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Rlje Films has released a new trailer for Michael Goi thriller ‘Mary’ starring Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer.

Directed by Goi from a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski the film stars Jennifer Esposito and Stefanie Scott alongside Oldman and Mortimer.

Also in trailers – A haunted house attraction takes a turn for the sinister in trailer for ‘Haunt’

The film has a Us theatrical, Digital/On-Demand release of October 11th

Mary Synopsis David (Academy Award Winner Gary Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frightening events begin to terrorize David and his family, causing them to turn on one another and doubt their own sanity.

Extreme haunts are more than just a staple of the Halloween season, they’re becoming the subjects of a bonafide subgenre of horror. Case in point: Check out the trailer for Haunt embedded at the top of the article. The film is produced by Eli Roth and written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods […]

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Pathe UK has launched a new trailer for acclaimed director Pedro Almodovar’s brilliant ‘Pain and Glory’ starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas.

Related: Premiere Interviews: Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz on Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory

The film talks about creation, about the difficulty of separating it from one’s own life and about the passions that give it meaning and hope. In recovering his past, Salvador finds the urgent need to recount it, and in that need, he also finds his salvation.

Alongside Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz appear Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas and Julieta Serrano. The film is written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, produced by Agustín Almodóvar, with an original score composed by Alberto Iglesias (Volver, The Skin I Live In, Julieta).

Also in trailers – A haunted house attraction takes a turn for the sinister in trailer for ‘Haunt’

The film will be...

While John Krasinski is busy at work with the sequel to A Quiet Place, his screenwriting partners on the 2018 horror hit are taking on directorial duties for their next movie, Haunt. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods write and direct the haunted house horror movie, which follows a group of teens as they enter an “extreme” haunted house, […]

The post ‘Haunt’ Trailer: The Writers of ‘A Quiet Place’ Are Back With a Haunted House Movie appeared first on /Film.

Yesterday the trailer for Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' horror house flick Haunt dropped. The film from the writers of A Quiet Place is having its world premiere at Popcorn Frights today and the key art and character posters were released.      I prefer the individual posters to the key art's collage of the four. They're kind of clean and classy, each one for the Clown, Devil, Ghost and Witch. Check the character posters out below.   On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.   And here's the trailer once more.   ...

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There are countless haunted houses which pop up over the Halloween season, some better than others, but what if one of them...was real. OooooOooOoo. Momentum Pictures have released the first trailer for Haunt, which follows a group of friends as they encounter an extreme haunted house which promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization…...

The writers of A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, have made a new horror film that they wrote and directed called Haunt.

The story is set on Halloween night, and it follows a group of friends who “encounter an ‘extreme’ haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.”

The movie was also produced by Eli Roth, and it doesn’t look like anything that hasn’t been done before. We’ve seen this kind of story recycled several times over the years. But, who knows, maybe this film will offer up a new twist that we don’t see coming.

I was a huge fan of A Quiet Place, so I do hope that Beck and Woods deliver a cool horror film that will surprise me. The movie stars Katie Stevens,...

Momentum Pictures has released a new trailer for horror ‘Haunt’ if you have a fear of funfair haunted houses, then maybe watch with one eye open.

Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the film stars Katie Stevens, Will Brittain and Lauryn Alisa McClain.

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The film will hit Us cinemas and On-Demand/Digital September 13 after it premieres at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival on August 8th.

Haunt Synopsis

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.

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It's always a good time for a solid horror movie but with Halloween around the corner, it's no surprise that we're seeing more and more horror-themed movies coming out. Case in point: Haunt.

Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, best known for writing A Quiet Place, stars Katie Stevens, Will Brittain, and Lauryn Alisa McClain among a few others, as a group of friends who encounter an "extreme" haunted house attraction. It starts off fairly tame ("Is this supposed to be scary?" one of them asks) but their night of light scares turns deadly when the group realizes that the monsters are real.

The trailer for Haunt suggests this is going to be a pretty brutal affair and the fact that the movie is produced by Eli Roth further supports th...

Okay horror fans – get ready for a chilling new horror film coming your way.

Heading into theaters on Friday the 13th, this September, is the horror movie Haunt. The new film will have its World Premiere on opening night (Thursday) at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival .

On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.

Haunt is directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, writers and producers of the terrific A Quiet Place. (review)

Produced by Eli Roth, the film’s score is from Tomandandy.

