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Stars: Adriana Isabel, Tyler Q Rosen, Sara Fletcher, Oscar Wilson, Nick Searcy, Mario Daggett, David McClain Jr. | Written and Directed by Matt Devino, David Michael Yohe

The Daemon is a psychological horror film that delves deep into cosmic terror, exploring themes of generational trauma, madness, and the thin boundary between reality and the supernatural.

Directed by Matt Devino and David Michael Yohe, the film follows Tom, played by Tyler Q. Rosen, who is haunted by the trauma of his father’s suicide. Tom retreats to the lakeside cottage where his father died, only to encounter a malevolent entity lurking in the lake’s depths. As Tom descends into madness, his wife Kathy, along with her brother Mark and his wife Jess, attempt to rescue him, unaware of the ancient evil they are up against.

The film’s atmosphere is saturated with Lovecraftian horror, focusing on the psychological unraveling of its...

Losing a parent doesn’t affect everybody in the same way. Not everyone has a close relationship with their blood relatives, and in cases where there has been abuse, such a death can even bring relief. Even in situations like that, however, it can be a disorientating experience. Kathy (Sara Fletcher) knows that people can behave oddly in this situation, so she tries to give her husband Tom (Tyler Q Rosen) some space in the aftermath of his father’s suicide. It’s one thing for him go up to his father’s lake house for a break however; it’s another for him not to call for days.

Worried, Kathy calls on her house-flipping brother Mark (Oscar Wilson) and his troubled psychiatrist partner Jess (Adriana Isabel) for help, and they decide to drive out to the lake house themselves. What they fail to anticipate is Tom’s reason for...

The 25th edition of Pigeon Shrine FrightFest is set to deliver an exhilarating blend of horror and fantasy films, with the festival moving to a new venue, the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square. Running from Thursday, 22 August to Monday, 26 August, the event will take over all seven screens at the venue, promising an unforgettable experience for horror enthusiasts.

As we can barely contain the excitement, we’re sharing the films on offer in each screen so you can quickly decide which films to add to your ‘must watch’ list.

Pigeon Shrine FrightFest 2024 – Discovery Screen 1 Thursday, 22 August 2024

8:15 Pm – Cinderella’s Curse (World Premiere) Directed by Louisa Warren and starring Kelly Ryan Sanson, Chrissie Wunna, Lauren Budd, and Natasha Tosini, this spine-chilling reimagining of the classic fairytale sees Cinderella summon her fairy godmother from an ancient book to exact bloody revenge on her tormentors.

10:35 Pm – Carnage for Christmas (International Premiere) Directed by Alice Maio Mackay,...

Allison Mack, the actress best known for her role as Chloe Sullivan on Smallville, has been released from prison after serving the majority of her three-year sentence for racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.

The charges against Allison Mack — who was found guilty in 2021 — stem from her involvement with Nxivm, the Mlm company aka cult founded by Keith Raniere, who himself was found guilty of numerous crimes in 2019, including sex trafficking, sexual exploitation and conspiracy. He was sentenced to a $1.75 million fine and 120 years in prison, in addition to being ordered to pay $3.5 million in restitution to more than 20 victims. Mack was specifically involved with a secret society within Nxivm called Dos, which recruited women for exploitation, grooming, forced labor, and more. As per The Hollywood Reporter, Mack previously released a statement that read, in part: “I threw myself into the teachings of Keith Raniere with everything I had…I believed, whole-heartedly,...

Acclaimed cinematographer Justin Janowitz has finished post-production on his secretive feature directorial debut Do Not Watch, and we’ve got your first look.

The film – which was directed by Janowitz from a screenplay by Ryan Toyama, was shot on location in and around the environs of Los Angeles. Produced by Circa 1888’s Jp Ouellette, Dylan Matlock, and Nico Falls, Do Not Watch is their follow-up to the critically acclaimed, BAFTA & Saturn Award nominated feature Mass, which world premiered at Sundance in 2021 and went on to win the Robert Altman Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

“Completing Do Not Watch was like a fever dream come true,” recounts writer and executive producer Ryan Toyama. “It’s been an amazing experience to watch Justin (Janowitz) adapt a script that was so many years in the making. He, along with our fantastic cast and crew, not only fully embraced the madness that was on the page,...

