World premieres of Jayro Bustamante’s Rita and the Adams Family’s Hell Hole are among the first wave of the 28th edition of Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal running July 18-August 4.
Rita marks Bustamante’s follow-up to 2019 Venice Giornate degli Autori winner and Guatemalan Oscar submission La Llorona. It follows an abused teenage girl’s attempted escape from a government safe house and is inspired by the true story of a deadly orphanage fire in Guatemala.
Hell Hole hails from the filmmaking family behind Hellbender and Where The Devil Roams and centres on an American-led fracking crew that...
Rita marks Bustamante’s follow-up to 2019 Venice Giornate degli Autori winner and Guatemalan Oscar submission La Llorona. It follows an abused teenage girl’s attempted escape from a government safe house and is inspired by the true story of a deadly orphanage fire in Guatemala.
Hell Hole hails from the filmmaking family behind Hellbender and Where The Devil Roams and centres on an American-led fracking crew that...
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Quebec’s Fantasia International Film Festival has set the first round of titles set for its 2024 edition, running July 18 – Aug 4.
Films set to debut at the festival include Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, which will world premiere at the festival with a screening presented by Mike Flanagan.
Produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead with exec producers including Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the film follows a woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings, who falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that broke records across the platform, the highly anticipated feature debut feature from YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann is finally here and ready to scare the pants off the world.
Other premieres set for the fest include Witchboard, the latest film from Chuck Russell.
Films set to debut at the festival include Chris Stuckmann’s Shelby Oaks, which will world premiere at the festival with a screening presented by Mike Flanagan.
Produced by Aaron B. Koontz, Cameron Burns, and Ashleigh Snead with exec producers including Flanagan and Trevor Macy, the film follows a woman’s desperate search for her long-lost sister, a famous YouTuber who investigated paranormal happenings, who falls into obsession upon realizing that the imaginary demon from their childhood may have been real. After a successful Kickstarter campaign that broke records across the platform, the highly anticipated feature debut feature from YouTube creator Chris Stuckmann is finally here and ready to scare the pants off the world.
Other premieres set for the fest include Witchboard, the latest film from Chuck Russell.
- 5/9/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Yellow Veil Pictures is kicking off EFM sales on the Shudder Original Film Hell Hole, the latest feature from the Adams Family filmmakers behind Hellbender and Where The Devil Roams.
John Adams and Toby Poser co-directed, co-wrote with Lulu Adams, and star in the feature, which is in post after wrapping production in Serbia.
Hell Hole takes place in Serbia’s Rtanj mountain valley as an American-led fracking crew uncovers a living French soldier frozen in time from a Napoleonic campaign.
When a parasitic monster springs from the soldier’s body it wreaks havoc among the terrified crew looking for a new host to inhabit.
John Adams and Toby Poser co-directed, co-wrote with Lulu Adams, and star in the feature, which is in post after wrapping production in Serbia.
Hell Hole takes place in Serbia’s Rtanj mountain valley as an American-led fracking crew uncovers a living French soldier frozen in time from a Napoleonic campaign.
When a parasitic monster springs from the soldier’s body it wreaks havoc among the terrified crew looking for a new host to inhabit.
- 2/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Film Festival
Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser’s Fantasia and FrightFest-winning horror film “Where the Devil Roams” will open the fourth edition of India’s Wench Film Festival (Feb. 9-March 3). The festival was founded in 2020 by filmmaker Sapna Moti Bhavnani (“Sindhustan”) to “bridge the gender gap in India by driving opportunities and conversations through the gaze of a woman inclusive of Biwoc, LGBTQ+ women and non-binary in art, fashion, and film powered by tech,” per the organizers. It specializes in the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres.
The team, which also includes artistic director Uma da Cunha, programmers Heidi Honeycutt who is the co-founder of the women-focused Etheria Film festival, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, “The Lunchbox” producer Vivek Rangachari, have curated a lineup of 29 films, including 14 India premieres and 10 Asia premieres.
Highlights include Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,” Jenn Wexler’s “The Sacrifice Game,...
Zelda Adams, John Adams and Toby Poser’s Fantasia and FrightFest-winning horror film “Where the Devil Roams” will open the fourth edition of India’s Wench Film Festival (Feb. 9-March 3). The festival was founded in 2020 by filmmaker Sapna Moti Bhavnani (“Sindhustan”) to “bridge the gender gap in India by driving opportunities and conversations through the gaze of a woman inclusive of Biwoc, LGBTQ+ women and non-binary in art, fashion, and film powered by tech,” per the organizers. It specializes in the horror, sci-fi and fantasy genres.
The team, which also includes artistic director Uma da Cunha, programmers Heidi Honeycutt who is the co-founder of the women-focused Etheria Film festival, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, director of the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, “The Lunchbox” producer Vivek Rangachari, have curated a lineup of 29 films, including 14 India premieres and 10 Asia premieres.
Highlights include Ariane Louis-Seize’s “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,” Jenn Wexler’s “The Sacrifice Game,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Happy New Year! As expected, the new year brings a slew of notable new titles to the various ever-growing streaming libraries, giving you plenty to watch in January 2024.
Whether you’re looking to catch up on 2023 releases or looking ahead to shiny new 2024 horror or sci-fi titles, January has it all.
These ten noteworthy horror titles will be available for streaming this month on some of the most popular streaming services out there. Here’s when/where you can watch them.
All Fun and Games – Hulu (January 4)
Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games in Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu’s teen horror movie. The 2023 horror release stars “Strange Things” actor Natalia Dyer alongside Asa Butterfield. The cast also includes Keith David, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio), Annabeth Gish (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Laurel Marsden...
Whether you’re looking to catch up on 2023 releases or looking ahead to shiny new 2024 horror or sci-fi titles, January has it all.
These ten noteworthy horror titles will be available for streaming this month on some of the most popular streaming services out there. Here’s when/where you can watch them.
All Fun and Games – Hulu (January 4)
Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games in Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu’s teen horror movie. The 2023 horror release stars “Strange Things” actor Natalia Dyer alongside Asa Butterfield. The cast also includes Keith David, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (Pinocchio), Annabeth Gish (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Laurel Marsden...
- 1/3/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s the first full week of November 2023, and with Halloween in the rear view, it’s only natural that the new horror releases will be slowing down a bit. But horror never truly sleeps.