Yeah, I’d say we’re in for a frighteningly good time!

In Theaters & On Demand September 13.

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"Is this supposed to be scary?" Momentum Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie horror titled Haunt, a new haunted house horror co-directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods. This insanely freaky looking film is about a group of friends who encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real. Ohh yeah. They threw in every possible scary-as-f*!k idea into this and it looks excruciatingly horrifying. Katie Stevens stars, with Will Brittain, Lauryn Alisa McClain, Andrew Caldwell, Shazi Raja, Schuyler Helford, Phillip Johnson Richardson, Chaney Morrow. Looks way, way better than it should and I hope it's as terrifying as this trailer promises. Here's the first official trailer for Scott Beck & Bryan Woods' Haunt, direct from Momentum's YouTube: On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an...

Haunt is the latest film from writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place). Produced by Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Haunt takes place in a side road amusement park. Here, real killers torment their victims, behind closed doors. This horror title stars: Will Brittain (Kong: Skull Island), Katie Stevens (Polaroid), Andrew Caldwell ("iZombie"), Lauryn Alisa McClain and many others. Already slated to show this September, Haunt was shot in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. And, based on the trailer, this horror thriller will host lots of scares. The synopsis does not reveal much. Several friends track down an extreme haunted house. The ride promises to feed on their darkest fears. And, this is one ride where nightmares become real. The use of haunted house rides has been utilized a lot in the horror genre. From Tyler Christensen's House of Purgatory (2016) to the underground Amusement (2008), killers and murderers are always...

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods`horror house flick Haunt is having it's World Premiere tomorrow at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in Florida. Momentum Pictures will be releasing it next month in U.S. theaters and On Demand/Digital on September 13th. The official trailer arrived today, check it out below.    On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some monsters are real.   Beck and Woods have been frequent collaborators - writing, producing and directing over the years - and saw their star rise even further when a little film they wrote, A Quiet Place, dropped a quiet bomb on audiences last year....

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Do you like your popcorn seasoned with horror? Led by the world premiere of Haunt, from the writers of A Quiet Place and Dare, the 5th annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival will get under way in Miami, Florida, USA, in the cool of the summer. And I use the term 'cool' advisedly, as in, if you stay inside watching movies, you'll stay 'cool.' Of course, the films in the fest's lineup can also rightly be described as 'cool' for genre fans. In addition to Haunt, the North American premiere of The Sonata and the East Coast premiere of Bit are early highlights. Haunt is described thusly: "The latest chiller from the writers of the acclaimed A Quiet Place present another deliciously gory scarefest for horror...

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From suburban cultists to an extreme haunted house that's home to more than just jump scares for those who enter its doors, Popcorn Frights Film Festival is bringing a wide range of horror movies to life on the big screen in Fort Lauderdale this August. Daily Dead is thrilled to once again be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival, and we have a look at the entire first wave of programming that includes Fangoria's Satanic Panic, the dark comedy Villains, and the world premiere of Haunt.

Press Release: Fort Lauderdale, Fl – Popcorn Frights is proud to announce the first wave of programming for the fifth annual celebration of the latest and greatest in genre cinema from around the world. The Southeast United States largest gathering of genre films and fans will take place over 9 nights, from August 8-16, at the historic Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale.

While Look Away might dive into a lot of teenage-minded subjects, the themes of isolation and insecurity at the center of the psychological thriller’s narrative are easily relatable to anyone at any age. Starring India Eisley as the film’s protagonist Maria, we watch as the awkward and overly shy teen grapples with her identity when she decides to let her doppelgänger take control of her life, which ends up resulting in some tragic circumstances.

Written and directed by Assaf Bernstein, Look Away also stars Jason Isaacs, Mira Sorvino, Penelope Mitchell, and Harrison Gilbertson, and it arrives in limited theaters this Friday, courtesy of Vertical Entertainment.

Earlier this week, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Bernstein, as well as with co-stars Eisley and Isaacs, about working together on Look Away as well as how the film’s story taps into the everyday isolation most of us feel...