If you’re unfamiliar with the controversial cult Nxivm, allow one of its members to sum up her feelings in a teaser for HBO’s docuseries The Vow: “It is manipulative, but it’s a good manipulation.”

Premiering Sunday, Aug. 23, The Vow will take a “deep, nuanced look” at Nxivm, which was co-founded by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman in 1998. Though the organization claimed to provide personal and professional improvement opportunities to those who joined, it has since made headlines for various charges brought against its leaders, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

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We're back with another edition of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have news of Dark Sky acquiring Before the Fire, details on the digital edition of the Etheria Film Festival, a look at the trailer for Two Heads Creek, and details on the We Summon the Darkness soundtrack release:

Dark Sky Films Acquires Before The Fire: "Dark Sky Films today announced it has acquired all North American distribution rights to the timely new pandemic thriller Before The Fire, the debut feature from director Charlie Buhler and written by and starring Jenna Lyng Adams of The Kominsky Method.

Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi/Dark Sky's VP of Sales & Acquisitions, negotiated the deal for the Madfire Picturesproduction with John W. Bosher and Chris Charles of Throughline Films and Michelle Chang of Ramo Law on behalf of the filmmakers, including producer Kristen Murtha. Dark Sky plans to release the film in theaters and...

Lifetime has released the trailer for its upcoming TV movie, “Escaping the Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter,” and it features chilling depictions of how women were coerced into sex slavery for Nxivm founder Keith Raniere.

Based on the memoir “Captive” by Catherine Oxenberg, whose daughter, India, became embroiled in the darkest aspects of the group, the movie focuses on “a mother who will stop at nothing to get her daughter back and exposes the intricate seductive power of Allison and Keith and the mental and physical abuse India fell victim to,” according to Lifetime.

Andrea Roth plays Oxenberg, with Peter Facinelli playing cult-leader Raniere, Jasper Polish as India, and Sara Fletcher as “Smallville” actress Alison Mack.

Also Read: Here Are All The Hollywood Productions About Nxivm

“This is much more than just top secret. This is about learning to reach your maximum potential,” Raniere (Facinelli) says in the trailer,...

Half a dozen projects about Nxivm have emerged since the accusations arose that the group is a sex-trafficking cult that kept women as sex slaves for its founder, Keith Raniere, and that he branded them with his initials.

So far, Lifetime, HBO and ID have all announced new projects in development or production. No doubt more are coming — and a handful already exist to quell the public’s insatiable thirst for insider information about the organization that presented itself as a self-improvement group.

Nxivm first captured attention from national media and Hollywood last year after charges including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy were brought against some of its highest-ranking members, most notably former “Smallville” star Allison Mack and Raniere himself.

Also Read: 'The Lost Women of Nxivm': ID Orders 2-Hour Special on Sex-Trafficking Cult

Lifetime’s is the most recent project to be announced, with a film in the works...

Peter Facinelli (S.W.A.T., Supergirl) is set to play Nxivm leader Keith Raniere in a newly greenlit Lifetime movie about the dangerous sex cult.

Premiering this fall, Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Nightmare will center on the shocking true story of actress Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her daughter India from the cult. Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) will play Oxenberg, while Jasper Polish has been cast as India.

Additionally, Sara Fletcher (Mom Tested) will play Allison Mack, the Smallville alum who came to be Raniere’s associate in the cult.

The logline for the telepic: “When...

Just days after Nxivm founder Keith Raniere, the leader of the controversial New York-based self-help group, was found guilty of federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges, Lifetime has announced a new movie about the case.

Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Nightmare (working title) will center on the true story of actress Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her 28-year-old daughter India, who joined Nxivm in 2011 but has since left, from the group.

