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A Night of Horror International Film Festival, announces its first programming wave for 2024 today. Long known as Australia’s premier genre film event, the festival now takes place in the United States. This year, the festival’s 16th edition – and first in the US – screens from March 1-3, at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Says festival director Dean Bertram:

To move a fest I co-founded in Sydney, Australia, back in 2006, to America feels surreal. A Night of Horror has long taken pride in being recognized for its excellence in showcasing the best and bloodiest new horror films from around the globe. And this year’s program is already shaping up to be one of my favorite line-ups yet. In the first wave alone are some of the most original, terrifying, and at times hilarious genre offerings that you’ll see this year: A bloody buffet of zombies,...

One of last year’s fan favorite horror movies, director Joe Lynch’s Lovecraft adaptation Suitable Flesh is now streaming on Shudder, and it’s coming to VHS – yes, VHS! – in March.

Broke Horror Fan presents Suitable Flesh on limited edition, fully functional VHS, and the retro-style release is now up for pre-order through Witter Entertainment.

The H. P. Lovecraft adaptation is directed by Joe Lynch and written by Dennis Paoli. Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Bruce Davison, Johnathon Schaech, and Barbara Crampton star.

It arrives on VHS in slipcase packaging with art by Creepy Duck Design. An orange tape variant autographed by Joe Lynch with a CthulhuScope sticker is also be available (limited to 50). Each tape includes an exclusive introduction by Lynch.

For optimal VHS viewing, the film has been cropped from its original aspect ratio to 4:3 full frame. It is officially licensed from Rlje Films and approved by Joe Lynch.

Director Joe Lynch's latest project is Suitable Flesh, an adaptation of the H. P. Lovecraft story "The Thing on the Doorstep." Genre fans will be squeeing with delight at the prospect of seeing Lovecraft's most interesting later stories coming to life on the big screen, and horror fans warmly received the world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday.

Nevertheless, however well the film does following its release on Shudder, it remains that H. P. Lovecraft adaptations are a hard sell for Hollywood. In fact, the few attempts at making a high-profile adaptation on either television or film have tended to meet with mixed results at best. Why do Lovecraft projects have a history of flattering to deceive or sinking without a trace?

Suitable Flesh's Challenge

Suitable Flesh will innovate inasmuch as the lead character of the source material will be gender-swapped: Elizabeth Derby, a psychiatrist (played...

Tribeca Shortlist is treating us to five nights of free content which starts today and will continue until the big day, Halloween, October 31st. Also: information on the Foreword to Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Apparition and Intrusion Blu-ray details, a trailer for Kill Game, and a new Minutes to Midnight poster.

Tribeca's Fright Fest: Press Release: "Oh, the horror! Tribeca Shortlist, the new curated streaming movie service from Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises, has great films in every genre and is now giving us a Halloween treat filled with five nights of free, expertly handpicked movies including macabre masterpieces, suspenseful thrillers and plenty of chills with Fright Fest: http://outtake.tribecashortlist.com/frightfest

Fright Fest will live on Tribeca Shortlist's free editorial site, Outtake, starting today at 6 pm Et/ 3 pm Pt running through October 31st. One new terrifying movie will be added each day at the same time,...