborne serving as executive producers.

Turteltaub’s behind-the-scenes team included Oscar-nominated director of photography Tom Stern (“Changeling,” “Sully,” “American Sniper,” “The Hunger Games”), Oscar-winning production designer Grant Major (“The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” “X-Men- Apocalypse”), editor Steven Kemper (“Salt,” “Mission: Impossible II,” “Face/Off”) and costume designer Amanda Neale (“Truth,” “Pete’s Dragon,” “What We Do in the Shadows”). 

Filming on “The Meg” was accomplished on location in China and New Zealand.

“The Meg” is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Gravity Pictures.  It is production of di Bonaventura Pictures, Apelles Entertainment, Maeday Productions, Inc., and Flagship Entertainment, in association with Beijing Digital Impression (BDI) Film, Inc. 

“The Meg” will be distributed in China by Gravity Pictures, and throughout the rest of the world by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Entertainment Company.  It is slated for release beginning August 10, 2018.​


​The Meg hits theaters in August 2018.  

The Hellraiser franchise has sadly taken a major dip in quality over the years, from the lacklustre Scarlet Gospels to the complete abomination of Hellraiser: Judgement, you might be forgiven that there was nothing left for this franchise.  However, after an advanced listen to this brand new audio dramatisation of Clive Barker's Hellbound Heart, I can safely say that there is still life in this franchise.  Don't wait for our full review, pre-order this amazing production from Bafflegab I can promise that you will not be disappointed. 


When Frank Cotton (Tom Meeten) finally acquires a fabled puzzle box, he gets more than he bargained for. Because the box is a doorway to another world, to Hell and its dubious pleasures, ruled over by the sadistic Cenobites. And Frank’s reward for opening the box is an eternity of pain beyond imagining.

But when his brother, Rory, and his wife Julia (Neve McIntosh) move in to the house where Frank conducted the ritual, he sees a means of escape. For Julia was once Frank’s lover and swore to do anything for him… even kill, if it would make Frank whole again. Julia will stop at nothing to bring her lover back from Hell, and only Rory’s friend Kirsty (Alice Lowe) unwittingly stands in their way…
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Starring Alice Lowe (Prevenge, Sightseers), Tom Meeten (The Ghoul) and Neve McIntosh (Doctor Who), this is a faithful, full-cast adaptation of award-winning author Clive Barker’s novella (adapted for the screen as the classic horror movie Hellraiser), by Paul Kane (Sherlock Holmes and the Servants of Hell).

About Bafflegab

​Bafflegab Productions is an audio production company producing original drama.

In 2018 they are  releasing an audio drama of Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart, starring Alice Lowe, Tom Meeten and Neve McIntosh; an adaptation of the 1971 folk horror classic Blood on Satan’s Claw, starring Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith, and podcast series Grandma Guignol.

They also produce the award-winning Baker’s End, a comedy drama series starring Tom Baker and Colin Baker (as themselves); The Scarifyers, tales of comedic supernatural intrigue set in 1930s Britain (as heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra); Hammer Chillers, a horror anthology series produced in collaboration with Hammer Films; and The Brenda and Effie Mysteries, starring Anne Reid (winner of the New York Radio Award 2015 for Best Audiobook).

Bafflegab has also released Peter Cushing’s readings of his own autobiography and Sherlock Holmes stories, and Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective, starring Julian Rhind-Tutt.

The company was established in 2006 by network radio producer Simon Barnard. Simon has produced documentaries for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 1; music shows for BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6Music; and won three Sony Awards, including Gold in 2005 for the John Peel tribute documentary Teenage Dreams So Hard to Beat.

 In a world of Internet content where everyone competes for the most views, how do you stand out? Find out in #SCREAMERS from director Dean Ronalds and producer Tom Malloy, co-writers of the script. 

Bound to keep you on the edge of your seat, #SCREAMERS plays select U.S. cities on April 5th and 6th, and debuts on VOD April 17th through Dread Central Presents, the genre label from Epic Pictures.
Two Internet gurus investigate the authenticity of a series of #Screamers videos. As they unravel the source of the mysterious videos, they uncover something far more sinister and terrifying about the people behind them.

Winner of Best Horror Feature at the Studio City Film Festival and Best Western New York Horror Feature at Buffalo Dreams Film Festival, #SCREAMERS stars Malloy, as well as Chris Bannow, Griffin Matthews, Emanuela Galliussi, Abbi Snee, and Theodora Miranne.

