It’s wild how many new horror movies have already released here in the early days of 2023, and this week brings a whopping Ten more to the table between now and this coming Friday.
In fact, since we’re getting this article up a day late – my apologies! – four of the movies on this list are already available for you to watch at your leisure from the comfort of home.
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 17-January 20, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound). The film was put up for rental on VOD and Digital outlets on Tuesday.
The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children...
In fact, since we’re getting this article up a day late – my apologies! – four of the movies on this list are already available for you to watch at your leisure from the comfort of home.
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 17-January 20, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound). The film was put up for rental on VOD and Digital outlets on Tuesday.
The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children...
- 1/18/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Djenar Maesa Ayu (born 14 January 1973) is an Indonesian novelist, short story writer, actress, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Her work has variously been described as “provocative and lurid”, and unique and brave. The daughter of film director Sjumandjaja and actress Tuti Kirana, she began writing while studying at elementary school. After graduation, Ayu worked as a television presenter for a short time before beginning to write professionally. Djenar has published six anthologies of short stories and a novel. Her short story, ‘Suckling Father’ became The Best Short Story of Jurnal Perempuan 2003, while ‘Nayla’s Time’ won the award of Kompas Best Short Story in the same year. She debuted as an actress in 2006 with “The Lost Briefcase”, and since then, she has cooperated with Joko Anwar, Cornelio Sunny and Edwin, among others and has won an award for Best Supporting Actress at Festival Film Bandung 2017. Djenar directed her first film ‘They Say,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The concept of manipulating reality has been repeatedly implemented in thriller/horror films, some times following supernatural paths and sometimes psychological/realistic ones. Djenar Maesa Ayu implements the latter approach in a rather interesting effort.
Tris is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie unfolds in two axes. The first one has the protagonist, Tristan, talking to a psychologist who is only heard but never shown, about his memory issues, and how the things he constantly forgets have made him fell useless, both towards himself and to his family, particularly after his father died, leaving him and his brother Dio, to take care of their mother. The second axis has him in the house he shares with his brother, with the latter constantly pinning him down for forgetting things, an attitude that has also convinced his mother that he is useless. Something is amiss however.
This last part, of something not being right here,...
Tris is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The movie unfolds in two axes. The first one has the protagonist, Tristan, talking to a psychologist who is only heard but never shown, about his memory issues, and how the things he constantly forgets have made him fell useless, both towards himself and to his family, particularly after his father died, leaving him and his brother Dio, to take care of their mother. The second axis has him in the house he shares with his brother, with the latter constantly pinning him down for forgetting things, an attitude that has also convinced his mother that he is useless. Something is amiss however.
This last part, of something not being right here,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As the pandemic rages into its second year, few genres were shunted as the horror genre was as the dearth of releases is evident in a series of lower-key this year compared to last year. While blockbuster releases still emerged, it was from unexpected sources as Thailand, with a double-shot of impressive releases since “The Medium” and “The Maid” arrived with great fanfare. Indonesia followed suit as Timo Tjahjanto provided one of the finest anthology segments ever created and actor Cornelio Sunny stepped behind the camera for a fine debut. South Korea and Japan continued with great genre content as per usual while Taiwan offered another stellar effort in their modern output, leaving other countries to fill out the slots as titles from India, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong rounded out a fine selection of films for the year.
Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2021, in reverse order.
Without further ado, here are the best horror films of 2021, in reverse order.
- 12/25/2021
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising of ten countries in Southeast Asia, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. Evidently, the movie industry of these countries does not yet reach the size of Japan, India and S. Korea for example, but through the support of foreign companies (S. Korea has invested heavily in Indonesia that last few years for example), streaming services and a number of European festivals, along with the continuous support of Busan, a number of local filmmakers have managed to produce movies of great quality. 25 of the best, we present in this list.
Without further ado, here are the best Asean films of 2021, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2020, but since they mostly circulated in 2021, we decided to include them.
25. Death Knot
In the end, “Death Knot” is a horror movie which relies...
Without further ado, here are the best Asean films of 2021, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2020, but since they mostly circulated in 2021, we decided to include them.
25. Death Knot
In the end, “Death Knot” is a horror movie which relies...
- 12/21/2021
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
As we have seen time and time again, the horror genre is often underestimated since its various aspects present a formidable challenge for even the most experienced director. Creating tension while being unpredictable to a certain extent and also keeping a close watch on character development has brought down even the most interesting of premises, with many horror movies feeling underdeveloped or simply sub-par. In his feature debut “Death Knot” Indonesian director Cornelio Sunny uses the idea of ritual or folk horror to create a feature which deals with family and traditions. Although some elements of the narrative will seem very familiar, Sunny’s direction is quite solid, especially when it comes to establishing mood and scenery, creating a very interesting genre entry.
Death Knot is screening at Five Flavours Asia Film Festival
Upon hearing the news of their mother’s death, Hari (Cornelio Sunny) and his sister (Widika Sidmore...
Death Knot is screening at Five Flavours Asia Film Festival
Upon hearing the news of their mother’s death, Hari (Cornelio Sunny) and his sister (Widika Sidmore...
