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A knock on his mobile home door one dark and stormy night leads to haunting reflections, shocking revelations, and eerie interactions for a lonesome man and his mysterious visitor in You'll Never Find Me. Directed by Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell (who also wrote the screenplay), You'll Never Find Me is now streaming on Shudder, and Daily Dead recently caught up with Josiah and Indianna to discuss their ambitious feature film directorial debut, including keeping things fresh while filming in a singular location, building a sense of dread through the movie's powerful sound design, and working with actors Brendan Rock and Jordan Cowan to create a psychologically compelling (and potentially deadly) game of cat-and-mouse between their characters.

You can watch our full video interview with Josiah and Indianna below, and we also have the official trailer and synopsis with additional details on You'll Never Find Me.

Synopsis: When an isolated...

You’ll Never Find Me brings new life to paranoia in a unique format, and for the most part, it truly manages to maintain its atmospheric thrill from start to finish. Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of the elevated horror trend because it takes away from the cheap thrills of simplicity and plain old jump scares; however, You’ll Never Find Me uniquely combines the two forms and mixes them with incredible dialogue, that will keep you thinking long after the movie is over. Despite the ending not being up to the mark and coming across as rather rushed for a movie that is such a slow burn otherwise, I’d still recommend You’ll Never Find Me, simply for its sound design and the uneasiness that permeates every frame from start to finish. Plus, it’s an Australian film, so there’s something extra exciting about it. Or maybe that’s just me.

This debut feature steeps you in a kind of waking nightmare – with a shockingly brilliant final act you may not be able to forget

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The debut feature from Adelaide film-makers Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen is thrillingly bold and inventive despite being steeped in familiar horror tropes: a darkened hallway, flashes of lightning, creaking walls and floorboards, the howling of wind. In this way, You’ll Never Find Me – which premiered at the 2023 Tribeca film festival and is released nationally on Thursday – reminded me of the pleasures of reading Edgar Allan Poe or Hp Lovecraft, whose narratives are filled with foundational horror elements but unfold with a kind of unselfconscious purity (or perhaps “sickliness” is a better word), coming alive in the magical ebb and flow of the prose.

There’s a feverishly wet and moody ambience to this film; it feels like it’s dripping all over you.

Each year there’s always a growing excitement for the start of FrightFest but opening with You’ll Never Find Me quickly quells that buzz.

This part of the Glasgow Film Festival is known for being completely different to the rest of the festival; the films are often a mix of absurd and crazy, a different kind of audience and very much its own thing with a unique personality. You are never short of interesting films even if they are generally poor – they will at least have a few moments throughout that spark joy.

So there is always an expectation that FrightFest’s opening gambit will be what sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. This is one of many issues with You’ll Never Find Me, it’s not absurd nor crazy and barely interesting. Much to the relief of FrightFest it certainly didn’t represent the festival as...

New horror movies are headed to Shudder next month, including horror anthology Satanic Hispanics and tense Australian horror movie You’ll Never Find Me. And that doesn’t even touch on the repertory additions, including rare ’90s gem Ghostwatch.

Look for Satanic Hispanics to arrive on Shudder on March 8. The horror movie assembles five tales of terror from Mike Mendez (Big Ass Spider), Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Gigi Saul Guerrero (Culture Shock), Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project), and Demian Rugna (When Evil Lurks, Terrified) unite in the first all-Latino horror anthology.

An isolated man living at the back of a desolate caravan park is visited by a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm in You’ll Never Find Me. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened – but who should really be afraid? Find out on March 22.

Shudder Original Special The Last...

The days are getting longer and while March and April carry their own unpredictability in regards to winter-to-spring weather at least Shudder can be depended on for respite from any crazy meteorlogical events you would have to shelter from next month.    Two feature films will make their debut on the platform next month: the horror anthology Satanic Hispanics and horror thriller You'll Never Find Me. The franchise that won't die, The Walking Dead, will get the Joe Bob Briggs treatment with a special The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.   The bad news? Unfortuantely, Satanic Hispanics is only coming out on Shudder in the US and You'll Never Find Me will just be in the US, Canada...

