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Daphne Alexander is a Cypriot actress whose career is a testament to her versatility, passion, and enduring connection to her roots. Seamlessly transitioning between high-profile productions by BBC, Netflix, and HBO, as well as theater and alternative projects, Daphne continues to evolve as a performer while maintaining a deep appreciation for her Greek heritage.

The Building of a Character: A Never-Ending Process

Upon meeting Daphne Alexander, one is immediately struck by the rare combination of talent, natural beauty, and an inner calmness that defines her presence. She embodies grace and authenticity, making meaningful connections with those around her both on and off the screen.

Her recent work in Minore, a dark action comedy that diverges from conventional narratives, brought her back to Thessaloniki for the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The film, directed by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, blends traditional Greek music with the otherworldly, resulting in a unique and “insane” experience that Daphne embraced with enthusiasm.

The onset of Folk Horror with its rich heritage of tales, mysteries and events from countries is a fountainhead for art, film and literature. Many like my own which is Canada has failed to use the huge amount of material that abounds likely out of prejudice or frankly poor judgment for the all-important Box office appeal. That is why it was such a pleasure to view this Greek-produced monster/comedy film Minore (2023).

This wonderfully photographed tapestry of terror by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas’ is a visual and auditory feast reminiscent of Cronos (1992) by Guillermo Del Toro. It’s summer on the Mediterranean coast when strange fog descends on a laid-back port town in Greece, causing its inhabitants to experience visions causing them to sleepwalk into the sea. Turns out that small, multi-limbed monsters reminiscent of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu have invaded the town. These little beasties fly, grab, tear off heads, and...

"Europe is a tough place. And only the strongest of you will make it there." Voltage Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a Belgian horror thriller survival film called The Hunted, made by French filmmaker Louis Lagayette. This seems to be a promo trailer to attract buyers more than for audiences, since there's no release dates set. After their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, a group of refugees are rescued by rich Europeans who offer them shelter on an idyllic island. But the miracle soon becomes a nightmare when the saviours turn into ruthless manhunters. So this is a campy modern twist on "The Most Dangerous Game" story, involving refugees who get turned into the prey when they're taken to a private island. Scary! Starring Lily Banda, Alec Newman, Mylène Jampanoï, Raj Bajaj, Vassilis Koukalani, Aurora Marion, & Daphne Alexander. It's a bit of a manipulative concept, but the...

Stars: Davide Tucci, Efi Papatheodorou, Daphne Alexander, Apollon Bollas, Igor Górewicz | Written by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Elizabeth E. Schuch | Directed by Konstantinos Koutsoliotas

I’m not sure I was quite prepared for how strange Minore is. That is definitely a good thing though. I will keep my review as spoiler-free as possible because it really is the best way to see the movie.

That said, it doesn’t give anything away to say that a mysterious sea creature is lurking in the sea of a nearby town ready to invade. Its unsuspecting occupants are an unusual group of tourists, musicians, body-builders and the elderly who must fight off this creature.

After about thirty minutes of Minore, I think it’s fair to say not a whole lot had happened and I didn’t realise at that point that it was a comedy. I’m not sure if this is because it...

"It is out there waiting... It is coming for us all." Rue Morgue magazine has debuted the first official promo trailer for a Greek horror comedy called Minore, from filmmaker Konstantinos Koutsoliotas. He's a veteran from the VFX industry, having worked on big movies like Dark Phoenix, 1917, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley as a digital compositor. This first premiered at the Fantaspoa Fantastic Fest earlier in the year. When mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city. "As Greek as monster movies get." Minore stars Davide Tucci, Daphne Alexander, Eleftheria Komi, Apollon Bollas, and Nicolas Bravos. This trailer features a sneak peek of the awesomely tentacled mega monster in this quirky horror comedy, and it looks super badass. Playing at London's FrightFest and Mexico's Macabro Fest soon. This is like of Edgar Wright was Greek and made...

A brand new H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror movie titled Minore is on the way, and our friends over at Rue Morgue have debuted the absolutely bonkers first trailer this week.

Tapping into the otherworldly madness of Lovecraft’s best terror tales, the Minore trailer is loaded with massive tentacled beasts and gruesome moments of bloody violence.

Seriously, some of the imagery on display here is absolutely wild. Check it out below.