About Dread Central Presents 
Dread Central Presents is a joint venture between Dread Central Media and Epic Pictures Releasing. With the purpose of championing independent horror filmmakers and showcasing the diversity within the horror genre, the label releases films in monthly hosted screenings across the country as well as on demand and home video. The label’s first releases include ZOMBIOLOGY: ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT, TO HELL AND BACK: THE KANE HODDER STORY, IMITATION GIRL, and TERRIFIER.

The rapture is approaching. When it does, will your soul be saved?


The Service is an interactive comedy; which combines clowning, dark humour and horror, taking a riotous poke at religious cults and people’s absurd devotion to them. We enjoyed a sell out run at London’s Horror Festival in 2017. The show’s instagram account is updated after every performance, with photos and sefies with the latest converts.

After years in hiding, the lone surviving siblings of an extreme and unusual religious cult, are finally ready to tell their story. And they need you, to bear witness to a momentous occasion, which they believe will alter the very fabric of our world...The birth of the second coming.

Welcome to the dawn of a new era. Welcome to the end of days. Welcome, to The Service.
The Service will have the audience singing hymns, confessing sins, and consecrating the sacred cabbage. Literally.

The prophecy has been written in alphabetti spaghetti, no one can doubt them now.

This unique piece of comedy horror promises to chill, confuse and covert you.

Drink the kool aid. Eat the cabbage. 


Praise for The service:

‘Extremely funny. The Service is about the best fun you can have. I actually laughed myself hoarse at one of the most disgustingly icky gags I have ever seen on stage ever.’  5*- Horror Hothouse

“Genuinely the best show I've seen this year” Katy Danbury, Artistic director of Old Red Lion.
FacePlant Theatre Company

Founders, Alice Bounce, Owen Jenkins, Maxwell Tyler and Lydia Hourihan met whilst touring with Olivier nominated Les Enfants Terribles. United in their passion for original storytelling, clowning, and character driven theatre, they set up the company to share this passion. All output is written and devised by the company.

Venue: The Kings Head Theatre - 115 Upper Street, London, N1 1QN

Sherlock Holmes: arguably the most recognized detective in modern history. As the brains of any investigation, it’s no wonder that the heart of his partner John Watson is what rounds out this duo to create a textbook definition of success. This complementary dynamic is at the epicenter of the first-ever collaborative short story collection from Joe R. Lansdale and daughter Kasey Lansdale. Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors [Cutting Block Books, May 29, 2018] introduces readers to the world of Dana Roberts and her frightening career as an investigator of what she calls the “supernormal.” While she doesn’t believe in the supernatural, she does believe in unknown worlds. And teaming up with her Watson-like partner Jana makes solving what can only be described as very unusual mysteries from beyond the veil that much more riveting.
               
Writing Terror is Our Business together allowed my Dad and I to blend our own personalities and styles. I tend to be more traditional, while he’s a bit more unconventional. And being a co-author allowed me to incorporate my unique authority from the female perspective, giving the series a refreshing edge,” says Kasey. “Most of the stories I grew up reading in this traditional style were male-centric. I love that Dana and Jana are powerhouse supernatural investigators, yet gender plays zero factor in the meat of these stories.”
               
With more than forty published works to his name, Joe R. Lansdale’s accomplished literary career also brings an element of old school storytelling to the pair’s latest work. “As a writer, I am known primarily in the horror world for things that don’t quite fit into the normal approach to horror. But in the last few years, I’ve had the bug to write more ‘traditional’ tales. Thus, Terror is Our Business was the perfect set of stories for Kasey and me to work on together. And coupled with her music career, being an opening act for everyone from Ray Price, to most recently Wynona Judd, it became clear that both of us have a sort of musical rhythm in our writing. The collaboration allowed us to connect on that commonality.”

                Terror is Our Business offers readers:
·         Compelling narratives injected with horror, mystery, and humor featuring two inspirational female characters front and center
·         A Sherlock Holmes and John Watson dynamic forming right before the reader’s eyes, as Dana and Jana’s budding friendship melds them into an unstoppable pair
·         Cinematic scenes which draw in the reader with their pacing and style, and delight with abundances of crippling fear
·         A return to old school feelings of classic mystery horror novels and supernatural tales


About the Authors:


About Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale, with more than forty books to his credit, is the Champion Mojo Storyteller. He’s been called “an immense talent” by Booklist; “a born storyteller” by Robert Bloch; and The New York Times Book Review declared he has “a folklorist’s eye for telling detail and a front-porch raconteur’s sense of pace.” Lansdale has won numerous awards, including sixteen Bram Stoker Awards, the Grand Master Award from the World Horror Convention, a British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Horror Critics Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, the “Shot in the Dark” International Crime Writer’s Award, the Golden Lion Award, the Booklist Editor’s Award, the Critic’s Choice Award, and a New York Times Notable Book Award. His series of novels Hap and Leonard was adapted into the hit SundanceTV series in 2016 and is currently in its third season. He resides in Nacogdoches, Texas, with his wife, Karen, writer and editor. For more information, visit www.joerlansdale.com.

