On a cold, winter day, in rural America, It was supposed to be Sheriff Deb’s day off. But one of her deputies, Mikey, is knocking on her door early in the morning. The power is out. No one else has shown up to work and the town’s residents are panicking. Neighbours, loved ones, their pets and entire livestock have vanished without a trace. The only animals to be seen are flocks of crows in the sky. And then there are reports of unnatural creatures being spotted lurking around the woods. Fear and paranoia is taking over the community, and the townspeople turn on each other. Some demand that a quarantine be set up to stop what they think is an outside contagion. They…
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Ryan Murphy teams with Brit Easton Ellis for an 80s serial-killer adaptation, while Megan Park refreshes modern YA tropes. It was a warm and sunny day. The Shards The first two episodes are now streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus. Subsequent episodes in the 8-episode series will debut every Wednesday at 23:00 EST. First released as an audiobook in 27 chapters between September 2020 and September 2021, Bret Easton Ellis’ The Shards is a fictionalized memoir of the writer’s final year of high school, beginning in September 1981. The first episode begins on the morning that young Bret (Igby Rigney) watches a Saturday matinee of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. (Which, by the way, was released in May 1980. Ahem.) At the screening, Bret is mesmerized…
The official poster for Laika’s upcoming animated feature, Wildwood is a beauty. Kind of a minimalist collage, with bird-induced verticality to it. Showcasing the lead characters, the inciting incident (stolen baby) and the background location (from Portland, Oregon to the eponymous fantasy kingdom) this key art is doing a lot of work with a fair bit of restraint. Alas, there is no credit block, but then again, given the slight gradient white/grey space, perhaps it is for the best here. The post has a misty-fogginess to its mood and style without laying it on too thick. It is rumoured that Wildwood will be the longest runtime stop-motion feature ever made, and Laika is staying true to the non-A.I. tagline, “From the hands that made Coraline.”…
While hunting a twisted serial killer targeting young men, a devout detective must confront a massive conspiracy and his own shattering faith before his personal life implodes.
An ordinary couple wins a dream weekend getaway with a glamorous celebrity power couple, only for the vacation to spiral into murder, manipulation, and psychological games as the stars’ manicured image completely unravels.
The trailer for James Ross’ supernatural horror, Parasomnia, came out this week. Their debut feature film will premiere on Shudder on September 4th. You will find the trailer down below. For added context to the filmmaker we have also included their short film, Don’t Blink. In 2023 Ross was one of five graduate students to receive a Gotham Award for this horror short film. PARASOMNIA follows Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world. DIRECTED AND WRITTEN BY JAMES ROSS II STARRING JASMINE MATHEWS STEPHEN BARRINGTON AND…
Michelangelo Antonioni tries to make sense of the 60s counterculture in its dying days.
Four estranged friends reunite at a house, where one plans to find a valuable antique by robbing it. However, the haunted house’s ghosts force them to overcome differences to survive.
With the capable and unpredictable curation of Peter Kuplowski and his team, the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival continues to be one of the favourite parts of the festival at Screen Anarchy. The loaded line-up just dropped and it has some special treats in there, including the latest film from Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) opening Midnight Madness, and The Love Witch director, Anna Biller’s follow up, The Face Of Horror (pictured above) closing the sidebar. For those who have never had the treat of a Matt Barats film or performance, I hope this is the dead pan auteur’s coming out party. We have covered some of his previous work in Cash Cow, as well as the Reveries films. And Oscar-nominated…