When will you be able to watch the movie? Rue Morgue notes that Raven Banner has picked up worldwide rights to Minore, which is headed to FrightFest and Mexico’s Macabro festival.

In the film from director Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, which Rue Morgue describes as a Greek horror-comedy, “A Greek seaside port is invaded by mysterious tentacled creatures from the ocean floor. It’s up to a small gang of misfits made up of musicians, a sailor, a bodybuilder, and...

Exclusive: Athens-based audiovisual group Tanweer is expanding its business into world sales of local language content, kicking off with an augural slate at the EFM.

The new operation will be headed by Tanweer Senior Vice President Aruzia Khan and executive Eliana Eliopoulos, who will both be on the ground in Berlin.

Until now, Tanweer has been primarily focused on production at home and buying rights for its home territory of Greece as well as satellite arms in Turkey, India and the Middle East.

The inaugural sales slate includes the epic 32-episode historical drama series Red River, recounting the Ottoman persecution of the Greek community living in the region of Pontus in northeastern Anatolia in the early 20th Century.

Directed by veteran Greek director Manousos Manousakis, the show is adapted from Charis Tsirkinidis’s novel of the same name. The 4M production is billed as the most expensive in the history of Greek television.

Distributor Fathom Events will showcase critically acclaimed Greek war drama “Smyrna” on 700 screens in the U.S. as a one-night-only event on December 8. The limited wide release will raise the profile of the highest-budgeted production in the history of Greek cinema.

The film depicts the 1922 catastrophe at the end of the Greco-Turkish war that destroyed much of the city of Smyrna on Turkey’s Aegean coast, resulting in a monumental refugee crisis. The disaster and the events leading up to it are filtered through the eyes and experiences of a family living in Smyrna.

In anticipation of the one-time wide release, a special screening of the film will take place on November 29th at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City under the auspices of the Greek Permanent Mission to the U.S. It will also be screened at the European Parliament in Brussels on January 11, 2023, as well...

Beckett Trailer — Ferdinando Cito Filomarino‘s Beckett (2021) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The Beckett trailer stars John David Washington, Alicia Vikander, Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, Daphne Alexander, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Olga Spyraki, Panos Koronis, Isabella Margara, Lena Kitsopoulou, Marc Marder, Leonardo Thimo, and Andreas Marianos. Crew Kevin A. Rice wrote [...]

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Hammer made a nice little comeback last year with The Woman in Black. While I wasn’t the hugest fan of the film, I dug the atmosphere it brought to audiences. It also felt like British Horror, something I admired even more. Hammer has created six audio dramas that vary from 30 to 45 minutes each and will be released in a digipack later this week. If you order the digipack, you will get the audio files immediately. You can also buy the tracks individually if you want to give one of them a listen. Between this and Tales from Beyond the Pale, it’s nice to see horror audio making a comeback. We have included toggles below which include synopses & links below.

Check out all the Audio Dramas by clicking here The Box Synopsis

The culmination of the Wainfleet Maritime College sea rescue and safety course is a session in The Box,...

Hammer Chillers is a new horror anthology series that will premiere June 7th. Available first as six 30-minute weekly downloadable episodes from the Hammer website, the collected series will also be released on CD July 26th with special bonus material.

Writers for the first series include some of the biggest names working in horror today: Stephen Volk (Ghostwatch, The Awakening), Mark Morris (Toady, Vampire Circus), Stephen Gallagher (Chimera, The Eleventh Hour), Christopher Fowler (The Bryant and May Mysteries), Paul Magrs (The Brenda and Effie Mysteries, Doctor Who) and comedian Robin Ince (Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage).

“Hammer films have been a massive influence on my writing from the days when I sneaked into the White Palace cinema in my home town of Pontypridd to see the likes of The Devil Rides Out and The Vampire Lovers,” says Stephen Volk. “Now to be writing an audio drama under the Hammer...

DVD Active has revealed both the cover artwork and release date for Olatunde Osunsanmi's The Fourth Kind . Starring Milla Jovovich, Corey Johnson, Alisha Seaton and Daphne Alexander, the sci-fi thriller which concerns alien abduction hits DVD and Blu-Ray on March 16th, 2010. While the disc's will sport the usual widescreen format and English Dolby Digital and DTS-hd 5.1 surround sound, there are no special features listed for either the DVD or Blu-Ray release at press time. We'll keep you posted if that changes. Check out the cover below!

