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Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge 4K Uhd from Full Moon Features

It’s atypical for an old franchise to debut on a new format with anything but the original, but Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge is the fan-favorite installment. Full Moon Features will release the 1991 direct-to-video prequel on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on February 24.

David DeCoteau (Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-o-Rama) directs from a script by C. Courtney Joyner (Class of 1999). Guy Rolfe, Sarah Douglas, Walter Gotell, Ian Abercrombie, Kristopher Logan, Aron Eisenberg, Matthew Faison, and Richard Lynch star.

Puppet Master III is presented in 4K with Hdr and DTS-hd 5.1 and 2.0 sound options. Special features include a commentary by DeCoteau and Joyner,...

Last month, Shudder served up one last genre gift during the holiday season in the form of Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, a sequel to the 2020 breakout indie horror anthology. For the follow-up, the story picks up directly after its predecessor at the funeral for Rad Chad (Jeremy King), where those in attendance are forced to play a series of games in order to survive.

Created by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns, Scare Package II features segments from Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins, and Koontz, and it stars an array of talent that includes Rich Sommer, Kelli Maroney, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Steph Barkley, Barbara Bingham, Chelsea Grant, Byron Brown, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, Zoe Graham, and the aforementioned Jeremy King.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Koontz about returning for the Scare Package sequel and the tricky balance...

Back in the summer of 2020, Scare Package gave horror fans a blend of blood-spattered scares and killer comedy to stream on Shudder from the safety of their homes, and now creators Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns are back for more horror anthology fun with Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge, and we have a look at the film's official trailer ahead of its December 22nd release on Shudder:

When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad's favorite films, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.

Created by: Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns

Directed by: Aaron B. Koontz

Segment Directors: Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins

Starring: Zoe Graham, Jeremy King, Rich Sommer, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Kelli Maroney, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Steph Barkley, Barbara Bingham, Chelsea Grant, Byron Brown,...

Stars: Jeremy King, Maria Olsen, Joshua Miller, Stef Estep-Gozalo, Shaina Schrooten, Steph Barkley, Chelsey Grant, Jack Hartwig, Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Graham Skipper, Kelli Maroney | Written by Alexandra Barreto, John Karsko, Jed Shepherd, Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns | Directed by Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins

Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge picks up where the original Scare Package left off at Rad Chad’s funeral. But this isn’t going to be a normal funeral because shortly after Moria wheels in a TV and Vcr, the mourners find out that Chad has a surprise for them, four short films each with a test after it.

Set on New Years Eve 1989, “Welcome to the 90s” written and directed by Alexandra Barreto (Lady Hater) is a spoof on slasher films that sees Tony the Killer pass up the ladies of Sure...

Filmmaker Rob Savage says his horror film "Host" only had had a 17-page outline script. "I don't know how much these guys have gone over, but yeah. We had, I think it was a 17-page outline, so every day I'd kind of turn up on Zoom with the actors, and we'd have a short paragraph to describe the scene. The actors and I would basically have to rehearse it and do take after take, and try to find what was working and what wasn't," Savage said.

He added, "We'd kind of shape it over the course of two or three takes, and get it down to what you see in the movie. We shot it chronologically, apart from some of the scare scenes, which we shot earlier on. So, it was really helpful to basically be able to see the movie happening in front of us day by day."

Savage...

If you’re one of the many who contributed to Host‘s perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, you’ll be pleased (terrified?) to hear that the crew behind the pandemic horror smash are releasing a real-time, live-action horror gamed called Ghosts.

Although Host director Rob Savage is not involved, the game was written and directed by one of the film’s writers, Jed Shepard, and stars Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, and Caroline Ward. The actresses appeared in a new teaser for the game, which also...

Stars: Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb | Written by Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, Jed Shepherd | Directed by Rob Savage

Well, well, well… I guess we knew it was only a matter of time before we started to get a plethora of lockdown movies coming out the woodwork and it would seem that horror based streaming platform Shudder are going to be the first to dip their toe into, what I assume, to soon be very crowded waters… I can’t say these are times I have been looking forward to knowing how fairly uncreative things can get when we are essentially just following a trend but like any reviewer or just all round movie lover It is my duty to at least watch the movies and give them a fair shot.