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U.K. sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to thriller “Cold Wallet.”

In the film, after losing everything in a cryptocurrency scam, a ragtag team of vigilante Redditors attempt to kidnap the kingpin who cheated them But when the home invasion takes a turn for the worst, they become victims in a sadistic game.

The cast includes Raul Castillo (“Cassandro”), Melonie Diaz (“The First Purge”), Tony Cavalero (“The Righteous Gemstones”) Josh Brener (“Silicon Valley”) and Zoe Winters (“Succession”).

The film is directed by Cutter Hodierne, who won best director at Sundance in 2014 for Vice Films’ Somali pirate thriller “Fishing Without Nets.”

Winner of Decentralized Pictures and Soderbergh’s Andrews/Bernard Award, “Cold Wallet” will have its world premiere at SXSW 2024 as part of the Narrative Spotlight section. Soderbergh said of the film: “This smart, spiky, off-center take on the vigilante genre really kept me engrossed in a how-much-crazier-is-this-going-to-get way,...

U.K.-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales for select territories to Shudder original film “Oddity.”

Written and directed by Damian McCarthy (“Caveat”), the supernatural film will have its world premiere at SXSW 2024 as part of the Midnighter section. Blue Finch will introduce the title in advance to buyers at the Berlin European Film Market (EFM).

“Oddity” follows Darcy, a blind medium, who uncovers the sinister truth behind her sister’s death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin. The cast includes Gwilym Lee (“The Great”), Carolyn Bracken (“The Gone”), Tadhg Murphy (“Brassic”), Caroline Menton (“Altar Boys”), Steve Wall (“The English”), Jonathan French (“The Rock in the Sea”) and Joe Rooney (“Harry Wild”).

The film is produced by Shudder, Keeper Pictures and Nowhere Films and is set for a streaming release this summer.

Shudder original “Destroy All Neighbors” will also join Blue Finch’s slate at EFM.

"We're all just out running something." Shudder has unveiled an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled You'll Never Find Me, made in Australia by filmmakers Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell. This initially premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, with screenings at Sitges, Fantastic Fest, Bucheon, Screamfest, Glasgow, and a few others. A thunderstorm brings a mysterious woman to Patrick's isolated mobile home. As the night unfolds, secrets and realities blur. Will she be able to leave? Or is something darker keeping her there? The film is an impressive indie creation set in mostly one contained space, featuring unsettling sound design and tricky performances to pull you into the horror game afoot. You'll Never Find Me stars Brendan Rock as the man and Jordan Cowan as the "guest" who shows up. If you love sneaky, mind-game horror this is definitely one I recommend - playing on Shudder in March. There's some good twists waiting within.

Claustrophobic chamber piece You’ll Never Find Me, the feature directorial debut by Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen, introduces a haunting new entry in Australian horror set over one dreary night of dread and terror. Bloody Disgusting can exclusively debut the new trailer that teases the cat-and-mouse tension that mounts during one dark, stormy night.

You’ll Never Find Me begins streaming exclusively on Shudder on March 22, 2024.

In the film, “An isolated man living in the back of a desolate caravan park is visited by a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened- but who should really be afraid?”

Watch the trailer below and check out the new poster below to get a glimpse of the classic ghost story setup that gives way to something far more grim.

Jordan Cowan and Brendan Rock star in the intimate horror feature penned by Bell.

Rose Glass’s romantic thriller Loves Lives Bleeding is set to open the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival (Gff) on February 28.

The UK filmmaker’s follow-up to Saint Maud stars Kristen Stewart as a gym owner who falls for a bodybuilder with criminal connections. The A24 feature will receive its UK premiere at Glasgow following its debut at Sundance earlier this month.

John Archer’s documentary Janey, about Scottish stand-up comedian Janey Godley as she embarks on her final tour following a terminal cancer diagnosis, will close the festival on March 10.

Gff has secured eight world premieres (see below...

