QUESTIONABLE SUBTEXT MAKES THE UGLY F*CK MY SON! UGLIER
SPOILERS: In Todd Rohal’s F*CK MY SON!, an “old hag” named Vermina (Robert Longstreet) kidnaps a young mother (Tipper Newton) and her daughter (Kynzie Colmery), so that her grotesque adult-son Fabian...
View ArticleHALLOWSCREAMCON FAN EVENT TO DOMINATE SIN CITY IN 2026
A new chapter in global fan conventions has launched, with the groundbreaking entertainment mega-event HallowScreamCon announcing its residency at Las Vegas Convention Center. The debut show, which...
View Article2024 DARK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL: PREVIEW
Sydney’s new ritualistic celebration of independent horror and dark genre cinema, Dark Nights Film Fest, has offered up a challenging inaugural program that is certain to rattle all but the most...
View ArticleAUSSIE ZOMBIE KANGAROO FILM ‘THE RED’ IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 31
Radioactive Pictures is excited to announce the theatrical release of THE RED, an outrageous comedy horror set in the Australian outback, starring what promises to be Australia’s next iconic...
View ArticleUMBRELLA AND SHUDDER PARTNER ON SLASHER ‘IN A VIOLENT NATURE’ FOR ANZ RELEASE
Leading Oz indie distributor Umbrella Entertainment has partnered with premium streaming service, Shudder, to release writer/director Chris Nash’s slasher hit In a Violent Nature in cinemas in...
View ArticleDARK NIGHTS FILM FEST ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL JURY MEMBERS
Australia’s new horror and dark genre film event, Dark Nights Film Fest has revealed the esteemed jurors onboard for its first three-day event, to be held at the iconic Randwick Ritz cinema from...
View ArticleTHE WELL
Stars Lauren LaVera, Claudia Gerini, Linda Zampaglione, Yassine Fadel, Gianluigi Galvani, Melanie Gaydos, Jonathan Dylan King and Courage Osabohine.Writers: Federico Zampaglione and Stefano...
View ArticlePREVIEW: 2023 A NIGHT OF HORROR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Australia’s longest running showcase of horror and dark genre cinema, A Night of Horror International Film Festival (ANOH) is back for its 15th year, with a typically frightening program. From 28th...
View ArticleMONSTER FEST ADDS NEW DIMENSION FOR HORROR FANS WITH 2023 WEEKENDER LINE-UP
Following the success of last May’s inaugural MONSTER FEST WEEKENDER, the Monster Fest team have announced the return of the three-day mini-festival to Cinema Nova in Melbourne from Friday 7th to...
View ArticleFEM-FOCUSSED BODY-HORROR PIC GRAFTED LENSING IN NZ
Production has begun in New Zealand on the new horror feature GRAFTED, the first project for the freshly formed horror and genre label (Yet) Another Monster Company. The production represents the...
View Article2023 BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL: PREVIEW
The 23nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) returns to Harvard Square’s arthouse hub The Brattle Theatre with five days of vanguard cinemania from March 22-26. This year’s lineup is...
View ArticleMINI MONSTER FEST MAKING BIG NOISE WITH WEEKENDER LINE-UP
Monster Fest is bouncing back from two years of COVID disruptions with a national screening program called ‘Monster Fest Weekender’. The three-day program, which acknowledges the loyal and hungry...
View ArticleWILD EYE UNLEASHES VISUAL VENGEANCE WITH HARDCORE '90s HORROR DOUBLE
Wild Eye Releasing, one of the leading U.S. distributors of genre works since 2008, will launch the sister sub-label Visual Vengeance in July. A collector’s Blu-ray label dedicated to vintage, often...
View ArticleALTITUDE HIGH ON WOLF CREEK 3; RACHELE WIGGINS TO DIRECT
CANNES: Global sales agent Altitude Films has secured Wolf Creek 3 for the worldwide market (excluding Australia and New Zealand), it was announced overnight. Launched as part of the company’s Marche...
View ArticleWHEN ALEX MET BONNIE: NEW TALENT, NEW TECH IN PROYAS' FUTURE
Internationally acclaimed director Alex Proyas is driven by the unlimited potential of modern movie making in all its forms. His latest work, the horror short Mask of The Evil Apparition, will reveal...
View ArticleCUT TO 20 YEARS LATER: AN ORAL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA'S CULT SLASHER FILM
FANGORIA X MONSTER FEST 2019: In 1999, four young men set about resurrecting a neglected narrative within the Australian film industry – the horror film. They had little experience – for screenwriter...
View ArticlePREVIEW: 2021 FINAL GIRLS BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
The premier German showcase for horror films directed and produced by women and non-binary filmmakers will return for its 6th edition in 2021, marking its first iteration as an online event. The Final...
View ArticlePSYCHO GOREMAN :THE STEVEN KOSTANSKI INTERVIEW
After the controlled, precisely-stylised shocks of The Void, nobody expected director Steven Kostanski to follow up with wild free-for-all splatter/comedy about two kids befriending a murderous,...
View ArticleBETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW: THE ALEXANDRE O. PHILIPPE INTERVIEW
Alexandre O. Philippe has crafted a body of work that is unique in film circles. He studies cinematic greatness, then paints his own film canvas inspired by the brilliance of others. From his take on...
View ArticleIS TROMA'S TEMPEST REDO LLOYD KAUFMAN'S CITIZEN KANE MOMENT?
The legendary Lloyd Kaufman, the oldest ‘enfant terrible’ in showbusiness, is back, this time with an adaptation of The Bard’s The Tempest that American society didn’t know it needed. The lovable...
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