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Stars: Andrew Hovelson, Hannah Cabell, Lea Zawada, Duke Huston, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe | Written by Ben Bigelow, William Bigelow | Directed by Ben Bigelow

Thine Ears Shall Bleed, the debut feature from director Ben Bigelow, presents an intriguing blend of occult horror and frontier drama, set in the foreboding wilderness of 19th-century America. The film follows Reverend Ezekiel Thatcher, portrayed with gravitas by Andrew Hovelson, as he and his family are drawn into the enigmatic grip of a haunting sound that seems divine but hides a sinister truth.

From the outset, Bigelow clearly has an eye for detail and the resulting film has a meticulous attention to atmosphere, crafting world that feels tactile and immersive, where every shadow and whisper contributes to the pervasive sense of dread. The cinematography is particularly noteworthy, with its chiaroscuro lighting and sweeping vistas that juxtapose natural beauty with an underlying menace. The visual language of the film...

Say your prayers for Thine Ears Shall Bleed, a chillingly haunting new horror that sees a minister and his family experience unholy terror in the wilds of the American West. This fearsome feature from director Ben Bigelow is out now on UK Digital Platforms including to rent/buy on Amazon Prime Video, thanks to Miracle Media.

It’s the 1860s and a religious family are travelling across the western states in a covered wagon. Ezekiel (Andrew Hovelson – Shades of Blue) and Sarah, along with their children Abigail (Lea Zawada – FBI: Most Wanted) and Luke (Duke Huston), hear a mysterious sound from the woods, which they believe to be a calling from God. They begin to worship it… but it’s not long before their faith turns to unimaginable terror.

What they believed to be divine is far more sinister and they soon realise that they’ve welcomed an ungodly presence into their lives.

One of this year’s most hotly anticipated horror movies finally arrives in theaters this weekend, and it’s joined by seven other brand new horrors being unleashed in theaters and at home.

Here’s all the new horror releasing July 8, 2024 – July 14, 2024!

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Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) stars in the new possession horror movie The Exorcism, which Vertical brought to Digital at home this week. You can rent the film for $19.99.

Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.

Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.

“The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe...

Mysterious are the ways of the Lord, but devious those of His opposite number in “Thine Ears Shall Bleed.” This enterprising first feature from Ben Bigelow recalls “The Witch” in placing another pious pioneer family at the mercy of the elements — and apparent occult forces — during an early chapter of American history. The command of atmospheric tension Robert Eggers demonstrated in his own debut is not much evidenced here, making for a middling supernatural drama that’s never terribly convincing, or scary. Nonetheless, it’s an indie sufficiently polished to attract viewers looking for offbeat genre fare that’s relatively restrained in graphic horror content. It releases to U.S. digital platforms July 9, with the U.K. following on the 15th.

Though time and place go unspecified onscreen, we’re somewhere around the 1860s in Montana locations. Rev. Ezekiel Thatcher (Andrew Hovelson), wife Sarah (Hannah Cabell), daughter Abigail (Lea Zawada...

Heading to digital on July 9th, we have an exclusive clip from Ben Bigelow's Thine Ears Shall Bleed that you can watch right now!

"In the 1860's American West, a minister and his family are traveling in a covered wagon when they hear a mysterious sound from the woods. Believing the sound to be God, they worship it, until they realize the sound is something much darker. "

Directed By: Ben Bigelow Written By: Ben Bigelow, William Bigelow Produced By: Lynn Kouf, Jim Kouf, Dennis Aig Starring: Andrew Hovelson, Hannah Cabell, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Lea Zawada, Duke Huston Original Score By: Jacques Brautbar Cinematographer: Chris Cavanaugh Distributor: Miracle Media & Trinity Creative Partnership Production Company: Unnecessary Mountain Productions Runtime: 102 Minutes

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Prepare yourself for the chilling horror of Thine Ears Shall Bleed, a haunting new film from director Ben Bigelow, set to hit UK digital platforms on 15 July, courtesy of Miracle Media. This fearsome feature promises to deliver an unforgettable experience, blending historical drama with supernatural terror.

Set in the 1860s, Thine Ears Shall Bleed follows a devout religious family as they travel across the western states in a covered wagon. The family, led by minister Ezekiel (Andrew Hovelson) and his wife Sarah (Hannah Cabell), along with their children Abigail (Lea Zawada) and Luke (Duke Huston), encounter a mysterious sound emanating from the woods. Believing it to be a divine call, they begin to worship it, only to find their faith leading them into unimaginable horror.

What starts as a journey of faith soon turns into a nightmare as the family realises that what they believed to be a heavenly presence is something far more sinister.

There’s a great beating heart at the center of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, making its American debut after an ill-timed January 2020 premiere at London’s National Theatre. Fans of Sandra Oh’s masterful work on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy won’t be surprised to find her bringing the same kind of acerbic warmth and casually razor-sharp intelligence that Eve Polastri and Dr. Cristina Yang shared to Elizabeth Luke, an 18th-century English midwife who finds herself wrapped up in a murder trial. Even churning butter, which Oh approaches with a ferocious purposefulness, Lizzy still has lots of bite.

The accused is Sally Poppy (Haley Wong), a maid who skipped town with a ruffian only to come back home to her husband drenched in the blood of the young rich girl she used to serve. She’s already been found guilty of murder, but she’s “pled the belly.

Ten years ago, actor Sean Hayes and playwright David Adjmi were working together to develop a play based on the life of Oscar Levant, the actor, pianist and notorious wit of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Now Hayes is preparing to bring Good Night, Oscar to Broadway next spring. The play is written by Doug Wright.

Exactly how, why and when Hayes and Adjmi split up their partnership on the project is being disputed by both sides in an unusually public way. Adjmi wrote a long Facebook post detailing his perspective earlier this week, as publicity for Good Night, Oscar is just beginning to emerge. Theater twitter took note, as did The New York Times.

In response, Hayes, Wright and their producer Beth Williams have released their own extensive statement, obtained by Deadline. The two accounts of exactly how Levant came into Hayes’ life are notably different.

Adjmi, perhaps best known as the author of 3C,...

Just last week, Frank Langella was gasping for breath in his role as a Russian spy handler exposed to a deadly virus on FX’s The Americans. Here he is tonight on stage at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway venue, the Friedman Theatre, suffering an equally distraught kind of ravagement in the title role of Florian Zeller’s The Father (not to be confused with August Strindberg’s play of the same name).

André is his name, and he pads about a spacious apartment in his pajamas. We’re not certain where in Paris this apartment is, and neither is poor André, who shows increasing evidence of Alzheimer’s disease. André appears to be in the care of his growingly exasperated daughter Anne, whose apartment this may actually be.

Anne insists her father needs an attendant; André resists even as his memory dims...