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Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto has been plying his creative trade in Hollywood for over two decades. His notably instrumental camerawork can be seen in most of Martin Scorsese’s latest works and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” For his directorial debut, Prieto, however, follows in the footsteps of his earlier collaborator, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. “Pedro Paramo” (2024) is a landmark novel in Latin American literature. One that influenced Gabriel Garcia Marquez to create another, relatively popular, landmark literary work, “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” The novel is one of the early proponents of the artistic phenomenon known as “Magic Realism.”

In “Pedro Paramo,” Juan Preciado (Tenoch Huerta) travels to the abandoned ruins of what once was a bustling town called Comala. Juan was conceived in this place, as this is the place where his father, the eponymous Pedro Paramo (Manuel Garcia Rulfo), lived and ruled. Pedro abandoned Juan’s mother, Dolores (Ishbel Bautista). On her deathbed,...

"From now on, we make the laws." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for the film Pedro Páramo, the first feature directed by the acclaimed, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto. This film just premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival and will be out on Netflix to watch starting in November. The story follows a dusty road to a town of death. Time shifts from one consciousness to another in a hypnotic flow of dreams, desires, and memories, a world of ghosts dominated by the figure of Pedro Páramo – lover, overlord, murderer. Pedro Páramo not only pays tribute to Mexico's most important literary work, it is also a tribute to love, one as powerful as it is macabre, capable of bringing the entire town of Comala and all its inhabitants down with it... Based on Juan Rulfo's masterpiece. Featuring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as Pedro Paramo, Tenoch Huerta, Dolores Heredia, Ilse Salas, Héctor Kotsifakis,...

La película, protagonizada por Manuel García Rulfo y Tenoch Huerta, llega en noviembre. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el tráiler de la película Pedro Páramo, la adaptación cinematográfica de la obra cumbre de Juan Rulfo, que se estrenó mundialmente en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto (TIFF).

Pedro Páramo narra el viaje cargado de ilusiones de Juan Preciado (Tenoch Huerta) buscando la riqueza de un padre a quien no conoce. Pero al llegar a Comala, el lugar donde le dijeron que vivía, solo encuentra los atroces recuerdos de un pueblo sometido durante décadas por ese hombre, Pedro Páramo (Manuel García-Rulfo), condenado por su violenta cruzada en pos del poder y por la furia que despertó en él su frustrado amor por Susana San Juan (Ilse Salas). Tanto así que Juan comienza a preguntarse si sus habitantes podrían no estar vivos.

La película, que marca el debut directoral del reconocido cinefotógrafo mexicano Rodrigo Prieto,...

La película, protagonizada por Manuel García Rulfo y Tenoch Huerta, tiene su estreno mundial en el Festival de Cine de Toronto. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer teaser tráiler de la película Pedro Páramo, la adaptación cinematográfica de la obra cumbre de Juan Rulfo, que se estrena mundialmente en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Toronto (TIFF).

Pedro Páramo narra el viaje cargado de ilusiones de Juan Preciado (Tenoch Huerta) buscando la riqueza de un padre a quien no conoce. Pero al llegar a Comala, el lugar donde le dijeron que vivía, solo encuentra los atroces recuerdos de un pueblo sometido durante décadas por ese hombre, Pedro Páramo (Manuel García-Rulfo), condenado por su violenta cruzada en pos del poder y por la furia que despertó en él su frustrado amor por Susana San Juan (Ilse Salas). Tanto así que Juan comienza a preguntarse si sus habitantes podrían no estar vivos.

Available starting today on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital, we have an exclusive look at the restored version of We Go On, from directors Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton.

"Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom (Clark Freeman) offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon, or anything to prove the existence of an afterlife. He narrows responses down to three candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. And along with his fiercely protective mother (Annette O'Toole), he embarks on an adventure that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.

From Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, the directors of the chilling YellowBrickRoad, comes a supremely accomplished supernatural thriller, “one of the most gripping paranormal explorations that cinema has seen in years” (Fantasia Int’l Film Festival) and winner of Audience Awards at Dances with Films and the Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival,...

Manuel García-Rulfo has been cast in the title role of Netflix’s Spanish-language film Pedro Páramo. Shooting has begun on the Mexican film, which marks cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s directorial debut.

García-Rulfo is best known for Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer, which debuted last year. He is leading Pedro Páramo opposite Tenoch Huerta, who will play Juan Preciado in the Mateo Gil adaptation of the Juan Rulfo novel.

They are joined by Ilse Salas, Mayra Batalla, Héctor Kotsifakis, Roberto Sosa, Dolores Heredia, Giovanna Zacarías, Noé Hernández and Yoshira Escárrega among others.

Rulfo’s original novel follows a man who attempts to meet his father for the first time after his mother’s death, only to find a ghost town filled with spectral figures and discovers the reckless and dangerous choices his dad made during his life.

