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Blood Window Showcase at Cannes Presents Eight Ibero-American Genre Titles

Wed, 06 May 2026 16:30:00 -0500

The legacy of Blood Window carries on with support from Fantastic Pavilion as they announce the eight titles that will be presented in The Blood Window Showcase during Marche du Film at Cannes

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4K Restoration of Ken Russell's THE DEVILS to World Premiere at Cannes, One-Week Theatrical Release to Follow

Wed, 06 May 2026 15:30:00 -0500

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS is the uncut and unfiltered theatrical experience that Russell always envisioned - and the first time the film will be presented restored and in 4K.

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FIND YOUR FRIENDS Official Trailer: Izabel Pakzad's 'Harrowing Revenge Thriller' Streaming on Shudder This June

Wed, 06 May 2026 13:30:00 -0500

Watch the trailer for a film our own Josh said, "... is bound to be one of the most talked about films of the year".

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MOTOR CITY Teaser Trailer: Alan Ritchson Stars in Revenge Action Flick

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:15:00 -0500

In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl. In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.

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BRAWLER: Action Icon Scott Adkins Making Directorial Debut With Action-Thriller

Wed, 06 May 2026 11:00:00 -0500

Variety is reporting that action icon Scott Adkins is making their directorial debut with an action thriller called Brawler. They are currently filming their debut in the UK. Sales will begin during Marche du Film at Cannes next month. When action stars or stunt professionals get behind the camera the news it usually met with enthusiasm. Adkins breathes fight choreography and knows how to capture it correctly, to highlight the moves and the person making them. The contemporary path to directing had been made by the likes of Chad Stahelski, David Leitch, and Sam Hargrave. It's Adkins' turn to show us what he's got. Find out more from Variety. Action vet Scott Adkins (The Rip) is making his directorial debut with...

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SIX: THE GAME OF DEATH: Colombian Horror to be Presented During Marché du Film

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:00:00 -0500

Our friends at Del Toro Films are co-presenting Patrik Mosquera's feature debut Colombian horror flick, Six: Game of Death, during Marche du Film at Cannes next month.

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Fantasia 2026 First Wave: Smoczyńska's HOT SPOT, Wexler's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY, And Walker's HOME BODIES Among First Wave Titles

Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 -0500

Summer camp for genre film nerds is back for it's thirtieth anniversary edition. LFG! The first wave of titles for this year's Fantasia International Film Festival is here and it is full of films from faves and friends of the ScreenAnarchy family. Films from our friends Jenn Wexler (The Last Temptation of Becky) and Casey Walker (Home Bodies) will be having their World Premieres during the festival. We also get new films from faves like Giddens Ko (Kung Fu) and Fantasia’s go-to time-travel screenwriter, Makoto Ueda (Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, River), who is making their feature film directorial debut with You Are The Film. The list of other World Premieres feature Hot Spot, the new film from Polish autuer Agnieszka Smoczyńska (The Lure), queer vampire...

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A YEAR IN A FIELD Blu-ray: Rock Doc From Spectacular Optical, Details Announced

Mon, 04 May 2026 14:07:02 -0500

Order yours today!

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Udine 2026: Chinese Actress Fan Bingbing Receives Golden Mulberry for Outstanding Achievement

Mon, 04 May 2026 13:00:00 -0500

Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing received the Golden Mulberry for Outstanding Achievement at the 28th Udine Far East Film Festival on May 1, at the historic Teatro Nuovo in Udine, Italy. The festival stated that the award is presented to artists who not only master their craft but expand its boundaries -- something Fan has consistently achieved over the past three decades. Her recent accomplishments, they noted, demonstrate that she has not rested on past success, but continues to reach new creative heights. Fan aspired to become an actress at the age of twelve, and by seventeen had already risen to fame through the hit television series My Fair Princess. Her status as one of China’s most bankable stars was further cemented by Cell...

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Now Streaming: ROBOCOP, Out of Print Yet Still Vital

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:17:12 -0500

Peter Weller gets a new body in Paul Verhoeven's first Hollywood film, nicely detailed in the Criterion Channel's out-of-print edition.

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HALLOWARRIOR: Shudder Acquires Post-Apocalyptic Halloween Thriller

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0500

Desperate for companionship on a post apocalyptic Halloween night, the Last Girl on Earth gets more than she bargained for, when something far more sinister arrives on her doorstep.

