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Mary Beth McAndrews is determined to make art that wakes people up.

“There’s always been strong women in horror, incredible female characters,” she says. “I think what’s shifting in the horror of the last decade is more and more women are being given budgets by people to make movies that are much more of a sledgehammer, rather than a delicate little way to needle it, subtextually talk about women’s issues. Now we’re coming in with sledgehammers and saying, ‘It’s time, you’ve got to listen. We’re going to shove glass in your eyes and say no more male gaze.'”

McAndrews is smashing onto the scene with her directorial debut “Bystanders,” now available on VOD via Dread. The film is about Abby (Brandi Botkin), a young woman who visits a frat party with her friends, who are drugged, raped and chased by men. Yet...

As Paramount+ prepares for its launch in the U.K. this summer, the streamer has announced an expanded slate of scripted and unscripted U.K. original series. According to Variety, the new programming includes The Ex-Wife, a four-part drama based on the psychological thriller novel by author Jess Ryder. The story centers around the newly married Natasha, who has the dream house, a doting husband, and a beautiful little girl called Emily but has her life turned upside down by her husband’s ex-wife. The Ex-Wife is set to star Céline Buckens (Showtrial) in the lead role; it is written by Catherine Steadman, who also serves as executive producer. Brian O’Malley (The Lodgers) is on board as director. Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox Multimedia, and Night Train Media will produce. Other projects include The Burning Girls, a six-part drama series about a female vicar and single mother to a 15-year-old daughter who...

Paramount Plus has revealed a further slate of scripted and unscripted U.K. original series ahead of the launch of the streaming service in the U.K. this summer.

Scripted original series commissioned by Sebastian Cardwell, deputy chief content officer, U.K., Paramount, as part of the streamer’s plans to greenlight 50 new international scripted originals in 2022, include “The Ex-Wife” (4×60″), based on Jess Ryder’s the hit psychological thriller novel, where a woman’s world of a perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl is turned upside down when her husband’s ex-wife won’t leave them alone.

Céline Buckens (“Showtrial”) plays the lead role in the series, which is co-produced by Clapperboard Studios, BlackBox Multimedia and Night Train Media, with Night Train Media financing and controlling worldwide distribution rights.

“The Ex-Wife” is written by Catherine Steadman who will also serve as executive producer on the series alongside Mike Benson for Clapperboard,...

Written and directed by Conor McMahon, Let The Wrong One In is now available on digital services and select theaters, and we have an exclusive clip from the vampire horror comedy just for Daily Dead readers!

"Let the Wrong One In follows young supermarket worker Matt, who is a little too nice for his own good. When he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: Will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water? Or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further? 

Let The Wrong One In stars upcoming Irish talent KarlRice and Eoin Duffy, along with Buffy the Vampire Slayer icon Anthony Head, in the role of Henry; a taxi driver with a sideline in vampire hunting.  

A raucous and hilarious horror-comedy from Irish filmmaker Conor McMahon, who previously...

Exclusive: Treasure Entertainment and Big Sky actress Katheryn Winnick’s Kat Scratch Inc. have optioned the rights to Liz Nugent’s Lying in Wait and will develop the author’s sophomore novel into a mini-series.

Published by Penguin Books in July 2016, Lying in Wait is a psychological thriller that explores the corrosive impact of a young woman’s murder on two families. On the surface, Lydia Fitzsimons has the perfect life—wife of a respected, successful judge, mother to a beloved son, mistress of a beautiful house in Dublin. That beautiful house, however, holds a secret. And when Lydia’s son, Laurence, discovers its secret, wheels are set in motion that lead to an increasingly claustrophobic and devastatingly dark climax.

The mini-series will be produced by Treasure Entertainment’s Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole, as well as Winnick. Irish writer David Turpin has been hired to develop the project. Turpin...

While some thrillers don’t shy away from immediately ramping up suspense, others prefer a slow burn that creates a moody atmosphere and slowly builds tension. That’s exactly what we have in The Winter Lake, a new Irish thriller that marks the directorial debut of Phil Sheerin with a script from David Turpin (The Lodgers). In […]

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Exclusive: Here’s some hot casting news for this week’s European Film Market – I can reveal that Paul Mescal, who broke out in last year’s hit series Normal People, and Mank actor Tom Burke have been set to lead Irish thriller Bring Them Down.