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 7 – November 12, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and it’s now available on VOD outlets beginning today.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
There haven’t been all that many...
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 7 – November 12, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and it’s now available on VOD outlets beginning today.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
There haven’t been all that many...
- 11/7/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A trio of Dark Sky Films titles have made their way onto Screambox this Friday the 13th!
A young couple find themselves face to face with a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in Willow Creek, director Bobcat Goldthwait’s unique spin on the horror genre.
“Looking to make a splash with his research videos into the existence of Bigfoot, Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) take a camping trip to the mountains surrounding Willow Creek, California, a small town where famous footage of the legendary Sasquatch was filmed decades earlier. Jim believes Bigfoot exists and is intent on finding the very spot where the huge, hairy, man-like creature supposedly strode.
But before long, Jim and Kelly are lost in the woods and discover that someone – or something – is stalking them. With each passing night bringing unknowable danger, the two must...
A young couple find themselves face to face with a terrifying evil when they venture into the heart of Bigfoot country in Willow Creek, director Bobcat Goldthwait’s unique spin on the horror genre.
“Looking to make a splash with his research videos into the existence of Bigfoot, Jim (Bryce Johnson) and his skeptical girlfriend Kelly (Alexie Gilmore) take a camping trip to the mountains surrounding Willow Creek, California, a small town where famous footage of the legendary Sasquatch was filmed decades earlier. Jim believes Bigfoot exists and is intent on finding the very spot where the huge, hairy, man-like creature supposedly strode.
But before long, Jim and Kelly are lost in the woods and discover that someone – or something – is stalking them. With each passing night bringing unknowable danger, the two must...
- 10/13/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and the film is headed the theaters in November.
Yellow Veil Pictures announced today on social media to look for Where the Devil Roams in theaters on November 3. You’ll then be able to rent and buy the film on cable and digital platforms on November 7. Previously, it was reported that the film will head exclusively to Tubi.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previously previewed, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white...
Yellow Veil Pictures announced today on social media to look for Where the Devil Roams in theaters on November 3. You’ll then be able to rent and buy the film on cable and digital platforms on November 7. Previously, it was reported that the film will head exclusively to Tubi.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previously previewed, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white...
- 9/29/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Ever since their breakout indie The Deeper You Dig lit up the festival circuit in 2019, the Adams family have proven something of a horror genre sideshow for travelling fans; a one-of-a-kind mother-father-daughter filmmaking team who write, direct and star together in what is quickly becoming an impressively unusual oeuvre. Slickly, cheaply made spins on old-school genre mainstays with a fascinatingly personal angle. And their depression-era road movie Where the Devil Roams is no different – a gorgeously minimalist, micro-budget marvel of a family-driven horror.
In fact, the Adams’ latest might actually be at its most impressive when it shuns its bigger crowds and more elaborate dressing, and just leans into its absolute essentials. That is, its core unit; an unusual family band, riding across rural America, on the coattails of a travelling horror show. The team themselves – father John, daughter Zelda, and mother Toby Poser – are a uniquely tight fit as...
In fact, the Adams’ latest might actually be at its most impressive when it shuns its bigger crowds and more elaborate dressing, and just leans into its absolute essentials. That is, its core unit; an unusual family band, riding across rural America, on the coattails of a travelling horror show. The team themselves – father John, daughter Zelda, and mother Toby Poser – are a uniquely tight fit as...
- 8/29/2023
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and the film is headed to Fantastic Fest in September.
After playing Fantastic Fest, Where the Devil Roams is coming exclusively to Tubi soon. While you wait for a premiere date, you can exclusively watch the movie’s official trailer below.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previews, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white prologue where a legless orator recites to a packed theater a poem about fallen angel Abaddon.”
“Tubi is...
After playing Fantastic Fest, Where the Devil Roams is coming exclusively to Tubi soon. While you wait for a premiere date, you can exclusively watch the movie’s official trailer below.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previews, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white prologue where a legless orator recites to a packed theater a poem about fallen angel Abaddon.”
“Tubi is...
- 8/17/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Welcome to Give Me the Fear, a new Frightfest 2023 preview series hosted by screenwriter Stuart Wright.
These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school.
After looking back at the blood, sweat and tears that went into their creative successes, I ask them one last question: If you could hand pick one person to be in the audience for your Frightfest screening, who would it be and why? I think you going to love the answers this question elicits.
This episode covers Where the Devil Roams, Pandemonium (feat. Quarxx) & The Sacrifice Game (feat. Jenn Wexler)
For more details about Frightfest see https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/index.html
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These brief, spoiler-free interviews will – across the entire series – help you to discover the kind of knowledge and experience about how to make indie horror films that they don’t teach at film school.
After looking back at the blood, sweat and tears that went into their creative successes, I ask them one last question: If you could hand pick one person to be in the audience for your Frightfest screening, who would it be and why? I think you going to love the answers this question elicits.
This episode covers Where the Devil Roams, Pandemonium (feat. Quarxx) & The Sacrifice Game (feat. Jenn Wexler)
For more details about Frightfest see https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/index.html
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- 8/16/2023
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
There is something about a carnival. Something mysterious. Maybe even a tad dangerous. In the midst of a humdrum existence, a carnival feels like one of the last places left where magic may still exist. It’s here one day, gone the next. A world unto itself that sets up in new places, inviting us into its arms for one or two nights at a time, before vanishing, taking its magic along with it. It is populated by people living their lives on the edge of society; just close enough for us to see and interact with when they choose, before closing the curtain and retreating to their own little world. Performers who thrill, challenge, and play with their audience before disappearing like ghosts, leaving us behind in the ordinary world.
That mysterious nature has been bottled on film a handful of times. Tod Browning’s Freaks, the HBO Carnivale series,...
That mysterious nature has been bottled on film a handful of times. Tod Browning’s Freaks, the HBO Carnivale series,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
The Adams Family have done it again! The filmmaking team, made up of father John Adams, mother Toby Poser and daughters Zelda and Lulu, have been writing, directing, producing and starring in their own independent productions for a little over a decade, and have crafted festival favorites including The Deeper You Dig and Hellbender. Last week, at the Fantasia Film Festival, they premiered their most ambitious project yet, Where the Devil Roams, a supernatural horror set in Depression-era America.
