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Our friends at Black Fawn Distribution are handling the Canadian rights for Jesse Thomas Cook's The Hyperborean and are starting things off with a VOD release this Wednesday across all major platforms.    They've sent out the opening scene of the sci-fi horror flick, an animated prologue giving an account of the discovery of a malevolant force hidden in the aurora. Check it and the uncensored trailer below the announcement.    Black Fawn is also taking pro-orders for the Blu-ray release coming later this year. To the left you're looking at the retro VHS-style artwork that will come with the release. The link for ordering is in the announcement that follows.    Black Fawn Distribution is thrilled to announce the acquisition of The Hyperborean. The...

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"It's a laser-blasting ice mummy!" Freestyle Digital Media launched a trailer for a wacky, weird, hilarious sci-fi comedy from Canada called The Hyperborean, made by filmmaker Jesse Thomas Cook. Not to be confused with the Chilean film also called The Hyperboreans which just premiered recently. From director Jesse Thomas Cook comes a comedic sci-fi award-winning festival hit, with critics hailing it as a "bonkers film" that's both "memorable and complex." It was nominated for a 2023 Canadian Screen Award for Achievement in Spfx & Makeup. A whiskey magnate summons his contentious family to sample his legacy product: casks of Scotch aged 170 years, found in a ghost ship in the Canadian Arctic. A crisis manager then arrives and must navigate this dysfunctional family & their faltering whiskey company during a PR disaster involving triple homicide, Arctic ice mummies, and intergalactic moonshine. Yep, it's gonna be nuts! Starring Liv Collins, Justin Bott, Tony Burgess, Jonathan Craig,...

I'm a bad Canadian. Technically, I'm a bad Canadian resident, but that's a story for another day. I'm a bad Canadian because until today I've not really given much attention to the Canadian Screen Awards. I can always say that it's not been our mandate here at ScreenAnarchy, to always look out and hardly ever in on ourselves. After all, that's the Canadian Way.  Oh, we talk about Canadian genre cinema as often as it comes across our desks but don't make a point of it. Or, we didn't make a point of celebrating when Canadian genre cinema is recognized on a level like it is when a film gets nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. Case in point, Jesse Thomas Cook's Cult Hero was...

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Fantasporto, the Oporto Intl. Film Festival, kicked off Friday in Portugal’s Porto — a city famed for its elegant Romanesque cathedral, a bookstore that inspired “Harry Potter,” and the heady alcoholic drink — with an eclectic mix of titles but an emphasis on fantasy films.

Typifying the broad tastes of the festival chiefs, film critics Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky, Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s satire “Testament” opened the event’s 44th edition at Batalha Centro de Cinema, and Chinese fantasy epic “Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms,” directed by Wuershan, closes it.

Although Pacheco Pereira and Dorminsky, who compete with the Brussels Intl. Fantastic Film Festival and Sitges for fantasy films in Europe, know they can’t please everyone in Porto with their selection “what is really important to us is whether the audiences applaud the films,” Dorminsky says. “This is not a job for us. It is a pleasure.

Beware the Ides of March, but do keep an eye out for the lineup of titles taking over Screambox this month.    There are a couple Canadian genre titles in the mix this month. If you know where to look in Exit Humanity you can see ScreenAnarchy lord and master Todd Brown play a zombie extra and take a bullet to the head. Back in the day, Jesse Thomas Cook, director of current titles Cult Hero and The Hyperborean made us squirm with his 2013 flick, Septic Man.    One of the earlier monsters-are-attractive-and-hot series was BBC series Being Human. The first season will drop on March 22nd and another season will arrive every week after that.    And if you feel that your life has...

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Stars: Liv Collins, Steve Kasan, Marcia Alderson, Justin Bott, Tony Burgess, Ry Barrett, Jonathan Craig, Michael Masurkevitch, Jessica Vano, Justin Darmanin | Written by Tony Burgess | Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook

Following last year’s Cult Hero, director Jesse Thomas Cook and writer Tony Burgess are back with their fifth collaboration The Hyperborean which played at this year’s Blood in the Snow Film Festival. And right from the opening animation depicting some fictional strangeness afflicting the nonfictional McClure Arctic Expedition, it’s obvious this is as strange as anything they’ve given us before.

