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Receiving 4.5 out of 5 from our reviewer Erica Vilkus Cara set Pigeon Shine FrightFest on fire last year at its sold out performance. Directed by Hayden Hewitt this gore-filled psychological horror is now avalible for everyone to enjoy so we caught up with the man behind the amazing movie.

Starring Elle O’Hara as the eponymous Cara – a young woman whose world is spiralling out of control. Haunted by her traumatic past, she lives with a mentally unstable roommate and struggles with a failed career as an online sex worker. Her father is unable to communicate, while her well-meaning mother offers little support. But above all, Cara is consumed by a terrifying belief that there’s a conspiracy to send her back to the harrowing institution.

With James Dreyfus, Laurence R. Harvey Michaela Longden, Julie Hannan and Johnny Vivash this jaw-dropping feature debut by writer-director Hewitt demands to be seen.

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Stars: Elle O’Hara, Michaela Longden, Sarah Jane Duncan, Jacob Roberts, Johnny Vivash, Julie Hannan, David Howell | Written and Directed by Hayden Hewitt

Credits rolling over, a montage of images that include dildos and men’s faces leering from computer monitors give way to a nightmarish hallucination sequence. Cara, a new psychological horror film from writer/director Hayden Hewitt, starts as it intends to continue, unrelentingly dark and grim.

Cara has recently been released from the grossly misnamed “Sunnyside”, a mental institution where she spent the past several years. Now, she shares an apartment with Ashley who, like her, works as a cam girl. Not a great life, but better than being institutionalized, something she swears she won’t let happen to her again.

Unfortunately, Cara’s mental state seems to already be deteriorating, as evidenced by the post-credits hallucination, and her imagining her therapist Gemma repeatedly calling her a whore during one of their sessions.

Hayden Hewitt’s harrowing psychological horror Cara will arrive on UK digital platforms on 17 February 2025, courtesy of Reel 2 Reel Films. Following its world premiere at Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024, this raw and unrelenting debut feature has garnered critical attention for its intense portrayal of trauma, mental health, and survival.

Elle O’Hara delivers a standout performance as the titular Cara, a woman haunted by the abuse she endured in a psychiatric hospital. Determined never to return to the institution, Cara devises a desperate plan to escape the grasp of her past and the sinister forces she believes are conspiring against her. As she spirals deeper into paranoia and despair, Cara’s actions lead to shocking and violent consequences, challenging audiences to grapple with the murky moral complexities of her journey.

The film’s cast includes notable talent such as James Dreyfus (House of the Dragon), Laurence R. Harvey (The Human Centipede 2...

Supernova Trailer — Harry Macqueen‘s Supernova (2020) movie trailer has been released by Bleeker Street and stars Pippa Haywood, Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, Nina Marlin, Ian Drysdale, Sarah Woodward, James Dreyfus, Julie Hannan, Tina Louise Owens, and John Alan Roberts. Crew Macqueen wrote the screenplay for the Supernova. Keaton Henson created the music [...]

Continue reading: Supernova (2020) Movie Trailer: Colin Firth & Stanley Tucci are partners Dealing with a Degenerative Disease...

We have the first trailer for Supernova. In a typical year, something like this might instantly be finding itself in the awards season conversation. It sees a pair of celebrated actors in Stanely Tucci and Colin Firth leading the way in director Harry Macqueen's (Hinterland) sophomore feature. But this is no typical year and who knows what awards season will look like. In any event, based on what we're seeing in the first trailer, this looks to be a powerful and emotional tale of romantic love.

It opens up with Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth's characters, who are in a long-term romantic relationship with one another, taking a road trip with one another. It all seems pleasant and charming, at least at first. We come to find that one of them has a debilitating disease, which leads to emotions running hot. But that appears to merely be the tip of the iceberg.

When the victims of a car crash stumble upon a farmhouse, miles from civilization, they think they’re safe, but the farm’s strange inhabitants have other ideas in Matriarch, arriving on DVD, Digital, and On Demand April 9 from Lionsgate. Charlie Blackwood, Scott Vickers, Julie Hannan, and Alan Cuthbert star in this chilling horror film that Vickers also wrote and directed. The Matriarch DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98. The trailer looks so creepy!

This terrifying thriller unfolds as pregnant Rachel and her husband, Matt, are stranded after wrecking their car on a remote Scottish road. Though hostile at first, a nearby farmer and his wife welcome them in after learning that Rachel is with child. Suddenly, Rachel realizes the family’s “daughter” is a local girl who’d gone missing years before, but when she and Matt attempt to escape, they’re held at gunpoint...

Indie filmmakers in or near Brazil may be interested to know that the Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival is now accepting submissions until March 1st. The festival is now receiving both short films and feature films for the 2019 season. Continue reading for more details. Also in today's Horror Highlights: DVD release details for Matriarch and screenings for the anthology series Horrors of the Pnw.

Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival Call for Entries: "The Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival is accepting submissions until March 1st.

Until March 1st, the Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival is receiving submissions of shorts and features for the 2019 edition in the genres: horror, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy, and animation.

The Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival is more than a competition, it’s an event that unites the best of the horror, thriller, and fantasy films with rock & roll in a big party for moviegoers who love music,...

Newcomers Charlie Blackwood, Julie Hannan and Briony Monroe star.

Covert Media has come on board at Efm to handle worldwide sales on British filmmaker Scott Vickers’ horror thriller Matriarch.

The film, which wrapped last year, shot over 12 days in late 2016 in a farm owned by executive producer Alan Cuthbert in Balfron near Glasgow. Vickers’ partner at New Light Films, Steven Little, produces.

Vickers cut his teeth in acting, screenwriting and short film directing and wrote the screenplay about a pregnant woman and her husband who are taken in by a farmer and his wife after their car crashes in the remote Scottish countryside.

Once inside, they realise their hosts’ daughter is in fact abducted and made headlines when she went missing years earlier. Things begin to heat up when the farmer and his wife tell the couple they want to take the woman’s baby once the child is born.

Newcomers Charlie Blackwood...