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Dead Men's Laughter #1 - A Horror/Heist One-Shot Comic: "Centered around the twilight days & hours of Harry and Russell - two elderly criminals, and one time best friends, brought together but simultaneously split apart by a crime committed in their youth…But that crime rears its ugly head once more, and threatens to destroy the lives they have built up for themselves!"

A one-shot horror-crime comic book, written by Will O'Mullane, illustrated by Marco Perugini, lettered by Jonathan Stevenson.

Support the campaign and learn more at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/willomullane/dead-mens-laughter-a-horror-heist-one-shot-comic

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Screambox March Streaming Line-Up Includes Art Attack, Cannibal Comedian, Uncontained: "Screambox has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in March, including Art Attack! The Dissection of Terrifier 3, Cannibal Comedian, and Uncontained.

Cannibal Comedian will knock 'em dead on March 4 exclusively on Screambox. The horror-comedy features The Texas Chain Saw Massacre alumni Edwin Neal and Allen Danziger.

New Year's Eve can be a scary time. The sheer volume of crowds, the expectation to stay up past midnight — and on some occasions, serial killers and various hauntings. Horror movies with recurring themes make them oft-revisited staples of the season, and ringing in the New Year with a horror film can be quite the tradition. Some may use a new decade, century, or even millennium to draw focus to the many fears that the unknown can bring.

A fresh start can be something positive and exciting, so juxtaposing that feeling of excitement with gore and terror is a great setting for a horror film. The white snow that often accompanies these festivities tends to be the perfect canvas for blood as well. Not to mention parties are a great place for bad things to happen, as it's easier to hide in a crowd.

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A loving ode to films with post-apocalyptic themes, World Gone Wild, Restocked and Reloaded 2nd Edition: A Survivor’s Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Movies is an updated edition of the original must-have book.

It features more than 1,200 movie reviews, plus more than 600 images and dozens of interviews with filmmakers and actors. Written by film historian David J. Moore, author of The Good, the Tough, and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars we grabbed the talented scribe to chat about the horror movie he loves the most.

From asteroids to zombies, the film and television industry has dreamed up seemingly infinite ways to end the world. Fortunately, in this definitive guide to all things apocalypse (on film), entertainment journalist David J. Moore helps you navigate the abundance of post-apocalyptic films to separate the brilliant from the toxic.

The book includes coverage of the iconic films that launched the genre as well as newer smash hits,...

Anthrax played their first show with original bassist Dan Lilker in 40 years on Saturday, April 13th, in Mexico City.

Lilker is filling in on Anthrax’s South American run and Spring 2024 US festival dates for Frank Bello, who is sitting out the shows due to “personal reasons.” The band kicked of the itinerary in Mexico City at Mxmf The Metal Fest, running through a 12-song set that leaned heavily on Anthrax’s most popular songs.

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Lilker co-founded Anthrax in 1981 as the band’s original bassist and occasional guitarist. He co-wrote and performed on Anthrax’s 1984 debut Fistful of Metal before parting ways with Scott Ian and company. Two songs from that album were played in Mexico City: “Metal Thrashing Mad” and “Deathrider” (marking the first performance of the latter since 2014).

Anthrax will continue to play festivals in South America throughout the remainder of April. From there,...

“The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem” is a documentary about 4Chan, the popular imageboard website that became the Petri dish in which QAnon — the mother of all crackpot conspiracy theories — came into being. The story of 4Chan makes for a fascinating chapter in the evolution of Internet culture. But chances are we wouldn’t be seeing a documentary about it that drops today on Netflix if the 4Chan saga hadn’t culminated in the arrival of QAnon. Given the significance of QAnon, you’d think that when the movie arrived at its creation, it would feel like you were entering the last circle of the heart of darkness.

But no. Ironically, the genesis of QAnon is the lightest and most amusing part of “The Antisocial Network.” That’s not because QAnon itself has been anything less than disastrous in the wreckage it has caused this country. Of all the things...

Dumb Money, premiering on October 20th, tells the exhilarating true story of ordinary individuals defying Wall Street magnates in the GameStop stock saga. With acclaimed actors and a masterful take on the financial revolution, the first impressions of the film are positive, with an 88% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie brings depth and color to the story, captivating audiences with a tale of rebellion, unity, and unprecedented financial triumph that challenges the status quo.

