Erzulie will be available on digital in June and select theaters in May and June. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
A reunion between four friends quickly goes awry when they find themselves face to face with Erzulie: the swamp mermaid goddess in director Christine Chen’s frightening mermaid horror feature Erzulie– in theaters and on VOD during May and June. (Gravitas Ventures, 2022)
Erzulie – Four women accidentally summon a water goddess while reconnecting at a camp in south Louisiana, and a local decides to capture the goddess for himself.
A Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures release, Erzulie stars a young ensemble including Zoe Graham, Elizabeth Trieu, Courtney Olivier, Diana Rose, Leila Annastasia Scott and Jason KirkPatrick.
Scripted by Christine Chen and Camille Gladney. Christine Chen, Payten Brewer and Candice Barley served as producers, with Han Soto and Andrew van den Houten as executive producers.
In select theaters during May : May 27th – June 2nd: Laemmle, Glendale On VOD June 14 from Kamikaze Dogfight and Gravitas Ventures.
The Policeman’s Lineage features the stars of the movie Parasite and will be available on digital, Video on Demand and cable on June 7, 2022. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Parasite’s Choi Woo-sik stars in director Kyu-mann Lee’s riveting crime drama The Policeman’s Lineage, premiering on Cable and Digital Rental/Purchase this June from Echelon Studios. A rookie policeman teams up with a veteran cop to investigate a serious criminal case that will rock the police force to its core in the new film. (The Policeman’s Lineage, 2022)
The Policeman’s Lineage– Parasite’s Woo-sik Choi stars as Choi Min-Jae, a rookie police officer and a man of principle, who teams up with Park Gang-Yoon, the chief of an investigation team that has an unrivaled arrest record but includes corrupt methods. Together, the two very different policemen dive deep into a massive case that shakes the police force upside down.
CAST: Woo-sik Choi (Parasite), Cho Jin-woong (The Handmaiden), Park Myeong-hoon (Parasite), and Hee-soon Park (Apple TV+’s Dr. Brain)
The Policeman’s Lineage is directed by Kyu-mann Lee (Wide Awake), produced by Han-seung Lee (The Tower), and executed produced by Hyun-joo Jung (The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil). The production team includes production designer Chae Kyoung-sun (Squid Game), editor Nam Na-young (Squid Game) costume designer Kyeong-mi Kim (Okja), composer Young-gyu Jang (Train to Busan), and makeup artists Hyo-kyun Hwang & Tae-Yong Kwak (Parasite).
The Policeman’s Lineage will be on digital, VOD and cable* June 7, 2022 from Echelon Studios.
The Policeman’s Lineage will be available on: *Cable and Digital Transactional Video On Demand including: Comcast Charter-Spectrum DirecTV iTunes Cox Cable Dish Network Sling TV Google Play Verizon Fios Fandango / VUDU InDemand Vubiquity Rogers Vimeo on Demand
From writer/director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, premiering on the Terror Films Channel May 27, 2022. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Welcome to Scare Zone, just another strip-mall Halloween Horror House …or is it? From the strobe room to the masked maniacs wielding chainsaws, knives, and pitchforks as they chase paying customers through the halls of this haunted maze, it is one good jump scare after another. However, as terrible things begin to happen and people end up dead, the visitors of Scare Zone think it is all just part of the “show”! (Terror Films, 2022)
From writer/director Jon Binkowski and Terror Films comes Scare Zone, premiering on the Terror Films Channel May 27 and on wide digital and Video on Demand June 3 (worldwide). SEAL Team’s Neil Brown, Jr, Arian Ash (Lonely Hearts), Michele Simms (Sex Drive), Jordan Woods-Robinson (The Walking Dead), Chris Burns (Bloodline), and Simon Needham star.