The 20th edition of the Glasgow Film Festival reveals an exciting programme featuring premieres, special events and screenings of some classics.

Running from February 28th to March 10th the UK premiere of Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding opens the festival. Closing gala is Janey – a touching documentary on Scottish Comedian, Janey Godley, about her life, career and terminal cancer diagnosis.

There are no less than eleven world and international premieres including Bucky F*ing Dent from David Duchovny adapting and his own novel which he also directs. Feature debuts at the festival include Glasgow director Ciaran Lyons’ Tummy Monster as well as The Old Man and The Land from Nicholas Parish.

The festival will feature a double dose of Ewan McGregor in UK premiere of Bleeding Love, starring alongside his daughter Clara McGregor, and also Mother.

A guarantee each Gff is great variety and this year is no different with...

Frightfest pick The Invisible Raptor Photo: Frightfest

The line-up for this year's Glasgow Frightfest was announced this week. Opening with Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell's psychological mystery You'll Never Find Me, which sees a request for shelter on a dark and stormy night turn into something much more unsettling, it will close with Alan Scott Neal and Taylor Sardoni's tale of small town desperation, The Last Straw. Brazilian newcomer Tiago Teixeira delivers paranoid erotic in Custom and Ireland's Paul Duane explores the ethics of ethnology and the power of music in All You Need Is Death, one of the most talked-about horror films of the year to date.

Other highlights include Wake Up, an environmental slasher from Turbo Kid team Rkss, and Mike Hermosa’s joyously silly splatterfest The Invisible Raptor.

"We live in amazing times of change in the delivery of the audiovisual experience," said festival co-director Alan Jones,...

FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror fantasy event, returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 19th year, from Thursday 7th March to Saturday 9th March 2024. This year’s diverse and creative line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, showcases the latest new releases from the horror, chiller and fantastic realms by auteurs from all over the globe who are not only transforming the genre in exciting ways but also celebrating its consistent appeal at the box office. This year we will be presenting twelve films from eight countries, spanning three continents, including two world and eight UK premieres.

FrightFest kicks off in thrilling style on Thurs 7 March with a special UK premiere screening of twisted terror tale You’LL Never Find Me, a bold directorial debut from Australian filmmaking duo Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell and featuring outstanding central performances from Jordan Cowan & Brendan Rock.

FrightFest’s...

U.K.-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to horror film “Mom.”

Blue Finch will be selling the film at Berlin’s European Film Market (EFM) in February. “Mom” will have its world premiere at FrightFest Glasgow in March.

The film follows a struggling mother who is abandoned by her family and partner after a horrific incident. As she falls further into isolation, she begins to be haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to make her relive her darkest moments.

“Mom” revolves around a central performance from Emily Hampshire (“Schitt’s Creek”) and also stars François Arnaud (“Marlowe”) and Christian Convery (“Cocaine Bear”). The film marks the feature debut for director Adam O’Brien, known for his acclaimed horror shorts “Bloodbath,” “Insane” and “Banshee.” O’Brien produced the film alongside Benoit Beaulieu, Albert Melamed and Philip Kalin-Hajdu, who also wrote the screenplay. Hampshire, Arun Aurora,...

U.K. sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to thriller “Birdeater.”

The debut feature from filmmaking duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir follows a bride-to-be who is invited to join her own fiancé’s bachelor party on a remote property in the Australian outback. But as the festivities spiral into beer-soaked chaos, uncomfortable details about their relationship are exposed, and the celebration soon becomes a feral nightmare.

Blue Finch describes the film as “an unapologetic look at how Australia’s iconic masculine identity has become incompatible with contemporary gender politics.” The film stars Shabana Azeez (“Run Rabbit Run”) and Mackenzie Fearnley (“Operation Buffalo”) as the soon-to-be-wedded couple. Written by Clark, the film is produced by Stephanie Troost and Ulysses Oliver of Breathless Films. The Australian and New Zealand rights are with Umbrella Entertainment.

