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PENNY LANE IS DEAD: Shudder Acquires Homage to 80s Ozploitation Horror Flicks
Set on a hot summer's night in 1986 Australia, 17-year old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny's jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge.
VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK Teaser: Vernon Wells And Kathleen Kinmont Star in Folk Horror
During their search in the woods for a missing boy, an estranged father and son encounter a sinister cult that worships mind and flesh altering creatures.
STARSUCKERS: The Butler Brothers' Dark Satire to Premiere at FrightFest 2026
When an ordinary couple wins an exclusive weekend with their celebrity idols, they discover the glamorous power couple are hiding murderous secrets, forcing them into a twisted game of deception and survival where fame, desire, and identity become deadly obsessions.
Popcorn Frights 2026 Second Wave: THE END OF OAK STREET Added, DRAG to Close
Plus: William Sadler, Robert Kurtzman, all-night 'Wishmaster,' 18 new premieres.
Fantasia 2026: FERINE, Check Out The Teaser Trailer And International Poster
A tragic event shatters a rich art collector's life, awakening her primal nature. She destroys her privileged existence to build a new concept of family, leading her on a path of destruction and animalistic transformation.
SUNDOWN: First Look Images From Rebekah McKendry's New Monster Movie
Three generations of women reunite in a remote cabin to avenge a loved one's death, only to discover their captive isn't who he seems to be and his family is closing in, waiting for sundown.
Fantasia 2026: INSECTASY Trailer Asks "You're Into Bugs, Right?"
A film trailer that asks two questions -- "Are you into bugs?" and "Are you a pervert?" -- is a trailer worth sharing. Angus Silver's perfectly portmanteau'd titled, Insectasy, is world premiering as part of the UNDERGROUND side-bar at Fantasia...
Fantasia 2026 Highlight: Special Live Events You Will Not Want to Miss
Deep within the bowels of that final wave of titles for this year's 30th Edition of Fantasia there were a number of free-of-charge special live events that are running during the festival. They were easy to miss under that...
ATTACK ON PARADISE: Teaser & New Stills For Belgian-Dutch Actioner Headed to Fantasia
An ex-convict fights his way up a gang-controlled high-rise during a violent police raid to rescue his mother, reluctantly partnering with a rookie officer to survive.
Neuchatel 2026: Report on Opening Night
The 2026 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival kicked off this past Friday, 3 July, and we've been happy to publish daily guides to the program. This year, sadly, none of our writers are able to attend in person, but we're...
20001 AN EARTH ODYSSEY: An Introduction to Japanese Animated Short, in Competition at Fantasia
A sci-fi black comedy set 20,000 years after human extinction, where three aliens investigate the collapse of human civilization by misinterpreting everyday human relics.
TIGHT LETTUCE: An Introducton to Fantasia-bound Dark Comedy
A son films his father's addiction, hoping to document his recovery; but as he sacrifices everything to save him, he must decide how much he'll lose for someone who may not want saving.
Karlovy Vary 2026 Exclusive: RAIN CATCHER Poster Premiere
Michele Fiascaris expands on his acclaimed short Rain Cather in the namesake feature debut, a mind-bending psychological thriller set in a noirish London.
SOUR MINNOWS: An Introduction to Harrison Atkins' Interdimensional Absurdist Comedy, Premiering at Fantasia
With the complete lineup of the 30th Edition of Fantasia announced today we are introduced to some of the titles that are playing this year. Here we have an introduction to Harrison Atkins' second movie. Sour Minnows, something we are...
Fantasia 2026 Shorts: Beauty in The Light, The Dark, Out There And in Each Other in Shorts Programme
The best festivals draw in the the best films and filmmakers. That goes for features, it also goes for short films, and Fantasia's short film programme is a entire beast of it's own. The full lineup of over two...
Fantasia 2026: Final Wave Announced, HER PRIVATE HELL & FREAKS PART II to Bookend 30th Edition
Okay, are you ready? The final wave of titles and additional programming for the 30th Edition of Fantasia is here and it is a whopper. The opening and closing films have been announced. Nicola Winding Refn's Her Private Hell...
UNHOLY NIGHT: Teaser And Images Come Wrapped in a Bloody Bow For Fantasia-Bound Horror Comedy
A family's Christmas Eve dinner becomes a nightmare as Gino must protect his loved ones from his reanimated grandmother who crashes the celebration with murderous intent.
Karlovy Vary 2026 Exclusive: MY FRIEND THE PORN STAR Poster Premiere
Austrian filmmaker Rosa Friedrich will unveil her playful hybrid documentary about porn shoot gone awry in the Proxima competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Neuchatel 2026: Genre Fest Kicks Off Next Week
Due to kick off next Friday, 3 July, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival announced its program a couple days ago, and it is very, very good. In their own words, they are "the only Swiss festival dedicated to genre...
NIGHT AFTER NIGHT Poster Debut: Josh Lobo's Sci-fi Thriller Premieres Tonight at Chattanooga
After his coworker vanishes, a reclusive night guard at a secluded university begins unraveling the secrets of a hidden room where an ever-changing entity reappears night after night.
