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Back at the end of 2023, we heard that the creative team behind the stalker thriller Blind, its still-unreleased sequel Pretty Boy, the slasher That’s a Wrap, and the upcoming horror film Garden of Eden, had wrapped production on Brute 1976, a horror project described as an homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Hills Have Eyes. We’re waiting to hear when we’re going to have the chance to see that film – but while we wait, it has been announced that filming has wrapped on a follow-up called Brute 1986! With the project heading into post-production, the first batch of images have been revealed, along with the news that Tokio Hotel lead singer Bill Kaulitz makes his film debut in the slasher movie.

Directed by Marcel Walz from a screenplay by Joe Knetter, Brute 1986 tells the story of Leather Kobra, a sunset strip style glam metal band is...

The series will follow the journey of the infamous Herbert West as he navigates through a universe of Lovecraftian lore. Herbert West: Reanimator stars Zan Alda (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) as the title character with the core cast including Mike Ferguson, Jed Rowen (Pretty Boy, The Ghastly Love of …

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1331 Films and A Shadow In The Dark, LLC Presents “Appetite For Sin” starring Mike Ferguson (Death Squad), Devanny Pinn (Pretty Boy), Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead), Robert (Devil’s Rejects), and Eileen Eietz (The Exorcist) with Director Matthew Vinaja. Here is a First Look at some Behind The Scenes footage with Mike Ferguson …

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1331 Films and A Shadow In The Dark, LLC Presents “Appetite For Sin” starring Mike Ferguson (Death Squad), Devanny Pinn (Pretty Boy), Linnea Quigley (Return of the Living Dead), Robert (Devil’s Rejects), and Eileen Eietz (The Exorcist) with Director Matthew Vinaja. Here is a First Look at some Behind The Scenes footage with Mike Ferguson [...]

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Bartees Strange needs a new hobby. Back when he wasn’t playing football in high school, studying communications in college, or working a nine-to-five at the FCC, he devoted every free hour to music. Now, his only job is writing, recording, and performing songs that defy the gravity of genre to scale some of the highest ambitions on the planet — and that leaves him with time to kill.

He’s thinking of taking up rock climbing.

“I’ve been watching all the documentaries,” Strange, 33, says between spoonfuls of pho on...

From the 19th to the 25th of May Premiere Cinemas in the Mercury Shopping Centre will once again host a week of independent films from across the globe as part of the sixth annual Romford Film Festival. As always this year’s festival will be host to a wonderful array of independent films from every genre, ranging from illuminating documentaries to frightful horror and exhilarating thrillers.

Whether you’re an avid film critic or simply just enjoy the occasional popcorn flick, there is something for everyone at this year’s Romford Film Festival, This year’s festival is set to be the most explosive yet, with more films than ever before, 183 to be exact, and multiple films with production costs in the millions. One short film that you don’t want to miss is Divertimento, an indie thriller which feels more like a blockbuster in its production value. It stars...

The Flash this week not-quite-raced back from a three-month break, skidding to a stop on a new night, now airing Wednesdays at 8/7c. Did the timeline-breaking adventures of Bart and Nora reel you right back in?

The first episode since the season-opening, 5-part “Armageddon” event picked up with Barry and Iris’ vow renewal at the close of last season, tacking on a bit of post-ceremony revelry (where Barry affirms that, per Gideon, Bart and Nora’s visit didn’t affect the timeline.) Bart and Nora bid their ‘rents adieu and speed back home to 2049, where everything seems copacetic… until a...

A perky kids’ distraction from Netflix Animation, “Back to the Outback” is at pains to remind its audience throughout of its very Australian credentials, sometimes to endearing effect. It’s hard to be too hard on any film that features a voice cameo from Kylie Minogue as a nattering razorback boar, or one that requires Eric Bana to deliver the line, “I once captured 10 Komodo dragons with no more than a pair of budgie smugglers and a bit of Vegemite.” Yet the longer this crayon-bright tale of zoo animals adrift in the great Aussie outdoors wears on, the less distinctive it seems, its script’s naked cribbing from “Madagascar” and sundry Pixar chase narratives betraying it as yet another attempt to emulate the house styles of DreamWorks and Disney. As such, Clare Knight and Harry Cripps’ film walks the walk well enough. But there’s a funnier, more eccentric adventure underneath it all,...