“Ever since I first walked through a Halloween haunted house, I’ve had the same dreadful thought; ‘What if a killer has nested in the attraction and, dressed like one of the actors, just walks up and hacks me with an axe… would anyone notice that it’s not part of the show?’” says Binkowski. “Then, as I was contemplating shooting my first feature film… an opportunity presented itself. The Universal Orlando Resort had built an awesome haunted maze right in the middle of one of their sound stages for Halloween Horror Nights. And, because they wanted to feature the attraction in a late November theme park convention, the maze was going to just sit there for 3 weeks doing nothing. That was my chance to answer my own horrifying question! So, my team and I leapt into action! The script practically wrote itself and it was a blast shooting for three crazy weeks on the Universal soundstage. Although I always had that nagging feeling someone was going to leap out and hack me with an axe! “
Fortress of Sin will be released in digital and DVD coming this June from Wild Eye Releasing. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
A father searching for his trafficked daughter finds a religious cult in Fortress of Sin, coming this June from Wild Eye Releasing. Digital and DVD coming this June from Wild Eye Releasing. (Wild Eye Releasing, 2022)
Winner Best Feature Film at Vesuvius International Film Fest, Fortress of Sin is called “captivating” (Horror Geek Life) and “tackles a very real world horror” (Wicked Horror).
Paul Chomicki (Slayer: The Replentless Killogy, Deadly Xmas, Paranormal Halloween), Katie Otten (Inner Worlds, Infinite Adventures), Avi K. Garg (The Shield, UFO Files), and Paul Guay (Liar, Liar, The Little Rascals) star in a Paul Chomicki and Christian Voss film, Fortress of Sin.
They Talk will have a digital release on May 10, 2022. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Next week, there will be several theatrical, television, and digital releases including Castro’s Spies, Human Factors, Mascarpone, Barbee Rehab, We Need To Talk, They Talk, A.K. Tolstoy’s “A Taste of Blood,” and Trip. See below for summaries of each. (Gravitas Ventures, Dark Star Pictures, Uncork’d Entertainment, Cleopatra Entertainment, Terror Films, 2022)
Theatrical Castro’s Spies Gravitas Ventures Theatrical: May 13, 2022 Digital : May 13, 2022 Documentary Directed by Ollie Aslin and Gary Lennon
Nail-biting documentary Castro’s Spies, the story of Cuban spies being sent undercover to America in the ‘90s, is set for a North American release from Gravitas Ventures. From their recruitment, training, and eventual capture on US soil, this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs, and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute’s archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story, Castro’s Spies gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a spy – where the stakes are life and death.
“All spies are not James Bond. That laconic comment delivered during Castro’s Spies may be the key to this forensic-level insight into the workings of the ‘Cuban 5’… Compelling as a tale of Cold War intrigue, equally gripping on a human level.” – SCREEN DAILY
Human Factors Dark Star Pictures Theatrical : May 6 2022 (LA/NYC) Digital Premiere : May 24, 2022 Thriller Directed by Ronny Trocker Starring Sabine Timoteo, Mark Waschke, Jule Hermann, Wanja Valentin Kube
At the advertising agency they co-own, French-German couple Nina and Jan have signed a new politically charged client, forcing them to confront their clashing priorities. To escape mounting tensions at work, they whisk their kids, Max and Emma, away to their seaside vacation home. What was meant to be an idyllic off-season retreat turns sinister when a mysterious home invasion sets everything off balance. Though at first the aftermath brings the family closer, as they try to put the incident into perspective, their accounts of what took place begin to unravel alongside the couple’s faith in each other.
Mascarpone Dark Star Pictures/Uncork’d Theatrical : May 6, 2022 (LA) Digital : May 6 Comedy Directed by Matteo Pilati and Alessandro Guida Written by Giuseppe Paternò Raddusa, Matteo Pilati and Alessandro Guida, and directed by Guida and Pilati, Mascarpone has received rave reviews. Starring Giancarlo Commare, Antonioas Antonio
Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment have acquired Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati’s romantic comedy Mascarpone. The film, which has snared awards at several major fests including Cinema Diverse (Festival Favorite), Reeling Chicago (Audience Award), OUTshine (Jury Prize), and over 20 others, will be released theatrically and on digital in May.
Antonio is a family man whose life takes an unexpected twist when he is suddenly dumped by his husband. Antonio needs to find a new place to stay, a job, and a new purpose in life. Through this process, he discovers the value of independence.
