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Stars: Osric Chau, Sara Canning, Gracie Gillam, Barbara Crampton | Written and Directed by Brandon Christensen

Superhost is the third film by writer/director Brandon Christensen (Still/Born) and the first that wasn’t co-written with Colin Minihan. It’s also the first that doesn’t revolve around parenthood. How well has he managed to change things up? And can he bring something new to a pair of well-worn plots, the Airbnb from hell and YouTubers getting more of a story than they bargained for?

Teddy and Claire are co-hosts of the YouTube channel Superhost! as well as being a couple off-screen. He’s even planning to propose to her when they film their next segment.

But all is not well in the world of Airbnb reviews. Their subscriber count has been dropping due to their unsensational content. They rent a remote cabin only to find that the access code has been changed.

Kathrine Narducci (Cruise) is set for a recurring role opposite Vincent D’Onofrio in Godfather of Harlem, Epix’s straight-to-series crime drama from Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein and ABC Signature Studios. Written by Brancato and Eckstein, Godfather of Harlem is inspired by the story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), who in the early 1960s returned from 10 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy must take on the Genovese crime family to regain control. During the brutal battle, he forms an alliance with radical preacher Malcolm X (Nigél Thatch) – catching Malcolm’s political rise in the crosshairs of social upheaval and a mob war that threatens to tear the city apart. Narducci will play Olympia Gigante, the long-suffering wife of mafia boss Vincent ‘Chin’ Gigante (D’Onofrio). Fiercely protective of her husband,...

The thriller What Keeps You Alive will release on home entertainment formats, in early December. This film, from director Colin Minihan (It Stains the Sands Red), is his third collaboration with actress Brittany Allen. This time around, two women celebrated their anniversary on a remote island. Here, the two married women turn on each other, in the worst celebration ever. In the United States, Shout Factory will handle the film's release, while in Canada Mongrel Media is showing this title on DVD. A preview of both releases is hosted here. What Keeps You Alive had its World Premiere earlier this year, at the SXSW Film Festival. In an earlier interview, Minihan said of the film and its inclusion of a psychopath: "I feel like this movie is just a shocking, tightly woven thriller, that dabbles in horror and offers a unique take at the psychopath sub-genre (Hollywood News)." There are...

What if you found out that the person you married isn't who you thought they were? Filmmaker Colin Minihan explores that harrowing question in his new movie, What Keeps You Alive, which follows a violent one-year anniversary between Jules (Brittany Allen) and Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson).

With IFC Midnight releasing What Keeps You Alive in Us theaters and on VOD platforms beginning August 24th, Daily Dead recently caught up with Minihan and co-star Allen to discuss the unconventional casting process for the role of Jackie (which was originally intended to be a male character), filming near Allen's family's cottage, and the movie's exploration of how well you can really know the one you love the most.

Colin, because I know you wrote and directed this movie, where did you come up with the idea for this?

Colin Minihan: I've made three other movies that are all supernatural horror films. Grave Encounters is a ghost film,...

Stars: Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, Michael Ironside, Jenn Griffin | Written by Brandon Christensen, Colin Minihan | Directed by Brandon Christensen

For Mary, the joy of her infant son Adam’s birth is overshadowed by the devastating stillborn death of his twin brother Thomas. Concerned husband Jack relocates them to a spacious new home in secluded suburbia while Mary makes fast friends with their neighbor Rachel. But fresh faces, new surroundings, and even post-partum medication can’t spin Mary’s haunted motherhood mindset off its deepening descent into horrifying depression. Soon she’s convinced that an otherworldly evil wants to claim her remaining baby for its own…

Postpartum depression is a very tricky subject matter to approach for any movie, not to mention a horror movie. Hell, even doctors struggle to tackle the subject in real life, so when it comes to reel life filmmakers have to be Very careful...

"My dad, he used to say to me: You only kill what keeps you alive." This moral hunter's credo takes on sinister overtones when spoken by Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) to her lover Jules (Brittany Allen) in the brutal Red Band trailer for writer/director Colin Minihan's What Keeps You Alive. The film was scooped up for distribution by IFC Midnight following an impactful debut at SXSW last March and can now be seen in theaters in Los Angeles and New York or on VOD. The film's premise seems as straight-forward as it is nerve-shredding:

"How much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. Jackie (Anderson) and Jules (Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's family. From the moment they arrive,...

