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The sub-genre revolving around scams has become quite the rage among the people who love true crime documentaries, and Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme is yet another example of that. D-list Hollywood actor Zach Horowitz (popularly known as Zach Avery) is at the center of the story. The guy is currently serving a twenty-year prison sentence for the massive fraud he committed. This documentary looks into how he managed to do it, his motivation behind doing it, and the impact it left on people’s lives. Let us get into the details.

What is the documentary about?

I’m sure you all have some idea about Ponzi schemes, but since I’m here to explain things anyway, let me just lay it down for you. Basically, you are tricking people into investing money, promising them great returns, then tricking more people into investing so that you can keep the...

"How could he possibly have done something this outlandish?" Neon has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film called Bad Actor, which plays more like a horror film than an actual documentary about something real. The full title is Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme - wannabe actor Zachary Horwitz was desperate to make it big as a movie star. The only thing stopping him was talent. This doc is a juicy true story about deception, denial, fraud, and the seductive promise of fame and fortune. It premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and is already on VOD to watch now. "With shocking revelations at every turn, the film questions the fabric of the entertainment business, where a fake it till you make it mentality blurs the lines between reality and facade in the cutthroat pursuit of success. It explores the vulnerability of investors who fell prey to Horwitz's...

Trailers are supposed to build buzz for a film. People watch the footage, get excited about the film, and then, eventually, buy tickets to see the project in theaters or on digital. But typically, these trailers are shown well before the release. That’s not the case for “Bad Actor.” If you watch the trailer and enjoy it, then good news! You can watch the film right now.

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As seen in the trailer, “Bad Actor” tells the unbelievable true story of aspiring actor Zachary Horwitz.

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Zach Horwitz had spent years crafting an image, telling just the right lies and showing just the right papers to make people believe in his success. As an actor in Los Angeles going by the stage name Zach Avery, he convinced investors he had struck gold by licensing indie films to streaming giants. But it was all an illusion—his company 1inMM took in over $650 million without ever making a legitimate deal.

Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme shines a light on just how Horwitz/Avery, as he’s known, managed to fool so many for so long. Director David Darg takes a close look at Zach’s background and unpacks the intricate web of falsehoods he spun. Through interviews with victims and recreations starring Hollywood talent, it reveals the mechanics of the scheme and its impact on people’s lives.

Yet Bad Actor does more than just recount criminal facts.

Former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, who was arrested on July 31 in connection to his failed 2020 coup to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is the subject of Neon’s latest documentary “Men of War.”

Directed by Billy Corben (“God Forbid”) and Jen Gatien (“Limelight”) “Men of War” follows Goudreau, who, according to the film’s logline “finds himself in over his head and on the run after mounting the failed Venezuela coup and being chased by the American government who he spent his life fighting for.”

Goudreau, a former Special Forces soldier who served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, planned to land in Venezuela via speedboat with approximately 60 other men in an attempt to capture Maduro, an authoritarian president. At the time, Goudreau said that he and his team were acting to protect Venezuela’s democracy after Maduro’s 2018 re-election, which was boycotted by the opposition and condemned as undemocratic by the U.

“Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme” centers on an immensely interesting subject — financial fraudster and D-List actor Zach Horwitz, a.k.a. Zach Avery — but ends up telling his tale in uninteresting ways. The film draws its various techniques from far better and more accomplished documentaries, resulting in a multifaceted, mixed-bag approach that never clicks, thanks in large part to how the movie chooses to reveal information.

Director Joslyn Jensen appears on-screen early into the runtime and becomes a primary character in the film. She’s as much a subject as Avery and his various victims — people he befriended over the years and scammed out of millions of dollars. But Jensen is also a deeply uninteresting focal point who takes up far too much of the screentime. By centering her to the degree that it does, “Bad Actor” becomes a film about process on multiple fronts.

On one hand, the...

Spoiler Warning: This story contains plot details from “Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme,” which premiered Thursday at Tribeca Festival.

Just how easy is it to get duped?