“Our commitment to Mexican cinema takes on a whole new dimension with the start of production of Pedro Páramo,...

"He has experienced evil in its deepest, darkest form." Rlje Films has debuted an official Us trailer for an indie horror titled Belzebuth, which originally premiered in 2017 at the Sitges Film Festival, and in 2018 at the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival. It's finally getting an official VOD release this summer. Special Agent Emanuel Ritter leads a police investigation into a series of strange, shocking deaths. But after a priest from the Vatican finds a link between the murders and an ancient demon, a descent into horror ensues. Starring Tobin Bell from the Saw franchise and Joaquín Cosío from "The Strain", "Belzebuth is a dark, terrifying new tale of demonic possession." The cast includes Tate Ellington, Giovanna Zacarías, Aurora Gil, and Aida López. I feel like everyone is over these possession horror films, yet they still keep making them. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Emilio Portes' Belzebuth, direct from Rlje's YouTube...

The first teaser trailer for a new indie horror film called Belzebuth has been released and it looks like it’s going to be quite a wild horrific experience. The trailer does a great job of setting up the creepy nightmarish tone.

The story is set on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and the it follows special agent Emanuel Ritter (Joaquín Cosio) “as he leads a police investigation into a series of mysterious deaths involving young children at the border of Mexico and U.S.A. The case takes a supernatural turn when a priest (Tobin Bell) from the Vatican links the ancient demon Belzebuth to the murders.”

Bell, who is best known for playing Jigsaw in the Saw films, and he’s looking like a pretty gnarly priest in this movie!

The movie comes from Mexican director Emilio Portes (Meet the Head of Juan Pérez, Pastorela) and also stars Joaquín Cosio,...

"The Pope himself asked us to look into cases..." Raven Banner has released an official promo trailer for the indie horror film Belzebuth, the latest film from Mexican director Emilio Portes. Set on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, the film is about a Detective investigating the deaths of young children at the border. What seems like a clear case becomes much more intense when a priest of the Vatican appears with another point of view. Tobin Bell (from the Saw series) plays that priest, sporting a pretty gnarly beard along with markings all over his body. Belzebuth also stars Joaquín Cosio, Aida López, Tate Ellington, Giovanna Zacarías, Norma Angélica, Jose Sefami, Yunuen Pardo. This is a freaky trailer and it does a good job of selling this, but I want to see more of what's really going on. Here's the first promo trailer (+ poster) for Emilio Portes' Belzebuth,...

Miles wants to see proof of the afterlife, but he may have bit off more creepiness than he can chew in the new supernatural thriller We Go On. With the film coming out on Blu-ray and DVD on April 4th from Lightyear Entertainment, we've been provided with two Blu-ray copies of We Go On to give away, and as a special treat for Daily Dead readers, we also have an exclusive clip from the film that you can watch right now.

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A woman who can supposedly see the dead gets legitimately spooked in a new clip from the supernatural film We Go On, coming to Blu-ray and DVD on April 4th from Lightyear Entertainment.

You can watch the new clip below, and, in case you missed it, check out my Q&A with We Go On filmmakers Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton.

From the Press Release: "After riveting festival audiences around the world, the chilling We Go On, is coming to home video this spring. The critically acclaimed thriller, which Fangoria declared as “legitimately scary and unpredictable” and Ain’t It Cool News called “a spooky tale with a strong emotional core,” debuts on Blu-ray & DVD on April 4, 2017 from Lightyear Entertainment, through Momentum Pictures/Sony Home Entertainment. Special features on both formats include Directors’ Commentary.

The second feature film from Yellowbrickroad creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, We Go On tells...

Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton’s We Go On prepares to land on Blu-ray and DVD on April 4th. The critical darling follows Miles (Clark Freeman), a man terrified by the prospect of dying, who is determined to find out whether or not any kind of “afterlife” actually exists. We also have the film’s Blu-ray cover artwork to share with our readers.

Press Release: Studio City, CA – (February 6, 2017)– After riveting festival audiences around the world, the chilling We Go On, is coming to home video this spring. The critically acclaimed thriller, which Fangoria declared as “legitimately scary and unpredictable” and Ain’t It Cool News called “a spooky tale with a strong emotional core,” debuts on Blu-ray & DVD on April 4, 2017 from Lightyear Entertainment, through Momentum Pictures/Sony Home Entertainment. Special features on both formats include Directors’ Commentary.

The second feature film from Yellowbrickroad creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton,...

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre on Blu-ray will debut courtesy of Scream Factory on May 3rd. Also in this round-up: release details for We Go On and Alienated.

Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre: Press Release: “Get ready for a wild ride when Dominque Swain (Skin Traffik, Alpha Dog) and Traci Lords (Cry Baby, Not of this Earth) come face to face with the deadliest prehistoric man-eaters nature has ever spawned when the uproarious Sharkansas Women’S Prison Massacre Blu-ray™ debuts May 3rd, 2016 from Scream Factory™. Directed by cult filmmaker Jim Wynorski (Chopping Mall, The Return of Swamp Thing), this high-camp, creature-feature also stars Cindy Lucas (America Pie Presents: The Book of Love), Christine Nguyen (Get Him to the Greek), Corey Landis (Chrysalis), John Callahan (Falcon Crest) and Amy Holt (Dinocroc vs. Supergator).

Available for the first time on Digital, On-Demand, DVD and Blu-ray, Sharkansas Women’S Prison Massacre Blu-ray and...

Annette O’Toole and John Glover Join Cast of New Horror Film We Go On

Untethered Films has announced that Annette O’Toole (Smallville, Superman III, Stephen King’s It) and John Glover (Smallville, Gremlins 2) will co-star in We Go On, the second feature film from YellowBrickRoad creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, who are writing and directing the new project. Rounding out the main cast are Clark Freeman, Laura Heisler and Mexican actress Giovanna Zacarias … Continue reading →

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We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes first details on The Ride, Abruptio, and Howard Lovecraft & the Three Kingdoms hardback graphic novel, a trailer for Find Me and Trauma Dolls, casting news on Bad Kids Go 2 Hell, and much more:

New Casting Details for Bad Kids Go 2 Hell: “In Bad Kids Go to 2 Hell, it’s four years later and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at snooty Crestview Academy. After one of the kids locks away the teacher assigned to watch them, the five of them very quickly find their ranks dwindling as each meets a gruesome fate. They may make it out of the library, but with a new threat revealing itself around every hallway, is there enough time and resources for at least one...

How far would you go to prove that the afterlife exists? Would you pay cash? Would you go even further than that? There's one thing we know for sure: Searching for that particular answer can lead to some really dark places. Speaking of which...

From the Press Release

Untethered Films has announced that Annette O’Toole (pictured; "Smallville," Superman III, Stephen King’s It) and John Glover ("Smallville," Gremlins 2) will co-star in We Go On, the second feature film from YellowBrickRoad creators Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton, who are writing and directing the new project.

Rounding out the main cast are Clark Freeman, Laura Heisler, and Mexican actress Giovanna Zacarias (The Legend of Zorro). The producers are Irina Popov, Richard W. King, and Logan Brown. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in Los Angeles next week.

We Go On is a modern-day ghost story about a man’s search...

John Glover (Gremlins 2), Annette O'Toole (It), Clark Freeman, Laura Heisler and Giovanna Zacarias are set to start in the supernatural thriller We Go On, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

The film is the latest from Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland. This writer-director team hit the genre scene with Yellowbrickroad in 2010; later, they did an entry for Chilling Visions: 5 Senses of Fear.

The post Yellowbrickroad Team Return for We Go On appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.

• Sigourney Weaver has signed on for A Monster Calls, the feature adaptation of Patrick Ness’ children’s fantasy novel. Weaver joins Felicity Jones and Liam Neeson. In the Juan Antonio Bayona-directed film, a boy retreats to a fantastical world through a tree monster, attempting to escape from bullies and his mother’s terminal illness. Weaver will play the boy’s grandmother, while Jones will play the mother and Neeson the monster. River Road’s Bill Pohlad and Mitch Horwits, Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, and Lionsgate Motion Picture Group co-chairman Patrick Wachsberger will executive produce the film,...

Abbie Cornish stars in David Riker's drama The Girl which now gets a first poster, and tells of a young Texan mother, after losing her child to foster care, starts smuggling Mexicans across the border. Riker directs and scripts the film which was nominated for Best Narrative Feature at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The cast also includes Will Patton, Giovanna Zacarías, Luci Christian, Austin West and Santiago Maritza. The Girl is produced by Paul S. Mezey.

Abbie Cornish stars in David Riker's drama The Girl which now gets a first poster, and tells of a young Texan mother, after losing her child to foster care, starts smuggling Mexicans across the border. Riker directs and scripts the film which was nominated for Best Narrative Feature at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The cast also includes Will Patton, Giovanna Zacarías, Luci Christian, Austin West and Santiago Maritza. The Girl is produced by Paul S. Mezey.

On the Road Trailer. Walter Salles‘ On the Road (2012) movie trailer stars Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Sturridge. On the Road‘s plot synopsis: “Just after his father’s death, Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, meets Dean Moriarty, a devastatingly charming ex-con, married to the very liberated and seductive Marylou. Sal and Dean bond instantly. Determined not to get locked in to a constricted life, the two friends cut their ties and take to the road with Marylou. Thirsting for liberty, the three young people head off in search of the world, of other encounters, and of themselves.”

