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Out today on VOD and in theaters from Brainstorm Media is writer/director Sheldon Wilson‘s high-concept sci-fi feature Believer, and an exclusive new clip teases there may be more than meets the eye to this cult thriller.

In Believer, “A young writer is attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts inexplicable control over his followers. When she claims no memory of the attack, her family begins to question her motives.”

In the clip below, an intense nosebleed triggers an unexpected attack, signalling there may be something supernatural afoot. Or is there?

Lauren Lee Smith, Ella Ballentine, Peter Mooney, Martin Roach, Ilan O’Driscoll, Jonathan Potts, and Kris Holden-Ried star.

Sheldon previously helmed horror films Night Class, Shallow Ground, Screamers: The Hunting, Shark Killer, The Unspoken. Jonathan Soon-Shiong produces Believer.

Believer is now available in theaters and VOD as of September 13, 2024.

The post ‘Believer’ Exclusive...

“Stormland,” the next virtual reality game from the studio behind “Ratchet & Clank” and the upcoming “Spider-Man” game, is an open-world, narratively driven first-person game that drops you into the rusting body of an android gardener out to save its world.

The Oculus game is also, Oculus VP of content Jason Rubin told Variety, the sort of seachange title that could completely change the way people view virtual reality gaming.

“This is one title that could encourage people to come onto the platform,” he said. “This is a title that could radically change their view of the platform.”

In the game, due out in 2019, players take on the role of an unnamed android caretaker on a mysterious alien planet. When an entity called The Tempest arrives, shattering the android’s body and uprooting the world, the android is tasked with journeying up through layers of cloud seas to find out what happened,...

A haunted house harbors sinister scares in The Unspoken, a new horror movie coming out on DVD today from Anchor Bay Entertainment. For our latest Q&A feature, we caught up with filmmaker Sheldon Wilson to discuss paying tribute to ’70s horror movies, the eerie day almost everyone got mysteriously sick on set, and working with Bailee Madison on his other recent scary movie, The Night Before Halloween.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Sheldon. When did you first come up with the idea for The Unspoken?

Sheldon Wilson: I had been looking to do a horror movie that was a bit of an homage to the horror films of the ’70s, the films I grew up on. I was brought a script that had some core ideas that I thought lent themselves well to the type of classic horror I wanted to make,...

Daily Deaders, we are hosting a contest where two of our readers can win a DVD copy of The Unspoken courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment. Continue reading for rules and entry details. Also in today's Highlights: three clips and a featurette for The Eyes of My Mother and details on the third annual Scary Christmas Party.

Contest: Win The Unspoken on DVD:

Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) DVD copy of The Unspoken.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Unspoken Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on December 12th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

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Press Release: "Beverly Hills, CA (October 31, 2016) – A sinister tale...

A sinister tale of haunting and murder starring Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger, “Suits”) and Jodelle Ferland (The Cabin in the Woods, “Dark Matter”), The Unspoken shocks on DVD December 6 from Anchor Bay Entertainment. From the producers of top horror franchises, Insidious and Paranormal Activity, as well as Blair Witch and The Devil Inside, the “frighteningly twisted story” also stars Chanelle Peloso […]...

When a house's mailbox has the devious digits "666" scrawled on its side, you may want to approach it with caution, because you never know who might sneak up behind you, as evidenced in our exclusive clip from The Unspoken, now out in select theaters and on Digital HD, just in time for Halloween.

"From the Executive Producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes The Unspoken, starring Neal McDonough (Suits, Arrow) and Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill). Directed by Award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground), The Unspoken is an eerie thrill ride into the horror that lurks in an unsuspecting small town.

In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace without an explanation. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. A sinister tale of haunting and murder, The Unspoken is a refreshing twist on the horror genre just in time for Halloween.

Stars: Jodelle Ferland, Lochlyn Munro, Neal McDonough, Sunny Suljic, Pascale Hutton, Anthony Konechny, Jonathan Whitesell, Jake Croker, Chanelle Peloso, Rukiya Bernard | Written and Directed by Sheldon Wilson

When it comes to horror we get used to certain tropes appearing in the films. These are often accepted and taken in the fun of the horror experience, as long as the film manages to deliver the expected level of entertainment. The Unspoken is a film where you’ll find many tropes at work, but does it deliver?

