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The moving image has long been fascinated with the spectacle of death as public sport. From gladiatorial epics to dystopian futures, the arena serves as a stage for humanity’s most base instincts. The Jurassic Games: Extinction throws its hat into this crowded ring, proposing a scenario of such ludicrous ambition that one can only admire its audacity.

This sequel continues the saga of a virtual reality game show where contestants, wired into a digital world, face off against prehistoric beasts for the entertainment of the masses. It is a premise that wears its B-movie heart on its sleeve, promising not high art but high-concept carnage. The narrative picks up with Tucker, the survivor of the prior contest, now a cyber-insurgent aiming to dismantle the system from within.

His foil is Jo Lafort, the game’s new architect, a woman whose ambition is matched only by her willingness to broadcast bloodshed.

Writer and director Ryan Bellgardt is back with Jurassic Games: Extinction, the sequel to the original Jurassic Games from 2018! The deadly games are back, and ten more prisoners need to survive digital creatures out for human blood.

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In the near future, The Jurassic Games is the most popular television show in the world. Every season, 10 death row inmates play a highly advanced virtual reality game pitting them against ferocious dinosaurs in a fight for survival. This season, new host Joy Lafort (Katie Burgess) is about to make her debut when the game suddenly takes on a life of its own.

In our exclusive clip from the sci-fi creature feature, a player is chased down by a pack of hungry raptors.

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Katie Burgess, Adam Hampton, Leila Anastasia Scott, Sophie Proctor, and Ryan Francis star in the film.

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We have an exclusive clip from the small-budget sci-fi flick, The Jurassic Games: Extinction. Director Ryan Bellgardt continues with their love affair for dinosaurs, stepping back from recent family minded dino films and returning to the sci-fi adventure genre with a sequel to his 2018 film, The Jurassic Games.    In the near future, The Jurassic Games is the most popular television show in the world. Every season, 10 death row inmates play a highly advanced virtual reality game pitting them against ferocious dinosaurs in a fight for survival. This season, new host Joy Lafort (Katie Burgess) is about to make her debut when the game suddenly takes on a life of its own.    Bask in the indie-budget glory of digital dinosaur combat in the...

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“The Jurassic Games: Extinction”, is a new science fiction action feature, written and directed by Ryan Bellgardt, starring Katie Burgess, Adam Hampton, Leila Anastasia Scott, Sophie Proctor, and Ryan Francis, following a group of ‘death row’ inmates as they fight off deadly, virtual dinosaurs for a reality TV series, releasing June 24, 2025 on digital platforms and July 22, 2025 on Blu-ray:

“…in the near future, ‘The Jurassic Games’ is the most popular television show in the world.

“Every season, 10 death row inmates play a highly advanced virtual reality game…

“…pitting them against ferocious dinosaurs in a fight for survival.

“This season, new host ‘Joy Lafort’ (Burgess) is about to make her debut…

‘…when the show suddenly takes on a grisly life of its own…”

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The terrible lizards of Jurassic Park are back this summer in Jurassic World: Rebirth. But that isn't the only movie with a prehistoric rampage hitting screens this year. The VR Velociraptors of The Jurassic Games are back in a new sequel, The Jurassic Games: Extinction, and Collider has an exclusive first look at the movie's new trailer and poster. The film will be released On Demand and Digital on June 24, and on Blu-ray and DVD on July 22.

The Jurassic Games films are set in a dystopian future where the titular program is the most popular game show in the world. In it, ten death-row inmates are sent into a virtual reality world where they must battle bloodthirsty prehistoric predators to survive. Naturally, if you die in the game, you die in real life. In this sequel, Joy Lafort is the show's new host, but during her first broadcast, things start to go haywire.

Jackrabbit Media has acquired worldwide sales on sci-fi sequel The Jurassic Games: Extinction and is launching sales talks with AFM buyers in Las Vegas this week.

