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The word chateau is French for “house.” Given that, we can be certain the new horror film from Quiver Distribution is some kind of haunted house movie. The only question is…what kind? James (female) is a social media influencer always looking for the perfect stunt to amass the masses. So when she’s bopping around France and hears about an opening to clean a chateau the locals claim is Haunted, well…she’d be nuts Not to apply for the position. Bringing her cameras and a friend to hold said cameras, James begins to document her adventure cleaning the spooky old mansion. It doesn’t take her long to encounter real ghosts…ghosts that seem to crave attention too. The trailer and screenshots seem to point to Chateau being a found footage movie; all shots are coming from James’s phone, GoPro and other cheap devices. It hasn’t been confirmed at this time,...

Horror fans at the American Film Market (AFM) are in for a frightful treat as Film Mode Entertainment presents its latest horror-thriller, Chateau. Directed by Luke Genton, known for his work on Snow Falls and The Keeper, Chateau stars Cathy Marks and Colton Tran and marks its debut market screening at AFM.

Chateau tells the story of Olivia (played by Marks), an aspiring influencer on a quest for more followers during a trip to France. Intrigued by the eerie aura of a mysterious chateau with a shadowy history, she decides to sneak onto the property for an exclusive live-stream experience. But as the broadcast begins, Olivia’s seemingly thrilling adventure unravels into a terrifying ordeal. Dark, unseen forces emerge, intent on ensuring she doesn’t leave. With every corner haunted and every sound amplified, her digital quest for fame becomes a brutal struggle for survival.

For director Luke Genton, Chateau...

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's The Devil's Bath To Re-Release In Theaters Starting November 13: "In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations. Day after day, she is increasingly trapped in a murky and lonely path leading to evil thoughts, until the possibility of committing a shocking act of violence seems like the only way out of her inner prison. Giving a voice to the invisible and unheard women of the rural past, The Devil’S Bath is based on historical court records about a shocking, hitherto unexplored chapter of European history."

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"Do you want us here?" Quiver Distribution has posted the trailer for an indie horror called Chateau, the second feature from filmmaker Luke Genton. This first premiered at the 2024 Popcorn Frights Film Festival this year and will be out on VOD to watch at home in December. "Vacation is all about escape." While on a French vacation funded by odd jobs, an aspiring influencer covertly films a vlog in a reportedly haunted chateau she's been hired to clean. This found footage horror follows two influencer idiots getting a real scare when they discover this chateau is actually, really haunted. Starring Cathy Marks and Coltron Tran as the main duo. This isn't a particularity original concept - there's also Deadstream which this film seems to be borrowing from, not to mention Rob Savage's Dashcam, and other horror that is about people going into a haunted house that they think isn't...

The latest edition of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival is underway, unleashing movie premieres, repertory screenings, and horror celebrations with much more still to come.

Opening weekend kicked off with a variety of repertory screenings of Psycho Cop Returns, Maniac Cop 2, Maniac, Society, the “lost” cut of Return of the Living Dead 3, and more with the filmmakers in attendance. It also came with a slew of brand new premieres from emerging filmmakers.

Here’s a round-up of some of Popcorn Frights 2024’s feature offerings so far…

Beezel

Director Aaron Fradkin explores the enduring, grisly horrors lurking within the bowels of a New England home via an experimental triptych. Co-written with Victoria Fratz, Beezel begins with an appropriately gnarly child death in the ’60s, shot on Super 8, kicking off three different experiences with witchy terror stretched over six decades. Fradkin puts heavy emphasis on scare-crafting, ensuring every second...

Stars: Randy Couture, Kathleen Kenny, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Bonnie Aarons, Chaz Bono, Cathy Marks | Written by Joe Davison, Luke Genton | Directed by Colton Tran

When the opening scene ended with a pretty cool and gory death, in what was a traditional but fun slasher film build-up, my hopes were kind of high. It feels like we have had very few new slasher movie villains to get excited about. Of course, Michael Myers, Chucky, Ghostface and more are still going strong but other than Art the Clown in the Terrifier franchise, no one seems to have lasted for more than one movie in more recent times. So when Randy Couture is standing tall as Hank, giant axe in hand, things were looking up. But the movie doesn’t quite pan out the way I was expecting.

The Bell Keeper follows a group of friends, including two brothers, who travel to a campsite at Lake Bell.

Stars: Randy Couture, Capri-Antoine Vaillancourt, Mike Manning, Alexis B. Santiago, Cathy Marks, Reid Miller, Chaz Bono, Kathleen Kenny, Bonnie Aarons, Daniel Dasent | Written by Joe Davison, Luke Genton | Directed by Colton Tran

The Bell Keeper opens on a reasonably strong note for what appears to be an indie slasher. An axe-wielding figure, we’ll later find out his name is Hank, dispatches a pair of victims and adds their driver’s licenses to the collection on his cabin wall. The only as to why, “You shouldn’t have rung the bell”.

This happens at Lake Bell which, as the newspaper headlines under the credits tell us, has a long and evil reputation that includes lots of brutal deaths and mysterious disappearances. So of course filmmakers Gabriel, and Matthew want to make a documentary about it.

So they, along with their girlfriends Megan, Holly, and Liam Matt’s little brother who happens to own a camper,...

Stars: Randy Couture, Kathleen Kenny, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Bonnie Aarons, Chaz Bono, Cathy Marks | Written by Joe Davison, Luke Genton | Directed by Colton Tran

When the opening scene ends with a pretty cool and gory death, in what was a traditional but fun slasher film build-up, my hopes were kind of high. It feels like we have had very few new slasher movie villains to get excited about. Of course, Michael Myers, Chucky, Ghostface and more are still going strong but other than Art the Clown in the Terrifier franchise, no one seems to have lasted for more than one movie in more recent times. So when Randy Couture is standing tall as Hank, giant axe in hand, things were looking up. But the movie doesn’t quite pan out the way I was expecting.

The Bell Keeper follows a group of friends, including two brothers, who travel to a campsite at Lake Bell.

Exclusive: Chaz Bono (American Horror Story) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun) have signed on to star alongside Randy Couture, Reid Miller, Mike Manning, Kathleen Kenny and Cathy Marks in the action-horror pic The Bell Keeper, from director Colton Tran (Snow Falls).

In the film, a group of friends travel to a secluded campsite to film a documentary. What they find is something much more sinister than they could have ever imagined. Artisha Mann-Cooper, Nick Theurer and Jonathan Cooper are producing, with Final Destination scribe Jeffrey Reddick exec producing alongside Martin Ngongo.

Bono is represented by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Mills Kaplan Entertainment; Aarons by Mills Kaplan Entertainment and Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs.

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Exclusive: Atlas Distribution Company has acquired U.S. rights to writer-director Allen Wolf’s romantic comedy The Sound of Violet, based on his award-winning novel, with plans to release it theatrically in 20+ U.S. markets on April 29.

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The Young and the Restless spoilers for the Wednesday, October 24, 2018 episode of the CBS soap tease that we have a major throwback in the works as the Abbott family regresses, er, flashes back to better times. The sudser is showcasing an inventive storyline as it flashes back to the 1970s. In fact, there will be fresh faces playing the characters that we’ve come to know and love. Young Dina (Marla Adams) will be portrayed by Cathy Marks. And of course we need a young John, so actor Jonathan Stoddard will appear as the young titan in training. We’ll […]

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