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Stars: Charles Cottier, Dirk Hunter, Christian Willis, John Noble, Tobie Webster | Written by Steven Boyle, Toby Osborne | Directed by Steven Boyle

The Demon Disorder marks the directorial debut of Steven Boyle, it’s also his first credit as a writer, or rather co-writer along with Toby Osborne. He’s no stranger to film though, or to horror for that matter, having effects and makeup credits on films ranging from Daybreakers and Ghost Ship to Boar and Two Heads Creek. And he’s channelled that experience into a tale of dark secrets and demonic activity somewhere in the Outback.

It begins with a nightmare of an old man shackled to his bed turning into a waking nightmare as Phillip wakes up and finds his brother Jake in the barn looking at one of their pigs, skinned but still alive.

This prompts Jake to visit their other brother, Graham. Graham left the...

The big new release for the week is of course Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but that’s just one of six brand new genre movies now available in theaters and/or at home this week.

Here’s all the new horror that released Friday, September 6, 2024!

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Brandy (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) returns to horror in the new A24 horror movie The Front Room, which was just released in theaters nationwide today.

What’s particularly interesting about the psychological horror movie is that it’s directed by Max and Sam Eggers, the brothers of Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman)!

This will be the debut feature for the Eggers Brothers, in fact. Variety had recently reported, “They adapted the screenplay from Susan Hill’s short story of the same name.”

The film “follows a young,...

With nearly a decade under its belt, Shudder has become a great home for independent and international horror titles, with everything from the Hell House LLC and V/H/S franchises to H.P. Lovecraft adaptations Suitable Flesh and Color Out of Space. In The Demon Disorder , the streaming service looks to continue its overall winning streak, but despite some promising elements, the Australian-made horror movie can never quite find the right rhythm to be thoroughly haunting or emotionally affecting from start to finish.

The Demon Disorder

Director Steven BoyleRelease Date August 16, 2024Writers Toby Osborne, Steven BoyleCast Christian Willis, Tobie Webster, Liam Wallace, Michael Tuahine, Amy Ingram, Charles Cottier, Dirk Hunter, John NobleGenres Horror

Hailing from debuting co-writer/director Steven Boyle, best known for his makeup and special effects work on everything from Dylan O'Brien's Love and Monsters to Ethan Hawke's Predestination, The Demon Disorder centers on Graham, Jake and Phillip,...

If you are a horror fan then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription you might be wondering what’s in store for you in September 2024. Don’t worry there is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month and we have listed the 10 best movies coming to Shudder in September 2024.

Candyman (September 1)

Candyman is a gothic supernatural horror film written and directed by Bernard Rose. Based on a short story titled The Forbidden by Clive Barker, the 1992 film follows the story of Helen as she investigates a local legend of the Candyman but her investigation takes a dark turn when a series of brutal murders start happening. Candyman stars Tony Todd, Virginia Madsen, Bernard Rose, Kasi Lemmons, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Xander Berkeley, Stanley DeSantis, and Ted Raimi.

SFX master Steven Boyle’s effects work has been seen in 2005’s King Kong, Love and Monsters, Bait, What We Do in the Shadows, The Matrix trilogy, and so much more. Now, Boyle is set to make his feature directorial debut, The Demon Disorder, a new Shudder Original.

Shudder will release The Demon Disorder on September 6 on both Shudder and AMC+.

The film stars John Noble (“Fringe”), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter.

“The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers.

“Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself. With the brothers back together, they soon realize they are unprepared for the forces against them and learn...

Brian Johnson's dystopian action thriller, Population Pruge, is coming to digital platforms on July 9th. Written together with Toby Osborne, the indie tells the story of a father and daughter who are trying to help survivors of a government-planned culling of the populace when a local warden attempts to stop them.    Distributor Gravitas Ventures is releasing the flick and asked us to premiere the trailer for you today. Check out this action thriller in all its indie glory down below.    In a dystopian world where a radical government has unleashed a deadly poison to control population, only those with blood type Ab positive remain unscathed. But instead of outright death, the rest of the population is left to suffer in a state of...

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Shudder Acquires Demonic Family Drama The Demon Disorder And Releases New Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, today announced the acquisition of The Demon Disorder from special effects master Steven Boyle (The Matrix Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, King Kong). The streamer also released the trailer for the highly anticipated film, which marks Boyle’s feature directorial debut. Starring John Noble (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter, the film will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.

The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother Phillip is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself.

Shudder has proven itself to be the haven of innovative horror movies. Their recent Late Night with the Devil has amassed critical and audience praise. Their partnership with AMC continues to bring in new content, like the upcoming announced thriller The Cycle, which has just tapped Daredevil’s Deborah Ann Woll to be the lead. The horror streaming service has now brought us the trailer for The Demon Disorder, which they have acquired with AMC networks. The film comes from special effects master Steven Boyle (The Matrix Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy, King Kong). The streamer also released the trailer for the highly anticipated film, which marks Boyle’s feature directorial debut. Starring John Noble (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter, the film will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.

The official plot synopsis reads,

“The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham,...