It’s the central question of “Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme,” a documentary that premieres this week at Tribeca Festival and details aspiring movie star Zach Avery (aka Horwitz) who defrauded investors of out $227 million and pulled off the entertainment industry’s biggest Ponzi scheme. Nobody ever believes they’d be the ones dumb enough to ignore the red flags and fall prey to such a hoax. So then how exactly did Horwitz, a D-list actor with no notable credits, deceive so many people? Director Joslyn Jensen, who appears throughout the film while interviewing law enforcement, scam victims and people who know Horwitz, ultimately discovered it’s way easier than you’d think to get tricked.

After all, she didn’t actually direct the film.

Tribeca Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal doesn’t follow a North Star as she and her team sift through tens of thousands of submissions each year. But as they whittle down those applicants to the 100 or so films comprising the final lineup, themes tend to emerge.

“It’s not like we set out to say, ‘This is what we want to do.’ As an activist film festival, we always look for [political] films,” says Rosenthal, who created Tribeca Festival with Robert De Niro in the wake of 9/11. “This year, there’s a mental health narrative. I don’t know if that’s a post-covid thing.”

Tribeca, now in its 23rd year, will take place from June 5-16 and highlight films led by Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jenna Ortega. “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” a look at the fashion icon and entrepreneur, will open the festival, with anticipated documentaries about Prince,...

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios has acquired Hollywood Ending, a new documentary from UnTypical, a Vice Studios Group company, and Library Films. Directed by Rebecca Chaiklin (Tiger King), the film follows the downfall of Zach Horwitz, the charismatic “midwestern, millennial Madoff” who ran a $690M Ponzi scheme under the noses of those closest to him.

Also known by his stage name Zach Avery, Horwitz is a former actor who deceived investors by falsely claiming to have lucrative licensing deals with such prominent streaming platforms as Netflix and HBO. His scheme began around 2014 when he started soliciting funds from investors, promising high returns from licensing deals for movies. Horwitz operated through his company, 1inMM Capital LLC, which he presented as successful in film distribution. To maintain the illusion of legitimacy, he provided investors with fake documents, including fabricated licensing agreements and emails purportedly from entertainment executives.

Using the funds from new investors,...

Convicted fraudster ordered to repay around $230m to investors.

A man who has played small roles in Hollywood films has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that duped investors out of $650m.

The prosecution said Zachary Horwitz obtained loans for his company 1inMM Capital from 2014-2019 by claiming he was raising funds to buy film rights that would then be licensed to streamers like Netflix and HBO.

In fact the money was never used to acquire rights and instead was used to support a lifestyle that was more becoming of legitimate Hollywood stars and filmmakers...

Updated with sentencing: Zachary Horwitz, the Hollywood actor who pleaded guilty last fall for operating a Ponzi scheme that bilked $650 million from investors who thought their money would be used to acquire licensing rights to films, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday.

U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi also also ordered Horwitz to pay $230,361,884 in restitution to his victims. Horowitz, whose screen name was Zach Avery, pleaded guilty in October to one count of securities fraud after his arrest in April 2021.

His scheme went on for more than five years, with Horowitz raising millions of dollars from investors — some personal friends– by telling them their money would be used by his company, 1inMM Capital, to acquire film distribution rights in foreign territories, which then would be licensed to online platforms like Netflix and HBO. None of that ever actually happened, with the documents faked and the money instead...

A hard-boozing caseworker grimaces his way around St Louis in Michele Civetta’s overblown urban thriller

Not quite credible enough to stand up as a gritty, 70s-esque social drama, and lacking the focus of the Training Day-style urban thriller it’s marketed as, Michele Civetta’s second feature is an awkward but passably entertaining blend of both. The Gateway is the nickname for the Missouri city of St Louis, rough terrain shepherded by seen-it-all social worker Parker (a lead role for blockbuster fringe player Shea Whigham). Sipping Jameson miniatures as he does his rounds, he becomes particularly concerned about Dahlia (Olivia Munn) and Ashley (Taegen Burns), after the latter’s dad Mike (Zach Avery) is released from prison.

Civetta, who also co-wrote, is not one for understatement. Not only is Parker a hard-boozing caseworker, he’s also an orphan (abandoned by Bruce Dern’s jazz-trumpeter dad) as well as a former prizefighting champ.