The sequel to 2018 cult hit The Jurassic Games is written and directed by Ryan Bellgardt, and dives deeper into the lethal virtual game where condemned prisoners in a dystopian future face off against prehistoric predators in a high-stakes battle for survival.

Todd Terry, Ryan Francis and Katie Burgess lead the cast on the Boiling Point Media production, with Bellgardt and Harry C. Wolohon IV producing, and Emily Taylor serving as executive producer.

Jackrabbit Media CEO Jack Campbell said,...

Stars: Phuong Kubacki, Xing Yu, Mike Pu, Steven He, Evan Assante, Christy Tate, Samuel Wang | Written by Chris Hoyt, Xing Haishun, Wu Chenglei | Directed by Ryan Bellgardt

If the opening minutes of Dinosaur World look somewhat familiar, there’s a good reason for that. In 2018 director Ryan Bellgardt made a film called The Jurassic Games which proved quite popular in China. He was approached to do a remake for the Chinese streaming market. So he and writer Chris Hoyt (The Adventures of Jurassic Pet) along with a pair of Chinese writers Xing Haishun and Wu Chenglei reworked the script for that market and filmed it in Oklahoma with a Chinese cast and a mix of new and recycled effects. And now that version is getting a North American release.

The VR version of the popular game Dinosaur World is about to come out of closed beta and to celebrate the developers are running a contest.

Stars: Ryan Merriman, Perrey Reeves, Adam Hampton, Robin Acker, Daniel Barton, Katie Burgess, Dylan Cox, Erika Daly, Sidney Flack, Gary Frazier, Cate Jones, Kyle Penington, Tiger Sheu | Written by Ryan Bellgardt, Galen Christy | Directed by Ryan Bellgardt

The Hunger Games get jurassic in The Jurassic Games, a direct to DVD title that is best easily described as Jurassic Park meets The Most Dangerous Game. The plot goes something like this:

Every year, 10 of the world’s most lethal death row criminals are chosen to compete for their freedom in The Jurassic Games, a television show where contestants must survive against a variety of ferocious dinosaurs. The players all die gruesomely in the game zone except for one, the last one standing, the winner, who is granted not only his freedom, but fame and fortune. Survive the dinosaurs. Survive each other. Survive… The Jurassic Games.

For Anthony Tucker (Adam Hampton), survival...

Exclusive: Lionsgate-affiliated Grindstone Entertainment Group has taken U.S. rights to teen drama The Adventures of Jurassic Pet.

The company, which specializes in action titles with recognizable stars such as Nic Cage’s Dying of the Light and Bruce Willis’ Vice as well as family films including Bark Ranger and Pups United, will release the film in winter 2018.

Elsewhere, France Television has boarded, while Kew Media has taken UK and Irish rights to the film, which stars Kyler Charles Beck (Dude Perfect Show), David Fletcher-Hall (Murder Made Me Famous) and Ben Hall (The Posthuman Project).

The Adventures of Jurassic Pet is the fourth film from The Jurassic Games director Ryan Bellgardt, a Never Ending Story-meets-Jurassic Park-style drama, which sees an adventurous teenager who summons the courage to help a friendly dinosaur escape from the clutches of a mad scientist who wants to use him for experimentations. Chris Hoyt,...

The dinomite mash-up of the summer, The Jurassic Games stars Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3) and Perrey Reeves (Entourage), and imagines a world set in the near future wherein ten Death Row convicts are chosen to compete in the titular games, the ultimate virtual reality game show that pits its players against dinosaurs and each other. However there is a catch…

If you die in the virtual game, you also die in reality; and for Anthony Tucker (Adam Hampton), survival is his one chance to be reunited with his children after having been wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife. As the devious The Host continues adding improbable challenges, the characters will find the odds stacked against them as only one victor can emerge as winner and reclaim their freedom.

Every year, 10 of the world’s most lethal death row criminals are chosen to compete for their freedom in The Jurassic Games,...