Dumb Money from Sony Pictures stands ready to recount a breathtaking tale of heroism, strategy, and surprising prosperity, stemming from a recent landmark event in the financial sector. In a year teeming with dramatic real-life adaptations, the cinemas are about to witness another monumental tale of ordinary individuals turning the tables on Wall Street magnates. Slated for an October 20th premiere, the film delves deep into the tumultuous GameStop stock episode that seized the imagination...

It is only appropriate that Sony’s terrific new comedy Dumb Money starts with the Columbia Pictures logo. That was the studio that Frank Capra famously helped build with his movies where the little guy triumphs over the corporate bad guys. Dumb Money is positively Capra-esque in the way it tells its improbable David vs. Goliath story about how an internet geek started a movement that blew up the heretofore loser stock of shopping mall game store GameStop and became the toast of Wall Street, while bankrupting a couple of billionaire hedge funds in the process. It movie had its world premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival before its theatrical release later this month.

On its most basic level, Dumb Money hits on the financial frustrations of everyday Americans fed up with the billionaire class, and dreaming of a fantasy to get rich quick themselves. This phenomenon that took...

Last year, Ashley Greene (the Twilight saga) and Shawn Ashmore (Adam Green’s Frozen) shared the screen in the Netflix-released thriller Aftermath. Now Deadline reports that Greene and Ashmore have been reunited on the set of the supernatural horror film It Feeds, which is currently in production.

It Feeds will tell the story of a young girl who insists that a malevolent entity is feeding on her. Greene’s character is “a clairvoyant therapist who must confront her own personal demons to save the girl before she is taken completely.” Ashmore is playing “the anguished father, desperately struggling to protect his daughter.”

Deadline doesn’t name the director of It Feeds or the screenwriter, but they do mention that this film is the first in what is planned to be a ten-film slate of genre projects that’s coming our way from Productivity Media Inc and Black Fawn Films.

Stars: Rj Mitte, Peter Outerbridge, Ari Millen, Nicholas Campbell, Martin Roach, David Ferry, Amos Crawley, Avery Esteves, Coal Campbell | Written by Peter Genoway | Directed by Cody Calahan

[Note: With the film out now on DVD and Digital here’s a reposting of our review of the excellent horror The Oak Room from its screening at last years Fantasia Festival]

I was a huge (and I do mean huge) fan of Cody Calahan’s 2013 debut feature Antisocial and its 2015 follow-up, so I was super-excited to see The Oak Room, the latest directorial effort from Calahan and the Canadian genre filmmaking outfit Black Fawn Films – a company who, in my opinion, have produced some of the best genre films in recent years, giving the much more well-known Blumhouse Productions a run for their money when it comes to low-budget horror filmmaking; and The Oak Room is their best yet.

On a snowy night in a small Canadian town, Paul (Peter Outerbridge) has just closed up his bar when a young man named Steve...

Digital disruption has created a music business that’s sustained by saturation, producing a culture of abundance blurring into excess. Lengthy albums capitalize on this wholesale demand for more by bloating tracklists, which in turn jacks up streaming numbers. At first glance, Culture III, the latest 19-track offering from superstar rap group Migos, appears to be another overlong playlist disguised as a studio album, much like their underwhelming 2018 release Culture II.

Culture III is not Culture II, though. It’s shorter by 30 minutes, with six fewer songs. But what truly distinguishes the two is mindfulness.

Migos have shared the tracklist for their upcoming album, Culture III, which arrives on Friday. Drake, Cardi B, and Justin Bieber are among the guests featured on the trio’s long-teased album.

The 19-song set also includes collaborations with Future, Pop Smoke, Juice Wrld, NBA YoungBoy, and Polo G. Last month, Migos dropped their first single of the year, “Straightenin,” which appears on Culture III. Earlier this year, Quavo, Takeoff and Offset confirmed the follow up to 2018’s Culture II was soon on its way in an Instagram video detailing...

Exclusive: Following the news that Hollywood was already developing two film projects of the current saga still unfolding on Wall Street, we now have our first TV series to focus on thewild story that the biz has fallen in love with. Sources tell Deadline, industry newcomer Pinky Promise is fast-tracking the development of a limited series To The Moon, tackling the ongoing r/WallStreetBets saga. They have met with several top members of the Reddit group, hedge funds and other trading insiders.

This marks the third project to break over the last 24 hours to focus on this subject matter as Deadline scooped over the weekend that MGM had landed a book proposal The Antisocial Network from Ben Mezrich that will dive into the story while this morning Deadline scooped the story that Mark Boal was penning the script for Netflix on the story as well. I can’t remember a...

