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Sanctum 4K Uhd from Scream Factory

Sanctum dives onto 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on January 7 via Scream Factory. The 2011 thriller is newly presented in 4K from the original elements with Dolby Vision.

From executive producer James Cameron, the film is directed by Alister Grierson (Bloody Hell) and written by John Garvin and Andrew Wight. Richard Roxburgh, Rhys Wakefield, Alice Parkinson, Dan Wyllie, and Ioan Gruffudd star.

Special features include: new commentary by film historians Emily Higgins and Billy Dunham; commentary by Grierson, Waskefield, and Wight; Sanctum: The Real Story; Nullarbor Dreaming; and deleted scenes.

Heretic Candle from A24

If you missed the Heretic multi-sensory screenings, you can recreate the aromatic experience at home with A24’s candle.

Exclusive: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actress Mallory Jansen and Emmy and Tony Award winner Anthony Lapaglia are boarding Alex Proyas’ upcoming sci-fi satire R.U.R. opposite Lindsay Farris (Ash vs Evil Dead).

Cameras roll on Oct. 21 in Sydney, Australia.

Proyas penned the screenplay which is an adaptation of Karel Capek famous science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), published in 1920. R.U.R. follows Helena, played by Jansen, who visits the island factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots to emancipate the robots from capitalist exploitation, with catastrophic results.

Proyas is the filmmaker behind the $353M-grossing Will Smith 2004 summer hit I, Robot.

The film is being produced by Proyas, Morris Ruskin, former CAA agent Adam Krentzman, Steven Matusko and Brett Thornquest. EPs are Matthew Rhodes of The Hideaway Entertainment, Rohit Khanna,...

Everyone wants Glen Powell to be a movie star – him included. But are we all putting too many eggs in one basket?

How many “the next movie star” pieces have you read about Glen Powell?

At first glance, the idea that a good-looking, charismatic actor would attract something of a media frenzy would have been a no-brainer. But after 20 years without a new, chiselled face emerging from the Hollywood machine, you can forgive the film journalism industry for getting a little excited. “The death of the movie star” is a phenomenon many have blamed for the decline of the original blockbuster. If we’ve finally found one – whether it’s Powell or the two or three others making their way into the spotlight this year – maybe we can get movies like the original Twister again, rather than one expanding the same franchise. Big Storm, perhaps, or Bloody Hell, That’s A Lot Of Wind.

Maddie Ziegler, on the heels of her starring role in HBO Max’s teen drama The Fallout, stars opposite Reservation Dogs‘ D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai and Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire in a new kind of coming-of-age tale, Fitting In.

In this trailer for the semi-autobiographical story based on Grown-ish and Grace and Frankie director Molly McGlynn’s own adolescence, Ziegler portrays Lindy, a 16-year-old who is just like any other teenage girl. She fantasizes about losing her virginity to her crush Adam (Woon-a-Tai) and wants to act on her sexual desires.

But when her mother Rita (Hampshire) takes her daughter to get birth control, a visit to the gynecologist leads to an unexpected discovery: Lindy has Mrkh syndrome, a rare congenital disorder resulting in an underdeveloped vagina with a small or absent uterus.

As Lindy learns to accept that her journey into womanhood looks different from her peers’, she attends an Lgbtqai+ support group,...

Stars: Joshua Brennan, Charlotte Best, Ric Herbert, Coco Jack Gillies, Jess Bush, Barry Quin, Adam Saunders | Written and Directed by Nik Kacevski

Just as Skinford: Death Sentence was shot simply as Skinford in 2017, Skinford 2: The Curse began life in Australia under the less sensational title Skinford: Chapter Two in 2018. Enter Black Mandala, who picked them up, dusted them off and gave them a new title for release outside their home country.

For those who haven’t seen the first film, Skinford 2: The Curse opens with a recap via footage from it, as well as various newspaper clippings under the credits. That gives way to Jimmy “Skinny” Skinford trying to get a place where he and Zophia can lie low after the events of the first film.

That’s because not only is his father Guy still alive and desperate to steal Zophia’s immortality, so is Kovac who...

