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Directed by Ivan Kavanagh and starring Emile Hirsch, Never Grow Old is a grim Revisionist Western movie released in 2019. Hirsch plays Irish immigrant Patrick Tate, an undertaker who lives with his family in a small American settlement around 1840. This lawless frontier town is already on the edge of collapse when a dangerous man decides to dominate it.

Although the Tate family's original plan was to build a home in California, the undertaker thinks they need to save more money to move. So, they stay. Unfortunately, their lives are soon turned upside down with the arrival of a gang of outlaws led by the ruthless Dutch Albert. This fascinating villain is played by 1990s icon John Cusack in one of the best performances of his career. As the tension builds, a conflict between Patrick Tate and Dutch Albert starts brewing despite the fact that the villain's actions have been good for the undertaker's business.

Ivan Kavanagh’s The Vanishing Triangle chronicled the story of Lisa Wallace (India Mullen), an investigative journalist who was troubled by haunting memories of the past. Years ago, Lisa’s mother, Janice Wallace, was murdered in her own house. The kidnapper also assaulted Lisa, locked her inside a wardrobe, and raped her mother. The depraved man also took pictures of her. Unfortunately, the killer was never found, and the investigation was closed soon after. However, the killer resurfaced when Lisa wrote a new article.

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At the beginning of The Vanishing Triangle, Lisa received a strange courier. The courier contained pictures that suggested that the killer had kidnapped another woman. But why did the killer choose to contact Lisa after 15 years? On the 15th anniversary of her mother’s death, Lisa penned an article. In the piece, she berated the killer, calling him a...

The Vanishing Triangle is coming soon to Sundance Now and AMC+. Ivan Kavanagh created the six-episode mystery thriller series.

Starring India Mullen and Allen Leech as an investigative journalist and a detective, the series is a dramatization of cases in Ireland's Vanishing Triangle. Between the late 1980s and late 1990s, 10 high-profile women went missing without a trace, and three were murdered.

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It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Syfy’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, a vast world of worthy Irish horror movies is available at your fingertips.

If you’re feeling lucky, here are ten Irish horror movies you can stream today.

Grabbers – AMC+

If you’re in the mood for a horror-comedy creature feature, this movie is the answer. A small island off the coast of Ireland becomes ground zero to an alien invasion. These tentacled monsters, dubbed Grabbers by the locals, have an affinity for human blood. That’s terrible news for the locals until they discover alcohol is highly toxic to the spaced invaders. Naturally, they deduce the only way to survive the attack is to get hammered. Drunk villagers versus man-eating aliens make for an entertaining way to spend St.

Based on the title of this review, I'm sure some readers expect me to eviscerate Blumhouse's "There's Something Wrong with the Children." It's likely those aren't the same people who had diaper discount mailers sent out to them the moment they turned 18. Targeted ads assume having children is what some of us must do -- despite our personal feelings or fiscal abilities to raise, birth, or adopt children. That's incredibly scary, as it reduces body autonomy to be a conditional term for non-parents. (Not to mention the cis-heteronormativity of it all that can trigger gender dysphoria and the deepest of sighs from those who don't want to have children or do but sadly can't in the queer community.)

Before I dive in further, I'd like to give flowers to director Roxanne Benjamin. Unequivocally, she captures how frustrating, confusing, and insulting this attitude feels through Margaret's (Alisha Wainwright) perspective. While the...

Exclusive: Allen Leech and India Mullen will lead the cast of an Irish drama series for AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and local broadcaster Virgin Media Television, we’ve learned.

The pair will topline six-part drama The Vanishing Triangle, which goes into production later this year with a U.S.-UK-Ireland production set-up, and Eccho Rights attached as international distributor. The show is inspired on true events that shook Ireland in the 1990s, when several women disappeared. While the characters and events in the series are fictional, the producers have spoken to several of the real life victims’ families, and hope the show will keep their stories in the Irish public’s mind. The show title is regularly used in the Irish media to refer to the events, which began with the disappearance of American woman Annie McCarrick in 1993 and spiraled to involve many similar cases.

Welcome back to a new Let’s Scare Bryan to Death, where this month we’re taking a trip to the Emerald Isle. But don’t expect a light romp along Ireland’s coast or in its lush forests. Instead, we’re navigating the bleak landscape of repressed male aggression in Ivan Kavanagh’s dread-soaked film, The Canal. Our guide this month is Christine Makepeace, a horror author whose latest book of short stories, The Sound of Breaking Glass, dives into topics such as “loss of self, isolation, and the soul-crushing machine that is capitalism.” She’s also the co-host of The Feminine Critique and serves as a consulting editor for Certified Forgotten. So, you could say she knows a thing or two about horror and film.

