Horror + Scifi

A new trailer, the first in four decades, for Stanley Kubrick’s spectacular 2001: A Space Odyssey is released online and will be on cinema screens across the UK from Friday. 2001: A Space Odyssey is released by the BFI, in a 2K digital transfer from Warner Bros., to UK cinemas on 28th November as part of the BFI’s UK-wide season Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder.

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With a screenplay co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke and developed concurrently alongside Clarke’s novel of the same name, 2001: A Space Odyssey was recently voted No. 1 in a Time Out, London poll for the best 100 Sci-Fi films. Critic Roger Ebert described Kubrick’s masterpiece as ‘a stand-alone monument, a great visionary leap, unsurpassed in its vision of man and the universe’.

Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder will be presented over three months (October – December 2014) with a historical and thematic exploration of the best of this perennially popular and visionary genre.The nationwide release of 2001: A Space Odyssey will be a highlight of the program. 

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The official poster has been released for the thriller LATE PHASES, directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano and starring Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Erin Cummings, Rutanya Alda, Tina Louise, Caitlin O’Heaney, Karen Lynn Gorney, Dana Ashbrook, and Tom Noonan.  Late Phases will be released theatrically at the IFC Center in New York starting November 21st with select theaters to follow.

Crescent Bay is not the ideal place to spend one’s golden years, especially since the once-idyllic retirement community has been beset by a series of deadly animal attacks from the ominous forest surrounding it. When grizzled war veteran Ambrose McKinley (Nick Damici) is forced into moving there by his yuppie son Will (Ethan Embry), the residents immediately take offense to Ambrose’s abrasive personality.  But that take-no-prisoners attitude may be just what Ambrose needs to survive as it becomes clear that the attacks are being caused by creatures that are neither animal nor man, and that the tight-knit community of Crescent Bay is hiding something truly sinister in its midst…

Following the release of his Here Comes The Devil, as well as his scene-stealing segment “B is For Bigfoot” in the horror anthology The ABCs of Death, Adriån Garcîa Bogliano cements his status as one of the top horror filmmakers coming out of Spain with LATE PHASES.  In a bookend of sorts to his performance in the cult hit Stake Land, Nick Damici commands the screen here, coming on the heels of last year’s Sundance vigilante thriller Cold In July and the critically acclaimed cannibal drama, We Are What We Are.

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IFC Midnight has released the official trailer for Zack Parker’s PROXY , schedule to open theatrically at The IFC Center in NYC and on VOD April 18th, 2014, with nationwide rollout to follow.

Esther (Alexia Rasmussen) feels alone in this world. When she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant, it almost seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group, especially from the kindly Melanie (Alexa Havins). The two women strike up a close friendship and Esther’s life of sadness and solitude is opened up to understanding and even acceptance. However, their bond gets increasingly dangerous as they can no longer tell what’s real and what’s in their heads.

Anchored by a trio of strong female performances from Havins, Rasmussen, and Kristina Klebe as a dangerous jilted girlfriend, Proxy also features a standout performance from mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs, Drinking Buddies) as Melanie’s husband.

From writer/director Zack Parker — whose credits include the perceptual thriller Scalene — the pulse-pounding Proxy delves into dark, unnerving territory as it constantly elicits the unexpected and forces you to question all that you’ve seen.

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The official poster and trailer has been released for sci-fi-horror film AFFLICTED, directed by and co-starring Derek Lee and Clif Prowse.  The film which also stars Baya Rehaz will be released on April 4th, 2014. This terrifying horror thriller follows two best friends who set out on the trip of a lifetime around the world. Their journey, documented every step of the way, soon takes a twisted and unexpected turn after an encounter with a beautiful woman in Paris leaves one of them mysteriously afflicted.

Afflicted has won many awards including  “Best Picture” (Horror), “Best Screenplay” (Horror), “Best Director” (Horror) at Fantastic Fest, and a recipient of awards of recognition from the Toronto International Film Festival and the Sites International Fantastic Film Festival. 

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EXISTS, a new horror film from THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT director Eduardo Sánchez has been acquired by Lionsgate for release in the US.  The film premiered at SXSW in Austin, where it played to a sold-out midnight screening. In Bigfoot’s bold return to the big screen, five friends on a camping weekend in the remote woods of East Texas struggle to survive against a legendary predator that is stronger, smarter, and more terrifying than anything they would have ever believed exists.

The film stars Chris Osborn, Dora Madison Burge, Roger Edwards, Samuel Davis, Denise Williamson and Brian Steele and is produced by Jane Fleming, Mark Ordesky, Robin Cowie and J. Andrew Jenkins. EXISTS is executive produced by George Waud, D. Todd Shepherd, Gregg Hale and Reed Frerichs, and the Sasquatch creature was designed by Spectral Motion.

“I’m really excited about working with the talented team at Lionsgate. We’ve had great history together and they really understand EXISTS and see the tremendous opportunity to reboot Bigfoot for a new generation,” said director Sanchez.