Set in the wild landscape of the West of Ireland, the film follows an Irish shepherd who is drawn into violent conflict with a neighbouring farm when his sheep are massacred by unknown men.

Paris-based Charades is handling sales and executive producing the film.

The project marks the directing debut of Christopher Andrews, who also penned the screenplay. Producers are Ivana MacKinnon (Beast) of Wild Swim Films and Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde of Tailored Films (The Lodgers), alongside Ilya Stewart and Jacob Swan Hyam. Funding is coming from Screen Ireland, Charades and Hype Film. Production is set for Q3, 2021.

Mescal was Emmy-nominated for...

Watch the Short Film The Lonely Host: "‘The Lonely Host’, starring Lulu Antariksa (‘Legacies’), Emily C. Chang (‘Babysplitters’) and Katie Featherston (‘Paranormal Activity’) made its international online debut this week on Gunpowder & Sky's hit Horror YouTube Channel Alter. The short was written and directed by Lisa J Dooley and produced by Supersight Media, Inc.

Nightmarish Conjurings praised 'The Lonely Host', saying "From compelling characters to a clever plot, 'The Lonely Host' is the total package" (Adrienne Clark), and Morbidly Beautiful raved "Lisa J Dooley's horror short 'The Lonely Host' is a sharp and gripping ride that'll have you hooked until the very last frame." (Claire L. Smith). 'The Lonely Host' also won 'Best Horror Comedy Short Film' at the 2020 Seattle Film Festival, and 'Best Actress in a Horror Comedy Short Film' (Emily C. Chang) at the 2020 Fright Night Horror International Film Festival.

Dooley, who recently graduated from USC’s Mfa Film/TV program,...

The eerie backwoods journey begins when Wrong Turn arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital) and DVD February 23 from Lionsgate. The reboot of the iconic franchise is executive produced by Martin Moszkowicz (Resident Evil franchise), Bill Bromiley, and Jonathan Saba and stars Golden Globe® Winner and Primetime Emmy® Award Nominee Matthew Modine, Emma Dumont (“The Gifted”), Charlotte Vega (American Assassin), Daisy Head (“Harlots”), and Bill Sage (“Power”). Wrong Turn will be available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.

Backwoods terror and never-jangling suspense meet when Jen (Charlotte Vega) and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life. Suddenly under siege, Jen and her friends seem headed to...

The Wrong Turn reboot is set to arrive in theaters later this month for a special one-night-only event. Saban Films, the studio behind the upcoming entry in the horror franchise, has partnered with Fathom Events for the special screenings. These screenings will take place on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. local time, and tickets are on sale now. Showings will be taking place all across the U.S., offering horror fans the chance to see the carnage unfold on the big screen.

Tickets were recently made available by Fathom Events for the Wrong Turn screenings. The movie, it is worth noting, is R-rated, meaning they won't be holding back on the gore this time around. This is also the first time that an entry in the series will be making a theatrical debut since the original was released back in 2003. Mike P. Nelson is in the director's chair. The...

To celebrate the release of James Kermack’s Knuckledust, which releases on digital download 11th December, we have a digital download copy up for grabs courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films!

James Kermack’s feature film Knuckledust stars Moe Dunford (Vikings), Kate Dickie (The Witch), Camille Rowe (Now is Everything), Phil Davis (Face), Alex Ferns (Chernobyl), Olivier Richters (Black Widow), Jaime Winstone (Tomb Raider), Gethin Anthony (Game of Thrones) and Sebastien Foucan (Casino Royale). The film will be released in the UK on VOD 11th December 2020.

Police discover an elite fight club where they find seven underground levels, filled with the dead bodies of fighters from around the world. Only one man is found left alive. The task force has to work out if he’s a mass murderer or the lone survivor?

To be in with a chance of winning a digital download code for Knuckledust, simply answer the following...

In today's Horror Highlights: Devil May Cry 5 heads to new consoles, Loot Crate offers Mr. Kramp, and Saban picks up the reboot of Wrong Turn.