Released in 2014, The Canal actually managed to fly well below my radar, so I went in knowing very little beyond the basic IMDb...

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, 2021’s Son is one of the most fascinating works of psychological horror I’ve seen recently, and I feel it should be getting a lot more recognition. Its premise already seethes with mystique – years after a young mother named Laura (Andi Matichak) has escaped a cult, she walks into […]

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Stars: Andi Matichak, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Emile Hirsch, Blaine Maye, David Kallaway | Written and Directed by Ivan Kavanagh

A hellfire and damnation preacher’s sermon blares from the car radio as Laura and her infant son David (Luke David Blumm; The Sinner) escape from the cult she was raised in. She’ll run as far and as fast as she can and build a new life and identity for them. But now, eight years later the past has caught up to her. It seems she can run, but there are some things neither she nor David can hide from.

First, she sees strange people surrounding his bed. People who are, of course, gone when help arrives. The police think she was sleepwalking. She knows better, she’s too busy having nightmares to go for a walk. Then David falls mysteriously ill, having seizures and vomiting blood. But whatever it is,...

“Son” To Premiere Exclusively On Shudder On July 8, 2021: "New York – June 1, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Son will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on July 8, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the film in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).

In Son, after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts,...

With the theatrical and physical release of Ivan Kavanagh's new film Son come and gone in the Spring Shudder announced yesterday that it will premiere on the streaming service on July 8th. This will be one of many highlighted releases from the streaming service next month. Subscribers in all territories - U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand - will be able to watch Son next month. Check out the trailer below the announcement. Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Son will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on July 8, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the...

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Andi Matichak and Emile Hirsch in the New Shocker Son Premieres Exclusively on Shudder July 8 Check out the trailer:

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).

In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.

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"They awakened something in him." Shudder has released an official trailer for a mysterious indie horror thriller titled Son, written & directed by Irish filmmaker Ivan Kavanagh. This just premiered at the Dublin Film Festival a few months ago. In Son, after a mysterious group breaks into Laura's home and attempts to abduct her young son, the two flee town in search of safety. But soon after, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from strange psychosis & convulsions. Following her maternal instincts, she commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past. The film stars Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Cranston Johnson, and Luke David Blumm as David. This looks incredibly creepy. The cult seems super demented and I don't like them. At all. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Ivan Kavanagh's Son, direct from...

Ivan Kavanagh, director of the terrifying (and underrated) 2014 horror film The Canal, is back with the critically acclaimed Son, which puts Halloween star Andi Matichak into a waking nightmare. In the film… “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of […]...

Ivan Kavanagh's new thriller Son is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on May 18th. When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past. The distributor, Rlje Films has given us two Blu-rays to give to two lucky readers. Check out further down how to enter for your chance to win a Blu-ray of Son. Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, will release Son on DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2021. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, Son stars Andi Matichak, Emile...

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Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, will release Son on DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2021. Check out the trailer:

Now you can win the Win the DVD of Son. We Are Movie Geeks has two to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite movie is co-starring Emile Hirsch (mine’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. It’s so easy!)

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Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island). Rlje Films will...

The Canadian film Vicious Fun scooped the Grand Prize and the Audience Award during this year’s one-off online edition of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. It was Bill Calahan’s cleverly self-referential Canadian movie Vicious Fun which won over the jury and the public at this 39th edition of the Bifff (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival), bagging itself both the Golden Raven and the Audience Award. The film follows in the footsteps of Joel, a film critic for a horror magazine who finds himself unintentionally involved in a support group for serial killers. Short of other options, Joel tries his best to blend in to avoid becoming their next victim. The Silver Raven, meanwhile, was won by two films in a tie-break: the Korean feature The Closet, directed by Kwan-bin Kim, and Son, which is the latest offering by Irish director Ivan Kavanagh (the recent author of the surprising western.

Rlje Films Presents Son Available on DVD and Blu-ray May 18, 2021 “Matichak gives a strong performance…twisty, violent, well-crafted” – Variety Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, will release Son on DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2021. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The …

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A mother's fierce love stands between her child and a mysterious cult in the new movie Son, and with the horror film now available in theaters, On Demand, and Digital from Rlje Films, we caught up with writer/director Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal) to discuss the inspiration for his chilling new story, collaborating with Andi Matichak and Luke David Blumm to create a realistic mother-son bond, and the joys of working with Rlje Films and Shudder.