Hard times have fallen upon a small carnival. Attendance is at an all-time low, and there's not enough nickels to go around to feed the sideshow acts. Among them are the performing trio, Maggie (Toby Poser), Seven (John Adams) and Eve (Zelda Adams), who do a song and dance routine that hardly draws a crowd. Stealing their spectators is Mr. Tibbs, a magician who slices off his fingers one by one with rusty scissors,...
Hard times have fallen upon a small carnival. Attendance is at an all-time low, and there's not enough nickels to go around to feed the sideshow acts. Among them are the performing trio, Maggie (Toby Poser), Seven (John Adams) and Eve (Zelda Adams), who do a song and dance routine that hardly draws a crowd. Stealing their spectators is Mr. Tibbs, a magician who slices off his fingers one by one with rusty scissors,...
- 8/5/2023
- by Chris Aitkens
Where The Devil Roams Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival
The Adams Family – John Adams, Toby Poser and their children Zelda Adams and Lulu Adama – have been making films together for some years now. Screening as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival and also part of the line-up for this month’s Frightfest, their latest work, Where The Devil Roams, is their best yet. It follows a family of carnival performers: the troubled, psychopathic Maggie (Toby), shell shocked former army medic Seven (John) and singing sensation Eve (Zelda), who is mute offstage, as they travel across the US during the Great Depression, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
We spoke briefly about the film a couple of years ago, when they were promoting their last film, Hellbender, and when we meet again I say that I recall being told then that this one was Zelda’s idea.
Zelda nods.
The Adams Family – John Adams, Toby Poser and their children Zelda Adams and Lulu Adama – have been making films together for some years now. Screening as part of the Fantasia International Film Festival and also part of the line-up for this month’s Frightfest, their latest work, Where The Devil Roams, is their best yet. It follows a family of carnival performers: the troubled, psychopathic Maggie (Toby), shell shocked former army medic Seven (John) and singing sensation Eve (Zelda), who is mute offstage, as they travel across the US during the Great Depression, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.
We spoke briefly about the film a couple of years ago, when they were promoting their last film, Hellbender, and when we meet again I say that I recall being told then that this one was Zelda’s idea.
Zelda nods.
- 8/4/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Plot: Traces a family of murderous sideshow performers as it travels around the world on the dying carnival circuit.
Review: I feel it needs to be stated right off the bat that Where the Devil Roams will not be for everybody. From a production standpoint, it feels very amateur at points. The blown-out sky and awkward sound design certainly point to this being more student film than major feature. But even still, there’s a beauty to the cinematography, as well as the awkward performances. You’re either going to be turned off by it or along for the ride. I can’t imagine there being much “in-between” when it comes to such a polarizing style of film.
John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams all serve as the writers, directors, and stars of Where the Devil Roams, and that fact alone should be commended. Not very often do you see a Trifecta in film,...
Review: I feel it needs to be stated right off the bat that Where the Devil Roams will not be for everybody. From a production standpoint, it feels very amateur at points. The blown-out sky and awkward sound design certainly point to this being more student film than major feature. But even still, there’s a beauty to the cinematography, as well as the awkward performances. You’re either going to be turned off by it or along for the ride. I can’t imagine there being much “in-between” when it comes to such a polarizing style of film.
John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams all serve as the writers, directors, and stars of Where the Devil Roams, and that fact alone should be commended. Not very often do you see a Trifecta in film,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
The Adams Family debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and Variety reports that Tubi has scooped up the film this week.
Where the Devil Roams is set to premiere exclusively on Tubi this coming Winter.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previews, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white prologue where a legless orator recites to a packed theater a poem about fallen angel Abaddon.”
“Tubi is a prime destination for horror fans. We have long seen a hunger for the horror...
Where the Devil Roams is set to premiere exclusively on Tubi this coming Winter.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Variety previews, “Hugely ambitious, the film’s first 16 minutes packs a black and white prologue where a legless orator recites to a packed theater a poem about fallen angel Abaddon.”
“Tubi is a prime destination for horror fans. We have long seen a hunger for the horror...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fox Corp.’s Tubi, its free, ad-supported streaming TV service, has pounced on two high-profile Fantasia titles, led by “Where the Devil Roams,” the Adams family’s follow-up to “Hellbender,” Rotten Tomatoes No. 1 movie on its Top 10 of best-rated horror films of 2022, just besting Eskil Vogt’s “The Innocents.”
Estimating that it reaches 64 million monthly active users, Tubi also pounced on doc feature “Satan Wants You,” which world premiered at March’s SXSW. Both Fantasia titles will have their exclusive streaming premieres on Tubi this winter.
Written and directed by daughter Zelda Adams, father John Adams and mother Toby Poser at their Wonder Wheel Productions, “Where the Devil Roams,” the Adams seventh feature, marks yet another a step-up in scale for the family of filmmakers who first broke out hitting Fantasia in 2019, world premiering “The Deeper You Dig” Zelda, not yet 18, was too young to watch herself.
Set deep in Depression era America,...
Estimating that it reaches 64 million monthly active users, Tubi also pounced on doc feature “Satan Wants You,” which world premiered at March’s SXSW. Both Fantasia titles will have their exclusive streaming premieres on Tubi this winter.
Written and directed by daughter Zelda Adams, father John Adams and mother Toby Poser at their Wonder Wheel Productions, “Where the Devil Roams,” the Adams seventh feature, marks yet another a step-up in scale for the family of filmmakers who first broke out hitting Fantasia in 2019, world premiering “The Deeper You Dig” Zelda, not yet 18, was too young to watch herself.
Set deep in Depression era America,...
- 8/1/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal is more than halfway through its 27th edition, which is running from July 20th through August 9th – and over the weekend they unveiled their list of Fantasia Film Festival Awards winners, with major honors going to the likes of Red Rooms and Stay Online.
Our own reviewer Tyler Nichols gave Red Rooms a 9/10 “amazing” review (you can read it Here), so it makes sense to hear that the film racked up multiple awards, including Best Feature, Best Screenplay for Pascal Plante, Best Score for Dominique Plante, and Outstanding Performance for Juliette Gariépy. We haven’t had the chance to see Stay Online yet, but that movie did earn the Best First Feature award for director Yeva Strelnikova.