Devil May Cry 5 Launches on Next-Gen Consoles: "It’s time to fight like hell, as Devil May Cry™ 5 Special Edition has arrived with all-new features and the by-fan-demand playable Vergil. The digital version of Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition arrives today for Xbox Series X|S, and on November 12, 2020 for PlayStation® 5. The physical versions for all consoles will be available starting December 1, 2020 and both the digital and physical versions of the game will be available for Msrp $39.99.

Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition ups the ante on the award-winning stylish action with next-gen features that enhance visuals, audio and performance. Players can enable increased frame rates of up to 120 fps, play in stunning 4K fidelity on supporting consoles, and battle amid the life-like reflections, pooling shadows,...

Screen Ireland, Mpi Media Group, Bai funding feature in association with Rte.

Production has wrapped in Dublin on vampire comedy Let The Wrong One In as Mpi Media Group engages with buyers at AFM 2020 Online.

The project is a co-production between Tailored Films (The Lodgers) and Workshed Films (From the Dark), and is financed by Screen Ireland, Mpi Media Group, and the Bai, in association with Rte.

Filming took place in key locations in Ringsend, as well as the Bram Stoker Museum / Castle Dracula in Clontarf. The film was originally scheduled to commence production in mid-March before it was put...

Saban Films has acquired the rights to two titles from Munich-based “Resident Evil” producer Constantin Film.

The deals include North American and U.K. rights to the adventure thriller “Tides,” directed by Tim Fehlbaum, and North American rights to director Mike P. Nelson’s anticipated horror reboot, “Wrong Turn.”

Mister Smith Entertainment is handling worldwide sales on both Constantin titles this week at the virtual American Film Market, where the titles will be screening for buyers.

“Tides” marks the second film from Swiss-born director Fehlbaum, who burst to attention with his debut feature “Hell,” another sci-fi thriller.

Set in a not-too-distant future, “Tides” follows an elite female astronaut from Space Colony Kepler who is shipwrecked on a decimated Earth after a global catastrophe has wiped out nearly all of humanity. She must make a decision that will seal the fate of the Earth’s populace.

“Tides” stars Nora Arnezeder (“Mozart In The Jungle...

The project recieved development finance from Screen Ireland in its latest funding round.

Six-time Oscar-nominated Irish director Jim Sheridan is writing and will direct Murphy And The Indian, the true story of Standing Bear, a Native American and civil rights leader who won a landmark 1879 legal case.

Standing Bear argued in the historic case that Native Americans are “persons within the meaning of the law”. The Ponca Chief was recently honoured with a statue in the Us Capitol.

The project has received development financing of €22,500 from Screen Ireland in its latest round of funding decisions.

Sheridan’s Hell’s Kitchen...

Like Ron Perlman in 2018 and Guillermo del Toro the year before, Canadian writer-director Vincenzo Natali, whose new Netflix film, an adaption of Steven King’s “In the Tall Grass” will innaugurate October’s Sitges Film Festival, is lined up to open this year’s Sitges Pitchbox, organized in by Barcelona-based platform Filmarket Hub. The Sitges Pitchbox take place Oct 4.

One of Canada’s most prominent genre filmmakers, Natali hit the international scene running with 1997’s “Cube,” a bloody low-budget cult classic that broke records for a Canadian horror film and won best film at that year’s Sitges Festival. Herreturned to the main competition at the Catalan fest in 2002 with “Cypher,” and in 2010 directed Canada’s highest-grossing English-language film “Splice,” which starred Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley.

His extensive body of work includes turns on some of the most popular genre TV series of the last two decades as well,...

Get ready to head back into the woods, as the upcoming Wrong Turn reboot has begun filming in Ohio. According to Cincinnati reporter Sheila Vilvens on Twitter, film crews are in the village of New Richmond through Sept. 13 for the production of the next installment of the Wrong Turn movie series. In response, another Ohioan claims the crews are also shooting in the town of Felicity. No photos of the production have yet been made available and the particulars of the scenes are currently unclear, but this does suggest the reboot is on track to be released sometime next year.