Diana sits at a table in a large conference room with Mr. da Silva and Ms. Ladouceur (Marcia Alderson; Cult Hero), two lawyers and eventually Mr. Denbok, a crisis manager, or spin doctor as they used to be called, who represent her late father Hollis’ (Tony Burgess) corporate interests. Their first question “How did your father die?...

Blood in the Snow Film Festival (Bits), a unique and imaginative showcase of contemporary Canadian genre films, are pleased to announce the Blood in the Snow Film Festival is back for its 12th exciting edition fully in-person November 20th – 25th at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto presented by Super Channel.

Thrillers play a big part of the lineup this year with the festival feature opener Last County by Barret Mulholland and the World Premiere of Walking Supply from director Derek Barnes.

Other highlights include the highly acclaimed My Animal, from director Jacqueline Castel which recently won the Silver Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at Fantasia and long time alumni Jesse Thomas Cook returns with The Hyperborean. Jesse’s last film to premiere at Bits in 2021, Cult Hero went on to be nominated for six Canadian Screen Awards.

Two short films that originally played at Bits before have been...

From the writer of Pontypool (Tony Burgess) and the director of Monster Brawl and Cult Hero (Jesse Thomas Cook) comes The Hyperborean, and we’ve got the trailer for ya today.

The sci-fi/horror/comedy is currently touring festivals worldwide from Collingwood Film Company, and you can watch the absolutely bonkers official trailer below.

Two words: Ice. Mummy. A laser-blasting ice mummy, that is…

In the film, “A whiskey magnate summons his contentious family to sample his legacy product: casks of Scotch aged 170 years, recovered from a ghost ship in the Canadian Arctic.”

Liv Collins, Ry Barrett, Jess Vano, Jonathan Craig, Justin Bott and Tony Burgess star.

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If you follow any of our Canadian genre filmmakers you'd know this week from their socials that their film will be included in this year's lineup at Blood in the Snow. The film festival with the sole mandate to promote and highlight Canadian genre cinema is back with another hybrid edition this November.   The in-house program will take place at the posh Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto. The festival is teaming up once again with SuperChannel to provide an online program for genre fans across the country.    This year's lineup includes lauded post apocalyptic flick Polaris, the latest collab between Jesse Thomas Cook and author Tony Burgess, Cult Hero, and the most rockingest collab of all, the one between Rodrigo Gudiño and the producer...

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The festival runs Octobber 6-9 in Manchester.

Final Cut from Michel Hazanavicius and Neil Labute’s House Of Darkness are among this year’s line-up for Grimmfest, a UK horror, sci-fi and fantasy festival, which will be held in Manchester frorm October 6-9.

Hazanavicius’ French comedy horror, a remake of 2017 Japanese title One Cut From The Dead, opened Cannes out of competition earlier this year.

House Of Darkness stars Justin Long and Kate Bosworth whose casual date takes a sinister turn. The gothic horror had its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantastia festival last month.

Also screening at the festival...

Stars: Ry Barrett, Justin Bott, Tony Burgess, Liv Collins, Jess Vano, Matt Griffin | Written by Kevin Revie | Directed by Jesse T. Cook

Cult Hero opens with the credits presented as those of a reality TV show called Cult Buster which may have been the film’s original title. Revolving around the exploits of deprogrammer Dale Domazar the season final goes off the rails as not only doesn’t he stop their human sacrifice, but his intervention also results in a mass suicide.

Elsewhere Kallie and her husband Brad are having problems. Brad seems to have lost his vigor and his drive, even worse he dared to buy a painting for the house without getting her approval. So she enrolls him at Master Jagori’s retreat for men.

But when he extends his stay without her permission she’s furious and demands to speak to the manager. When that doesn’t...

The Jesse T Cook slasher film gets it world premiere next month at the Fantasia festival

Exclusive: Canadian distribution and sales company Raven Banner has taken on worldwide sales of Cult Hero, an action thriller from director Jesse T Cook.

Written by Kevin Revie, the film stars Liv Collins as a control freak who teams with a washed up cult buster (Ry Barrett) to rescue her husband from a cannibalistic cult that is masquerading as a New Age wellness retreat.

Cook, the Canadian genre filmmaker known for projects including Monster Brawl and The Hoard, co-produced the film with Collins and Craig Shouldice.

