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Four teens summon a spirit as a joke that becomes all too real in Queen of Spades. Out now on VOD services (with a Blu-ray release on June 29th), we have an exclusive clip you can watch right now and we have details on a contest for Daily Dead readers!

"According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Those brave enough draw a door and a staircase on a mirror, in darkness, and say her name three times. What happens next must be experienced to be believed. Four teenagers decide to summon the Queen of Spades as a joke. But they could never imagine the horrors this innocent prank has condemned them and their loved ones to. The evil entity won’t stop until she gets their souls."

Directed by Patrick White, Queen of Spades stars Ava Preston,...

“Son” To Premiere Exclusively On Shudder On July 8, 2021: "New York – June 1, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Son will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on July 8, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the film in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).

In Son, after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts,...

Epic Pictures have released a trailer and poster for director Patrick White’s supernatural horror Queen of Spades – which stars Ava Preston, Daniel Kash, Kaelen Ohm, Eric Osborne, Jamie Bloch, Nabil Rajo, and Krista Marchand – and is based on a Russian take on the same mythos as Candyman.

The film, whose same story was told in the 2018 direct to DVD film Queen of Spades: Dark Rite, follows four teenagers that summon an ominous entity as a joke, not knowing what horrors lie ahead for them and their loved ones when the evil they’ve unleashed will stop at nothing to take their souls.

According to legend, an ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be summoned by performing an ancient ritual. Those brave enough draw a door and a staircase on a mirror, in darkness, and say her name three times. What happens next must be experienced to be believed.

"Queen of Spades, show yourself..." Epic Pictures Group has debuted an official trailer for an indie horror film called Queen of Spades, made by Canadian filmmaker Patrick White. The film is about the "ancient legend" of the Queen of Spades, who can supposedly be provoked by drawing a door and a staircase on a mirror, in darkness, and saying her name three times. An ominous entity known as the Queen of Spades can be called upon with this ancient ritual. Four teenagers decide to try it out and end up summoning the Queen of Spades, but they could never imagine the horrors that await them... She won't stop until she gets their souls. Of course not! She always needs more souls. The film stars Ava Preston, Daniel Kash, Kaelen Ohm, Eric Osborne, Jamie Bloch, Nabil Rajo, with Krista Marchand as the "Queen of Spades". This looks like a derivative mash-up...

Stars: Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Ari Millen, Brandon McKnight, Michael Reventar, Moe Jeudy-Lamour | Written by Jayme Laforest, Chad Archibald | Directed by Chad Archibald

Directed and written by Chad Archibald (Bite) and co-written by Jayme Laforest, I’ll Take Your Dead see’s us follow a guy named William who disposes of dead bodies on his farm, bodies that were victims of gang related murder in the city. When a woman’s body is dropped off by one of these seedy looking gang-bangers for William to get rid of, he soon realises that the woman isn’t actually dead, and decides to help her and keep her against her will, until he can fathom what his next step should be. The situation gets worse for William when the attempted murderers of the woman find out that she’s still alive, and try to put her out for good.

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Our friends at Black Fawn Films will release their latest film, I'll Take Your Dead, through Black Fawn Distribution this September. William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. His country farm house has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang related casualties while his daughter Gloria is convinced that some of them haunt their home. After a woman’s body is dropped off on their doorstep, William realizes that she’s not actually dead. As he tries to figure out what to do next, the woman’s assailants get word that she’s still alive and make a plan to finish what they started. Black Fawn will release their...

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Director: Chad Archibald. Writer: Jayme Laforest. Cast: Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Michael Reventar and Ari Millen. I'll Take Your Dead is the latest horror film from director Chad Archibald and his production house Black Fawn Films. Also developed by Breakthrough Entertainment and writer Jayme Laforest, I'll Take Your Dead could only have been shot in the snowy climes of Ontario. One part gangster thriller and one part ghost story, I'll Take Your Dead begins with a father - trying to protect his daughter. His work of choice is dissolving bodies, for the local gangbangers. Not much later, Act II slows the film's plot development, while supernatural elements waver in and out of the film. Overall, I'll Take Your Dead is a decent thriller, which requires a bit of patience. The ghost story elements begin with a robbery. But, what are the rules for ghosts entering or exiting scenes and being seen?...

Stars: Jack Fulton, Jaeden Noel, Ava Preston, Dee Wallace, Tashiana Washington | Written by Scott Lobdell | Directed by Bobby Miller

All Drea (Tashiana Washington) wants is to get into a good college, but for now, she’s stuck making deliveries for a local sushi restaurant. One night, after her little brother Phillip (Jaeden Noel) witnesses meteors plummeting to Earth, one of her co-workers is attacked by hungry alien furballs with sharp teeth and big appetites. Yes, the rolling, ravenous critters are back, and soon Drea, Phillip, and two kids she’s babysitting (Ava Preston and Jack Fulton) are running for their lives. They’re also trying to protect an injured friendly alien they come across along the way, but every place they flee to becomes the site of a critter massacre.