The film screened at the Melbourne International...

Horror hits the ground running in 2024, and judging by the current release slate, the genre has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. 2024’s horror slate is densely packed already, and it doesn’t even touch on the yet-to-be-announced features and surprise festival gems.

Welcome to Bloody Disgusting’s 2024 Horror Preview.

How massive will 2024 be for horror? If this preview of the year’s looming horror offerings is any indication, horror fans may be spoiled for choice. Of course, expect some release dates to shift and many surprises yet to get announced in the coming months. In other words, this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Here are 51 horror movies we’re excited to check out in 2024.

Mayhem! – January 5

Xavier Gens, the filmmaker behind New French Extremity entry Frontier(s), is kicking off the new year with a violent actioner follows a boxer’s quest for bone-breaking, merciless revenge.

U.K. based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide rights to thriller “Steppenwolf” from writer-director Adilkhan Yerzhanov, whose credits include the Cannes selected titles “The Owners” and “The Gentle Indifference of the World.” The film will have its world premiere at next month’s International Film Festival Rotterdam as part of the Big Screen Competition.

“Steppenwolf” is a brutal story of an unlikely duo who will stop at nothing to find what they are looking for. Tamara is searching for her missing son in a small town consumed by violence. In a desperate bid to get him back, she decides to offer a reward to an amoral former investigator whose methods prove to be sadistic. Determined, Tamara decides to complete the mission with the nihilistic detective, no matter what the cost.

Alexander Rodnyansky, who is best known for Oscar nominated “Leviathan” and “Loveless,” serves as producer...

Blue Finch Films has locked the North American sale for the Bloomquist brothers’ political slasher Founders Day after the American Film Festival that ran earlier this month. The film has been acquired by Dark Sky Films and will be theatrically released in the first-quarter of 2024. The deal was negotiated by Mike Chapman on behalf of Blue Finch Films and Giles Edwards, head of development and acquisitions for Dark Sky.

After screenings at Popcorn Frights and FrightFest, the film has enjoyed a strong festival run including screenings at San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and most recently an award winning screening at Toronto After Dark.

Founders Day is a contemporary murder-mystery set in a small town that is stricken by ominous killings on the eve of its tricentennial celebration and impending mayoral election.

The latest feature from fraternal writing-director duo Erik & Carson Bloomquist and production outfit Mainframe Pictures boasts an...

Sideshow Brings Frankenstein'S Monster To Life: "First brought to life by the words of Mary Shelley, the creation known as Frankenstein’s Monster has taken on many forms throughout popular culture. Inspired by the iconic literary character and his visual legacy across the centuries, the Frankenstein’s Monster Statue by Sideshow honors the creature’s horror roots and tragic nature with a new, original design.

This stunningly detailed, fully sculpted piece shows the hulking figure cloaked in the pelt of a black bear and clad in patchwork pants. Two large electrodes emerge from his back and silver staples hold his reanimated flesh together. He is painted with a cadaverous mixture of yellows and reds, emphasizing how Frankenstein’s creation straddles the line between life and death.

Lurching through a melancholy cemetery scene, Frankenstein’s Monster crosses a snow-dusted grave where a lantern, shovel, and broken skull rest. The headstone...

Iranian drama film “Empty Nets” was Monday named winner of the Aff Feature Fiction Award at the Adelaide Film Festival. Directed by Behrooz Karamizade, it collected an A$10,000 cash prize.

The festival’s competition section is one of the oldest in Australia and seeks to reward bold filmmaking. This year’s competition mostly comprised films by directors making their feature debuts. They included “Blaga’s Lessons,” from Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev; “Embryo Larva Butterfly,” by Greek-Cypriot writer-director Kyros Papavassiliou; “On The Go,” from directors Julia de Castro and Maria Gisele Royo; “Sahela,” directed by Australia’s Raghuvir Joshi; and “You’ll Never Find Me,” from Adelaide-based duo Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell.