Red Rooms is about what happens when the case of a serial killer who streamed his murders in the “red rooms” of the Dark Web goes to trial,...
Our own reviewer Tyler Nichols gave Red Rooms a 9/10 “amazing” review (you can read it Here), so it makes sense to hear that the film racked up multiple awards, including Best Feature, Best Screenplay for Pascal Plante, Best Score for Dominique Plante, and Outstanding Performance for Juliette Gariépy. We haven’t had the chance to see Stay Online yet, but that movie did earn the Best First Feature award for director Yeva Strelnikova.
Red Rooms is about what happens when the case of a serial killer who streamed his murders in the “red rooms” of the Dark Web goes to trial,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Red Rooms won a leading three awards including Best Feature at the 27th annual Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, with the thriller Femme taking Best Director for Sam H. Freeman & Ng Choon Ping and Outstanding Performance for Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. See the full list of winners below.
“The ultimate effect a film can achieve is to implant a significant and lasting emotional memory,” the genre fest’s jury said in a statement. “The jury was unanimously convinced that [Red Rooms] masterfully accomplished that goal.”
In writer-director Pascal Plante’s thriller from Nemesis Films, the case of a serial killer who streamed his murders in the “red rooms” of the Dark Web goes to trial, and Kelly-Anne (Laurie Babin) is obsessed. She goes down a dark path to obtain the final piece of the case’s puzzle.
In Femme, after drag artist Jules (Stewart-Jarrett) sees his closeted assailant (George Mackay) at a gay sauna,...
“The ultimate effect a film can achieve is to implant a significant and lasting emotional memory,” the genre fest’s jury said in a statement. “The jury was unanimously convinced that [Red Rooms] masterfully accomplished that goal.”
In writer-director Pascal Plante’s thriller from Nemesis Films, the case of a serial killer who streamed his murders in the “red rooms” of the Dark Web goes to trial, and Kelly-Anne (Laurie Babin) is obsessed. She goes down a dark path to obtain the final piece of the case’s puzzle.
In Femme, after drag artist Jules (Stewart-Jarrett) sees his closeted assailant (George Mackay) at a gay sauna,...
- 7/31/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
New screenwriters hoping to break through in the horror genre have been invited to apply to FrightFest's sixth New Blood scheme, which sees the high profile horror festival partner with Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures to seek out and nurture new talent. The aim of the initiative, which previously gave rise to festival hit Broadcast Signal Intrusion, is to take promising first drafts through to the production stage.
The eight applicants with the most promising drafts will be invited to London to be mentored as a group by industry experts including Andy Nyman, Jennifer Sheridan and Toby Poser.
"Queensbury Pictures is proud to be back around the table with a formidable line-up of mentors for what will be the 6th New Blood session, rousing and inspiring a fresh crop of as-yet-undiscovered, earth-trembling genre talent," said Edwards.
More details about New Blood are available here....
New screenwriters hoping to break through in the horror genre have been invited to apply to FrightFest's sixth New Blood scheme, which sees the high profile horror festival partner with Giles Edwards of Queensbury Pictures to seek out and nurture new talent. The aim of the initiative, which previously gave rise to festival hit Broadcast Signal Intrusion, is to take promising first drafts through to the production stage.
The eight applicants with the most promising drafts will be invited to London to be mentored as a group by industry experts including Andy Nyman, Jennifer Sheridan and Toby Poser.
"Queensbury Pictures is proud to be back around the table with a formidable line-up of mentors for what will be the 6th New Blood session, rousing and inspiring a fresh crop of as-yet-undiscovered, earth-trembling genre talent," said Edwards.
More details about New Blood are available here....
- 7/20/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Event will include a spotlight on South Korean cinema and an award for underground filmmaker Larry Kent.
The Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its July 20 to August 9 run in Montreal.
Among titles getting their world premieres at the genre event will be Theresa Sutherland’s directing debut Lovely, Dark, and Deep; Russian-American director Victor Ginzburg’s vampire story Empire V; Jared Moshe’s Aporia; Where the Devil Roams, from the writing-directing team of John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser; Xavier Gens’ Mayhem!; Larry Fessenden’s Blackout; and Nicholas Tomnay What You Wish For.
The Fantasia International Film Festival has revealed the first wave of titles for its July 20 to August 9 run in Montreal.
Among titles getting their world premieres at the genre event will be Theresa Sutherland’s directing debut Lovely, Dark, and Deep; Russian-American director Victor Ginzburg’s vampire story Empire V; Jared Moshe’s Aporia; Where the Devil Roams, from the writing-directing team of John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser; Xavier Gens’ Mayhem!; Larry Fessenden’s Blackout; and Nicholas Tomnay What You Wish For.
- 5/11/2023
- ScreenDaily
The impending summer means it's nearly time for our annual trip to Montreal with the Fantasia International Film Festival! We'll have multiple members of the Screen Anarchy team on the ground again this year, ready and eager to let you know about the freshest genre cinema the universe has to offer. This year's first wave of programming has arrived and it's every bit as impressive as we'd expect. World premieres from horror's first family, Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams with Where the Devil Roams, Frontiere(s) director Xavier Gens hotly anticipated Mayhem, Larry Fessenden does lycanthropy with Blackout, Nicholas Tomany with What You Wish For, The Ranger's Jenn Wexler's sophomore feature The Sacrifice Game, and many, many more. This year sees the festival celebrating...
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- 5/11/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Rights go in UK & Ireland, Australia/New Zealand, Italy.
Fast rising US arthouse genre sales and distribution company Yellow Veil Pictures has closed a raft of key territory deals on EFM sales titles Living With Chucky and King On Screen.
Kyra Gardner’s documentary Living With Chucky has sold to the UK & Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (Lightbulb Film Distribution), German-speaking Europe (Plaion Pictures), French-speaking Europe and Spain (VOD Factory), Italy (Midnight Factory), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), and Portugal (Vendetta Filmes).
Cinedigm previously acquired North American rights to the film by Gardner, daughter of veteran special effects artist Tony Gardner, who...
Fast rising US arthouse genre sales and distribution company Yellow Veil Pictures has closed a raft of key territory deals on EFM sales titles Living With Chucky and King On Screen.
