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Bride Of Re-animator 4K Restoration Is Coming In 2026 From Ignite Films And Eagle Rock Pictures: "Cannes, France Ignite Films and Eagle Rock Pictures are currently working on the 4K restoration of their next film Bride of Re-Animator for release in early 2026. Building on the success of their landmark Re-Animator release, now available for purchase at Ignite-Films.com. The label continues its commitment to premium restorations with Brian Yuzna’s chaotic cult sequel — brought back from the dead in a brand-new 4K restoration, announced Jan Willem Bosman Jansen of Ignite Films, and Jim Quan of Eagle Rock Pictures, at the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes.

Unveiled at the Fantastic Pavilion at the Marché du Film in Cannes, Bride of Re-Animator will receive a deluxe home video release mirroring the wildly popular Re-Animator 40th Anniversary Edition — packed with exclusive new bonus features, limited collector’s packaging, and fan-favorite surprises.

To mark the digital release of the acclaimed period horror film Fright on Prime, writer and director Warren Dudley reflects on the challenges/joys of indie filmmaking, his passion for football and what frightens him.

Your latest film, Fright, recently enjoyed a successful World premiere at FrightFest 2024, where it was compared to The Haunting and The Innocents. Describe what the occasion was like.

The entire Frightfest experience was the usual festival mix of nervous excitement and terror! It was the first time the cast and crew were seeing the film too so I was really hoping they would love how it turned out – and I think they did. The paying audience added even more pressure, being made up of seasoned horror fans who, by that point, had already watched around 25 films over the weekend so that was quite stressful.

However, the feedback was overwhelmingly positive from the audience and the Frightfest critics.

Stars: Gwyneth Evans, Jill Priest, Daniel Tuite, Jamie Martin | Written and Directed by Warren Dudley

It’s a rare feat for a film to convincingly transport its audience back in time and believably sustain the world it builds, but that is exactly what Warren Dudley’s Fright achieves.

A love letter to 1950s cinema, Fright is a gothic horror film that follows Emily (Gwyneth Evans), who is on the cusp of adulthood. Yet, her liberation and personal freedoms are constrained by her agoraphobia as well as her domineering mother (Jill Priest), who is intent on keeping Emily confined to the house. At the brink of mental collapse, Emily is haunted by a malevolent force – a gnarled black hand that represents Emily’s trauma and will stop at nothing to use it against her.

Stories about a protagonist haunted by a ghostly apparition are not unique. Still, Dudley offers a fresh...

1937. Emily (Gwyneth Evans) is close to becoming an adult but her forthcoming eighteenth birthday won’t be much of a cause for celebration as, due to chronic agoraphobia. she has never left the rambling, crumbling gothic pile which is her home. Haunted by visions of a gnarled, black hand, Emily longs for the day her long absent father will return home and save her, but her strict, overbearing mother (Jill Priest) insists that he is gone forever and that Emily needs to be more concerned with the terrors lurking outside…

In an era with so much horror that’s cranked up to eleven in terms of sound and fury, it’s pleasing to take the odd detour into a simpler, more measured time. Warren Dudley’s Fright, presented in black and white and performed in that slightly mannered method of many a 1950s Brit chiller, evokes the atmosphere of those...

Part spoof, part diligent exercise in nostalgia filmmaking, Warren Dudley’s contribution to the 2024 Frightfest line-up announces itself with its font. The elegantly curling letters, white on black, are followed by a shot of a lonely manor house. We then cut back and forth between images of an open fire burning in a hearth – traditionally used to reference the heart of the home, but in this case with a skull beside it – and pages from a children’s book which will remind viewers of everybody’s favourite Pride mascot, The Babadook. Therein we are warned about the perils of going outside – about the man with the black hand, a threat all the more terrifying for its obscurity, lurking out there to snatch away unwary little girls.

There is only one girl in the house now, and she isn’t little anymore. This is Emily (Gwyneth Evans), who lives alone apart.