"My dad, he used to say to me: You only kill what keeps you alive." This moral hunter's credo takes on sinister overtones when spoken by Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) to her lover Jules (Brittany Allen) in the brutal Red Band trailer for writer/director Colin Minihan's What Keeps You Alive. The film was scooped up for distribution by IFC Midnight following an impactful debut at SXSW last March and can now be seen in theaters in Los Angeles and New York or on VOD. The film's premise seems as straight-forward as it is nerve-shredding:

"How much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. Jackie (Anderson) and Jules (Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's family. From the moment they arrive,...

We've been looking forward to the release of What Keeps You Alive since Heather Wixson gave it a four-star review at SXSW, and with the film's Us release one month away, IFC Midnight revealed the official red band trailer for the newest movie from Colin Minihan.

Written and directed by Minihan, What Keeps You Alive stars Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, and Martha MacIsaac. IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters and on VOD platforms beginning August 24th.

Synopsis: "How much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie’s family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules’ normally loving wife, as...

As if the lineup for Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 wasn't impressive enough, the festival has added two films to its slate: David Barker's Pimped (touted as an erotic thriller with a touch of Hitchcock and Brian De Palma appeal) and screenings of the restoration of John Carpenter's classic Halloween! The guest lineup includes Barbara Crampton, Leigh Whannell, Shaked Berenson (Tales of Halloween), Issa López (Tigers are not Afraid), composer Fabio Frizzi, and many more!

Press Release: Two extra films have been added to the record-breaking 2018 line-up: Pimped is director David Barker’s modern transgressive erotic thriller, an Hitchcocktail of elevated suspense and shock in the revered style of Brian De Palma, And If you’ve never seen John Carpenter’s Halloween on the big screen, now’s your best chance. The inclusion of this 4K restoration needs no explanation in anticipation of a new Michael Myers slasher being released in October.

Following the well-received world premiere of What Keeps You Alive at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather Wixson's review here), IFC Midnight has acquired the latest film from Colin Minihan for Us distribution.

A release date for What Keeps You Alive has yet to be announced, but in the meantime, here's what Minihan had to say about the acquisition (via Deadline):

“I’m very excited to be working with IFC Midnight on releasing What Keeps You Alive. They are at the top of their game and consistently releasing the best the genre has to offer.”

We'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on release details for What Keeps You Alive, and we also have a brief description and teaser trailer below:

"The new thriller featuring the stars of the just-released box office champ, Jigsaw, What Keeps You Alive is from writer-director Colin Minihan and stars Hannah Emily Anderson...

Thriller What Keeps You Alive, by director Colin Minihan, has gone to IFC Midnight for the U.S. market, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The Canadian indie — from the director of Grave Encounters and the offbeat zombie pic It Stains the Sands Red — stars Hannah Emily Anderson and Brittany Allen as a same-sex married couple facing venomous betrayals as they celebrate their one-year anniversary.

The embattled couple face a merciless fight for their lives when they find themselves pitted against the most unexpected of adversaries: each other. Anderson and Allen earlier co-starred in Jigsaw.

What Keeps You Alive debuted...

This year’s SXSW Film Festival kept this writer plenty busy, with a ton of great genre movies that were part of their Midnighters programming slate, and in many cases, there were even some that screened outside the genre-friendly section. Here are my thoughts on a terror-filled trinity of films that I had the opportunity to check out while in Austin over the last week: Colin Minihan’s surprising psychological thriller What Keeps You Alive, the newly revealed sequel Unfriended: Dark Web, and Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories.

What Keeps You Alive: Last year, Colin Minihan really impressed me with his unusual zombie effort, It Stains the Sands Red, and less than 12 months later, he left my proverbial jaw on the floor with What Keeps You Alive, a shocking and intimately crafted thriller that effectively proves you can never really know everything about the people you love.

