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Adrianne Palicki, known for starring in shows like The Orville, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Friday Night Lights and films like Legion and John Wick, is set to star in a new contained horror thriller movie from Steven DeGennaro. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Palicki will star as Jules in a new film from the Found Footage 3D director titled Remote.

Palicki is set to play a character named Jules who, for the past seven months, has been living alone in a 30-foot trailer. The logline for Remote reads: “Her only escape from the drudgery of remote-work video conferences and missed connections with her busy husband is a website where users share webcam streams of the views from their windows. When she witnesses a murder on one of these cameras, she must rely on her wits and computer skills to discover the identity of the killer before they can find her.

John Wick and Legion actor Adrianne Palicki will get caught in a killer’s crosshairs in new horror-thriller Remote, from Found Footage 3D director Steven DeGennaro.

Palicki will play “Jules, a woman who has been living alone in a 30-ft trailer for the past seven months,” THR reports.

The film’s synopsis: “Her only escape from the drudgery of remote-work video conferences and missed connections with her busy husband is a website where users share webcam streams of the views from their windows. When she witnesses a murder on one of these cameras, she must rely on her wits and computer skills to discover the identity of the killer before they can find her. A killer that knows someone is watching, and will stop at nothing to protect his secret.”

Roger Guenveur Smith, Chris Johnson (47 Meters Down), Josh Cruddas and Jessica Perrin (“Fear the Walking Dead”) also star.

DeGennaro also...

The Popcorn Frights Film Festival is back with its eleventh this year, both in-person and virtually, from August 7-17. The Southeast’s largest genre celebration announces its first wave of programming this morning, from new premieres to repertory screening classics.

For the first time ever, the festival will kick off with an Opening Night World Premiere Double-Bill from fan-favorite filmmaker and two-time Popcorn Frights award-winner Brandon Christensen. Popcorn Frights is also rolling out the red carpet for horror royalty with the arrival of Barbara Crampton, Lloyd Kaufman, and Linnea Quigley in attendance for special screenings.

In a one-of-a-kind genre celebration, Popcorn Frights, in partnership with Paramount Scares, will present a special screening of A Quiet Place with live commentary by screenwriters Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, moderated by Josh Malerman. The event will also include a “See No Evil, Hear No Evil” interactive game with exclusive prizes, offering fans a uniquely immersive horror experience.

The star of the films Scare Package and Scare Package 2: Rad Chad’s Revenge, Rad Chad Buckley himself (Jeremy King), is finally following in the footsteps of his Creature Feature heroes (and family members) and hosting his own horror movie series!

In the spirit of Joe Bob Briggs’ The Last Drive-In, Chad recommends horror short films – largely in the horror-comedy vein of the Scare Package anthologies’ segments – showing them in full and giving his reaction, unique awards to the films, and getting into additional shenanigans as he tries running a one-man YouTube show.

On the series’ debut installment, the owner and proprietor of Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium shares The Bloody Ballad Of Squirt Reynolds, a gnarly horror short film from director Anthony Cousins (Frogman), a Scare Package alum himself!

Episode 2, which releases this week, will see Chad recommending the blood-soaked horror short Invaders from director Jason Kupfer!

Stay...

Neon has acquired the rights to “Shelby Oaks,” a found-footage horror film (think: “The Blair Witch Project”) that is the feature directorial debut of YouTuber Chris Stuckmann.

Stuckmann is known for his movie review YouTube channel that has more than 2 million subscribers, but his debut feature was born with a Kickstarter in 2022. Stuckmann raised $1.39 million in less than a month, the most-funded horror film ever on Kickstarter.

“Shelby Oaks” follows Mia as she frantically searches for her sister Riley, who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her investigative series, “Paranormal Paranoids.” The characters are YouTubers themselves in the mid-aughts who in the course of their investigation discover that there’s a paranormal force that dates back to their childhood.

Neon picked up the worldwide rights to “Shelby Oaks” ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival this Saturday. Stuckmann has been heavily touting the film on his YouTube channel,...

Fresh off the success of last weekend’s “Longlegs,” Neon announced Tuesday that it has acquired worldwide rights to the “Shelby Oaks,” which was written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann. It marks Stuckmann’s feature directorial debut. The film is described as a documentary-found footage crossover. It will have its world premiere at Fantasia Festival on Saturday. Neon will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and handle international sales.

