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It's been several months since we've gotten an update on Surrounded from Gabriele Albanesi Productions, but with the European Film Market looming, a new poster and trailer for the film have arrived.

Surrounded is written and directed by Laura Girolami and Federico Patrizi and produced by Gabriele Albanesi (The Last House in the Woods, Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show). It stars Tatiana Luter, Daniel Baldock, and Emanuela Birocchi.

Minerva Pictures will present the film during the Efm in Berlin, which kicks off later this week.

Synopsis:

24 hours in the life of a young teacher (Luter) after her husband, a lawyer (Daniel Baldock), leaves for a business trip... Left alone in her country house completely isolated, she begins to be haunted by invisible and elusive presences, which besiege her more and more with the arrival of night. Will the woman live to see the light of day?

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Director: Joseph Tito.

Writers: Joseph Tito and Silvio Oddi.

Cast: Natasha Allan, Daniel Baldock and Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

Release Date: Sept. 20, 2011 (DVD).

The problem with the movie Death of the Virgin is that it does not quite know what it wants to be. There are elements of a psychological horror, the underpinnings of artistic expression, a potential ghost story and a question of faith to be explored. All of them can blend together into a powerhouse product like The Omen. But when the tale is not clearly defined and the characters are as flat as a pizza, where this movie goes is uncertain.

This film can travel anywhere, including making a quest for the meaning of life. Three maidens make a trip on a bus to go find it, and they arrive at Caravaggio, an Italian monastery.

Dread Central is always on the lookout for intriguing new information to share with our readers. So when an email arrived informing us of a supernatural thriller that was the equivalent of "The DaVinci Code meets The Exorcist", of course we sat up and took notice.

The film being described is none other than director Joseph Tito's Death of the Virgin. It's been an official selection of the Toronto and Rome International Film Festivals. And if the trailer is any indication, this religious-themed horrific thriller certainly looks to be able to deliver on the whole DaVinci Code/Exorcist thing.

Starring Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Rite, The Postman (Il Postino), James Bond – The World is Not Enough), Daniel Baldock (Letters to Juliet, Pope Pius Xii, Pillars of the Earth, Go Go Tales), Linda Valadas (Novellas Morangos Com Acucar, Detective Maravilhas, Tu E Eu) and Natasha Allan (Take Your Place (Prenez Vos...

Indican Pictures, a distribution housed based in Hollywood, is set to deliver their latest thriller, Death of the Virgin. This title was shot in Italy by Joseph Tito, a Roman born director. Death of the Virgin releases on DVD September 21st and the film involves a young women, May (Natasha Allan) preparing for the nunnery. However, strange visions haunt her involving blood tears, impalings and gore. It seems the 16th Century religious painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is haunting her.

Carvaggio was an actual Italian painter who was more known for his brawling and aggression than his artwork. Carvaggio is remembered for walking about Rome with a sword and a servant attacking those who got in his way. With a price on his head, Carvaggio fled to neighbouring Italian cities, where he himself was attacked in an assassination attempt. He would die a year later. His paintings and work in the arts would be forgotten,...

DVD artwork is in for Death of the Virgin , a thriller currently playing in New York (it opens in Chicago and L.A. later this month) that is heading to DVD on September 20. Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Daniel Baldock, Linda Valadas and Natasha Allan star in this bloody tale that wields a Da Vinci Code -esque mystery. You'll find the trailer just past the synopsis. Based on a true story comes this chilling tale. In 1432 a stunning apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared in the sleepy town of Caravaggio becoming the inspiration for the gruesome yet extraordinary paintings of the artist, Michelangelo Merisi (better known as Caravaggio). Now, in modern day 2011, three women travel to Caravaggio -- Lisa, an aspiring art student, Claudia, a sexy Italian translator and May, a young...

You can bring home Amanda Seyfried's new romantic comedy home on both DVD and Blu-ray this September. Letters to Juliet will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 14. We don't have any pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below. The film stars Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garc&#237a Bernal, Christopher Egan, Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave.

In Verona, Italy - the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet - there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire, now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson, all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told is your own.

Italian director Domiziano Cristopharo from House of Flesh Mannequins and The Museum of Wonders has completed shooting on Bloody Sins and the film was released in Italy January 1st, 2010. There is no word on when the film will be shown in North America, however, a new trailer for the feature can be seen inside that pays bloody respect to the Spanish Inquisition and the "Nazis in World War II" (Horror). Scenes of torture and sadism spice up Cristopharo's latest, which seems light on dialogue and heavy on the surreal. Step inside Cristopharo's nightmare with this first clip from Bloody Sins inside.

A description of the film:

"From the director of House of Flesh Mannequins and The Museum of Wondersanother shocking experience where beauty, madness, sex and blood are again melted together in a no limits Italian '70's old movie style!" (Bloody).

Release Date: Unknown.

Director: Domiziano Cristopharo.

Writers: Domiziano Cristopharo,...

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The film also features Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Marcia DeBonis, Gael García Bernal, Giordano Formenti, Paolo Arvedi, Dario Conti, Daniel Baldock, Ivana Lotito, Luisa Ranieri, Marina Massironi, Lidia Biondi, Milena Vukotic and Luisa De Santis from director Gary Winick (“Bride Wars”) and writers Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. “Letters to Juliet” opens nationwide on May 14, 2010.

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The movie poster for “Letters to Juliet” with Amanda Seyfried.

Win tickets to see Summit Entertainment's eagerly anticipated "Letters to Juliet" starring Amanda Seyfried, Gael Garcia Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Franco Nero, Luisa Ranieri and Daniel Baldock! The Gary Winick-directed romantic drama is written by Jose Rivera and Tim Sullivan. Caroline Kaplan, Ellen Barkin and Mark Canton produced film opens on May 14th. You'll love this one. When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated 1957, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love, and sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they ever imagined...