About Kasey Lansdale

Kasey Lansdale, first published at the tender age of eight by Random House, is the author of several short stories and novellas, including stories from Harper Collins and Titan Books, as well as the editor of assorted anthology collections, including Subterranean Press’ Impossible Monsters. She is best known as a Singer/Songwriter. Most recently, you can hear Lansdale as the narrator of various works, including Stan Lee’s Reflections, George R.R. Martin’s Aces Abroad, and George A. Romero’s latest installment, Nights of the Living Dead, among others. Her new anthology, Night Terrors, will release Spring 2019. For more information, visit www.kaseylansdale.com


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Terror is Our Business will soon be available for pre-order on Amazon and wherever books are sold. The book will release May 29, 2018.

Boston Film Family, LLC, has released the official trailer of its upcoming feature film, “Parts Unknown”. The wrestling horror movie will have its world premiere in Arlington, Massachusetts, on June 9, 2018.

Written, produced, and directed by Boston Film Family CEO Richard Chandler, “Parts Unknown” is the story about how the infamous Von Strasser family (of professional wrestling fame) seek to violently reclaim their notorious status through supernatural means despite being blackballed by forces within the industry. The movie stars retired pro-wrestler/actor William DeCoff, pro-wrestling manager/actress Lizzie Havoc, and Boston Film Family alumni Alexandra Cipolla, Alexander Hauck, and Sarah Michelle.

Legendary independent movie actress Melantha Blackthorne, who had a leading role in Chandler’s feature film “Gilgamesh” (2014), returns in a smaller role while former pro-wrestler Jake “The Snake” Roberts lends his vocal talents to the movie. Cameos are also provided by the indie tag team The Devil’s Doormen as well as YouTube and podcast personality Brian Zane (of “Wrestling with Wregret” fame).

The movie was shot by Director of Photography Denez McAdoo, costumes were created by Jenny French, and composer Andre Fernandea created the movie’s score.

Boston Film Family, LLC, is an award-winning Massachusetts-based independent film production company that specializes in the creation of visual horror and grindhouse stories. 
Its previous works include the featurette “Witch Hunt” (2016), the feature film “Gilgamesh” (2014), and the webseries “Boston Massacre” (2012-2013). 

For more information on Boston Film Family, LLC, the company’s homepage can be accessed at Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pg/bostonundead/about/?ref=page_internal - or on the company’s website - www.bostonfilmfamily.com . 

The movie’s IMDb page can be found through the following link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5759188/reference . ​

 
 
British Fantasy Award nominated writer Rich Hawkins returns with a short tale of dark fantasy and the supernatural…
 
Roland finds an unconscious girl outside his house during a terrible storm one night. He lets her stay at his isolated home to recover, but she never speaks, and as time passes and foul-smelling black flowers start to grow from the floors of the house, he realises that the little girl isn’t what she first appeared to be.
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​FLOWERS 2 is the third feature film from writer/director Phil Stevens.

​Following directly after the events of the first film. FLOWERS 2 explores the final days of the serial killer known as ‘THE EXILE’ through a macabre birthday party held by his past murder victims. We are shown this monster’s violent past life through the eyes of his dead.

Director Phil Stevens had this to say about the new film 

Like my previous films FLOWERS, LUNG (both available through UNEARTHED FILMS ), this is a movie that tells it's story in silence in a nightmare landscape. Without any spoken dialog and painted in dark visual atmosphere, FLOWERS 2 is a film that builds on the journey and drops you in the passenger seat. You'll find yourself unable to look away as we take you on this artistic ride through the savage mind of a rampage killer.

As an artist of various mediums, like Illustration, paint, and film - this movie is a DREAM PROJECT! It's better than Christmas for a lad like me. I've been an artist all my life. I live and love by art and to make this movie would mean absolutely world to me. I am an extremely driven filmmaker by nature and have successfully completed two feature films which are available through various media retailers for sale or rental. I NEVER stop moving and currently, FLOWERS 2 is my new favorite obsession. My work has been seen all around the world and it's an absolute honor to bring this third installment to the fans and get to go round 3 in this beautiful world of underground horror! Anything goes. JOIN US!

