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In her review of Replace back in 2017, Heather Wixson wrote that Norbert Keil's film is a "...stunning and beautifully executed cinematic mystery that’s part body horror/part psychological thriller," and with Replace coming to home media this October from Uncork’d Entertainment, we've been provided with an exclusive clip featuring Barbara Crampton as the chilling Dr. Rafaela Crober.

Below, you can watch a skin-crawling (and skin-peeling) experiment continue at the hands of Crampton's character in our exclusive clip from Replace, which is coming to DVD and VOD beginning October 1st from Uncork’d Entertainment. In case you missed it, read Heather's review of the film and her interview with co-writer/director Keil and co-stars Crampton and Rebecca Forsythe.

"How far would you go to live forever?

Norbert Keil’s brilliantly disturbing Replace has an answer – see what it is on digital and DVD this October.

Afflicted with a dermatological disease,...

Uncork'd Entertainment is releasing Norbert Keil’s body horror flick Replace on DVD and VOD on October 1st. We have the new trailer, poster and a selection of images from the film to share with you below. Keep an eye for Replace this October. How far would you go to live forever? Afflicted with a dermatological disease, young and beautiful Kira discovers that she can replace her skin with that of other girls. Helped by her lover, she plots a murder and the victim becomes her donor, but when the disease returns, she is forced to find more victims. From writers Richard Stanley and Norbert Keil, Replace stars Rebecca Forsythe (The Bronx Bull), Lucie Aron (Berlin Syndrome), Sean Knopp and genre icon Barbara...

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Back in June, the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival took over Southern California, hosting screenings at numerous locations and featuring numerous genre films that horror and sci-fi fans should definitely keep on their radars in the coming months. Here are my thoughts on three of the movies that I had the opportunity to watch at the festival:

Replace: As far genre feature film debuts go, co-writer/director Norbert Keil has a lot to be proud of with Replace, a stunning and beautifully executed cinematic mystery that’s part body horror/part psychological thriller. Something of a hallucinatory fever dream at times, Keil has crafted an intriguing and chilling portrait of just how far some folks are willing to go in the name of vanity, and the whole affair is anchored by a trio of powerhouse performances by Rebecca Forsythe, Barbara Crampton, and Lucie Aron.

In Replace, we’re introduced to...

Stars: Rebecca Forsythe, Barbara Crampton, Lucie Aron, Sean Knopp, Adnan Maral, J. David Hinze | Written by Norbert Keil, Richard Stanley | Directed by Norbert Keil

Following in the footsteps of the likes of David Cronenberg, German filmmaker Norbert Keil unleashes his own brand of body-horror on unsuspecting audiences with Replace – a Bathoryesque tale of a beautiful young woman, Kira, who is afflicted with a disease that rapidly ages her skin. After seeking the advice of a dermatologist she discovers she can replace her skin with that of other girls, so of course she abducts and kills a potential donor. But when the disease returns, she is forced to find more victims and soon becomes the target of a police investigation.

I knew it… Back when the marketing machine for Replace started to ramp up I initially compared the film to Brian Thomas Jones’ The Rejuvenator and – turns out – that’s exactly...

There’s a captivating science fiction horror concept at the back of director Norbert Keil and co-writer Richard Stanley’s Replace with the question: how far would you be willing to go for your youth? Do you crave longevity? Vanity? Rebirth? What would you sacrifice for it? Memory? Sanity? Life itself as the past becomes a voluntary casualty of the future? This stuff is ripe for body horror grotesquery, philosophical query, and hubristic intent. And in some respects Keil and Stanley’s film touches upon each one of those promises too. Where it stumbles is execution. Rather than let us indulge in that potential from the start, the movie seeks to keep us in the dark. It’s a choice meant for suspense, but reality has it cultivating a waning interest instead.

The reason for this is an added detail not necessarily received from a synopsis explaining Kira Mabon’s...

Following in the footsteps of the likes of David Cronenberg, German filmmaker Norbert Keil is set to unleash his own brand of body-horror on unsuspecting audiences with Replace – which Keil co-wrote with the legend that is Richard Stanley (Hardware).