So buckle up and lets get into Host. A Blair Witch for the 2020s you could say… We wont,...

One of the most buzzed-about and timely horror films of 2020, Rob Savage’s Host is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on February 2nd from Rlje Films, and to celebrate, we've been provided with two Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Host.

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

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Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.comwith the subject “Host Blu-ray Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on February 3rd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of...

For many people, this has been the year of Zoom calls, and director Rob Savage (along with co-writers Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd) brought innovative terror to the virtual meeting format with Host. One of the most buzzed-about films of the year since its summer streaming release on Shudder (you can listen to us discuss the film on a previous episode of Corpse Club), Host is coming to Blu-ray and DVD on February 2nd from Rlje Films, and we have a look at the cover art and full list of bonus features.

From the Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to Host from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Host will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2021. The film is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100 percent score on the Tomatometer.

Picture which launched on genre platform Shudder in July heads to Sitges this week.

Paris-based sales company Charades has unveiled a slew of deals on UK director Rob Savage’s zeitgeisty, Zoom-set horror film Host, ahead of its first festival outing at the Sitges fantasy film festival this week.

Charades recently partnered with AMC Network’s genre streamer Shudder to sell the hit title worldwide, excluding North America, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, where the film played on the platform over the summer.

The sales follow the picture’s launch on Shudder in July, where its timely setting and...

Rob Savage directed the Zoom-based horror during the Covid-19 quarantine.

Rob Savage’s viral hit Host is to receive a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland through Vertigo Releasing following a deal with Shudder.

The UK horror, which takes place over a Zoom video call, debuted on AMC Networks’ streaming service Shudder in the UK and North America on July 30 and has proved a cult hit, scoring 100% on critic aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

Vertigo now plans to give Host a day-and-date release on December 4, comprising a wide theatrical opening and making the film available to rent and buy on...

When lockdown began, British director Rob Savage intended to make the best of his isolation — digging out classics by the likes of Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky, and all the rest. Ten minutes into the latter’s 1972 epic Solaris, though, Savage gave up and turned on Halloween 4.

“I wanted something that was a bit removed [from reality],” he tells Rolling Stone. “A fun roller-coaster that you can watch and forget about what’s going on for a bit.”

The urge is understandable; as months pass by in quarantine, sometimes we just want to...

Video calls have become a daily reality for countless masses in 2020, so it should come as no surprise that the first Zoom horror movie has arrived. What is unexpected, though, is that it's really good. Host was released via Shudder at the end of July, and it's been gaining steady buzz from audiences and critics. Need proof? Look no further than its 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. A perfect score is impressive for movies of any genre - it's even more elusive when it comes to horror movies.

Set in the midst of (and filmed entirely during) the coronavirus pandemic, Host revolves around a group of friends who employ a medium to conduct a seance with them via Zoom. No spoilers here, but things go poorly. A horror movie composed entirely of a Zoom call - literally, it's a grid view - could easily fall into cheesy territory, but with a runtime of 56 minutes,...

Join award-winning filmmaker Rob Savage and the cast of Host for a Shudder TV live watch of the hit Zoom-based horror film this Friday, August 7 at 3:30pm Pst/6:30pm Est/11:30pm BST. Rob and the cast will be live tweeting as they watch and sharing behind-the-scenes footage and stories from filming. Follow along and join the conversation using on Twitter using #HappySpookies. Host is now available on demand exclusively on Shudder in all its territories. The film which was shot remotely during quarantine features groundbreaking scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes. Due to social distancing precautions, Savage never set foot in the same room as his actors at any point during production and instead directed them remotely. The film stars Haley Bishop (Deep State), Radina Drandova (Dawn of the Deaf), Edward Linard (The Rebels), Jemma Moore (Doom: Annihilation), Caroline Ward...

As someone who is extremely into online horror and found footage storytelling techniques, Rob Savage’s Host (which premiered this week on Shudder) was totally and completely up my horror-loving alley. With its lean and mean 56-minute running time, Host wastes no time whatsoever unleashing pure terror on both its cast and viewers, and I was wholly riveted and rattled as all hell broke loose on the screen. Make no mistake, Host is the real deal, folks, and co-writer/director Rob Sheridan (along with his entire team of collaborators) have pulled off something very special with their tech-infused nightmare.