The Rosenzweig Group has signed rising Australian actor Xavier Molyneux for representation in all areas.

Molyneux can currently be seen in Amazon Freevee’s reboot of the Australian series Neighbours in the role of Byron Stone.

Earlier this year, Molyneux made his film debut in Take My Hand, a romantic drama starring Radha Mitchell (Finding Neverland), Adam Demos (UnReal), Bart Edwards (The Witcher) and Meg Fraser (Bloody Hell). Molyneux plays a young Adam Demos in the film, which is currently in post-production.

Molyneux continues to be repped by Benchmark Creative Management in Australia.

The Rosenzweig Group is a management and production company founded by Marni Rosenzweig in 2018. The company has film, television and podcast projects at various stages of development and production and their clients include Patrick Adams, Clayton Cardenas, Glynn Turman and Sandra Bernhard.

Filmmakers and festival attendees are in Austin for the 2023 SXSW Film & TV Festival to celebrate the convergence of the tech, film and music industries across a variety of programming formats and special events. The fest runs March 10-19.

Fest-goers can expect red carpet premieres, gala Film, TV, Documentary and Spotlight events with talent expected to participate across all platforms.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves world premiered on opening night with cast members Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Daisy Head, Sophia Lillis, Jeremy Latcham, and the directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein at the Paramount Theater on Friday, March 10. Other screenings on opening night included Later Bloomers, Only the Good Survive, National Anthem, Swarm and the Sundance horror favorite Talk to Me.

Related: SXSW 2023: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews

Day 2 of SXSW on Saturday, March 11 featured screenings and world premieres from the films You Sing Loud,...

Directed by Alister Grierson (Sanctum) and written by Robert Benjamin, Bloody Hell follows a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified Conscience. Together, they must race …

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At 20, Maddie Ziegler has a resume that rivals what most people will accomplish in a lifetime. The multi-hyphenate has accomplished a staggering amount in her short life and gained plenty of fans along the way. At eight, Ziegler’s life was forever changed when she was cast in the hit reality TV show, Dance Moms. Then, at 11, things went into overdrive when she landed the lead role in Sia’s music video, Chandelier. But despite being in the spotlight for more than half her life, the dancer still doesn’t think of herself as famous.

Maddie Ziegler | Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Tory Burch Maddie Ziegler had no idea that ‘Dance Moms’ would make her well-known

Ziegler was hardly expecting Dance Moms to bring her any attention, let alone make her famous. She was just a regular 8-year-old with a passion for dance when the show started filming. She couldn...

Abby Lee Miller never made it a secret of just how much she favored Maddie Ziegler. From the very first episode of Dance Moms, it was abundantly clear that Miller valued Ziegler above any of her other students. Ziegler started the series at the top of Miller’s hierarchical pyramid and throughout her tenure on the show, she was consistently Miller’s “go-to” girl. But what was it about Ziegler that made her Miller’s favorite? The choreographer once explained what she felt was the secret to the dancer’s success.

Abby Lee Miller and Maddie Ziegler On ‘Dance Moms’ Abby Lee Miller constantly put Maddie Ziegler up on a pedestal

Ziegler was always the girl to beat on the Aldc Junior Elite Competition Team. Miller spent an exorbitant amount of time championing Ziegler at the expense of her other dancers. She loved The Fallout actor’s work ethic and penchant for winning dance competitions.

Maddie Ziegler is known for quite a few things. Most recently, she’s been making a name for herself as an actor by starring in films like The Fallout and West Side Story. Of course, long-time fans of the 20-year-old will recall that she got her start on the popular reality TV series, Dance Moms. But the muli-hyphenate creative’s most high-profile gig to date has been her performance in Sia’s music videos. More specifically, her performance of the choreography in the Chandelier music video made Ziegler a household name.

Sia and Maddie Ziegler | Dave Simpson/WireImage How did Maddie Ziegler end up in Sia’s ‘Chandelier’ music video?

Ziegler was only 11 when Sia tapped her to be in the Chandelier music video. The Aussie was a fan of Dance Moms and found herself moved whenever Ziegler would perform her solo choreography on the show. Thus, she reached out...