Stars: Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Taryn Manning, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern, Keith David, Mark Boone Junior, Zach Avery, Alexander Wraith, Jay Hieron, Taegen Burns, Nick Daly, Richard Strauss, Shannon Adawn | Written by Michele Civetta, Andrew Levitas, Alex Felix Bendaña | Directed by Michele Civetta

I have been known from time to time watch a flick based solely on its cast. Take Sam Rockwell for instance, the trailer could be awful but I’m still going to watch it because it’s Sam ‘freaking’ Rockwell. Recently Frank Grillo has made his way onto this list after a string of spot on supporting roles and the odd leading man performance… So you can imagine my giddy glee to see the man teaming up with The Newsroom‘s Olivia Munn for an “action thriller” romp. The movie is called The Gateway and I’m about to get into it for you all right now!

“The Gateway” is an inner-city neo-noir thriller starring Shea Whigham as Parker, a social worker assigned to the care of the daughter (Taegen Burns) of a single mother (Olivia Munn). But when the dad (Zach Avery) returns from prison, all hell breaks loose. I spent some time with “The Gateway” director Michele Civetta to

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Set in St. Louis but shot in coastal Virginia, attempting to wrestle tough sociopolitical issues while sporting the neon hues of a stylized neo-noir, “The Gateway” lets itself get pulled in too many directions for any of them to be well-realized. Nonetheless, this crime melodrama represents an advance for commercials and music video director Michele Civetta over his first feature, the occult muddle “Agony,” with improved control over performances and pacing. The implausible but diverting Lionsgate release is launching in limited theaters, on demand and digital Sept. 3, with disc formats following a week later.

Raised in a foster home after his mother’s fatal Od and his father’s abandonment, Parker Jode (Shea Whigham) is a still-punchy former pro fighter who now tries repairing other people’s families as a state social worker. In that role, he’s developed a paternal interest in young Ashley (Taegen Burns), even driving her...

Stars: Will Patton, Adan Canto, Jonathan Sadowski, Alicia Sanz, Chinaza Uche, Zach Avery, Jesse Latourette, William Mark McCullough, Alpha Trivette, Tom Proctor, Nathan Phillips | Written by Stefan Jaworski, Eric Scherbarth | Directed by Bradley Parker

The Devil Below is visual effects expert Bradley Parker’s second film as a director, his first was Chernobyl Diaries back in 2012. This time he takes us to Shookum Hills, the film’s original title, an abandoned town in Appalachia where inhabitants vanished and the coal mines have been burning for decades. Is it a hill country Silent Hill, or something more sinister?

Paul and his son work for the Shookum Hills Mining Company. As they’re leaving the ground opens up and something grabs the boy and drags him down. Injured, Paul can only lay there helplessly and listen to his screams. In the present day Ariana is making final preparations for her trip. She...

Actor Zachary J. Horwitz, known as Zach Avery, was arrested in Los Angeles on Tuesday. According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office press release, the 34-year-old actor was taken into custody by the FBI after allegedly running a multi-million dollar Hollywood ponzi scheme. Et has reached out to Avery’s rep for comment. The Attorney’s Office press release...

Zachary Horwitz, known in Hollywood as actor Zach Avery, has been arrested for allegedly running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme disguised as an investment to acquire licensing rights to films for distribution abroad.  Horwitz, 34, was arrested by special agents with the FBI on Tuesday, April 6 and charged with wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California confirmed in a press release. He has been accused of seeking investment for his company, 1inMM Capital LLC, under the guise of purchasing foreign regional distribution rights to films, which he would subsequently license to platforms like Netflix and HBO, the press release explained, citing an...

Actor Zachary J. Horwitz has been arrested in connection with a massive Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars. Horwitz was reportedly using the appeal of fake movie licensing deals with platforms such as HBO, Netflix and others in an attempt to curb demands for payments from investors. He is known by his stage name Zach Avery.

According to multiple reports, the 34-year-old actor was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on a federal charge. He allegedly ran this massive Ponzi scheme. It is said that investors were defrauded out of $227 million. Avery is accused of fabricating emails from HBO and Netflix executives to make it appear as though movie deals were in place. The information comes from a complaint that was filed Monday in United States District Court. FBI agent John Verrastro alleges that Horwitz swindled investors out of large sums of money by convincing them to invest in...

Zachary Horwitz is hardly the first individual to face legal trouble after raising money in Hollywood and allegedly pocketing investment funds. But the amount involved — more than $690 million! — is staggering.