Thanks for taking the time to answer questions for us, Ivan, and congratulations on your new movie, Son! How and when did you first come up with the idea for this film?

Ivan Kavanagh: The initial idea came to me just after the birth of my first son, five years ago. He had a very difficult birth and my wife and I were very worried about him for months afterwards, and it was a very stressful time for us,...

Even though it’s moving at a slower pace than many would like, the vaccine rollout is starting to gain some traction and in turn, moviegoers are going to start setting foot in theaters — safely of course. That said, the specialty box office space might be hearing some more coin drop into its piggy bank in the forthcoming months. It’s been quite a journey, but we’ll get there slowly yet surely.

Eddie Huang, who is best known for writing the best-selling Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir which was the inspiration for the popular ABC sitcom, makes his feature directorial debut with Boogie which Focus Features releases in theaters today.

The story follows Alfred Chin (Taylor Takahashi) who goes by the name “Boogie”. He is a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York and dreams of one day playing in the NBA. However, his parents have other plans for him.

Most parents have the odd stressful moment when they jokingly wonder if they’re raising a devil’s spawn. Unfortunately for Andi Matichak, that notion seems neither humorous nor hyperbolic in “Son,” wherein the star of David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” reboot has a more “Rosemary’s Baby”-ish problem on her hands.

This latest, Heartland-set feature from Irish writer-director Ivan Kavanagh (“Never Grow Old”) echoes his prior horror exercise, 2014’s “The Canal,” in that it similarly means to keep us uncertain whether our protagonist is bedeviled by supernatural peril or delusional psychosis. But that line isn’t trod quite so nimbly this time, and the film suffers somewhat from striking an oddly earnest tone (despite some gory bits) without necessarily being very convincing, when it might better have gone for straight nerve-jangling suspense. It’s an intriguing, watchable but mixed bag that Rlje Films is releasing March 5 to available theaters,...

Irish features and world cinema to run alongside Diff’s industry platform of events.

Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) is preparing to launch its first online-only edition with a line-up that aims to reflect the strength and diversity of contemporary Irish filmmaking alongside the best of world cinema.

“One of the aims every year is to try and find the key Irish films you want to include, because that is a very important aspect to the festival, providing a platform for new work,” says Diff festival director Gráinne Humphreys.

The 19th edition of the festival, which runs March 3-14, stays...

Ivan Kavanagh, director of the terrifying 2014 horror film The Canal, is back this year with Son, which puts Halloween star Andi Matichak into a waking nightmare. In the film… “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Very soon […]...

The award-winning Irish writer-director’s new horror will star Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch and Luke David Blumm in the leading roles. Dublin-born Ivan Kavanagh’s new feature, Son, is now ready for release. The award-winning helmer’s previous credits include Tin Can Man (2007), The Fading Light (2009), The Canal (2014) and his recent western Never Grow Old (2019), starring John Cusack and Emile Hirsch in the lead roles. The upcoming film, penned by the director himself, has been described as “a bold and unnerving character-driven horror film, in the vein of Hereditary, Rosemary’s Baby and The Babadook”. In detail, we will follow Laura (Andi Matichak), a mother who, after escaping from a cult as a child, must face her past when its sinister members break into her home and attempt to steal her eight-year-old son, David (Luke David Blumm). Now the two are on the run, pursued by Paul (Emile Hirsch), a.

Son In Theaters, On Demand and Digital March 5, 2021 Starring: Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm Directed and Written By: Ivan Kavanagh After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the …

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Ivan Kavanagh's horror flick Son is coming to U.S. cinemas (wherever allowed), On Demand and Digital on March 5th. The release is being managed by Rlje Films and Shudder. The official trailer was released back on Wednesday. No time like the present to share that with you. We should have jumped on it right away, looks good. See for yourself down below. After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but...

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Son Trailer — Ivan Kavanagh‘s Son movie trailer has been released by Rlje Films and Shudder. The Son Trailer stars Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Blaine Maye, J. Robert Spencer, Rocco Sisto, Kristine Nielsen, Adam Stephenson, Matthew Sean Blumm, Adam Henslee, and Blaine Maye. Crew Ivan Kavanagh wrote the screenplay [...]

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Rlje Films has debuted a new trailer for the chilling horror ‘Son’.

After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, the film stars Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm.