SFX master Steven Boyle’s effects work has been seen in 2005’s King Kong, Love and Monsters, Bait, What We Do in the Shadows, The Matrix trilogy, and so much more. Now, Boyle is set to make his feature directorial debut, The Demon Disorder, a new upcoming Shudder original with an eerie new trailer.

The film, described as a demonic family drama, will make its exclusive streaming debut on Shudder in Fall 2024.

Watch the new trailer below to get acquainted with Graham, Jake, and Phillip Reilly, whose lives are upended by a long-buried family secret. As their pasts collide, their late father’s garage becomes the eerie epicenter of supernatural revenge. Boyle puts his SFX background to good use if these goopy, gory, demonic images are anything to go by.

The Demon Disorder “centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since the death of his father and the estrangement from his two brothers.

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

The giallo-style horror film Virginia Obscura had obtained North American distribution through Full Moon and Wizard Studios. Check out all the bloody details below.

From The Press Release

"Virginia Obscura" has scored North American distribution with Full Moon and Wizard Studios!

The twisty grindhouse-meets-arthouse giallo-style horror film -- which stars Matt Mitler (The Mutilator, Basketcase 2), Thomas Kovacs (My Bloody Valentine, Scanners), Linnea Quigley (Return Of The Living Dead, Creepozoids), Jessica Cameron (Silent Night, Truth Or Dare), Christopher Marrone (Plus One, Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies), and new blood: Jennie Brown and Ed Conrade -- was selected and signed by Full Moon for the first wave of new releases by Wizard Studios.

In the 1980s, Wizard Video distributed the cult classic horror films Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I Spit On Your Grave, Zombie, and The Driller Killer.

Now the iconic Wizard label is being relaunched by Charles Band (producer of Ghoulies,...

Full Moon Pictures President Charles Band has announced the first three films to be released under his Wizard Studios banner: Vampie, Virginia Obscura, and Villanelle. We have your artwork and details right here!

From the Press Release

From the fevered mind of maverick cult movie mogul and Full Moon Features President Charles Band comes the triumphant return of the brand that first brought oddball shock to your living room: Wizard Studios presents a triple shot of indie shock!

Wizard Studios is an evolution of Band’s iconic Wizard Video label, the home video imprint that blazed trails in the early 1980’s, bringing the world’s weirdest horror, fantasy and exploitation films to audiences everywhere via big box rental and sell-through VHS. Now, inspired in part by the unprecedented success of Band’s Full Moon Streaming initiative (Full Moon Streaming), Wizard Video has been reborn, this time as Wizard Studios, an...

The official first stills from the upcoming horror mystery thriller ‘Virginia Obscura’ have been reveled by its writer-director, Toby Osborne, and producers, Day of the Muerto. The film, which recently wrapped principal photography, is currently in post-production. ‘Virginia Obscura’ features such feature horror stars as Matt Mitler, Thomas Kovacs, Linnea Quigley, Jessica Cameron and Christopher Marrone, as well as new actors Jennie Brown and Ed Conrade. The movie, which was shot on location in new York, Los Angeles and Atlanta, is primarily set on a 100-year old farmhouse in Ontario, Canada, during the middle of winter. The movie features special effects and make-up created by Kelly Mann, who worked on [ Read More ]

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Horror film "Virginia Obscura" has wrapped principal photography and is now in post-production! The producers, Day of the Muerto, and writer/director Toby Osborne are thrilled to reveal the first official stills from this twisty giallo slasher... Starring an array of horror/thriller genre stars: Matt Mitler ("The Mutilator", "Basketcase 2"), Thomas Kovacs ("My Bloody Valentine", "Scanners"), Linnea Quigley ("Return Of The Living Dead"), Jessica Cameron ("Silent Night") and Christopher Marrone ("Plus One"), along with some new blood: Jennie Brown and Ed Conrade. "Virginia Obscura" also features the nightmarishly-macabre handiwork of Kelly Mann, the special effects and make-up artist from "Nightmare On Elm Street 3" 4. Filmed on location in New York, L.A. and Atlanta, the...

Virginia Obscura is a slasher film from first time director Toby Osborne. This title has recently completed production and some promotional material for the film has been released: a movie poster and still. The graphic hints at the film's premise. The tagline states: "a pinhole of light can expose the darkest secrets." That pinhole allows a minor character to see the tortuous deeds of a hurt young woman. Her mother was raped by four men and one of these men is her father. A DNA test will provide some truth and put these dark secrets to rest, forever. As well, four move stills have been released for the film. The most interesting photo is hosted below. In the still, a killer is shown, a henchman of the young woman. View both graphics here, with Virginia Obscura set for release in the Summer of 2013. Release Date: Summer 2013. Director/writer: Toby Osborne.

Virginia Obscura – make sure you remember this title! We’re here to start a little chat about Toby Osborne‘s upcoming horror-thriller, because we definitely think this sounds (& looks) awesome! Head inside to find the official synopsis, first images and one great poster for the whole thing, and let us know what you think! Written and directed by Toby Osborne, the movie will tell us the story of a young woman’s embittered search for her birth father, after being conceived at a drunken high school party. But this search soon takes a bloody turn… Following a deathbed confession, where she learns the names of four...