“Shelby Oaks” stars Camille Sullivan (“Hunter Hunter”), Brendan Sexton III (“Don’t Breathe 2”) and Sarah Durn (“Where the Crawdads Sing”). It follows a woman named Mia (Sullivan) as she frantically searches for her sister Riley (Durn), who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her investigative series, “Paranormal Paranoids.” Stuckmann’s film benefitted from a 2022 Kickstarter campaign, which raised $1.4 million for the film in under a month, making it the most-funded horror film in the service’s history.

Fresh off its stellar box office for Osgood Perkins horror Longlegs, Neon has acquired worldwide rights to the upcoming documentary-found footage crossover Shelby Oaks, written and directed by filmmaker and YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann.

Stuckmann’s debut film will have its world premiere at Fantasia Festival on Saturday.

Launched from a 2022 Kickstarter campaign which raised $1.39M for the film in under a month – the most-funded horror film ever on Kickstarter – Shelby Oaks follows Mia (Sullivan) as she frantically searches for her sister Riley (Durn), who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her investigative series, ‘Paranormal Paranoids’.

The film stars Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2) and Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing). Producers are Stuckmann, Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead, and Cameron Burns for Paper Street Pictures.

Executive producers are Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka for Intrepid Pictures with Mike Flanagan, Adam F. Goldberg, Paul Holbrook,...

The 2024 Fantasia International Film Festival descends on Montreal July 18 for 3 weeks of wild, and wondrous cinema. Included among the official selections in the 2024 program are some of the years most anticipated horror releases, hidden gems from around the world, and even free events with acclaimed filmmakers, including Mike Flanagan! This year’s program includes E.L. Katz’s action-packed dialog-free post-apocalyptic nightmare Azrael, as well as In Our Blood a found footage shocker from documentarian-turned-horror-maestro Pedro Kos, and Rita from Jayro Bustamante who’s 2019 sleeper hit La Llorona grabbed the indie horror scene by the throat.

Needless to say, there are hundreds of movies at Fantasia that we can’t wait to sink our teeth into (including something called Chainsaws Are Singing which the fest has described as “Monty Python meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre meets Les Misérables!?!). Below are the 10 horror movies we’re most excited to see and review for...

Exclusive: Gersh has signed filmmaker, author, and digital creator Chris Stuckmann for representation in all areas.

Recently, Stuckmann makes his feature directorial debut with Shelby Oaks, which became the most-funded horror film in Kickstarter history, with a record-breaking $1.4M dollars raised. Pic tells the story of a woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings. She falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real.

Starring Camille Sullivan, Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett and Keith David, the film is produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead. Koontz and Amp International are repping it for sales. Recently adding Intrepid Pictures’ Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka as executive producers, the project just recently was set to world premiere as part of Quebec’s Fantasia Film Festival.

Stuckmann has long been acknowledged...

A job at a marijuana farm turns nightmarish in director Ariel Vida’s Trim Season, and Blue Harbor Entertainment is releasing the film in theaters and on demand June 7, 2024.

While you wait, Bloody Disgusting has been provided with an exclusive clip from the film featuring “Scream” and Hell Fest‘s Bex Taylor-Klaus. It’s a visually striking sneak peek at the upcoming movie, and it looks like Taylor-Klaus’ character is about to meet a bloody end…

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and production designer Ariel Vida, Trim Season stars Bethlehem Million (Sick, “And Just Like That…”) as Emma, an adrift, jobless, 20-something seeking purpose. Along with a group of young people from Los Angeles, she drives up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California.

“Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that Mona (Jane Badler) – the seemingly amiable owner...

Fantasia is back this summer with its 28th edition! And, of course, its first wave is an impressive, eclectic mix of genre titles you won't want to miss. The first wave announcement is in its entirety below and you can learn more about attending the fest at: https://fantasiafestival.com/en

The Fantasia International Film Festival will celebrate its upcoming 28th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 18 through August 4, 2024, returning yet again at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced on July 3, but in the meantime, Fantasia is excited to reveal a select first wave of premiere titles, along with a first look at its 2024 poster art.

The festival’s 2024 poster art, created by Montreal visual artist Donald Caron,...