Kyra Gardner’s documentary Living With Chucky has sold to the UK & Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (Lightbulb Film Distribution), German-speaking Europe (Plaion Pictures), French-speaking Europe and Spain (VOD Factory), Italy (Midnight Factory), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), and Portugal (Vendetta Filmes).
Cinedigm previously acquired North American rights to the film by Gardner, daughter of veteran special effects artist Tony Gardner, who...
- 2/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
CAA Media Finance to co-rep North American rights.
Yellow Veil Pictures is bringing Where The Devil Roams, the new film from The Adams Family (Hellbender), to EFM next week and will launch sales talks with international buyers.
John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter Zelda Adams have wrapped principal photography in upstate New York and are in post-production on the Depression-era tale about a clan of murderous sideshow performers travelling the dying carnival circuit.
As with their previous films, The Adams Family share writing and directing credits and Poser is producing through Wonder Wheel Productions.
Yellow Veil will share first...
Yellow Veil Pictures is bringing Where The Devil Roams, the new film from The Adams Family (Hellbender), to EFM next week and will launch sales talks with international buyers.
John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter Zelda Adams have wrapped principal photography in upstate New York and are in post-production on the Depression-era tale about a clan of murderous sideshow performers travelling the dying carnival circuit.
As with their previous films, The Adams Family share writing and directing credits and Poser is producing through Wonder Wheel Productions.
Yellow Veil will share first...
- 2/9/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Today comes news that the next Adams Family film, Where the Devil Roams, is set to be presented for international sales by our friends at Yellow Veil Pictures. Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit. The celebrated creators of lauded horror flicks Hellbender and The Deeper You Dig have already shot the new film and it is currently in post. The triumphant trio of stars Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams, share writing and directing credits on this one. First footage will be shown to prospective buyers at the upcoming EFM in Berlin. There is seemingly no time to rest for the Adams Family. Just the...
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- 2/9/2023
- Screen Anarchy
One of the hottest filmmaking teams on the indie horror scene right now is The Adams Family, who debuted on the scene with The Deeper You Dig and returned last year for Shudder’s Hellbender. Up next from the family – and yes, they are indeed a real family – is Where the Devil Roams, and Deadline has provided us with the above first look today.
Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded international sales on the film, Deadline reports today. The label will co-represent North American rights with CAA Media Finance.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Yellow Veil will show first footage to buyers at the European Film Market.
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Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded international sales on the film, Deadline reports today. The label will co-represent North American rights with CAA Media Finance.
“Set during Depression-era America, Where the Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.”
Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, and John Adams star in the film, as well as write and direct.
Yellow Veil will show first footage to buyers at the European Film Market.
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- 2/9/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Yellow Veil Pictures has boarded international sales on Where The Devil Roams, the latest feature from The Adams Family filmmaking trio who made waves with 2021 horror road trip picture Hellbender.
The New York and Los Angeles-based sales and distribution company will also co-represent North American rights with CAA Media Finance.
Set during Depression-era America, Where The Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.
The movie wrapped principal photography in upstate New York and is currently in post-production. Yellow Veil will show first footage to buyers at the EFM.
Composed of John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughter, Zelda Adams, The Adams Family broke out with the 2021 horror hit Hellbender, which was also sold internationally by Yellow Veil.
The picture was acquired by AMC Network’s horror streaming service Shudder ahead of its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival...
The New York and Los Angeles-based sales and distribution company will also co-represent North American rights with CAA Media Finance.
Set during Depression-era America, Where The Devil Roams follows a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel the dying carnival circuit.
The movie wrapped principal photography in upstate New York and is currently in post-production. Yellow Veil will show first footage to buyers at the EFM.
Composed of John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughter, Zelda Adams, The Adams Family broke out with the 2021 horror hit Hellbender, which was also sold internationally by Yellow Veil.
The picture was acquired by AMC Network’s horror streaming service Shudder ahead of its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival...
- 2/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Eerie Horror Fest announced yesterday seven more features for their jam-packed festival that is taking place at the Warner Theatre from October 5-8, 2022. Several filmmakers will be in attendance to introduce their films and meet audience members. Full details at the official website with the full program available here.
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Bloody Disgusting is sponsoring the fest and is excited to give away several tickets and passes to some lucky readers. But for those who want to jump right in and get some tickets, we have the following promo codes available for immediate use.
Bloodyday = 5 off a Day Pass
Allbloody = 100 All-Access (regular price 123)
For those hoping to win access, all you need to do is follow @BDisgusting and @Eeriehorrorfest on Twitter and retweet this article, and we’ll randomly pick (10) winners to receive All Access passes, (10) winners receive day passes, and (10) winners will score a pair of Nosferatu tickets. Good luck!
Passes are available for purchase here.
- 9/20/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Today, the Eerie Horror Fest announces 7 features and 1 short film in the second round of official selections to be screened, including the US premiere of Screambox’s History of the Occult.
Eerie Horror Fest is taking place at the Warner Theatre from October 5-8, 2022. Several filmmakers will be in attendance to introduce their films and meet audience members. Full details at the official website and full program is available here.
Here are the newly added film, including Screambox and Fandor’s All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
History Of The Occult
US Premiere
Director: Cristian Ponce
South America
A supernatural thriller from the creators of Netflix’s The Kirlian Frequency. It’s ’60 minutes to Midnight’s’ last broadcast, the most famous late night news show on TV. Tonight’s host Adrian Marcato just might expose a conspiracy that links the Government to a coven.
All Jacked Up And Full...
Eerie Horror Fest is taking place at the Warner Theatre from October 5-8, 2022. Several filmmakers will be in attendance to introduce their films and meet audience members. Full details at the official website and full program is available here.
Here are the newly added film, including Screambox and Fandor’s All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
History Of The Occult
US Premiere
Director: Cristian Ponce
South America
A supernatural thriller from the creators of Netflix’s The Kirlian Frequency. It’s ’60 minutes to Midnight’s’ last broadcast, the most famous late night news show on TV. Tonight’s host Adrian Marcato just might expose a conspiracy that links the Government to a coven.
All Jacked Up And Full...