From the very first episode of Dance Moms, it was made abundantly clear that Maddie Ziegler was Abby Lee Miller’s favorite. The talented dancer started the series at the top of Miller’s infamous pyramid and pretty much stayed there throughout her entire six-season tenure. Miller constantly sang Ziegler’s praises, telling anyone who would listen that the dancer was destined for success.

While Miller’s methods were questionable at best, her assertions about the levels of success Ziegler would reach were spot on. It wasn’t too long before the dancer became a household name in her own right, with opportunities that eclipsed what Dance Moms could provide her with. Miller even admitted to being a bit jealous that her favorite student was having incredible experiences without her.

Abby Lee Miller and Maddie Ziegler | Caroline McCredie/Getty Images Maddie Ziegler rose to fame thanks to her performances in...

Maddie Ziegler has certainly put a lot of distance between her Dance Moms days. While the 20-year-old has expressed gratitude for the platform that the Lifetime show gave her, she’s also vowed never to do another reality TV show again. These days, Ziegler is hyperfocused on her acting career. In fact, she has managed to secure leading lady status in her upcoming film, Bloody Hell. But every so often Ziegler will reflect on her Dance Moms experiences and how she and her castmates were often manipulated by the show’s producers.

Maddie Ziegler | David Livingston/Getty Images Maddie Ziegler was on six seasons of ‘Dance Moms’ before she quit

Ziegler was only eight when she joined the Dance Moms cast with her little sister, Kenzie Ziegler, and mom, Melissa Gisoni. The family had no idea how much their decision to do the show would change the course of their lives.

Stars: Taysha Farrugia, Kestie Morassi, Darcy Kent, Jennifer Vuletic, Jane Badler, Brett Cousins, Matthew Crosby, Ellie Stewart | Written by David Willing, Beth King | Directed by David Willing

Surrogate begins with Rose (Taysha Farrugia) celebrating her ninth birthday before going to bed. She asks her mother Natalie if they can check for monsters. Natalie tells her there are no such things, which of course means the girl has more to worry about than a jump scare from her Uncle Will.

As she’s leaving the now-closed clinic she has an encounter with a woman who seems to be mentally ill. She encounters the woman again when she stops for gas, this time having to try and save her after she drinks bleach. After this she suddenly develops symptoms that resemble a pregnancy, even waking up bloody from the waist down as though she had given birth, but there’s no baby to be found.

Exclusive: Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Frederick Weller (BlacKkKlansman), D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (Reservation Doggs) and Will Ropp (The Greatest Beer Run Ever) will topline the indie thriller Only the Good Survive, from writer-director Dutch Southern, which has wrapped production.

The film picks up with Brea Dunlee (Flanigan) following a heist gone wrong resulting in the deaths of three of her friends, as she finds herself in the custody of the small-town sheriff Cole Mack (Weller), who may be hiding just as many secrets as her. The only thing for certain is only one of them will survive. Darius Fraser (The Chair), Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Jon Gries (The White Lotus) also star in the film being eyed for a 2023 release.

Thomas Mahoney (Wild Indian) and Justin X. Duprie (Bad Turn Worse) are producing, with Brian Udovich, Renn Vera and Maureen Taylor serving as EPs.

Exclusive: Maddie Ziegler and Schitt’s Creek Star Emily Hampshire are to lead Bloody Hell, a coming-of-age “traumedy” from Mary Goes Round director Molly McGlynn.

Principal photography kicked off in Canada last week on the feature, which follows 16-year-old Lindy (Ziegler), who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex, presumptions about womanhood and relationship with her mother (Hampshire).

The film is semi-autobiographical for McGlynn, who was diagnosed with Mrkh Syndrome when she was 16. She was subsequently behind critically-acclaimed 2017 feature Mary Goes Round and has helmed episodes of the likes of Grace and Frankie and Bless this Mess.

“It took me several years to scrape together the courage to write this script,” said McGlynn. “I knew Maddie was the perfect person to capture the nuance and complexity of this confusing, emotionally overwhelming and in hindsight, absurd, time in my adolescent life.”

Ziegler is a...