What Keeps You Alive is the latest horror film from director Colin Minihan (It Stains the Sands Red, 2017). Minihan has re-teamed with actress Brittany Allen to bring horror fans a mysterious tale of a relationship gone sour. What Keeps You Alive also stars: Hannah Emily Anderson (Jigsaw) and Martha MacIsaac. A teaser trailer has just been released for the film; it can be found here. As well, What Keeps You Alive is slated to have its World Premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, in Austin, Texas. The teaser pieces together a number of scenes. There is a boat race, a bit of hunting and a dinner party. Later, a character performs some illicit surgery on another. Anesthetic might have been nice. And, everything ends with bloodspray. Or, is that red wine? The World Premiere begins this week. On March 10th, What Keeps You Alive will show as part of SXSW's Midnighters program.

Actress Brittany Allen has secured a supporting role in Orion Pictures horror film, formally titled Descendant, from director Nicholas McCarthy, Deadline reports. Allen stars in the excellent indie film, What Keeps You Alive (above), which premieres at the forthcoming SXSW, and also appeared in Lionsgate’s Saw franchise sequel, Jigsaw, as well as both It Stains the Sands Red and Extraterrestrial (pictured below). Pulling from The Omen and Bad Seed, the feature tells the story […]...

Vertical Entertainment is set to release co-writer/director Brandon Christensen’s Still/Born in theaters and on VOD tomorrow, and in anticipation of the supernatural thriller, Daily Dead caught up with Christensen to chat about his feature directorial debut and what inspired the script that he co-penned with Colin Minihan (Extraterrestrial, It Stains the Sands Red). Christensen also discussed the challenges he faced while making Still/Born and his experiences collaborating with the film’s co-stars Christie Burke and genre favorite Jesse Moss.

Congratulations, Brandon. This movie subverted a lot of my expectations, and I thought it was really interesting that as much as the story is about Mary, it’s also this story about Jesse's character as he’s trying to save his wife and keep his family together. I'd love to hear about where the idea for the script came from and what your process was working with Colin,...

Starring: Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson Directed by: Brandon Christensen Written by: Brandon Christensen and Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters, It Stains The Sands Red) Mary, a new mother gives birth to two twins but only one of them is alive. While taking care of her remaining child, Adam, she suspects that something, a supernatural entity, has …

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If you missed Billy the Puppet's return to the big screen this past Halloween, don't despair, because the creepy tricycle rider is making house calls on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray (including Digital), and DVD beginning January 23rd courtesy of Lionsgate, and to celebrate the home media release of the eighth film in the Saw franchise, we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!

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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of Jigsaw.

How to Enter: We're giving Daily Dead readers multiple chances to enter and win:

1. Instagram: Following us on Instagram during the contest period will give you an automatic contest entry. Make sure to follow us at:

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2. Email: For a chance to win via email, send an email to contest@dailydead.com with the subject "Jigsaw Contest". Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Postpartum depression is a very tricky subject matter to approach for any movie, not to mention a horror movie. Hell, even doctors struggle to tackle the subject in real life, so when it comes to reel life filmmakers have to be Very careful not only to belittle its effect on mothers, or to turn a serious mental health condition into a excuse to demonise a character. Yet when it works in cinema you get films like The Babadook, Cradle Will Fall… and now Still/Born, from director Brandon Christensen – who co-wrote the film with Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters, It Stains the Sands Red)

For Mary, the joy of her infant son Adam’s birth is overshadowed by the devastating stillborn death of his twin brother Thomas. Concerned husband Jack relocates them to a spacious new home in secluded suburbia while Mary makes fast friends with their neighbor Rachel. But fresh faces,...

The Jigsaw Killer is back and taking his signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level when Jigsaw arrives on Digital January 9 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 23 from Lionsgate. Renown genre directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Undead) and writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger reinvigorate one of the most successful horror franchises of all time with their latest installment starring Tobin Bell (Manson Family Vacation, The Firm, The Saw franchise), Laura Vandervoot (TV’s “Smallville” and “V”), Callum Keith Rennie (TV’s “The Man in the High Castle,” “Californication,” Memento), Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red), Matt Passmore (TV’s “The Glades”), and Hannah Emily Anderson (TV’s “Lizzy Borden Took an Ax”).