Created and written by Alan B. McElroy, the first Wrong Turn was released in 2003 with Rob Schmidt in the director's chair. Its cast included Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, and Kevin Zegers. The simple horror story follows a group of college students and a medical student stranded...

Exclusive: Epic Pictures Group is teaming with London-based Creativity Capital on a deal that will see the companies co-finance and co-distribute feature films in Epic’s horror, sci-fi and action wheelhouse. The aim is to target pics in the $1 million-$10 million range, and also seek completed movies to acquire.

The pact makes official a partnership already underway on two films now seeking U.S. distribution. The first is Sea Fever, a horror thriller from Irish helmer Neasa Hardiman starring Connie Nielsen, Dougray Scott and Hermione Corfield. The pic, about a fishing trawler who encounters a mysterious deep-sea creature, is having its world premiere at Toronto on Thursday on opening night in the Discovery program.

The companies also partnered on The Winter Lake, the feature debut of Phil Sheerin and toplined by Emma Mackey and Anson Boon. Filmed in Ireland, it follows a withdrawn teenager on a desolate farm who makes...

Original film’s writer Alan B. McElroy and director Mike P. Nelson team for reboot.

The Misfits Club and American Assassin star Charlotte Vega will lead the cast of Wrong Turn, a reboot of the cult horror franchise being produced by Constantin Film.

Alan B. McElroy, who wrote the original 2003 version of Wrong Turn, which was followed by five sequels, is teaming with Resident Evil producer Robert Kulzer and 47 Meters Down producer James Harris on the project. Mike P. Nelson (The Domestics) is directing.

Martin Moszkowicz, also of Resident Evil fame, is an executive producer.

London-based Mister Smith Entertainment is commencing sales on the project,...

Irish director Brian O’Malley, who is known for gothic chillers “Let Us Pray” and “The Lodgers,” is attached to co-direct the English-language steampunk spaghetti Western series “That Dirty Black Bag”with Italy’s Mauro Aragoni. It’s set to start shooting in August.

“That Dirty Black Bag” is being produced by Palomar, the Italian shingle behind upcoming “The Name of the Rose” series that will air on Sundance TV in the U.S., and teen gangs drama “Piranhas,” which is screening in the Berlinale competition. O’Malley recently served as a second-unit director on “Name of the Rose.”

Italian streamer TIMVision, operated by Telecom Italia, is on board as the eight-episode show’s Italian broadcaster.

Palomar was recently acquired by France’s Mediawan, which will handle international sales on “Black Bag.”

Aragoni created “Black Bag” and previously shot it in his native Sardinia as a low-budget feature.

The “Black Bag” series,...

Exclusive: Blackbird‘s Anson Boon, Peaky Blinders‘ Charlie Murphy, Game of Thrones‘ Michael McElhatton and Sex Education‘s Emma Mackey have been cast in The Winter Lake, a new horror thriller from Epic Pictures and Ruth Treacy and Julianne Forde’s Tailored Films, which previously teamed on the 2017 horror drama The Lodgers. Lodgers scribe David Turpin penned the script and Phil Sheerin (North) is directing.

The pic will shoot in the west of Ireland beginning February 18, and Epic is selling the film at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.

The plot revolves around a withdrawn teenager named Tom (Boon) and his troubled mother (Murphy) who find themselves on a desolate farm in Ireland. There, as the water lowers on a nearby seasonal lake, Tom makes a terrifying discovery that draws him and his mother into an uneasy alliance with the mysterious neighbor girl (Mackey) and her protective father (McElhatton...

While each film Dread Central Presents releases is singular in its own way, The Lodgers is uniquely shivery, atmospheric, and Gothic to the core! It’s a slow-burn offering with a conclusion that’s as shocking as it is hallucinatory and simply gorgeous. The Lodgers is directed by Brian O’Malley, who previously impressed horror fans with his […]

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Exclusive: Brian O’Malley, the Irish director whose last movie The Lodgers premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section, has signed on to direct Immaculate, an upcoming suspense thriller from Catapult Entertainment Group.

Catapult’s Christopher Watkins and Kevin Goetz, who produced A Violent Separation, are producing this one with Needle Eye’s Charles Stiefel. Casting is underway and production is being eyed to start later this year in Alabama.