Welp, 2021 was certainly a year. There was a lot of good (Movies! TV! Books! Random Horror Awesomeness!) and a lot of bad (pretty much everything else), but we made it to 2022, and I am excited for all that’s to come in the next 12 months (at least when it comes to stuff going on in horror). Over the course of last year, I think formally reviewed over 60 films, did interviews for at least 20 other projects beyond those reviewed films, relaunched Indie Horror Month in April, and even did a ton of other features and articles on Daily Dead as well.

Suffice to say, 2021 was pretty darned busy for me on the writing front and because there was so much content that I absolutely adored, I decided that for my favorites list this time around, I wanted to do things a bit differently because if I dive into every single thing...

Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy is one of those beloved book franchises that should have gotten a TV series adaptation at least five years ago. Set in a world in which two distinct races of vampires—the Moroi and the Strigoi—exist, the six-book series centers the best friendship between Moroi princess Lissa and half-vampire bodyguard Rose.

While the series was made into a pretty good movie starring Zoey Deutch back in 2014, it was one of those adaptations that, while fun, didn’t actually do a good job adapting its source material. Now that Peacock has announced a series adaptation from Vampire Diaries creator Julie Plec and promising “the elegance of aristocratic romance” combined with “the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre,” the Vampire Academy fanbase might finally get the adaptation they’ve long been asking for. Today, we got our first insight into what the Peacock series will actually look like,...

The nominations are out for the 21st annual Golden Trailer Awards, which celebrate the pros who created the trailers and film marketing for new movies from the past two years. Check out the full list below.

The honors cover content created between April 2019 and April 2021 from studios, independent films and foreign films. Winners will be announced during a hybrid ceremony July 22 at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville, Tn. Winners in 16 categories will be honored during a livestream that starts at 7 p.m. Pt.

“We’re absolutely amazed at the talent we’ve seen over the past couple years,” said Evelyn Brady-Watters, who co-founded the GTAs with her sister, Monica Brady. “Especially with the turbulent times we’ve had, we’re honored to celebrate the incredible and entertaining work of our industry professionals, whose craft shines through and entertains us through good times and bad.”

Here are the nominees...

A quirky, demented, and frenetically paced genre mash-up, Bloody Hell from director Alister Grierson is a wickedly entertaining time that takes viewers to some truly unexpected places, and never really lets up from start to finish. Featuring a devilishly double performance from Ben O’Toole, Bloody Hell is a ridiculously fun romp that may not exactly dig really deep, but there’s still plenty to enjoy all the same.

Bloody Hell introduces us to Rex (O’Toole) on what might be the worst day of his life. As he uses his banking needs as a means of finding an excuse to chat with a teller he seems to share a bit of a flirtation with, a group of robbers burst in and take everyone hostage. Rex, being a man of action, intervenes and saves the day, but unfortunately, the legal system views his actions differently, and sends him to the slammer.

A viral vigilante escapes unwanted notoriety only to find that even though things were bad, they can always get worse in Alister Grierson's new gonzo shocker, Bloody Hell.  Rex was minding his own business at the bank, making cutesy eyes at an attractive teller when a sudden robbery throws him into fight or flight mode. Much to the dismay of the robbers, Rex picks fight, and several shotgun blasts later, Rex is being hailed as a hero... almost. Among the victims of his adrenaline fueled outburst, is an innocent whose death sends him to prison, leaving him in the awkward position of being an angel to some and a demon to others. When he is released from paying his debt to...

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We're back with another installment of Horror Highlights! Today, check out the red band trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about the Midnight Musical Podcasts, and find out how you can take part in Dark Star Pictures' virtual film festival!

Watch the Red Band Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience."

Director: Alister Grierson Screenwriter: Robert Benjamin Cast: Ben O'Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback Run Time: 94 Minutes Rating: Rated R for Bloody Violence, Gore, and Language Throughout Distributor: The Horror Collective

In Select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021, On DVD/Blu-Ray January 19, 2021

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Midnight Musicals Season 1 Trailer: "Welcome to the podcast musical underground. We are a...

