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The Satirical Suburbia Survival Thriller Red Letter Day Unleashes Killer Blu-Ray Details Cameron Macgowan’s rambunctious horror-comedy comes home Nov 5 While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother (Dawn Van de Schoot), and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. As …

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What if you received a letter in your mailbox ordering you to kill or risk being murdered yourself? That's the question at the core of Red Letter Day, the feature-length debut from filmmaker Cameron Macgowan, and with the movie out now in theaters from Dread and coming to Blu-ray and VOD on November 5th, we caught up with Macgowan for our latest Q&a feature, and we've also been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.

Thanks for taking the time to catch up with us, and congratulations on Red Letter Day, which features a compelling and unsettling “what if?” question at its core. When and how did you come up with the idea for this film?

Cameron Macgowan: Thank you for taking the time to speak with me! Red Letter Day was born from the anxiety caused when people in power draw lines in the...

Ah, suburbia. Where better to unleash a bloody massacre that chucks any sentiment of loving thy neighbor into a woodchipper? Cameron Macgowan’s feature debut Red Letter Day tells the story of a special event where letters in red envelopes are mailed to every citizen of Aspen Ridge, with instructions to kill a selected target or […]

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More catch up for our friends at Epic and Dread are releasing Cameron Macgowan`s Canadian horror flick Red Letter Day in select cinemas on November 1st and then it lands on Blu-Ray/VOD on November 5th.   Our own Kurt Halfyard caught Red Letter Day when it played at Calgary Underground Film Festival. Here is an excerpt from his review,   Taking place entirely in broad daylight amongst the ticky tacky boxes and perfect-circle cul-de-sacs that circle our cities, most of them less than one hundred kilometers from the USA border, Red Letter Day tells us something about ourselves. While Canadians may not 'gate' their communities, and feel better about ourselves for our diversity and inclusiveness, and certainly consider themselves more or less immune to the...

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Fresh off the festival circuit, a trailer for Cameron Macgowan's high-octane Red Letter Day has arrived. Also in today's Horror Highlights: details on special screenings for Devil's Junction: Handy Dandy's Revenge and release details for the web series, The Antimity Tapes.

Red Letter Day Trailer: "While adjusting to a new life in a quiet suburban community, a recently divorced mother (Dawn Van de Schoot), and her two teens receive mysterious red letters instructing them each to kill or be killed. As the bloodshed begins, they find themselves in a race against time to protect the ones they love from the people they thought they knew.

Red Letter Day recently screened at the L.A.horror hot-spot Screamfest and world premiered at the celebrated Cinequest Film Festival. It's screened internationally at FrightFest London, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and both Sydney Underground and Calgary Underground Film Festivals.

The film is...

"Might be taking these letters a little too seriously..." Epic Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for the indie horror comedy Red Letter Day, which will be available to watch this November after premiering at numerous film festivals earlier this year. A typically quiet suburban community descends into chaos and paranoia after the delivery of mysterious red letters. A recently divorced mother and her two teens receive the letters, instructing them each to kill or be killed. As the bloodshed begins, they find themselves in a race against time to protect the ones they love from the people they thought they knew. This looks quite twisted. Starring Dawn Van de Schoot, Hailey Foss, Roger LeBlanc, Tiffany Helm, Kaeleb Zain Gartner, and Peter Strand Rumpel. It's a wicked concept, that definitely brings out the worst in people. Have fun. Here's the official trailer (+ two posters) for Cameron Macgowan's Red Letter Day,...

Stars: Dawn Van de Schoot, Hailey Foss, Kaeleb Zain Gartner, Roger LeBlanc, Arielle Rombough, Michael Tan | Written and Directed by Cameron Macgowan

Adjusting to a new life in suburban Aspen Ridge, a recently divorced mother receives mysterious letters instructing her and her teenage children to slaughter the people pictured in their correspondence before they can kill them. Paranoia and chaos ensues as the family attempts to rationally deal with an irrational situation. Making matters worse, the local law enforcement, already ineffective and patronizing, are unresponsive to calls for police aid after they are quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of community participants in the murderous mayhem.

I’m not going to lie, it’s obvious that Red Letter Day takes its influence from the Purge franchise And the current political climate not only in the Us but across the globe. To say otherwise is just folly… Though the idea of...