The script from David R. Flores & J. Hunter Roe centers on a minister who, after a personal tragedy and having his own crisis of faith, is taken captive by a mother who believes her son possesses extraordinary abilities that are rooted in evil.

“At its heart, Immaculate is a character piece that slices open the beast that can exist in all of us,” Goetz said. Added Watkins: “We’ve found an immensely talented director whose...

We're barely past the midpoint and it's already been a great year for horror movies. A Quiet Place pleased critics and genre aficionados in droves, Hereditary left audiences shocked and gasping, Upgrade delivered unprecedented ultraviolence, and Annihilation found an unlikely yet enthralling intersect between fantasy and body horror. We've also seen solid sequels in Insidious: The Last Key, The First Purge, and Hellraiser: Judgment. And the best may be yet to come, with The Nun, The Predator, and Halloween all coming down the pike when it comes to 2018 horror Movies.

Sure, there have been some disappointments as well but there've also been some incredible genre offerings that have fallen through the cracks. If you're one of those cinephiles who complains there's nothing new or original horror movies being produced these days, you simply aren't looking hard enough.

But hey, that's what I'm here for: To separate the wheat from the...

Exclusive: Shaked Berenson, co-founder with Patrick Ewald of indie producer-financier-distributor Epic Pictures, is exiting the company. Berenson had produced and executive produced more than 30 films in the tie-up since it was founded in 2007.

Epic confirmed Berenson’s departure, which comes as the company recently launched Dread Central Presents, its new horror label, following the acquisition of horror news and lifestyle site Dread Central Media. Its first production there is Middle East horror pic The Golem, from Doron and Yoav Paz; Epic showed footage to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The company in the fall celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a party at the American Film Market.

“Just over a decade ago, I co-founded Epic Pictures with the goal of creating a home for filmmakers to bring their vision to reality from inception to distribution under one roof,” Berenson told Deadline. “During that time, I had the pleasure...

On his latest podacst/interview, host Stuart Wright talks to director Brian O’Malley about his period, gothic horror The Lodgers, which is released on Monday 25th June on DVD and VOD platforms, courtesy of Thunderbird Releasing.

The Lodgers is a classic gothic ghost story telling the haunting story of orphaned teenage twins who reside on a crumbling family estate in 1920s rural Ireland. Though isolated, Rachel and Edward are not alone – for they share the house with sinister unseen entities that have three strict rules: to be in bed by midnight; never allow anyone to cross the threshold; and never permanently leave the house. Failure to abide by these rules will unleash the wrath of those who reside in the basement – The Lodgers. However, when the arrival of a troubled war veteran encourages a sexual awakening in Rachel and a confrontation with Edward, she realises that she will have...

Long-time Dread friends know we’ve radically reshaped ourselves over the past year; in addition to maintaining our mission to curate, educate, and entertain horror fans, we launched Dread Central Presents, the genre-distribution arm of Epic Pictures. We’ve been proud to bring you a quality catalog of diverse horror offerings like The Lodgers, Imitation Girl, Terrifier, […]

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Long-time Dread friends know we’ve radically reshaped ourselves over the past year; in addition to maintaining our mission to curate, educate, and entertain horror fans, we launched Dread Central Presents, the genre-distribution arm of Epic Pictures. We’ve been proud to bring you a quality catalog of diverse horror offerings like The Lodgers, Imitation Girl, Terrifier, […]

The post Adam Rifkin Talks Director’S Cut, The Dark Backward & His Last Conversation with Bill Paxton appeared first on Dread Central.

May’s home entertainment offerings are ending on a high note, led by the release of Alex Garland’s Annihilation on various formats this Tuesday. There are a handful of cult films getting an HD overhaul this week, including Zombie 3, Zombie 4: After Death, and Shocking Death from Severin Films, as well as Bloodsuckers from Outer Space (courtesy of those wonderful maniacs over at Vinegar Syndrome), and The Reincarnation of Peter Proud from Kino Lorber Classics.

Other notable releases for May 29th include Haunted: The Complete Series, They Remain,and The Lodgers.

