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Shudder has built a reputation for producing some sensational horror films for the streaming service entirely centered around the genre. Not only does Shudder provide viewers with vintage horror films, but it also ensures new movies arrive every month, keeping subscribers entertained with a slew of intriguing selections.

In April 2024, for example, Shudder added several horror films to its lineup, including Drag Me to Hell, Emelie, Late Night with the Devil, and Infested. With another month approaching, horror fans eagerly await what Shudder has in store this time. Here's a list of every movie coming to Shudder in May 2024.

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Halloween-based horror never gets old, and new films centered around the spookiest time of the year continue to find success, as do the classics, as witnessed by several excellent films, like Terrifier 2, John Carpenter's Halloween, and Trick 'r Treat.

Exclusive: MPI Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights for Saïd Belktibia’s French thriller Hood Witch starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant.

The Chicago-based company announced the acquisition on the eve of the film’s screening at horror-focused The Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans this weekend, following a buzzy world premiere at SXSW.

MPI will release the movie via its genre subsidiary Dark Sky Films in late fall 2024.

Iranian and French acting star Farahani plays a single mother who makes a living from smuggling exotic animals and illicit products such as birds of prey, venom and rare roots.

In a bid to get her son out of the city and offer him a better future, she designs and develops a mobile app that connects clients and marabouts.

It is a success but a patient’s consultation turns into a tragedy and...

Four new Dark Sky Films titles have been added to our massive Screambox library, which already includes Willow Creek, Minor Premise, and The Deeper You Dig (details); Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, Landlocked, and Possum (details); Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1 & 2, and Emelie (details); Stake Land, Summer of Blood, & Bitter Feast (details); and Wake Wood, Eaten Alive and Sleep Tight (details). Holy shit, right?!

The final batch of films is now streaming on Screambox and begins with Pollyanna McIntosh‘s Darlin’ (review), which she wrote, directed and stars in(!).

“In this sequel to Bloody Disgusting’s The Woman, a feral teenage girl is taken into strict Catholic care and prepared for her First Holy Communion.”

“Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ (Lauryn Canny) is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns where she is to be tamed into a “good girl.

Yet another batch of Dark Sky Films titles have made their way onto Screambox, joining previously dropped classics Willow Creek, Minor Premise, and The Deeper You Dig (details), as well as Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, Landlocked, and Possum (details), Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1 & 2, and Emelie (details), and even Stake Land, Summer of Blood, & Bitter Feast (details).

First, from master of horror Tobe Hooper, Eaten Alive has now taken a bite out of Screambox.

The ’70s killer crocodile flick features The Addams Family‘s Carolyn Jones, a pre-Freddy-Krueger Robert Englund, and Halloween‘s Kyle Richards.

In the film, “Deep in the swamps of Louisiana, disfigured psychotic Judd (Neville Brand) manages a sleazy, decaying motel. Upon learning that one of his guests is a prostitute, he promptly impales her with a pitchfork and tosses her to the crocodile that stalks the nearby waters. This is just the first in a series of slayings,...

There’s something very wrong with the new sitter.

Michael Thelin’s Emelie is now streaming on Screambox, which is great news because it’s a damn good horror film that flew pretty far under the radar when it was released in 2015.

Written by Rich Herbeck and directed by Thelin, Emelie stars Sarah Bolger as the title character, a young woman who shows up at a couple’s home and poses as Anna, the last-minute replacement babysitter they’ve never so much as seen a picture of. Though “Anna” at first seems like the perfect babysitter, allowing the kids to do things their parents would never allow them to do, the night quickly takes a turn for the worse when she makes them play a series of increasingly disturbing games.

Only a few things tend to be fairly off-limits when it comes to horror movies, and one of them is...

Yet another trio of Dark Sky Films titles have made their way onto Screambox, joining previously dropped classics Willow Creek, Minor Premise, and The Deeper You Dig (details), as well as Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary, Landlocked, and Possum (details).

First, the criminally underseen babysitter thriller Emelie, a taut thriller that will definitely surprise many of you.