Also in trailers – One father would do anything for his kids in TV spot for ‘Nobody’

The film hits US cinemas, On Demand and Digital March 5th

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The Vigil: "Steeped in ancient Jewish lore and demonology, The Vigil is supernatural horror film set over the course of a single evening in Brooklyn's Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood. Low on funds and having recently left his insular religious community, Yakov (Dave Davis) reluctantly accepts an offer from his former rabbi and confidante (Menashe Lustig) to take on the responsibility of an overnight "shomer," fulfilling the Jewish practice of watching over the body of a deceased community member. Shortly after arriving at the recently departed's dilapidated house to sit the vigil, Yakov begins to realize that something is very, very wrong."

Written and Directed by Keith Thomas, Starring Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig and Lynn Cohen

Opens in Select Theaters, on Digital Platforms and VOD on February 26th

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Safer At Home: "Two years into the pandemic, a group of friends throw an online party with a night of games,...

Bloody Disgusting has a pair of new images from Ivan Kavanagh’s horror feature Son, which both feature Halloween and Halloween Kills star Andi Matichak. In Son, “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed […]...

Rlje Films will release the horror Son in Theaters and on Digital and On Demand on March 5, 2021.

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).

After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.

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World premieres include Ivan Kavanagh’s thriller ‘Son’ and David Burke’s ‘The Father of the Cyborgs’.

World premieres of Ivan Kavanagh’s thriller Son and David Burke’s The Father of the Cyborgs are among the new Irish titles that will screen at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival (Diff) (March 3-14).

The edition of Diff, which recently announced it would take place online-only due to the ongoing pandemic, has selected acclaimed world cinema titles including Korean-American awards contender Minari, Ben Sharrock’s UK comedy-drama Limbo, French feature Gagarine and Greek drama Apples.

Guests participating virtually will include Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth,...

30West, which invested in Parasite releaser Neon back in 2018, has taken a significant minority stake in UK and Ireland distribution, sales and production outfit Altitude Media Group.

Launched in 2012 by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson, Altitude saw early successes with Asif Kapadia’s Oscar-winning doc Amy and Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning drama Moonlight, more recently the company released Kapadia’s latest movie Diego Maradona.

Altitude has an active sales wing run by Mike Runagall, and also produces in-house, including the 2019 family comedy Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans.

30West, part of the Friedkin Group, provides capital and guidance to companies and projects. The outfit took a majority stake in Tom Quinn and Tim League’s Neon in 2018, following the two companies partnering on the release of I, Tonya.

Neon’s release of Korean pic Parasite has been an unbridled success, with the movie scooping four Oscars including a historic Best Picture win,...

30West is to acquire a significant minority stake in Altitude Media Group, the British film company led by Will Clarke and Andy Mayson.

The move marks 30West’s second corporate investment after it took a stake in 2018 in U.S. film distributor Neon, whose Korean film “Parasite” won an Oscar for best picture – the first time a non-English-language film won the award – as well as Oscars for director, international feature and original screenplay.

Altitude encompassing production, finance, international sales, and U.K. and Irish distribution. Its releases include “Amy,” “Moonlight,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Lady Macbeth,” “Beast,” and “The Florida Project.” They recently produced and released Asif Kapadia’s “Diego Maradona.”

According to a statement, “30West provides capital and strategic guidance to high-caliber creative projects and forward-thinking companies operating throughout popular culture.” It works with filmmakers “to guide every stage of creative packaging, production, sales, distribution and licensing in order...

Ahead of the Efm in Berlin, Bloody has learned that Rlje Films and Shudder have acquired Ivan Kavanagh’s horror feature Son, which stars Halloween and Halloween Kills‘ Andi Matichak and Emile Hirsch (Freaks, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood), pictured above, for North America and UK. Son is said to be a character-driven horror, “About a mother who escaped […]...

Exclusive: On the eve of the Efm in Berlin, Ivan Kavanagh’s supernatural horror Son, starring Halloween breakout Andi Matichak alongside Emile Hirsch and Luke David Blumm, has locked North American and UK distribution.

AMC Networks-owned genre streamer Shudder has taken all rights for the UK and Ireland, and has also picked up exclusive SVoD rights for North America, partnering with fellow AMC Networks-owned company Rlje which will handle the rest of domestic, encompassing theatrical, transactional VOD and digital, and home video.

Deadline first revealed the project back in November. The film, which is currently in production, is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.

AnneMarie Naughton is producing for Park Films (The...

Exclusive: Andi Matichak, who starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the recent big-grossing Halloween reboot, and Emile Hirsch (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) will lead the cast of Ivan Kavanagh’s horror feature Son.