“’Empty Nets’ is a searing portrait of the bleak socioeconomic reality for young people without family money in contemporary Iran, distinguished by atmospheric visuals, an evocative sense of place, stirring lead performances and a powerful grasp of the sea as...

Exclusive: UK-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Film Releasing has acquired worldwide sales rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Jordon Prince-Wright’s WW1 war feature Before Dawn. First-look materials will be available to view at the American Film Market, where Blue Finch will begin sales.

Based on real-life war diaries, Before Dawn is an epic retelling of one of Australia’s biggest military victories during WWI. Jim Collins (Miller), a young man from the outback, leaves his family-run sheep station to join the soldiers on the western front with hopes of making a difference. Soon, the realities of the muddy, ruthless, and entirely unforgiving war take their toll on a guilt-ridden Jim. As the men in the battalion are whittled away and hope becomes a distant memory, a final chance at redemption comes in one of Australia’s greatest battles; Jim must risk death or forever carry the...

After its Tribeca Premiere Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell’s You’ll Never Find Me has found a home at Shudder, we learned today.

“You’ll Never Find Me is a horror Trojan horse; a classic haunted house setup complete with howling winds, punishing rain, and blackouts allow for a unique exploration of ghosts,” Meagan wrote in her review. “It’s fitting for a feature that hinges on the core theme that appearances can be deceiving. While it bides its time to get there, reveling in the subtle details, extensive dialogue, and brooding mood along the way, Bell and Allen’s confident grasp on this story ensures it culminates in a finale that’ll haunt you.”

The feature debut from Allen and Bell stars Brendan Rock as an isolated man living at the back of a desolate caravan park who is visited by a desperate young woman (Jordan Cowan) seeking shelter from a violent storm.

Shudder have announced that they have acquired Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell’s You'll Never Find Me ahead of its screening at Fantastic Fest later this month. You'll Never Find Me had its world premiere at Tribeca early in the Summer. Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick's intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality. The local rights for the Australian horror thriller...

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Exclusive: Shudder has snapped up rights for North America, the UK and Ireland to You’ll Never Find Me, an Australian horror thriller marking the feature directorial debut of Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell, from international sales agent Blue Finch Films. The Shudder Original is next set to play Fantastic Fest, after world premiering at Tribeca in June, and will launch on the platform in 2024.

Brendan Rock stars as an isolated man living at the back of a desolate caravan park who is visited by a desperate young woman (Jordan Cowan) seeking shelter from a violent storm. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened — but who should really be afraid? In addition to writing the script, Bell produced with Allen, Jordan Cowan, and Christine Williams.

“Josiah and Indianna bring a taught, tense, and twisted two-hander. Relenting and exciting,” said Emily Gotto, who serves as VP,...

Blue Finch Films has boarded worldwide sales on horror-thriller, “Last Straw,” set to have its world premiere at the Sitges Film Festival before making its way to Beyond Fest next month.

Written by Taylor Sardoni, “Last Straw” pays homage to the pressure cooker genre films of the past and aims to present a raw and unrelenting twist on the home-invasion thriller. The story revolves around a young waitress working the late shift alone at a rural roadside diner. Her life takes a terrifying turn when she becomes the target of a group of masked assailants. As the night unfolds she must muster all her strength to survive.

This film marks the directorial debut of Alan Scott Neal and the cast includes Jessica Belkin (“American Horror Story”), Jeremy Sisto (“Thirteen”) and Taylor Kowalski (“Snowfall”). The original score is composed by Alan Palomo of Neon Indian and the cinematography is by Andrey Nikolaev.

The South Australian festival iis now an annual event.

Films from Europe, the Middle East and Australia dominate the fiction and documentary competitions at the Adelaide Film Festival (Aff), the first since an injection of government funding enabled the event to step up from being biennial to annual.

The festival will take place in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, from October 18-29.

The opening film will be the Australian premiere of Kitty Green’s Toronto premiere and awards hopeful The Royal Hotel, produced by UK-Australian outfit See-Saw Films. The world premiere of Scott Hicks’ music documentary My Name’s Ben Folds – I Play Piano,...