- 9/19/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Fresh, raw and bewitching indie folk horror Hellbender will grip fans with a story that has real bite, promising one hell of a ride. As unnerving and gruesome as it is beautiful and enticing, this captivating, unsettling and hellish feature will push audiences to the brink. Written and directed by genre trailblazers, the Adams Family, the film is certified fresh with a 97 score on Rotten Tomatoes. The sixth feature from the family collective who write, direct, produce, score, edit and act in all of their films, Hellbender had its world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival 2021, where it garnered two wins and a nomination for Best Actress, Best Motion Picture Score and Best Film, respectively.
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because...
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because...
- 9/6/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
To mark the release of Hellbender on 5th September, we’ve been given a copy to give away on DVD to 1 winner.
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because she suffers with a rare auto-immune disease which prohibits her from being around other people. Or so she’s been told…
After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And, when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops an insatiable hunger for living things…
The first taste of blood awakens Izzy’s powers, and she soon learns that she and her mother are the latest in a line of Hellbenders, a hybrid of witches, demons, and predatory animals. While Izzy’s mother...
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because she suffers with a rare auto-immune disease which prohibits her from being around other people. Or so she’s been told…
After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And, when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops an insatiable hunger for living things…
The first taste of blood awakens Izzy’s powers, and she soon learns that she and her mother are the latest in a line of Hellbenders, a hybrid of witches, demons, and predatory animals. While Izzy’s mother...
- 9/2/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Available on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD July 26th “a witches’ tale that is spellbinding and sickly satisfying” – IGN Directed and Written by Toby Poser, Zelda Adams, John Adams Starring Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams Izzy leads an isolated life, locked away from the world by her protective mother who has …
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- 6/30/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser are three of the four members of the Adams Family. Over ten years ago, the team behind Wonder Wheel Productions made their debut with "Rumblestrips." A decade later, the Adams Family has found a fanbase in the horror community, thanks to movies such as "The Deeper You Dig" and their latest, "Hellbender." Shot in Upstate New York, the trio all do their part in acting, writing, directing, editing, and composing the coming-of-age surrealist witch film.
"Hellbender" is a spare but daring slice of indie horror, and the Adams Family credit the genre and its fans for helping them grow...
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"Hellbender" is a spare but daring slice of indie horror, and the Adams Family credit the genre and its fans for helping them grow...
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- 3/14/2022
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with the hardest working family in genre cinema today – the Adams Family. They write, shoot, star and post-produce all their work. They are Toby Poser (mum), John Adams (dad), Lulu Adams (eldest) and Zelda Adams. Hellbender is their sixth film made together; their second genre film after the surprise (to the unsuspecting horror world) hit The Deeper You Dig (2019).
16 year-old Izzy leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. Questioning her illness and starved for companionship, Izzy sneaks down the mountain where she befriends brazen Amber. Izzy is in heaven, until a cruel drinking game with a live worm unleashes a new kind of hunger. Confused and scared, Izzy appeals to Mom for answers. But Mom’s secrets are as old and dark as...
16 year-old Izzy leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. Questioning her illness and starved for companionship, Izzy sneaks down the mountain where she befriends brazen Amber. Izzy is in heaven, until a cruel drinking game with a live worm unleashes a new kind of hunger. Confused and scared, Izzy appeals to Mom for answers. But Mom’s secrets are as old and dark as...
- 3/4/2022
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
This article contains spoilers for Hellbender.
The new Shudder horror movie Hellbender introduces a new type of movie monster in the form of a witch/demon/apex predator hybrid. But the creation also comes from a surprising place of truth for The Adams, the family of filmmakers who make up Wonder Wheel Productions.
In the film, 16-year-old Izzy (played by Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops a hunger for living things and learns she and Mother are the latest in a line of “hellbenders,” and have inherited ancient abilities.
The film is written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Poser, Zelda Adams, and father John Adams. At its core,...
The new Shudder horror movie Hellbender introduces a new type of movie monster in the form of a witch/demon/apex predator hybrid. But the creation also comes from a surprising place of truth for The Adams, the family of filmmakers who make up Wonder Wheel Productions.
In the film, 16-year-old Izzy (played by Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops a hunger for living things and learns she and Mother are the latest in a line of “hellbenders,” and have inherited ancient abilities.
The film is written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Poser, Zelda Adams, and father John Adams. At its core,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Aaron Sagers
- Den of Geek
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
A Banquet (Ruth Paxton)
It’s a question we ask through the duration of our lives: what’s the point? Maybe you say these words in search of meaning where humanity as a species is concerned. Maybe it’s to find purpose as an individual when nothing seems to be going right. Jason (Richard Keep) wonders what the point of surviving is when his fate has already been sealed. His wife Holly (Sienna Guillory) is being forced into the role of caretaker while also wading through the reality that she’s now a single mother, regardless of breath remaining in his lungs. Is hers and their daughters’ (Jessica Alexander’s Betsey and Ruby Stokes’ Isabelle) suffering worth it? Will ripping the Band-Aid...
A Banquet (Ruth Paxton)
It’s a question we ask through the duration of our lives: what’s the point? Maybe you say these words in search of meaning where humanity as a species is concerned. Maybe it’s to find purpose as an individual when nothing seems to be going right. Jason (Richard Keep) wonders what the point of surviving is when his fate has already been sealed. His wife Holly (Sienna Guillory) is being forced into the role of caretaker while also wading through the reality that she’s now a single mother, regardless of breath remaining in his lungs. Is hers and their daughters’ (Jessica Alexander’s Betsey and Ruby Stokes’ Isabelle) suffering worth it? Will ripping the Band-Aid...
- 2/25/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden, Khenzom, Shawn Wilson, Judy Rosen, Rob Figueroa | Written and Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. Her mother has gone through enormous efforts to keep Izzy largely away from people since she was five. For her own protection, and perhaps for that of others. They spend their days being each others’ best friends, teaching one another and making music in their two-piece rock band, H6llb6nd6r. As Izzy begins to grow more into herself, she starts venturing into town, spending time with other people, and a sharp thirst for deeper knowledge is stirred. Knowledge of self, and also of her family’s mysterious history… with witchcraft.
Despite it being their sixth film together,...
Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. Her mother has gone through enormous efforts to keep Izzy largely away from people since she was five. For her own protection, and perhaps for that of others. They spend their days being each others’ best friends, teaching one another and making music in their two-piece rock band, H6llb6nd6r. As Izzy begins to grow more into herself, she starts venturing into town, spending time with other people, and a sharp thirst for deeper knowledge is stirred. Knowledge of self, and also of her family’s mysterious history… with witchcraft.