Win the games. Win Your freedom.

The dinomite mash-up of the summer, The Jurassic Games stomps onto VOD this June from High Octane Pictures, Boiling Point Media and Uncork’d Entertainment.

Starring Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3) and Perrey Reeves (Entourage), the film imagines a world set in the near future wherein ten Death Row convicts are chosen to compete in The Jurassic Games, the ultimate virtual reality game show that pits its players against dinosaurs and each other. However, there is a catch… If you die in the virtual game, you also die in reality; and for Anthony Tucker (Adam Hampton), survival is his one chance to be reunited with his children after having been wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife. As the devious The Host continues adding improbable challenges, the characters will find the odds stacked against them as only one victor can emerge as winner and reclaim their freedom.

The dinomite mash-up of the summer, The Jurassic Games stars Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3) and Perrey Reeves (Entourage), and imagines a world set in the near future wherein ten Death Row convicts are chosen to compete in the titular games, the ultimate virtual reality game show that pits its players against dinosaurs and each other. However there is a catch…

If you die in the virtual game, you also die in reality; and for Anthony Tucker (Adam Hampton), survival is his one chance to be reunited with his children after having been wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of his wife. As the devious The Host continues adding improbable challenges, the characters will find the odds stacked against them as only one victor can emerge as winner and reclaim their freedom.

Every year, 10 of the world’s most lethal death row criminals are chosen to compete for their freedom in The Jurassic Games,...

Have you ever wondered privately what it might be like if the Jurassic Park franchise was thrown in a blender with The Hunger Games, but given a very small budget in order to make it happen? Probably not, but The Jurassic Games trailer is here to show you what that looks like. As it so happens, it looks exactly how you might expect it to look and, depending on your love for low-budget B-movie action, that is either going to be a great or terrible thing.

This trailer, in a not at all surprising bit of convenient timing, just so happened to drop on the same day that the final trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom arrived. Coincidence? Likely not. And if you're one of the people who just can't find a reason to get excited about a fifth Jurassic Park movie, this may serve as a schlocky substitute. The Jurassic Games...

We’ve been talking about Emmy Award-winning director Ryan Bellgardt’s new creature feature Gremlin for a while now, and finally it’s heading to DVD in October from Uncork’d Entertainment. Adam Hampton, Kristy K. Boone, Catcher Stair, Katie Burgess, Mike Waugh, and… Continue Reading →

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Emmy Award-winning director, Ryan Bellgardt’s (Army of Frankenstein) highly anticipated creature feature Gremlin premieres on DVD October 3rd from Uncork’d Entertainment. “Adam receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a creature that will kill everyone he cares about. The only way to be rid of the curse is to give the box to someone he loves. […]...

Stars: Adam Hampton, Kristy K. Boone, Geoff Barron, Christian Bellgardt, Katie Burgess, Connie Franklin | Written and Directed by Ryan Bellgardt

Adam receives a mysterious box from his mother, passed to her from his estranged Uncle, containing a creature that will kill everyone he cares about. The only way to be rid of the curse is to give the box to someone he loves. As the ominous timer on the box counts down to its end, he can only imagine the horrors that await. Does he give the box away to save his family, or unleash a monster upon humanity? He can’t destroy it. He can’t escape it. He can only give it to someone he loves…

Part Gremlins, part Hellraiser and part the classic Richard Matheson story Button, Button/The Box, Gremlin is an oddly sombre creature-feature that is not a fun as a movie about a mischievous,...

When you name your monster movie “Gremlin“, it’s pretty damned hard to avoid comparisons to Joe Dante’s family-horror masterpiece. However, strangely enough, Ryan Bellgardt’s low budget monster movie has nothing to do with the 80s Christmas classic other than its temporarily diminutive antagonist, and is instead a new, completely original creation with hints of films […]...