In the latest terrifying installment of the legendary Saw series, law enforcement find itself chasing the ghost of...

If you missed Billy the Puppet's return to the big screen this past Halloween or you want to invite him into your own home, Lionsgate has you covered with their January home media releases of Jigsaw, the eighth film in the slice-and-dice Saw franchise:

Press Release: Santa Monica, CA (December 12, 2017) –The Jigsaw Killer is back and taking his signature brand of twisted scenarios to the next level when Jigsaw arrives on Digital January 9 and on 4K Ultra HD (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand January 23 from Lionsgate. Renown genre directors Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Undead) and writers Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger reinvigorate one of the most successful horror franchises of all time with their latest installment starring Tobin Bell (Manson Family Vacation, The Firm, The Saw franchise), Laura Vandervoot (TV’s “Smallville” and “V”), Callum Keith Rennie...

As we inch our way closer to the holiest of months, October, this final Tuesday of September boasts an eclectic array of genre-related home entertainment releases, including several great movies I fell in love with earlier this year: The Devil’s Candy, It Stains the Sands Red, and 47 Meters Down. For you cult cinema fans out there, it’s going to be a busy week for your wallet, as we have an array of horror and sci-fi titles heading home, including the SteelBook edition of Bride of Re-Animator, the director’s cut of Cannibal Ferox, Lucio Fulci’s The Devil’s Honey, as well as Orgy of the Dead and Psychos in Love from Vinegar Syndrome.

Other notable releases for Tuesday, September 26th include After Midnight, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (in 4K), A Quiet Place in the Country, The Stake Land Collection, John Carpenter’s Escape from L.A. on Blu-ray,...

(Aotn)- Ok, Smt Heads, you’ve been chomping at the bit for a new take on zombies. Fortunately, the zombie makers have heard your plea…. That’s why we’re sitting down with ‘Jigsaw’ star, Brittany Allen, and talking about her bold, new take on the last survivor trope in her film “It Stains The Sands Red,” out on DVD/Blu-Ray on Sept. 26th!

Check out our conversation with Brittany (and our nifty, new Aotn graphics) right here:

It Stains The Sands Red

Comes to DVD on September 26th

In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, Molly, a troubled woman from Las Vegas, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone ravenous zombie on her trail. At first, she’s easily able to outpace her undead pursuer, but things quickly become a nightmare when she realizes the zombie doesn’t need to ever stop and rest. Running low...

Grimmfest, Manchester’s Festival of Horror, Cult and Fantastic Film is back; bigger, bolder, and bloodier than ever before. As the Printworks once again find itself under siege by blood-soaked hordes of horror enthusiasts and film freaks, as Team Grimmfest unleashes…the Ninth Configuration! The festivals latest and greatest line-up yet of dark, dangerous, wild, weird, witty, thrilling, chilling, blood-spilling movies, every one of them a premiere or cult classic of one kind or another.

Highlights include: World Premieres!

Grimmfest is proud to be presenting the world premiere of the remarkable and utterly unique Borley Rectory. Using an elaborate mixture of live action, stills, paintings, and model work, it’s an immersive, eerily atmospheric, and elegantly retro-styled exploration of the Most Haunted House in Britain. Over six years in the making, it’s a real labor of love for its creator, Ashley Thorpe. Featuring a score by Ex-Banshee Steve Severin,...

2017 has been a strong year for horror—indie or otherwise—which means it has been tough keeping up with everything that has been released over the last eight-plus months. Here are my thoughts on a pair of films that I recently had the opportunity to watch, Michael Walker’s meta slasher Cut Shoot Kill and the zombie-themed It Stains the Sands Red from Colin Minihan.

Cut Shoot Kill: The biggest thing I look for whenever I go into any movie is whether or not the director at hand has any surprises in store for me as a viewer. And while Cut Shoot Kill may not seem all that revolutionary upon first glance, I must tip my hat to writer/director Walker, who did an admirable job subverting my expectations with his “movie within a movie,” often finding clever ways to blur the lines between fact and fiction for his ambitious story.