How did he do it?

Horwitz, a 34-year-old actor who has appeared in some minor films under the screen name “Zach Avery,” was arrested Tuesday in California and charged with wire fraud. According to the Justice Department, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. Separately, the Securities & Exchange Commission reports obtaining an emergency asset freeze after Horwitz and his company, 1inMM Capital, raised hundreds of millions by holding ...

Zachary Horwitz is hardly the first individual to face legal trouble after raising money in Hollywood and allegedly pocketing investment funds. But the amount involved — more than $690 million! — is staggering.

How did he do it?

Horwitz, a 34-year-old actor who has appeared in some minor films under the screen name “Zach Avery,” was arrested on Tuesday in California and charged with wire fraud. According to the Justice Department, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. Separately, the Securities & Exchange Commission reports obtaining an emergency asset freeze after Horwitz and his company, 1inMM Capital, raised hundreds of millions by ...

On Tuesday, actor Zachary Horwitz (known professionally as Zach Avery) was arrested on charges of wire fraud, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

The FBI and SEC allege that Horwitz ran a Ponzi scheme through his company, 1inMM, which defrauded investors of $227 million.

Allegedly, Horwitz told investors that his company invested in film rights, subsequently reselling these rights to distributors like Netflix and HBO. He is said to have sold people on his scheme by showing them fake licensing and distribution agreements, featuring forged signatures. Ultimately, however, both of the above companies confirmed to the FBI that they’d never conducted business with 1nMM.

It is believed that Horwitz began receiving funds as part of the Ponzi scheme in 2015, using them to purchase a $6 million home in the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, while repaying earlier investors.

Horwitz’s credits as an actor include low-budget features such as Trespassers and The Devil Below.

Actor and movie investor Zachary Horwitz, who is sometimes credited as Zach Avery, was arrested Tuesday on charges that he ran a Ponzi scheme that swindled investors out of $227 million.

Horwitz, 34, was taken into custody by special agents with the FBI, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported. Horwitz claimed investors’ money would be used for buying rights to films that HBO and Netflix had signed on to distribute internationally, particularly in Latin America.

Horwitz appeared Tuesday in United States District Court on a charge of wire fraud, which carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The complaint alleges that Horwitz solicited investors for his company 1inMM Capital LLC, saying he would purchase the regional distribution rights to films and then license the rights to platforms including Netflix and HBO. His promotional materials claimed the company offered “safe” investments because “we receive confirmation from each of our outputs...

Stars: Katia Winter, Leya Catlett, Zach Avery, Emmy James, Lane Bradbury, Richard Bekins, Jerry Dixon, Marceline Hugot, Patrick Hamilton | Written by Andrew Wong | Directed by Eduardo Rodriguez

Director Eduardo Rodriguez has been, at least for me, something of a underrated talent. His first Hollywood movie, Stash House, was an effective action thriller and his follow-up, El Gringo, was a superb film and star-making vehicle for action star Scott Adkins. And – at least for me – his Fright Night sequel-c0me-remake was a decent entry in the franchise and one that I enjoyed more than the Colin Farrell iteration. So when I discovered his latest feature film, You’re Not Alone, was due out this week – after apparently being filmed in 2016 under the title Unwanted – I knew I had to check it out… And I’m glad I did.

You’re Not Alone tells the story of Emma (Katia Winter) who, after the premature death of her estranged husband,...

Coming to select theaters and VOD services this Friday is The Devil Below, from Chernobyl Diaries director Bradley Parker, and we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!

"There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone."

Distributed By: Vertical Entertainment In Select Theaters, On VOD & Digital March 5, 2021 Directed By: Bradley Parker Written By: Eric Scherbarth, Stefan Jaworski Produced By: Julio Hallivis, Diego Hallivis, Andres Rosende, Alejandro de Leon Starring: Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, with Jonathan Sadowski and Will Patton



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The Devil Below In Select Theaters, VOD & Digital March 5, 2021 Director Brad Parker and Stars Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Jesse Latourette and Jonathan Sadowski There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find …

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This identity thriller suffers from overreliance on coincidences and perplexing cameos from Brian Cox and Udo Kier

Brothers Colin and James Krisel and/or actor Zach Avery must be either very well financed or ridiculously persuasive because they’ve managed to pull together a supporting cast and budget for this debut thriller that far exceeds what the script seems to warrant. At heart, Last Moment of Clarity is a slight, imaginatively thin B-movie which doesn’t so much as allude to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo as outright steal from them brazenly, ending up with a limp neo-noir that unfolds in the streets of Paris and classy apartments in Los Angeles. There are cameos from Brian Cox and Udo Kier, both great scene-stealing actors with many virtues other than accent mimicry, judging by the bizarre Scots-French mashup Cox tries out here that is only a hair’s breadth...

