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For more than two years, Joe Lipsett has dissected Amityville Horror films to explore how the “franchise” has evolved in increasingly ludicrous directions. This is “The Amityville IP.”

I have no recollection of The Unspoken. Canadian writer/director Sheldon Wilson’s film apparently played at Fright Fest in 2015 before getting a day and date theatrical/VOD release in October 2016, followed by a DVD release from Anchor Bay that December.

Reviews were middling with most critics decrying the film’s reliance on ghostly figures and jump scares, lamenting its lack of scariness (an extremely subjective criticism) and protesting its “complicated” story.

So why is the film a topic of conversation for this editorial? Because The Unspoken is a secret Amityville prequel.

Okay, yes, it’s literally only revealed in the film’s closing scene when the film’s antagonists, single mom Jeanie (Pascale Hutton) and her mute son Adrian (Sunny Suljic...

Young writer Kate’s new project promised to be intriguing—researching an enigmatic cult leader who convinced dozens of followers to commit murder. But her investigation takes a shocking turn when the charismatic criminal attacks Kate at his own trial, leaving her without memory of the crucial encounter. What dark secrets did he impart in her ear before meeting a violent end?

Kate’s search for answers after the assault leads her to stay with her estranged sister Michelle and family. Yet strange events at the remote house suggest unseen forces meddling in their lives. Perplexing visions and unexplained behaviors bring more questions than solutions, deepening the mystery. Played compellingly by Ella Ballentine, Kate grows increasingly uncertain what is real as her grip on reality starts slipping.

Director Sheldon Wilson weaves a multilayered saga exploring the nature of influence, recollection, and sanity. Alongside Ella, Kris Holden-Ried instills cult leader Marshall Grayson with a chilling charisma,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Just because everyone is talking about Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF right now doesn’t mean theaters have suddenly stopped opening new movies near you. Some of them are even the same films playing at those festivals too.

There are a ton of titles dropping this September despite only having four Fridays. Then you add the streaming titles. And the VOD titles. The play for your attention is real. Sadly, I don’t think a glowing T-square is the way to go towards that pursuit … although I am intrigued to discover the purpose behind the choice.

So, if you want to judge a book by its cover to help whittle down your selection, here are a few good ones to help the cause.

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I know nothing about Sheldon Wilson’s Believer, but the poster has me wanting to learn more. Not only is it aesthetically interesting in its...

The most wonderful time of the year is at hand: Halloween season has arrived. The signs are everywhere, from the cooling weather to pumpkin spice-flavored treats and beyond. But the biggest telltale sign of Halloween is arguably the overwhelming slate of horror releases packed into September and October to ensure maximum fright for the holiest of horror holidays.

That means it’s Fall Horror Preview time.

It’s no surprise that this year offers another densely packed slate for the Halloween season; and trust us, there’s more horror on the way. Expect plenty of surprise release announcements in store as more streaming services debut their seasonal releases, schedules, and beyond.

Here’s Bloody Disgusting’s Fall Horror Preview 2024 to help with your Halloween watchlists.

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The long-awaited sequel is nearly here, almost 40 years after the original classic arrived in theaters. A family tragedy brings three generations of the Deetz family home,...

"Perhaps he thought you were..." "a believer?" Brainstorm Media has revealed an official trailer for an indie sci-fi mystery thriller titled Believer, about a cult leader and one of his followers. This is set for a release in September, arriving on VOD right away when it opens. A new horror / sci-fi thriller written and directed by Sheldon Wilson. Believer follows a woman who is viciously attacked by a cult leader in a court room, only to awaken in the hospital with absolutely no memory of the incident. A struggling writer finds herself at the center of the story she is covering when brutally attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts an inexplicable control over his followers. When she claims to have no recollection of the attack, her family begins to question her motives... Starring Lauren Lee Smith, Ella Ballentine, Peter Mooney, Martin Roach, Ilan O'Driscoll,...

A first-look picture of the film now in post has also been released.