Stars: Christie Burke, Jesse Moss, Rebecca Olson, Michael Ironside, Jenn Griffin | Written by Brandon Christensen, Colin Minihan | Directed by Brandon Christensen

For Mary, the joy of her infant son Adam’s birth is overshadowed by the devastating stillborn death of his twin brother Thomas. Concerned husband Jack relocates them to a spacious new home in secluded suburbia while Mary makes fast friends with their neighbor Rachel. But fresh faces, new surroundings, and even post-partum medication can’t spin Mary’s haunted motherhood mindset off its deepening descent into horrifying depression. Soon she’s convinced that an otherworldly evil wants to claim her remaining baby for its own…

Postpartum depression is a very tricky subject matter to approach for any movie, not to mention a horror movie. Hell, even doctors struggle to tackle the subject in real life, so when it comes to reel life filmmakers have to be Very careful...

AMC Networks’ Shudder continues to kick a copious amount of ass on the streaming horror side of things and with these newest acquisitions things have only gotten better and bloodier! From the Press Release: AMC Networks’ premium streaming service Shudder,… Continue Reading →

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SXSW premiere Mayhem among acquisitions.

AMC Networks’ horror-focused SVoD service Shudder, which launched in the UK in October 2016, has picked up six titles ahead of their UK premieres at FrightFest this weekend.

The titles are:

Joe Lynch’s Mayhem, which premiered at SXSW earlier this year. The streaming service now has all rights in the UK and Ireland, adding to the Us streaming rights that it picked up in Cannes.

Chris Peckover’s Better Watch Out, on which Shudder has taken North America rights.

Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Cold Hell, Graham Skipper’s Sequence Break andBrandon Christianson’s Still/Born, on which Shudder has taken North America as well as the UK and Ireland.

Colin Minihan’s It Stains The Sands Red, which Shudder has taken for the UK.

All six films will have UK premieres at FrightFest (Aug 24-28), the London-based horror film festival, and will be available to stream in early 2018.

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Horror Channel FrightFest takes place in London this weekend. Here's our pick of films to look out for...

Summer’s almost over and what better way to welcome in the spooky season than by hiding from the heat in a darkened room, with five days of wall-to-wall horror? Yep, it’s August Bank Holiday and that means the 18th annual London Horror Channel FrightFest is upon us. For some, this is a familiar pilgrimage. Veterans will be used to bloodshot eyes, numbness in the spine, a lack of nutrition and an acute anxiousness every time there’s a loud noise. For others, it may be their first visit and these are things to look forward to. Either way, FrightFest promises probably the biggest, purest, uncut dose of horror you can endure without going insane, complete with special guests, world premieres, live events and at least a couple of parties.

Currently on VOD and in theaters is Colin Minihan’s dusty zombie road movie, It Stains the Sands Red, and to mark the occasion, Daily Dead was thrilled to catch up earlier this week with the film’s star, Brittany Allen, who spends most of the movie being chased down by a single zombie while traversing an unforgiving desert terrain.

During the interview, Allen discussed what she enjoyed about her character, who transforms into something of an anti-hero by the end of It Stains the Sands Red, the challenges she faced while shooting, creating “chemistry” with a zombie, and she even briefly chatted about her experiences collaborating with the Spierig Brothers on the upcoming Saw sequel, Jigsaw, which arrives in theaters this October.

I thought your character was so interesting because, as I mentioned to Colin, she starts off in this one place that’s pretty rough, and by the end of the movie,...

Now on VOD and in theaters from Dark Sky Films is Colin Minihan’s It Stains the Sands Red, a sun-drenched zombie survival tale that features Brittany Allen as a woman named Molly who is being stalked by a lone zombie (Juan Riedinger) as she traverses the unforgiving desert landscape in search of hope after all hell breaks loose in Las Vegas.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Minihan about his approach to It Stains the Sands Red, and he discussed the challenges of making a zombie film that audiences haven’t already seen time and time again, working with Allen, and more.

Congrats on the film, Colin. I'd love to hear about what inspired you to take this approach in particular, because it’s so different than most zombie stories these days. Did you and [co-writer] Stuart [Ortiz] recognize as you were working on the script that it...