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SCARBORN (KOS) Review: Peasants Rise Up Against Nobles

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:02:05 -0500

Bartosz Bielenia and Jacek Braciak star in director Pawel Maślona's stirring war drama, set in 18th-century Poland, making its U.S. debut on Viaplay.

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SHUDDER in May: HERESY, WHISTLE, a New Season of THE TERROR And More

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:35:30 -0500

April will soon come to a close and our attention turns to May. Typically the launch of Summer movie season Shudder is here to let you know that the streamer has many great films and shows coming to the platform. On the film side subscribers in all of Shudder's territories will get to watch Heresy on May 1st. Sadly, for the rest of us only subscribers in the U.S. will get to watch Whistle on May 8th. North America will get Something is About to Happen on the 15th, then we're back to regularly scheduled programming with everyone getting to watch Canadian zombie movie, This is Not a Test and Smothered on back to back weeks. Series The Terror: Devil in Silver will premiere on...

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Sitges2026: Reveals The Projects For Fantastic 7 at Marche du Film

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0500

Marche du Film is a great time to be a genre fan because not only is the market full of productions looking for international sales but our friends at festivals and co-pros around the world gather en masse to drum up interest in future projects as well. Our friends at Sitges announced the lineup for their Fantastic 7 program this year. Spanning the breadth of sub genres there will be a little bit of everything, from everywhere. The complete lineup of projects is in the gallery below with good synopses for each one. 1, 2, 3, 4… up to 7 titles, each selected by a major film festival, will make up the 8th edition of Fantastic 7. The number 7 will once...

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LEVITICUS Official Trailer: Adrian Chiarella's Queer Horror Flick in Cinemas This June

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:40:24 -0500

Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most - each other.

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BACKROOMS: Fresh Images From The Upcoming Horror Flick

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:25:51 -0500

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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BUDDY: Roadside Attractions And Saban Films Acquire North American Rights For Casper Kelly's Horror Comedy

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:07:15 -0500

A brave girl and her friends must escape a kids television show.

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SACCHARINE: Trailer & Poster Premiere For Natalie Erika James' Body-Image Horror

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:47:47 -0500

The official trailer and poster for Natalie Erika James' body-image horror, Saccharine, arrived today. Independent Film Company is putting the flick into cinemas on May 22nd and Shudder will stream it later in July. You will find both the trailer and the poster below the announcement. Independent Film Company and SHUDDER are proud to share the official trailer & poster for SACCHARINE, the sapphic, body-image horror by director Natalie Erika James. SACCHARINE opens in select theaters across the U.S. on May 22nd! FROM VISIONARY DIRECTOR NATALIE ERIKA JAMES RELIC, APARTMENT 7A STARRING MIDORI FRANCIS DANIELLE MACDONALD MADELEINE MADDEN Hana (Midori Francis), a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an...

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Visions du Réel 2026: Exclusive GHOST TOWN Trailer Premiere

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:32:01 -0500

Unveiled ahead of its world premiere at Visions du Réel, the first trailer for Ghost Town offers a haunting glimpse into Katharine Round's liminal documentary, where grief, memory and the spectral quietly permeate everyday life in post-tsunami Japan.

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Regional News: Blood Pact Films to Present One-Day Screenings of Extreme, Independent Horror

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:45:00 -0500

Blood Pact Films will screen two film from their slate for one day only. This is for fans of extreme, fiercely independant horror in the Evansville, IN, area.

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COYOTE VS. ACME Trailer: Acme Doesn't Want You to See This So You Definitely Should

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:45:00 -0500

I am a child of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It came out when I was a kid, and I would probably need at least both my hands to count how many times I've watched it. It holds up after nearly forty years. So when someone told me there would be another film where live actors and animated ones would co-mingle, I was skeptical. But one look at the Coyote vs. Acme trailer and I'm sold. Most of us know the story of how this film almost never made it to the big screen, despite its apparent high rating at an early test screening. It took a while (for reasons that I won't write about here since I don't know how litigious certain parties are but you can look...

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SPEED DEMON Official Trailer: They're on a Railway to Hell

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:17:20 -0500

Katie Cassidy and William H. Macy star in a runaway train story unlike any other.