We’re mere days away from October and the official launch of the Halloween season; it’s basically Christmas time for horror fans! In addition to a cornucopia of genre-themed programming and horror movie retrospectives, October is Haunt season, with professional and amateur scare zones popping up across the country. From Mom and Pop operations to corporate […]

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Midsummer Scream is less than two weeks away and we've been provided with the official list of presentations, panels, and special events, including an Elvira career retrospective with Cassandra Peterson, a Hocus Pocus panel, productions from some of the best haunts across the country and much more:

Long Beach, CA - Midsummer Scream, the world’s largest Halloween and horror convention, returns July 28-29 to the Long Beach Convention Center for a weekend of chilling delights. More than 20,000 fans of all things macabre will descend on Southern California from near and far to witness and participate in Midsummer’s biggest production yet, returning for its third year to Los Angeles.

World-Class Panels and Presentations

Midsummer Scream features unparalleled presentations all weekend on two stages within the convention center, the largest being the Grand Ballroom, which seats 2,000 cheering fans. The show features exclusive productions by Southern California’s major Halloween destinations...

Just after 4 p.m. on June 29, cast and crew of the indie horror film Haunt — directed by A Quiet Place writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck — were about to wrap up a lunch break and get back to work filming next to the Cal Poly campus in Pomona, Calif.

“We were all sitting outside and just as we went back in the house, we looked out the window and there were police cars screaming up the road,” recalls producer Todd Garner of what would become a hectic situation. Police closed the set, put it on lockdown,...

Just after 4 p.m. on June 29, cast and crew of the indie horror film Haunt — directed by A Quiet Place writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck — were about to wrap up a lunch break and get back to work filming next to the Cal Poly campus in Pomona, Calif.

“We were all sitting outside and just as we went back in the house, we looked out the window and there were police cars screaming up the road,” recalls producer Todd Garner of what would become a hectic situation. Police closed the set, put it on lockdown,...

Entertainment One has acquired the remaining stake in Sierra Pictures and is bringing the company’s leaders on board to help oversee its film operations. As part of the move, Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg have joined the company as president of film and exec VP of film and global operations, respectively. Sales terms were not disclosed.

eOne is a publicly traded Canadian company that has distributed such films as “Spotlight,” “Arrival,” and the “Divergent” series, as well as television shows that include “Designated Survivor” and “The Walking Dead.” Sierra Pictures has backed the likes of “Tully,” “American Animals,” and the upcoming adaptation of James Frey’s “A Million Little Pieces.” In 2015, eOne previously announced that it had invested in Sierra/Affinity.

In his new role, Meyer will oversee all film content across eOne, while remaining CEO of Sierra/Affinity, the international sales company that is wholly owned by eOne.

Entertainment One has broadened its film operation through acquisition for a second time this year. eOne has acquired the remaining stake in Sierra/Affinity and named its principals, Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg, to film president and exec veep film/global operations, respectively. eOne president/CEO Darren Throop made the appointment.

eOne first bought a minority stake in the international sales and production operation Sierra/Affinity and Sierra Pictures in 2015. It would not disclose the price paid for the remaining stake.

“Welcoming Sierra to eOne is an important next step in our strategy to increase our direct involvement and ownership in content. Together, we will continue to build strong relationships with high-profile creative talent domestically and abroad,” Throop said in a statement.

This becomes the second substantial acquisition for eOne this year, after it acquired The Mark Gordon Company last January and named its principal Gordon to be eOne’s...

Sierra/Affinity to operate independently and represent films from various partners.

eOne has acquired the remaining stake in Sierra Pictures as Nick Meyer joins the company as president of film and Marc Schaberg is named executive vice-president of film and global operations.

Meyer (pictured) will lead all film content across eOne’s global content platform and will continue to serve as CEO of the wholly-owned sales titan Sierra/Affinity, with Schaberg continuing as COO.

Jonathan Kier will take on an expanded role as president of international sales and distribution at Sierra/Affinity. The sales company will continue to represent films from third party producers.

Independent studio Entertainment One announced on Monday that it has named Nick Meyer as the new president of film and Marc Schaberg as the company’s executive vice president of film and global operations.

Entertainment One CEO Darren Throop also said the studio has acquired the remaining stake in Meyer and Schaberg’s film financing and production company, Sierra Pictures, building on its initial investment from 2015.

“Welcoming Sierra to eOne is an important next step in our strategy to increase our direct involvement and ownership in content. Together, we will continue to build strong relationships with high-profile creative talent domestically and abroad,” Throop said in a statement.

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In his new role, Meyer will oversee all film content across Entertainment One’s global platform. He will also continue to serve as CEO Sierra/Affinity, with Marc Schaberg continuing as chief operating officer.

Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in July, including the first season of the highly anticipated Stephen King thriller “Castle Rock” as well as season 2 of the costume drama “Harlots” and season 4 of the comedy “Casual.”

And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites from other networks, including season 2 of “The Strain,” season 4 of “The Vikings” and season 8 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the first five films in the “Star Trek” franchise and the Oscar-winning “Rosemary’s Baby.”

See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in July

Available July 1: TV

Alaska: The Last Frontier: Complete Season 4 (Discovery)

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Deadly Women: Complete Season 6 (ID)

Dual Survival: Complete Season 5 (Discovery)

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What with even the most obscure, and microscopic installments of Stephen King’s oeuvre getting the big screen treatment these days, it’s becoming increasingly more challenging to decode which Master of Horror adaptation to keep tabs on. Granted, there’s been one reworking continually pinging on the radar – It: Chapter Two – but another conversion might’ve just stolen Pennywise’s thunder.

According to Deadline, 20th Century Fox is close to acquiring a pitch package centered on an adaptation of the Stephen King short story, The Boogeyman, penned by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods – the writing duo behind monstrous box office success, A Quiet Place – and produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps (Stranger Things).

Initially published in 1973, and subsequently released as part of the 1978 short story collection Night Shift, The Boogeyman shadows Lester Billings, a man who’s lost three young children, all of whom...

Exclusive: Todd Garner is moving his Broken Road Productions banner onto the Paramount lot. Garner has made a two-year first look deal to develop and produce movies for both Paramount Pictures and Paramount Players.

Garner, who makes mainstream comedies and genre films, had most recently been under a deal with Covert Media, where he will continue to product numerous projects he set up. It is a homecoming of sorts for Garner, who started his career in accounting for Paramount Domestic Television, assigned to The Arsenio Hall Show.

“It was a huge success, back when Bill Clinton came on to play his sax and Eddie Murphy would show up,” Garner told Deadline. “I would walk around the lot and couldn’t believe I was on it. It was where I first learned what a creative executive was.” Garner became a creative exec and spent a decade as an exec at Disney rising to co-president of production,...

The movie: A Quiet Place, which served as the opening night film of the 25th South By Southwest Film Festival The plot: A family struggles to survive in silence on a rural farmstead amid a flock of sonically acute creatures that attack upon hearing the slightest sound. Starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, who also directed. The interviewees: Screenwriters Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, who grew up in Iowa together and have been making films as a team since junior high. I met them while working in the camera department on their most recent directorial effort Haunt, which wrapped production […]...

A kidnapper gets more than he bargained for in Pet. Starring Dominic Monaghan, Ksenia Solo, and Jennette McCurdy, the psychological horror film has been acquired by Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films, with Us theatrical, VOD, and DVD release dates slated for December.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA (October 4, 2016) – Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today that they have acquired the psychological thriller Pet, directed by Carles Torrens and written by Jeremy Slater. The film stars Dominic Monaghan (Lost, The Lord Of The Rings Series), Ksenia Solo (Black Swan, Lost Girl), and Jennette McCurdy (iCarly, Sam & Cat). Pet had its World Premiere at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin. Orion Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Films will release the film in U.S. theaters and on demand on December 2, 2016, and it will be available on DVD on December 27.

In the vein of Hard Candy and Gone Girl, Pet...

While Adam McKay is certainly no novice when it comes to making successful films – he is the man behind Anchorman, after all – he is currently enjoying something of a surge in interest, following the release of his latest movie, The Big Short. The reason for such interest is that the award-baiting film covers some dramatic ground previously uncharted by the director, who is renowned for his comedy output. But, even while promoting The Big Short, the filmmaker cannot escape questions about Ant-Man And The Wasp.

Adam McKay found himself working with Marvel on the 2015 film Ant-Man after original writer-director Edgar Wright stepped away from the project, and was replaced at the helm by Peyton Reed. McKay was enlisted to work with star Paul Rudd on re-writing the script that had first been delivered by Wright and his collaborator Joe Cornish. With that partnership deemed a success, Vulture asked McKay if...

The Transformers writer’s room has been making the headlines recently, adding more and more names to the list of storytellers who have been tasked with moving the franchise forward through a range of prequels, sequels and spin-offs. The final piece has now fallen into place with the announcement that Steven DeKnight will take the last seat at that table. DeKnight is riding a wave a success following the impressive debut of the first season of Daredevil on Netflix – a series for which he was showrunner, in addition to writing, directing and producing.

