Get ready to be moved and inspired by the premiere of “Breathtaking” on ITV at 9:00 Pm on Monday, February 19th, 2024. This gripping three-part drama series pays tribute to the extraordinary sacrifices made by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, offering viewers a poignant glimpse into the reality of hospital life amidst unprecedented challenges.
In the premiere episode titled “Containment,” viewers will be transported into the heart of the action as the dedicated healthcare professionals grapple with the overwhelming demands of caring for patients during a global health crisis. From the frontline workers battling tirelessly against the virus to the behind-the-scenes heroes navigating the complexities of hospital administration, “Breathtaking” shines a spotlight on the resilience, courage, and compassion of the NHS staff.
As the drama unfolds, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, experiencing the highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies of life in the hospital wards. Through powerful storytelling and authentic portrayals,...
In the premiere episode titled “Containment,” viewers will be transported into the heart of the action as the dedicated healthcare professionals grapple with the overwhelming demands of caring for patients during a global health crisis. From the frontline workers battling tirelessly against the virus to the behind-the-scenes heroes navigating the complexities of hospital administration, “Breathtaking” shines a spotlight on the resilience, courage, and compassion of the NHS staff.
As the drama unfolds, viewers will be taken on an emotional rollercoaster, experiencing the highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies of life in the hospital wards. Through powerful storytelling and authentic portrayals,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2023, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.
It’s been a great year to be a strange little guy. We’ve rolled on from Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping the Oscars to the auspicious release of Yorgos Lanthimos’ sexy baby drama Poor Things. Our culture’s ever-increasing appetite for horror fueled hype for blockbusters about killer robot girls and homicidal animatronics. Genres were blended and transcended on and off the festival circuit, as major distributors embraced weirdness in films like Bottoms, May December, and the aforementioned Poor Things.
This has also been a year of extremes. In January Skinamarink, a $15,000 indie horror, made $2.1 million at the box office. Every favorite for Best Picture is at least 100 minutes long. Barbenheimer… happened. New heights of camp were achieved on larger scales than ever before. Casting...
It’s been a great year to be a strange little guy. We’ve rolled on from Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping the Oscars to the auspicious release of Yorgos Lanthimos’ sexy baby drama Poor Things. Our culture’s ever-increasing appetite for horror fueled hype for blockbusters about killer robot girls and homicidal animatronics. Genres were blended and transcended on and off the festival circuit, as major distributors embraced weirdness in films like Bottoms, May December, and the aforementioned Poor Things.
This has also been a year of extremes. In January Skinamarink, a $15,000 indie horror, made $2.1 million at the box office. Every favorite for Best Picture is at least 100 minutes long. Barbenheimer… happened. New heights of camp were achieved on larger scales than ever before. Casting...
- 12/31/2023
- by Lena Wilson
- The Film Stage
Great horror never gets old. The genre was as alive as ever in 2023, with the year's buzziest titles ranging from the large-scale devastation of "Godzilla Minus One" (yeah, sci-fi monsters bring horror too!) to the gnarly indie frisson of "Talk to Me," from the franchise-galvanizing prowess of "Evil Dead Rise" to the surprising earnestness of "Saw X" (and the whatever-the-heck-that-was of "Infinity Pool"). However, many of the year's best horror offerings did not achieve the levels of buzz generated by the aforementioned flicks.
This list compiles 15 exercises in fear and dread from 2023 which were grossly underrated, in that they received mixed or poor responses from critics and/or audiences. We've honed in on the ones that failed to garner the amount of attention or acclaim that their efforts deserved. Some have a lot in common with each other, and some are wildly different, but all of them are worth watching if you're a horror enthusiast.
This list compiles 15 exercises in fear and dread from 2023 which were grossly underrated, in that they received mixed or poor responses from critics and/or audiences. We've honed in on the ones that failed to garner the amount of attention or acclaim that their efforts deserved. Some have a lot in common with each other, and some are wildly different, but all of them are worth watching if you're a horror enthusiast.
- 12/24/2023
- by Leo Noboru Lima
- Slash Film
For many, it’s that time of year where you’re playing catch up on all the year’s releases before the clock strikes midnight on the 31st. Horror continues to thrive, and that’s never more apparent than when looking beyond the theatrical slate. Between VOD and streaming, it’s been tough to keep up with the sheer volume of new releases this year.