After a night in 1997 when a family mysteriously vanished from their home, the house is left vacant for 17 years. When a new family move in, Angela (Jodelle Ferland) agrees to help look after their child. Now undisturbed though the house appears to be coming back to life, and has a keen interest in Angela herself.

If there is one thing that The Unspoken doesn’t do,...

Jump scares aplenty haunt The Unspoken, a movie that is populated by menacing men and weak-willed women. Rather confusingly, it's set in the modern day. A period setting might have explained better the brutish bullies and fearful females who fill out the main cast. In any event, after a prelude that is meant to establish the reason why a small town in upstate New York is still frightened of an isolated house located beyond its outskirts some 17 years later, Angela (Jodelle Ferland) is introduced. Angela's father (Lochlyn Munro) has been laid off for months and his job prospects do not look good. As the only child of a single parent, Angela realizes she needs to help out and so agrees to meet Mrs. Peterson...

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Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

In one of the busier weekends of the month, two of the movies did better than I predicted and two did worse. The real winner of the weekend was Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween, which did far better than anyone thought with an opening weekend of $28.5 million in just 2,260 theaters or $12,611 per theater. It ended up completely demolishing Tom Cruise’s action sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, which opened in almost 1,500 more theaters, but at least that ended up around where I predicted with $22.9 million. Ouija: Origin of Evil came out slightly below my prediction to take third place with $14 million, while the Fox comedy Keeping Up with the Joneses bombed even worse than I expected with $5.5 million in 3,000 theaters.

There are only so many iterations of the haunted house trope and yet they continue getting made. Sometimes we’re lucky with James Wan’s The Conjuring series delivering fear along with period aesthetic and tense mood, but those are few and far between. More often we receive work trying hard to stand out from the pack that prove less than inspired with the past decade or so seeing an uptick in violence and gore to make up for any redundancies in themes. To that end I commend regular genre TV movie director Sheldon Wilson for showing restraint on The Unspoken. Atmosphere is paramount as it should be, but sadly it’s created almost solely from jump scares the prologue quickly numbs us towards as soon as things get going.

It’s 1997 and a seemingly empty house has blood-covered windows and abandoned cars in the front driveway. The door swings...

A run-down house is home to unspeakable horrors in The Unspoken, a new horror film hitting theaters and VOD later this month from Starz Digital before coming out on DVD this December from Anchor Bay Entertainment. Ahead of its release, we have images and release details for The Unspoken.

"From the Executive Producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes The Unspoken, starring Neal McDonough (Suits, Arrow) and Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill). Directed by Award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground), The Unspoken is an eerie thrill ride into the horror that lurks in an unsuspecting small town.

In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace without an explanation. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. A sinister tale of haunting and murder, The Unspoken is a refreshing twist on the horror genre just in time for Halloween.

What happened in that house... remains unspoken. A trailer for Sheldon Wilson's The Unspoken recently hit the "Interwebs" and we have it to share with our readers to kick off today's Horror Highlights! Also: details on a new soy candle from Cavity Colors and a limited edition collectible Halloween pin from Ben Cooper and Creepy Co.

The Unspoken Trailer & Release Details: "In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace without an explanation. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. A sinister tale of haunting and murder, The Unspoken is a refreshing twist on the horror genre just in time for Halloween.

Directed by Award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground) and starring Neal McDonough (Suits, Arrow), Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill), Sunny Suljic, and Matt Bellefleur, The Unspoken hits theaters and VOD on October 28th!

Theatrical Release...

If you're looking for a good-looking horror movie to watch this Halloween, The Unspoken looks like a great option! The first trailer for the film was released, and it actually looks like it could be a ghost story type thriller, especially if you like those kinds of horror films that deal with haunted children.

The movie doesn't have much star power. The most notable actor in the film in Neal McDonough (Captain America, Minority Report). The movie also stars Jodelle Ferland as a young babysitter who is hired to take care of a nine-year-old boy whose father was killed in the house they're still living in. As you might expect, creepy things start to happen. Here's a brief synopsis:

In 1997 the Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed… until now.

The film has a simple story and concept,...

From the Executive Producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes The Unspoken, an eerie thrill ride into the horror that lurks in an unsuspecting small town.

Directed by Award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground) and starring Neal McDonough (Suits, Arrow), Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill), Sunny Suljic, and Matt Bellefleur,

Be sure to check out the official trailer below the synopsis.