UK-based Altitude Film Sales has acquired worldwide sales rights to Sheldon Wilson’s high-concept thriller Believer, starring Lauren Lee Smith, Ella Ballentine and Peter Mooney, and released a first- look picture.

The film is now in post with first footage being presented to buyers this week.

Written by Wilson, Believer is about a writer who becomes the centre of the story when she is attacked by a cult leader but awakes in hospital with no memory of the attack.

“Believer is a brilliantly taut high-concept thriller, and exactly the kind of smart,...

A first-look picture of the film now in post has also been released.

UK-based Altitude Film Sales has acquired worldwide sales rights to Sheldon Wilson’s high-concept thriller Believer, starring Lauren Lee Smith, Ella Ballentine and Peter Mooney, and released a first- look picture

The film is now in post with first footage being presented to buyers this week.

Written by Wilson, Believer is about a writer who becomes the centre of the story when she is attacked by a cult leader but awakes in hospital with no memory of the attack.

“Believer is a brilliantly taut high-concept thriller, and exactly the kind of smart,...

If true crime documentaries are your thing, then Between Black and Blue should be your next binge.

Premiering exclusively in North America and available as a full season binge on Sundance Now and AMC+ on Tuesday, May 25, the four-part series Between Black and Blue sheds light on an unbelievable story involving crooked cops, a mafia Godfather, an alleged public poisoning, Elvis Presley, and a cocaine-addicted newspaper editor who printed it all.

The project was seven years in the making, and unveils the extraordinary story of two New York City detectives who were convicted of the sensational 1975 murder of a Denver businessman, their decades-long fight to clear their names, and the hunt for one of the confessed gunmen who may hold all the answers – a man placed into witness protection by law enforcement over 40 years ago.

Mike Borrelli, an Italian-American NYPD detective and his former partner Bob Davis, one of the...

The Stickman comes to those who sleep. This month, Syfy is premiering two new horror films as part of their annual 31 Days of Halloween marathon, both directed by Sheldon Wilson (The Hollow). We showed you the trailer for NeverKnock earlier today, premiering on the network Sunday, October 15, and now we’ve got your first look at Wilson’s […]...

On Halloween night, three kids were found dead… who killed them? We told you just last week that Syfy is premiering two new horror films as part of their 31 Days of Halloween marathon, both directed by Sheldon Wilson (The Hollow). First up will be NeverKnock, which is fittingly set on Halloween and explores a […]...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This Past Weekend:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Unspoken hits theaters and VOD on October 28th.

Synopsis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stars: Derek Theler, Erica Cerra, Arnold Vosloo, Paul du Toit, Wayne Harrison | Written by Sheldon Wilson, Richard Beattie | Directed by Sheldon Wilson

Good god. Has it come to this? Someone, somewhere decided that they wanted to make a heist movie. But how to sell it to international markets? Why not stick a shark in it! And so, by some massive stretch of the imagination Shark Killer was born. For this review I will be a lazy as the filmmakers… So here’s a cut and paste of the official synopsis:

They’ve always been present, they’ve always been deadly, and this summer they’re back in the water. When one of nature’s deadliest creatures threaten your town’s tourist-beach-boom-summer, you need one man with a very big knife. You need Chase Walker. When he’s not got his hands full as a lady killer, Chase Walker is a Shark Killer.

Fright Rags has created limited edition Re-Animator shirts in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the film. Also in this round-up: L.A. screening details for The Strangers, more Penny Dreadful exclusive figures, and Shark Killer release details.

Re-Animator T-shirts: Designed by Justin Osbourn, Coki Greenway, and Jose Garza, these Fright Rags exclusive Re-Animator Collection shirts will be available to pre-order on Wednesday, June 24th at 10:00 Am Est.

Priced at $27.00 apiece, there are four shirts to choose from, one of which is a green variant. These shirts are limited and subject to possibly selling out during the pre-order period. Consult Fright Rags for more details.

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The Strangers Screening: Press Release: "Coined “The Scariest Movie Ever Made,” “The Strangers” will be the featured horror film for the Great Horror Movie Night, taking place on June 26.