Television
Barbee Rehab Global Digital Releasing Tubi Premiere : May 6, 2022 Episodes roll out each week. Seven episode first season. Comedy Directed by Derek S. Orr Starring Bai Ling, Janice Dickinson, Tom Sizemore, Lisa Wilcox, Vanessa Bednar
This seven part, limited series follows a patient (Tom Sizemore, “Twin Peaks : The Return”, Heat, Saving Private Ryan), who is on the verge of being locked up after claiming to have discovered a rehab facility focused on treating people who are obsessed with collecting and/or living as real life Barbie and Ken dolls. He shares his unbelievable stories about the unstable staff and patients who suffer from a variety of outrageous Barbie and Ken doll addictions, with his psychiatrist, (Janice Dickinson). Will he convince her this is a real place, or will he end up in the nuthouse? Welcome to “Barbee Rehab,” where reality, imagination, delusion and perversion collide.
Digital Releases
We Need To Talk Global Digital Releasing Digital: May 13, 2022 Comedy Directed by Todd Wolfe Starring Emily Bett Rickards, James Maslow, Trey Chaney
Scott is a self-absorbed online video-game influencer who speaks to millions of fans every day but cannot (or will not) communicate with the people he loves. He remains blissfully unaware that he is the problem until one morning, as she is walking out the door, his girlfriend Aly tells him, “we need to talk.” Her comment sends Scott spiraling into a day-long tailspin as he seeks wisdom, advice, and emotional support from his social media network of friends, internet trolls, and a myriad of online characters from around the world.
They Talk Uncork’d Entertainment Digital Premiere : May 10, 2022 Horror Directed by Giorgio Bruno Starring Jonathan Tufvesson
Sound engineer Alex accidentally records sinister voices while shooting a documentary. The voices do not sound human and they appear to be trying to warn him about someone, or something. His search for their meaning will bring back mysterious people and events from his past. A threatening, black, and gloomy wave starts to haunt him.
A.K. Tolstoy’s “A Taste of Blood” Cleopatra Entertainment Digital / Blu-ray Premiere : May 10, 2022 Horror Directed by Santiago Fernandez Calvete Starring German Palacios, Tomas Carullo Lizzio, Naiara Awada, Lautaro Bettoni and Alfonsina Carrocio.
Based on Aleksey Tolstoy’s 1839 short story “The Family Of The Vourdalak,” the film takes place in the uncertain hours after a vampire hunt when it is unclear if the hunter himself has been turned into a creature of the night. Will his family find out in time, or will their sentiment make them easy prey for the novice nightwalker?
Trip Terror Films AVOD : May 13, 2022 Horror Directed by Neil McCay Starring Akasha Villalobos, Major Dodge, Peggy Schott, Jill Young, Björgvin Arnarson.
Starring CHUCKY’s Björgvin Arnarson. Following her daughter’s suicide, a grief-stricken mother is visited by an unconventional therapist who offers a hallucinogenic drug that will allow communion with the dead. Desperate to understand her daughter’s psyche, she accepts the offer and soon finds herself terrorized by her daughter’s identical experiences.
Shane West (“Ryan”) and Theo Rossi (“Tyler”) in Escape The Field. Photo: Lionsgate, used with permission.
Coming out next week: Escape The Field – The fear is inescapable and the suspense nonstop in this gripping horror-thriller about six strangers who suddenly awaken in a remote, endless cornfield. Stripped of their possessions, they are left with only six items: a gun with a single bullet, matches, a lantern, a knife, a compass, and a flask of water. As mysterious sirens blare in the distance and traps appear at every turn, the group realizes they have been plunged into a cat-and-mouse game with an unseen evil, and survival depends upon solving a diabolical — and deadly — puzzle. In select theaters, on digital, and On Demand on May 6, 2022. (Lionsgate, 2022)
Lionsgate presents, an Anacapa Pictures and CR8IV DNA production, in association with Ingenious Media / Double Dutch International / Glanzrock Productions / Stormchaser Films / Richmond Pictures / LipSync.
Cities: New York (Cinema Village), Los Angeles (Lumiere Cinema), and key cities nationwide. Cast: Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Tahirah Sharif, Julian Feder, Elena Juatco and Shane West Directed by: Emerson Moore Written by: Emerson Moore and Joshua Dobkin and Sean Wathen Produced by: Andrew Davies Gans, Michael Philip, Jason Moring, Emerson Moore Genre: Thriller Rating: R Running Time: 88 minutes
Escape The Field movie poster. Photo: Lionsgate, used with permission.
