by Andrew Mack

MOTELX 2018: Festival Announces Ten Films Competing For Méliès D'Argent Award

Being one of the Méliès d'Argent winners at select festivals on the international circuit is a pretty big deal for European filmmakers. All films who win the d'Argent at participating festivals compete at the 'end of the season cycle' in...
by Andrew Mack

THEY HEAR IT: IT FOLLOWS' David Robert Mitchell to Write Adaptation From Short Film WHISPER

THR reported yesterday that Legendary Entertainment and producer The Picture Company have fast tracked the feature film They Hear It an adaptation of Julian Terry's horror short film Whisper (see image above and the short below).    The companies bought...
by Andrew Mack

COMMANDO NINJA: Fresh Batch of Images in a Behind The Scenes Gallery

As Benjamin Combes' homage to 80s action beefcake cinema Commando Ninja comes together in post Screen Anarchy has been sent a batch of behind the scenes stills. Up to now most of these have been largely unseen outside of backers...
by Andrew Mack

CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA: First Images From Upcoming Netflix Series

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa`s penchant for taking cheerful intellectual properties and going really dark continues with his new series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Aguirre-Sacasa took this dark turn previously with the Archie comics in Riverdale and is looking to romanticize the occult...
by Andrew Mack

CHASING THE BLUES: Watch The Trailer For Caper Comedy, in Cinemas October 5th

Fans of vinyl records and the blues should find symbiosis in Scott Smith's caper comedy Chasing the Blues. After its festival run it was picked up for distribution by Ammo Content who will release the film in select U.S. cinemas...
by Andrew Mack

60 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT: Robert Nolan Fights Off Bad Guys in New Poster and Exclusive Gallery

I will confess that I've only known of Robert Nolan's work through the horror community here in Toronto. So the idea of watching Nolan as an action actor is supposed to feel alien to me, no? Then I watched the...
by Andrew Mack

Review: In DISENCHANTMENT, Matt Groening Brings His Animation Comedy Gold to Netflix

This could have been the easiest review we have ever written and it would have gone like this,   "If you like Matt Groening's The Simpsons, or the even better Futurama, you will appreciate his latest project Disenchantment"    It...
by Andrew Mack

Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival Announces 2018 Lineup

Our friends at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF) are gearing up for another festival jammed with genre goodness. Less than a month from now the festival dedicated to showcasing fantastic cinema from around the world will thrill locals at...
by Andrew Mack

DEAD TEENAGER SEANCE: New Short on The Way From O DIABO MORA AQUI Duo

Brazilian filmmakers Dante Vescio and Rodrigo Gasparini have been on our radar for a few years now. Their short film M is for Mailbox made an impression during the competition section for the first ABCs of Death anthology. They followed...
by Kurt Halfyard

Fantasia 2018: It's a Wrap on Montreal's Wonderful Summer Camp for Genre Fans

The 22nd Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close. Hats off to anyone with the stamina to make it from the early July beginning to curtain closes in August. We know a few folks who do the three...
by Andrew Mack

PUPPET MASTER THE LITTLEST REICH: Watch The Red Band Trailer

After an extremely short sprint on the festival circuit RLJ Entertainment is bringing the latest chapter of the Puppet Master franchise, The Littlest Reich, to US cinemas, VOD and Digital HD on August 17th.    A red band trailer was...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2018 Review: BUYBUST, Bust is One Word For it...

Erik Matti's Buybust opens with two seasoned cops interrogating a low level Manila drug dealer. Word is, Biggie Chen, as his name states he is the biggest drug dealer around, is in town, and they want to know where so they...
by Andrew Mack

ALONG CAME THE DEVIL: Teaser Exclusive

If possession and exorcism horror is your game then keep an eye out for Jason DeVan's Along Came The Devil on August 10th. Screen Anarchy has been asked to share an exclusive teaser with you. Find it and the trailer...
by Andrew Mack

LUZ: Watch The New Teaser Trailer For Tilman Singer's Intense Debut

Already taking the festival circuit by storm, this intense, and intensely strange, possession mind bender, now has now a teaser trailer worthy of the experience. Tilman Singer's Luz, deftly straddles the line between genre and art-house, and it is sure...
by Andrew Mack

APOSTLE: Netflix Debuts Key Art For Gareth Evans' Occult Thriller

On what is likely to be its only stop on the festival circuit Gareth Evans' occult thriller Apostle will have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in September then will launch globally on Netflix on October 12, 2018.    The...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2018 Review: LIFECHANGER, Emotional Tragedy Under a Body Switching Horror Guise

Wherever Drew goes a body is sure to follow. Not just sure, a body has to follow. Drew has to transport himself from body to body if he wants to live; he is convinced he will die if he does...
by Andrew Mack

Apple Wants to Make Gilliam's TIME BANDITS Into a Series

This is a thing.    Deadline has announced that Apple is securing the rights to make Terry Gilliam's dark fantasy film Time Bandits into a series.    Released in 1980, Time Bandits is a dark, irreverent adventure about imagination, bravery...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2018: Festival Adds Final-Minute Screening of Jonas Åkerlund's LORDS OF CHAOS

Oh Fantasia. You would not be the festival that we love so much if you did not add a coveted screening after the last of our team have left the city. Your festival director Mitch Davis was hinting at this...
by Andrew Mack

ALTERED CARBON Renewed With Anthony Mackie as Takeshi Kovacs

Good news abounds for fans of Netflix's adaptation of Richard Morgan's cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon. Variety reports that the series has been renewed for a second season and Marvel Cinematic Universe regular Anthony Mackie has been cast to take over...
by Andrew Mack

Fantasia 2018 Review: BUFFALO BOYS, an Imbalanced Period Action Film That Largely Disappoints

Excuse me kind sirs, but could you point me in the right direction as to where the action is?    It is 19th Century Indonesia, the Dutch West Indies, and Arana has returned to the island of Java with his...