Stars: Lisa Solberg, Tony Burgess, Barry More, Ry Barrett, Elma Begovic, Marcus Ludlow, Justin Darmanin, Jesse Thomas Cook | Written by Tony Burgess, Jesse Thomas Cook, Matt Wiele | Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook, Matt Wiele

The ultimate reality show turns into a deadly nightmare, as a crew of TV personalities, including Sheila Smyth (Lisa Solberg), a professional organizer; Dr. Lance Ebe (Tony Burgess), a psychotherapist with an alarming patient relapse rate of 94%; ghost hunters Caleb and Chloe Black (Ry Barrett and Elma Begovic); and renovators Derek ‘Duke’ Jago (Marcus Ludlow) and The Falcon (Justin Darmanin), attempt to reform a legendary hoarder who owns four condemned and haunted properties. It’s the pilot episode for their comeback series ‘Extremely Haunted Hoarders.’ What could possibly go wrong?

Turns out a lot!

Ok, confession time. When I’m sat in front of my laptop, planning out posts for this very site, I often put...

An injured man without sight and a pregnant police officer must team up to survive ravenous zombies in DeadSight, and with the new horror movie out now on DVD, On Demand, and digital platforms from Rlje Films, we caught up with director Jesse Thomas Cook in our latest Q&a feature to discuss his approach to telling a new living dead tale, the movie's references to Night of the Living Dead and Resident Evil video games, and collaborating with his wife, Liv Collins, who stars in and co-wrote the film.

Thanks for taking the time to catch up with us, Jesse, and congratulations on DeadSight! When did you first read the screenplay by Liv Collins and Kevin Revie, and what made you want to bring this story to life on screen?

Jesse Thomas Cook: Zombies have always been my top sub-genre within horror. I had produced a zombie film in 2010 called Exit Humanity,...

Ever since his breakthrough film, 2011’s Monster Brawl, Canadian filmmaker Jesse Thomas Cook’s love for zombies was more than evident. In said brawl, one of the contenders from the undead conference was, precisely, the Zombie Man (played by Rico Montana), a being from a late sixties outbreak that the military has kept in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in an obvious nod to George A. Romero’s influential masterpiece Night of the Living Dead. Now, Cook is back with Deadsight, his very first full-on take on the zombie subgenre. After unknown reasons have caused a zombie apocalypse, Ben (Adam Seybold) wakes up inside an abandoned ambulance, only to realize that he has lost his sight and has no recollection of how he ended up there. As he tries to...

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Rlje Films will release Deadsight on July 2, 2019 on DVD, On Demand and Digital HD. Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl) and written by Liv Collins (Polished) and Kevin Revie (To Hell with Harvey), the film starsCollins, Adam Seybold (Let Her Out) and Ry Barrett (The Demolisher). Rlje Films will release Deadsight on DVD for an Srp of $27.97.

Now you can win the Win the DVD of Deadsight . We Are Movie Geeks has one copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us what your favorite horror movie starting with the letter ‘D’ is. (mine’s Deep Red). It’s so easy!

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In Deadsight, Mara Madigan (Collins) is a pregnant police officer about to go on maternity leave.

Rlje Films Presents Deadsight World Premiere at Blood In The Snow Canadian Film Festival 2018 Available on DVD, On Demand and Digital HD on July 2, 2019 Rlje Films will release Deadsight on July 2, 2019 on DVD, On Demand and Digital HD. Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl) and written by Liv Collins …

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Rlje Films will release Deadsight on July 2, 2019 on DVD, On Demand and Digital HD.  Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl) and written by Liv Collins (Polished) and Kevin Revie (To Hell with Harvey), the film starsCollins, Adam Seybold (Let Her Out) and Ry Barrett (The Demolisher). Rlje Films will release Deadsight on DVD for an Srp of $27.97.

In Deadsight, Mara Madigan (Collins) is a pregnant police officer about to go on maternity leave. But on her last day on the job, she wakes up to a world ravaged by a nightmarish and bloody plague of the living dead. Amidst the chaos and violence, she finds Ben Neilson (Seybold), a man who is virtually blind, helpless, and has a mystery shrouding his past. Somehow these two must put their heads together and find a way to safety to escape this living hell.

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July 2 sees the release of Rlje Films’ Deadsight, the latest horror film from Jesse Thomas Cook. A post-apocalyptic film about two people who must survive amidst a torn world, it stars Liv Collins and Adam Seybold. Today, we’ve got the exclusive key […] The post Exclusive: Deadsight Key Art is a Zombie-Filled Good Time appeared first on Dread Central.