Andrea Roth will play Catherine, while Peter Facinelli has been cast as Raniere. Jasper Polish also stars as India, and Sara Fletcher will portray Keith’s associate in the group,...

Law & Order: Svu sort of went there, now Lifetime is fully going there with a TV movie based on the Nxivm story. Lifetime's Nxivm Cult: A Mother's Nightmare (the working title), follows the true story of Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save daughter India from what Lifetime describes as a "dangerous sex cult." Andrea Roth of Rescue Me fame will play Catherine. Twilight and Nurse Jackie veteran Peter Facinelli is set to play Keith Raniere, Jasper Polish will play Catherine's daughter India and Sara Fletcher will take on the role of Smallville star and Nxivm  associate Allison Mack. Set for a fall 2019 debut, the movie follows what happens after Catherine took her daughter to a Nxivm...

Exclusive: Just days after a federal jury in Brooklyn, NY convicted Nxivm leader Keith Raniere of seven counts of racketeering and sex trafficking, Lifetime has announced a new movie about the case for its upcoming ripped-from-the-headlines slate from Sony Pictures TV. The Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Nightmare (working title) centers on the true story of Catherine Oxenberg and her fight to save her daughter India from the dangerous sex cult. It’s set to debut this fall.

Oxenberg, whose daughter India was one of Raniere’s victims, is portrayed in the movie by Andrea Roth (Rescue Me) and executive produces. Peter Facinelli (Twilight) stars as Raniere, the charming and charismatic secret organization leader with devious motives. Jasper Polish (Devil’s Whisper) portrays India and Sara Fletcher (Secret Girlfriend) is actress Allison Mack, Keith’s associate in the cult.

Oxenberg spoke outside the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, NY June 19, moments...

A fast-rising Hollywood starlet learns that people are more important than possessions inPawParazzi, arriving on DVD, Digital, and On Demand March 19 from Lionsgate. The cushy life of Latte the Hollywood dog is turned upside down when her owner, superstar actress London Bridges, heads to the boonies to make a new film.

Check out this Dog-gone hilarious trailer:

Winner of the Dove Seal of Approval for all ages, and starring Sara Fletcher, with Kristy Swanson as the voice of Latte, and Primetime Emmy® nominee Jay Mohr, PawParazzi will be available on DVD with special features including the “Hot Off the Press with PawParazzi” featurette for the suggested retail price of $14.98. Official Synopsis The cushy Hollywood life of Latte the dog is turned upside down when her owner, superstar actress London Bridges, heads to the boonies to make a new film. The pampered pooch tries to stop thieves from stealing London’s diamond necklace from a farmhouse,...

Minutes To Midnight

Stars: William Baldwin, Richard Grieco, Bill Moseley, Viva Bianca, Christopher Judge, John Hennigan, Dominique Swain, Mercy Malick, Bryce Draper, Sara Fletcher | Written by Victoria Dadi, Christopher M. Don | Directed by Christopher Ray

Name: Minutes to Midnight

Age: 2018

Appearance: Action/comedy/horror slasher featuring a cast of B-movie acting greats and a couple of wrestlers.

Wait a minute…

I love wrestling. Big Daddy… Giant Haystacks…

Sadly, neither men are in it for they are no longer with us. (R.I.P) But you do get John “Johnny Impact” Hennigan playing a backpacker named Travis and Aaron “Jesus/Uno” Aguilera as the hulking psychopath Angus.

A killer named Angus? Ooooh scary…

He’s the deformed son of a family of psychopaths. You also get Calypso (an athletic Mercy Malick) and Gimple.

Angus, Gimple, and Calypso. Sounds like a 60s folk trio. What’s it all about?

Evoking many a horror film,...

The hottest new show on TV will make you emotional. Sara Fletcher (known for her work with channels like The Fine Bros and Simple Pickup) and Brendan Bradley (who has appeared in web series like Squatters, Muzzled, and Frankenstein M.D.) play Ben and Delilah in Brooding, a web series that parodies the sentimental dramas of The CW.