The Unspoken hits theaters and VOD on October 28th.

Synopsis

In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace without an explanation.

No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now.

A sinister tale of haunting and murder, The Unspoken is a refreshing twist on the horror genre just in time for Halloween.

"Let me introduce you to Adrian... Just so you know, Adrian isn't your typical nine-year-old..." Paladin has released a trailer for a supernatural horror thriller titled The Unspoken, from director Sheldon Wilson. Jodelle Ferland stars as a young babysitter of a nine-year-old boy whose father was killed years earlier in the same house their still living in. Obviously things start to get scary. The cast includes Sunny Suljic as Adrian, plus Neal McDonough, Pascale Hutton, Matt Bellefleur, Rukiya Bernard and others. This looks like yet another typical evil-child horror movie, similar to The Omen or The Bad Seed or Joshua or Orphan. There's plenty of them already, and this one just doesn't look like it has anything different to offer. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Sheldon Wilson's The Unspoken, direct from YouTube: "The root of all evil awaits." In 1997 the Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace.

From the Executive Producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes The Unspoken, an eerie thrill ride into the horror that lurks in an unsuspecting small town. The first trailer has arrived below, along with the latest poster. This new horror-thriller will hit theaters and VOD formats on October 28.

In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their country home without a trace, without an explanation. No bodies were ever found and for 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...Until now. A sinister tale of haunting and murder, The Unspoken is a refreshing twist on the horror genre just in time for Halloween. This thriller was executive produced by Steven Schneider, one of the producers behind Paranormal Activity, Insidious and The Conjuring franchises, just to name a few.

Directed by Award-winning filmmaker Sheldon Wilson (Kaw, Shallow Ground) and starring Neal McDonough (Suits, Arrow), Jodelle Ferland (Silent Hill), Sunny Suljic, and Matt Bellefleur,...

Filming has just begun in Cincinnati on Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The psychological drama is a reteam for the helmer and his The Lobster star Colin Farrell. Nicole Kidman also leads the cast. Alicia Silverstone has now joined the lineup along with Tomorrowland‘s Raffey Cassidy and Bill Camp. Previously announced actors include ’71‘s Barry Keoghan and Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken).

Farrell plays Steven, a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart when the behavior of a teenager (Keoghan) he has taken under his wing turns sinister. Kidman plays Farrell’s wife. Silverstone will play the mother of the boy. Lanthimos and his regular collaborator, Efthymis Filippou, co-wrote the film.

A24 grabbed U.S. rights to the pic in Cannes this year after also taking on The Lobster from Alchemy. That film...

Filming has just begun in Cincinnati on Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing Of A Sacred Deer. The psychological drama is a reteam for the helmer and his The Lobster star Colin Farrell. Nicole Kidman also leads the cast. Alicia Silverstone has now joined the lineup along with Tomorrowland‘s Raffey Cassidy and Bill Camp (Jason Bourne, 12 Years A Slave). Previously announced actors include '71‘s Barry Keoghan and Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken). Farrell plays Steven, a charismatic…...

Shoot underway in Us on drama The Killing Of A Sacred Deer from Room producers Element Pictures.

Shooting has started in Cincinnati on The Killing Of A Sacred Deer,​ which reunites Colin Farrell with director-producer Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster).

Nicole Kidman stars as the wife of Farrell’s character, along with Barry Keoghan (’71), Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland), Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken), Bill Camp (12 Years a Slave) and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless).

The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Pictures, who were among the producers of The Lobster and Oscar-winner Room.

Lanthimos and his regular collaborator, Efthymis Filippou co-wrote the project in which Farrell stars as Steven, a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behaviour of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

The film is financed by Film4 and the Irish Film Board, who were financiers...

Shoot underway in U.S. on drama The Killing Of A Sacred Deer from Room producers Element Pictures.

Shooting has started in Cincinnati on The Killing Of A Sacred Deer,​ which reunites Colin Farrell with director-producer Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster).

Nicole Kidman stars as the wife of Farrell’s character, along with Barry Keoghan (’71), Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland), Sunny Suljic (The Unspoken), Bill Camp (12 Years a Slave) and Alicia Silverstone (Clueless).

The film is produced by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Pictures, who were among the producers of The Lobster and Oscar-winner Room.