Fantaspoa 2019 ― which will take place from May 16th through June 2nd in Porto Alegre ― has announced its first wave of films! The complete lineup will be revealed in early May. Also: The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies - NYC presents The Shadow Over Lovecraft: Interrogating H.P. Lovecraft's Racism, Down to Hell game release details, and Trail of Blood's release on Audible.

Fantaspoa 2019's First Wave of Films Announced: "Brazil's Fantaspoa, the largest genre film festival in Latin America, is proud to reveal the first wave of films selected for their upcoming fifteenth edition, running from May 16th through June 2nd, 2019. The celebrated film fest, which takes place annually in Porto Alegre will announce their full line-up, consisting of more than 100 films, on the first week of May.

The whimsical poster for the festival's 2019 edition pays homage to Lewis Carroll’s Alice, one of literature and cinema's most memorable fantasy characters,...

Stars: Lisa Solberg, Tony Burgess, Barry More, Ry Barrett, Elma Begovic, Marcus Ludlow, Justin Darmanin, Jesse Thomas Cook | Written by Tony Burgess, Jesse Thomas Cook, Matt Wiele | Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook, Matt Wiele

The ultimate reality show turns into a deadly nightmare, as a crew of TV personalities, including Sheila Smyth (Lisa Solberg), a professional organizer; Dr. Lance Ebe (Tony Burgess), a psychotherapist with an alarming patient relapse rate of 94%; ghost hunters Caleb and Chloe Black (Ry Barrett and Elma Begovic); and renovators Derek ‘Duke’ Jago (Marcus Ludlow) and The Falcon (Justin Darmanin), attempt to reform a legendary hoarder who owns four condemned and haunted properties. It’s the pilot episode for their comeback series ‘Extremely Haunted Hoarders.’ What could possibly go wrong?

Turns out a lot!

Ok, confession time. When I’m sat in front of my laptop, planning out posts for this very site, I often put...

International title will be 2 Miles Below.

Toronto-based Raven Banner has come on board to handle international sales on the coal mine survival thriller Mine 9.

Eddie Mensore directed the film about the plight of nine Appalachian coal miners who struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them trapped underground with a one-hour supply of oxygen.

The cast includes Clint James, Terry Serpico, Mark Ahworth, Kevin Sizemore, Drew Starkey, Erin Elizabeth Burns, and Elizabeth Houston star.

Raven Banner will market the film internationally as 2 Miles Below when they open talks with buyers around the world. In the Us, Mine 9...

Co-founder of Annex Entertainment will attend Efm.

Michael Da Silva has joined Raven Banner as manager of sales and acquisitions and will attend the Efm in Berlin next week with the Toronto-based team.

Da Silva is the co-founder of Annex Entertainment, where his focus was on financing and acquisitions.

Prior to that, he spent several years at the Canadian international sales company Cinemavault, where he managed acquisitions including Darkness On The Edge of Town, and Estonian Oscar-nominee Tangerine.

Raven Banner’s Efm slate includes Jimmy Henderson’s The Prey, Cambodia’s first million-dollar action film about an undercover Chinese cop...

Deadsight is an upcoming zombie film. From director Jesse Thomas Cook, this is a production from Canadian company Foresight Features. This production company is run by Cook, as well. And, this title involves a blind man and a pregnant policewoman, who are desperately trying to survive a deadly virus. Currently in production, Deadsight stars: Adam Seybold (Exit Humanity), Ry Barrett (The Demolisher) and Liv Collins (The Sublet). A new movie poster has been released for the film, with a trailer coming soon. The first graphic shows the film's central characters. Actor Adam Seybold is seen here. Seybold has participated in other Foresight Features' productions, including Exit Humanity (2010) and Hellmouth (2014). Actress Liv Collins is also shown as Mara. A zombie looms overhead, with a graveyard in the background. Definitively set in a horror universe, DeadSight brings an interesting first image to fans. Deadsight is currently shooting in Ontario's Owen Sound. This title is being.

Seventh collaboration between Raven Banner and Jesse Thomas Cook’s Foresight Features.

Toronto-based sales agent and distributor Raven Banner has acquired worldwide sales rights to the zombie action film Deadsight in advance of next month’s Efm.

Jesse Thomas Cook directed the film about a partially blind man and a pregnant policewoman who are thrown together in a fight for survival during a deadly virus outbreak.

