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Although Phoebe Tonkin was in the 2012 shark thriller Bait and the high profile 2022 flop Babylon, most viewers probably know her from her work in television: she has been on multiple episodes H2O: Just Add Water, Home and Away, The Secret Circle, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Westworld, Safe Harbour, and more. I just finished watching a Netflix series she was in, Boy Swallows Universe, which I thought was pretty great. Now Tonkin has the lead role in a thriller called Night Shift, which just received a VOD and limited theatrical release today, courtesy of Quiver Distribution. To help you figure out whether or not Night Shift is a movie you’d like to see, we have a clip and the film’s trailer embedded above.

Written and directed by Paul China and Benjamin China, a.k.a. The China Brothers, Night Shift has the following synopsis: While working her first...

Exclusive: While high-profile packages have been flourishing following the ends of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the spec market also looks to have some pop to it as sources tell Deadline that Netflix has landed the female-driven genre thriller Apex from scribe Jeremy Robbins. Ian Bryce and Chernin Entertainment will produce. Netflix declined comment.

The script is described as Free Solo meets Silence of the Lambs and follows a rock climber who finds herself being hunted in the wild.

The sale comes at an interesting time in a post-strike landscape where studios see a need for new original stories to fill their development slates, and the spec and packaging markets have reaped the rewards. Prior to the WGA strike in May, the market was not as robust as reps cautioned their clients about how hard it is to sell a script with talent attached, let alone a spec on its own.

After racking up more than a decade of acting credits, Angela Gulner – who has been in the genre films Take Back the Night, Dead in the Water, and The Summoned, as well as a season 3 episode of the Netflix series Glow – is making her feature directorial debut with the psychological horror thriller The Beldham, which is currently filming in Oklahoma. Deadline reports that The Beldham stars Patricia Heaton of Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle, as well as Corbin Bernsen (City on a Hill), Katie Parker (The Midnight Club), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Collection), and Hannah Reese (Baby Money).

Described as being “about mother-daughter relationships”, The Beldham sees Heaton taking on the role of Sadie, a fierce caregiver determined to protect her family from a monstrous presence that threatens to tear them all apart.

Gulner wrote the screenplay for the film and is producing it with Mark Meir for Wicked Myth Films,...

Exclusive: Patricia Heaton (Carol’s Second Act) has signed on to star in The Beldham, a new psychological horror-thriller about mother-daughter relationships, marking the feature directorial debut of actress Angela Gulner (Glow).

Others set for the Gulner-penned indie, which is currently in production in Oklahoma, include 2x Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Corbin Bernsen (City on a Hill), Katie Parker (The Midnight Club), Emma Fitzpatrick (Take Back the Night) and Hannah Reese (Baby Money).

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The film has Heaton playing Sadie, a fierce caregiver determined to protect her family from a monstrous presence that threatens to tear them all apart. Mark Meir...

April’s horror and sci-fi home media releases are ending in a big way, as we have a lot of genre goodness to look forward to with this week’s 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD offerings. In terms of new titles, Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall is arriving this Tuesday on a variety of formats, and both Gia Elliott’s psychological thriller Take Back the Night and Dead by Midnight Y2Kill are headed to DVD as well.

Arrow Video is giving Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys the 4K treatment this week, and Vinegar Syndrome has several titles headed to 4K this week, too, including Scanner Cop, Scanner Cop II: The Showdown, Madman, and a Schizoid/X-Ray double feature. Severin Films is showing some love to the Ozploitation flick Stone with a Special Edition release, and Agfa/Bleeding Skull are putting out Emily Hagins’ Pathogen on Blu-ray, too.

Other titles headed home on...

We're very happy to hear that Salem Horror Fest will be making its return in April 2023! Film submissions are already open and more details will be revealed in the coming months, but in the meantime, check out the official press release below and the killer artwork from David Dembowski!

Salem, Massachusetts - April 20, 2022 - Named by FilmFreeway as one of the “best genre festivals in the world,” the aggressively, and unapologetically queer Salem Horror Fest will return to the Halloween capital of the world for it’s sixth year next April 20 - April 30, 2023.