Despite it being their sixth film together,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Today /Film has an exclusive clip from the Shudder Original "Hellbender," which is currently streaming on the horror-centric platform. The project comes to us from the upstate New York filmmaker family the Adams — written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams ("The Deeper You Dig"). They clearly didn't have enough to do with all of those jobs, so they also star in the film. No one really needs sleep, do they? Plus, after having watched this clip, I'm not going to sleep either.
This is the sixth feature from Wonder Wheel Productions, which was founded by Poser and Adams and...
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This is the sixth feature from Wonder Wheel Productions, which was founded by Poser and Adams and...
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- 2/24/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Hellbender is now streaming on Shudder. Read on for our review. The Adams Family are doing the kind of pioneering DIY work that most low-budget independent filmmakers can only dream of. The trio – composed of John Adams, Toby Poser and their daughter Zelda Adams – write and direct all of their films collaboratively. They […]
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- 2/24/2022
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
As an accused witch is lifted into the air by rope in the hands of three women, we anticipate the worst. There’s no choice when we already know what the latest DIY-horror from the Adams Family is about. So if hanging as a test for witchcraft means the victim remains alive, what comes next? Does she rise even higher before decimating those who dared to think they could destroy her? Does the fact that everyone watching being women mean they too are witches readying to finish the job? Even when it all eventually ends in a ball of flame and burning flesh, the punk-rock segue ushering in the present leaves the consequences uncertain.
Hellbender begins in the woods of an unknown past and continues there much, much later. Rather than a coven, we meet a duo with black eye paint thrashing drums and bass. Izzy (Zelda Adams) is having...
Hellbender begins in the woods of an unknown past and continues there much, much later. Rather than a coven, we meet a duo with black eye paint thrashing drums and bass. Izzy (Zelda Adams) is having...
- 2/23/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Trouble looms when a 16-year-old monster meets a less supernatural teen in this impressive low-budget tale made by a team of close relations
Sixteen-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in a house in the woods with her mother (Toby Poser) where she is being home-schooled because she has an auto-immune disease that makes her vulnerable to infections from other people. That and the fact that both mother and child are witch-like creatures called hellbenders who live for many decades, feed off mostly moss and seed cones, and reproduce asexually like ferns. But they’re happy together, mostly: they have a mini punk band, in which Izzy plays the drums (she’s pretty good), mum plays a mean bass, and they sing songs about the apocalypse and murdering while wearing face paint. It’s not exactly clear how they afford petrol or pay for new picks and drum sticks when needed, but...
Sixteen-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in a house in the woods with her mother (Toby Poser) where she is being home-schooled because she has an auto-immune disease that makes her vulnerable to infections from other people. That and the fact that both mother and child are witch-like creatures called hellbenders who live for many decades, feed off mostly moss and seed cones, and reproduce asexually like ferns. But they’re happy together, mostly: they have a mini punk band, in which Izzy plays the drums (she’s pretty good), mum plays a mean bass, and they sing songs about the apocalypse and murdering while wearing face paint. It’s not exactly clear how they afford petrol or pay for new picks and drum sticks when needed, but...
- 2/22/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Germany, Cis, Spain, France among territories sold.
New York and Los Angeles-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil has reported a strong buyer reponse at EFM to Hellbender and The Spine Of Night starring Richard E Grant and has closed territories on both titles.
Fantasia 2021 premiere Hellbender starring Zelda Adams, Lulu Adams and Toby Poser has gone to I-On New Media for German-speaking Europe, Kinologistika for Cis and Baltics, Mi Media International for Malaysia and streaming platform Vivarto for Poland. Talks are ongoing for all of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
John Adams, Zelda Adams and Poser co-directed the story...
New York and Los Angeles-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil has reported a strong buyer reponse at EFM to Hellbender and The Spine Of Night starring Richard E Grant and has closed territories on both titles.
Fantasia 2021 premiere Hellbender starring Zelda Adams, Lulu Adams and Toby Poser has gone to I-On New Media for German-speaking Europe, Kinologistika for Cis and Baltics, Mi Media International for Malaysia and streaming platform Vivarto for Poland. Talks are ongoing for all of Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
John Adams, Zelda Adams and Poser co-directed the story...
- 2/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Growing up is hell in "Hellbender," a new horror film headed to Shudder next month. The film is a family affair, literally – it comes from the upstate N.Y. filmmaker family The Adams: Toby Poser, John Adams, and Zelda Adams. "Hellbender" was written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by the Adams Family (no relation to the Addams Family), who also star alongside Lulu Adams. The story follows a teenager who has been living in isolation on a mountain for her entire life. Everything changes one day when she eats a live worm that awakens "an insatiable and violent hunger awakened within her." Man, don't you hate when...
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- 1/20/2022
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
“One Of The Best Horror Movies Of The Year” – SyFy Wire
The Shudder Original Film Hellbender Premieres Exclusively on Thursday, February 24
In Hellbender, 16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) suffers from a rare illness that has kept her isolated on a mountaintop with her mother (Toby Poser) her whole life. As Izzy begins to question her sickness, she pushes back against her confinement and secretly befriends Amber (Lulu Adams), another girl living on the mountain, but her newfound happiness is derailed after she eats a live worm as part of a juvenile game and finds an insatiable and violent hunger awakened within her. To understand the hunger, Izzy must learn the dark secrets of her family’s past and the ancient power in her bloodline. Here’s the trailer
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, will exclusively premiere the critically acclaimed released Shudder Original Hellbender on Thursday,...
The Shudder Original Film Hellbender Premieres Exclusively on Thursday, February 24
In Hellbender, 16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) suffers from a rare illness that has kept her isolated on a mountaintop with her mother (Toby Poser) her whole life. As Izzy begins to question her sickness, she pushes back against her confinement and secretly befriends Amber (Lulu Adams), another girl living on the mountain, but her newfound happiness is derailed after she eats a live worm as part of a juvenile game and finds an insatiable and violent hunger awakened within her. To understand the hunger, Izzy must learn the dark secrets of her family’s past and the ancient power in her bloodline. Here’s the trailer
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, will exclusively premiere the critically acclaimed released Shudder Original Hellbender on Thursday,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) suffers from a rare illness that has kept her isolated on a mountaintop with her mother (Toby Poser) her whole life. As Izzy begins to question her sickness, she pushes back against her confinement and secretly befriends Amber (Lulu Adams), another girl living on the mountain, but her newfound happiness is derailed after she eats a live worm as part of a juvenile game and finds an insatiable and violent hunger awakened within her. To understand the hunger, Izzy must learn the dark secrets of her family's past and the ancient power in her bloodline. The Adams have formed a neat little niche in the indie horror film community. Using their family-run production company Wonder Wheel Productions they made their...