Liv Collins stars and co-wrote the screenplay. Producers are John Geddes, Matt Wiele, Cook, and Collins.

The film marks the seventh collaboration between Raven Banner and Cook’s Foresight Features, who have worked together on Monster Brawl,...

Tagline: "A Life and Death Intervention." A trailer for The Hoard has debuted this week. From directors Jesse Thomas Cook (Septic Man) and Matt Wiele (Exit Humanity), this horror comedy involves a "reality tv crew" and a series of condemned houses. The crew hopes to get a hoarder back on his feet. But, this might be impossible with the amount of trash and bodies, housed inside the buildings. The Hoard is set to have its World Premiere, in Toronto, this November 25th, at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival. Details on this release are hosted here. The trailer is a funny one. Some of the crew are unable to get past the piles of garbage. Another crew member almost falls to his death, at the end of a hall. Dead cats keep turning up. And, one woman runs from this hoarding nightmare as she loses her sanity. This trailer will surely brighten your dark,...

Jesse Thomas Cook's new horror comedy The Hoard will premiere at the Blood in the Snow Film Festival at the end of the month. Cook sent us the poster, stills and trailer to share with you.    The latest film from the director of Septic Man and The Hexecutioners was written by Canadian enfent terrible and regular writing partner Tony Burgess.    From indie horror studio Foresight Features and the creators of Pontypool, Monster Brawl, and Septic Man comes their latest batshit horror/comedy The Hoard.    The Hoard depicts the ill-fated effort of a group of Reality TV stars trying to produce a pilot episode for their comeback series "Extremely Haunted Hoarders". An ensemble comedy, a paranormal investigation, a hoarder intervention and a house-flipping misadventure, The...

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I want to start by saying I really wish I could give more of my time to Bits, the Blood in the Snow Film Festival, here in Toronto at the end of November each year. I have been so impressed with their growth these past seven years. With the expansion of their programming and facilities offered to fans and filmmakers like the Deadly Exposure Bits Film Industry Market, they are doing so much for a festival of their size, by comparison. The festival announced the first four titles of this year's lineup. The festival will open with Lowell Dean's post apocalyptic Supergrid and close with Danishka Esterhazy's dystopian thriller Level 16. Bits alumni Rob Grant will bring his new film Alive and Jesse Thomas Cook...

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Horror Channel presents its “Haunted Halloween Season” this October, taking possession of the nation’s TVs for thirteen nights with a supernaturally spooky selection of premieres and classic favorites, including the UK TV premiere of Jesse Thomas Cook’s The Hexecutioners, a nerve-shredding American Gothic tale of terror. There are also network premieres for the Us-remake of The Grudge, starring Sarah […]...

A trailer for Jesse Thomas Cook’s The Hexecutioners has landed and can be seen right here in today’s Horror Highlights. The film is also now available in the UK and will soon be released in Canada by Anchor Bay. Also: a look at four new Warcraft character videos and a behind-the-scenes video for the Stan original series Wolf Creek.

The Hexecutioners Trailer and Distribution Details: “Three years ago Proposition 117 was passed allowing private medical films to conduct assisted suicide procedures. Two disparate young women working for a Rite-to-Die company are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom Euthanasia ritual, but unwittingly summon the spirits of a death cult that once inhabited the property.

Produced by Foresight Features. Available in May 2016 from Studio Canal in the UK. Coming soon in Canada from Anchor Bay Entertainment.”

Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook from a screenplay by Tony Burgess, The Hexecutioners stars Liv Collins,...

Exclusive new trailer and stills for supernatural shocker The Hexecutioners. Ahead of an imminent UK home release, Shock’s here to serve up some exclusive stills and the brand new trailer for director Jesse Thomas Cook and scribe Tony Burgess’ supernatural shocker, The Hexecutioners. Cleverly combining sanctioned euthanasia with the spiteful spirits of a Death Cult…

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Studio Canal is releasing Jesse Thomas Cook's rural horror film The Hexecutioners in the UK later this month. Given the island nation’s running history with rural horror flick we believe this is right up the UK’s alley. We would like to share the official trailer and a selection of stills from the film to whet your appetite. Sanctioned euthanasia is a full blown industry and Malison is just starting to get her feet wet at her new job. After a rough start she is paired up with seasoned veteran Olivia and together they head out to the remote estate of Milos Somborac. Somborac is on his deathbed and wishes to shuffle his mortal coil a very specific if not peculiar way. From my own review...

