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Do Not Disturb, from Dark Star Pictures, hits the small screens after receiving raves on the genre festival circuit including screenings at Popcorn Frights, Screamfest LA, Atlanta Horror Fest and more.

A psychedelic horror film wrapped in a failed marriage and cannibalism is out now on DVD and Digital.

Directed by John Ainslie (She Came Knocking) and starring Kimberly Laferriere (Serpent in the Bottle), Rogan Christopher (The X-Files – TV Series), and Janet Porter (Regression).

Synopsis:

Chloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. They decide that a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. However, they’ve been given a powerful strand that awakens a desire to eat human flesh. Confronting their toxic relationship, their room becomes a den of love, lust and resentment as Chloe realizes that the way to escape this troubled marriage to is to literally consume Jack.

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It’s Thanksgiving Week, which is always a perfect time to cuddle up on the couch and catch up on horror movies you might’ve missed. This year has given us so many new horror releases that it’s been absolutely impossible to watch them all, and more are coming this week!

Here’s all the new horror releasing November 21 – November 26, 2023.

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A peyote trip turns into a cannibal nightmare in Do Not Disturb, which Dark Star Pictures brought to select theaters last week. The film is now available on Digital at home.

In Do Not Disturb, “Chloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. They decide that a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. However, they’ve been given a powerful strand that awakens a desire to eat human flesh.

“Confronting their toxic relationship, their room becomes a den of love,...

"A nightmarish stew you can't help but enjoy." Level Film has revealed a new red band trailer for a trippy, wild and extra crazy horror thriller called Do Not Disturb. Potentially a brand new cult horror hit, as long as some people watch it, based on all the quotes in here. Made by Canadian filmmaker John Ainslie, the film initially premiered at the Popcorn Frights Film Festival, FrightFest London, Grimmfest, and Screamfest LA horror festivals last year. It's currently set to open in select theaters + on VOD starting this month. Love is all consuming in this narcotic nightmare crafted by writer / director John Ainslie. The film is a psychedelic exploration of love, lust and carnal desire. A couple travels to Miami for their honeymoon, but after taking some peyote it ends up unlocking very dark desires within them. Starring Kimberly Laferriere & Rogan Christopher as the couple, with Janet Porter, Christian McKenna,...

John Ainslie’s Do Not Disturb portrays what nastiness festers behind locked hotel room doors in this heavy dose of psychedelic anarchy. What feels like a stripped-down mashup of Bones & All, Very Bad Things, and The Hangover sends broken people on a bad and bloody trip. It might not look that way at first, because Ainslie wants the initial twenty to thirty minutes to feel more dramatically inclined. That’s when the peyote ingestion begins, and terrible decisions breed despicable outcomes in a fashion that’ll please viewers who appreciate a savage brand of tonal chaos.

Canadian newlyweds Chloe (Kimberly Laferriere) and Jack (Rogan Christopher) travel to Miami to reignite what passion once existed. They’re your typical front-page couple in divorce pamphlets. Chloe’s still grieving after a failed pregnancy while Jack focuses on getting blitzed, proper man-child style. That’s when opportunity presents itself — a delusional man...

A peyote trip turns into a cannibal nightmare in Do Not Disturb, which Dark Star Pictures is bringing to big and small screens after receiving raves on the genre festival circuit.

The psychedelic horror film wrapped in a failed marriage and cannibalism comes to theaters on November 17 and shortly after at home on Digital on November 21, 2023.

Exclusively watch the bloody official trailer below!

In Do Not Disturb, “Chloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. They decide that a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. However, they’ve been given a powerful strand that awakens a desire to eat human flesh.

“Confronting their toxic relationship, their room becomes a den of love, lust and resentment as Chloe realizes that the way to escape this troubled marriage to is to literally consume Jack.”

Kimberly Laferrière and Rogan Christopher star.

John Ainslie‘s indie horror movie Do Not Disturb premiered at...

The 22nd Screamfest Horror Film Festival’s just released its first wave of feature films screening this year. The 2022 festival will take place October 11-20 and will be held at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

“We are excited to return to the Tcl Chinese Theaters since the theatrical experience is unlike anything else,” stated festival founder Rachel Belofsky. “We look forward to seeing the LA horror community in person this year and can’t wait to see these premieres on the big screen where they belong.”

The festival’s set Prime Video and Blumhouse’s Run Sweetheart Run with Shohreh Aghdashloo and Pilou Asbæk as its closing night film. Screamfest will also host the West Coast premiere of Living with Chucky, a documentary about the creepy serial killer doll written and directed by Kyra Gardner. Slayers starring Thomas Jane, Abigail Breslin, and Malin Akerman will have its world premiere...

Screamfest Horror Film Festival announced today its first-wave lineup of competitive features and shorts for its 22nd edition running October 11th through 20th at the Tcl Chinese Theater.

The Hulu Original film Matriarch will hold its world premiere screening on October 11 – opening night – before premiering on the streamer for Huluween on October 21.

From the press release:

“Run Sweetheart Run from Prime Video and Blumhouse will close Screamfest LA on October 20th. After what begins as dinner with a client, a single mom (Ella Balinska) finds herself hunted by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable assailant (Pilou Asbæk). Co-written and directed by Shana Feste, the film is a must-see watch for the Halloween season and helmed by an extraordinary team of women both in front and behind the camera. A Q&a will follow the screening featuring the cast and crew.

“Considered the “Sundance of Horror,” Screamfest is proud to showcase new...

Stars: Kimberley Laferriere, Rogan Christopher, Janet Porter, Christian McKenna | Written and Directed by John Ainslie

Chloe and Jack travel to Miami for their honeymoon. Amidst the flashy neon and sunny beaches, they decide a peyote experience will strengthen their marriage. Unbeknownst to them, they’ve been given a rare and powerful strand of the drug that awakens a desire to eat human flesh.

I’ll admit, I was drawn to Do Not Disturb thanks to John Ainslie, director of this film, and the writer behind the brilliant Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer. Ainslie was also responsible for co-writing and directing 2017’s The Resident (aka The Sublet) which, whilst not as successful as Jack Brooks Imho, was still a decent slice of supernatural horror that was held together by lead actress Tianna Nori. And that’s also the case for Do Not Disturb, which relies heavily on its two leads, Kimberley Laferriere and Rogan Christopher,...