Watch the Trailer for The Devil Below: "There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than the mystery that sent them there: they’re not alone."

Distributed By: Vertical Entertainment In Select Theaters, On VOD & Digital March 5, 2021 Directed By: Bradley Parker Written By: Eric Scherbarth, Stefan Jaworski Produced By: Julio Hallivis, Diego Hallivis, Andres Rosende, Alejandro de Leon Starring: Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, with Jonathan Sadowski and Will Patton

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"It took my son, and I've been fighting him ever since." Vertical Ent. has released an official trailer for The Devil Below, a new horror film (formerly titled Shookum Hills) from filmmaker / VFX supervisor Brad Parker (director of the very creepy Chernobyl Diaries previously). A geological expedition to an Appalachian sinkhole becomes a fight for survival against a mysterious force. When a team of researchers try to find out how fires started in underground coal mines that have been ablaze for decades, they encounter something much more frightening hiding within. The film stars Alicia Sanz, Adan Canto, Zach Avery, Chinaza Uche, Jesse Latourette, Jonathan Sadowski, and Will Patton. The best part about this is definitely the grizzled Will Patton. It looks a bit like Tremors meets The Descent, which is kind of a thrilling mash-up. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Brad Parker's The Devil Below, direct from Vertical's YouTube...

MGM has bought the Johnny Depp drama “Minamata” and has set an awards-season release of Feb. 5, 2021, through its revived American International Pictures label.

MGM also acquired all rights to “Minamata” in Canada, Germany and Switzerland. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February.

Set in 1971, Depp portrays photojournalist Eugene Smith, who’s become a recluse and disconnected from the world he once shot. After receiving one final assignment from Life Magazine editor Robert Hayes (played by Bill Nighy), he must travel to the Japanese coastal city of Minamata, which has been ravaged by mercury poisoning. Assisted by an impassioned Japanese translator and encouraged by local villagers, his powerful images expose decades of gross negligence by the country’s Chisso Corporation.

“Minamata” also stars Jun Kunimura, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano and Akiko Iwase. Andrew Levitas directed the film from a screenplay by Levitas, David K. Kessler, Stephen Deuters and Jason Forman.

MGM has acquired “Minamata” starring Johnny Depp that will be released by MGM’s American International Pictures (Aip) label on Feb. 5, 2021, according to an individual with knowledge of the project. Additionally, MGM also acquired all rights to “Minamata” in Canada, Germany and Switzerland

The film received its World Premiere as a Berlinale Special Gala as part of the Berlin International Film Festival 2020. Depp received some of the best reviews of his career for portraying photojournalist Eugene Smith.

Per the film’s description, inspired by a true story, Depp plays W. Eugene Smith, a war photographer from World War II, who in 1971, goes up against a powerful corporation responsible for poisoning the people of Minamata, Japan. With the glory days of World War II far behind him, Smith has become a recluse, disconnected from society and his career. But an old friend and a commission from “Life Magazine” editor Ralph Graves...

Exclusive: MGM has acquired the Johnny Depp-starrer Minamata, through its American International Pictures label. The Andrew Levitas-directed drama has been set for a February 5 release, dropping into the extended awards season as a theatrical and day and date PVOD release. The film made its world premiere during the Berlin International Film Festival last February. In addition to U.S. rights, MGM acquired Canada, Germany and Switzerland.

While the recent focus on Depp has come for all the wrong reasons in a libel case he pressed against the Rupert Murdoch British tabloid The Sun for calling him a “wife beater” (a court ruling is expected Monday), this is a chance for the focus to swing back to his chameleonic screen work.

