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Fantasia International Film Festival 2022: Interview With Alex Phillips, Director Of ‘All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms’

Fair warning: the new horror film, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms by writer and director Alex Phillips, is not for everyone. It’s grotesque and chock-full of some pretty incredible practical effects. It’s gooey and slimy. It’s, well, full of worms. It’s a movie that will make you cringe, …

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Theatrical Trailer Debuts for Acclaimed Gorefest, ‘The Retaliators,’ Featuring Mötley Crue and Papa Roach

We were lucky to get a chance to check out the horror thriller, The Retaliators (2021 – our review) last year for for the Screamfest Horror Film Festival, and now we’ve just gotten word that the film’s trailer released today, July 13, 2022. The film is directed by Samuel Gonzales, …

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Fantasia Film Fest 2022: The PopHorror Hype List!

Fantasia Film Festival is a wonderful experience. While many festivals gravitate to a narrower perspective of coverage, Fantasia welcomes just about anything put to film. They are unafraid to portray the weird, the eccentric, and the underseen alongside movies and shorts with mass appeal. This year, they proudly continue that …

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Broke Horror Fan, Witter Entertainment Will Be At The Drive-in VHS Fest 666 July 8-9 At The Mahoning Drive-In Theater

This is the coolest thing I’ve seen all day. Not only are Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment hooking up again for a new VHS project, but they’re also going to be at the freaking Mahoning Drive-in at the Drive-in VHS Fest 666 to sell their wares! You know you …

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Interview With Emily De Margheriti, Star Of ‘Sissy,’ Overlook Film Festival’s 2022 Audience Award Winner

I don’t understand influencers, and I’m okay with that. I don’t follow them, and I don’t feel the need to be one. I don’t really think they have any longevity and will eventually become irrelevant. Tell you how I really feel, right? I was lucky enough to check out the …

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Arrow Films Takes Eric Pennycoff’s Festive Horror ‘The Leech’ For Holiday Release in the UK, Ireland and North America

The Leech

Arrow Films has acquired distribution rights in the UK, Ireland, US, and Canada for Eric Pennycoff’s Christmas horror-comedy The Leech, set to have its world premiere at Chattanooga Film Festival on June 23. The UK-based premiere label for cult, art, horror, and world cinema is planning a release in December …

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Overlook Film Festival 2022: Interview With Mark Patton, Star Of ‘Swallowed”

Mark Patton

Body horror is my jam. Gooey and slimy body horror. The kind that makes me cringe and also makes me thankful it’s not happening to me. But what’s even better? A queer body horror film! And even better than that? The film, Swallowed, from Carter Smith (The Ruins) that was my …

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Overlook Film Festival 2022: Interview With Carter Smith, Writer And Director Of ‘Swallowed’

Body horror is my jam. Gooey and slimy body horror. The kind that makes me cringe and also makes me thankful it’s not happening to me. But what’s even better? A queer body horror film! And even better than that? The film, Swallowed, from Carter Smith (The Ruins) that was …

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Shudder Acquires Rebekah McKendry’s ‘GLORIOUS’ Ahead Of Fantasia Fest Premiere

Glorious

Fantasia Fest 2022 is coming your way this Summer. Among the official selections on this year’s program: Rebekah McKendry’s GLORIOUS, starring J.K. Simmons and Ryan Kwanten. The folks at Shudder send word they’ve acquired the rights to the film ahead of its Fantasia Fest world premiere. When can you expect …

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RLJE Films and Shudder Nab ‘ALLEGORIA’ Just Ahead Of Its World Premiere At Panic Fest

ALLEGORIA

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural have acquired the North American rights to the horror film, ALLEGORIA, ahead of its world premiere at Panic Fest. Written by Spider One, who also makes his directorial debut with ALLEGORIA, …

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