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STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU: Final Trailer & Poster Arrive

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:58:51 -0500

The final trailer for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu arrived today. It was screened first at CinemaCon, in front of attendees and exhibitors, along with the first 17 minutes of the movie, where all the snowy bits from this trailer happen. Spoiler Alert: Scroll over the space below if you want to read this summary from Variety. Director Jon Favreau took the CinemaCon stage to debut the opening 17 minutes of the film, which saw Mando infiltrate a secret meeting of Empire sympathizers and blow up massive AT-AT walkers on a snowy planet. The bounty hunter shot, stabbed and flamethrower-ed his way through the base full of Snowtroopers, with Grogu helping along the way. The Empire leader sends out a recon droid, which meets...

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Overlook 2026 Awards: OBSESSION, THE FURIOUS And NEVER AFTER DARK Among Winners

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:00 -0500

As quickly as it arrived Overlook has surrendered itself to the night in New Orleans. The festivities have wrapped up and it is time for the award winners to be announced.

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SPEED DEMON: This Train is Going to Hell, But Not if This Nun Has Anything to Say About it

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:15:00 -0500

Aboard a high-speed train, a Nun who lost her faith must perform her first Exorcism on a possessed passenger hellbent on crashing the runaway train.

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Criterion in July 2026: CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, THE CRYING GAME, Mike Mills Trilogy

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:37:09 -0500

Plus: 'The Elephant Man,' 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' 'Hud,' 'The Love That Remains.'

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THE AWAKENING (El Despertar): The Posthumous Work of Director Jaime Osorio Marquez to Premiere at Guadalajara

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0500

An elite military unit is deployed to the jungle to eliminate a strategic target; however, the mission takes a dark turn as the soldiers face supernatural forces that force them into a desperate fight for their lives.

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Spectacular Optical Launches Indie Film Label with MELODY, A YEAR IN A FIELD, and More

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0500

I keep hearing rumours of a renaissance of physical media and in-person creative events, and as one who keeps buying books, cd's, blu-rays, etc., I for one welcome such as renaissance. We're in a golden age of boutique labels and distributors bringing rare and near-lost treasure of film and television to us in both cinemas and for home viewing, and news of a new label is always welcome. Especially if that label is fronted by Kier-La Janisse, one of our best writers, historians, and person with seemingly endless knowledge of obscure indie films of the 20th and 21st centuries. Spectacular Optical, the indie publishing imprint of Canadian genre veteran Kier-La Janisse, has expanded its remit to include theatrical, streaming, and home video distribution of a...

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AMRUM Exclusive Clip: Coming-of-Age at The End of WWII in Nazi Germany

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500

In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.

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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: First Look Teaser

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0500

The sequel to the international smash hit, and Acadamy Award winner, stomps into theaters on November 6th.

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MOVIEDREAMS: Argentine Psychological Thriller To Present During Blood Window Showcase at Marché du Film

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0500

Let us introduce you to an Argetine psychological thriller that will make its first appearance in Fantastic Pavilion's Blood Window Showcase during Marche du Film at Cannes.

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ICE CREAM MAN Official Teaser Trailer: New Flick From Eli Roth And The Horror Section, Coming in August

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Ice Cream Man follows an idyllic summer town descending into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

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THE DARK WIZARD Review: Dean Potter Climbed Every Mountain. And Then Found New Heights.

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:02:01 -0500

Filmmakers Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen unpeel the multi-layered life and legacy of Dean Potter, climber extraordinaire and extreme sports enthusiast.

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Well Go USA Celebrates Yeon Sang-ho's TRAIN TO BUSAN 10 Year Anniversary, COLONY (군체) Acquisition and Theatrical Release

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:30:00 -0500

Well Go USA have announced ten-year anniversary screenings of Yeon Sang-ho's Train to Busan. They have also acquired Yeon's most recent zombie flick, Colony, and announced their plans for that.

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THE LAST ANNIVERSARY: Canadian Horror Thriller Announces Theatrical Release Dates

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:00:00 -0500

A couple reunites their wedding party at the abandoned hotel where they were married, seeking closure over a bridesmaid's mysterious disappearance--but as old secrets resurface and the world teeters on collapse, the night spirals into a reckoning with devastating consequences.