Under the glow of the moon and stars, perched high above the La Skyline,...

Stars: Kaitlyn Leeb, Cassi Thomson, Graham Wardle, Dejan Loyola, Jeffrey Ballard, Hiro Kanagawa, Jesse Wheeler, Tom Stevens, Kevan Ohtsji, Hyuma Frankowski | Written by Ryan W. Smith, Sheldon Wilson | Directed by Steven R. Monroe

Apparently (at least according to the blurb on the front cover) based on a true story, Grave Halloween is the latest movie from director Steven R. Monroe – yes he of I Spit on Your Grave 1 & 2 fame – who returns to making TV movies for the Syfy channel (I really liked Mongolian Death Worm Fyi) with this, a J-horror inspired slice of mediocrity that tries to mix American and Japanese filmic ideals, never quite meshing the two together well enough to be a complete success.

Deep in stark woodland at the base of Mount Fuji, restless whispers echo as the light fades on a mid-winter afternoon. Here, amongst a maze of roots, a lone figure takes her life, binding...

Stars: Robin Dunne, Lacey Chabert, Richard Harmon, Brittney Wilson, Nicole Muñoz, Kevin O’Grady, Julia Maxwell, Reilly Dolman, Iain Belcher, Jerry Wasserman, Lanie McAuley | Written by Rick Suvalle | Directed by Sheldon Wilson

I’ll admit I have a soft spot for the scarecrow film. Ever since I was terrified by a TV screening of Dark Night of the Scarecrow back in the 80s, I’ve seen just about every scarecrow-related film going – even those that should probably have never seen the light of day! So of course I Had to see Scarecrow. Even moreso given that it’s (yet another) Canadian genre film and it stars Robin Dunne, an actor whose career I’ve followed ever since I saw him in Cruel Intentions 2 (yes, I liked that film – even more than the original).

The film sees school teacher Aaron Harris (Dunne) doling out punishment to six students serving detention,...

Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema.

Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.

Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.

These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.

Syfy has a new original movie that is coming our way, and it is not about sharks. Scarecrow is the name of the film and it will be on cable very soon. The Spirit of Halloween is upon us and Syfy is tossing the evil scarecrow into our laps. Believe it or not, this motion picture actually looks like it will be fun. Check out the trailer below and see what you think. Scarecrow is directed by Sheldon Wilson and stars Robin Dunne, Lacey Chabert,…...

SyFy is getting in the Halloween spirit, programming the "original" film Scarecrow on October 5th.  Shallow Ground and Kaw director Sheldon Wilson directs while Rick Suvalle (Roadkill, V.I.P.) writes.  Lacey Chabert (Lost in Space, Black Christmas) stars.

The synopsis goes like this...  For generations, it was an urban legend that lived in the nightmares of children. Now, the season to rejuvenate the tale will revive a town's darkest fears. With the Scarecrow Festival on the horizon, school teacher Aaron Harris is doling out punishment for six students serving detention, including the moody Tyler, Goth girl Nikki, wrestling team captain Daevon, and straight-a student Jun. 

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Genre: Sci-Fi | Action

Air Date/Time: April 28 at 9/8c

Network: Syfy

Writer: David Ray

Director: Sheldon Wilson

Cast: David Sutcliffe, Leah Cairns, Mitch Pileggi, Erica Cerra, Luisa D’Oliveira, Brett Dier

Synopsis:

Erica Cerra, star of Syfy’s hit series “Eureka” plays a scientist in “Space Twister.” Other-worldly storms — similar to the ones comprising the eye of Jupiter – begin destroying the planet, disintegrating everything they touch. A high school student’s science project becomes the mysterious key to ending the catastrophic storms and saving civilization. A production of Cinetel, “Space Twister” co-stars Mitch Pileggi (“Sons of Anarchy”).

When I started watching this movie, I had settled in for a familiar Syfy Original Movie so-bad-it’s-good fun watch, and was shocked by what I saw. This one is really good! Yes, seriously! There is actual science involvement! I felt compelled to pause and look up more than one term on the...