It’s almost time for the Fantasia Film Festival! North America’s premiere genre festival has become the place to be if you’re a horror aficionado, and as a proud Montrealer, I get a kick out of the fact that it all takes place in my home city. I’ve been attending the festival for many years, and I always end up seeing some incredible movies. Last year’s Fantasia featured the Canadian premiere of what’s probably the best horror movie of the last year or so – Late Night With The Devil, and this year’s program seems certain to be another winner, with Fantasia announcing the first wave of titles today.

Here are some of the highlights:

Witchboard:

Before directing big-budget Hollywood flicks like The Mask and Eraser, Chuck Russell made his reputation with a pair of the best horror flicks of the 80s, A Nightmare...

The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 28th edition with another densely packed slate of events and programming running from July 18 through August 4, 2024, returning yet again at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas, with additional screens and events at Montreal’s Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Musée.

The festival’s full lineup will be announced on July 3, but in the meantime, Fantasia 2024 has revealed a select first wave of premiere titles. With premieres for Chuck Russell’s Witchboard remake, the Mike Flanagan-presented found footage Shelby Oaks, the latest from La Llorona filmmaker Jayro Bustamante and more, Fantasia’s shaping up to have another can’t miss slate of films.

The first wave of select titles, from the press release:

Witchboard

From A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and the beloved1988 remake of The Blob to The Mask, Eraser, and The Scorpion King,...

Exclusive: Quebec’s Fantasia International Film Festival has set the first round of titles set for its 2024 edition, running July 18 – Aug 4.

Films set to debut at the festival include Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, which will world premiere at the festival with a screening presented by Mike Flanagan.

Produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead with exec producers including Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the film follows a woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings, who falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that broke records across the platform, the highly anticipated feature debut feature from YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann is finally here and ready to scare the pants off the world.

Other premieres set for the fest include Witchboard, the latest film from Chuck Russell.

Nearly three years have gone by since Chris Stuckmann, a movie critic and author with a channel on YouTube that has over 2 million subscribers, signed a deal with Paper Street Pictures to write and direct the mystery horror film Shelby Oaks. Two years ago, the project became the most-funded horror film project in Kickstarter history, with its crowdfunding campaign pulling in over $1 million. Filming took place in the Cleveland, Ohio area back in 2022, and while we still don’t know when we’re going to have a chance to see Shelby Oaks, Deadline reports that genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan has just board the project, which is making its way through post-production, as an executive producer.

Flanagan’s previous credits include Absentia, Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House, Doctor Sleep, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and...

Exclusive: Chris Stuckmann and Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures have added genre specialists Mike Flanagan, Trevor Macy and Melinda Nishioka of Intrepid Pictures as executive producers on their record-breaking Kickstarter-backed horror film Shelby Oaks, which is in post-production.

The 2022 Kickstarter campaign for the movie raised $1.39M in under a month, more than doubling the previous record for the most-funded horror film on Kickstarter.

A combination of documentary, found footage and traditional film styles, Shelby Oaks centers on Mia’s (Camille Sullivan) frantic search for her sister, Riley (Sarah Durn), who ominously disappeared in the last tape of her investigative series Paranormal Paranoids. As Mia’s obsession grows, she begins to suspect that the imaginary demon from Riley’s childhood might have been real.

The cast also includes Brendan Sexton III, Michael Beach, Robin Bartlett and Keith David. There’s no word yet on a release plan.

The...

A couple months ago, we heard that Blue Harbor Entertainment had acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the horror thriller Trim Season and were planning to give it a theatrical and On Demand release sometime in June. Now we know exactly when this release is going to happen – June 7th – and we’ve gotten our hands on a red band trailer, which can be seen in the embed above.

Starring Alex Essoe of Starry Eyes, Midnight Mass, and The Pope’s Exorcist and Bex Taylor-Klaus of Hell Fest, The Killing, and the Scream TV series, Trim Season was directed by award-winning producer and production designer Ariel Vida, who made her feature directorial debut with the 2022 mystery thriller Vide Noir.

The film has the following synopsis: Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming...

A job at a marijuana farm turns nightmarish in director Ariel Vida’s Trim Season, and Blue Harbor Entertainment has released the trailer just in time for 4/20 this weekend.

Trim Season will open in theaters and on demand June 7, 2024.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and production designer Ariel Vida, Trim Season stars Bethlehem Million as Emma, an adrift, jobless, 20-something seeking purpose. Along with a group of young people from Los Angeles, she drives up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California.

“Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that Mona (Jane Badler) – the seemingly amiable owner of the estate – is harboring secrets darker than any of them could imagine. It becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”

The cast also includes “Scream” and Hell Fest‘s Bex Taylor-Klaus,...

Blue Harbor Entertainment has picked up the U.S. distribution rights to the horror thriller Trim Season, Variety reports, and they’re planning to give the film – which stars Alex Essoe of Starry Eyes, Midnight Mass, and The Pope’s Exorcist and Bex Taylor-Klaus of Hell Fest, The Killing, and the Scream TV series – a theatrical and VOD release sometime in June.

Directed by award-winning producer and production designer Ariel Vida, who made her feature directorial debut with the 2022 mystery thriller Vide Noir, Trim Season has the following synopsis: Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race...

A job at a marijuana farm turns nightmarish in director Ariel Vida’s Trim Season, and Variety reports today that the horror film has been acquired by Blue Harbor Entertainment for U.S. release.

While no date has been set just yet, look for Trim Season to debut in theaters and on VOD this June.

In Trim Season, ““Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”

The cast includes “Scream” and Hell Fest‘s Bex Taylor-Klaus, Starry Eyes, “Midnight Mass” and Doctor Sleep‘s Alex Essoe,...

Blue Harbor Entertainment has acquired the horror/thriller film “Trim Season” for U.S. release, with plans to debut in theaters and on VOD in June.

The cast includes Bethlehem Million, Jane Badler, Alexandra Essoe, Bex-Taylor Klaus and Ally Ioannides.

The film’s description reads, “Emma, jobless and searching for purpose, joins a group of twenty-somethings from Los Angeles and heads up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that the estate is harboring darker secrets than any of them could imagine, and it becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.”

Vida has also directed the 2022 film “Vide Noir.” Additionally, she is an award-winning producer and production designer, with her work spanning short films, music videos and features. Her contributions...

Released last fall, Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man had nothing to do with the Don’t Breathe films, despite starring Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in both Don’t Breathe and Don’t Breathe 2. But that didn’t stop the movie’s Russian distributor from marketing it as a prequel to those films! During an interview with Jb Hi-Fi, McKee laughed about the fact that his movie is part of the Don’t Breathe franchise, as far as Russia is concerned.

McKee said, “In Russia, they released it as Don’t Breathe: The Beginning. Kind of like the Italians used to do back in the day, with movies like Zombi 2.“

Sure enough, if you search the title Don’t Breathe: The Beginning, you’ll find confirmation that Old Man is a Don’t Breathe prequel in Russia.

Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a...

A helpful AI tool is starting to gain new power in an exclusive The Artifice Girl clip. Written, directed by, and starring Franklin Ritch in his feature debut and produced by Scare Package's Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns, the sci-fi thriller centers on detectives investigating a missing girl, only to learn she is an AI program designed to bait and trap online predators, but is quickly advancing beyond the original purpose. Alongside Ritch, the cast for The Artifice Girl includes Tatum Matthews, Sinda Nichols, David Girard, and Lance Henriksen.

Fresh off the film's acclaimed showings at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive The Artifice Girl clip:

The video, as seen above, introduces the film's AI character, Cherry, as she communicates with her supervising team of scientists and ponders what happen if she became human. Matthews' character attempts to assure the group that,...

Even the most positive of places can have a dark history, as seen in Trim Season. Hailing from the teams behind the Scare Package franchise and the Stephen Lang-led Old Man, the upcoming horror movie centers on a group of aimless LA twentysomethings who decide to work trimming marijuana on an isolated farm in Northern California, only to become the subject of horrifying events from the farm's past. Bethlehem Million and Alex Essoe lead the ensemble cast of Trim Season, with Ariel Vida at the helm.

Fresh off of its world premiere at The Overlook Film Festival, Screen Rant is proud to exclusively present the first poster and new images from the upcoming horror film Trim Season. The images offer a deeper look at its cast of young weed farmers who find themselves terrorized by the dark secrets of the isolated estate they're working on, as well as the hypnotic atmosphere of the movie.

The horror anthology sequel Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge has been available to watch on the Shudder streaming service since the end of December, but here’s some good news for those of you who either don’t subscribed to Shudder or want to add the movie to your physical media collection: Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge is set to receive a DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD release on April 11th, and the discs can already be pre-ordered on Amazon!