DeKnight joins a creative team that already consists of Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down), Geneva Robertson-Dworet (whose script Hibernation was featured on the Black List), Christina Hodson (Shut In), newcomer Lindsey Beer, Andrew Barrer (Haunt), Gabriel Ferrari (Barrer’s writing partner), Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man), Zak Penn (Avengers Assemble...

Image Entertainment recently announced the acquisition of The Houses October Built and will be releasing the movie to theaters and VOD in October. Here’s a look at the new trailer:

“Los Angeles (August 15, 2014) – Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, has acquired the North American rights to the haunted house thriller The Houses October Built. Produced by Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Zack Andrews. The film is directed by Bobby Roe and stars Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe and Jeff Larson. The deal was announced today by Image Entertainment’s Svp of Acquisitions, Mark Ward.

“The Houses October Built is an instant Halloween classic,” said Ward. “This is a film that audiences will seek out year after year – and will be just as terrified each time they watch it.”

The Houses October Built takes you where no other Halloween film has gone before. Beneath...

Halloween is coming, and you know what that means… horror themed haunted houses and mazes. Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year, and it's always fun going out and finding places that offer some fun scares.

Director Bobby Roe took the concept of haunted houses and mazes and used it as an idea for a new found footage horror film that he calls The Houses October Built. The story follows five friends who embark on a road trip to find the ultimate underground haunt. This leads to some disturbing and strange experiences. This is something I'd actually love to do for real, but I could do without the real aspect of death.

This may be a found footage horror film, which people are getting tired of these days, but it seems to work fine for this particular story. I think this is a really cool idea for a movie,...

The fifth annual Telluride Horror Show is getting set to kick off in Telluride, Colorado, next month, and right now we have the first batch of announced films for your perusal.

From the Press Release

The Telluride Horror Show is excited to announce the first batch of films for its 5th annual festival, scheduled for October 10-12, 2014, in beautiful Telluride, Colorado.

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Backwater

USA | 2013 | 94 min | Director: Christopher Schrack

Followed by a Q&A with director Christopher Schrack.

A couple camping in the woods believe they are in tremendous danger even though they can't explain what is causing their terror.

Bag Boy Lover Boy

USA | 2014 | 77 min | Director: Andres Torres

Bag Boy Lover Boy follows the lowly life of Albert, an oddball hotdog vendor who is shocked to find himself suddenly becoming the bizarre muse of enigmatic NYC photographer Ivan Worthington. But shocks come his way even more so when, amidst his...

Buying a house after three kids and their father all met gruesome ends while living there is apparently nothing to be squeamish about for the Ashers, the family at the center of the horror film Haunt. Rather, they jump at the chance to purchase the supposedly cursed Morello home after former pediatrician Dr. Morello (the divinely weird Jacki Weaver, best known as the matriarch of Silver Linings Playbook) decides that losing her entire family in a variety of tragic and disturbing ways is enough of a reason to get out. Like the Morellos, the Ashers also have three children. And like the Morellos, they too will soon discover that the big, beautiful old house has a dark, ugly spirit inhabiting it.

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Image Entertainment has acquired North American rights to the haunted house thriller.

Bobby Roe directed the story of five teenagers in search of thrills at a Halloween Haunt who get more than they bargain for.

Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe and Jeff Larson star in The Houses October Built and the producers are Steven Schneider and Zack Andrews.

Image Entertainment negotiated the deal with Wme Global and Preferred Content on behalf of the filmmakers. ...

Image Entertainment has announced the acquisition of The Houses October Built, with plans to release the movie to theaters and VOD in October:

“Los Angeles (August 15, 2014) – Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment (Nasdaq: Rlje) brand, has acquired the North American rights to the haunted house thriller The Houses October Built. Produced by Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Zack Andrews. The film is directed by Bobby Roe and stars Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe and Jeff Larson. The deal was announced today by Image Entertainment’s Svp of Acquisitions, Mark Ward.

“The Houses October Built is an instant Halloween classic,” said Ward. “This is a film that audiences will seek out year after year – and will be just as terrified each time they watch it.”

The Houses October Built takes you where no other Halloween film has gone before. Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless...

Some quick distro news is coming in late in the day as Image Entertainment has nabbed North American rights to The Houses October Built and plans to release the thriller simultaneously in theaters and on video-on-demand.