Only Hollywood could match Wall Street for making billion-dollar projects out of hypotheticals. And the two of them collide in The Antisocial Network, a book proposal about the ongoing GameStop-Wall Street chaos that MGM has landed the rights to following a heated bidding war. Deadline reports that MGM was able to acquire the rights to the book […]

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David Koechner and Julian Richings are starring in the indie horror thriller Vicious Fun from director Cody Calahan and Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment.

The pic, also featuring Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb, Robert Maillet and Orphan Black star Ari Millen, is currently shooting in Hamilton, Ontario. Chad Archibald is producing.

Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment earlier partnered on such indie genre films as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, Bite and Antisocial.

Koechner's credits include Talladega Nights, Thank You for Smoking and the Anchorman franchise. He is repped by UTA and Brillstein.

Richings' credits include Supernatural, The Patriot, 12 Monkeys and ...

David Koechner and Julian Richings are starring in the indie horror thriller Vicious Fun from director Cody Calahan and Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment.

The pic, also featuring Evan Marsh, Amber Goldfarb, Robert Maillet and Orphan Black star Ari Millen, is currently shooting in Hamilton, Ontario. Chad Archibald is producing.

Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment earlier partnered on such indie genre films as I’ll Take Your Dead, Let Her Out, Bite and Antisocial.

Koechner's credits include Talladega Nights, Thank You for Smoking and the Anchorman franchise. He is repped by UTA and Brillstein.

Richings' credits include Supernatural, The Patriot, 12 Monkeys and ...

The quality rebounds as the focus narrows as Young Justice: Outsiders starts barrelling towards its season finale.

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This Young Justice: Outsiders review contains spoilers.

Young Justice Season 3 Episode 22

Grading on a relative scale, last week's episode of Young Justice was a debacle. It was too busy and too rushed. This week's episode, "Antisocial," fixes almost every problem with "Unknown Factors" by dramatically narrowing its scale. It sacrifices some action in doing so, but this episode really starts thundering towards the finale and pushing plot lines to their inevitable conclusions.

The action starts out focused at the Outsider's Hollywood headquarters. Everyone is recovering from their ordeal in Granny's X-Pit, but the only one nearing death is Dick. Batman grabs Oracle, Robin, Aquaman and Miss Martian for a private conference, and Black Lightning pieces everything together. He figures out that the resignations were staged, and that the team has...

On Tuesday, Ed Sheeran released an interview with radio personality and host of The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne Tha God. The two sat down in Sheeran’s Suffolk home to discuss the musician’s forthcoming No. 6 Collaborations Project, out on July 12th.

“Before I was signed [to a label], I made lots of EPs, and I made an eight-track Ep called No. 5 Collaborations Project with a load of UK rappers that I was a big fan of at the time,” Sheeran explained in the exclusive interview. Since then, he said, he’d been featured...

'Pray the don't come for you!' This November, Gloria is transforming into something very, very strange. From director Chad Archibald, and in the tradition of Cabin in the Woods and Hereditary, comes The Heretics, which arrives on demand November 6 from Uncork'd Entertainment.

A young woman is abducted by a strange man who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, she falls deathly ill. As her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She's not sick...she's changing.

From Black Fawn Films, the award-winning and celebrated Canadian horror machine behind the Antisocial series, Bite, and Let Her Out, comes a film that's "part cabin-in-the-woods thriller, part psychological puzzle, and part demonic possession battleground" (iHorror). Nina Kiri (The Handmaid's Tale), Ry Barrett (Lifechanger), and Jorja Cadence star in The Heretics available...

From Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment, and the team behind the breakaway indie-hits Antisocial, The Drownsman, and Bite comes Let Her Out (read our review) directed by Cody Calahan (Antisocial) and on VOD platforms October 20, 2017. Filmed and set in Toronto, “Let Her Out follows Helen, a bike courier who suffers a traumatic accident. […]...

A71 Entertainment has acquired the Canadian rights from Breakthrough Entertainment to distribute the horror feature The Heretics, Bloody Disgusting learned. Directed by Chad Archibald (Bite, The Drownsman), produced by Black Fawn Films (Antisocial, The Sublet, Let Her Out) and distributed worldwide by Breakthrough Entertainment, The Heretics has been heating up the festival circuit with its […]...

Gloria's haunted past comes back to reclaim her in the eerie trailer for The Heretics, the latest film from director Chad Archibald (Bite).