Tagline: "One Hell of a Fairy Tale." Bloody Hell is a horror film set in Helsinki, Finland. Here, a man (Ben O'Toole) is attempting to escape his past, but finds himself in much worse circumstances. From director Alister Grierson (Sanctum), Bloody Hell also stars: Meg Fraser (Leech), Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland - amongst others. The film's Red Band trailer has been released, along with theatrical times. Bloody Hell is a restricted feature and will play across several U.S. cities this weekend. This film will play in: Arizona, California, Texas and several other states. The theatrical launch begins this January 15th and will last as long as horror fans support this release. The Entertainment Squad and the Horror Collective will host the theatrical launch and the details are linked below. Release Date: January 15th, 2020 (Theatrical). Director: Alister Grierson. Cast: Ben O'Toole, Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer,...

A captivity tale whose ostensible Finnish setting serves mostly to put us in mind of grisly old-world folk tales, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell saves its troll for the very end but offers plenty of peril while we await him. Built around an animated performance by Ben O’Toole, who isn’t hampered by spending most of the film suspended from rope handcuffs in a dank basement, the pic musters just enough dark-comic energy to recall early Sam Raimi — albeit without the frenzied camerawork that helped make Evil Dead a classic.

O’Toole’s Rex gets more backstory than your average trapped-in-a-basement ...

A captivity tale whose ostensible Finnish setting serves mostly to put us in mind of grisly old-world folk tales, Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell saves its troll for the very end but offers plenty of peril while we await him. Built around an animated performance by Ben O’Toole, who isn’t hampered by spending most of the film suspended from rope handcuffs in a dank basement, the pic musters just enough dark-comic energy to recall early Sam Raimi — albeit without the frenzied camerawork that helped make Evil Dead a classic.

O’Toole’s Rex gets more backstory than your average trapped-in-a-basement ...

"Why aren't you dead?" The Horror Collective has released an official red band trailer for Bloody Hell, described as a "pitch-black horror comedy" from Australian filmmaker Alister Grierson (of Sanctum). This played at the Nightstream Film Festival last year and debuts on VOD this month. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks extra fucked up and freaky - and but I still want to visit Finland.

Alister Grierson's horror and black comedy Bloody Hell will be in select Theaters, Drive-Ins and On Demand January 14, 2021 then on DVD/Blu-Ray on January 19, 2021. Our friends at The Horror Collective are releasing the film and have released red band and green band trailers. Pick your poison below - you'll have to follow the link for the red band trailer and all its naughtiness. A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell… only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience. Our own Josh caught the film when it played during the Nightstream virtual film festival back in October. Here are...

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Happy 2021, dear readers! We have a new year, and a new month, upon us, which means there are a new batch of films headed to various digital and on demand platforms throughout January to help get us through the wintry doldrums. As usual, Shudder has some fun content headed to their service this month, including the latest season of A Discovery of Witches, and Apple TV+ is celebrating the start of the second season of Servant in January as well.

Other digital and on demand titles headed home in January include Synchronic, Fatale, PG: Psycho Goreman, Caged, The Night, Bloody Hell, Climate of the Hunter, and La Casa.

Fatale (Lionsgate) - January 8th

After a wild one-night stand, Derrick (Michael Ealy), a successful sports agent, watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers that the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for, is a determined police detective (Hilary Swank...

Exclusive: Cameras are already rolling in Northern Rivers, Australia on Seriously Red, the musical dramedy that reps the first feature from Rose Byrne’s Dollhouse Pictures. While Dollhouse launched five years ago, and the Seriously Red screenplay by Krew Boylan has been in the fold, we can tell you that Byrne will be part of the newly announced ensemble cast along with her Emmy-winning partner Bobby Cannavale and Daniel Webber. Arclight Films has boarded to handle worldwide distribution rights with Gracie Otto (The Last Impresario) directing.

In the rowdy and rambunctious musical comedy, Red (played by Boylan) is at a crossroads in her life. A vivacious and hilarious redhaired woman grappling with high expectations and low self-esteem, she pours herself a cup of ambition and trades her 9 to 5 career in real estate for a life under the spotlight as a Dolly Parton impersonator.