- 11/24/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Sometimes having good intentions and eye-witness testimony is not enough to make a topical, issues-driven movie connect with its anticipated audience.
The movie “Dea,” recently boarded by Hong Kong sales company Good Move Media, is a case in point. It probes the put-upon lives of foreign domestic helpers, who number several hundred thousand in Hong Kong, but are politically invisible.
These female helpers, mostly hailing from Indonesia or The Philippines, enable Hong Kong’s middle classes to function as double income families and facilitate the territory’s hard-charging, long-hours work culture. And yet foreign domestic helpers endure often demeaning living standards, sleeping in their employer’s smallest rooms, precarious employment conditions and widespread ridicule for their colorful group activities in public places on their Sunday rest days.
The film was written by a workshop of such women in Hong Kong and neighboring Macau, who had experienced sexual violence in the course of their work.
The movie “Dea,” recently boarded by Hong Kong sales company Good Move Media, is a case in point. It probes the put-upon lives of foreign domestic helpers, who number several hundred thousand in Hong Kong, but are politically invisible.
These female helpers, mostly hailing from Indonesia or The Philippines, enable Hong Kong’s middle classes to function as double income families and facilitate the territory’s hard-charging, long-hours work culture. And yet foreign domestic helpers endure often demeaning living standards, sleeping in their employer’s smallest rooms, precarious employment conditions and widespread ridicule for their colorful group activities in public places on their Sunday rest days.
The film was written by a workshop of such women in Hong Kong and neighboring Macau, who had experienced sexual violence in the course of their work.
- 7/11/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
As we have seen time and time again, the horror genre is often underestimated since its various aspects present a formidable challenge for even the most experienced director. Creating tension while being unpredictable to a certain extent and also keeping a close watch on character development has brought down even the most interesting of premises, with many horror movies feeling underdeveloped or simply sub-par. In his feature debut “Death Knot” Indonesian director Cornelio Sunny uses the idea of ritual or folk horror to create a feature which deals with family and traditions. Although some elements of the narrative will seem very familiar, Sunny’s direction is quite solid, especially when it comes to establishing mood and scenery, creating a very interesting genre entry.
Death Knot is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Upon hearing the news of their mother’s death, Hari (Cornelio Sunny) and his sister (Widika Sidmore...
Death Knot is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival
Upon hearing the news of their mother’s death, Hari (Cornelio Sunny) and his sister (Widika Sidmore...
- 6/29/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After the 2020’s online Edition, this yer Udine Far East Film Festival will run a “hybrid” edition from 24th of June to the 2nd of July. Withe a public online press conference the Programme has been unveiled.
Festival’s directress Sabrina Baracetti has opened the press conference with a heartfelt mention to young producer and filmmaker Ma Aeint recently arrested and detained by the military regime in Myanmar. Far East Film Festival wants to add its voice to those of the others protesting and shouting out loudly for Ma Aeint’s freedom.
After a sincere tribute to the sponsors and the local authorities that have helped Feff since its start, Baracetti has revealed the line-up that includes 63 titles from 11 countries, 10 female directors, 6 world premiere, 11 international premiere, 22 European premiere and 21 Italian premieres. Zhang Yimou’s Chinese Spy Thriller “Cliff Walkers” will open the Festival on the 24th of June, while Herman Yau...
Festival’s directress Sabrina Baracetti has opened the press conference with a heartfelt mention to young producer and filmmaker Ma Aeint recently arrested and detained by the military regime in Myanmar. Far East Film Festival wants to add its voice to those of the others protesting and shouting out loudly for Ma Aeint’s freedom.
After a sincere tribute to the sponsors and the local authorities that have helped Feff since its start, Baracetti has revealed the line-up that includes 63 titles from 11 countries, 10 female directors, 6 world premiere, 11 international premiere, 22 European premiere and 21 Italian premieres. Zhang Yimou’s Chinese Spy Thriller “Cliff Walkers” will open the Festival on the 24th of June, while Herman Yau...
- 6/9/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Both titles are produced by Matta Cinema.
Hong Kong-based sales agency Good Move Media has picked up international rights to two Indonesian horror films – Death Knot and The Portrait Of A Nightmare – as it builds up its slate of Southeast Asian titles.
Both titles are produced by Indonesia’s Matta Cinema, founded by director Ismail Basbeth and actor-producer Cornelio Sunny to produce “alternative films for a global audience by working with artistic and creative directors”.
The Portrait Of A Nightmare, directed by Basbeth, follows a woman who has found refuge with a street painter, with whom she has a link through dreams.
Hong Kong-based sales agency Good Move Media has picked up international rights to two Indonesian horror films – Death Knot and The Portrait Of A Nightmare – as it builds up its slate of Southeast Asian titles.
Both titles are produced by Indonesia’s Matta Cinema, founded by director Ismail Basbeth and actor-producer Cornelio Sunny to produce “alternative films for a global audience by working with artistic and creative directors”.
The Portrait Of A Nightmare, directed by Basbeth, follows a woman who has found refuge with a street painter, with whom she has a link through dreams.
- 3/3/2021
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
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