Emmy Award winning director, Ryan Bellgardt’s (Army of Frankenstein) highly anticipated creature feature Gremlin hits VOD July 11 from Uncork’d Entertainment. Godzilla meets The Ring in a thrilling, uniquely-scripted horror jaunt that boasts amazing computer-generated effects and from some of the best in the game. Adam receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a …

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This ain't your daddy's Gremlins. While that 80s masterpiece of monster goodness is considered a classic by most, it's not quite clear when or if we'll ever see the much talked about reboot. So, instead, today we get a trailer for Gremlin. Will it fill the void? Probably not. But it sure looks hella fun anyway!

Emmy Award winning director Ryan Bellgardt's (Army of Frankenstein) highly anticipated creature feature Gremlin hits VOD July 11 from Uncork'd Entertainment. This means you don't have to leave the comforts of your house to enjoy it, battling cineplex crowds to see something that may not even be worth your while. Let the dummies battle it out for seat supremacy. Gremlin looks way cooler than anything coming out on that date any way!

Godzilla meets The Ring in a thrilling, uniquely-scripted horror jaunt that boasts amazing computer-generated effects and from some of the best in the game.

To save everyone you love, you have to sacrifice one person you really care about in Gremlin, the new horror film from Uncork'd Entertainment that's teased in a trailer and official poster. Also in today's Horror Highlights is the latest episode of the Splathouse podcast (featuring special guest Scott Drebit from Daily Dead) and excerpts from WatchMojo's Read-Only: A Collection of Digital Horror.

Gremlin Poster & Trailer: Press Release: "Emmy Award winning director, Ryan Bellgardt’s (Army of Frankenstein) highly anticipated creature feature Gremlin hits VOD July 11 from Uncork’d Entertainment.

Godzilla meets The Ring in a thrilling, uniquely-scripted horror jaunt that boasts amazing computer-generated effects and from some of the best in the game.

Adam receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a creature that will kill everyone he cares about. The only way to be rid of the curse is to give the box to someone he loves.

No, folks, this is not an April fools day joke. A movie called The Jurassic Games has started production. And it promises to mashup the best elements of popular franchises The Hunger Games and Jurassic World. It doesn't sound like your typical spoof, either, but instead will be an on-the-level sci-fi action thriller. Though, probably not with the big budget VFX you're used to seeing at the local cinema.

We have the official PR for you here, with the movie coming from Galen Christy's High Octane Pictures, in association with the Oklahoma Film + Music Office (Of+Mo). They state that they've officially kicked off production on Ryan Bellgardt's amazing sounding The Jurassic Games.

Starring Ryan Merriman (Final Destination 3) and Perrey Reeves (Entoutrage), the film imagines a world set in the near future wherein ten Death Row convicts are chosen to compete in The Jurassic Games, the ultimate...

The "Twelfth Doctor" Peter Capaldi will be in attendance at this year's Wizard World Minneapolis convention. Continue reading for more details on his appearance and the event itself. Also in today's Highlights: Night Visions Film Festival spring 2017 lineup, Jurassic Games production details, and trailers for Home Education and The Alienators.

Peter Capaldi to Appear at Wizard World Minneapolis: Press Release: "Minneapolis, March 30, 2017 – Peter Capaldi, who portrays the Twelfth and current iteration of "The Doctor" on the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who," will make his Wizard World debut next month when he attends Wizard World Comic Con Minneapolis, May 6-7 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Capaldi will greet fans, pose for photo ops, sign autographs and conduct an interactive fan Q&A during the pop culture extravaganza.

Capaldi has appeared as the title character in the BBC program since being introduced in the 50th Anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor" and the 2013 Christmas episode,...

Edited by Hans-Åke Lilja, Shining in the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library is exclusive to Cemetery Dance Publications and will feature a Stephen King story that hasn't been released since 1981. We also have updated release details for The Similars, the final wave of films announced at Monster Fest 2016, six photos / details for The Orphanage video game, and a new trailer for Gremlin.