Project is aiming for a January 2020 U.S. shoot. Altitude Films has boarded world sales rights and will launch at Afm next week.

Film is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.

Kavanagh also wrote the screenplay. He previously helmed western Never Grow Old with John Cusack and Hirsch, and psychological horror The Canal, which was bought by The Orchard.

Producers are Rene Bastian (Transamerica) for Belladonna Productions, AnneMarie Naughton (The Canal) of Park Films and Louis Tisné (Border) of Elastic Film.

In his latest interview/podcast, host Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Ivan Kavanagh about his latest feature film Never Grow Old, which stars John Cusack, Emile Hirsch and Danny Webb; and is available on DVD and Digital now in the UK, courtesy of Altitude Film Distribution.

Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. This once-peaceful frontier town has become a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived — and began gunning down their opposition. Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) must now choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers’ victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western.

Never Grow Old is out now on DVD and/or to rent and/or buy on VOD: iTunes | Amazon Prime...

To celebrate the release of Never Grow Old – a brutal and brilliant old-school Western starring Emile Hirsch and John Cusack out 23rd September – we have a DVD up for grabs courtesy of Altitude Films.

Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. This once-peaceful frontier town has become a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived— and began gunning down their opposition. Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) must now choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers’ victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western.

If you’re in the mood for an old-school style Western, brought bang up to date with plenty of blood and bluster, then you’ve come to the right saloon. Writer/director Ivan Kavanagh, the man behind the acclaimed 2014 chiller The Canal, delivers a handsomely mounted meditation on good versus evil in the old West,...

Irish comedies have won big at this year's Fleadh, while Patrick Wang's A Bread Factory scooped the Award for Best International Film. It's a wrap for the 31st edition of the Galway Film Fleadh, the Republic of Ireland's leading film festival. Yesterday, Sunday 14 July, the event came to a close after the screening of Ivan Kavanagh's new western Never Grow Old, starring Emile Hirsch and John Cusack in the lead roles. As always, the historic Town Hall Theatre hosted the awards ceremony. This year's edition saw the triumph of two Irish comedies – namely, Shelly Love's A Bump Along the Way, the recipient of the Award for Best First Feature, and Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman's Extra Ordinary, crowned Best Irish Feature. Incidentally, the latter also won the Best Film Award and the Audience Award at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival this weekend (see the news). Other prestigious.

James Schamus to deliver keynote address at the Fleadh Forum.

The full programme for the 31st Galway Film Fleadh has been unveiled, with Sophie Hyde’s Animals and French actress Sandrine Dumas’ directorial debut Sing Me Back Home among the latest additions to the programme.

Sing Me Back Home, about a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, will open the Fleadh on July 9.

Ivan Kavanagh’s Never Grow Old, a dark western about an Irish undertaker on the American frontier, starring Emile Hirsch and John Cusack, will close the festival on July 14.

Of the 84 new local and international features,...

James Schamus to deliver keynote address at the Fleadh Forum.

The full programme for the 31st Galway Film Fleadh has been unveiled, with Sophie Hyde’s Animals and French actress Sandrine Dumas’ directorial debut Sing Me Back Home among the latest additions to the programme.

Sing Me Back Home, about a young woman’s relationship with her grandmother, will open the Fleadh on July 9.

Ivan Kavanagh’s Never Grow Old, a dark western about an Irish undertaker on the American frontier, starring Emile Hirsch and John Cusack, will close the festival on July 14.

Of the 95 local and international feature films...

A potential bonding opportunity between estranged father (Stephen McHattie) and son (Elijah Wood) takes a demented turn when some surprise visitors show up in Ant Timpson's feature-length directorial debut, Come to Daddy. Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and ahead of its screening at the Overlook Film Festival, Come to Daddy has been acquired by Saban Films for Us distribution.

A theatrical release for Come to Daddy is being planned, but an exact release date has yet to be announced. We'll keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details as they are revealed.

In the meantime, we have the full press release and previously released clip below, and in case you missed it, read Heather's Tribeca interview with Timpson and Wood.

From the Press Release: Los Angeles – Saban Films announced today that they have acquired Us rights to producer Ant Timpson’s directorial debut Come to Daddy,...