On the characters represented in On the Road:

Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty (aka the book’s fictionalized version of Neal Cassady),Sam Riley as Sal Paradise (Kerouac’s fictional alter-ego) and Kristen Stewart as Marylou…And Viggo Mortensen‘s version of William S. Burroughs...

#19. On the Road Director: Walter SallesWriter(s): Jose RiveraProducers: Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz and Rebecca YeldhamDistributor: Rights Available (Cinetic) The Gist: Based on Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac’s bestselling cult novel, scripted by Jose Rivera, this is set in New York, the late 1940’s. After his father’s death, Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), an aspiring 24-year old writer, meets Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a 20-year old ex-jailbird with flexible morals and a devastating charm. Dean is fascinated by Sal’s obsession with writing; Sal is fascinated by Dean’s unfettered freedom. They spend their intense, alcohol-fueled nights dreaming of another world, forming a friendship that will take them on the road across the USA. After a stay at Bull Lee’s place in Louisiana, Sal, Dean and his beautiful young wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart) form a merry threesome, traveling naked and freely enjoying themselves, a suspended moment in time.

#55. The Girl Director/Writer: David RikerProducers: Paul Mezey Distributor: Rights Available The Gist: A young mother from South Texas is thrown into an unexpected and life-changing journey when her attempt to smuggle immigrants across the border goes terribly wrong...(more) Cast: Abbie Cornish, Will Patton and Giovanna Zacarías List Worthy Reasons...: An indie project that has been in the works for quite some time now (it was workshopped at Sundance in 2007 and was one of the 2009 Sundance Nhk Filmmaker Award winners) it would be an understatement to say we can't wait to see how David Riker follows up 1998's La Ciudad with this sophomore picture which could incidentally become more political due to the 2012 presidential climate. We imagine this to be a back breaking drama and Cornish might fall into the heroine/best actress territory that a Jennifer Lawrence was in for Winter's Bone. Release Date/Status?: We...

#26. On the Road Director: Walter SallesWriter(s): Jose RiveraProducers: Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz and Rebecca YeldhamDistributor: Rights Available. The Gist: Based on Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac’s bestselling cult novel, set in New York, the late 1940’s. After his father’s death, Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), an aspiring 24-year old writer, meets Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a 20-year old ex-jailbird with flexible morals and a devastating charm. Dean is fascinated by Sal’s obsession with writing; Sal is fascinated by Dean’s unfettered freedom. They spend their intense, alcohol-fueled nights dreaming of another world, forming a friendship that will take them on the road across the USA. After a stay at Bull Lee’s place in Louisiana, Sal, Dean and his beautiful young wife Marylou (Kristen Stewart) form a merry threesome, travelling naked and freely enjoying themselves, a suspended moment in time.....(more) Cast: Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund,...

And here's the rest fo them which includes loads of world premiers, plenty of Asian flare, and lot's of film makers I've never heard of before..

Check the list after the break.

Panorama Main Programme

Dongbei, Dongbei (A North Chinese Girl) by Zou Peng, People’s Republic of China (Wp)

With Tian Yi-Wen, Wu Rui-Peng, Liu Xing-Ping

Rabioso sol, rabioso cielo (Raging Sun, Raging Sky) by Julián Hernández, Mexico (Wp)

With Jorge Becerra, Javier Oliván, Guillermo Villegas, Giovanna Zacarias

Rossiya 88 (Russia 88) by Pavel Bardin, Russian Federation (Wp)

With Petr Fyodorov, Vera Strokova, Kazbek Kibizov

Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen (Sleeping Songs) by Andreas Struck, Germany (Wp)

With Stefan Rudolf, Chulpan Khamatova, Traute Hoess, Paula Kalenberg, Barnaby Metschurat

Strella by Panos H. Koutras, Greece (Wp)

With Mina Orfanou, Yiannis Kokkiasmenos, Minos Theoharis, Betty Vakalidou

Vingança (Retribution) by Paulo Pons, Brazil

With Bárbara Borges, Erom Cordeiro, Branca Messina, Guta Stresser, Marcio...

NEW YORK -- Scott Glenn and Harvey Keitel are joining the indie feature Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, based on the novel by The Bridges of Madison County author Robert James Waller. The project -- shooting in Mexico -- is a romantic thriller about an American government hit man who is on the run and enlists the aid of two innocent travelers in his desperate attempt to escape through the wilds of Mexico. Miguel Sandoval, Craig Wasson, Jonathan Brandis and newcomer Giovanna Zacarias also star. Arthur Allan Seidelman is directing the script by Richard Alfieri, Craig Fernandez and Ami Canaan Mann. Robert Katz and Carolyn S. Chambers are producing. Glenn is repped by ICM. Keitel is repped by Endeavor.