Replace stars Barbara Crampton, Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron and Sean Knopp; and tells the story of a young woman with a strange skin disease, who is forced to make a choice when she discovers she can replace her own decaying skin with another woman’s… Shades of Brian Thomas Jones’ The Rejuvenator perhaps?

Young and beautiful Kira is afflicted with a strange disease where her skin ages rapidly to the point of drying out and crumbling away. When she discovers that she can replace her own skin with somebody else’s, she has to make a choice: watch her own body wither and die or give in to temptation…… whatever the price.

Following its debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Vertical Entertainment has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming thriller Berlin Syndrome, which is slated for theatrical release on May 26. This new thriller stars Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, Lights Out & Max Riemelt (Sense8), is directed by Cate Shortland (Lore), written by Shaun Grant (The Snowtown Murders), and based on the novel by Melanie Joosten. This new thriller could very well be one of the breakout indie hits this summer, if it finds the right audience.

While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photographer, Clare (Teresa Palmer), meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. A night of passion ensues. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance, takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment.

"There's nowhere for me to go..." Vertical Entertainment has premiered an official Us trailer for the indie thriller Berlin Syndrome, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The film is a dramatic thriller about an Australian woman visiting Berlin who ends up locked in an apartment unable to get out after she hooks up with a German guy she meets in the city. Max Riemelt stars, along with the talented Australian actress Teresa Palmer. The cast includes Lucie Aron, and Matthias Habich. The premise is kind of a metaphor for relationships and being emotionally trapped, but it's also a nerve-wracking thriller that is sometimes uncomfortable to watch. No one wants to be locked anywhere, but this is especially scary. Here's the official Us trailer (+ intl. poster) for Cate Shortland's Berlin Syndrome, direct from YouTube: While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist, Clare meets Andi, a charismatic local man...

Five years after her unconventional Nazi drama “Lore,” Cate Shortland is back with “Berlin Syndrome.” Vertical Entertainment has released a new trailer for the thriller starring Teresa Palmer, which first premiered at Sundance in January. Watch below.

Read More: ‘Berlin Syndrome’ Review: Teresa Palmer Elevates Cate Shortland’s Creepy Captivity Thriller — Sundance 2017

Here’s the synopsis: “Australian tourist Clare (Palmer) travels to Berlin to photograph East German architecture and meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a handsome but brooding schoolteacher. After a brief erotic fling, Clare tries to leave, but Andi isn’t ready to let go. She soon finds herself held prisoner in his locked apartment, cut off from the outside world. As her ordeal unfolds, Clare cycles between reasoning with her captor, surrendering to his obsessions, and plotting her escape.”

Read More: Sundance 2017: Netflix, Vertical Acquire ‘Berlin Syndrome’

Matthias Habich and Lucie Aron co-star in the film, for which...

"I wish I could stay..." The first official trailer for Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland's thriller Berlin Syndrome has arrived online. This film premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year in the World Competition section, and it's kind of a dramatic suspense-thriller about an Australian tourist visiting Berlin. She meets a guy and goes home with him, but wakes up and discovers she's trapped inside his apartment, and can't get out at all. It gets a bit crazy at that point, as she tries to figure out what's going. Max Riemelt stars, along with Teresa Palmerv. The cast includes Lucie Aron, and Matthias Habich. This is a very powerful trailer, I'm impressed. It's a good film, but a bit weird as you can see from the footage. Take a look. Here's the first international trailer for Cate Shortland's Berlin Syndrome, direct from YouTube: While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist,...

Originally premiering at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, where it won Best Screenplay and a Jury Prize, Dietrich Bruggemann’s Stations of the Cross is one of the more underrated foreign theatrical releases of 2015. Receiving a paltry two week theatrical run in one theater at the end of July, the title didn’t find much of an audience, pulling in about fifteen hundred dollars. Though championed by director Paul Schrader, the title receives an equally demure DVD release and it will depend on word of mouth to direct more energy towards the complex drama.

With her family participating as members of a traditional and ultra-conservative Christian congregation called Society of Saint Paul, fourteen year old Maria (Lea van Acken) begins to find herself in rather a tough situation. Brainwashed against the demonic influence of rock, pop, and soul music, we meet her with a group of students being pressed aggressively in...