Cemetery Dance Publications' Shining in the Dark Anthology: From Cemetery Dance: "Shining In the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Åke Lilja.

About the Book:

Hans-Ake Lilja, the founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand new anthology of horror stories to help celebrate twenty years of running the #1 Stephen King news website on the web!

This anthology includes both original stories like the brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) very rare reprints like "The Blue Air...

Halloween is coming up, which means trick or treating and scary movies featuring supernatural threats, unknown fears and, of course, frightening creatures. Next month, a new monster film will hit the 2016 American Film Market in Santa Monica, courtesy of High Octane Pictures: “Gremlin,” which features an original story directed by an Emmy Award winner and top-of-the-line computer generated effects.

Read More: Watch: ‘Gremlins’ Director Joe Dante Recalls His Favorite Hidden Gem of the 1960s, ‘The Last Adventure’

The film follows Adam Thatcher, still reeling from the death of his son, who receives a mysterious box from a relative containing a creature that will brutally kill everyone he cares about. The only way to release himself from the curse is to give the box to someone else he loves, only continuing the circulation of evil. As the timer on the box counts down, Adam must decide whether to save his family...

Stars: Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, John Ferguson, Eric Gesecus, Rett Terrell, Burke McCrory, Raychelle McDonald, Lucas Ross, Thomas Cunningham, Shellie Sterling, Jami Harris, Donald Taylor, Laurie Cummings, Christopher Robinson, Gary Olinghouse | Written by Ryan Bellgardt, Josh McKamie, Andy Swanson | Directed by Ryan Bellgardt

[Editors Note: With Army of Frankensteins finally out on DVD here in the UK on Monday, here's a repost of our review of the Us release of the film from back in July]

After a failed attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Alan Jones is beaten to within an inch of his life by a street gang and taken to a mysterious lab where Dr. Tanner Finski and his kid genius assistant perform horrible experiments on him hoping to re-animate a Frankenstein. The experiments lead to a hole being ripped in space and time, manifesting an Army of Frankensteins from hundreds of parallel universes and sending them all back to the 19th century, directly into the heart of a bloody battle between the North and South. History will never be the same.

The Army of Frankensteins. Because one just isn’t enough,...

Stars: Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, John Ferguson, Eric Gesecus, Rett Terrell, Burke McCrory, Raychelle McDonald, Lucas Ross, Thomas Cunningham, Shellie Sterling, Jami Harris, Donald Taylor, Laurie Cummings, Christopher Robinson, Gary Olinghouse | Written by Ryan Bellgardt, Josh McKamie, Andy Swanson | Directed by Ryan Bellgardt

After a failed attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Alan Jones is beaten to within an inch of his life by a street gang and taken to a mysterious lab where Dr. Tanner Finski and his kid genius assistant perform horrible experiments on him hoping to re-animate a Frankenstein. The experiments lead to a hole being ripped in space and time, manifesting an Army of Frankensteins from hundreds of parallel universes and sending them all back to the 19th century, directly into the heart of a bloody battle between the North and South. History will never be the same.

The Army of Frankensteins. Because one just isn’t enough,...

Not to be confused with Dark Sky Films' Army of Frankenstein, a new trailer for the indie feature Army of Frankensteins has been assembled, stitched up, and set free in the wild.

Army of Frankensteins is directed by Ryan Bellgardt and written by Bellgardt, Andrew Swanson, and Josh McKamie. The film stars John Ferguson, Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, Lucas Ross, Rett Terrell, and Raychelle McDonald.

Synopsis

Lincoln did not free the slaves alone.

A young man travels back to the time of the Civil War with an Army of Frankensteins.

After a failed attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Alan Jones is beaten to within an inch of his life by a street gang and taken to a mysterious lab where Dr. Tanner Finski and his kid genius assistant perform horrible experiments on him hoping to re-animate a Frankenstein. The experiments lead to a hole being ripped in space and time,...