You can bring home a horror film based on a true-life phenomena on DVD and Blu-ray this March. The Fourth Kind will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 9. We don't have any pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at the cover art for both releases below. It doesn't seem that there will be any special features for this title, but we'll update this story if that changes as well. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Corey Johnson, Alisha Seaton and Daphne Alexander. In remote Alaska, citizens have been mysteriously vanishing since the 1960s. Despite multiple FBI investigations, the truth behind the phenomena had never been discovered-until now. While videotaping therapy sessions with traumatized patients, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) unwittingly exposes terrifying revelations of multiple victims whose claims of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details. Based on actual case studies,...

Check out four new clips from Universal Pictures' "The Fourth Kind," starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. Paul Brooks, Terry Lee Robbins and Joe Carnahan produce the film directed and co-written by Olatunde Osunsanmi. Also writing is Terry Lee Robbins. In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

Check out this new fact or fiction clip, courtesy of Yahoo movies. Interesting enough to recommend viewing. The Universal Pictures science fiction thriller sees theatres on November 6th and stars Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. Olatunde Osunsanmi and Terry Lee Robbins write with Osunsanmi directing. We recommend checking out the official site at http://www.thefourthkind.net as well. 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

Universal Pictures has just made a new featurette for The Fourth Kind available. In addition to this the studio has also given us the first clip from this scarefest. Watch them both below and prepare to be scared...

The Fourth Kind stars Milla Jovovich, Corey Johnson, Alisha Seaton and Daphne Alexander.

It comes to theaters November 6 from Universal Pictures. It is directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

See a new poster from Universal Pictures' "The Fourth Kind," starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. The science fiction thriller is helmed by Olatunde Osunsanmi from a screenplay by Osunsanmi and Terry Lee Roberts. Paul Brooks, Terry Lee Robbins and Joe Carnahan produce. This sees theatres on November 6th. 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind.

I gotta admit, when I first saw the trailer for Milla Jovovich’s “The Fourth Kind” I wasn’t really impressed, but the more I see of it, the more creepy this thing looks. Here are some more images from the movie, due out in theaters November 6, 2009. If it can get 1/10th the publicity and word of mouth that the low-budget “Paranormal Activity” is currently getting, lots of people are gonna be happy. Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. Starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Corey Johnson, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Enzo Cilenti, Daphne Alexander, Alisha Seaton, Tyne Rafaeli, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

"The Fourth Kind" group has had new images added. The Universal Pictures science fiction thriller stars Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. Olatunde Onsunsanmi directs as well as writing the screenplay based on the story he wrote along side Terry Lee Robbins. See it in theatres on November 6th! 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

"The Fourth Kind" trailer is in. The Universal Pictures release stars Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. Olatunde Osunsanmi ("WIthIN") directs the film and writes the screenplay alongside Terry Lee Robbins. Catch this hair-raising, fact-based film in theatres on November 6th. In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

See the first poster below for Universal Pictures' "The Fourth Kind," starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Daphne Alexander and Tyne Rafaeli. The thriller opens on November 6th. Olatunde Osunsanmi directs as well as writing the screenplay alongside Terry Lee Robbins. 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now.

The first poster for the upcoming thriller “The Fourth Kind,” starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Enzo Cilenti, Alisha Seaton, Corey Johnson and Daphne Alexander, has appeared online.

“The Fourth Kind” synopsis:In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to documentuntil now. Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where—mysteriously since the 1960s—a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered.Here in this remote region,...

A trailer and pics for the sci-fi thriller “The Fourth Kind” have debuted online.

Synopsis: In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document…until now.

Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where—mysteriously since the 1960s—a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered.

Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich) began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly...

A trailer for the Milla Jovovich thriller The Fourth Kind has debuted online. The film, written and directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi, also stars Elias Koteas, Will Patton, Enzo Cilenti, Corey Johnson, Alisha Seaton and Daphne Alexander. It opens November 6. Official Synopsis: In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document...until now. Structured unlike any film before it, The Fourth Kind is a provocative thriller set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, where—mysteriously since the 1960s—a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region,...