From the Press Release:

Image Entertainment, an Rlj Entertainment brand, has acquired the North American rights to the haunted house thriller The Houses October Built, produced by Steven Schneider (Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Zack Andrews.

The film is directed by Bobby Roe and stars Brandy Schaefer, Zack Andrews, Bobby Roe, Mikey Roe, and Jeff Larson. The deal was announced by Image Entertainment's Svp of Acquisitions, Mark Ward.

"The Houses October Built is an instant Halloween classic," said Ward. "This is a film that audiences will seek out year after year - and will be just as terrified each time they watch it."

The Houses October Built takes you where no other Halloween film has gone before.

A trailer for the erotic drama My Mistress has been unveiled.

Warning: The trailer below contains sexual content.

My Mistress stars French actress Emmanuelle Béart as Maggie, who enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with a young man (Harrison Gilbertson) and becomes his dominatrix.

Their erotic dalliances soon lead to dangerous consequences as others learn the truth of their relationship.

My Mistress is Stephen Lance's first major feature film in the director seat.

Gilbertson is best known for appearances in Need for Speed and Haunt. He will soon star in Fallen, opposite Jeremy Irvine.

My Mistress is expected to open later this year.

The duo behind Sony’s upcoming take on Sabrina The Teenage Witch are in negotiations to take a stab at the script for Marvel’s tiniest hero. Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari made the 2010 Black List fresh out of Nyu with Die In A Gunfight and later scored the scripting gig on the horror pic Haunt. Now the pair is eyed to rewrite Ant-Man for director Peyton Reed, who replaced Edgar Wright last month. Adam McKay did the most recent pass on the script about the shrinking superhero. Marvel wouldn’t comment. Barrer & Ferrari are repped by Wme and Caliber Media. […]...

It has a cast that includes Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas, but Ant-Man apparently still doesn't have a screenplay that Marvel Studios are happy with. Following the departure of Edgar Wright over creative differences, and a subsequent pass by Adam McKay, the latest draft has been taken on by the writing team of Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.The pair landed themselves on the buzzy Black List for 2010, right after graduating from Nyu, with the screenplay for their still un-produced drama Die In A Gunfight. They've since had their horror pic Haunt (not to be confused with Vincenzo Natali's Haunter) brought to the screen with Harrison Gilbertson in the lead, and they've also been at work on Jonathan Levine's Legend and the developing Sabrina The Teenage Witch reboot.Too many cooks, or necessary triage? Whatever's going on, Marvel and new director Peyton Reed are clearly finding Ant-Man a particularly tough nut to crack.

​“Netflix Horrors” is a regular column in which Shock Till You Drop alerts you to the latest genre titles to hit the VOD service. Today, we just have two films to tell you about. The first is the Mac Carter-directed Haunt, released by IFC. The film tells the story of a family that moves into a new home with a dark past. When their son becomes involved with a beautiful girl next door, and together they begin to explore their sexual awakening, they unwittingly invoke an alternative dimension of the house.

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For the week of June 10th, most of the genre-related titles hitting DVD and Blu-ray shelves this week just happen to be compilations ranging from sets celebrating cult classics to B-movies to indie horror films, which makes it a great week to catch up on owning countless overlooked horror and sci-fi gems, conveniently assembled for you in box set form.

We also have a few other notable titles getting their home entertainment release this week including Mac Carter’s supernatural thriller Haunt, the zom-com Kill Zombie!, Patrick: Evil Awakens and an indie Sasquatch film called Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper.

Spotlight Titles:

100 Greatest Cult Classics Collection (Mill Creek, DVD)

Over 136 Hours of Rare Cinematic Gems starring William Shatner, Adam West, Matt Dillon, Glenn Ford, Johnny Cash and Many More!

Drink from the cup of cult classic gold with 100 of the most deliciously-strange cinematic treasures! This 25 DVD collection turns away from...

*full disclosure: a DVD screener of this film was provided by IFC Films. Director: Mac Carter. Writer: Andrew Barrer. Cast: Harrison Gilbertson, Liana Liberato, Jacki Weaver and Ione Skye. Haunt is an indie horror feature from first time director Mac Carter. As well, the film was developed from one of writer Andrew Barrer's first scripts. And, the central cast is a young twosome: Liana Liberato and Harrison Gilbertson. All of this newness should create for a few interesting bits. But, Haunt is a fairly straight-forward haunted house horror tale. Only a few jump scares and an interesting late reveal, in the story department, create any intrigue. Haunt needed a few more shocks and surprises along the way to break up the film's tedium. In the story, a large manor serves as the film's focal point. Here, the Morello family were cursed by spirits of a netherworld. Five family members were tormented,...