Our reviewer The Iceman called the first Scare Package (watch it Here) “one of the best times I’ve had all year” and gave it a 9/10 review. You can find out what our reviewer Tyler Nichols thought of the sequel by clicking This Link.

Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge immediately follows the events of the original with the survivors attending the funeral of “Rad Chad” Buckley, which quickly...

Exclusive: XYZ Films has claimed North American rights to the sci-fi pic The Artifice Girl, starring Tatum Matthews (The Waltons: Homecoming) and Lance Henriksen (Aliens), which this past weekend had its U.S. premiere at SXSW after world premiering to critical acclaim at Fantasia Film Festival.

The film marking the feature debut of writer-director Franklin Ritch — which like Uni’s horror hit M3GAN, looks at the increasingly top-of-mind subject of AI through a genre prism — is slated for a theatrical release in 15+ U.S. Markets, as well as an accompanying digital debut this spring.

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The Artifice Girl follows a small team of...

It’s wild how many new horror movies have already released here in the early days of 2023, and this week brings a whopping Ten more to the table between now and this coming Friday.

In fact, since we’re getting this article up a day late – my apologies! – four of the movies on this list are already available for you to watch at your leisure from the comfort of home.

Here’s all the new horror releasing January 17-January 20, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound). The film was put up for rental on VOD and Digital outlets on Tuesday.

The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children...

Last month, Shudder served up one last genre gift during the holiday season in the form of Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, a sequel to the 2020 breakout indie horror anthology. For the follow-up, the story picks up directly after its predecessor at the funeral for Rad Chad (Jeremy King), where those in attendance are forced to play a series of games in order to survive.

Created by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns, Scare Package II features segments from Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins, and Koontz, and it stars an array of talent that includes Rich Sommer, Kelli Maroney, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Steph Barkley, Barbara Bingham, Chelsea Grant, Byron Brown, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, Zoe Graham, and the aforementioned Jeremy King.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Koontz about returning for the Scare Package sequel and the tricky balance...

Emily Hagins (Pathogen, My Sucky Teen Romance, Scare Package) has been making horror movies since she was just 12 years old, and she’s back this year with a brand new one.

Horror-comedy Sorry About the Demon premieres exclusively on Shudder on January 19, and Deadline has debuted the film’s official trailer today. Find it down below.

What’s worse than getting dumped? For Will, it’s finding out that his new place is haunted…

Now faced with a quarter-life crisis and a house full of spirits, Will must figure out how to make things right with his ex-girlfriend And banish the sacrifice-seeking demon residing in his house.

Jon Michael Simpson, Olivia Ducayen, Paige Evans, Jeff McQuitty and Presley Allard star. Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead and Cameron Burns produce for Paper Street Pictures.

“Working with Emily on Scare Package was such an eye-opening experience,” said Paper Street CEO Aaron B.

Exclusive: Deadline has an exclusive trailer and poster for the horror-comedy Sorry About the Demon, written and directed by Emily Hagins (V/H/S), which is slated to premiere on Shudder on January 19.

The film world premiering at FrightFest 2022 follows the brokenhearted Will (Jon Michael Simpson), who after being dumped by his girlfriend Amy (Paige Evans), is offered a massive house at a very low rent. The catch is that the restless spirit haunting the place needs a human sacrifice and the prior owners must find one or else their young daughter is toast. So, Will must figure out how to make things right with his ex-girlfriend And banish the sacrifice-seeking demon residing in his house. Jeff McQuitty and Sarah Cleveland also star.

Pic is produced by Cameron Burns, Emily Gotto, Ben Hanks, Aaron B. Koontz, Pasha Patriki and Ashleigh Snead. Exec producers are Craig Engler, James Fler, Andrew Thomas Hunt,...

Aaron B. Koontz's hit horror anthology franchise is back with Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge. The sequel sees a group of people in attendance of the funeral for the titular horror video store guru who wind up in a series of deadly traps orchestrated by the late Chad.

Koontz and writing/producing partner Cameron Burns have assembled another ensemble roster of indie genre filmmakers for Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge, including Host's Jed Shepherd, Mayans M.C.'s Alexandra Barreto and returning director Anthony Cousins. Lampooning everything from the Saw franchise to A Nightmare on Elm Street series, the horror anthology sequel is a stylish, hilarious and bloody love letter to the wide array of the horror genre.

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In time for its release, Screen Rant spoke exclusively with writer/director/producer Aaron B. Koontz to discuss Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge...