I was blown away by Michael Thelin‘s debut feature which is highlighted by star Sarah Bolger, who delivers a chilling performance that would make any parent check twice before hiring a new babysitter.

In the film… “After their regular babysitter Maggie can’t make it, the Thompson family turns to her friend Anna to supervise their children while the parents celebrate their anniversary. At first, Anna seems like a dream come true to the kids, allowing them to eat extra cookies and play with things that are usually off-limits. Still, as her behavior becomes increasingly odd,...

Following a successful world premiere at London’s FrightFest, Dark Sky Films today announced it has acquired North American distribution rights to Herd, an action-driven horror film and the directorial debut from Steven Pierce, co-written by Pierce and James Allerdyce. Herd stars Ellen Adair (Trick, Cryptid), Mitzi Akaha (Bashira), Jeremy Holm (The Ranger, Brooklyn 45, Black Mold), Amanda Fuller (Starry Eyes, All the Creatures Were Stirring) among others. The film, which premiered on IMAX at Cineworld to a sold-out crowd in Leicester Square, London, will be released in theaters and on VOD in October 2023.

The distribution arrangement was negotiated by Greg Newman, Executive Vice President of Dark Sky Films, and Bill Straus of Bridge Independent.

Herd tells the story of a woman trying to outrun a past complicated by an abusive father. When she and her wife end up trapped between a zombie outbreak and warring militia groups in her hometown,...

Dark Sky Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Lola, the science fiction drama from writer-director Andrew Legge and starring Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect 73, The Last Kingdom) and Emma Appleton (The Witcher, Pistol). The film will be released in early August.

Giles Edwards, head of development and acquisitions at Dark Sky Films, is currently on the ground in Cannes and negotiated the distribution agreement with Yana Georgieva, head of sales for Bankside Films.

Lola is set in 1940 in England, where enterprising sisters Thomasina “Thom” Hanbury (Appleton) and Martha “Mars” Hanbury (Martini) have built a machine, Lola, that can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. The device gives them an exciting preview of the world to come, including music by the likes of David Bowie and the Kinks. But with World War II escalating, the sisters decide to use the machine as a weapon of intelligence, with world-altering consequences.

In horror, the babysitter is typically the character who protects her young ward from madmen and other dangers, but Dorothy Mills completely subverts the concept; Agnès Merlet’s 2008 film sees a disturbed sitter as the main threat to a child’s safety. This Irish chiller, however, upholds other genre traditions, including sending a city dweller to a small town where the people are ruled by their unusual customs, xenophobia and extreme faith. As the heedless outsider learns more about the infamous title character and the other residents, she quickly realizes this will not be an open-and-shut case of child abuse.

Dorothy Mills was written by Merlet and Juliette Sales, and this bleak story was originally set in Scotland before ultimately relocating to Ireland. This rural “fish out of water” mystery is in the vein of The Wicker Man, minus the folk-horror element, but there’s still something weird going on...

Stars: Riley Scott, Robert Scott Smith, Kristen Marie Jensen, Melina Yeaman, Nathan Stevens, Scarlett Hazen | Written by Julie Auerbach, Kohl Glass, Kevin Tavolaro | Directed by Kohl Glass

Josie Jane (Riley Scott), the young babysitter for a wealthy family, just found the perfect hiding spot for a game of hide-and-seek with the child in her care. Seconds later, the family’s home is invaded by a pack of brutal cultists, hunting down an apocalyptic secret hidden within its walls. They terrorize the family. But they don’t know about Josie… Trapped inside a dark, sprawling, secluded home and confronted with next-level evil, Josie has two choices: Stay hidden and hope to survive the night or strike back from the shadows and defeat the cult. Armed with a handful of useful skills she learned in childhood as a Mustard Scout, Josie fights back against the cult in an attempt to save her charge,...

Back in 2015, Perry Blackshear made an impressive splash on the festival circuit with his feature-length directorial debut, They Look Like People, and now he's taking viewers to a haunted lake in his next movie, The Siren. Featuring a supernatural romance between human and haunter, The Siren is now on Digital and DVD from Dark Sky Films, and we've been provided with an exclusive clip from the film to share with Daily Dead readers.