Arclight Films is launching international sales on the horror-thriller “The Devil to Pay,” starring Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer and Jayson Warner Smith.

Arclight chairman Gary Hamilton made the announcement Monday, coinciding with the launch of the online American Film Market.

The story centers on a struggling farmer in an isolated Appalachian community, who fights to save her son when the cold-hearted matriarch of the oldest family on the mountain demands payment of a debt that could destroy a decades-old truce. Lane Skye and Ruckus Skye wrote and directed the film, and produced alongside Deadwyler, Martin L. Kelley, Allison Maier and Gabriel Olson.

“Danielle is a formidable talent, leading this gripping tale of familial defense through its pulse-racing twists and turns, as excellently plotted by Lane and Ruckus,” said Hamilton. “Our buyers have shown a consistent appetite for this kind of cerebral, elevated horror-thriller that both entertains and enlightens. We could...

Gary Hamilton, longtime managing director of Los Angeles-based Arclight Films, is preparing for his 36th American Film Market amid the profound changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. His credits include Daniel Radcliffe starrer “Escape From Pretoria” (pictured), “Hotel Mumbai,” “First Reformed,” “Triple Threat,” “Predestination,” “Dog Eat Dog” and “Jungle” starring Radcliffe. Arclight’s AFM sales slate includes Australian historical drama “The Furnace”; coming-of-age story “Chasing Wonders,” starring Paz Vega and Edward James Olmos; martial-arts film “The Foggy Mountain”; thrillers “Bloody Hell” and “Let It Snow”; “The King’s Daughter,” starring Pierce Brosnan and Kaya Scodelario; “Twist,” starring Michael Caine, Lena Headey and Rita Ora; “Here Are the Young Men,” starring Travis Fimmel, Dean-Charles Chapman, Finn Cole and Anya Taylor-Joy; “Possessor,” starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Sean Bean and Jennifer Jason Leigh; and the horror-thriller “The Devil to Pay,” starring Danielle Deadwyler, Catherine Dyer and Jayson Warner Smith.

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In today's Horror Highlights: the motion trailer for the upcoming Dracula graphic novel, details on the acquisitions of Caveat and Bloody Hell, and an interview for Noise in the Middle!

New Motion Trailer for Legendary Comics' Dracula starring Bela Lugosi Graphic Novel: "Bram Stoker. Bela Lugosi. Two names forever bound by Dracula. And for the first time ever, Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece is being united with the definitive screen Dracula, Bela Lugosi, in Legendary Comics' all new graphic novel!

In the late 19th Century, Dracula, an ancient Transylvanian vampire, moves to England to find fresh blood and spread his evil contagion. There, he encounters two women, Lucy and Mina, who become the targets of his dark obsession. Aided by a group of brave men, Professor Van Helsing arrives on the scene to take on the Vampire Prince in the ultimate battle between the forces of light and dark!"

Creative...

Alister Grierson's black comedy horror flick Bloody Hell has been picked up for North American distribution by Entertainment Squad. Through is genre label The Horror Collective they plan to release Bloody Hell in cinemas, Drive-Ins and On Demand in the U.S. on January 14th.    Our own Josh Hurtado caught Bloody Hell when it played during the Nightstream Film Festival at the beginning of the month. You can read his full review here, but here are some of the key points. He liked it!   What could certainly be a pretty grim entry in the late, lamented torture porn genre is given a remarkably light treatment by writer Robert Benjamin and his director, turning Bloody Hell into a very fun, violent black comedy.    Bloody...

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Upcoming “pop horror” Bloody Hell has been acquired by Entertainment Squad, which will release the film via its genre label The Horror Collective in select theaters, drive-ins and on-demand in early 2021.

Directed by Alister Grierson (Sanctum) and written by Robert Benjamin, Bloody Hell follows a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell, only to arrive somewhere “much, much, much worse.” In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience. Together, they must race against time to free themselves from a twisted family hiding a very ...

Upcoming “pop horror” Bloody Hell has been acquired by Entertainment Squad, which will release the film via its genre label The Horror Collective in select theaters, drive-ins and on-demand in early 2021.