Press Release: Toronto, Canada (June 27, 2017) – From Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment, the team that brought you the smash indie hits, Bite, Let Her Out, Bed of the Dead and Antisocial, brings what Howard Gorman at Scream Magazine calls "Brutally unpredictable bombshells and harrowing chills aplenty” - The Heretics. The Heretics also graces the June 2017 issue of Scream Magazine with a full front cover feature and extensive interview with Black Fawn Films inside.

The official trailer for The Heretics is here; starring Nina Kiri (TV’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Let Her Out), Ry Barrett (The Drownsman, Neverlost, and The Demolisher) and, with a breakout performance from Australian new comer Jorja Cadence. The Heretics was produced by Cody Calahan, Chad Archibald and Christopher Giroux with cinematography by...

No doubt there has been a rise of horror related television of late. With the popularity of zombies, necronomicons and horror stories if anyone else wants to dip their toes in this bloody pool the time is now. The fine fellows from Black Fawn Films (The Heretics, Bite and Antisocial) are looking to do just that by introducing their proposed television series The Cleaners at the Banff World Media Festival next week. Award-winning horror film producers and directors, Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films, are set to showcase their TV series concept The Cleaners, created by Calahan and Al Kratina, to networks in Banff. For the first time ever, William F. White Int’l will allow a production company to...

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Antisocial 2, Cody Calahan's sequel to his cyber-viral thriller Antisocial will be released on DVD on May 16th by way of United Front Entertainment. You can see the new cover art and have a look at the trailer below the full press release.    United Front Entertainment and Black Fawn Distribution have announced the acquisition of another film from Canadian studio Breakthrough Entertainment and rising genre film production house Black Fawn Films: the terrifying new horror sequel, Antisocial 2. The film is a direct sequel to the 2013 festival hit Antisocial and features the return of Michelle Mylett (Letterkenny, Antisocial, The Drownsman) in the starring role. Exclusive new artwork has just been revealed with the film slated to hit DVD on Tuesday, May 16, 2017....

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The UK’s Grimm Entertainment have announced the signing of two widely lauded genre films from Canada’s Breakthrough Entertainment: Black Fawn Films’ Bed of the Dead and Five Seven Film’s The Haunted House on Kirby Road.

Black Fawn Films (Bite, Antisocial 1&2, Let Her Out) are set to unleash another genre favourite with Bed of the Dead, the tale of a haunted antique bed which brings whoever lies within to a gruesome end. Starring Colin Price (The Heretics), Samantha Cole (Friends With Benefits TV series) and Dennis Andres (The Strain TV series), Bed of the Dead – the directorial debut of award-winning cinematographer Jeff Maher – premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival and has since played at Toronto After Dark, FrightFest, Berlin Fantasy Film Fest and Other Worlds in Austin, Texas.

In The Haunted House on Kirby Road, a group of stoned, horny teens decide to investigate the famed hauntings on Kirby Road for themselves.

Disruptor Beam has launched a new Survivor System for their mobile game The Walking Dead: March to War, and we have official details in today's Horror Highlights. We also have info on the world premiere of Chad Archibald's (Bite) new film, The Heretics, and details on the Kong: Skull Island soundtrack by composer Henry Jackman.

The Walking Dead: March to War: Survivor System: From Disruptor Beam: "How to Survive: An Interview with Senior Game Designer Michael Leoncavallo

Welcome Walking Dead fans!

We are excited to reveal the first major feature from our upcoming game, The Walking Dead: March To War -- the Survivor System!

We talked to the Senior Game Designer of The Walking Dead: March To War, Michael Leoncavallo, for all the latest details.

Then check out an exciting announcement at the end of this post...

Db: Tell us a little bit about yourself.

The Creeper would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids! Funko presents an Emerald City Comicon Pop! vinyl figure for The Creeper from Scooby-Doo. Also: a new clip for the latest episode of TLC’s Paranormal Lockdown, Stray Bullets release details, Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment’s renewed partnership, a complete look at Friday the 13th Nintendo Fan Short Film, plus a new clip and trailer for The Tribe.

Funko’s Emerald City Comicon The Creeper Exclusive Pop! Vinyl Figure: Part 1 of Funko’s Emerald City Comicon exclusives includes the Pop! vinyl figure of The Creeper from Scooby-Doo.

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New Paranormal Lockdown Episode Details: “About This Week’S Episode: Friday, February 10 at 9/8c.