A Las Vegas stripper attempts to escape the zombie apocalypse in Colin Minihan's low-budget It Stains the Sands Red, a film whose eponymous "it" may not refer to the undead menace we're expecting. All My Children's Brittany Allen is a solo protagonist here, bucking the genre's customary ensemble format, and that's not the only way Minihan's picture (co-written with Stuart Ortiz) strays from the usual script. Genre fans will likely have a hard time coming to terms with this tonally confused and sometimes grating film, whose commercial prospects are limited despite the appeals it makes to some underserved audiences.

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With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

City of Tiny Lights (Pete Travis)

Small-time private detective Tommy Akhtar (Riz Ahmed) has all the swagger of a hard-boiled snoop: leather jacket on his shoulders and cigarette in his mouth, leaning against London architecture in the darkened night. His office resides above some shops, he makes friendly with local convenience store owner Mrs. Elbaz (Myriam Acharki), and asks new clients where they found him because he’s not advertising in the paper.

In theaters and on VOD July 28th from Dark Sky Films is the new zombie horror/thriller It Stains the Sands Red, pegged as a “zombie love story” from the Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz). The previously released first clip, which called back to George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, shows Molly (Brittany Allen) […]...

Dark Sky Films will release the movie on July 28th

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*full disclosure: an online screener was provided by the film's publicity arm. Director: Colin Minihan. Writers: Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz. Cast: Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir It Stains the Sands Red is the latest thriller from the Vicious Brothers. Colin Minihan (Grave Encounters) and Stuart Ortiz try to breath some life into the zombie sub-genre, with this title. However, the long zombie chase in the desert gets a bit tiresome and repetitive, after awhile. The film's tone is overly sad. Meanwhile, there are almost no redeemable characters on-screen, outside of central character Molly (Brittany Allen). Even Molly has a long list of vices. A bit slow, It Stains the Sands Red offers minimal conflict and action, as well. It is not all bad. But, It Stains the Sands Red will entertain only the most patient zombie film fans. The film begins with one of the film's only wide shots.

The first trailer for Jigsaw is here. Aka Saw 8, it has been six years since a Saw film has debuted. The film is set for a late October release. And, the film's first trailer shows several people trapped in various torture rooms. Several characters must face their flaws, or face the saw. Tobin Bell is attached to the film. Though, the character Jigsaw has died several films ago. Laura Vandervoort ("Bitten), Brittany Allen (It Stains the Sands Red) and Hannah Emily Anderson (Lizzie Borden Took an Axe) also star in this latest outing. The release details, for Jigsaw, are here. The synopsis mentions an apprentice. Still, John Kramer's DNA is turning up on victims. So, who is still killing in Jigsaw's name? Further story details remain elusive. Though, the trailer does focus more on action, than a narrative. Characters find themselves in all sorts of dire situations. In one scene,...

Exclusive: The London-based festival teams with Mpi Media and Dark Sky Films to find new genre voices.

Horror Channel FrightFest has launched a scheme to find new genre writers with distribution company Mpi Media and their sister production company Dark Sky Films.

The initiative, called ‘New Blood’, aims to find horror writers and nurture their projects from script to screen. Screen International is the official media partner on the initiative.

Mpi/Dark Sky Films, which produced and distributed The Innkeepers, Starry Eyes, Stake Land and It Stains The Sands Red, is searching for ideas that can be developed into feature films budgeted below $1m for an international market.

The shortlisted applicants will be mentored by industry experts including Travis Stevens, producer of Starry Eyes and We Are Still Here; actor, producer and horror icon Barbara Crampton; actor and director Dominic Brunt; and Giles Edwards, Mpi Media’s head of acquisitions and development.

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Back in the heart of London’s West End for its 18th ‘adults-only’ anniversary, the world renowned horror and fantasy film festival will take place at the Cineworld Leicester Square and The Prince Charles Cinema from Aug 24 – Aug 28 2017, taking over five screens to present 64 films including 20 World, 22 European and 18 UK Premieres. Fourteen countries are represented spanning five continents, reflecting the current global popularity of the genre.

