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Stars: Giselle van der Wiel, Telen Rodwell, Aaron J. March, Robert Harrell, James Pratt, Daniel Musial, Ezekiel Simat, Conor Fogarty, Brandon Paterson, Ivan Topic, Anna Bauert, Daniel Cummings, Terry Serio, Patch May, Barbara Hastings | Written and Directed by Timothy Doyle

Oftentimes I’ll find myself looking for a new film to watch on sites like Cheap Charts or Just Watch; hell sometimes I just trawl through iTunes – flicking between looking at the newest arrivals section or going down a rabbit hole of “recommendations”. Sometimes, just sometimes, you come across a fantastic hidden gem or a film that has been unceremoniously dumped to digital without a word. On Halloween is one such film and it grabbed me on the creepy “killer clown” premise alone…

On Halloween follows journalist Jordan (Giselle van der Wiel) who goes in search of the truth after a series of brutal deaths and disappearances lead back to...

‘On Halloween.’

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American and UK rights to On Halloween, Timothy Boyle’s micro-budgeted horror movie about a killer clown.

Operating virtually as a one-man band, Boyle wrote, produced, directed and photographed the Us-set film inspired by the creepy clown sightings of 2016, which prompted some impressionable people to go clown hunting.

His associate producer Jeremy Cook was on hand at times to help move the lights and organise the cast.

Giselle van der Wiel stars as a journalist who uncovers a shocking urban legend about a serial killing clown who has stalked the woods of Century Park for over 100 years.

Patch May plays her husband with Aaron J March as her cameraman and Ivan Topic, Robert Harrell and James Pratt as cops who hunting down the clown. Terry Serio and Telen Rodwell play clowns.

“We had multiple offers after last year’s Afm for Us distribution...

Exclusive: UK genre sales firm Devilworks has added five titles to its Afm slate including FrightFest duo Criminal Audition and Are We Dead Yet?

Devilworks has world rights to the latter, a UK supernatural horror about a robbery that goes wrong leading to five young criminals having to take refuge from the police in an old castle. The movie was written and directed by Fredi Nwaka (Brotherhood) who co-stars alongside Tim Faraday, Jessica-Jane Stafford, Fabrizio Santino, Winston Ellis and UK rapper Stephen Manderson, aka Professor Green.

Fellow FrightFest title Criminal Audition is a thriller directed by Samuel Gridley, who co-wrote the script with Luke Kaile. Pic follows an ex-lawyer and his team who run a service providing fake criminals who take on other people’s crimes. Cast includes Noeleen Comiskey, Angela Peters, Rich Keeble, Scott Samain and Rebecca Calienda. Producers include Nathaniel Francis and Luke Mordue of Mordue Pictures and Luke Kaile and Samuel Gridley.

Terry Serio in ‘On Halloween’

Filmmaker Timothy Boyle decided to shoot a micro-budgeted horror movie about a killer clown in between two other projects.

Operating virtually as a one-man band, Boyle wrote, produced, directed and photographed On Halloween. His associate producer Jeremy Cook was on hand at times to help move the lights and organise the cast.

“It was just me, my camera and my actors on set,” the filmmaker tells If. “It was actually liberating, the best experience of my career and the closest thing I’ve ever had to truly experiencing being an auteur.”

Inspired by the creepy clown sightings of 2016, which prompted some people to go clown hunting, he assembled a cast including Giselle van der Wiel, Brandon Paterson, Conor Fogarty, Terry Serio, Ivan Topic, Aaron J March, Patch May and Ezekiel Simat.

Giselle plays Jordan Madden, a journalist in search of the truth behind a series...