You can watch a seemingly peaceful lakeside nook become a haunting setting for a demonic attack in our exclusive clip below, and we also have the official press release with more information on The Siren:

Press Release: A man searches a secluded lake for the monster that murdered his husband, while that monster falls in love with an unsuspecting visitor in the award-winning The Siren. The new fantasy-horror film from writer-director Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People...

Back in 2015, Perry Blackshear made an impressive splash on the festival circuit with his feature-length directorial debut, They Look Like People, and now he's taking viewers to a haunted lake in his next movie, The Siren. Featuring a supernatural romance between human and haunter, The Siren is coming to Digital and DVD on January 28th from Dark Sky Films:

Press Release: A man searches a secluded lake for the monster that murdered his husband, while that monster falls in love with an unsuspecting visitor in the award-winning The Siren. The new fantasy-horror film from writer-director Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) arrives on Digital and DVD on January 28, 2020.

The Siren is an enthralling, seductive and creepy supernatural tale about cursed star-crossed lovers. Tom is a mute man from a sheltered, religious background who is haunted by the childhood accident that cost him his voice. While on a retreat at a lake house,...

Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive artwork and clip from A Good Woman is Hard to Find, which Signature Entertainment will be releasing in UK Cinemas and Digital HD on October 25, 2019. If you caught Sarah Bolger in Emelie (here’s our review) you’d never let her near your kids or hamster again. She is set to take on another mothering role […]...

In 2015 it was announced that Frightfest were set to bring us, under a “Frightfest Presents” banner, some of the horrific delights of their Glasgow and London festivals on DVD and VOD thanks to a partnership with Icon Film Distribution. And whilst that partnership did garner a number of releases – including the likes of Some Kind of Hate, Emelie, Night of the Living Deb and The Sand – the label went dark soon after, with not only the two-year deal coming to an end, but also likely due to the fact that Frightfest partner Icon had some financial woes in 2017, eventually been sold to Kaleidoscope in March of this year.

Skip forward to today and news reaches us that the Frightfest Presents label is reborn, this time in co-operation with Signature Entertainment – a label who we have supported since the early days of their direct to DVD B-movie start-up, with titles such as SnowBeast,...

If you caught Sarah Bolger in Emelie (here’s our review) you’d never let her near your kids or hamster again. She is set to take on another mothering role in the upcoming A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Directed by Road Games helmer, Abner Pastoll, here’s the early word on a synopsis via Deadline. The film […]...

Sarah Bolger is set to star in director Abner Pastoll's upcoming crime-thriller, A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Penned by Academy Award nominated writer Ronan Blaney, A Good Woman is Hard to Find tells the story of a recently widowed young mother who will go to any length in order to protect her children while piecing together the truth behind her husband's murder. Most recently seen leading in features Emelie and Mary Harron's The Moth Diaries, Bolger has also appeared in hit television series Into the Badlands, Agent Carter and Once Upon a Time. Bolger is currently shooting Counterpart for Starz opposite J.K. Simmons. Producers on the project include Junyoung Jang, who produced Pastoll's last film, Road Games, along with one of Korea's most successful exports The Host,...

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Happy May, readers! Hard to believe summer (and summer movie season) is right around the corner already, but here we are. The month is kicking off with a solid group of eclectic horror and sci-fi titles making their way onto Blu-ray, including two great films from Dark Sky Films: Emelie and Scherzo Diabolico.

This Tuesday, Scream Factory is bringing home the latest from Jim Wynorski, Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre, and for those of you looking to prep before the Independence Day sequel arrives in theaters this June, 20th Century Fox is releasing several new editions of the original film, including a badass Alien Attacker version.

Other notable releases for May 3rd include The Haunting of Alice D and Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-In Monsterama.

Emelie (Dark Sky Films, Blu-ray & DVD)

As their parents head out for a date in the city, the three young Thompson children immediately take to...