The opening night attraction is the global premiere of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s criminally entertaining Cult of Chucky (pictured above), with writer and director Don Mancini and stars Jennifer Tilly and Fiona Dourif in attendance, alongside the iconic deadly doll of destruction himself. Mancini said today:

It’s a true pleasure to be hosting the world premiere of Cult Of Chucky at FrightFest. I have fond memories of unveiling Curse Of Chucky there in 2013 so it’s great to be returning to the...

This film fan just realized that director Colin Minihan is a fellow Vancouver Island resident. Minihan's latest, It Stains the Sands Red, has found a distribution date, via Dark Sky Films. Already shown at the La Film Festival in June, this zombie title will show through Video-on-demand, late in July. the film centrally stars Brittany Allen as Molly. She is alone and hounded by a zombie named Smalls (Juan Riediger)? The official trailer, for the film, was released in May. More release details are available here. Molly's story begins in Las Vegas. And, it may end in the desert, nearby. Molly is hounded by a lone, ravenous zombie, after a zombie apocalypse breaks out. She is forced to look at her troubled past as this undead walker closes in for the kill. Mpi Media Group will show the film in theatres. On July 20th, It Stains the Sands Red will launch in New York City, for a showing at the Lincoln Plaza; director Minihan will be in attendance. The film will also show in: Brooklyn,...

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Dark Sky has set a July 28th release date for It Stains the Sands Red, where it will be launch on VOD platforms as well as get a limited theatrical run. The upcoming post-apocalyptic zombie horror film from The Vicious… Continue Reading →

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As a member of the directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan took us on a paranormal-fueled adventure in Grave Encounters, and now he's entering the zombie apocalypse with his next film, It Stains the Sands Red, which now has an official release date from Dark Sky Films.

It Stains the Sands Red will be released in select theaters and on VOD and Digital HD from Dark Sky Films beginning July 28th. Directed by Minihan from a screenplay he wrote with Stuart Ortiz, It Stains the Sands Red stars Brittany Allen, Juan Riedinger, Merwin Mondesir, Kris Higgins, Michael Filipowich, Andrew Supanz, and Nico David.

"In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, Molly, a troubled woman from Las Vegas, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone ravenous zombie on her trail. At first, she's easily able to outpace her undead pursuer, but things quickly become a nightmare...

Mpi Media announced today it will release zombie horror/thriller It Stains the Sands Red in theaters and on VOD July 28th. From The Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz), “It Stains the Sands Red begins following a zombie apocalypse when Molly finds herself lost in the desert with one of the rabid living dead hot on her […]...

Zombies, werewolves, and serial killing social media stars will descend upon Miami this August for the third annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival. Taking place August 11th–17th, the Florida film fest's first wave of programming includes Another Wolfcop, Tragedy Girls, It Stains the Sands Red, Better Watch Out, and more.

Press Release: Miami, Fl – Popcorn Frights Film Festival, Florida’s largest and most respected genre film event, announces its first wave of programming for its third annual celebration of genre-twisting cinema, occurring August 11 through 17, 2017, at Miami's landmark O Cinema Wynwood theater.

"We're thrilled to bring the best in horror and genre filmmaking to South Florida audiences for our third annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival. We scoured the globe for the most audacious and spine-tingling films and this first wave selection just gives a small taste of all the exciting things to come,” said Igor Shteyrenberg & Marc Ferman, Co-Founders & Co-Directors of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival.

First came the massive hit Grave Encounters and the sci-fi shocker Extraterrestrial and now director Colin Minihan and co-writer Stuart Ortiz, aka The Vicious Brothers have fashioned an unusual. ‘walking dead’ movie… It Stains the Sands Red, which had it’s UK premiere at Glasgow Frightfest in February and has now been picked up for release (in the Us) by Dark Sky Films. And it’s Dark Sky who have released a brand new poster and trailer for the film which stars Brittany Allen and Juan Riedinger. Oh, and did I mention Nerdly’s review is quoted in the trailer alongside Frightfest’s own Alan Jones!

After a horrendous flesh-eating apocalypse, Las Vegas wild child Molly finds herself stranded in the desert with a ravenously relentless zombie hot on her high heels. Forever trying to give it the ingenious slip, the lone stalker has no need of rest and soon...

