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Stars: Andrew Lee Potts, Beatrice Fletcher, Amber Doig-Thorne, Graham Skipper, Matt McClure, Poppy Anne Williams, Johnny Vivash, Martina Greenwood | Written by Damon Rickard, Andrew Lee Potts, Mitch Bain | Directed by Damon Rickard

Never Have I Ever, is the first feature film by Damon Rickard and is an impressive debut. Having built up his talents on some short films, including The Tour and The Package, he finally decided to tackle the feature film. The film unfolds as a psychological thriller with an expanding undertone of horror. The plot delves into the tumultuous life of Sam, portrayed by Andrew Lee Potts. Sam is a struggling screenwriter grappling with alcoholism and the looming threat of repaying an advance due to missed deadlines. The creation of a nuanced sense of dread helps the film hold our attention. Sam’s day takes a series of unfortunate turns, culminating in a chance meeting with Mara, played by Beatrice Fletcher,...

In the summer of 2007 a group of emerging filmmakers and actors set out into the Scottish wilderness to make a low budget horror film in homage to the low budget American horror films of the 1970s. The grizzly slasher titled The Bench has never been completed, until now.

Inspired by Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), this team of filmmakers led by writer / director Sean Wilkie (Matter of Time) used the HD revolution to their advantage, shooting the film on Hdv tape lends a quality that’s been absent from cinema since 16mm celluloid went out of fashion some decades earlier, the film taps into elements established by the grungy guerilla films such as The Blair Witch Project.

Magic Monkey Films (Mercy Falls / Lost At Christmas) is proud to announce the revival of the long-dormant horror film, The Bench, a project that echoes the raw terror and unrelenting suspense...

Indie Scottish horror film The Bench began filming 17 years ago, and it’s only now streaming on Amazon Prime.

When writer/director Sean Wilkie set out to make horror film The Bench 17 years ago, he surely couldn’t have imagined it would take until 2024 for audiences to see it.

According to the BBC, production began in 2007, with scenes shot in the Caves venue in Edinburgh, with exterior scenes shot in Lochwinnoch and Drumpellier Country Park.

The synopsis reads as follows:

A breakdown. A kind invitation. A cabin with a bloody past. Alex and her newfound friends face a nightmarish reality as they are picked off one by one, drawn to the sinister bench below. Inspired by low-budget horror films of the 1970s.

The cast includes Jennifer Byrne, Matt McClure Ilaria Nardini and Joy McAvoy.

Wilkie wrote and directed the film. Of the delay, he said, “The first two weeks on...

If you poke around the Bloody Disgusting archives you’ll see that we wrote about an indie horror movie titled The Bench way back in 2012, a film that actually began production in 2007. The movie never ended up seeing the light of day… until now, that is.

17 years later, The Bench is available now to rent or buy on Prime Video!

The official press release explains, “In the summer of 2007 a group of emerging filmmakers and actors set out into the Scottish wilderness to make a low budget horror film in homage to the low budget American horror films of the 1970s. The grizzly slasher titled The Bench has never been completed, until now.

“Inspired by Tobe Hooper’s original Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), this team of filmmakers led by writer / director Sean Wilkie (Matter of Time) used the HD revolution to their advantage, shooting the film on Hdv tape that lends...

The most compelling commercial-country slow jam of the year can’t yet be heard on the radio or on any corporate streaming playlist. It begins as a Luke Bryan-style slow jam before crashing into a guitar-crunch country-rock power chorus that would sound right at home playing between songs by Jason Aldean and Chris Young.

“Whatever You’re Up For” is the lead track from the self-titled debut EP by the Kentucky Gentlemen, a twin-brother duo (Brandon and Derek Campbell) based in Nashville and originally from the Bluegrass State. The self-released EP’s five songs,...

The Jack In The Box: Awakening Arrives On VOD, Digital And DVD This January 18th

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4Digital Media has released the new official trailer and poster for The Jack In The Box: Awakening.Lawrence Fowler returns with his second installment of the heart stopping horror with one very demonic clown – Jack Is Back!