Dark Sky Films is getting set to release the tense thriller Emelie. This indie title involves a mysterious babysitter, whose past must be discovered before it is too late. This film, from director Michael Thelin, centrally stars Sara Bolger as the babysitter. And, anyone in Emilie's vicinity is a possible target. Carly Adams, Thomas Bair and Chris Beetem also star. A preview of the film's home entertainment launch is hosted here. There are a number of different trailers available for Emelie; each tells a different story. In the one below, Emilie is first seen at a crime scene. Quickly, she is babysitting for a new family. But, her babysitting skills involve psychological torture, kidnapping and general menace. Emelie is destined for releases on May 3rd, 2016. On this date, the film will be available on DVD and Blu-ray. Fans of thrillers are encouraged to seek out the film as it has...

In Michael Thelin’s Emelie, Anna (Sarah Bolger) isn’t who she says she is. Emelie debuts on DVD and Blu-ray on May 3rd from Dark Sky Films.

Press Release: On the heels of a successful theatrical run, Dark Sky Films proudly announces the May 3rd DVD and Blu-ray release of Emelie, starring: Sarah Bolger (In America, AMC’s Into the Badlands, ABC’s Once Upon a Time).

As their parents head out for a date in the city, the three young Thompson children immediately take to their new babysitter, Anna (Sarah Bolger, Into the Badlands, Once Upon a Time), who seems like a dream come true: she’s sweet, fun, and lets them do things that break all of their parents’ rules. But as Anna’s interactions with them take on a more sinister tone, the kids realize that their caretaker may not be who she claims to be.

Critically acclaimed horror film Emelie coming home. We are calling the Sarah Bolger starring thriller Emelie “acclaimed” because we personally acclaimed it! Read our review of this serpentine psycho-thriller here. And our interview with the talented Bolger here. After its brief theatrical run last month, Dark Sky Films is dragging Emelie home. The…

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For those of you genre fans out there always on the lookout for interesting horror and sci-fi films to enjoy from the comfort of your own home, March’s VOD selections feature several great indie movies that should make for some entertaining viewings this month.

Ava’s Possessions, a film I really dug out of last year’s SXSW Film Festival, is finally making its way onto VOD this Friday and Emelie, the babysitter thriller from Dark Sky Films, is also getting a digital release that day. Other titles arriving on VOD in early March include The Wave, Road Games and Camino.

The month’s VOD titles are being capped off by a film that I’ve been excited to see for some time, Baskin, which is being released by IFC Midnight on March 25th. Other notable VOD titles for March include Dudes & Dragons, You’re Killing Me, A Haunting...

With over 30 assorted producing credits ranging from Martha Marcy May Marlene to An Oversimplification of Her Beauty to The Benefactor, Andrew Corkin is a constant figure in New York’s independent film scene. Uncorked, the production company he runs with partner Bryan Reisberg, has a filmography encompassing shorts, features, television and web, and the material ranges from auteur independent drama to so-called “elevated genre” pictures like Emelie, in theaters and on VOD platforms now from Dark Sky Films. Corkin’s most recent production, The Alchemist Cookbook, world premieres next week at SXSW. Last year I sat down Corkin for a public […]...

Babysitters in horror films and suspense thrillers are typically fated to spend their time at the mercy of a sadistic killer — think Halloween or When a Stranger Calls — but once in a while these young ladies get the chance to switch things up a bit and become the evil threat themselves. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The Guardian are probably two of the most well-known, but the sub-genre gets a youthful injection this week with Emelie. Dan and Joyce are the happy parents of three little kids, but they’re in desperate need of a break. Their night out on the town is threatened when their regular babysitter falls ill, but young Anna comes highly recommended so their plans move forward. What they don’t know is that Anna has been abducted by another young woman and her male friend, so when Dan picks up the babysitter it’s not Anna who he invites into...