In a drama inspired by a true story, Depp plays Eugene Smith, a famed photojournalist who has disconnected from the world but takes a final assignment from his...

In today’s Global Bulletin, Johnny Depp’s “Minamata and “Crock of Gold” get U.K., Ireland release; a brace of Princess Diana TV documentaries in the works; and MTV debuts short form series.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired U.K. and Ireland distribution rights from HanWay Films for Berlin Film Festival title Andrew Levitas’ “Minamata,” starring Johnny Depp, Hiroyuki Sanada, Minami and Tadanobu Asano, and will release the film Feb. 12, 2021.

Depp plays war photographer W. Eugene Smith who travels to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

The film was developed by Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and produced through Metalwork Pictures. Producers are Sam Sarkar, Bill Johnson, Gabrielle Tana, Kevan Van Thompson, David K. Kessler, Zach Avery, Levitas and Depp.

HanWay Films, which is overseeing international sales and distribution, has also closed deals with Eagle Pictures (Italy), Swift Distribution (France), Odeon S.A. (Greece), Films...

Andrew Levitas’ historical drama premiered as a Special title at the 2020 Berlinale.

HanWay Films has secured multiple key deals on Andrew Levitas’ historical drama Minamata starring Johnny Depp.

Vertigo Releasing has acquired UK and Ireland rights on the title, and is planning a theatrical release for February 12, 2021.

HanWay has also confirmed sales for Italy (Eagle Pictures), France (Swift Distribution), Greece (Odeon S.A.), Portugal (Films4U), Turkey (Bg Filmcilik), Bulgaria (Beta Film), former Yugoslavia (Discovery Film), Poland (Film Forum), Cis (Exponenta Film), Middle East (FrontRow Filmed Ent), Australia-New Zealand (Rialto Distribution), Japan (Longride Inc), Hong Kong (Intercontinental Films), India (PVR), Singapore...

Written and directed by Colin and James Krisel, Last Moment of Clarity centers on Sam (Zach Avery), a man who is haunted by the death of his girlfriend Georgia (Samara Weaving).

Living in Paris with a bar proprieter (Brian Cox) as his only trusted friend, Sam spots a woman in a movie who looks exactly like [...]

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Lionsgate has released a new trailer for thriller ‘Last Moment of Clarity starring Samara Weaving.

After his girlfriend Georgia is murdered by European mobsters, Sam flees to Paris to hide out. Years later, he sees a woman in a Hollywood film who he’s certain is Georgia. In L.A. to investigate, he encounters enigmatic Kat, who impulsively decides to help him on his quest. But when Sam meets the mystery actress face-to-face, his life spins out of control.

The film also stars Brian Cox and Udo Kier.

Also in trailers – Teaser trailer drops and date announcement for ‘Snowpiercer’ series

It will be released via DVD, Digital and VOD on May 19th

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"I just have to know if it's you!" Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for a mystery thriller titled Last Moment of Clarity, the feature directorial debut of brothers Colin & James Krisel. A normal New Yorker's life is upended when his girlfriend is murdered by the Bulgarian mob. He flees to Paris to stay safe. Years later, he sees a similar looking woman in a movie. Obsession with past love takes Sam to Los Angeles to look for answers, only to put him back into the sights of the Bulgarians. Described as an "updated Hitchcockian thriller in the vein of Vertigo and Rear Window," it "will keep you guessing until the final frame." Starring Samara Weaving and Carly Chaikin as the two main women, with Zach Avery, Udo Kier, Brian Cox, Hal Ozsan, and Pasha D. Lychnikoff. No surprise, this trailer gives away a lot to get you more curious.

Samara Weaving is one of those up-and-coming performers you just know is going to breakout big time one day. The actress has been stealing scenes in genre films for the last few years, from The Babysitter to Mayhem, and last year's breakout Ready or Not. She's poised for her highest profile gig yet as Bill's daughter in the upcoming Bill and Ted Face the Music, but first, she's getting tangled up in a Hitchockian thriller in Lionsgate's Last Moment of Clarity. Zach Avery stars as Sam, a man who thinks he found his …...

Two couples trying to mend their relationships are interrupted at their isolated getaway by a stranger who claims to have car trouble, but instead has deadly trouble planned for her unsuspecting new friends in Trespassers, and with the new horror film out today from IFC Midnight, we've been provided with an exclusive clip featuring Fairuza Balk.