Two of my favorite actors, and especially actors who aren’t given enough juicy roles in the industry, happen to be John Cusack and Emile Hirsch. Both are talented actors who have had brushes with Oscar but never quite gotten to that Academy Award nomination. The former has been somewhat stuck in a rut of generic action outings of late, while the latter just isn’t working enough. To see them together in something always seemed like a treat in the making. Well, this week brings them face to face in a quality little Western called Never Grow Old. The film is a nice little effort, buoyed by strong work from the both of them. This is a Western, in all of its simple charm. Taking place in the peaceful frontier town of Garlow, home to Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) and his family, we’ll see it turn into...

Never Grow Old is a dark, gritty western from Irish writer/director Ivan Kavanagh. A trio of repugnant outlaws take over a bleak frontier town. Their lawless, godless ways clashing with the fire and brimstone preachings of a temperance movement. Never Grow Old is an unforgiving look at human nature. The rain and mud soaked setting matching the ugliness of the premise. The film is absolutely riveting. John Cusack has his best performance in years as the terrifying and murderous villain.

The film opens in the frontier town of Garlow. The year is 1849. Emile Hirsch stars as Patrick Tate, an Irish undertaker and carpenter struggling to make ends meet. He has a beautiful pregnant wife, Audrey (D&#233borah Fran&#231ois), and two small children. The family is happy, even under the strict religious rule of the town preacher (Danny Webb); who has banned liquor and prostitution.

A stormy night brings...

Ahead of its premiere at SXSW later this month, Saban Films announced that they've acquired North American rights to Tone-Deaf, from Excision, Suburban Gothic, and Trash Fire director Richard Bates Jr.

Los Angeles – Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Richard Bates Jr.’s horror thriller Tone-Deaf. The film stars Robert Patrick and Amanda Crew, and is produced by Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn and Matt Smith, and Best Medicine Productions’ Brion Hambel and Paul Jensen. Tone-Deaf will make its World Premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival.

Tone-Deaf follows millennial Olive (Crew) who, after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship, leaves the city for a weekend of peace in the country, only to discover the shockingly dark underbelly of rural America. She rents an eccentric, ornate country house from Harvey (Patrick), an old-fashioned widower who's struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies.

"Do you feel proud of yourself?!" Saban Films has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie western titled Never Grow Old, which is a shortened version of the original working title Where We'll Never Grow Old. This gritty western takes place at an American frontier town. The plot is about an Irish undertaker who profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises. Emile Hirsch plays the undertaker, and the cast includes John Cusack, Déborah François, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Danny Webb, Anne Coesens, Blake Berris, Paul Reid, as well as Léa Seydoux. Another western about a bunch of outlaws roughing up a town? How original. The cinematography in this looks so bad, so poorly lit in every scene. Don't think this dastardly new western is going to impress anyone. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Ivan Kavanagh's Never Grow Old,...

Altitude, Rialto board project.

Irish Western Never Grow Old, which stars John Cusack, Emile Hirsch and Deborah Francois, has scored key territory deals for London-based sales agent Metro International.

Altitude Film Distribution has picked up UK rights, Village Roadshow has taken Australia and New Zealand, and Phoenicia Pictures International has taken rights to the Middle East. Saban Films previously took North America and will release theatrically on March 15. Rezo Films has French-speaking territories.

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, the film follows an undertaker who faces a moral dilemma when a ruthless gang of outlaws terrorises his sleepy frontier town:...

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to Kevin Smith's highly-anticipated Jay & Silent Bob Reboot, the sequel to the 2001 comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Jason Mewes and Smith are reprising the lead roles, alongside a number of returning players from the star-studded cast of the original movie, as well as a fresh new crop of cameos from the worlds of movies, TV, music and podcasting. Saban Films has committed to a substantial theatrical release. Jordan Monsanto of Smodco is producing alongside Destro Film's Liz Destro. Production is currently underway.

Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) were first introduced 25 years ago in Smith's directorial debut, Clerks. The unlikely stoner icons have subsequently appeared in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks II, as well as the animated film Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie. The new movie will skewer reboots,...

The 50th anniversary of the Sharon Tate murders happens next year, and there is more interest in the heinous crime than ever before. Most attention has been placed on Quentin Tarantino's upcoming epic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which will use the Tate murder as a wraparound for its 60s set story. But there is another Sharon Tate movie coming, and today we have a first look at this true crime psychological thriller.

The Haunting of Sharon Tate stars former Disney princess Hilary Duff in the title role. And she has already been lambasted by Sharon Tate's sister over the movie. It's Margot Robbie playing Sharon Tate in Tarantino's film, which has garnered less vitriol from the Tate family. A first look photo shows what Duff has in store while embedding the character.

Saban Films announced today that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights from Voltage Pictures...