The horror anthology sequel Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge will be available to watch on the Shudder streaming service as of December 22nd – and today we’re proud to share an Exclusive clip from the film that shows not even stereotypical “final girls” are safe in this one! You can check it out in the embed above.

Our reviewer The Iceman called the first Scare Package (watch it Here) “one of the best times I’ve had all year” and gave it a 9/10 review. You can find out what our reviewer Tyler Nichols thought of the sequel by clicking This Link.

Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge immediately follows the events of the original with the survivors attending the funeral of “Rad Chad” Buckley, which quickly devolves into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad’s favorite films, forcing the guests to band together and...

Created by writer/director Aaron B. Koontz and writer Cameron Burns, the horror-comedy Scare Package was released on AMC Networks’ horror streaming platform Shudder in the summer of 2020. Scare Package is an anthology film that tells a series of blood-splattered, satirical horror stories from various directors, which are being recounted by Chad Buckley (Jeremy King), the owner of a video rental store called Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium. This year, Koontz and Burns have assembled a new team of directors for a sequel to Scare Package, the horror-comedy anthology Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, which features the return of Chad Buckley, a character who feels like a combination of Joe Bob Briggs and Randy Meeks.

In addition to the impressively over the top practical effects, part of what makes Scare Package and Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge so much fun are the ways in which the anthologies parody common horror tropes,...

Created by Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns, 2019’s Scare Package failed to gain the traction that other Shudder exclusive releases usually get. The main reason for that is that Scare Package is an anthology made by horror fans and for horror fans, inviting people to identify hundreds of references to classics of the genre and laugh about its tropes. In short, Scare Package is a niche release that doesn’t dialogue with casual horror fans or people searching for good movies to watch, regardless of the genre. While there’s nothing wrong with this approach, that makes recommending Scare Package harder, since the audience must have a specific background to enjoy its many horror-themed jokes. Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, for better or worse, follows the same trend as the first movie. And as such, it has many of the same strengths and weaknesses as the original Scare Package.

Back in the summer of 2020, Scare Package gave horror fans a blend of blood-spattered scares and killer comedy to stream on Shudder from the safety of their homes, and now creators Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns are back for more horror anthology fun with Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge, and we have a look at the film's official trailer ahead of its December 22nd release on Shudder:

When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad's favorite films, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.

Created by: Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns

Directed by: Aaron B. Koontz

Segment Directors: Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins

Starring: Zoe Graham, Jeremy King, Rich Sommer, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Kelli Maroney, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Steph Barkley, Barbara Bingham, Chelsea Grant, Byron Brown,...

The Shudder streaming service has announced that the horror anthology sequel Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge will be available to watch as of December 22nd – and along with the release date announcement comes the unveiling of a trailer, which you can check out in the embed above! Genre fans will notice that the trailer is packed with homages to famous horror films, including Saw, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, and the Wicker Man remake.

Our reviewer The Iceman called the first Scare Package (watch it Here) “one of the best times I’ve had all year” and gave it a 9/10 review. Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge immediately follows the events of the original with the survivors attending the funeral of “Rad Chad” Buckley, which quickly devolves into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad’s favorite films, forcing the guests to...

When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad's favorite films, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game. Scare Package II: Rad Chad's Revenge, the sequel to the horror-comedy anthology created by Aaron B. Koontz & Cameron Burns will be available to stream on December 22, 2022 exclusively on Shudder. The official trailer was released today. Check it, and a selection of stills, down below. The sequel has new segments directed by Alexandra Barreto (Mayans M.C.), Anthony Cousins (Scare Package), Jed Shepherd (Host), and Rachele Wiggins (DaemonRunner). It stars Zoe Graham, Jeremy King, Rich Sommer, Shakira Ja'nai Paye, Kelli Maroney, Graham Skipper, Maria Olsen, Steph...

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Stars: Jeremy King, Maria Olsen, Joshua Miller, Stef Estep-Gozalo, Shaina Schrooten, Steph Barkley, Chelsey Grant, Jack Hartwig, Haley Bishop, Jemma Moore, Caroline Ward, Emma Louise Webb, Radina Drandova, Graham Skipper, Kelli Maroney | Written by Alexandra Barreto, John Karsko, Jed Shepherd, Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns | Directed by Alexandra Barreto, Anthony Cousins, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins

Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge picks up where the original Scare Package left off at Rad Chad’s funeral. But this isn’t going to be a normal funeral because shortly after Moria wheels in a TV and Vcr, the mourners find out that Chad has a surprise for them, four short films each with a test after it.