Annihilation

Biologist and former soldier Lena (Natalie Portman) is shocked when her missing husband (Oscar Isaac) comes home near death from a top-secret mission into The Shimmer, a mysterious quarantine zone no one has ever returned from. Now, Lena and her elite team must enter a beautiful, deadly world of mutated landscapes and creatures, to discover how...

Epic Pictures’ The Lodgers Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack – Coming Out May 29th After a sold-out release of Terrifier, Epic Pictures’ horror label, Dread Central Presents, is coming out with a collector’s edition Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs of their elegant haunting supernatural thriller The Lodgers on Tuesday, May 29th. Loaded with special features, the Blu-ray/DVD combo pack …

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In the world of European genre cinema the big awards that recognize the best of the region are the Méliès, awarded by the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. More of a prestige award for the moment, winning any of the Méliès each year brings clout to the filmmaker and draws the attention of producers and financiers looking to back up exciting filmmakers and their projects in the years to come.    Perusing the list I myself would have a lot of catching up to do, seeing less than half of the eleven titles that make up this year's d'argent list. I could speak to the quality of films like Hagazussa, The Lodgers, November and Tiere. If the others are anywhere close to the quality of...

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Further output deals following Taiwan deal announced in February.

Epic Pictures’ founders Shaked Berenson and Patrick Ewald have announced further output deals on their horror label, Dread Central Presents.

The company has closed a deal in Germany with Tiberius Film, who will release an initial batch of films that includes 1980’s throwback slasher Terrifier, Imitation Girl, #Screamers, documentary To Hell And Back: The Kane Hodder Story, Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight, and Extremity.

Bf Distribution will distribute across Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, starting with Brian O’Malley’s award winning supernatural thriller The Lodgers (pictured) in May, followed later this...

MaryAnn’s quick take… Cursed twins who speak in faux-byronic enigmas, a crumbling manse full of dead birds and velvet drapes, and strained psychosexual nonsense. There’s nothing eerie here, just the puerile and misjudged. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film

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It’s her from up at the big house,” they sneer at the grocery in the village. The year is 1920-ish, the setting is rural Ireland, “her” is Rachel (Charlotte Vega: American Assassin), and the big house is the crumbling manse she lives in — if you can call it living dum dum Dum — with her twin brother, Edward (Bill Milner: Dunkirk). The house is all dead birds and velvet drapes — very goth, much spook — and there the cursed twins speak in faux-byronic...

Author: Ben Robins

Gothic romance, tortured siblings and a needlessly huge-’n’-haunted manor house hidden right out in the sticks; you can bet your lucky stars it’s another period-set Irish horror. And although Brian O’Malley’s sumptuously shot The Lodgers compounds plenty of the old-school genre nuts-and-bolts, with some slick effects work and solid performances, it’s far from the sort of spirit-stalking shake-up a lot of the horror crowd might well be hoping for.

Finding some sort of new ground in the Anglo-Irish conflicts of early 1920s Ireland, there’s a decent-enough central dynamic in a pair of outcast twins; orphans hidden away in a grubby old mansion off the beaten track, governed by a couple of omni-present, omni-pissed-off local ghosts. And when Charlotte Vega’s Rachel finally starts to rebel, hanging out with a local soldier and giving the finger to white-sheet mum-and-dad, the necessary...

People can become determined at times to protect their existence and the things they love that they take any drastic means necessary to stop anyone who threatens them. That’s certainly the case for actor Bill Milner’s distressed character in the new horror movie, ‘The Lodgers,’ who determinedly fights to maintain ownership of his cherished family’s […]

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Last weekend fans got their first taste of the next Dread Central Presents film, The Lodgers (review); and we’re not done yet! There’s another Dread Central Presents screening Tomorrow, February 22nd, at 7:00 Pm at the Eclipse Theaters in Las Vegas, Nevada (tickets here); and then the flick will be opening wider the very next […]

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I’m a sucker for gothic horror, with its inky shadows that coat the corners of dilapidated mansions, its repressed sexuality that busts out in dramatic gasps, its ghosts who break hearts and snap minds (and sometimes spines). So, I expected to love The Lodgers, a gothic horror tale about the suffering siblings trapped in a haunted home with a dark history. Sadly, the script by David Turpin feels like a lazy check-list of the genre (creepy house, maudlin children, incestuous overtones, mysterious ghosts). And the direction by Brian O’Malley does nothing to elevate that basic approach.