I’m not going to lie, I went into Critters Attack! with a mix of trepidation and excitement. On the...

In his four-star review, Patrick Bromley called Chad Archibald's I'll Take Your Dead "a gem of a genre mash-up that’s well worth tracking down," and if you missed it in theaters, you can soon add it to your home media collection, as Scream Factory will release the horror movie on Blu-ray and DVD beginning June 4th.

From the Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA – The new horror thriller I’ll Take Your Dead will be available to haunt your shelves come June 4, when Scream Factory releases it on Blu-ray™ and DVD. Directed by Chad Archibald, and starring Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, and Ari Millen, the home entertainment release of I’ll Take Your Dead includes a behind-the-scenes featurette that takes a look at the production of the film along with cast and crew interviews, as well as a script-to-screen comparison piece, deleted scenes, and trailers.

I'll Take Your Dead follows William,...

Starring Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro Written by Jayme Laforest Directed by Chad Archibald Over the years, one of the great honors as a journalist is to see filmmakers come into their own. My mission as a part of covering genre media is to promote, discuss, and write about the new names who are […] The post I’LL Take Your Dead Review – Humanity and Horror Come Home appeared first on Dread Central.

Part crime thriller and part ghost story, I’ll Take Your Dead is like a Joe Lansdale novel that’s occasionally interrupted by Lucio Fulci. It’s the latest Shout! Studios release from producer/director Chad Archibald, whose list of credits include The Drownsman and Bite, and it’s his most confident and assured feature to date.

Aidan Devine plays William, a reclusive farmer known among the criminal community as The Candy Butcher because he moonlights as a disposer of bodies, cutting them up into pieces and dissolving them in an acid bath. His young daughter, Gloria (Ava Preston), having grown up around death her entire life, sees the ghosts of her father’s “work” around the house. When a group of killers drop off a body that isn’t what they think it is, William and Gloria have their quiet life turned upside down, possibly for good.

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Do you remember the 80s sci-fi horror franchise Critters!? Well, they are making a comeback and the first trailer has been released for the new film, Critters Attack!

This film is a continuation of the original story and Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) returns to reprise her role as Helen Brown from the first film. The movie looks like it will offer audiences a fun, silly, and violent experience. One of the charming aspects about the film is that the effects still look like they are from the 80s.

Here’s the synopsis:

Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time in the mysterious role of Aunt Dee. Inspired by the film series from the ’80s and ’90s, Critters follows 20-year-old Drea (Tashiana Washington), who reluctantly takes a job babysitting for...

Following IGN's trailer reveal that proved the Krites are returning to Earth and "everyone is on the menu" in the new horror comedy Critters Attack!, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now announced a July 23rd Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital release date for the fifth Critters film, and we have a look at the cover art and list of special features ahead of its ravenous release:

From the Press Release: Burbank, CA – The feeding frenzy begins! Critters Attack!, the newest entry in the bloody, live-action, horror/sci-fi film series lands on earth on July 23, 2019, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital for $24.98 / $19.98 / $19.99 Srp. Fans can also watch the fur-ocious creatures’ television debut on Syfy, scheduled to air in October.

Dee Wallace (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), who starred in the original Critters as Helen Brown, will sink her teeth into the franchise for a second time...

The Krites recently returned to Earth after more than a 25-year hiatus in Shudder's Critters: A New Binge series, and now they're coming back in feature-length form in the new movie Critters Attack!, featuring Dee Wallace's return to the franchise.

IGN exclusively revealed the first trailer for Critters Attack!, which you can watch below. Wallace, who played Helen Brown in 1986's Critters, this time around plays Aunt Dee, and by the looks of the trailer, she's ready to wage war on the hungry Krites from outer space.

Not all of the Krites are looking to eat through the planet's human population, however, as one of the little space visitors seeks to help the humans in their battle against their newfound furry adversaries.

The new film is described as being "inspired by the film series from the '80s and '90s," so we'll have to wait and see if...

I’LL Take Your Dead Starring Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Ari Millen, Brandon McKnight, Michael Reventar, Adam Christie, Raffaele Brereton, Tavaree Daniel-Simms, and Moe Jeudy-Lamour Opens in U.S. Theaters and On Demand Everywhere May 3rd, 2019 William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. But he faces a difficult decision when one …

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"She's seen so much death here..." Scream Factory has debuted an official trailer for the indie horror thriller I'll Take Your Dead, the latest film from Canadian horror filmmaker Chad Archibald. This originally premiered at two Canadian film festivals last year - Calgary and Toronto After Dark - and is getting a limited release in May. The concept for I'll Take Your Dead is pretty twisted - a guy who cleans up dead bodies at a farm house gets one dumped there. But this woman isn't actually dead, and so patches and locks her up until he can figure out what to do. The two begin to develop a very unusual respect for each other, but the killers come back to finish the job. Aidan Devine stars, with Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Brandon McKnight, and Ari Millen. Looks like this has some creepy twists and turns. Here's the official trailer...