Set on New Years Eve 1989, “Welcome to the 90s” written and directed by Alexandra Barreto (Lady Hater) is a spoof on slasher films that sees Tony the Killer pass up the ladies of Sure...

Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – stars in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, which received a theatrical, VOD, and digital release from Rlje Films on October 14th. In anticipation of the film’s release, we were able to score an interview with both Lang and McKee, and you can see the result in the video embedded above. If you want to get an idea of what we can expect to see from Old Man this weekend, check it out!

Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or...

Noah Segan – whose credits include Brick, Knives Out, Starry Eyes, and Tales of Halloween – not only stars in the vampire comedy Blood Relatives, which is set to be released through the Shudder streaming service on November 22nd, he also wrote and directed the movie. With the release just over a month away, a trailer for Blood Relatives has arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above!

Blood Relatives has the following synopsis:

Francis (Segan), a 115-year-old Yiddish vampire, still looks 35. He’s been roaming around American backroads in his beat-up muscle car for decades, keeping to himself, and liking it that way. One day, a teenage kid, Jane, shows up. She says she’s his daughter, and she’s got the fangs to prove it. They go on the road, deciding whether to sink their teeth into family life.

Segan has been racking up acting credits since the ’90s,...

Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – stars in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, and a couple weeks ago we learned that Rlje Films has picked up the Old Man distribution rights and plans to give the film a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on October 14th. With the release date just a month away, a trailer for Old Man has now arrived online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows

a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.

Lucky McKee is back with brand new horror movie Old Man starring Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe), and today Collider has debuted the official trailer.

The film will debut in theaters, on demand and across digital platforms on October 14, and you can check out poster art and Rlje’s official trailer for Old Man down below.

“Old Man unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods. That chance encounter triggers an unimaginable nightmare.”

Marc Senter (Starry Eyes), Liana Wright-Mark (Ocean’s 8), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”) co-star.

Joel Veach wrote the script for Old Man. Aaron B. Koontz (“The Pale Door”), Cameron Burns (“Scare Package”) and Ashleigh Snead (“The Block Island Sound”) produced for Paper Street.

“We’re excited to work with Lucky McKee, Stephen Lang and the film’s producing team on another project that is certain to thrill audiences,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer of Rlje Films.

Almost two years have gone by since we first heard that Stephen Lang – who played the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (watch it Here) and its sequel – would be starring in genre filmmaker Lucky McKee’s “chamber thriller” Old Man, not to be confused with the Jeff Bridges TV series The Old Man. Now it has been announced that Rlje Films has picked up the Old Man distribution rights and plans to give the film a theatrical, VOD, and digital release on October 14th.

Scripted by Joel Veach, who also wrote the story as a play that was workshopped at the Actor’s Studio in New York, Old Man follows

a lost hiker who stumbles upon the cabin of an erratic and reclusive Old Man. What starts off as cordial conversation soon turns dangerous as it becomes clear that one or both of them might be hiding a terrifying secret.

After playing the “Blind Man” in Don’t Breathe (and its more recent sequel), Stephen Lang is set to play “Old Man” in Lucky McKee‘s Old Man, which has been acquired for release.

Variety reports that Rlje Films has acquired Lucky McKee’s latest. The film will debut in theaters, on demand and across digital platforms on October 14.

“The film unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon an erratic old man living in the woods. That chance encounter triggers an unimaginable nightmare.”

Marc Senter (Starry Eyes), Liana Wright-Mark (Ocean’s 8), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”) co-star.

Joel Veach wrote the script for Old Man. Aaron B. Koontz (“The Pale Door”), Cameron Burns (“Scare Package”) and Ashleigh Snead (“The Block Island Sound”) produced for Paper Street.

“We’re excited to work with Lucky McKee, Stephen Lang and the film’s producing team on another project that is certain to thrill audiences,” said Mark Ward,...

Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired “Old Man” and is planning to release the thriller this fall.