Addressing the move, festival director Kay Lynch said, “ Salem is a nightmare. Every October, half a million visitors descend upon a city population of 50,000 - snarling traffic, crowding the streets, and commandeering an extremely low inventory of hotel rooms driving up prices so that no one can travel to Witch City for a weekend without dropping 2,500. This is not the experience,...

Starring and co-written by Emma Fitzpatrick, Gia Elliot's Take Back the Night is now available on digital platforms and in select theaters from Dark Sky Films, and we have an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!

Below, you can check out our exclusive clip from Take Back the Night, and we also have a list of where you can see the new movie (both in theaters and on digital platforms):

Theater Listing:

Los Angeles - Cinelounge Rooftop Cinema (one night only)

Columbus - Gateway Film Center

Albuquerque - Guild Cinema

Kansas City - Screenland

Digital Availability:

Apple TV

Prime Video

Google Play

Microsoft Movies & TV

Vimeo On Demand

Vudu

Synopsis: Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that tried to kill her. Jane’s efforts intensify, but her troubling history of drug use and mental...

Stars: Emma Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Lafleur, Angela Gulner, Sibongile Mlambo, Corina Kinnear, Kati Sharp, Natalie D’Amico, Jess Varley, Mecca Morgan White, Richard McDowell, Kwanza Gooden, Tony Sgro | Written by Gia Elliot, Emma Fitzpatrick | Directed by Gia Elliot

Right from the title director Gia Elliot and co-writer Emma Fitzpatrick make it clear that Take Back the Night isn’t just another monster movie. By using the slogan of many marches and movements protesting violence against women as their title they signal their intention to make this about more than simple scares.

The challenge with that is not letting the message overwhelm the actual plot and the film’s entertainment value. Or worse become heavy-handed and preachy. The Hunting, which I recently reviewed, is an example, its message about veterans and Ptsd taking over what was supposed to be a werewolf film. Can the makers of Take Back the Night succeed where many have failed before?...

Dark Sky Films shares an exclusive clip from director Gia Elliot’s horror thriller and US genre festival favorite Take Back The Night, featuring The Collection‘s Emma Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Elliot, stars as Jane, who launches a vigilante campaign to hunt the beast that attacked her. “Finding herself the victim of a violent monster attack, Jane […]

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No stranger to the horror genre, Emma Fitzpatrick co-wrote and stars in Gia Elliot's new movie Take Back the Night, in which her character, Jane, survives a brutal creature attack only to face equally destructive speculation from those around her in the aftermath of the ruthless encounter.

To celebrate the film's March 4th theatrical and digital release from Dark Sky Films, Daily Dead Managing Editor and Monsters, Makeup & Effects: Volume 1 author Heather Wixson will be hosting a special screening and Q&a for Take Back the Night at 8:30pm on Thursday, March 3rd, at the Cinelounge Rooftop at The Montalbán theatre in Hollywood!

Below, you can check out the poster with additional details for the rooftop screening (which will include Covid-19 safety precautions in accordance with LA County guidelines), and we also have a look at the official synopsis and trailer for Take Back the Night!

Finding herself...

With a brand new month kicking off tomorrow, we’re back with a rundown of all the fun horror and sci-fi films headed to VOD and various digital platforms throughout March 2022. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to see it in theaters, you’ll finally get a chance to check out Scream (2022) as it makes its digital debut tomorrow, and we have a ton of great indie horror headed to both Shudder and Arrow in March as well. Mariama Diallo’s Master arrives on Amazon Prime on the 18th after celebrating its world premiere at Sundance back in January, and we also have a few other festival favorites from 2021—Offseason and Ultrasound—hitting digital platforms in March, too.

Check out our full rundown of all the great genre films hitting the small screen throughout March 2022 below. And happy streaming, dear readers!

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MPI Media Group has added Kevin Kopacka’s German-language arthouse horror and Fright Fest 2021 premiere Dawn Breaks Behind The Eyes to its international sales slate for the virtual EFM.

The gothic homage to European mind-bending genre from the 1960s and 1970s stars Luisa Taraz and Frederik von Lüttichau as a married couple whose relationship and sanity are tested when they spend the night at a dilapidated castle where time and space become fluid.

Anna Platen, Robert Nickisch and Jeff Wilbusch round out the main cast. Kopacka co-wrote the screenplay with Lili Villanyi, who served as producer.

The company’s VP of television,...