Stars Acting Up At Busan

Oscar-winning Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung will headline the Actors’ House section of the upcoming Busan International Film Festival, it was announced on Thursday.

Introduced in 2021, Actors’ House is a special series that connects audiences and film enthusiasts with iconic actors from the current generation through its in-depth discussions. “There’s much anticipation to hear her words of wisdom, as she’s known for her insightful observations,” said the festival.

Others this year include: Han Hyo-joo, Song Joong-ki and Korean-American actor and author John Cho. Han is known for performances in 2015’s “The Beauty Inside,” “W” (2016), “Happiness (2021), and last year’s “The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure.” She will be in Busan with Netflix-backed “Believer 2” and recently appeared in the Disney+ original series, “Moving.”

Song, who hosted the 2021 Busan festival’s opening ceremony, was recently seen in “Hopeless,” one of the handful of Korean films in Cannes this year.

Directors Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen were saving up for a house, but after hearing American director Trey Edward Shults speak at Austin Film Festival about making the micro budget 'Krisha', they decided their funds might be better spent making a debut feature that they could use as a calling card.

The post Indiana Bell and Josiah Allen strike out with indie horror ‘You’ll Never Find Me’ appeared first on If Magazine.

U.K.-based sales and distribution company Blue Finch Film Releasing has secured global distribution rights, excluding North America, for Teresa Sutherland’s film “Lovely, Dark, and Deep.”

The film debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival. Blue Finch is set to kick off sales at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. North American rights for the film are held by XYZ Films.

Written and directed by Sutherland, “Lovely, Dark, and Deep,” a psychological horror, centers on Lennon, who seizes the opportunity to assume the coveted role of a back-country ranger at a remote outpost. While adapting to her solitary existence in the wilderness, she becomes aware of a lurking, sinister presence. Driven by the need for answers, Lennon embarks on a journey through the ominous terrain, seeking to unveil the long-standing mystery that has haunted her since childhood.

The cast also features Nick Blood (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) and Wai Ching Ho...

The Melbourne International Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 2023 edition, with “Shayda,” by Iranian-Australian director Noora Niasari, set as the opening title.

The festival will run as a live event August 3-20, at venues around the city and its suburbs, and online Aug 18 – 27. The hybrid format was developed during the Covid pandemic and Miff found it useful as a tool to reach further away audiences and wider demographics than a strictly in-theater edition.

The ‘Bright Horizons’ competition section open to films by first- or second-time feature directors contains an 11-title mix of new and recently-debuted works.

As well as opening the festival, “Shayda” will play in competition. The competition’s other Australian-made title was announced as “The Rooster,” from actor turned writer-director Mark Leonard Winter.

International titles in competition include “Banel & Adama,” by Franco-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy, which played in competition in Cannes; “How to Have Sex,...

When it comes to small space settings in film, developing an engrossing story takes a bit more effort. Other Tribeca offerings, like You’ll Never Find Me, do this remarkably well. I.S.S. is certainly committed to its premise and excels at building tension; it’s an example of the ways in which suspense and conflict can be developed in the story and between characters. And while the plot is suspenseful and unsettling because it’s something that could happen, the film underwhelms when it comes to its dynamics and individual arcs, each character lacking a depth that would have elevated an otherwise solid thriller.

A team of astronauts, a mixture of Russian and American, gather on the International Space Station (I.S.S.), and they’re joined by newcomers — Dr. Kira Foster (Ariana DeBose) and Christian Campbell (John Gallagher Jr.). Things are going swimmingly at first, and everyone seems to be getting along great,...

Horror is such a versatile genre, and when it finds its sweet spot, it can be electrifying, emotional, and chilling in equal measure. You’ll Never Find Me is all of these things and more, and its ending will evoke such a visceral reaction of shock and awe. Directed by Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell (who also wrote the screenplay), You’ll Never Find Me is an intimate story, one that is carried by an intense ongoing exchange between two characters that will rattle your nerves and keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

Patrick (Brendan Rock) is a solitary, paranoid man who lives in a mobile home inside a caravan park. He often hears knocking on his front door, but there’s no one there when he opens it. The sound of creaking echo through the ceiling in his home as the wind blows harshly amidst...