While early projections put Marvel's Black Panther between the $100M and $120M range for its opening weekend, the blockbuster doubled its lower projection for the three-day weekend ($201.7M) and nearly doubled the high end of the projection for the President's Day four-day holiday weekend ($235M). The movie will have a bit more competition this weekend, going up against the Warner Bros. comedy Game Night, Paramount's sci-fi thriller Annihilation and Orion Pictures' Every Day, although none of those movies are expected to put up much of a fight, and it's possible that Black Panther could set yet another box office record in its second frame.

Black Panther couldn't manage to break the all-time opening weekend record of $247.9M set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but there is still an outside chance it could break another one of Star Wars: The Force Awakens' many box office records, with an impressive second-weekend.

Marvel's highly-anticipated Black Panther was already one of the most highly-anticipated movies of 2018, with many expecting it to break box office records left and right over the President's Day holiday weekend. Early box office projections put the movie's opening weekend between $100 million and $120 million, but the movie managed to far exceed those expectations with a whopping $192.3 million, breaking the all-time February opening weekend record of $132.4 million set by 20th Century Fox's R- rated Deadpool last year. The estimate was also high enough to earn the fifth highest debut of all time, behind The Avengers ($207.4M), Jurassic World ($208.8M), Star Wars: The Last Jedi ($220M) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($247.9M).

Black Panther had already been making headlines for the past few weeks for a number of different reasons, one being the 100% Fresh rating it scored on Rotten Tomatoes when the first wave of reviews surfaced, although it...

"They live below and we live above. The day is ours, the night is theirs, and as long as we keep to the rules that's how it remains." At the mansion of Rachel and Edward, you must be in bed by midnight or risk facing the home's haunted inhabitants in The Lodgers, a new gothic horror movie from Brian O’Malley. With the movie coming out in theaters on February 23rd from Epic Pictures, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.

You can watch our exclusive clip from The Lodgers below (which includes an appearance by David Bradley), and in case you missed it, check here for our own Patrick Bromley's Cinepocalypse review of The Lodgers.

Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA (January 11, 2018) – Epic Pictures has set a February 23rd theatrical date for filmmaker Brian O’Malley’s new gothic horror film The Lodgers, written...

Initial slate of horror titles includes Imitation Girl, #Screamers, The Lodgers.

Epic Pictures has closed an output deal with MovieCloud in Taiwan for its new horror label Dread Central Presents.

Epic is in advanced discussions for further output deals in the UK, Latin America, and Germany after the company announced at Afm its plan to release 12 films theatrically a year and up to 24 on demand via the label.

The initial slate of horror titles includes Director’s Cut, Imitation Girl, #Screamers, Cantonese-language magna adaptation Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight, and Epic Pictures’ production of The Lodgers, which will open theatrically on February 23.

“We have been very successful releasing Epic’s genre films in Taiwan for many years now” MovieCloud’s Wayne Chung said. “When the Dread Central Presents label was announced, we immediately saw the potential and wanted to be the first to join the label internationally. I’m sure that many others will follow.”

“MovieCloud is a great...

Marvel brings its highly-anticipated Black Panther to theaters this weekend, and while a mid-February release is a bit early for an McU movie, the hype is just as big as any other Marvel movie, perhaps even bigger. The movie made headlines last week when it scored 100% on Rotten Tomatoes after the first wave of reviews come in, but it has come down to Earth a bit since then, with a 97% (106 Fresh reviews out of 109), and now the big question is can it actually break box office records this month? If it matches our projection of $136.4 million, then, yes, it can.

Back in January, box office analysts predicted anywhere between a $100 million and $120 million opening weekend for Black Panther, but that was before the impressive 100% Rt score and the extended Super Bowl TV spot was released, which certainly helped add to the growing buzz swirling around the movie. It's not uncommon...