Emelie is physiologically disturbed — she’s demented, she’s enraged, she’s the possessed offspring of a fire-breathing dragon and Saoirse Ronan. She’s also "Anna" (a stoic, maniacal Sarah Bolger), a babysitter operating with a stolen identity for the sake of a fulfilling her bizarre quest. Her presence becomes a nightmare, especially for the three children held captive by her existential angst. Anna lectures the children about “pretending,” and how it’s a super power — but only when used in accordance with her direction — and that's not to mention her Sartre-approved affirmations concerning the inevitability of death. If you were thinking of leaving your children at home anytime soon, I wouldn’t watch “Emelie” beforehand. Director Michael Thelin balances folklore with a picturesque naturalism in his bewitching debut feature, thanks to the looming, eerie presence of his antagonist. It’s a fractured fairy tale with black humor (just...

It begins with the abduction of a girl. The scene is quiet and innocuous until it isn’t—a car rolling up to a young girl to ask for directions as children play in the background. The driver says, “Are you Anna?” before a man grabs her and shoves her in the car the instant she says, “Yes.” We watch as though a voyeur behind the trees, helpless to do anything but wait to see what happens while a boy on his bike (Dante Hoagland‘s Howie) rides into frame for the camera to follow home. These suburbs are small so his destination just happens to be next door to the house we’re about to spend the night within. That family’s new babysitter is also named Anna and suddenly we realize what’s gone wrong.

Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck‘s disturbing script and director Michael Thelin‘s willingness...

If you've seen the trailer and/or watched the HitFix-exclusive clip (above) from Michael Thelin's forthcoming horror/thriller Emelie, you're aware that Sarah Bolger's character may well be the most deranged babysitter in cinema history. In advance of the film's release in limited theaters and on VOD today, I spoke with Thelin about how the sweet-faced Bolger -- who you may remember as one of the young sisters in Jim Sheridan's 2003 tearjerker In America -- was so perfect for the role, working with kid actors in a scene that involves a homemade sex tape, and why the film may feature the single greatest moment of hamster acting in all of history. Here are all the highlights from the interview. Emelie is out in theaters and on VOD today. Bolger got one key thing about the character that other actresses didn't. "We saw a lot of girls. And...

Actress Sarah Bolger on her evil babysitter role in Emelie. Opening today in select theaters (read our glowing review Here) is director Michael Thelin’s unsettling portrait of feminine madness, Emelie, in which a very unstable, sociopathic young lady insinuates herself into a family’s home and proceeds to smash their sanctuary to smithereens. Starring as the titular…

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A slow-burn twist on the home-invasion story with a creepily classy atmosphere of dread and menace, but where it ends up is the stuff of hoary cliché. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

We know that new, last-minute-replacement babysitter Anna (Sarah Bolger: My All American) is going to be a nightmare from the moment she shows up at the Thompson home. We know because we’ve seen what happened before she arrived. But as far as the Thompsons can see, she is a godsend: Joyce (Susan Pourfar: Alex of Venice) and Dan (Chris Beetem) get to head out for their anniversary dinner secure in the knowledge that the kids are in teenage-girl hands that come highly recommended, and 11-year-old Jake (Joshua Rush: Mr. Peabody & Sherman), 9-year-old Sally (Carly Adams), and 4-year-old Christopher (Thomas Bair...

If there was an award for world’s worst babysitter, Anna might win it. Emelie will arrive in theaters and On Demand on March 4th. Ahead of the film’s release this week, Dark Sky Films revealed a trailer, a clip from the film and several photos.

“In Theaters and On Demand Friday, March 4th, 2016

Directed by: Michael Thelin

Starring: Sarah Bolger (ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”)

New York: Cinema Village

Los Angeles: Arena Cinema

As their parents head out for a date in the city, the three young Thompson children immediately take to their new babysitter, Anna (Sarah Bolger, Into the Badlands, Once Upon a Time), who seems like a dream come true: she’s sweet, fun, and lets them do things that break all of their parents’ rules. But as Anna’s interactions with them take on a more sinister tone, the kids realize that their caretaker...

Upon breaking onto the scene via last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, all had gone quiet for Michael Thelin’s psychological thriller, Emelie – that is, until today.

In anticipation of the film’s premiere later this week, Entertainment Weekly has conjured up an haunting new clip for Thelin’s directorial debut, thrusting Irish actress Sarah Bolger (Once Upon a Time) into the role of Anna. As a long-time friend of the Thompsons, Anna wilfully agrees to babysit their three children as the parents set about celebrating their anniversary, although things take a turn for the worse when Bolger’s lead is left alone in the company of the kids.