Brooding's title refers to a fictional TV show on a fictional network called The Wc. A sequence at the beginning of each episode advertises "deep thoughts" and "dark places," but instead, viewers are treated to a hilarious, over-the-top melodrama featuring tense music, dim lighting, low-cut tops for Delilah and tight shirts for Ben. In the Brooding world, every conflict must be resolved in the most dramatic way imaginable. Everyday nuances, whether they take place in the bathroom or the kitchen, are cause for concerned faces and free-flowing tears. Here's one of the best installments,...

Tribeca Shortlist is treating us to five nights of free content which starts today and will continue until the big day, Halloween, October 31st. Also: information on the Foreword to Stephen King's The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Apparition and Intrusion Blu-ray details, a trailer for Kill Game, and a new Minutes to Midnight poster.

Tribeca's Fright Fest: Press Release: "Oh, the horror! Tribeca Shortlist, the new curated streaming movie service from Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises, has great films in every genre and is now giving us a Halloween treat filled with five nights of free, expertly handpicked movies including macabre masterpieces, suspenseful thrillers and plenty of chills with Fright Fest: http://outtake.tribecashortlist.com/frightfest

Fright Fest will live on Tribeca Shortlist's free editorial site, Outtake, starting today at 6 pm Et/ 3 pm Pt running through October 31st. One new terrifying movie will be added each day at the same time,...

Lyon Productions in association with Rock On! Films presents a film starring Brad Leo Lyon, Roddy Piper (They Live), Martin Klebba (Zombieland), Ariel Teal Toombs (Psycho Sleepover), Sara Fletcher (1313: Nightmare Mansion) and Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell) and directed by Joe Eckardt (Champion) of:

College Fright Night 

What's college without beer, babes, and vampires?!? Campus life (or lack thereof) is about to take on a whole new meaning when the University, and potentially the rest of the world, finds itself in danger from an army of the undead. Alex and Brock are your typical small college jocks dealing with an annoying residence assistant, wacko monster obsessed professor, head case for a coach, and of course lots of drunken women. Their lives get flipped upside down when a suspension from the football team saves them from being turned into blood sucking minions. But with the authorities not buying their story,...

Jud Birza, hot off his appearance on the hit TV show Survivor, make his feature length film debut in David DeCoteau's 1313: Nightmare Mansion (aka A Dream Within A Dream - trailer seen below). Co-starring is horror genre regulars Cody Matthew Blymire (ThanXgiving) and Sara Fletcher (iCrime).

David DeCoteau, known for his homoerotic elements is giving fans exactly what they want. It appears that after introductory sequences, David DeCoteau has managed to keep his cast strictly in their briefs for the remainder of the film's running time. Combine that with an intriguing plot and 1313: Nightmare Mansion is sure to please fans of the genre director and gay men alike. 

In 1313: Nightmare Mansion, a demonic young man lures his high school classmates to a party so that he can sacrifice their souls and bring his dead mother, killed during the Salem witch trials 300 years ago, back to life.

The first part of the seventh installment of the movie version of the lingua franca of Generation Next is due out in theaters this Friday, November 19. The second part of the finale of the Harry Potter film franchise is set to premiere eight months later on July 15, 2011. The Fine Brothers are capitalizing on the buzz. Online video auteurs Benny and Rafi Fine debuted their new web show, Harry Potter and the Rejected Scenes earlier this week. It's a monthly, live-action-figure series set in and about Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Castle that reimagines memorable scenes from Harry's seven years in the world of witchcraft and wizardry. Benny and Rafi ask the question "What if Jk had written it this way?" and give viewers the answer in the form of Mattel toys, animated mouths, and pragmatic dialogue. "We decided to start the new series after the conclusion of our Lost series last month,...

Several actresses of note have been cast in or out of projects so here’s a roundup.

French actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey has been announced as playing Syrena, a mermaid, in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the series. She is expected to play a key role in the further adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

Unknown to American audiences, she has appeared in French films including Bruc and La Première Étoile along with television fare such as La Reine Morte, and Elles et Moi . She was born in Barcelona to French-American and Catalan parents and has done stage work including Equus.