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Stars: Liv Collins, Sarah Power, Timothy Burd, Ari Millen, Barry Flatman, Walter Borden, Boyd Banks, Tony Burgess, Jason David Brown, Matt Griffin | Written by Tony Burgess | Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook

It would seem, at least on paper, that the director of low-budget quasi-wrestling monster movie Monsters Brawl and the (literal) shit-monster movie Septic Man; teaming up the writer of the neo-classic Pontypool for a movie that encapsuates an American gothic vibe would not work. On the one hand you have someone’s whose work is filled with subtlety, on the other… shit-monster (and yes, I know Burgess also penned Septic Man)! Yet somehow, despite some lapses in judgement and a conclusion that falls off the cliff somewhat, The Hexecutioners really works.

From the offset, The Hexecutioners is completely overblown and overwrought. The film is scored like some kind of idiots guide to horror – queues hit all the notes that...

Stars: Jason David Brown, Julian Richings, Robert Maillet, Molly Dunsworth, Timothy Burd, Stephen McHattie, Nicole G. Leier | Written by Tony Burgess | Directed by Jesse Thomas Cook

Some films are just crap, but Septic Man is literally about it. In the first few minutes you may get to see a lot of human waste, but if truth be told if the movie has a bigger problem than that… it may be slightly constipated.

Jack (Jason David Brown) is a sewage worker who is known to be good at his job. When government official Phil Prosser (Julian Richings) gives him an offer he can’t (or isn’t) allowed to refuse he finds himself investigating problems in the city water system which are leading to a plague of diseases, even death. When he finds the source though he finds himself trapped in the water treatment facility at the mercy of two strange brothers intent on killing him.

Kicking off with a special screening of The Forest with star Natalie Dormer in attendance, and finishing in racy rock-fuelled style with Sean Byrne’s The Devil’s Candy, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to Glasgow Film Festival with another stellar line-up to shock, chill and thrill. A record thirteen films will screen from Thursday 25th February to Saturday 27th February, alongside a selection of unmissable shorts, guest director Q & A’s, great give-aways and a sneak preview of Paul Hyett’s Heretiks, with the popular director in attendance.

The line-up starts at 9pm on Thurs 25 Feb with the UK Premiere of The Forest starring Natalie Dormer searching for her twin sister in Japan’s most haunted location, the fabled Sea of Trees. The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival and is thrilled to be headlining this gala event the...

Genre festival’s 11th year in Glasgow to feature eight UK premieres and the world premiere of Stephen King adaptation Cell.

Film4 FrightFest has unveiled a diverse line-up for their 11th year at Glasgow Film Festival (Feb 17 - 28).

Taking place over the final weekend of the festival, FrightFest will feature eight UK premieres, two European premieres and the world premiere of Stephen King adaptation Cell, starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.

The genre strand kicks off on Feb 25 with the UK premiere of Jason Zada’s supernatural chiller The Forest, starring Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer. Dormer will be making her first appearance at Glasgow Film Festival in support of the special screening.

This year’s line-up of 13 titles is FrightFest’s biggest Glasgow strand yet. The programme will close with the UK premiere of Sean Byrne’s Toronto hit The Devil’s Candy. Byrne follows up his genre title The Loved Ones with a tale...

The Hexecutioners is a Canadian shot horror feature. From director Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl) and writer Tony Burgess (Pontypool), the film involves assisted suicide and the strange clients that two medical assistants encounter. Recently, a trailer for the film was release. As well, the film had its World Premiere at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Now, the film is slated for a further showing in Ontario, at Owen Sound. A preview for the film's latest showing is hosted here. The film's story, as seen in the trailer, focuses on euthanasia. Two women are tasked with the dispatch of an aging philanthropist. But, they unwittingly unleash a demon as part of their duties. Malison (Liv Collins) and Olivia (Sarah Power) must now use their murderous arts to set reality right. The Hexecutioner will show for one night only, at Owen Sound, the city in which the film was shot.

Word from our friends at Raven Banner Entertainment is that they have picked up the World sales rights for Jesse Thomas Cook's rural horror flick The Hexecutioners. Raven Banner lands cult thriller "The Hexecutioner's"Toronto, Canada - Raven Banner Entertainment has picked up World sales rights to the cult thriller "The Hexecutioner's" which marks the second direct collaboration between director Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl and Septic Man) and Canada's nefarious scribe Tony Burgess (Pontypool and Hellmouth). The film tells the story of Two young women working for a Rite-to-Die, an assisted suicide company who are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom euthanasia ritual, but they unwittingly summon the spirits of a death cult that once inhabited the property.The film stars newcomer Liv Collins, Sarah...