It’s that scary time of the month again when a new Dread Central Presents film makes its way into theaters, and February’s offering is the supernatural scare-a-thon The Lodgers (review). Read on for cities, showtimes, and tickets. Directed by Brian O’Malley and starring Charlotte Vega and Bill Milner, the film made its worldwide premiere at 2017’s […]

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1920, rural Ireland. Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; if …

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In new images released for Brian O'Malley's The Lodgers (read Patrick Bromley's review here), we get a look at Rachel and Edward's haunted estate and returning war veteran, Sean, in the Irish horror film ahead of its theatrical release on February 23rd.

Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA (January 11, 2018) – Epic Pictures has set a February 23rd theatrical date for filmmaker Brian O’Malley’s new gothic horror film The Lodgers, written by David Turpin and co-produced by Julianne Forde and Ruth Treacy of Tailored Films, the Irish Film Board, and Epic Pictures Group.

The film stars Charlotte Vega, Bill Milner, Moe Dunford, and David Bradley, with Deirdre O'Kane rounding out the cast. The film, which premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in theaters and on digital platforms on February 23, 2018.

1920, rural Ireland. Anglo Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate.

Other recipients include Rosie, written by Roddy Doyle and Pat Collins’ Folkland.

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The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.

Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.

Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...

Other recipients include Rosie, written by Roddy Doyle and Pat Collins’ Folkland.

Source: Wiki Commons

George Rr Martin

The Irish Film Board has backed a major new international production from the creator of Game of Thrones in its latest round of funding decisions.

Filming is due to get underway this spring on Nightflyers, the first production based out of Limerick’s newly built Troy Studios. The forthcoming production was granted €850,000 by the Ifb - the single biggest award in its latest round of funding decisions. New features by Cathy Brady, Brian Kirk and Paddy Breathnach are also being supported.

Sets are currently being constructed in Troy’s vast studio space based in Ireland’s mid-west, with filming due to begin in the coming weeks. Originally commissioned as a pilot, Syfy confirmed it was going to series after creator George Rr Martin revealed the plans on his blog. Martin and Jeff Buhler are credited as co-writers, with Mike Cahill (Another...

Ah, Andrew Fleming's The Craft, such fond memories! If you would like to revisit this movie or anything else playing on Comet TV this month, read on for more details! Also in today's Highlights: release dates revealed for The Lodgers, Still/Born, Black Creek, and Before We Vanish, Creepy Co.'s new apparel, and a look at the Frightfest Glasgow Film Festival 2018 lineup.

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The Craft (1996)

Teen movies might want you to believe that high school was all about keggers and beautiful cheerleaders, but we prefer The Craft’s version of events. Featuring a quartet of angsty teens who turn to witchcraft in the face of personal high school horrors, The Craft casts a spell that leaves you wishing you had an...

We've got an eerie new trailer for you to check out for a wickedly creepy gothic haunted house horror thriller called The Lodgers. The story is set in the 1920s and centers on twins who live together in an old gothic haunted mansion filled with dark and malevolent spirits that terrorize them.

I love watching horror movies like this, and I really like what I'm seeing in this trailer. The movie has a similar tone to films like The Others, Crimson Peak, and The Woman in Black, all of which I liked. Here's the synopsis:

A gothic ghost story about orphaned twins Edward and Rachel who share a crumbling manor in 1920s rural Ireland. But they are not alone. They share the house with unseen entities who control them with three absolute rules. As separate fates draw them apart, the twins must face the terrible truth about their family’s ghostly tormentors.

Tagline: "We See You." The Gothic supernatural horror The Lodgers is set to release this February. The film was developed by award winning director Brian O'Malley (Let Us Prey, 2014). In the film, a brother and sister are trapped on an ageing estate. They must follow three rules, or face a supernatural confrontation. The Lodgers premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, in 2017. The film stars: Charlotte Vega (Another Me, 2013), Bill Milner, Eugene Simon and David Bradley. A premiere of the film's United States' theatrical premiere is hosted here. The Lodgers is set in 1920s rural Ireland. Here, Rachel (Vega) and Edward (Milner) are ensnared by the lodgers, who emerge at midnight. When Rachel breaks three cursed rules, she sets in motion a showdown with the mansion's supernatural jailers. The film was partially developed by Epic Pictures Group. The Lodgers has already won several awards. It won "Best Special Effects" and...