Fleming and Ordesky, who developed and produced the film with Haxan Films through their production company Court Five, said, “It is especially gratifying to sell the film at SXSW in Austin so close to Bastrop, Texas where we shot EXISTS with an amazing Texas-based cast and crew. We look forward to working with Lionsgate to bring Ed’s vision to the masses.”

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The British comedy horror ‘CRYING WOLF’ from director Tony Jopia and starring Caroline Munro, Gary Martin, Joe Egan, Kristofer Dayne and Ian Donnelly, has released its official trailer and first look images from the upcoming film. Due for release in the U.K. in 2014, the comedy horror movie, ‘Crying Wolf’ starts its tale in the small village of Deddington where prankster Andy is bitten by a werewolf that kills his friend Charlotte. Andy tries to warn his friends, but winds up turning them into a pack of werewolves. Enter a pair of hapless journalists doomed to a grizzly end, then add a pair of hard boiled vigilantes hot on the heels of the werewolf pack and before you know it, everyone’s ‘Crying Wolf! during a bloody camping holiday in the Cotswolds’

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James Byrkit’s feature directorial debut, COHERENCE, which had its world premiere at 2013 Fantastic Fest in Austin, where it won the Next Wave Best Screenplay award, and has since gone on to play the Sitges Film Festival (where it again took home the Best Screenplay prize) and the Philadelphia Film Festival, will continue to play at festivals in the coming months on its way to a traditional theatrical release in 2014 by Oscilloscope Laboratories.

On the night that Miller’s comet is supposed to pass near the Earth, a group of old friends get together for dinner at the home of hosts Lee and Mike.  Lee works for Skype while Mike is an actor, desperately trying to find new roles and hoping he didn’t peak with his appearance as a series regular on the TV series “Roswell.” They are joined by power couple Hugh and Beth, each with very different perspectives on science and reality.  Then there’s Emily and Kevin, still figuring each other out.  Em is passionate and creative but worried about making the wrong move, while Kevin is a go-getter, chasing what he wants. Finally there’s Amir, the lovable bachelor with his squeeze-of-the-week  Laurie, a confident vixen who just happens to have a steamy past with Kevin. Dinner is cut short when the lights go out across the neighborhood, leaving only one strange house with power down the street.

What starts as a simple dinner party, quickly turns into a sci-fi meltdown. When Hugh and Amir come back from checking out the illuminated house, Hugh is bleeding from the head and Amir is carrying a locked metal box.  While the group tries to decipher the meaning of the box and its contents, tension rises and emotions get heated.  Another party is dispatched to the strange house only to discover an even stranger phenomenon.

COHERENCE is cerebral low-budget sci-fi that dives headfirst into a pool of quantum mechanics and theoretical physics. It’s a tightly focused, intimately shot film that quickly ratchets up the tension and mystery. COHERENCE is relationship drama turned on its head, giving you plenty to think about without spoon-feeding you any answers. via 2013 Fantastic Fest

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ALICE D, the indie horror film written and directed by Jessica Sonneborn released the official trailer.  Who is Alice D? In the early 1900’s the Davenport House was a famous and successful brothel, until a young prostitute named Alice died there. After her death, the brothel became haunted by young Alice’s ghost, and was eventually abandoned.

One hundred years later, the old structure is renovated into a beautiful mansion. It is still rumored to inhabit the ghost of Alice, but that doesn’t stop the new owner; the young and arrogant heir to the Davenport fortune, from throwing a wild party during his first night at the house.

ALICE D stars Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th), Al Snow (WWE wrestler), Juan Riedinger (Jennifer’s Body), Eliza Swenson (Dorothy and the Witches of Oz), Chanel Ryan (Bad Kids Go to Hell), Michael Reed (Exhumed), Sarah Nicklin (The Disco Exorcist), Julianne Tura (Bloody Bloody Bible Camp), Megan Hensley (The Crazies), Aaron Massey (On a Dark Stormy Night), Barry Ratcliffe (Army Wives), Deborah Venegas ( Bloody Bloody Bible Camp), Nick Apostolides (The Witching Hour) and Kaylee Signore (The House Across the Street).

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IFC Midnight announced from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival that the company is picking up Zack Parker’s PROXY for release in the US. The film made its world premiere in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and will play next at the 2013 Fantastic Fest; and stars Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe and Joe Swanberg. In PROXY, a pregnant young woman seeks consolation in a support group after she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant. Gradually she comes to realize that nothing and no one in her life is as it appears in this shocking and challenging thriller. 

 Zack Parker’s PROXY is a European-style suspense-thriller that promises to challenge the traditional cinematic form.

A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest OB appointment, when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Alexa Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.

PROXY marks the fourth feature film by Writer-Director-Producer Zack Parker and his largest undertaking to date. Shot on-location in the varied mid-west scenery of Indiana, Zack utilized the latest in filmmaking technology to bring this horrific tale to life. With a stellar cast (Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg) a talented production team, including Along The Tracks Productions alumni Executive Producer Michael Khamis, Cinematogrpaher Jim Timperman, Sound Designer Sonny Wingler, the musical stylings of the ever-talented team The Newton Brothers, as well as new addition, Producer Faust Checho of FSC Productions, PROXY is sure to deliver a never before seen cinematic journey. via Proxy The Movie.

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