Directed by Alister Grierson (Sanctum) and written by Robert Benjamin, Bloody Hell follows a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell, only to arrive somewhere “much, much, much worse.” In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience. Together, they must race against time to free themselves from a twisted family hiding a very ...

A viral vigilante escapes unwanted notoriety only to find that even though things were bad, they can always get worse in Alister Grierson's new gonzo shocker, Bloody Hell.  Rex was minding his own business at the bank, making cutesy eyes at an attractive teller when a sudden robbery throws him into fight or flight mode. Much to the dismay of the robbers, Rex picks fight, and several shotgun blasts later, Rex is being hailed as a hero... almost. Among the victims of his adrenaline fueled outburst, is an innocent whose death sends him to prison, leaving him in the awkward position of being an angel to some and a demon to others. When he is released from paying his debt to...

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‘Dirt Music.’

The launches last weekend of Gregor Jordan’s Dirt Music and Alister Grierson’s Bloody Hell underline the challenges facing independent films in a theatrical market that is severely weakened by the Victorian shutdown, limits on seating capacity and the absence of Hollywood tentpoles.

Universal mounted a substantial marketing campaign for Jordan’s romantic drama based on the Tim Winton novel, while Grierson’s dark comedic thriller opened on 50 screens across the Event Cinemas, Birch Carroll & Coyle and Greater Union circuits.

Starring Kelly Macdonald, Garrett Hedlund and David Wenham, Dirt Music grossed $188,000 on 201 screens and $300,000 including previews, more than a year after its world premiere in Toronto.

Exhibitors were disappointed. “I would definitely have expected more from a high profile Aussie film based on a best seller,” Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Gm Alex Temesvari tells If.

Majestic Cinemas’ CEO Kieren Dell says: “Dirt Music has been struggling; I...

North American release set for later this month.

After a busy summer of sales on survival thriller Let It Snow, Arclight Films has locked in another key deal for the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Signature Entertainment will handle Stanislav Kapralov’s feature film debut in the territories.

The latest piece of business follows summer deals for Japan (Hark & Company), Middle East (Falcon Films) and Africa (Black Sheep Films), Greece (Spentzos), and McF Megacom (former Yugoslavia).

Grindstone has set a September 22 North American VoD release on Let It Snow, which stars Ivanna Sakhno as a snowboarder who gets separated...

In today's packed edition of Horror Highlights, watch the trailer for Bloody Hell, learn more about Panic Fest Presents: Tricks And Treats and the Mile High Horror Film Festival, read about the Boobs & Blood charity issue, and find out about how you can join the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies' virtual semester:

Watch the Trailer for Bloody Hell: "A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell - only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse."

Festival Schedule

- World Premiere at Fantasy Filmfest / September 13

- Australian Premiere at Brisbane International Film Festival / October 3

- Spanish Premiere at Molins Film Festival / November 6

- North American Festival Premiere to be announced soon

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Director: Alister Grierson

Cast: Ben O’Toole, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sutherland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, Meg Fraser, Ashlee Lollback

Writer: Robert Benjamin

Producers: Brett Thornquest,...

"My family... they're insane!" From one hell to another hell! The first promo trailer has debuted for a crazy Australian / US horror dark comedy film titled Bloody Hell, from filmmaker Alister Grierson. Bloody Hell is described as "a fiendishly fun rollercoaster horror film set between Boise, Idaho and Helsinki, Finland which follows our lead character Rex Coen played by Ben O'Toole (Nekrotronic), a man with a mysterious past who flees the country to escape his own personal hell – only to arrive somewhere much, much, much worse." Once he arrives in Finland, he finds himself tied up in some kind of demented family's house of hell. It's premiering at a few international genre festivals this fall including Fantasy Filmfest and the Molins Film Festival. The cast includes Meg Fraser, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, and Caleb Enoka. This looks so crazy and weird and brutal and bloody as all hell.

‘Chasing Wonders’ (Photo: Sam Oster).

Arclight Films has taken the worldwide distribution rights to coming-of-age film Chasing Wonders, produced by South Australia’s Sla Films and the UK’s Met Film, launching sales at the virtual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this week.