Lanthimos and his regular collaborator, Efthymis Filippou co-wrote the project in which Farrell stars as Steven, a charismatic surgeon forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.

The film is financed by Film4 and the Irish Film Board, who were financiers...

ABC's Once Upon a Time has never strayed from casting Disney characters throughout its five-season run. TV Line is reporting that the show has brought on actors Jonathan Whitesell and Kacey Rohl to portray iconic Disney characters Hercules and Megara in Season 5. The site reports that both actors are currently set to appear in the 13th episode entitled Labor of Love. It isn't known if there are plans for both actors to appear in more episodes of Once Upon a Time or not.

Jonathan Whitesell's Hercules is described as "a dashing, strapping young man" who is determined to fulfill his destiny, to be the greatest hero who ever lived. His plans change indefinitely when he falls in love with a beautiful princess, although the princess' identity was not yet revealed. Megara is described as a plucky young adventurer with a sly sense of humor and a tough, no-nonsense spirit.

Tagline: "The root of all evil awaits." The Unspoken is a recently completed horror film. This title recently had its World Premiere at the Film4 Frightfest Film Festival (Oct. 24th). The film is a co-production, from Lighthouse Pictures and Sapphire Fire Limited. And, Jodelle Ferland (The Cabin in the Woods), Sunny Suljic and Lochlyn Munro star in this mysterious feature. Most recently, an official movie poster has been released for The Unspoken; film fans can find the graphic here. The film is set in 1997. During this year, the Anderson family vanished without a trace. 17 years later, a new family is moving into the Anderson family home and strange events begin to occur. Now, another family is destined to rest beneath this home's floorboards, unless they can discover the reason for this home's evil pull. The first graphic for The Unspoken is a complex piece of film art. The graphic, in blood reds and midnight blacks,...

The Horror Network anthology, directed by some of the horror genre's newest talents, will arrive on DVD and VOD on October 27th. Also in this round-up: details on the Film4 FrightFest Halloween event and a clip from the zombie film 6:15.

The Horror Network: Press Release: "New York, NY - Wild Eye Releasing has set loose the latest entry in the horror anthology genre, The Horror Network. Created by Brian Dorton and Douglas Conner, this first volume of terror tales features segments directed by Dorton, Conner, Joseph Graham, Manuel Marín, Lee Matthews and Ignacio Martín Lerma, the series has been hailed as "a collection of nightmares that scream for all horror fans to see." The film will be available on DVD and VOD October 27th.

Serial killers, ghostly phone calls, inner demons, otherworld monsters and creepy stalkers collide in this frightening anthology. Six of horror's most promising new directing talents...

Film4 FrightFest has announced their line-up for their big Halloween 2015 event with James Purefoy and Olga Kurylenko leading the guest line-up. The line-up includes a totally shocking threequel, a haunted house of horrors, demonic possession, claustrophobic tank terror, a head-spinning brutal thriller and a secret screening.

The Film4 FrightFest Halloween event is back at the Prince Charles Cinema on Saturday 24 Oct with six brand new movies, including two World premieres, a European and two UK premieres. This year’s Shockathon kicks off at 11am with the surprise movies which guarantees a sci-fi cocktail of weird creatures, crude humour and hilarious action. Here is the press release:

Next up is the UK Premiere of The Vatican Tapes, a dynamic, unusual and thrilling exorcism shocker by Crank director Mark Neveldine. This is followed by the World Premiere of The Unspoken, a chill-orientated sinister ghost story with an insidious sting in its tale.

Guests include James Purefoy and Olga Kurylenko for UK premiere of Stephen S. Campanelli’s Momentum.

Film4 FrightFest has unveiled the line-up for its annual Halloween event.

Unlike previous editions, this year will see the event take place throughout the day as opposed to being the traditional all-nighter.

For the second consecutive year, the Halloween event will take place at FrightFest’s spiritual home of London’s Prince Charles Cinema on Oct 24.

Talking of the change in structure, FrightFest co-director Alan Jones said: “Enough with the after dark jitters, caffeine fixes and trying to stay awake through the last movie. FrightFest is always ahead of the curve when it comes to redefining event experiences so here’s our latest innovation.

“All before midnight you’ll delight in fright with six of the must-see movies of the moment. Carefully selected by the FrightFest team of experts to show exactly where the genre is right now, these six nightmares...