The movie from director Lucky McKee (“All Cheerleaders Die”) stars Stephen Lang, who is best known for his work as the chief villain in “Avatar.” It marks the screenwriting debut of Joel Veach and co-sters Marc Senter (“Starry Eyes”), Liana Wright-Mark (“Ocean’s 8”), and Patch Darragh (“Succession”). The film will be debut in theaters, as well as on demand and across digital platforms on Oct. 14, 2022.

“We’re excited to work with Lucky McKee, Stephen Lang and the film’s producing team on another project that is certain to thrill audiences,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer of Rlje Films. “The incredibly talented team behind this film has entertained genre film enthusiasts over the years and ‘Old Man’ is no exception.”

The film unfolds as a lost hiker stumbles upon...

Exclusive: The Kickstarter-backed horror film Shelby Oaks by YouTuber Chris Stuckmann has started production and found its key cast.

Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter) is stepping into the lead role, and is supported by Brendan Sexton III (Don’t Breathe 2), Michael Beach (If Beale Street Could Talk) Robin Bartlett (Shutter Island) and Keith David (The Thing). Charlie Talbert (The Big Short), Emily Bennett (Alone With You) and newcomer Sarah Durn (Where the Crawdads Sing) round out the cast.

The film centers around Mia’s (Sullivan) frantic search for her sister Riley, (Durn) after Riley ominously disappeared in the last tape of a group of paranormal investigators called the Paranormal Paranoids. As Mia’s obsession grows, she begins to suspect that the imaginary demon from Riley’s childhood may have been real. The project has been inspired by, and accompanied by, a long-lead online marketing campaign around the subject.

YouTube critic and filmmaker Stuckmann is writer-director.

Market roster includes Fantastic Fest paranoia thriller Alone With You.

In the run-up to Cannes Toronto genre specialist Raven Banner has landed sales rights to the upcoming Shudder original sequel Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge produced and directed by creator Aaron B. Koontz with Paper Street Pictures.

Raven Banner will present select clips to buyers at the market on the project, which is in post and is also being produced by Cameron Burns, Ashleigh Snead, Alex Euting and Shawn Talley for Paper Street. Alexandra Barreto, Jed Shepherd, Rachele Wiggins and Anthony Cousins have stepped into the anticipated sequel as segment directors.

Earlier this week we broke the news that Shelby Oaks has become the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter.

The feature, written and to be directed by YouTube film critic/filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, is based on a recent internet mystery about a group of missing paranormal investigators.

On Monday, we reported that the project had reached $650,000 from 6,700 backers on the crowdfunding platform after launching its online campaign only three weeks prior.

Four days after that article, however, the movie has now raced past $1M and added 4,500 backers. That’s good-going for an indie horror movie based on an original concept and without star names attached. The project is also drawing attention from studios, according to Stuckmann.

“It’s so crazy, I don’t know what to say,” the critic and filmmaker said in a video message to contributors. “We can already make the movie in the way we want to.

Resident Evil Netflix Series: "Year 2036 – 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie."

Series Launch Date: July 14

Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer: Andrew Dabb (Supernatural)

Executive Producer / Writer: Mary Leah Sutton

Executive Producers: Robert Kulzer and Oliver Berben of Constantin Film

Producer: Constantin Film CEO Martin Moszkowicz

Studio: Constantin Film

Format: 8 x 1 Hour episodes

Cast:

Lance Reddick (he/him) as Albert Wesker

Ella Balinska (she/her)

Tamara Smart (she/her)

Siena Agudong (she/her)

Adeline Rudolph (she/her)

Paola Nuñez (she/her)

Ahad Raza Mir (he/him)

Connor Gossatti (he/him)

Turlough Convery (he/him)

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Scare Package II: Rad Chad: "Shudder,...

Exclusive: Shelby Oaks has become the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter just a few weeks into its campaign.

The found-footage feature, written and to be directed by YouTube film critic/filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, is based on a recent Internet mystery about a group of missing paranormal investigators.

The project has raced to $650,000 from 6,700 backers on the crowdfunding platform after starting its online campaign three weeks ago.

The film will chart the story of the fictional mid-2000s U.S. investigative team called The Paranormal Paranoids. Multiple found-footage videos surfaced online last year that prompted horror and Arg (alternate-reality game) fans to speculate about the veracity of the case and the whereabouts of the investigators. One video appeared to show the abduction of one of the group, known as Riley.

Aaron B. Koontz of Austin-based Paper Street Pictures is producing the film, which will be combination of documentary, found footage and traditional film footage styles.