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- 1/15/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Knoxville Horror Film Fest 2021: "The Knoxville Horror Film Fest will present its lucky 13th annual weekend of cinematic scares Thursday, October 21 through Sunday, October 24, with events split between Maryville, Tennessee’s Parkway Drive-In and the festival’s home base at Central Cinema in Knoxville.
It was Covid-era necessity that drove last year’s premier programming to the Parkway, but it’s pure pleasure that brings it back for a second year. Thursday night’s lineup will kick off the festival with a triple feature of John Carpenter’s ghostly 1980 classic The Fog, Rialto Pictures’ new 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Joe Dante’s The Howling (1981), and heavy metal horror cult item Trick Or Treat (1986). Friday night will continue the fun with the trailers of the 2021 Khff Grindhouse Grind-out, followed by another triple feature of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), An American Werewolf In London (1981) and SFX genius Phil Tippett’s years-in-the-making Mad God.
It was Covid-era necessity that drove last year’s premier programming to the Parkway, but it’s pure pleasure that brings it back for a second year. Thursday night’s lineup will kick off the festival with a triple feature of John Carpenter’s ghostly 1980 classic The Fog, Rialto Pictures’ new 40th anniversary 4K restoration of Joe Dante’s The Howling (1981), and heavy metal horror cult item Trick Or Treat (1986). Friday night will continue the fun with the trailers of the 2021 Khff Grindhouse Grind-out, followed by another triple feature of Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), An American Werewolf In London (1981) and SFX genius Phil Tippett’s years-in-the-making Mad God.
- 9/20/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Over the course of the month of August, the 2021 Fantasia Film Festival has been treating genre fans to a bevy of genre fare throughout the course of its three-week run. And now that Fantasia has closed its books on yet another successful year, this writer is finally playing catch-up on some overdue reviews from the festival. For my first review round-up, I’ll be discussing Rob Jabbaz’s The Sadness, the vampire-centric fairy tale All the Moons, and Hellbender from filmmaking trio John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams.
The Sadness: Truth be told, I was totally unprepared for The Sadness. In fact, there’s really nothing that could have possibly prepared me for The Sadness because once I was immersed in writer/director Rob Jabbaz’s absolutely horrifying descent into the depraved depths of humanity, I found myself in desperate need of a hug, a drink, and maybe...
The Sadness: Truth be told, I was totally unprepared for The Sadness. In fact, there’s really nothing that could have possibly prepared me for The Sadness because once I was immersed in writer/director Rob Jabbaz’s absolutely horrifying descent into the depraved depths of humanity, I found myself in desperate need of a hug, a drink, and maybe...
- 8/30/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
In 2019, a family of filmmakers—John Adams, Toby Poser, and Zelda Adams—burst onto the scene with The Deeper You Dig, which premiered at that year’s Fantasia Film Festival. Now, they have recently completed another indie horror project, Hellbender, which just celebrated its world premiere at the this year’s Fantasia as well, a wholly impressive feat. A badass blend of witchy horror and family drama, Hellbender stars Toby Poser and Zelda Adams as two women living in isolation, harboring a dark and powerful secret that threatens to tear them apart.
Recently, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with these three incredibly talented filmmakers and during the interview, the trio discussed the inspiration behind Hellbender, the joy they feel while working on films together, showcasing their killer music skills, and more.
Hellbender was recently acquired by Shudder and will make its debut on the platform sometime in 2022.
So...
Recently, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with these three incredibly talented filmmakers and during the interview, the trio discussed the inspiration behind Hellbender, the joy they feel while working on films together, showcasing their killer music skills, and more.
Hellbender was recently acquired by Shudder and will make its debut on the platform sometime in 2022.
So...
- 8/23/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Stars: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, Lulu Adams, John Adams, Rinzin Thonden, Khenzom, Shawn Wilson, Judy Rosen, Rob Figueroa | Written and Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. Her mother has gone through enormous efforts to keep Izzy largely away from people since she was five. For her own protection, and perhaps for that of others. They spend their days being each others’ best friends, teaching one another and making music in their two-piece rock band, H6llb6nd6r. As Izzy begins to grow more into herself, she starts venturing into town, spending time with other people, and a sharp thirst for deeper knowledge is stirred. Knowledge of self, and also of her family’s mysterious history… with witchcraft.
Despite it being their sixth film together,...
Teenager Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives a lonely life with her mother (Toby Poser), their house isolated deep in the Catskill Mountains. That scenic seclusion is no accident. Her mother has gone through enormous efforts to keep Izzy largely away from people since she was five. For her own protection, and perhaps for that of others. They spend their days being each others’ best friends, teaching one another and making music in their two-piece rock band, H6llb6nd6r. As Izzy begins to grow more into herself, she starts venturing into town, spending time with other people, and a sharp thirst for deeper knowledge is stirred. Knowledge of self, and also of her family’s mysterious history… with witchcraft.
Despite it being their sixth film together,...
- 8/16/2021
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Looking after a kid in their late teens is always a challenge, and not just because of the effects of hormones or fear of what will happen when they leave the nest. It’s a time when, no matter how much they may have resisted it before, parents are forced to acknowledge that their offspring are separate people with their own personalities, ideas, and ways of looking at the world. Most parents hope that they will, at least, share their carefully inculcated moral values, but there are a lot of other narratives out there in the world and, furthermore, the power of genetic predispositions can be strong.
Izzy (Zelda Adams) has grown up alone in her quiet woodland home – all but for the mother who has told her that she can’t be around other people due to an illness which causes immunosuppression....
Izzy (Zelda Adams) has grown up alone in her quiet woodland home – all but for the mother who has told her that she can’t be around other people due to an illness which causes immunosuppression....
- 8/15/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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