Paranormal investigators Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman travel to small-town Iowa where Malvern Manor – and its elusive entities – await. Investigator Johnny Houser claims an overwhelming rage came over him after encountering a shadow figure.

Canadian horror specialists Black Fawn Films have been slowly but surely producing genre product for a number of years. The team first hit our radar when Anitsocial hit the UK back in 2013 (the film made my Top 10 of the year), since then we’ve had films like The Drownsman, Antisocial 2, The Sublet and Bite.

Their latest film, which will screening at the 2017 European Film Market in Berlin this month, is The Heretics. Produced by Cody Calahan (Antisocial, Bed of the Dead) and directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman, Bite) the film tells the story of…

…a young girl who is abducted by a man, after he claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…...

First comes the festival circuit, then comes acquisition, then comes a cool clip from Jeff Mahar’s Bed of the Dead. Also in today’s Highlights: another new clip for Viral, a Tonight She Comes teaser trailer, and release details for Chopping Block.

Bed of the Dead Clip Revealed by Black Fawn Distribution: Press Release: “Toronto, Canada – Hot off its sold-out world premiere at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival, United Front Entertainment and Black Fawn Distribution have acquired the Canadian digital and home entertainment rights for Breakthrough Entertainment and Black Fawn Films’ nightmare inducing horror feature Bed of the Dead. From the twisted minds that brought you Bite, Bed of the Dead is directed by Jeff Meher, produced by Black Fawn Films (Bite, Antisocial) and distributed worldwide by Breakthrough Entertainment. Critics are already hailing Bed of the Dead as one of the most outrageous horror releases of 2016.

Bed of the Dead...

Hitting the big screen on August 5th, Suicide Squad's Joker comes to life in a new sixth scale figure from Hot Toys and Sideshow. In addition to images and release details on the Toy Fair figure, we also have an exclusive audio excerpt from composer Todd Haberman's score for the horror film Satanic, as well as details on the Fantasia 2016 world premiere of Bed of the Dead.

Joker Sixth Scale Suicide Squad Figure: From Sideshow Collectibles: "Hahahaha...in DC Comics' upcoming blockbuster film, Suicide Squad, the new portrayal of the infamous The Joker has captured many fans attention since the character's first reveal! As a secret government agency recruits and imprison supervillians to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency and saving the world from an unknown but powerful threat, fans are anxious to see the Joker's role in the epic summer hit!

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Snapping at the heels of recent festival fave Bite (review), comes Let Her Out, the latest venture from those unstoppable beasts over at Black Fawn Films. Dubbed “The Secret Project” until just a couple of weeks ago, Let Her Out marks director Cody Calahan’s bid farewell to his trusty Antisocial franchise, and whilst this… Continue Reading →

The post Exclusive: Cody Calahan Talks Black Fawn Films’ Let Her Out appeared first on Dread Central.

Getting ready for a wedding can be stressful, but mutating into an insect before the big day raises the anxiety level a few dozen notches for bride-to-be Casey in Bite, the new horror film from Chad Archibald that has just been acquired by Shout! Factory for Us distribution, with a theatrical release slated for this summer:

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA and Toronto, CA – March 7th, 2016 – Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company, and Breakthrough Entertainment, have entered into an exclusive film deal to distribute the visceral body-horror feature Bite in the United States. Directed by Chad Archibald, produced by Black Fawn Films (The Drownsman), and distributed worldwide by Breakthrough Entertainment, Bite had a sensational premiere at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won an Audience Award. Bite has recently played at numerous top international genre film festivals to press acclaim and great audience enthusiasm. The announcement was made today by Shout!

Stars: Michelle Mylett, Caroline Korycki, Gemma Bird Matheson, Sydney Kondruss, Clare Bastable, Ry Barrett, JoAnn Nordstrom | Written by Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan | Directed by Chad Archibald

Chad Archibald, producer of Antisocial (a personal fave) turns his hand to directing with a film which is a bold attempt to create an all-new horror villain in The Drownsman. And hey, what’s not to like about another horror film starring the wonderful Michelle Mylett?

This time round Mylett plays Madison who, after almost drowning in a lake, develops debilitating hydrophobia and with good reason. It’s not just water the frightens Madison, it’s the supernatural entity that continually haunts her through it, a rancid ghostly entity trying to pull her into his dark, wet world. Her friends, worried for her sanity, decide to stage an intervention – with dire consequences. Their attempts to help their friend only unleash the drownsman’s rage...