Scripted by Judy Morris, the film was shot over five years across Australia and Spain and with a cast that includes Paz Vega, Edward James Olmos, Quim Gutierrez, Carmen Maura, Antonio de la Torre, Jessica Marais and newcomer Michael Crisafulli as the lead.

Due to make its world premiere at October’s Adelaide Film Festival, Chasing Wonders follows a 12 year old, whose sense of adventure and imagination runs wild, fueled by his maternal grandfather’s (Olmos) encouragement to journey to the magical Emu Plains. Against his father’s wishes, Savino takes off on an adventure of a lifetime and discovers that learning about life and living life are two very different things.

Film scheduled to premiere at Adelaide Film Festival on October 23.

Arclight Films has boarded worldwide sales rights to the ensemble coming-of-age drama Chasing Wonders led by Paz Vega and will launch sales during Toronto International Film Festival.

The key cast includes Edward James Olmos, Quim Gutierrez, Carmen Maura, Antonio de la Torre, Jessica Marais, and newcomer Michael Crisafulli.

Australian screenwriter Judy Morris wrote the screenplay about a 12-year-old only child who defies his father’s wishes and takes off on the adventure of a lifetime to find the magical Emu Plains. Debutant Hilton Nathanson directs.

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Arclight Films Reels In Worldwide Rights For New Horror Thriller ‘Bloody Hell’ Directed By Alister Grierson Arclight Films is set to handle worldwide distribution rights for the unique horror-thriller Bloody Hell directed by Alister Grierson (Universal Pictures’ Sanctum), it was announced today by company Chairman, Gary Hamilton. Bloody Hell is the first of a planned …

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Solar Media produces snowboarding chiller.

Arclight Films has closed a North American distribution deal for the thriller Let It Snow with Grindstone Entertainment Group.

The film will be released on demand on September 22 and centres on Mia, a snowboarder who is separated from her fiancé after sneaking onto a restricted slope and must survive nature and a masked snowmobile rider out for blood

Ivanna Sakhno stars alongside Alex Hafner, and Tinatin Dalakishvili (Abigail).

Stanislav Kapralov makes his feature directorial debut and wrote the screenplay with Omri Rose.

Solar Media’s Serge Lavrenyuk served as producer, and executive producers are FishCorb...

Ben O’Toole.

After graduating from Waapa in 2011, Ben O’Toole played policeman Pete for three seasons of Love Child, had supporting roles in The Water Diviner and Hacksaw Ridge and co-starred in the Us movies Detroit and 12 Strong.

The Brisbane-born actor plays the leads in Alister Grierson’s comedic thriller Bloody Hell and in Kiah Roache-Turner’s horror-comedy Nekrotronic, yet he is far from satisfied with where he is at in his career.

“I still have a lot more to learn; I have much further to go,” says O’Toole, who has bases in Sydney and Los Angeles, the latter with actor-director housemate Kick Gurry.

Working with Mel Gibson on Hacksaw Ridge and with Chris Hemsworth on 12 Strong were great learning experiences.

“Mel was incredible and very powerful in communicating what he wanted us to do, and he encouraged Vince Vaughn and me to improvise,” he says.

In Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong,...

Ben O’Toole (Photo credit: John Russo).

Ben O’Toole is playing the protagonist in Bloody Hell, a dark, comedic thriller which the producers hope to turn into a three-film franchise.

Directed by Alister Grierson and scripted by Robert Benjamin, the film is now shooting on the Gold Coast, supported by Screen Queensland and the Gold Coast City Council.

O’Toole, whose credits include the Roache-Turner brothers’ Nekrotronic, Nicolai Fuglsig’s 12 Strong and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit, plays Rex Coen, an American with a mysterious past who lives in Boise, Idaho.

He decides to escape from his own personal hell by fleeing to Helsinki, where life just gets worse. Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Travis Jeffery, Jack Finsterer and newcomers Meg Fraser and David Hill play members of a Finnish family.

The premise for O’Toole’s character was imagining what would happen to Bruce Willis as Die Hard’s John...