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TRAUMA OR, MONSTERS ALL Exclusive Clip: Kicking a Hornet's Nest

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

A new film by horror indie auteur Larry Fessenden is always cause for celebration, and for those lucky enough to be attending the Overlook Film Festival, they have the chance to attend the world premiere of his new film Trauma or, Monsters All, tonight. And we have an exclusive clip! An aspiring author gets more than she bargained for when she writes an article for the local paper about her small town’s dark history, prompting unwanted speculation on what monsters may lie within. Overlook mainstay Larry Fessenden returns with the thrilling conclusion to his quadrilogy, a thoughtful and fiercely independent monster mash that can be enjoyed on its own or marathoned with his three origin stories – Habit, Depraved, and Blackout. Laëtitia Hollard, the big breakout...

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THE VOICES OF OUR MOTHER: Shudder Acquires New Canadian Horror Flick by Mark O'Brien

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:30:00 -0500

When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.

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PH-1 Exclusive Clip: Mark Kassen's Been Locked in, in Political Thriller

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0500

A promising politician is held hostage in his luxurious penthouse by a remote captor, forced to watch his life destroyed by social and conventional media as he tries to figure out who is behind it and why.

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THE PUNISHER: ONE LAST KILL: New Trailer, Key Art And Stills For Upcoming Punisher Special

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:43:41 -0500

Frank searches for meaning beyond revenge, when an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.

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FRANKIE, MANIAC WOMAN Official Trailer: Slasher Flick Available In Select Theaters on April 24th

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:22:28 -0500

An aspiring LA singer-songwriter confronts childhood trauma, internalized misogyny, and industry fat-shaming until she violently breaks.

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TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Shudder to Stream All Seven Season of 90s Horror Anthology Series

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:00:52 -0500

Shudder announced that it will exclusively debut all seven seasons of the '90s cult classic horror anthology series Tales From the Crypt.

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EXTRACTION 3: Sequel Greenlit by Netflix. Hemsworth, Elba, Farahani & Director Sam Hargrave Will Return

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Huzzah! We are getting another Extraction movie, and Hemsworth, Elba, Farahani & director Sam Hargrave are returning!

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Shudder Announces Acquisition of Three Titles Ahead of Overlook Screenings: PARASOMNIA, GOODY GOODY And NEW GROUP

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 -0500

Shudder announces three new acquisitions, three films that are screening at the Overlook Film Festival this coming weekend.

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GEMS Vancouver Announces 2026 Genre Film Lab Teams

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:30:00 -0500

GEMS (Gender Equity in Media Society) has announced the five feature film projects from female and gender-diverse filmmakers from across Canada that will participate in this year's The Genre Film Lab 2026.

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ALIEN: EARTH's Noah Hawley to Direct Remake of Demián Rugna's TERRIFIED

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0500

Reportedly, Noah Hawley is set to remake Atterados (Terrified) the Argentine supernatural spectacular that introduced the world to writer-director Demián Rugna. Rugna will help develop the project.

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Unnamed Footage 2026: Micro Review Roundup

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:00:00 -0500

Due to unexpected technical issues and an equally frustrating amount of time resolving those issues we found ourselves crunched for time to get full coverage of the Unnamed Footage Film Festival. No thanks to these time constraints and other obligations that have to be fulfilled we offer up a taster’s menu of reviews of the five films we managed to fit in once the technology gods became bored of playing havoc with our digital infrastructure at home. Back on track we focused on which world premieres were available to us from the festival. We also wanted to see one particular film that was having its U.S. premiere because it was an award winner at a festival that we have had very close ties...

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Now on Digital: THE BRIDE! Comes Home

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:32:11 -0500

Maggie Gyllenhaal's divisive horror-romance stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, and Annette Bening.

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THE INVITE Trailer: Invite The Neighbors Over For Dinner, They Said. It'll be Fun, They Said.

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:15:00 -0500

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

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Frontières 2026: Frontières Platform in Cannes Announced

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0500

Our friends at Frontières have announced the thirteen projects participating in this year's Frontières Platform in Cannes.

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THE BEARDED GIRL: Watch The Trailer Premiere For Jody Wilson's Drama Fantasy

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500

The story of a bearded girl who is tired of being a freak.

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