Bluff will be available on Amazon Prime beginning April 28, 2022. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Indie Rights, in association with Catharsis Films, is proud to present Bluff from writer-director Sheikh Shahnawaz in his feature directorial debut, starring Gurj Gill, Jason Adam, Nisaro Karim (24 Little Hours), James Jaysen Bryhan (Shadow and Bone) and Joe Egan (Sherlock Holmes) with music by Savfk. BLUFF will be available on Amazon Prime April 28, 2022. (Catharsis Films, 2022).
Detective Sergeant Daniel Miller is suspended from the London Metropolitan Police so that he can be secretly deployed to a small English town on an undercover assignment to uncover Britain’s major suppliers of heroin and crack cocaine. He poses as a heroin addict and manipulates an unsuspecting junkie into working with him so that he can infiltrate the local drug network and work his way up the supply chain. The line between duty and criminality begins to blur as Miller’s investigation becomes increasingly dangerous the closer he gets to finding the source of a drug trafficker. The truth will get you killed.
British-Bangladeshi screenwriter and producer Sheikh Shahnawaz is the director. He has written and directed a host of short films, including Friend Request (2015), Stalker (2016), Duality (2018), The Woods (2018) and Trick (2018) to name but a few. Bluff is the feature directorial debut by Sheikh Shahnawaz.
Reed’s Point is now available on digital and DVD. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
Reed’s Point is a psychological-thriller/creature-feature that tells of Sarah and Alex, two survivors of an RV crash near the New Jersey Pine Barrens. On the anniversary of the accident, Sarah and Alex drive to Reed’s Point to investigate the crash site. Things quickly go downhill as they find themselves stuck in the woods unsure of who they can trust and questioning if monsters really do exist. Written by Tricia Aurand, Suzanne DeLaurentiis and Sandy Lo, and directed by Dale Fabrigar (D-Railed), Reed’s Point stars Sasha Anne, Julia Kelly, Evan Adams, Madison Ekstrand, Anthony Jensen, Joseph Almani, Lanett Tachel, and veteran actor Joe Estevez (Soultaker, No Code of Conduct). (Uncork’d Entertainment, 2022)
Reed’s Point Genre: Horror/Fantasy Run time: 1hr 17 min Release date: April 12, 2022 Available on digital and DVD. Amazon,Google Play, YouTube,Vudu,
EVO Entertainment is hosting a special screening of the movie ‘Selena’ on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Photo: EVO Entertainment Group, used with permission.
EVO Entertainment Group is celebrating the queen of Tejano music with a special 25th Anniversary screening of Selena on April 7, 2022 at 7p.m. at EVO’s Springtown, Schertz, Southlake, Kyle, and Belterra Village locations. In addition to seeing Jennifer Lopez breathe life into the Latin music legend, guests 21 years of age or older can look forward to a specially curated “Como la Flor” Margarita to enjoy during the film. The prickly pear margarita features sweet, fruity notes and a signature purple color inspired by the late singer. To commemorate the special night, Selena fans will each receive a complimentary gift and can enjoy themed, interactive activities around the screening. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit EVO Entertainment Group. (EVO Entertainment Group, 2022)
EVO Entertainment Group is an Austin based out-of-home entertainment operator made up from several innovative brands including EVO Entertainment, EVO Cinemas, and EVO Concerts. Since its launch in 2014, EVO has gained a reputation as a leader in innovation, as well as one of the fastest growing independent cinema circuits in the country.
The Occupant is now available on Digital and Video On Demand. Photo: google
The Occupant stars Rik Billock (The Barn) David Flick (American Pastoral, Jack Reacher, One for the Money) Dylan Grunn (The Retreat, Lake Artifact) Nathan Hollabaugh (Concussion, Father’s & Daughters) Caroline Nicolian, and Megan Bolton. It was released March 29 on premium TVOD followed by a full digital release on all platforms cross USA and Canada by DevilWorks. (DevilWorks, 2022)
Directed and written by Samuel Krebs, the film follows four estranged siblings who find themselves in the grip of demonic possession after inheriting their family home. When an eccentric stranger arrives claiming the house was left to her, they start experiencing strange, inexplicable manifestations, which have malevolent effects on everyone in the house.
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