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Terminally ill heiress Olga Marsdale acquires a mysterious gothic box containing a captured demon – Jack.

An unsavoury oedipal pact provides the only original note in a sequel that otherwise goes through the motions

By this point there is surely no way back for the clowning profession: every minor horror movie knows it can serve up a demonic pierrot as a bogeyman. With this sequel to 2019’s The Jack in the Box, Lawrence Fowler’s would-be franchise doubles down on the eponymous creepy toy by having its hellspawn harlequin manifest once the crank is turned. It’s rather beholden to The Conjuring (and uses the same title font) and, while writer-director Fowler obviously knows his horror, he doesn’t really show enough imagination here to blaze a bloody trail of his own.

The knick-knack of the title is delivered to the country mansion of Olga Marsdale (Nicola Wright), a rich collector of vintage toys who is bedridden with bone cancer. Aware of its cursed past, she...

The Jack In The Box: Awakening Arrives On VOD, Digital And DVD This January 18th

Here’s the scary trailer:

4Digital Media has released the new official trailer and poster for The Jack In The Box: Awakening. Lawrence Fowler returns with his second installment of the heart stopping horror with one very demonic clown – Jack Is Back!

Terminally ill heiress Olga Marsdale acquires a mysterious gothic box containing a captured demon – Jack. The powerful entity within makes a deadly deal with Olga and her devoted son Edgar – deliver six victims to Jack and Olga will live. They trap several unsuspecting victims for him within the vast crumbling mansion – but can they deliver all six before it’s too late? Or will Amy, the young and innocent woman recently hired to look after the estate turn out to be more than a match for both the family and the Jack?

The...

A killer clown is on the rampage in knockout chiller The Jack in the Box: Awakening, released on DVD & Digital 3rd January 2022. To celebrate we are giving away a DVD!

Move over Pennywise – creepy clown The Jack’s back, and this time he’s here to slay – in the sequel to the 2019 horror favourite The Jack in the Box. This time round The Jack makes a dreadful deal with a dying woman to ensure he gets his six victims.

Written and directed by Lawrence Fowler, the creator of the original film, that Geek Legion of Doom said gave “Annabelle a run for her money”, it stars Matt McClure (Penny Dreadful), Nicola Wright (Devil Djinn), and James Swanton as The Jack.

Mixing elements of Hellraiser and Killjoy with The Conjuring universe, and featuring outstanding creature design, shocks a-plenty and some fantastically spooky locations, this a cracking standalone sequel in what promises...

As the Country Music genre continues to grow in popularity, shows like the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are all the more important.

This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.

The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.

And the nominees are…

Entertainer Of The Year

• Luke Bryan

• Miranda Lambert

• Blake Shelton

• George Strait

• Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist Of The Year

• Jason Aldean

• Lee Brice

• Luke Bryan

• Blake Shelton

• Keith Urban

Female Vocalist Of The Year

• Sheryl Crow

• Miranda Lambert

• Kacey Musgraves

• Taylor Swift

• Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo Of The...

As the Country Music genre continues to grow in popularity, shows like the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are all the more important.

This year, Tim McGraw and Miranda Lambert are each up for seven trophies, while Grammy performer Keith Urban has half a dozen shots at glory.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Blake Shelton will each compete in five categories, as will Kacey Musgraves and Lee Brice.

The 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards will go live on April 6th at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena, hosted by Shelton and three-time nominee Luke Bryan.

And the nominees are…

Entertainer Of The Year

• Luke Bryan

• Miranda Lambert

• Blake Shelton

• George Strait

• Taylor Swift

Male Vocalist Of The Year

• Jason Aldean

• Lee Brice

• Luke Bryan

• Blake Shelton

• Keith Urban

Female Vocalist Of The Year

• Sheryl Crow

• Miranda Lambert

• Kacey Musgraves

• Taylor Swift

• Carrie Underwood

Vocal Duo Of The...