As the definition of the nuclear American family – white picket fence and all – there’s nothing strange or startling about the Thompsons; rather, it’s Bolger’s Anna that is the real menace fuelling Emelie. It’s a fascinating and layered...

In the upcoming horror-thriller film Emelie, Once Upon a Time and Spiderwick Chronicles star Sarah Bolger takes a turn for the dark as Anna, a sweet-faced babysitter who begins to exhibit disturbing behavior while looking after three young children (Joshua Rush, Thomas Bair and Carly Adams) during their parents' night out. In this HitFix-exclusive clip (embedded above and below), an initially innocent photo session takes a macabre left turn, after which you will be silently imploring Anna's young charges to get the hell out of Dodge. Directed by Michael Thelin, Emelie is slated for release in theaters and On Demand on March 4.

Sarah Bolger has become the babysitter from every parent’s worst nightmare in the official trailer and poster for her upcoming film, ‘Emelie.’ The assets for the thriller were unveiled by its distributor, Dark Sky Films. The company will release the film in theaters and On Demand March 4. ‘Emelie’ was directed by Michael Thelin, who also worked on its story with it screenwriters, Richard Raymond and Harry Herbeck. The following official synopsis for the thriller has also been unveiled by Dark Sky Films: As their parents head out for a date in the city, the three young Thompson children immediately take to their new babysitter, Anna (Sarah Bolger), who seems [ Read More ]

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When was the last time we saw an evil movie babysitter? I honestly can't recall. Has there ever been one?  It's a great premise: innocent-looking young woman shows up at a typical suburban home to watch the kids for the night, parents leave, innocent-looking young woman turns into the babysitter from hell. It's a nice subversion of the old "babysitter gets stalked by a masked killer" trope made famous by Halloween, and indeed, in the upcoming horror film Emelie, Sarah Bolger's title character is no victim. Here's the trailer:  That mouse in the snake terrarium bit...can't deal. Directed by Michael Thelin, Emelie is slated for release on March 4.

Something about this exclusive trailer for the indie horror "Emelie" will make parents and children alike squirm. Read More: Mpi Media Group Acquires Psychological Thriller 'Emelie'  "Emelie" is about the worst babysitter imaginable. Played by Sarah Bolger ("Into the Badlands," "Once Upon a Time"), the character's end goal seems to be to destroy the innocence of the children she's babysitting, or to just destroy them altogether. Playing around with "the call is coming from inside the house" horror motif, director Michael Thelin seems to be taking a unique approach to this archetype. If the moments in the trailer are any indication, there are plenty of physiological disturbances in this one. When asked about his influences, Thelin told Indiewire exclusively, "I loved watching films ever since I can remember. My movie tastes have always been eclectic, but when it came to the thriller/horror genre I tended to gravitate.

The Horror label will release the new titles in early 2016.

Icon Film Distribution and Frightfest have added six new films to their joint venture FrightFest Presents, the horror label launched by the two companies in April this year.

The new titles are: Ruth Platt’s The Lesson; Benjamin R. Moody’s Last Girl Standing; Levan Bakhia’s Landmine Goes Click, Jaron Henrie-McCrea’s Curtain; Eugene McGing’s The Unfolding and Michael Thelin’s Emelie.

Previous films released through FrightFest include Aaaaaaaah!, The Sand, Night Of The Living Deb, Estranged, After Death and Some Kind of Hate.

Alan Jones, co-director of FrightFest, said: “Our initial slate set out the stall of what FrightFest Presents is all about and got the brand off to a flying start thanks to its diversity and ability to deliver the shocking goods for genre lovers.

“Now we are building on that strong foundation with six more unmissable titles that once more shines a light...

Uncanny star Lucy Griffiths was kind enough to answer some questions for us, and the Q&A we conducted with her kicks off the round-up. Also: domestic acquisition news for Emelie, details for One Eyed Girl on Blu-ray / DVD, and Vault of the Macabre II video.