Pretty Boy Trailer: "The genre specialized company Black Mandala presents the horror movie Pretty Boy, directed by Marcel Walz. According to its director: “Is heavily ‘80s-inspired and a love letter to all our favorite slasher franchises we all grew up with!”. The film had its world premiere on Friday, August 13 at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival in South Florida; and the same month it had its European premiere at the prestigious FrightFest (UK).

A notable killer is born into the world of horror: Pretty Boy, first appearing in the critically acclaimed thriller Blind. Now the murderess in the mask returns for Valentine’s Day in a heartbreaking sequel, where he spills gallons of blood among roses and glitter. The feature stars Sarah French, Heather Grace Hancock, Devanny Pinn, Robert Rusler, Maria Olsen, Jake Red, Andrew Rohrbach, and also Jed Rowen (returning as “Pretty Boy”).

Synopsis: A masked killer named Pretty...

Stars: Sarah French, Jed Rowen, Devanny Pinn, Jake Red, Heather Grace Hancock, Maria Olsen, Robert Rusler | Written by Joe Knetter | Directed by Marcel Walz

I’m going to be totally honest here and state that I did not see Marcel Walz’s Blind, of which this film – Pretty Boy – is a direct sequel. A direct sequel in early Friday the 13th style, where this film literally continues exactly after the events of the first movie (which are recapped somewhat in the opening titles) and continue what, I have no doubt, will be an extended series of films featuring our creepy masked-faced killer.

Er, “mask faced killer”, does that sound Just like the Friday the 13th franchise to you? I jest but it seems, given how much this film focuses on blood, guts and gore – much mores than the first (apparently) – that Walz’s is very much following that series footsteps...

Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, is back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from Thursday August 26th – Monday 30th August 2021 for five days of the very best of global genre cinema.

The internationally renowned event leads the way in attesting to the versatility of the genre and, despite the interruptions caused by the pandemic, this year is no exception as the twenty-five films to be presented in the main screens are revealed. They include four world premieres and eight International / European premieres. Global events over the past eighteen months have not only altered most people’s lives but have had a profoundly influential effect on a lot of genre filmmakers and both the opening and closing films this year reflect that.

From the press release:

It’s Full Scream ahead as Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 announces its second wave of hugely anticipated Discovery Screen and...

With Covid-19 vaccinations now widely available, the Popcorn Frights Film Festival is returning for its seventh year of on-screen scares August 12th–19th. This year's festival will be a combination of in-theater screenings and virtual streamings, and the first wave of programming is proof that Festival Directors Igor Shteyrenberg & Marc Ferman have once again curated a killer lineup for horror fans to enjoy!

The in-theater feature film screenings for this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival (hosted at Silverspot Cinema Coconut Creek) include The Night House, Superhost, Pretty Boy, Ditched, and The Welder, as well as a 35th anniversary screening of Friday the 13th Part VI – Jason Lives!

There are also a bunch of great short films for horror fans to check out in the Homegrown: 100% Pure Fresh Squeezed Florida Horror short film competition.

You can purchase In-Theater All-Access Badges here and Virtual Passes here. As previously announced, a portion of...

New Pretty Boy Poster and Photos: "Pretty Boy, the follow up to the award-winning film Blind, has completed principal photography. Pretty Boy, directed by Marcel Walz and written by Joe Knetter, continues the story they set in motion in Blind.

Pretty Boy just finished the Post Production with Company 3

Marcel Walz (Director)

“Filming Pretty Boy the way we did was a dream comes true for me. It is beautiful, fun, gory and creepy. Seeing our Killer, “Pretty Boy”, slashing through this love letter to the 80s is what I have always wanted to do! Also, as an LGBTQ Director, I could go crazy on set design for the Valentine’s party and overall theme in the movie, so be prepared for a lot of pinks, glitter and some intestines Lol!“

Joe Knetter (Writer)

“Filming Pretty Boy was an amazing experience. Every single person on the cast and crew brought their ‘A’ game.