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Raven Banner Entertainment are selling the film at Afm.

Toronto-based Raven Banner Entertainment has picked up worldwide rights to Foresight Features’ thriller The Hexecutioners and has introduced the film to Afm buyers.

Jesse Thomas Cook directs from Tony Burgess’ screenplay about two women working for an assisted suicide company who unwittingly summon spirits on a remote estate.

Newcomer Liv Collins stars with Sarah Power and Tim Burd on Raven Banner’s sixth collaboration with Foresight Features.

The Hexecutioners marks the second direct collaboration between director Jesse Thomas Cook (Monster Brawl and Septic Man) and Canada's nefarious scribe Tony Burgess (Pontypool and Hellmouth). Cook produced two more of Burgess' screenplays Hellmouth and Ejecta, so yeah, they are pretty comfortable around each other. Their latest project The Hexecutioners will have its World Premiere at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. We have a collection of stills to share with you, as well as the first trailer. Three years ago Proposition 117 was passed allowing private medical films to conduct assisted suicide procedures. Two disparate young women working for a Rite-to-Die company are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom euthanasia ritual, but unwittingly summon the spirits of a death cult that once inhabited the property. The Hexecutioners Press release October 1st, 2015 -...

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In this morning's round-up, we have a Q&A with Casper Van Dien from the supernatural horror film, June. Also: details on Dracula's prop auction, XLrator Media's 24 Hour Rental, a video tribute to Friday the 13th Part VIII called "Voorhees Stomp", a new poster for The Hexecutioners, and release details for Krampus: The Reckoning.

Casper Van Dien Q&A: "June tells the story of nine-year-old June (Brice) who has been shuffled in and out of foster homes for years. And though she tries to be good, no matter where she goes, a trail of chaos and terror seems to follow. It’s only when June is sent to live with a new couple, Lily (Pratt) and Dave (Van Dien), that it looks as if things might finally work out. Except this innocent child with the face of an angel is possessed by an ancient, malevolent entity that has hijacked her soul.

The tenth annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival kicks off in a couple weeks and the festival has finally announced the second half of titles for this year’s lineup as well as the Canadian and International shorts. PopOptiq will once again be covering the event so be sure to check back at the end of the month. Here is the press release.

The Hallow (Ireland) Toronto Premiere

Possibly the scariest film in this year’s Toronto After Dark lineup, The Hallow from the producers of Let Us Prey terrified audiences at Sundance on its debut. After a young family move from the big city to a peaceful Irish woodland cottage, their dismissive attitude to folklore legends angers the local townspeople. It’s not long before the family members find themselves in a desperate fight for survival in a prolonged confrontation with some vicious creatures lurking in the forest.

The...

R.L. Stine's Goosebumps novels have been terrifying children since 1992, and inspired Cavity Colors to create apparel based on the 11th book in the series, The Haunted Mask. Also: Ejecta Blu-ray details, The Last Survivors trailer, and Clowntown photos.

Cavity Colors's The Killer Mask: R.L. Stine's The Haunted Mask tells the story of a girl who discovers that the Halloween mask she purchased has become permanently attached to her face.

The Killer Mask collection of apparel was designed by artists Coki Greenway and Aaron Crawford. With a retail price of $24.00 apiece, The Killer Mask T-Shirt and Tank Top are black in color and 100% Cotton. The limited edition print is priced at $40.00, and the stickers / buttons are priced at $10.00 for a pack of two.

For more information on this apparel, visit the Cavity Colors online shop.

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Ejecta: Press Release: "From the writer of Pontypool and Septic Man comes Ejecta,...

I got a real treat for ya my ghouls: more of what you love… namely, yours cruelly! Ya see, creeps, this here bit o’ wretched writing debuts a brand new format from the ol’ Ouija Board Kid, wherein I annoy—err—entertain you with even more revoltin’ reviews, insane interviews, and other assorted ass-foolery! I present to you the Giant-Sized Man-Thing Treasury Edition Super Special debut of The Outre Eye Of Daniel Xiii!

