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"The time is near." Strand Releasing has unveiled an official red band trailer for the indie horror thriller titled Framed, made by Spanish filmmaker Marc Martínez. This first premiered at the 2017 Molins Film Festival in Spain, and played at other small festivals all over the world for a few years. It's finally getting a VOD release this summer in the Us. Framed is another one of these eye-roll-inducing concepts about an app that lets people stream whatever, without censorship, so of course people get violent and disgusting with it. Three "players" crash a party and force the party-goers into cruel games and tortures being broadcast live. Ugh. I'm so tired of these horror films, glorifying fame and popularity and torture. Starring Joe Manjón, Alex Maruny, Clàudia Pons, Julia Molins, and Enric Aunquer. This is definitely not for most people. Here's the official red band trailer (+ poster) for Marc Martínez's Framed,...

Is it possible to be decidedly unsubtle and also maddeningly opaque? Marc Carreté's exorcism film Asmodexia threads that infuriating needle. In one of the first scenes, Eloy the traveling exorcist (Lluís Marco) and his granddaughter Alba (Clàudia Pons) discuss the literal meaning of their names — his means "man," hers means "dawn" — a sure sign that there's some heavy-handed symbolism in play. And yet it's almost impossible to tell precisely what's going on, or why, as the pair perform exorcisms around Barcelona and we're given a daily countdown to something called "the Resurrection." Some of that's intentional: There's a secret at the heart of Asmodexia, and Carreté keeps his tarot cards close to the vest. Hints ar...

There have been a number of demonic pregnancy films released of late. From Hell Baby (2013) to Devil's Due (2014) and even into the upcoming Delivery: The Beast Within (2014), there are enough films out there to excite any pregnancy fears. If these films are not enough, then Marc Carreté's Asmodexia will put you over the edge. A trailer for this film was released earlier in the year. And now, an official movie poster is available for the film (above). All of the publicity material suggests another devil baby being born! The story involves a travelling pastor. Eloy de Palma (Lluís Marco) exorcises the possessed, with his granddaughter Alba (Clàudia Pons). An evil force is spreading around Spain and only Eloy can stand up to this raging malevolence. Possessions increase in number and the Catholic Church is overwhelmed by the requests for exorcisms. Now, evil rules the land and one young woman's infested womb.