Host follows a group of young women –Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova and Caroline Ward (all playing characters that share their own names) – who come together via Zoom during lockdown to hold a séance with the assistance of a medium named Seylan (Seylan Baxter). Their friend Alan...

Time moves differently during lockdown. But that’s actually worked to the advantage of director Rob Savage who has managed to create an incredibly timely, sincerely scary and wonderfully shot horror movie in 12 weeks. That’s 12 weeks from conception to its appearance on streaming service Shudder.

The result is Host, a horror set over a Zoom call that couldn’t be more relevant and more zeitgeisty, which will likely secure a place in horror history as a movie that captured a moment which, with any luck, will look like a bizarre blip. Though Host certainly leans into horror movie tropes that existed before it – you can see shades of The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity and Unfriended here – Host is put together with such ingenuity, particularly given the whole lockdown situation, that it’s difficult not to be somewhat in awe of what Savage and his extraordinary cast and crew have achieved.

"Evil will find you... even when you stay home." You've heard about it, but have you seen it yet? Shudder has debuted an official trailer for the crazy new indie horror film Host, the latest feature from acclaimed UK horror filmmaker Rob Savage. We've featured a number of his shorts, including Salt and the creepy attic Zoom short from earlier this year. Savage followed that up with an even more ambitious idea - a 50-minute feature made entirely over Zoom. Starring Haley Bishop, Radina Drandova, Edward Linard, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, and Emma Louise Webb, who also operated their own cameras, helped pull off their own practical effects, and lit their own scenes. Due to social distancing precautions, Savage never set foot in the same room as his actors at any point during production and instead directed them remotely. This has been receiving rave reviews all week and is available on Shudder now.

Shudder has a packed August lineup that should excite any horror fan, including exclusive premieres, classic titles, and special events. Here's a look at their offerings:

From the Press Release:

Host (premieres Thursday, July 30)

Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance over Zoom during lockdown but get far more than they bargain for as things quickly go wrong. Host was shot remotely during quarantine and features practical scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes. Director Rob Savage (Dawn of the Deaf) never set foot in the same room as his actors at any point during production and instead directed them remotely. Starring: Haley Bishop (Deep State), Radina Drandova (Dawn of the Deaf), Edward Linard (The Rebels), Jemma Moore (Doom: Annihilation), Caroline Ward (Stalling It) and Emma Louise Webb (The Crown). A Shudder Original (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)

LA Llorona (premieres Thursday,...

Shudder is the latest to unveil its filmed-in-quarantine project with the horror feature Host, which is set to premiere on the streaming platform July 30.

Directed by Rob Savage (Dawn of the Deaf), who wrote the script with Gemma Hurley and Jed Shepherd, Host was shot remotely in the actors’ homes during quarantine and adheres to social distancing rules with inventive ways to deliver the scares, stunts and surprises expected from a horror pic.

Host follows six friends who hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargain for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night. The movie stars Haley Bishop (Deep State), Radina Drandova (Dawn of the Deaf), Edward Linard (The Rebels), Jemma Moore (Doom: Annihilation), Caroline Ward (Stalling It) and Emma Louise Webb...

"I feel like you're ashamed everywhere we go." Another awesome horror short film worth your time. This year is a stand out year for deaf performances/characters, in films like Wonderstruck, John Wick: Chapter 2, and Baby Driver. We can also include this short film, titled Dawn of the Deaf, about a few deaf people who must band together to survive in a zombie apocalypse - though it's much more about the relationship the main girl has with everyone in her life. It was made by deaf actors in London and tries to show disability as a strength, not a weakness. Starring Caroline Ward as Sam. This takes its time to build up and establish all the characters, then tosses in some crazy twists that have a strong emotional effect. Watch in full below. Thanks to Alicia Malone for the tip on this. Description from Vimeo: "When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must ...

Dawn of the Deaf Short Film Rob Savage‘s Dawn of the Deaf (2016) short film stars Caroline Ward, Haley Bishop, Radina Drandova, Stephen Collins, and Emily Bevan. Dawn of the Deaf‘s plot synopsis: “When a sonic pulse infects the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. “ This has been a [...]

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