Dread’s Satanic Hispanics, the first all-Latino horror anthology from five indie-horror filmmakers, all hailing from a different corner of Latin America, kicks off the start of Hispanic Heritage Month releasing in North American theaters 14 September.
Stranded in the countryside – in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak – older brother Harry fights to protect his younger sister, Lily, while he desperately searches to find refuge with their father.
Written and directed by Kwon Oh-seung, Midnight follows a ruthless serial killer who hunts down a deaf woman through the streets of South Korea after she witnesses his brutal crime.
Ditched delivers stomach-churning exploitation whilst flirting thematically with social-horror, but it is the classic “fuck you” ending that will linger with you long after the closing credits; feeling like a .44 caliber projectile piercing your brain.
Desperate to escape an overturned ambulance, a group of paramedics, including young Inuit paramedic Melina, find themselves surrounded by violent prisoners. Discovering that they are the victims of an ambush, Melina’s journey to safety becomes the ultimate contest of wills, as the perpetrators hunt them down one by one.
Written and directed by Christopher Donaldson, Ditched is available on VOD 18th January, and on Blu-ray 15th February from Epic Pictures and DREAD. Produced by Mark Sommer.
Fin is a criminal on the run, wanted for the murder of his boss and the accidental shooting of an officer. He breaks into the home of a high-class escort, only to discover that you get more than you bargain for with Val, short for ‘Valefar’ – a demon who offers to make all Fin’s problems disappear if he agrees to follow her rules.
But in Val’s world there are no accidents, and as Fin meets her other “customers”, he learns that she was expecting him all along, and it isn’t easy to escape Val’s dungeon.
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJ Chilly Billy tells a twisted anthology of horrifying local myths.
“Welcome back kids to the Psychotronic FM Halloween Show! Station 66.6.”
Directed by Scott B. Hansen and Desiree Connell, Bad Candy stars Zach Galligan, Derek Russo, and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor.
Bad Candy is available in select theatres 10th September, on demand 14th September, and Blu-ray 12th October from Epic Pictures and DREAD.
From writer and director Takashi Shimizu, Howling Village follows a young psychologist, Kanade, who visits an infamous haunted and cursed village to investigate her brother’s disappearance.
Her investigation reveals that the village’s mysteries are connected to her family and works to uncover her family’s dark history.
Howling Village is available in select theatres 13th, on demand 17th August, and Blu-ray 14th September from Epic Pictures and DREAD.
Benny Loves You is an original comedy horror about a possessed, jealous toy that will kill anyone who gets too close to his grown-up owner. This film has it all! Comedy, horror, gore aplenty, and a sympathetic main character in Jack. The dialogue in Benny Loves You is frequently funny; the awkwardness of Jack as he sneaks around the office to avoid his boss or to dodge Dawn’s advances isn’t laugh-out-loud, but more the quaint British humour you see in films like Extra Ordinary. There’s also plenty of black humour surrounding Benny and his murders, not least with the dog, Precious!
Romina, an overworked nurse and single mother, returns home from her late shift on Halloween night to find Chris, a forlorn maniac, hiding out with Alan, a bruised and beaten hostage within her home. Her home becomes the stage for Chris to enact brutal justice up Alan whom he blames for an alleged act of horrendous inexcusable violence against a close family member. Romina finds herself plunged into a personal hell as she struggles to side with either party. The worst is yet to come. An unexpected wave of violent intruders descend upon the neighbourhood and lay siege to her home.
Justin Long and Donald Faison lead the unique modern-day parable that follows Frank, an opportunistic insurance lawyer, who thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through board meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions.
Robocop meets Office Space in Garo Setian’s sci-fi feature debut! 🤖 A workplace robot, AUTO, transforms into a killing machine when he discovers he will be replaced by a more efficient model.
Garo Setian directed, produced, and edited Automation, and co-wrote alongside Rolfe Kanefsky and Matthew L. Schaffer. The film stars Elissa Dowling, Parry Shen, genre multi-hyphenate Graham Skipper, Sarah French and scream queen Sadie Katz as office employees thrust into peril by a spiteful robot.