If you missed Syfy's disaster of a flick known as Red: Werewolf Hunter (review here), no worries! You can now avoid it at your leisure because it's coming home to DVD!

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is handling the DVD release of Sheldon Wilson's action-horror flick starring Felicia Day, Stephen McHattie, and Kavan Smith. No special features are included. Except for the usage of the Resident Evil font on the cover. Look for it (or don't) on January 3rd!

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Virginia "Red" Sullivan (Felicia Day, The Guild) leads a group of werewolf hunters, safeguarding the pact between humans and the werewolves. When a new breed of rogue werewolves led by Gabriel (Stephen McHattie, Watchmen) break the truce between hunters and wolves, Red sets out to kill Gabriel to save mankind.

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Director: Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Mothman).

Cast: Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”), Magda Apanowicz (“Caprica”), and David Cubitt (“Medium”).

Just when viewers thought they have seen it all, SyFy Channel is going to get experimental with Snowmageddon. This made-for-tv product airs 9/8pm Central tonight.

With such an auspicious title like this one, does that mean that all viewers will see is nothing but death and destruction? Yes and No. There's going to be destruction, but when this title implies a blizzard in the likes that no man wants to experience, that is not going to happen. To see mankind surviving within a snowstorm, or even a sandstorm for that matter, can be interesting if the story is done right.

When a mysterious snow globe is supposed to be the link, there is a potential mystery. But this B-movie looks like it will remain simple. When this orb is delivered to a...

Syfy is broadcasting the weather this weekend, and it’s a 100% chance of Snowmageddon. Yes, the Syfy supernatural disaster movie with the title inspired by media news outlets' sensationalistic winter headlines from two years ago storms the airwaves this Saturday night, and Syfy has posted two clips from the movie to whet your appetite for destruction.

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Mothman) directs. Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”), Magda Apanowicz (“Caprica”), and David Cubitt (“Medium”) try to survive the snowy onslaught of a magical snow globe’s frozen apocalypse this Saturday night on Syfy at 9/8 Central.

When the Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas Eve, they could never imagine it would contain the power to doom their idyllic mountain community. The gift contains a snow globe with a perfect reflection of their own town inside. When they shake it, snow even begins to fall - whatever happens...

The film is not really horror but might be of interest to horror fans. As part of Syfy's Countdown to Christmas Week they will be airing a sci-fi thriller called Snowmaggedon on December 10th, at 9/8c. The film is about a snow globe that has the power to destroy a small town when shaken and will continue to destroy unless it can be stopped. You can see the trailer below and decide if you want to add the film to you Christmas viewing schedule. Snowmaggedon is directed by Sheldon Wilson and stars Magda Apanowicz, Dylan Matzke and Jeffrey Ballard.

Title: Mothman Directed by: Sheldon Wilson Starring: Jewel Staite, Connor Fox and Susie Abromeit Running time: 88 minutes, Not Rated It’s been ten years since an accident claimed the life of one of Katherine’s friends, and those involved buried a secret before she left town. Her editor gives her a new assignment: return to her hometown and cover the Mothman Festival. When she reunites with her old friends, the Mothman, a spirit of a murdered Native American chief that placed a curse on the town upon his death, arises to take revenge on those who have yet to pay for their crime. Firefly’s Jewel Staite gets a lead role in...

After first winning attention on the genre scene for his 2005 chiller Shallow Ground, director Sheldon Wilson has been busy bringing terror to the Syfy channel with the likes of Carny, Mothman and Red: Werewolf Hunter. For his latest movie for the network, premiering this Saturday at 9/8 Central, he went up a Killer Mountain and lived to tell Fango the tale, and send a few exclusive photos.

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After first winning attention on the genre scene for his 2005 chiller Shallow Ground, director Sheldon Wilson has been busy bringing terror to the Syfy channel with the likes of Carny, Mothman and Red: Werewolf Hunter. For his latest movie for the network, premiering this Saturday at 9/8 Central, he went up a Killer Mountain and lived to tell Fango the tale, and send a few exclusive photos.