Watch a mysterious stranger (Balk) with enigmatic intentions arrive on the doorstep of an isolated home in our exclusive clip below, and in case you missed it, read Heather Wixson's interview with Oblowitz.

Directed by Orson Oblowitz from a screenplay by Corey Deshon, Trespassers stars Angela Trimbur, Janel Parrish, Fairuza Balk, Jonathan Howard, and Zach Avery. Trespassers is now available On Demand and is also playing theatrically in New York and Los Angeles.

Synopsis: "Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality.

You might be used to seeing Janel Parrish play Mona in Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists and Margot in To All the Boys I've Loved Before, but the 30-year-old actress enters different territory in her new film Trespassers. The horror film, directed by Orson Oblowitz, centers on two couples - Estelle (Parrish) and Victor (Jonathan Howard), as well as Sarah (Angela Trimbur) and Joseph (Zach Avery) - who are experiencing relationship problems and decide to rent an Airbnb in the desert for a temporary getaway. But the arrival of a mysterious woman (Fairuza Balk) leads to death and chaos as the four friends are forced to fight for their lives against home invaders.

For Parrish, the dark thriller was easy to get behind after she read the script. "I thought it was really interesting, and the whole Airbnb aspect of it is so terrifying to me," she said. "It could...

Set to hit theaters in Los Angeles and New York tomorrow is Orson Oblowitz’s home invasion thriller Trespassers, which stars Angela Trimbur and Fairuza Balk (two of this writer’s favorite actresses), as well as Zach Avery, Janel Parrish,g and Jonathan Howard. The story follows two couples who Airbnb a house in the middle of the desert for a weekend to try to work out their respective issues, but things go horribly awry once they find themselves in a fight for their lives.

Daily Dead recently chatted with Trespassers director Orson Oblowitz about his initial interest in taking on the project, as well as the casting process, the challenges of creating the film’s visual style, how working on the project transformed him as an artist, and more.

Look for Trespassers in both La and NYC this weekend, and for those of you in other cities around the country,...

A weekend getaway goes sour even before the corpses start accruing in “Trespassers,” a good-looking indie thriller that’s diverting, but could have used another script draft or two. Depicting two quarrelsome if hard-bodied couples who find themselves in deep peril at a rented desert home, Orson Oblowitz’s film has a leisurely enough buildup that room should have been made for more fully developed characters. Fine-tuning the pileup of eventual violent crises wouldn’t have hurt, either. The result falls short of being especially credible, let alone memorable. Still, this is a polished genre exercise that provides a decent night’s home entertainment. IFC Midnight is opening it July 12 on screens in New York and Los Angeles, simultaneous with its launch on demand.

A brief prelude leaves us no doubt that the owners of a handsome modernist manse in the Mohave meet a very bad end at the hands of three masked,...

The film opens on an affluent white couple living close enough to the Mexican border for another character to later say, “You can’t open the door to strangers in today’s society.” They’re awoken by three men in masks made to look like Ms-13 gang members, dragged out, and put in the trunk of a car before being shot dead by the side of the road. The Maga allusions are therefore present from the start with pretty Malibu types falling victim to violent “cholos” for what appears to be no other reason besides the bloodlust Fox News’ fear-mongering editorials have told conservative Boomers is coming if they don’t remain vigilant. We eventually discover they’re actually after a photograph, but that’s just an excuse to let these racist stereotypes shine.

I say this because writer Corey Deshon and director Orson Oblowitz never provide a motive beyond terror in Trespassers.

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Written and executive produced by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, who also will showrun, and based on the characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1931 Los Angeles. While the rest of the country suffers through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong! Based on characters created by Erle Stanley Gardner, the limited series follows the origins of American Fiction’s most legendary criminal defense lawyer, Perry Mason (Rhys). When the case of the decade breaks down his door,...