This week I turn my unblinking third eye upon the following fearsome flicks: Beneath, The Human Race, The Twilight Zone Essential Episodes, and Septic Man!

Release Date: Available Now on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Prime, Xbox, Time Warner, Comcast and Direct TV Written By: Patrick Doody, Chris Valenziano Directed By: Ben Ketai Starring: Jeff Fahey, Kelly Noonan, Brent Briscoe

Can You Get A Grip On The Thrills Of Beneath’S Long, Dark Shaft?

Caves and mines: not...

A more serious take on slime punk films like Toxic Avenger and Slime City, Jesse Thomas Cook's Septic Man (review) has more in common with Cronenberg’s tragic transformation tale The Fly.

Thanks mostly to the twisted mind of screenwriter Tony Burgess (Pontypool), Septic Man has a lot more going on under the surface than just a basic story about a man trapped underground inside a tank of absolute filth who begins to transform into something monstrous.

Director Cook spoke with us about the film and how it was one of the hardest, grossest experiences of his professional life thus far - but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have a hell of a time doing it.

DC: How was your experience at Fantasia with your latest sci-fi film Ejecta? Is there a favorite project you and [Tony] Burgess have worked on so far?

Jtc: Oh, Fantasia was awesome,...

The first three minutes of director Jesse Thomas Cook’s transformative Septic Man is literally a disgusting mess, and that’s just the beginning of things to come. Though more serious and dour than the playful tag line may lead towards, that being Shit Just Got Surreal, Cook’s transfiguring man is a makeup effect to witness. Unfortunately, the film doesn’t exactly know where to go narratively or just how much fun it should have with the messy conditions.

Jack (Jason David Brown) is sewage worker living in a small, middle-class town that gets evacuated due to a health concern. The symptomatic assessment involves everything implied with the title of the film. Jack is confronted by a government employee who offers him a large sum of money to continue working in the infected area. Married and with his wife expecting, Jack accepts to ensure his family is taken care of.

Title: Septic Man Director: Jesse Thomas Cook Starring: Jason David Brown, Molly Dunsworth, Julian Richings, Tim Burd, Robert Maillet, Stephen McHattie A film with a title as schlocky as “Septic Man” has… well, a certain potential, let’s be honest. And yet this willfully distasteful Canadian horror flick — which almost emits an unwholesome effluvia of human waste and other bodily fluids directly through the screen — is borderline incomprehensible and thoroughly unengaging throughout, lacking even in enough distinctive personality to make it worthwhile for self-flagellating fans of low-budget shock and gore. The film unfolds in a small town in Ontario, Canada, where an opening credits narration informs viewers that there’s something in the [ Read More ]

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In the new Canadian horror movie Septic Man, Jason David Brown plays a sewage worker who falls into a septic tank and gradually mutates into a monstrous beastie. Brown won Best Actor in a Horror Film award at last year’s Fantastic Fest genre festival for his performance—but this gross-out film is not one to watch while you’re eating. Then again…

“At Fantastic Fest they actually handed out chocolate pudding in the middle of the screening,” recalls Septic Man director Jesse Thomas Cook. “It was a funny touch to see people eating chocolate pudding while Septic Man was knee-deep in the sewage.

Septic Man loves vomit above all other bodily fluids (though it loves those, too) -- fitting, considering its generally putrid quality. With a premise that recalls The Toxic Avenger but without an ounce of its smart superhero action or satire, Jesse Thomas Cook’s film follows septic expert Jack (Jason David Brown) as he’s paid by a mystery man (Julian Richings) to investigate his town’s horrid contaminated-water crisis. As citizens evacuate, including Jack’s pregnant wife (Molly Dunsworth), Jack goes to the local irrigation facility, falls in a hole, and finds that the problem is being caused by dead bodies that were dumped into the water system by chainsaw-wielding psycho Lord Auch (Tim Burd), who speaks in animalistic chir...

Jesse Thomas Cook's Septic Man is available on VOD in the U.S. today (August 12th) and will open in select cinemas on Friday, August 15th. For those of you who will be watching the film at home we have come up with a drinking game with the help of the director himself. Cook did a quick review of his film and has some suggestions if you want to go really hard core. To start, chug a beer whenever someone pukes. This happens often enough that you will get hosed. And if you want to get completely annihilated then also drink when someone drinks sewage or blood, or, when someone opens the lid to the sewer. Now, we want everyone to have fun with any movie they watch. We'd rather...

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