William has a career of making deceased bodies disappear. It's a macabre job, but with violence all around him, someone has to do it. One day, William finds that one of the bodies in his possession isn't quite deceased, and that's only the beginning of his problems in the trailer for I'll Take Your Dead, the latest movie from Chad Archibald (Bite) that's coming to theaters and VOD on May 3rd from Shout! Studios.

Press Release: William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. But he faces a difficult decision when one of the "corpses" dropped off by local gangsters turns out to still be alive in the genre-bending thriller I’ll Take Your Dead.

Directed by Chad Archibald, I’ll Take Your Dead has been a celebrated fixture on the festival circuit following its premiere at the 2018 Calgary International Film Festival. A macabre psychological thriller grounded by its humanity,...

Shout! Studios And Breakthrough Entertainment Announce Film Deal Shout! Studios Acquires U.S. Rights to Chad Archibald’s New Thriller I’LL Take Your Dead Starring Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jessica Salgueiro, and Ari Millen Los Angeles and Toronto – January 14, 2019 – Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has …

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William has a career of making deceased bodies seemingly vanish from this Earth. It's a macabre job, but with the violence in the closest city, someone has to do it. But one day William finds that one of the bodies in his possession isn't quite deceased, and that's only the beginning of his problems in I'll Take Your Dead, the latest movie from Chad Archibald (Bite) that's just been acquired by Shout! Studios for Us distribution.

Press Release: Los Angeles and Toronto – January 14, 2019 – Shout! Studios, the multi-platform filmed entertainment distribution and production arm of Shout! Factory, has acquired U.S. rights to I’LL Take Your Dead, an enthralling horror crime thriller directed by Chad Archibald and written by Jayme Laforest. The film stars Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jessica Algueiro, and Ari Millen. A production of Black Fawn Films and distributed worldwide by Breakthrough Entertainment, I’LL Take Your Dead is produced by Cody Calahan,...

The first trailer for the supernatural thriller I'll Take Your Dead has been released. Developed by Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment, this indie feature focuses on a father and daughter. They live out in the country, while making bodies disappear. Except, something or someone has been left behind. This title was shot in Hamilton, Ontario - by director Chad Archibald; the script was written by Jayme Laforest. As well, I'll Take Your Dead stars: Aidan Devine (A History of Violence) Ava Preston (The Odd Squad), Jessica Salgueiro ("The Strain") Brandon McKnight (The Shape of Water) and many others. The first trailer, for I'll Take Your Dead, is below. The trailer begins simply enough. One character needs some "garbage" disposed off. But, this garbage consists of a number of bodies. William (Devine) goes through his process of breaking the bodies up into more manageable bits. But, then someone wakes up.

Puppets are experiencing a bit of a resurgence, and it's very cool. Starting off today's Horror Highlights is a first look at Handy Dandy starring Bill Moseley and Bill Oberst Jr. Also: posters for I'll Take Your Dead and Johnny Gruesome, Afraid digital and DVD release details, and a Dead Love Q&A with producer Emanuel L. Isler.

Handy Dandy First Look: "Horror veterans Bill Moseley and Bill Oberst, Jr. star in the upcoming killer puppet feature film, Handy Dandy.

Helmed by Jeff Broadstreet (Night of the Living Dead 3D), Handy Dandy commences at200-year-old TV studio haunted by a 200-year-old dark magician known as Mr. Jolly (Oberst). Once the star of a 1960’s children’s show, Mr. Jolly has a long history of stealing living hearts from kids and adults alike in order to keep his evil puppet family alive. Tonight, as five unsuspecting intruders stumble into the puppets' bloody lair,...

Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment are teaming up to bring horror fans a new film. Titled I'll Take Your Dead, this horror thriller has been directed by Chad Archibald (The Drownsman) and written by Jayme Laforest. In I'll Take Your Dead, William is tasked with making bodies disappear, for a criminal underworld. But, when a victim turns up still alive, William is tasked with a difficult choice. I'll Take Your Dead stars: Aidan Devine (A History of Violence), Ava Preston (The Odd Squad), Jessica Salgueiro ("The Strain") and Ari Millen. Several new stills and a film poster have been released and can be found here. Director Archibald has mentioned some of the difficulties in shooting this ghostly thriller. He says of the exterior shooting: "we travelled up north to Orillia and shot this film at an abandoned farm house in the middle of the harsh Canadian winter. That was...

There’s a reverence for John F. Kennedy that sits deep in the American psyche. It’s commonly said that JFK’s assassination in 1963 signaled the end of American innocence, while his administration has come to be seen, by some, as a modern-day Camelot. But time has a habit of whitewashing history, while it’s human nature to grasp positives tighter than negatives. The Kennedys is an eight-hour miniseries (airing in four parts) that intends to show a different side to America’s First Family, as we see them rise to power while dealing with their personal and professional problems on the world stage. It became a controversial project earlier this year, after original broadcaster The History Channel refused to air it, claiming it wasn’t “historically accurate” enough — an excuse refuted by producer-director Jon Cassar (24), who publicly assured critics every script was checked by a historian for inaccuracies.

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