Uncanny: "Rlj Entertainment will be releasing Uncanny on November 3rd, 2015.

Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), David Clayton Rogers (Bloody Sunday), Lucy Griffiths (TV’s “True Blood”) and director Matthew Leutwyler are available for interviews on behalf of the film’s release.

For ten years, inventor David Kressen has lived in seclusion with his inventions, including Adam, a robot with incredible lifelike human qualities. When reporter Joy Andrews is given access to their unconventional facility, she is alternately repelled and attracted to the scientist and his creation. But as Adam exhibits an emergent behavior of anger and jealousy towards her, she finds...

Like every other horror movie trope, the bad babysitter isn't exactly new fodder but something about the trailer for Michael Thelin's feature film debut Emelie suggests that this might be better than your average horror movie by focusing more on the thriller and suspense angle of the story rather than the kills.

The set-up is pretty basic: a family's regular babysitter can't make the job so the family hire's the sitter's good friend to cover for the night. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, except for the fact that the babysitter seems to be hitting on the eldest son, until a game of hide-and-seek turns ugly and Emelie, the replacement sitter, seems to lose her mind.

I love the creep-factor of the trailer and I've really enjoyed Sarah Bolger's performan [Continued ...]...

The distributor has acquired Us rights to concert filmmaker Michael Thelin’s psychological thriller.

Mpi Media Group will distribute the Tribeca world premiere via its Dark Sky Films elevated genre label in early spring 2016.

Emelie is part of the Scary Movies festival presented by the Film Society Of Lincoln Center and centres on a twisted babysitter. Raymond Harry Herbeck wrote the screenplay.

Sarah Bolger, Chris Beetem, Susan Pourfar, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams and Thomas Bair star.

Uncorked Productions’ Andrew D Corkin produced and Lizzie Friedman and Greg Little of Sandbar Pictures and Abandon Features financed and served as executive producers with Robert Beaumont, Roxanne Fie Anderson and Elizabeth Jane Stillwell.

Mpi evp Greg Newman brokered the deal with CAA.

Read More: The 13 Best New Indie Horror Movies You Should Watch For Halloween 2015 Mpi Media Group has acquired "Emelie," a psychological thriller about a bad babysitter situation. "Emelie" marks short film and concert director Michael Thelin's feature debut. Said Mpi's Greg Newman, "With his first narrative feature, Michael Thelin proves to be a consummate craftsman, delivering a mature and thoroughly chilling and disturbing thriller that will stay with viewers long after it’s over." According to the thriller's official synopsis: "The Thompsons, a loving family living in a peaceful suburb of Buffalo, New York, are the definition of wholesome American normalcy. When their regular babysitter can’t make it, Dan and Joyce turn to her friend Anna to watch their three children while they go out to celebrate their anniversary. At first, the young woman seems like a dream come true for the kids, as she allows them to play with things that are.

Last weekend, as the weather began to turn crisp and cold, the ninth iteration of the Buffalo International Film Festival went off, to bigger crowds and bigger acclaim than ever before.

The Film Stage’s first-produced short film Strange Bird was lucky enough to be included in the line-up, premiering at the newly-restored North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue in front of writer/director Perry Blackshear’s Diy-thriller They Look Like People, which won a Special Jury Award at the Slamdance Film Festival along with a slew of other accolades at several impressive fests.

It was a bittersweet year for the festival following the passing of its founder, Edward Summer, in November of 2014. An accomplished artist, writer and filmmaker, Summer was celebrated throughout this year’s proceedings, including a touching memorial during the fest’s opening night gala.

In Summer’s hands, Biff emerged as an annual event for local cinephiles,...

Summer may be over, but with this year marking the 35th anniversary of Friday the 13th, it's never too late to visit the lake. Ahead of the event's November 4th start date, the folks behind the Denver Film Festival have announced the first wave of programming, including a special November 13th 35mm screening of Sean S. Cunningham's monumental slasher film.