Stars: Michelle Mylett, Stephen Bogaert, Josette Halpert, Samuel Faraci, Jake Michaels, Kassandra Santos, Kristina Nicoll | Written by Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan, Jeff Maher | Directed by Cody Calahan

Years after having her newborn child stolen from her, Sam searches a world infested with infected users from the Social Redroom website. After befriending a young girl named Bean, Sam is captured and locked in a facility dedicated to finding a cure for the Redroom virus. Trapped and tortured, Sam tries to escape the facility before an impending update on the Redroom site hits 100% and unleashed its final phase of attack…

Despite the open(ish) ending of the first Antisocial, when this sequel was announced I did wonder in just what direction Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan and the Black Fawn Films crew would take the film. After all, the original film was a one location, claustrophic horror flick that – I thought – had a finite story.

Director: Cody Calahan. Writers: Cody Calahan, Chad Archibald, Jeff Maher. Cast: Michelle Mylett, Josette Halpert, Stephen Bogaert. Cody Calahan and Chad Archibald of Black Fawn Films reunite in the sequel to 2013's Antisocial. This viewer is not a fan of the first film, so we already got off on the wrong foot but, having enjoyed Black Fawn's recent release, Bite, there was still hope for redemption. Unfortunately, even with some great atmospheric shots and some decent gore, Antisocial 2, much like the first, is simply uninteresting. While the message that social media turns people into zombies has potential, the concept is overthought and under-executed thus rendering it powerless. Michelle Mylett as Sam in Antisocial's final scene.The plot in the second film is driven by an update being installed on the social media site, The Social Redroom. The update will supposedly force everyone to become users—to connect. Suffice it to say,...

Stars: Elma Begovic, Jordan Gray, Annette Wozniak, Denise Yuen, Lawrene Denkers | Written by Chad Archibald, Jayme Laforest | Directed by Chad Archibald

Chad Archibald has been making quiet a name for himself in genre cinema (and in my movie collection) over the past few years, whether it’s producing awesome action movies like Bounty Hunters, starring WWE’s Trish Stratus; or more horrific fare like Hellmouth and the fantastic Antisocial. More recently Archibald has also directed a number of horror hits, including last years Frightfest film The Drownsman and this years cause célèbre, Bite. Which has, if you believe the hype, been causing a furore at screenings around the world, with walkouts and vomiting amongst other audience afflictions…

Bite tells the story of bride-to-be Casey, while on her hen party getaway to exotic Costa Rica, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect while bathing in an idyllic jungle pool.

As Canadian horror film fans, we have a strange affinity for body horror films, owing much of course to our forefather Mr Cronenberg. As such, there is a crop of young Canadian horror filmmakers out there that just love making us squirm uneasily in our seats as they put their characters through the genetic wringer. Adding to that horrific chorus is filmmaker Chad Archibald (Antisocial, The Drownsman) and one of his latest films, Bite, which will have its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 29th in the Salle J.A de Sève.While on her bachelorette party getaway, Casey, the bride to be, gets a seemingly harmless bite from an unknown insect. After returning home with cold feet, Casey tries to call off her wedding but before she's able to, she starts...

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Antisocial 2, the sequel to the Canadian indie horror, will have its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 30th. Director Cody Calahan and writing partner Chad Archibald return with the next chapter in Sam's fight against the Redroom Virus. Antisocial cinematographer Jeff Maher also adds a writing credit to this sequel along with his help behind the camera once again. Michelle Mylett reprises her role as our heroine Sam. It has been several years since the events of the first film, and the Redroom Virus has won. Spawned from a mysterious social-networking website, it has infected most of the populace, turning them into mindless killers; the few survivors are divided between the uninfected and those who have been freed of the virus' influence via impromptu brain surgery....

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Writer/director Cody Calahan first appeared on our radar a couple of years ago with Antisocial (trailer), a horror movie focused on a group of college students at a house party who find themselves at the centre of a virus which is transmitted via social media and which turns the afflicted into raging psychopaths.

I rather enjoyed the movie which felt timely with the rise in popularity of social media but beyond that, it featured some really creepy moments and introduced Michelle Mylett to the world. Now Calahan and producing and writing partner Chad Archibald are back with Antisocial 2.

The sequel unfolds years after the collapse of the world as we know it [Continued ...]...