This year’s Frightfest offers something a little different from what we’ve seen in recent years, with a heavy emphasis on style not just for decoration but as a means of telling powerful stories. There are a lot of interesting films to choose from, from Warren Dudley’s expertly crafted Forties style Gothic thriller, Fright, to Joy Wilkinson’s clever fairytale reworked as urban thriller, 7 Keys, but we’ve settled on five that we think showcase the best of this new approach whilst delivering the wit and wickedness that fans of the festival have come to love. Dig in!

Strange Darling Photo: Frightfest

Strange Darling

Packaged like a true crime thriller and signed off like a drivetime radio yarn of the type you may or may not wish to take seriously, Jt Mollner’s playful thriller is a delight from start to finish. It’s gorgeously shot on celluloid by Giovanni Ribisi,...

There’s a sweet message at the heart of “The Bromley Boys” about finding the heroism in mediocrity, thought it’s one not best served by the film being entirely mediocre itself. Adapted from a sepia-tinted memoir by British author Dave Roberts — detailing the childhood origins of his obsession with the consistently second-rate Bromley soccer team — Steve Kelly’s lightweight film spins allegedly true events into the stuff of pure sitcom: affable enough, but so glibly inauthentic as to make “Bend It Like Beckham” look like cinéma vérité by comparison. It’s curious how the world’s most popular sport maintains such a thin roster of truly classic movies in its honor; that is unchanged here.

Perhaps ongoing “Game of Thrones” mania is to credit for a belated, somewhat surprising U.S. release for “The Bromley Boys,” a year after it failed to score on home turf: It’s led...

Today's Horror Highlights commences with impressions of Nicholas Woods' The Axiom (2017). Also: a trailer for The Untamed and release details for Prankz, which is now available on Amazon Prime.

The Axiom Impressions: The Axiom is a deeply intriguing vessel that explores familiar waters in the most creative ways possible.

Written and Directed by Nicholas Woods, The Axiom stars Hattie Smith, Zac Titus, Nicole Dambro, Taylor Flowers, and Michael Peter Harrison. It follows a group of friends who get tricked into going into the woods to rescue McKenzie's (Hattie Smith) sister, who mysteriously disappeared in those same woods. Once in the wilderness, the gang slowly discovers that not only are they not alone, but that they may have entered another dimension.

There is a lot to unpack when discussing this film, so let's start with the axiom itself. It is an opening to other worlds much more terrifying than our own,...

Now available on Amazon Prime comes Director and Writer Warren Dudley’s newest horror/thriller film, Cage! Starring Lucy-Jane Quinlan, the story takes you into captivity with a chat line worker, with seemingly no escape route in sight. Read more about Cage: In Seattle in 2001 twenty seven year old Gracie Blake is working from home taking chatline calls from male […]...

In today's Horror Highlights, we have details on Fathom Events' one-night-only theatrical screenings of Resident Evil: Vendetta, the podcast The Switchboard, The Final Girls' one-night-only UK screenings of Xx, Cage on Amazon Prime, and the new trailer and release details for Beacon Point.

Resident Evil: Vendetta Screenings: "Resident Evil: Vendetta’ One-night U.S. Cinema Event On June 19 To Include Exclusive Cast Intro And Behind-the-scenes Content

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What: “Resident Evil: Vendetta" is the third installment in the massively popular CG animated film franchise, following “Resident Evil: Degeneration” (2008) and “Resident Evil: Damnation” (2012), and will premiere in U.S. movie theaters on June 19 only. Exclusive to the U.S., this not-to-be-missed cinema event includes a specially-produced introduction from the cast and behind-the-scenes footage.

Derived from Capcom’s Resident Evil™, one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time (72 million + copies sold), “Resident Evil: Vendetta” features the fan-favorite...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details and the trailer for Chemical Peel, premiere details for Refuge, Day for Night, and Perfidy, a new Summer of Blood trailer and much more:

Chemical Peel Release Details and Exclusive Comments from Actress Natalie Victoria: Actress Natalie Victoria stars in “Chemical Peel,” a Lionsgate Home Entertainment Release that will be available on October 14th. Here are some comments from Natalie on us why she enjoyed working on this movie:

“I think the best thing about this film is it’s a unique, fun, realistic concept that will scare people, you know? I love films that are set in a real and really raw reality that frighten you to the core. Chemical Peel is a real ‘what would You do?’ kind of film that gets you thinking,...