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THIS MAY 4TH YOU CAN RUN, YOU CAN HIDE OR YOU CAN FIGHT…
 
 Get ready to witness a fight for survival when Christina Hendricks and Martin Henderson’s family holiday becomes their worst nightmare...
 
When Cindy (Christina Hendricks) and her husband, Mike (Martin Henderson), take their rebellious teenage daughter Kinsey (Bailee Madison) and son Luke (Lewis Pullman) on a road trip, what began as an ordinary, gripe-filled family excursion soon becomes their worst nightmare come to life.  Upon arrival at a secluded mobile home park, a knock on their trailer door leads to an inescapable night of terror as three masked strangers, with inexplicable deadly intentions, force this fractured family to come together and fight for their lives.

 
Starring: Christina Hendricks (Mad Men, The Neon Demon, Dark Places), Martin Henderson (Everest, Hellbent), Bailee Madison (The Good Witch, Parental Guidance, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark) and Lewis Pullman (Battle of the Sexes)
 
Director: Johannes Roberts (Forest of the Damned, Roadkill)
 

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Two wildly innovative horror films, first screened at Ventana Sur in Buenos Aires, have been acquired for distribution by Artsploitation Films who plan to release them in 2018, first in select film festivals followed by Blu-ray and VOD.

Trauma, directed by Lucio A. Rojas (The Wicked Woods) is a vicious and shocking tale which blends the dark history of 1970s Chile with a modern tale of horror. A boy is traumatized when he and his mother are tortured by the Nazi-like military dictatorship of Pinochet. Decades later a group of women venture to the idyllic countryside for a weekend of fun. But their outing soon turns nightmarish when a man and his son unleash their pent-up rage on them. A film which exposes the horrors of politics with the evil that can lie within the souls of ordinary men.

In Luciferina. Argentinean Gonzalo Calzada directs a visually explosive film where  religion, innocence, repressed sexuality and evil spectacularly collide. Natalia is a 19-year-old novice who reluctantly returns home to say goodbye to her dying father. But when she meets up with her sister and her friends, she decides instead to travel the jungle in search of mystical plant. There, instead of pleasure, they find a  world of Black Masses, strange pregnancies, bloody deaths and for the nun herself, a sexually violent clash with the Devil himself. 
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"Sex, religion, politics and family are the core themes to these two violent, controversial, visually stunning films. With Luciferina and Trauma the world may not be ready for what South American horror has to offer!" said, Ray Murray of Artsploitation Films. 

 

'To reverse the ritual - she must repeat it.'

A teenage girl regrets performing a ritual to summon a witch in this brilliant, brooding and flat-out frightening supernatural chiller from the producers of modern horror classics The Witch and The Void, featuring The Walking Dead’s Laurie Holden.


Key talent:
Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead, The Mist)
Nicole Munoz (Once Upon A Time, Hemlock Grove)
Chloe Rose (Hellions)
James McGowan (Suicide Squad) 
Adam MacDonald (Director, Backcountry)
Lee Malia (Composer, guitarist with Bring Me The Horizon)
Jonathan Bronfman (Producer, The Void, The Witch)


Synopsis:
After her father dies, teenager Leah is forced, by her unstable mother, to leave her friends behind and move to a house in the woods. Feeling isolated and hopeless, Leah turns to Black Magic to release her anger. She naively performs an occult ritual found in a book on her bedroom shelf to invoke the spirit of a witch to kill her mother. Terrified by strange occurrences, and stricken by guilt, Leah desperately tries to reverse the spell, but soon realizes she has awoken something in the woods... and nothing can prepare her for the terror that has been unleashed. 


We like it because:
“Pyewacket can take many forms. Don’t trust your lying eyes.”
Forget teen-friendly jump scares and Ouija board pranks - this the real deal, that goes deep into the dark heart of the occult. From the producer of cult hits The Void and The Witch, PYEWACKET can take its place alongside those other-wordly modern horror classics. 

Adam MacDonald, who directed the impressive killer bear thriller Backcountry, has crafted a deliciously taut slow burner, with outstanding central performances from Nicole Munoz as witchcraft-obsessed teenager Leah, and The Walking Dead’s Laurie Holden as her mother. As surprising as it is inventive, the film plants a seed of dread from the moment teenager Leah performs an occult ritual in the woods, building to an excruciating climax that will do for the woods what Jaws did for the water. Although there are nods to other genre favourites - thumps in the attic recall The Exorcist, the house in the woods The Evil Dead - PYEWACKET is its own bone-chilling beast. 