Antisocial was social commentary on social media and its brain numbing capabilities. Now, Black Fawn Films are set to follow-up this zombie horror feature with a sequel. Aptly titled Antisocial 2, this second film was also shot in Ontario and the film will premiere at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival. To celebrate its debut, a trailer has been launched for Antisocial 2 and it is chock full of harrowing situations. Fans of the first film will remember the Redroom Virus. The virus is transmitted through a social media platform; and now, much of the local populace has been infected. Sam (Michelle Mylett) has saved herself, after some emergency surgery. But, she must survive in a new world, in which everyone has turned on everyone else. The premiere date for Antisocial 2 has been announced. The film will debut on July 30th. As well, filmmakers Chad Archibald will be in attendance,...

In The Drownsman, now out on Blu-ray from Anchor Bay, Ry Barrett superbly plays the titular antagonist, and we caught up with the actor to discuss the 1980s horror movie villains that influenced his performance, his thoughts on reprising the role, and more.

Thanks for taking the time to chat about The Drownsman. I thought it was a fun and frightening film with a 1980s-esque vibe.

Ry Barrett: It is definitely a throwback to those kinds of movies. That is exactly what drew me to it. I’m staring at a stack of my DVDs right now and they’re full of A Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman—all those sorts of characters I grew up with and always loved to get freaked out by. The second I heard of the opportunity to play a character like that, I was all over it.

Did any horror movie villains influence your portrayal of Sebastian Donner,...

On May 12, horror and sci-fi fans have many reasons to be excited as there are a ton of great titles making their way onto Blu-ray and DVD. Anchor Bay is unleashing The Drownsman this week and Scream Factory is releasing Extraterrestrial, the latest from The Vicious Brothers, as well. Kino Lorber also has several fun cult titles getting a high-def overhaul this week, including X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes and The Premature Burial. For all you Troma lovers out there, The Toxic Avenger III is getting repackaged in a fun Blu/DVD combo pack featuring some new content that should thrill all the Toxie fans out there.

The Drownsman (Anchor Bay Entertainment, Blu-ray & DVD)

After almost drowning in a lake accident, Madison (Michelle Mylett, Antisocial) develops hydrophobia: an abnormal fear of water. After shutting the world and her friends out for over a year, her friends attempt an intervention.

Wherever there's water—the drippy faucet, the washing machine, that puddle on the sidewalk—you can count on him being there, too, waiting to pull you into his water-logged world. From Anchor Bay Entertainment, The Drownsman splashes onto home media this spring, and we have details on the upcoming release. Also featured in our latest horror round-up is an update on James Wan’s Malignant Man, the big screen adaptation of the writer/director's limited comic book series, as well as release date details and cover art for Well Go USA's Killers, a horror-thriller produced by Gareth Evans (The Raid 2: Berandal, The Raid: Redemption).

The Drownsman Blu-ray / DVD: Press Release - "Beverly Hills -- Can a glass of water kill? When you see a puddle on the floor, do you fear you’ll fall into it? What if the stuff of life was a gateway into your worst dreams?...

Production has completed on Canada’s latest and wildest genre film, Holy Hell – a collaboration between first time writer and director Ryan Laplante, veteran sound designer George Flores (Antisocial, Septic Man, The Collapsed, Monster Brawl), composer Adrian Ellis (The Scarehouse, Out With Dad) and scream queen Alysa King (Berkshire County).

In the vein of recent horror/comedies like Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun, Holy Hell is a modern take on classic action, horror and exploitation film tropes. And best of all? The goal of Laplante’s movie is to break through every limit set by film, taste and reasonable societal behavior: all with anarchic glee! Check out the trailer below:

Holy Hell is the over-the-top, outrageous, sexually-deviant, blood-drenched story of Father Augustus Bane: a priest pushed too far who begins praying to a revolver and hunting down the gangsters who killed his parishioners.

Experience a daring new exploration into sci-fi/horror from directors Chad Archibald (Antisocial) and Matt Wiele, starring Julian Richings (Man of Steel, Cube), Lisa Houle (PontyPool), and Adam Seybold (Exit Humanity)!