Production on the big budget film is set for later this year in Hawaii, Great Britain and Los Angeles with a May 20, 2011 release date planned. Rob Marshall (Chicago) makes his maiden voyage as director, replacing Gore Verbinski.

Meantime, Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood...

CBS and Josh Schwartz have done a late bit of recasting on their comedy pilot "Hitched," replacing Kristin Kreuk as the female lead.

Kreuk, who did a guest arc on Schwartz's NBC show "Chuck" earlier this season, will be replaced by Sara Fletcher (Comedy Central's "Secret Girlfriend"), Deadline.com reports. The show is about two newlyweds (Fletcher and Jack Carpenter) who get married before they really know each other and their respective families.

"Hitched" would have been the first sitcom role for Kreuk, who's best known for playing Lana Lang on "Smallville." She showed some comedic chops during her turn on "Chuck," but according to Deadline, "Hitched" "ultimately proved not a good fit for her."

The show, which also stars Sharon Lawrence, Kurtwood Smith and Eugene Levy, made the switch just as the cast was about to do its table read on Wednesday (April 14). The pilot, which Schwartz co-wrote with "Chuck" writer-producer Matt Miller,...

Josh Schwartz has swapped out Smallville's Kristin Kreuk for Sara Fletcher for the lead of his comedy pilot Hitched. The half-hour comedy format apparently wasn't a good fit for Kreuk, but I choose to think Fletcher just took advantage of her huge stash of Kryptonite. (And, yes, I realize that doesn't make any sense, Superman fans. Just roll with me here.) [Deadline] Vera Farmiga has nabbed a starring role in A Thousand Guns. The film is an indie Western, and not a movie about a Jersey Shore-area gym. [Variety] Bill Haber and Tina Brown have optioned Laura Lippman's In a Strange City for a TV series.

It's a flurry of activity in the studio as guests from the Live! From the Future With Stuart Papp show linger and the crew of the RadNerd Show rush about, trying to organize media with the operations manager, preparing for sound check, going over their outline of segments with their special guest Sara Fletcher from My Secret Girlfriend. There is an electricity and excitement in the air and at the center of it all is Brian Gramo, Overlord of theStream.tv (I had to make up a title because as the space under his picture on the website states: "I don't really have a title, but if i did... I'd put it here!"), orchestrating the transitions with the stature of someone with a combination of natural talent and years of experience. It's Tuesday, November 10th and it's the premiere (or as the network calls it, the pilot presentation) of the...

Comedy Central.s new weekly series "Secret Girlfriend," premieres the first of six episodes beginning on Wednesday, October 7 at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt. Based on Atomicwedgietv.com's comedy series, "Secret Girlfriend" breaks the fourth wall with a first person format that makes the viewer the central character in the irreverent life of a 20-something single guy, his two best friends and roommates, "Phil" (Derek Miller) and "Sam" (Michael Blaiklock), and the two women in his life he's trying to keep secret from each other . psycho ex-girlfriend, "Mandy," (Alexis Krause), and new girlfriend, "Jessica," (Sara E.R. Fletcher). According to Comedy Central, "Secret Girlfriend" contains two back-to-back 11-minute scripted mini-sodes. The Premise: In the premiere episode, Sam and Phil...

Web video pioneers Benny and Rafi Fine have joined the fight to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage with Prop. 8: The Web Series, a five-episode social satire that pokes fun at various rights from the state’s Constitution via a "what-if" scenario. The series, in which the brothers will appear, also features familiar faces in the Web video community, including Sara E.R. Fletcher (Secret Girlfriend), Maxwell Glick (lonelygirl15) as well as Tubefilter’s own Lindsay Stidham. Filming took place in the home owned by series music composer Joseph Carrillo and his husband Gregory Frye, who assisted the production with filming locations. The fate of the couple’s marriage is now in the state Supreme Court’s hands.