Claustrophobic chamber piece You’ll Never Find Me, the feature directorial debut by Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen, just debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it introduced a haunting new entry in Australian horror.

In the film, “An isolated man living in the back of a desolate caravan park is visited by a desperate young woman seeking shelter from a violent storm. As the savage storm worsens, these solitary souls begin to feel threatened- but who should really be afraid?”

Jordan Cowan and Brendan Rock star in the intimate horror feature penned by Bell.

You’ll Never Find Me employs a classic horror setup – a raging storm traps two strangers alone at a remote location in the dark. Bell and Allen use the familiar setting to introduce a grim, contemporary horror story. The filmmakers spoke with Bloody Disgusting at Tribeca, discussing their debut’s origins and horror influences.

Bell wanted to...

“It was a dark and stormy night” is an opening phrase instantly evocative of classic horror stories, a dramatic mood setter that evolved into a cliché and sometimes loving parody. You’ll Never Find Me, the feature directorial debut by Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen, is a somber tale set on a dark and stormy night. But the filmmakers instead reclaim the quintessential setup to blend grim, contemporary horror with a classic haunted house aesthetic, resulting in a claustrophobic, oft-unsettling chamber piece.

A torrential downpour late one evening brings an unexpected Visitor (Jordan Cowan) to a stranger’s door in a quiet Rv park. She’s soaked, on edge, and needs a phone to call for help. The man, Patrick (Brendon Rock), invites the Visitor inside to dry off and take refuge from the raging storm outside. The woman hesitantly accepts her guard up at potential danger, even with Patrick’s...

On a dark and stormy night, two strangers wait out the weather in a rundown caravan deep in Australia's coastal region. Tension mounts as the weathered trailer owner and his mysterious guest learn more about each other and the events that have drawn them both together, but these two don't reveal their secrets easily. Over the course of the night suspicions shift and fear rains down on the thin tin roof as the storm worsens, trapping the two disparate souls together.

Written and directed by Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell, You'll Never Find Me is a classic Chamber Piece that hinges on two demanding performances from its lead actors. The dread-filled slow burn stars Brendan Rock (Danger 5) as Patrick, a lonely man haunted by his past, and Jordan Cowan (Wolf Creek 2) whose cautiously alert character is known only as The Visitor. The script is tight, the dialogue is sharp,...

The Tribeca Festival is nearly here, taking place June 7 to June 18, and it brings a packed slate of screenings and premieres.

The festival’s 22nd edition offers a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person, with notable genre programming dedicated to repertory screenings that include Re-Animator to upcoming premieres. In other words, Tribeca’s bringing the horror this year.

Here are five titles we can’t wait to see at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Bad Things (United States) – World Premiere

In this haunting thriller, a new variation of psychological horror invites audiences to question the limitations of our contemporary relationships with people and spaces, and the implications of undealt trauma.

Written/Directed by Stewart Thorndike. Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Rad Pereira star.

Why we’re excited: Haunted hotels and fragile minds pair well together in horror, as The Shining classically demonstrated.

Perpetrator – North American Premiere

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U.K.-based sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has boarded international sales, excluding North America, for William Shatner documentary “You Can Call Me Bill” from Legion M and Exhibit A Pictures.

Written and directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, who has previously helmed documentaries such as “78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene,” “Memory: The Origins of Alien,” and “Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist,” the film had its world premiere at SXSW 2023 as part of the Documentary Spotlight section.

The film is an intimate portrait of William Shatner’s personal journey across nine decades, stripping away all the masks he has worn during his storied career – most famously the Star Trek franchise – to reveal the man behind it all. The first and only feature-length documentary dedicated to Shatner’s life, career and philosophy, it delves into his most fervent passions, hopes and concerns, through a thematic distillation of his...