Press Release: October 9, 2015 (Denver, Colo.) - The Denver Film Festival (Dff), produced by Denver Film Society (Dfs), announced its first wave of programming. Recognized as the Rocky Mountain Region's premier film event, the festival will feature a focus on Polish Cinema, sidebars for CinemaQ, CineLatino, Late Night and Women+Film, as well as robust Shorts Packages and Music Spotlight programming.

"In keeping with our long and rich tradition of presenting the best in Eastern European cinema, we at the Denver Film Festival are proud to announce that this year's...

★★★★☆ Despite a third act change of tone, that plays out like a hybrid of Home Alone (1990) and The Shining (1980), there is still plenty to admire in Michael Thelin's debut movie. For much of its brisk eighty-two minutes running time, Emelie (2015) is a devilishly good thriller of notably transgressive bent, giving the slasher and home invasion formats a rare matriarchal focus. However, once it has to commit to the familiar trope of the plucky protagonist fighting back against the unwelcome intruder, it loses something vital; the edge and suspense evaporates into a formulaic duke out, and certain generic obligations are dutifully fulfilled.

Sarah Bolger plays the titular character, a demented babysitter spurred into criminality by tragic events, and it's the kind of performance that crops up and wows only once in a while. Her star-making, nuanced portrayal of a young mother driven to recreating the past, while wrecking the lives of others,...

Stars: Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Carl Bailey, Thomas Bair | Written by Richard Raymond Harry Herbeck | Directed by Michael Thelin

Whether it’s trashing the house, raiding the fridge or having guests over partaking in substances and acts that they shouldn’t really be doing, we have all heard those babysitter horror stories. Well, this particular story well and truly takes the cake. When their original babysitter can’t make it, the Thompson’s depend on her friend Anna (Sarah Bolger, The Lazarus Effect) to look after their children as they celebrate their anniversary. The thing is, Anna isn’t who she says she is. Her real name is Emilie and she’s going to give the Thompson’s and their children a night they will never forget. What starts off as innocent enough mischief turns in to a dark, cruel, emotionally and physically destroying series of events.

For the most part,...

Exclusive: The Sand and Aaaaaaaah! among first FrightFest Presents acquisitions.

UK distributor Icon Film Distribution and UK horror festival FrightFest have set the first films to be released under their FrightFest Presents banner.

An initial seven genre films have been selected by the distributor and festival for the new online label, with others to be added soon.

The films will premiere at FrightFest, which gets underway in London on Thursday (Aug 27), before unspooling online between October and February 2016.

Digital partners will include iTunes, Virgin Movies, Sky, Google Amazon, Xbox , Blinkbox, Google, Wuaki, TalkTalk and Volta.

First titles

Among the first batch of titles is Sightseers actor-writer Steve Oram’s surreal ‘monkey comedy’ Aaaaaaaah!, which Icon will release online this October.

Oram stars alongside Noel Fielding (The Mighty Boosh), Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Lucy Honnigman (The Ex-pm), Julian Rhind-Tutt (Lucy), Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh) and Toyah Willcox (Quadrophenia) in the story of a tribe of warring ‘monkeys’.

Creature...

Though naturalistic in its style, Emelie can’t help but seem supernatural—a little like folklore. Maybe that’s part of accepting how someone designed to be a caregiver can be so insidious in intent, but it’s also that Sarah Bolger’s devious turn as the evil babysitter feels like a character out of a fairy tale or urban…

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The Tribeca Film Festival began on Wednesday night with the premiere of Live From New York!, Bao Nguyen’s documentary about the history of Saturday Night Live. Although your humble film critic was unable to see that film, the festival will offer more than a hundred movies of various flavors from April 15-26, and in this critic’s opinion, the lineup in 2015 is stronger than any in the last five years. Starting today, this is your place to find a brief run-down of the films that played the festival the day before, either in public screenings or in pre-festival press screenings.

Although it may not sound as entertaining as an oral history of America’s leading sketch-comedy program, Democrats comes surprisingly close. Documentarian Camilla Nielsson was given unprecedented access to two of the framers of a democratic constitution in the country of Zimbabwe: one man representing the government of dictatorial president Robert Mugabe,...