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Thank goodness for the Killer Mountain ads on the front page of the website, or even I might have forgotten there is a new Syfy creature feature premiering this weekend. As you can already ascertain, it has something to do with a mountain where people get killed.

Aaron Douglas (“Battlestar Galactica”), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Far Cry), and Crystal Lowe (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End) star in this weekend's Syfy premiere of Killer Mountain from director Sheldon Wilson (Screamers: The Hunting) and writer Peter Sullivan (The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation).

Though the title Killer Mountain probably sounds as generic as humanly possible, as you’ll read in this plot synopsis, there is a good explanation as to its meaning.

Located in Bhutan, Gangkhar Puensum ("Killer Mountain") is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. According to local legend, 6000 meters is the abode of the Gods, and trespassing is strictly prohibited as a matter of religious law.

SyFy will terrorize horror fans with a magical snow globe tale, titled Snowmageddon December 2011. Get ready for director Sheldon Wilson (Carny) to upset your yuletide calm, with a family unleashing dark magic upon a small town. Set your digital recorders now, as Cinetel Films brings the blizzard your way, very shortly.

The plot for Snowmageddon is here:

"When the Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas eve, they could never imagine it would contain the power to doom their idyllic mountain community. The gift contains a snow globe with a perfect reflection of their own town inside. When they shake it, snow even begins to fall - whatever happens inside the snow globe, happens to their town for real!" (Cinetel).

Release Date: December, 2011 (Television).

Director: Sheldon Wilson.

Cast: Magda Apanowicz, Jeffery Ballard, Leanne Lapp, David Cubitt, Jill Harris, and Michael Hogan.

*Snowmageddon is currently in post-production.

Director Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground) is starting production on the latest Syfy Channel movie called Snowmageddon, with stars David Cubitt (Medium), Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica), and Magda Apanowicz (Caprica). The film is looking at a Holiday 2011 release and Dread Central has the plot details:

When the Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas Eve, they could never imagine it would contain the power to doom their idyllic mountain community. The gift contains a snow globe with a perfect reflection of their own town inside. When they shake it, snow even begins to fall – whatever happens inside the snow globe happens to their town for real. But when buttons on the snow globe unleash a series of terrible disasters on the town, the family must band together and find a way to destroy it – before it’s too late.

Fear…...

I don't know why I'm bothering to write about a supernatural Syfy disaster flick called Snowmageddon about a magical snow globe that when shaken unleashes a wintery apocalypse when the actual apocalypse is a little more than a day away. Do you realize when my life passes before my eyes how many of these Syfy movies I'm going to end up watching again in mega fast forward?

David Cubitt ("Medium"), Michael Hogan ("Battlestar Galactica"), and Magda Apanowicz ("Caprica") star in this Cinetel production from director Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Mothman) that'll probably make its bow on Syfy sometime this holiday season given the film's plot synopsis. Snowmageddon's plot kind of sounds like the basis for a very special Christmas episode of "Friday the 13th: The Series" that never got made.

When the Miller family discovers a mysterious gift outside their home on Christmas Eve, they could never imagine it...

The glorious Felicia Day (The Guild, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog) stars in Red, an amped-up SyFy original version of the fairy-tale Little Red Riding Hood.

Red repurposes the classic tale of a gal's troubles with a perky, granny-eatin' wolf by re-imagining her as an ass-kicking, gun-toting werewolf hunter.

It's directed by Sheldon Wilson and also stars Kavan Smith, David Reale and Pontypool's Stephen McHattie. 

Red premiers on the SyFy Channel in 2011. 

After you take a look at this fun in that SyFy Channel, Saturday afternoon kinda way, do me a favor and check out Day's, The Guild, it's really wonderful!

Oh, how I want to love this. I mean, how could you not? Felicia Day, who is lovely and funny and a geek queen, starring in a movie about a family of werewolves? What's not to love? And it's showing on SyFy, who brought us "Battlestar Galactica" and "Eureka!" Plus, it's written by Brook Durham, who wrote... um... Witchslayer and Merlin and the Book of Beasts. And... uh... it's directed by Sheldon Wilson, who also did... Carny and... Screamers: The Hunting. And...