In today’s Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcast, host Stuart Wright talks Red Letter Day with the films writer/director Cameron MacGowan.

Adjusting to a new life in suburban Aspen Ridge, a recently divorced mother receives mysterious letters instructing her and her teenage children to slaughter the people pictured in their correspondence before they can kill them. Paranoia and chaos ensues as the family attempts to rationally deal with an irrational situation. Making matters worse, the local law enforcement, already ineffective and patronizing, are unresponsive to calls for police aid after they are quickly overwhelmed by the sheer number of community participants in the murderous mayhem. A dark comedy chiller asking the age-old question: Just how well do you know your neighbours?

Catch Red Letter Day at Arrow Video Frightfest

22th to 26th August 2018

Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.

Programme listings and film details www.frightfest.co.uk/2019films/index.

This year marks the festival’s 20th anniversary.

This year’s FrightFest, the annual UK genre festival, has unveiled a line-up that features 20 world premieres including films from the Soska Sisters (American Mary) and Tom Paton (Black Site).

The Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia, are screening their second feature Rabid, their re-imagining of David Cronenberg’s 1977 film. Paton’s Stairs is a sci-fi horror about a special ops squad that find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell.

Also screening are Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by André Øvredal’s, and Crawl,...

In addition to the bevy of films screening at this year's Fantaspoa, the festival has some really rad events planned, including an Alice in Wonderland-themed costume party. Also in today's Horror Highlights: production and release details for Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire and a trailer for Acid Pit Stop.

Fantaspoa Announces Final Wave of Films: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to unveil its final wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd. This announcement completes the fest's full 2019 line-up, consisting of more than 100 films.

The festival's live events will kick-off with an Alice in Wonderland-themed costume party, followed by a concert featuring, among others, Demian Rugna's band, Pasco 637. As they did last year, the festival will celebrate its closing night party, a masquerade ball, aboard a boat on the Guaiba River,...

Writer and director Cameron Macgowan created this twisted short film called Liebe (Love), which he describes as a "satirical horror film that depicts a ghastly love triangle between a man, a maiden and a monster." As you might expect, the movie includes some disturbing elements, and the way the story plays out is unexpected, which was great. The short isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it, and I think that some of you will as well. The movie has screened at over 25 film festivals around the world including Fantasia, Boston Underground Film Festival, and Toronto After Dark. Thanks to the director for sending this in to us! ...

Ah, true love. There's just no telling where it will strike, a fact played to great comedic effect by director Cameron Macgowan in his short film Liebe. After a hugely successful festival run that saw the film screen at dozens of festivals around the globe the complete short is now available online in its entirety and is well worth the 3+ minutes it asks you to invest. Take a look below!...

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"When I first saw you, I could not believe my eyes." It's October which means it's the month of horror, with scary films premiering all over. This short, titled Liebe or Love in German, is a quick watch and a fun way to mix up all those scares with something that will make you laugh. The 3-minute short has played at film festivals all over, including at Fantasia and Toronto After Dark throughout the year, and is now online for viewing. As always, we feature shorts to show people how much great filmmaking there is out there even in short form and made on a shoestring budget. Have fun with this one - the perfect short for October. Enjoy! The only other official synopsis for Liebe (via Vimeo) is this one: "A love triangle between a man, a maiden and a monster." Liebe, which means Love in German, is both...

The 16th annual Boston Underground Film Festival will once again terrorize all of New England with a wide selection of international atrocities that span the globe from Japan to Belgium to the fest’s own backyard. The fest will run March 26-30 at the Brattle Theater.

The fest will open with the supernatural teen comedy All Cheerleaders Die by the dynamic directing team of Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson, which will then be followed by the cult 1974 Japanese nunsploitation flick School of the Holy Beast by Norifumi Suzuki.

Other feature films screening at the fest include: The American warrior documentary My Name Is Jonah by Phil Healy and Jb Sapienza; the pre-apocolyptic party of Doomsdays by Eddie Mullins; The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears by Belgian extreme filmmakers Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani; the collegiate conspiracy of Jerzy Rose’s Crimes Against Humanity; Jeremy Saulnier’s twist on the revenge thriller,...