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There’s no shortage of haunted house films in the horror landscape, but Dw Medoff’s I Will Never Leave You Alone carves out a deeply personal, disquieting niche. Described as “a bleak, atmospheric tale of trauma and terror,” the film follows Richard, a mute parolee trapped in a sinister six-night stay at a property plagued by the ghost of a murdered witch. The catch? If he leaves, he goes straight back to prison. And if he stays… well, something worse may be waiting.

Released earlier this year and now available on digital, Medoff’s feature debut has been quietly racking up acclaim at genre festivals including Telluride, Salem Horror Fest, and FrightFest, with reports of walkouts from audience members shaken by its most harrowing sequences. But this isn’t just a movie about ghosts and gore – it’s a story about the suffocating silence of unprocessed pain, and the...

As another year of horror ends, we reflect on the best this genre had to offer. Usually, that means focusing on those movies that drew the most attention. However, there are also those movies that slipped under everyone’s radars for whatever reason, ultimately causing them to be overlooked. So the objective here is to bring more attention to these releases as horror fans play catch-up.

Like last year, 2023 was a strong year for horror. And these ten hidden gems might have escaped notice at the time, but it’s never too late to discover them now.

Pollen

Image: Ava Rose Kinard in D.W. Medoff’s Pollen.

In the vein of other horror movies about misunderstood outsiders, like May and Love Object, D.W. Medoff‘s first long feature Pollen focuses on an individual whose awkward and unconventional ways make her stand out in society. Although, it wasn’t always...

Pollen: "After a senior coworker assaults a bright-eyed young woman, her dream job becomes a living nightmare as she tries to keep her career together while being tormented at work, at home, and in her dreams by a mysterious tree monster."

Directed by: Dw Medoff

Starring: Ava Rose Kinard, Tyler Buckingham, Ashley Ames, Bennett Welsh, Leanna Adams, Ian Covell, Riley Madison Fuller, Kristen Taylor, Sajid Chaudhary

Now available from Gravitas Ventures, Pollen is available on Amazon, AppleTV, GooglePlay, Vudu, Xfinity, Fios and most other VOD platforms.

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Unsettling workplace dynamics are a troubling issue that continues to envelop women in a suffocating atmosphere of fear and injustice. While women strive to break through barriers in their careers, they are often overwhelmed by the challenges they encounter. In the midst of this disconcerting reality, certain movies act as a reflection of society’s darkest aspects. Pollen, a 2023 independent horror film directed by D.W. Medoff, not only provides scary moments but also addresses the unsettling issue of workplace harassment against women. Through the manifestation of supernatural elements, such as a demonic tree, the film symbolically reveals the deeply rooted struggle women face under the glass ceiling.

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What Does The Plant Symbolize?

Pollen centered around Hera, a young and ambitious woman employed as a data analyst for a company. She aspired to advance her career through diligent effort and determination, but right from the beginning, the corporate sector’s glass ceiling became apparent.

Filmmakers in the horror genre often place socio-political commentary in their movies, and usually, it works way better that way as opposed to having addressed it directly in a didactic drama. The new movie Pollen by writer-director D.W. Medoff is an interesting indie horror film that tries to tackle sensitive issues such as sexual assault, mental health, toxic work culture, and the overall alienation of young individuals using the already established intriguing tropes of the mystery and horror genres.

Borrowing from Polanski’s 1965 classic Repulsion but giving it a botanical twist, Pollen keeps the viewers engaged throughout its one-and-a-half-hour runtime. Hera, a young adult who lives alone in a cabin-like house near the woods and works in a competitive finance company, gets sexually assaulted by the finance lead, and her life from then on becomes a series of traumatic events, worsened by her fixation on a plant that was gifted to her by her abuser.

It’s the first full week of June and summer is upon us, with six new horror movies headed our way this week. Best of all, most of them will be available to watch from the comfort of home.

Here’s all the new horror releasing June 6 – June 11, 2023!

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First up, we just premiered the brand new Screambox Original documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story on Bloody Disgusting’s Screambox yesterday in celebration of #RobertEnglundDay, so check that out if you haven’t yet!

The documentary was shot over the course of two years, highlighting the life and career of the classically trained actor and director. Featuring interviews with Robert Englund and his wife Nancy, as well as fellow genre icons Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Kane Hodder, Tony Todd, Adam Green, Bill Moseley, Heather Langenkamp & more,...

Pollen is an upcoming horror movie from writer/director D.W. Medoff, starring Ava Rose Kinard, Tyler Buckingham, and Ashley Ames. Kinard will star as Hera, an office worker who a senior co-worker assaults. Afterward, Hera finds herself tormented by a mysterious tree monster at her home, work, and even in her dreams.

“This movie is fortunate to have a star like Ava Rose bring to life the torment of a young woman after surviving sexual assault. Pollen is a horror movie, but the villain is very real. We need to continue talking about violence against women and teaching younger generations how to be better. We also need to discuss how women are treated in the workplace. Not just the pay gap in corporate America, but on a daily basis."

In an interview with Dread Central, Medoff went over his various inspirations for Pollen, which will also be his first feature length film.