With an ominous, brooding score (by Bring Me The Horizon’s Lee Malia), PYEWACKET is an unnerving, original terror experience that will delight fear fans in search of a genuine creep out. Take a deep breath and prepare for your nerves to be shattered…


Hot quotes:
"Harrowingly tragic, emotionally honest and truly frightening" - SciFiNow
“Intense, witty, phenomenal” - Get Reel Movies
“A shocking finale that’s equally crushing as it is mortifying” - Film School Rejects




PYEWACKET is showing at Glasgow FrightFest on 3rd March 2018. 
It is released on Digital HD 16th April and DVD on 23rd April 2018 from Signature Entertainment.  ​​

On Blu-ray May 14th 2018 from Arrow Video
If an ancient demon rampaging through the Irish countryside sounds like your cup of tea, Arrow Video’s Blu-ray release of Clive Barker’s Rawhead Rex is a must-have. With a strong cult following, this is a much-loved horror film that ticks all the right boxes: picturesque location, an angry demon, locals being eviscerated by the dozen, and good old fashioned good vs. evil. It’s a fun slice of 80s gore.

KEY TALENT

Writer
Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed)
Cast
David Dukes (Gods and Monsters, A Little Romance, And the Band Played On)
Kelly Piper (Maniac)
Hugh O’Conor (Chocolat, My Left Foot, The Three Musketeers, The Young Poisoner’s Handbook)
Niall Toibin (Far and Away, TV’s The Irish R.M., TV’s Ballykissangel)

SYNOPSIS

SOMEONE HAS AWAKENED HIM
Adapted for the screen by acclaimed horror writer Clive Barker (Hellraiser, Nightbreed) from his short story of the same name, Rawhead Rex sees a hulking, ancient demon tearing a bloody swathe across the Irish countryside.

When an unsuspecting farmer pulls up a stone column embedded in a barren field, he accidentally unleashes hell by freeing Rawhead Rex – a hulking monster that has been trapped there for thousands of years. With the seemingly unstoppable demon rampaging through the local village, American historian Howard Hallenbeck is faced with the task of putting Rawhead back in the ground for good.

The first of several films to be adapted from Barker’s seminal Books of Blood series, Rawhead Rex has garnered a strong cult following over the years – now clawing its way to the surface in a stunning new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.

WE LIKE IT BECAUSE

When you boil it all down, Rawhead Rex is a fun horror film. While the monster effects may not quite have stood the test of time, it simply doesn’t matter because it’s such an enjoyable horror flick. As old Rexy charges through the Irish countryside, in equal parts killing people and encouraging others to worship him as a god, the audience gets to thoroughly enjoy themselves as grue spills left right and centre, and David Dukes’ Howard Hallenbeck desperately seeks a way to banish the monster once and for all.
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And while many of us remember watching Rawhead Rex on grainy VHS back in the 80s and 90s, now you can see it like never before in a gorgeous 4K restoration from the original camera negative.

​One last note on the film. Despite it having such a cult following, Clive Barker was famously unhappy with the finished film adaptation of Rawhead Rex. It’s for this reason that he decided to take the helm and direct Hellraiser himself. So without Rexy here, the landscape of horror could be very different...

SPECIAL FEATURES   
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FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by Kat Ellinger
Brand new 4K restoration from the original camera negative
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original Uncompressed Stereo and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary with director George Pavlou, moderated by author Stephen Thrower
Call Me Rawhead, an interview with actor Heinrich von Bünau
What the Devil Hath Wrought, an interview with actor Ronan Wilmot
Rawhead FX, featurette bringing together interviews with creature effects artists Peter Mackenzie Litten and John Schroonraad, special effects supervisor Gerry Johnson, second unit cameraman Sean Corcoran and make-up artist Rosie Blackmore
Interview with cameraman Sean Corcoran
Rawhead Rising, artist Stephen R. Bissette on the aborted Rawhead Rex graphic novel adaptation
Animated behind-the-scenes image gallery
Original Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Wes Benscoter

The Unheimlich Manoeuvre explores the psychological horror that occurs when home is subverted as a place of safety, when it becomes surreal, changes and even disappears…

In these stories, a coma patient wakes to find herself replaced by a doppelgänger, a ghost state reflects doubles of both houses and inhabitants, a suburban enclave takes control of its trespassers, and a beaten woman exacts revenge.

Just as the Heimlich Manoeuvre restores order, health and well-being, The Unheimlich Manoeuvre does quite the opposite.

This new edition contains revised versions of the original stories and a brand new tale, Something Nasty In The Woodpile.

"A modern-day gothic whose Kafkaesque otherworldly stories are beautifully disturbing." - Lol Tolhurst