Shit.

This is gonna be a wreck, isn't it.

Yeah, that doesn't look so good. Not terrible werewolf effects, I'll give it that, but still... not exactly inspiring. Look, I love SyFy movies. I'm not being ironic -- I genuinely enjoy them, and have seen -- literally -- almost all of them. Yes, they're terrible, stupid, atrociously acted and feature hideous special effects. That's what's so glorious about them.

Considering there is a Hollywood action blockbuster titled Red starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich opening in theaters in October, I would not be at all surprised if Syfy's upcoming werewolf flick Red, starring red hot Felicia Day, undergoes a title change between the time this trailer has been posted and whenever "coming soon" turns out to be.

Red puts a new spin on a classic fairy tale with Felicia Day ("Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog", "The Guild") starring as a modern descendant of 'Little Red Riding Hood' who brings her fiancé home to meet the family for him to discover that his bride-to-be's ancestral business is hunting werewolves. When he himself gets bitten by a werewolf, "Red" is forced to try and save the wolfman she loves from her very own family.

Stephen McHattie (Pontypool, A History of Violence) and Kavan Smith ("Stargate: Atlantis", "The 4400...

Despite the promising looking poster art that was being shown around at Afm a few months ago, the first clip for Syfy's Mothman had made its way online to prove that it's more of the same goofy stuff we can expect from the network. Sigh.

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Screamers: The Hunting) directed the flick for Rhi Entertainment, and it stars Jewel Staite of "Firefly" and "Stargate: Atlantis". Wilson also shares a writing credit alongside "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" writers Sonny Lee and Patrick Walsh.

Well, at the very least this mythical psychic menace will be killing folks this time around instead of just making predictions about disasters. Look for it on Syfy April 24th at 9/8 Central.

Allow me to step into the creature's vacated psychic shoes -- I predict a scathing review from the Foywonder! Click below to watch the clip! I wonder if the monster will leave...

In order to stay in the theme of campiness, one must talk of Carny. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Alan C. Petersen (Tortured), and Simone-Elise Girard (Afterwards). Described as "a wasted of time," by the horror movie review site Dread Central, the Carny plot line involves an escaped Jersey Devil (Dread). It seems this latest Syfy original has received reviews from different sides of the fence and Carny is for those who like the cheesiest of horror. The film shows on DVD March 23rd for those who missed the premiere on Syfy in 2009.

The synopsis for Carny here:

"When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas (Lou Diamond Philips) steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam's problems.

No relation to the awful Mothman Prophecies movie (if you ever read the book, then you know why I just described the film as awful; and if you have never read the book, you should and then you, too, will realize why the film was so lame), Syfy has finally checked off enough other cryptids from its list to make a new film about the Mothman starring a "Firefly".

Not much is known about the plot of this Syfy-bound Mothman movie simply titled Mothman other than the glowy-eyed cryptozoological entity in this version also kills people, which I guess is a major step up from crank calling people in that terrible Richard Gere movie. Don't expect this one to adhere too closely to the facts of case either.

Sheldon Wilson (Shallow Ground, Screamers: The Hunting) is wrapping up post-production on this Rhi Entertainment entry starring Jewel Staite of "Firefly" and...

Lou Diamond Philips has played a sheriff that fought winged killers in Bats and a cop hunting a devilish psycho in The First Power. Now La Bamba is going to need all his monster-policing prowess if he's going to survive an encounter with "The Jersey Devil" in the new creature feature Carny.

"When a traveling carnival comes to a rural Nebraska town, the caged attraction everyone is talking about is the alleged Jersey Devil. When the beast escapes, tearing the citizens to shreds, local sheriff Sam Atlas (Lou Diamond Philips) steps up to form a tracking team. But the carnivorous fugitive is only one of Sam's problems. The local pastor, enraged by the death of his son at the hands of the beast, has plans for igniting his own brand of hellfire and revenge."

You know when I think "Jersey Devil", I usually think Nebraska, and when I envision...