In theaters and on VOD nationwide February 27th

Reclusive blogger Bill Cassidy (Richings) claims to be the subject of a horrific alien haunting that has plagued him for a majority of his life. Documentary filmmaker Joe Sullivan (Seybold) receives a mysterious … Continue reading →

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Antisocial (2013)

Written by: Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan

Directed by: Cody Calahan

Cast: Michelle Mylett (Sam), Cody Ray Thompson (Mark), Adam Christie (Jed), Ana Alic (Kaitlyn) Romaine Waite (Steve), Ry Barrett (Chad)

Ever think that social media is going to be the death of us? Maybe, but it’s not going anywhere. Aside from the positive aspects of bringing people back into our lives that we would have otherwise lost touch with forever (that’s not always a good thing), it becomes relevant fodder for filmmakers. One of the many things that I love about the horror genre is that any thread of social commentary that runs through with the monsters or the murderers on the surface, gets filtered into its purest form and we see the absolute most extreme impact of what happens with the ordinary when things become extraordinary (usually in a really,...

Santa Monica-based Myriad Pictures has added boxing crime thriller Glass Chin to its Afm roster for all worldwide sales outside the U.S. House of Cards‘ Corey Stoll stars in the neo-noir Tribeca Film Festival entry as an ex-pugilist desperate to get back in the game who starts training a young fighter and gets involved in crooked dealings with a local restaurateur (Billy Crudup). Yul Vazquez (Kill the Messenger, Captain Phillips), Marin Ireland (I Am Legend, Hope Springs), and Kelly Lynch (The Jacket, Charlie’s Angels) also star. Noah Buschel (The Missing Person) wrote and directed the film which is produced by Louise Runge and Samantha Housman of Onezero Films, Susan Stover, and Sara Woodhatch. Lois J. Drabkin is exec producer. Myriad’s Audrey Delaney, Svp of Marketing & Acquisition, negotiated the deal with Cinetic on behalf of the filmmakers.

Oscar winner Chris Cooper is set to play J.D. Salinger in Coming Through The Rye,...

For at least the past few years, we have covered the Toronto After Dark Film Festival annually. Jeff Konopka attends the festival every year, and he usually brings some really good coverage back with him. I am always jealous when he’s there, because I’m listening to the footage that he has recorded, hanging out in a crowded bar talking with filmmakers, as well as other journalists attending the event. It sounds like a lot of fund, and I’d love to make the trip one year. Some of my favorite recent films were shown at Toronto After Dark. Cheap Thrills, Motivational Growth, The Machine, We Are What We Are, Resolution, The Battery, one of my all-time favorite films, Some Guy Who Kills People, and much, much more. Recently, the first 10 films for the 2014 festival were announced, and among them were some highly anticipated films. I will list them all below,...

I love seeing horror movies that feature strange objects either directly or indirectly killing people. Be it Death Bed (a killer bed), Ringu (a killer video), Exte (killer hair extensions) or even the crazy The Happening (killer trees), I can't help but get excited at the prospect of people dying because of otherwise innocuous things. The latest movie to jump in on the action is The Drownsman.

Directed by Chad Archibald and co-written by Archibald and producing partner Cody Calahan who last year directed Antisocial (which featured social media killing people – sort of (review)), The Drownsman [Continued ...]...

Stars: Michelle Mylett, Caroline Korycki, Gemma Bird Matheson, Sydney Kondruss, Clare Bastable, Ry Barrett, JoAnn Nordstrom | Written by Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan | Directed by Chad Archibald

Chad Archibald, producer of Antisocial (a personal fave) turns his hand to directing with a film which, whilst not a patch on Black Fawn Films previous effort, is still a bold attempt to create an all-new horror villain in The Drownsman. Plus, what’s not to like about another film starring the wonderful Michelle Mylett?

This time round Mylett plays Madison who, after almost drowning in a lake, develops debilitating hydrophobia and with good reason. It’s not just water the frightens Madison, it’s the supernatural entity that continually haunts her through it, a rancid ghostly entity trying to pull her into his dark, wet world. Her friends, worried for her sanity, decide to stage an intervention – with dire consequences. Their attempts to...

Matchbox Pictures, based out of London, Ontario, Canada, announced their next horror project and launched a Indiegogo campaign to help raise funds. It will be the third feature from director Greg A. Sager for the company.Cheat (starring Ry Barrett, Desperate Souls, Neverlost, Antisocial and upcoming films Drownsman and Ejecta -- both premiere at Fantasia) will be the third film in the Matchbox Pictures Inc production slate that we will be shooting this fall. A new intense psychological thriller, Cheat follows Zoe, a married woman who's been unfaithful. While Zoe and her husband (Ry Barrett) are on a romantic night out in an attempt to salvage their neglected marriage, Zoe's life gets turned upside down when she is suddenly abducted. Awaking to find herself held captive by...

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