An official trailer and poster have released this week for Trespassers. Shot in Malibu, California, the film involves two couples on vacation. They enjoy a bit of an escape from their regular lives, but find themselves caught-up in a home invasion. IFC Midnight will release this title, in July. The initial launch will take place in Los Angeles and New York, along with a simultaneous Digital release. As well, Trespassers stars: Fairuza Balk (Almost Famous), Angela Trimbur (Trash Fire), Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), Jonathan Howard and Zach Avery. The film was directed by Orson Oblowitz (The Queen of Hollywood Blvd) and written by Corey Deshon. The full length trailers is below and the ominous poster can be found here. The trailer and other promotional materials show several masked intruders. Who are they and what do they want? The houseguests have no idea and Trespassers offers a bit of mystery this July 12th.

This summer in the Northern Hemisphere, a little time away with your loved ones sounds like a splendid idea. Yet a new trailer for Trespassers stomps on that possible escape from reality. Written by Corey Deshon and directed by Orson Oblowitz, Trespassers -- known as Home Is Where the Hell Is when it debuted at FrightFest last year -- initially looks calm, relaxing and fun before turning violent and terrible. Here's the official synopsis: "Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality. Sarah (Angela Trimbur) and Estelle (Janel Parrish) are longtime best friends looking forward to reconnecting after a period apart; their boyfriends, Joseph (Zach Avery) and Victor (Jonathan Howard), however,...

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Two couples trying to mend their relationships are interrupted at their isolated getaway by a stranger who claims to have car trouble, but instead has trouble planned for her unsuspecting new friends in IFC Midnight's official trailer for Trespassers, a new horror film starring Fairuza Balk.

Directed by Orson Oblowitz from a screenplay by Corey Deshon, Trespassers stars Angela Trimbur, Janel Parrish, Fairuza Balk, Jonathan Howard, and Zach Avery. Trespassers will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on July 12th, as well as On Demand.

Synopsis: "Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality. Sarah (Angela Trimbur) and Estelle (Janel Parrish) are longtime best friends looking forward to reconnecting after a period apart; their boyfriends, Joseph (Zach Avery) and Victor (Jonathan Howard), however, are immediately wary of one another. As tensions escalate over...

"Sometimes you just can't stop what's coming..." IFC Midnight has released an official trailer for an indie horror film titled Trespassers, the latest from filmmaker Orson Oblowitz (The Queen of Hollywood Blvd). The home invasion horror premiered at FrightFest London last year, and also played in Germany's Fantasy Filmfest. Two couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in, a woman shows up at their door. And that's when the murderous trouble really starts. Because without knowing it, these four friends have just landed slap-bang in the wrong violent place at precisely the wrong bloody time. Starring Angela Trimbur, Zach Avery, Janel Parrish, Jonathan Howard, Fairuza Balk, Carlo Rota, Sebastian Sozzi, and Joey Abril. This seems so much like a been-there, done-that horror rehash pulling from You're Next and everything else we've already seen.

Two couples, each working through relationship issues, rent a gorgeous house in the desert for a sex- and drug-fueled escape from reality in director Orson Oblowitz's stylish new thriller writer by Corey Deshon.

The film hits July 12, 2019.

Sarah (Angela Trimbur) and Estelle (Janel Parrish) are longtime best friends looking forward to reconnecting after a period apart; their boyfriends, Joseph (Zach Avery) and Victor (Jonathan Howard), however, are immediately wary of one another.

As tensions escalate over the course of a debaucherous night, things take an unexpected turn when a woman (Fairuza Balk) claiming to be a neighbor with car trouble shows up at the door. She seems harmless enough…or so they think.

As the twists and turns pile up so does the...

Frank Grillo, Keith David, Taryn Manning and Mark Boone Junior have joined the ensemble cast of “The Gateway.”

They join Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Bruce Dern and Zach Avery with Michele Civetta directing. Andrew Levitas is producing under his Metalwork Pictures banner alongside Stephen Israel.

The pic follows Parker, a downtrodden social worker in the grips of alcoholism, assigned to oversee care of the daughter of single mother, Dahlia, in this neo-noir thriller.

Grillo is fresh off the success of the acclaimed Netflix documentary series “Fight World,” an inside look at fight culture all over the globe that he produced and starred in as well as the brawl-thriller “Donnybrook” with Jamie Bell and Margaret Qualley that opened the Toronto Film Festival. He has a slew of projects set to bow in 2019, starting with the Netflix project “Point Blank” followed by the thriller “Boss Level” opposite Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts,...