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Movie Review – Fried Barry (2020)

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Fried Barry, 2020. Directed by Ryan Kruger. Starring Gary Green, Chanelle de Jager, Bianka Hartenstein, Sean Cameron Michael, Joe Vaz and Jonathan Pienaar. SYNOPSIS: A drug addict returns to Earth with an alien visitor inside him following an abduction. Fried Barry opens with a twist on the famous Simon Bates messages which used to play […]

Shudder releases trailer for George A. Romero’s “lost” film The Amusement Park

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Following the recent news that George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead was in development, the late director has another film ready for release, only this one has been in the can for over 46 years. The Amusement Park, a nightmarish tale about the trauma of getting old, will be released on Shudder this summer, […]

Drug-fuelled alien abduction horror Fried Barry gets a trailer ahead of Shudder premiere

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Shudder has released a trailer for the sci-fi horror Fried Barry ahead of its premiere on the streaming service this May. Based on writer-director Ryan Kruger’s acclaimed 2017 short of the same name, the film stars Gary Green as Barry, a drug-addled deadbeat who is abducted by aliens that assume control of his body, taking […]

Movie Review – The Banishing (2021)

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The Banishing, 2021. Directed by Christopher Smith. Starring Jessica Brown Findlay, Sean Harris, John Lynch, John Heffernan, and Anya McKenna-Bruce.   SYNOPSIS: The Banishing tells the story of the most haunted house in England. Set in the 1930s, before the onset of the Second World War, Marianne (Jessica Brown Findlay) moves to an old manor house with […]

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula season 4 heading to Shudder

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One of the strangest competition reality shows is coming back to haunt viewers again. This time, Dragula is joining the other horror and macabre-inspired programs on the streaming service Shudder. Deadline reports that Shudder has acquired the rights to season four of Boulet Brothers’ Dragula and will debut exclusively on the streamer in all territories, […]

Movie Review – The Power (2021)

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The Power, 2021. Directed by Corinna Faith. Starring Rose Williams, Shakira Rahman, Emma Rigby, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Diveen Henry and Charlie Carrick. SYNOPSIS: A newbie nurse at a London hospital finds herself spending a terrifying evening on the intensive care ward amid a government-imposed blackout. In the winter of 1973/74, Britain was hit by […]

Movie Review – Slaxx (2021)

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Slaxx, 2021. Directed by Elza Kephart. Starring Romane Denis, Brett Donahue, Sehar Bhojani, Kenny Wong, and Tianna Nori. SYNOPSIS: A possessed pair of jeans hunts down the staff of a trendy clothing store. They are locked in overnight to prepare the new collection, and it is down to new hire Libby (Denis) to figure out how […]

Shudder releases trailer and poster for new horror The Power

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Shudder has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Corinna Faith’s upcoming horror The Power which follows Val (Rose Williams), a trainee nurse working her first shift in East London Royal Infirmary during an electrical blackout in 1974, who soon finds out that within the walls of the hospital lies a terrifying malevolent force; take […]

Stay Out of the Attic trailer warns us to Stay Out of the F*cking Attic

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Shudder has released a red band trailer for writer-director Jerren Lauder’s (Bug Bites) new horror Stay Out of the Attic (a.k.a. Stay Out of the Fucking Attic) ahead of its release on the streaming service later this month; check it out here, along with the official synopsis… A diverse group of ex-cons-turned-movers—played by Morgan Alexandria […]