Mac Carter's spookfest Haunt will be available on DVD via IFC Midnight and to usher it in we have the DVD artwork for you and all the details you need to steady your nerves for a terrifying trip into the Morello house.

From the Press Release

Years ago, Dr. Janet Morello (Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook, Animal Kingdom) saw her entire family die in their house under tragic and gruesome circumstances. Now, wanting a change of scenery, she sells her home to the Asher family, including teenage son Evan (Harrison Gilbertson, Need for Speed). Evan is the only one suspicious about his family's supposed new dream house, and after striking up a friendship with his troubled neighbor Samantha (Liana Liberato, Free Ride), he discovers a way to communicate with the ghosts of the slaughtered Morello family. But soon Evan and Sam's morbid curiosity into the supernatural turns...

It would have been nice to see a film of this ilk with some ingenuity. And it would have been greatly satisfying had the movie actually been frightening. But Haunt shouldnt be sold entirely short. You may not be terrified by the flick but youre likely to be entertained. It looks beautiful. Hell even the computer generated effects are quite polished. And those performances well theyre worth lauding. There is a lot of passion packed in this package. And even if director Mac Carter and writer Andrew Barrer didnt stir any serious imagination with the ideology at work they scored in other key areas that are just prominent enough to lure viewers in. Ill watch this one a second time somewhere down the road and thats a good sign.

With a star-studded adapation of his bestseller The Fault In Our Stars, about the unusual romance between two teen cancer patients, primed to light up the box office this June, it’s safe to say that novelist John Green is having a pretty phenomenal 2014. Today, Green got even more great news, with Fox 2000′s announcement that the studio has picked up his book Paper Towns and plans to reteam with The Fault In Our Stars writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen, and co-star Nat Wolff, for the adaptation.

Considering how well The Fault In Our Stars is tracking (its first trailer broke 3 million views in less than 24 hours), Fox 2000′s enthusiasm in extending its working relationship with Green doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Paper Towns is widely considered to be one of his best works, so fan anticipation is already high for the adaptation.

For his feature film debut, up-and-coming director Mac Carter gives us his own spin on various familiar haunted house tropes in the “better than its bland name would suggest” supernatural thriller Haunt.

It’s opening, ripe in self-awareness that we’re all more than familiar with every kind of supernatural story under the sun these days, establishes early that while Haunt may not be necessarily the most original horror movie you’ll see this year, that doesn’t mean it can’t be a well-crafted, finely executed and highly enjoyable one all the same.

Haunt begins by setting us up with a backstory to its tale, creating an early sense of tension after we witness a grieving man, desperate to make contact with his deceased family, unleashes something far more dangerous than he could possibly imagine via a mysterious box that can communicate with the dead. The story then catches...

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As Mac Carter’s directorial debut, Haunt, quickly unfurls a haul of standard haunted house clichés, don’t be surprised if you’re put in mind of a couple James Wan features. In fact, there’s not much by way of originality to be experienced as far as its narrative is concerned, a film that chugs along until it finally arrives at a revelation that feels as predictable as it is unenthusiastically rendered. In fact, the film’s opening narration attempts to address this issue, and does actually temper what it’s lacking in chills with considerable effort in providing us with a pair of protagonists that elevates the material. Despite Carter and screenwriter Andrew Barrer’s efforts, an overabundance in supernatural flourishes in the second half severely detracts from any mounting dread inspired by its fitting design, which cheapens...

"I think it's important to look around and appreciate how lucky we are," a mother states in Haunt, a horror debut from Mac Carter.

Emblematic of much of the film's problems, this "lucky" family is never shown behaving harmoniously — a rote line of dialogue will have to suffice.

Action is replaced with exposition even in the film's press notes, which indicate teenage son Evan (Harrison Gilbertson) is moody; other than the occasional mopey facial expression, there's little to suggest he's a volatile teen, or any other kind of teen at all, as he's given little to do except thrust the narrative forward.

After moving, Evan befriends local girl Sam (Liana Liberato), who explains that his new house is haunted — of the previous family that inhabited...