Canadian writer/director/editing duo the Vicious Brothers made a splash when they arrived on the scene in 2011 with Grave Encounters (review) and since then, they've kept themselves busy producing a sequel as well as writing and directing a number of other projects. Now one-half of the duo is breaking off on his own (sort of - the movie is still written by the duo) and his first solo project certainly looks interesting; even if it does tread familiar territory.

It Stains the Sands Red stars Brittany Allen as Molly, a woman who finds herself stranded in the Las Vegas desert in the midst of a zombie apocalypse with a persistent, and very hungry zombie on her tail.

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A trailer and poster have debuted for Colin Minihan's (Extraterrestrial) It Stains the Sands Red. A relentless zombie film, the first trailer shows Molly (Brittany Allen) hounded by one of the undead. The film also stars: Juan Riedinger and Merwin Mondesir. As well, It Stains the Sands Red will have its Us Premiere at the La Film Festival, in June. Later in the Summer, the film will see select theatres and Video-on-demand platforms. A look ahead, to the film's upcoming release date, is hosted here. The synopsis, from Dark Sky Films, talks of a zombie apocalypse. Molly is a troubled woman, from Las Vegas. After disaster strikes, Molly is forced to strike out on her own as a zombie shadows her. She cannot rest and she cannot find refuge from this unstoppable killer. The poster for the film shows Molly. But, it also shows her undead pursuer. Already shown...

As a member of the directing duo known as The Vicious Brothers, Colin Minihan took us on a paranormal-fueled adventure in Grave Encounters, and now he's entering the zombie apocalypse with his next film, It Stains the Sands Red, which is teased in a new trailer ahead of its theatrical and digital release this summer from Mpi Media Group's Dark Sky Films.

"In the throes of a zombie apocalypse, Molly, a troubled woman from Las Vegas, finds herself stranded in the desert with a lone ravenous zombie on her trail. At first, she's easily able to outpace her undead pursuer, but things quickly become a nightmare when she realizes the zombie doesn't need to ever stop and rest. Running low on supplies and beat down by the harsh environment, Molly will have to summon the strength she never knew she had to ultimately face both the zombie and the...

We told you back in Feb. that Mpi Media is selling the zombie horror/thriller It Stains the Sands Red at the ongoing Efm in Berlin. We’ve now learned that “zombie love story” will shamble into theaters and on VOD this summer via Dark Sky Films. From The Vicious Brothers (Colin Minihan and Stuart Ortiz), “It Stains the Sands […]...

This year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, better known as Laff if you’re fun, has unveiled its full slate of 2017 offerings, including new offerings from Vincent Grashaw, Leena Pendharkar, Hong Sangsoo, Lea Thompson and many more. The slate includes 48 feature films, 51 short films, 15 high school short films and 10 short episodic works representing 32 countries. The festival’s five competitions feature 37 World Premieres, 2 International Premieres and 9 North American Premieres. Across the competition categories, 42% of the films are directed by women and 40% are directed by people of color.

“Our competitions reflect who Film Independent is as an organization,” said La Film Festival Director Jennifer Cochis. “Within each section you’ll find discovery, diversity, and promising talent both in front of and behind the camera.” Programming Director Roya Rastegar added, “The films curated for the 2017 competition reflect the changing political climate’s impact on emerging independent filmmakers, who are compelled to tell stories about the power of conviction,...

The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer, which means that we're edging ever closer to this year's La Film Festival. Taking place June 14th–22nd, the La Film Festival's 2017 competition lineup has been unveiled, and of particular interest for genre fans is the Nightfall section, which includes Colin Minihan's It Stains the Sands Red, Julius Ramsay's Midnighters, and Amanda Evans' Serpent.

Press Release: Los Angeles (May 9, 2017)— Today the La Film Festival, produced by Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that also produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled the official U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, La Muse and Nightfall sections. The 2017 La Film Festival will screen a diverse slate of feature films, shorts and episodic series, along with programs such as Coffee Talks and Future Filmmakers Showcase. The La Film Festival takes place June 14 – June 22, 2017 headquartered at ArcLight Cinemas Culver City, with additional screenings at ArcLight Hollywood,...