So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to a handful of under-the-radar genre titles for all tastes, from gateway horror to mind-bending folk horror.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Enys Men – Hulu
In the spring of 1973, The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) spends each day on an uninhabited island off the British coast adhering to a specific routine. However, as the April days approach May, The Volunteer’s monotony gets upended by strange...
So, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to a handful of under-the-radar genre titles for all tastes, from gateway horror to mind-bending folk horror.
Here’s where you can stream them this week.
For more Stay Home, Watch Horror picks, click here.
Enys Men – Hulu
In the spring of 1973, The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) spends each day on an uninhabited island off the British coast adhering to a specific routine. However, as the April days approach May, The Volunteer’s monotony gets upended by strange...
- 12/11/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Halloween season is almost here, which means a hectic Fall release schedule filled with horror looms just around the corner. Some of the year’s biggest horror releases are still ahead, including The Nun II, Saw X, The Exorcist: Believer, and Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Of course, they join countless movies already released these past eight months. As always, many titles might’ve slipped through the cracks, despite being available to stream now.
Whether you’re looking to get ahead on curating Halloween watchlists or catching up on 2023 horror before the year is through, here are twenty 2023 releases you can stream right now.
65 – Netflix
A high concept sci-fi effort from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers behind A Quiet Place and writers/directors of Haunt. Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt star as the unlucky pair that find themselves on a hostile planet filled with creatures and obstacles. Driver...
Of course, they join countless movies already released these past eight months. As always, many titles might’ve slipped through the cracks, despite being available to stream now.
Whether you’re looking to get ahead on curating Halloween watchlists or catching up on 2023 horror before the year is through, here are twenty 2023 releases you can stream right now.
65 – Netflix
A high concept sci-fi effort from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the writers behind A Quiet Place and writers/directors of Haunt. Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt star as the unlucky pair that find themselves on a hostile planet filled with creatures and obstacles. Driver...
- 8/16/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Where has time gone? August is officially here, bringing with it a slew of new titles arriving on streaming. This month also edges us even closer to the Halloween season, which means you can expect the horror programming to start ramping up in earnest.
August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give you a chance to catch up on 2022 and 2023 horror.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in August 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Ghastly Brothers – Screambox
It’s Ghostbusters meets Beetlejuice in this gateway horror comedy. In the Screambox exclusive, “Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home!”
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead...
August offers brand new streaming exclusives and recent releases that’ll give you a chance to catch up on 2022 and 2023 horror.
Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in August 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.
Ghastly Brothers – Screambox
It’s Ghostbusters meets Beetlejuice in this gateway horror comedy. In the Screambox exclusive, “Lilith is sent to boarding school where she meets the Ghastly brothers, a pair of strange ghost hunters. Together, they need to rid the school of the demons who have made it their home!”
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead...
- 8/2/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Clockwise from top left: The Craft (Columbia Pictures), Malignant (Warner Bros. Pictures), Enys Men (British Film Institute), How To Blow Up A Pipeline (Neon)Photo: The A.V. Club
It’s the last full month of summer and Hulu is here to help you escape the heat with some refreshing new titles and genre favorites.
It’s the last full month of summer and Hulu is here to help you escape the heat with some refreshing new titles and genre favorites.
- 7/31/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Exclusive: WME has signed filmmaker Mark Jenkin (Enys Men) for representation in all areas.
A true multi-hyphenate, who has worked as a director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and composer over the course of his career, Jenkin most recently wrote and directed the folk horror film Enys Men, which was picked up for distribution in North America by Neon following its Cannes Directors’ Fortnight world premiere.
Starring Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe and John Woodvine, the experimental feature shot on 16mm follows a wildlife volunteer living on an otherwise uninhabited island off the Cornish coast in 1973, as her daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.
Jenkin previously broke out with his debut feature Bait, which won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer in...
A true multi-hyphenate, who has worked as a director, editor, screenwriter, cinematographer and composer over the course of his career, Jenkin most recently wrote and directed the folk horror film Enys Men, which was picked up for distribution in North America by Neon following its Cannes Directors’ Fortnight world premiere.
Starring Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe and John Woodvine, the experimental feature shot on 16mm follows a wildlife volunteer living on an otherwise uninhabited island off the Cornish coast in 1973, as her daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare.
Jenkin previously broke out with his debut feature Bait, which won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer in...
- 6/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Enys Men Photo: Steve Tanner
Following the unprecedented success of Bait, a drama with shades of folk horror set in a Cornish fishing village, British director Mark Jenkin returns with another Cornish set horror, Enys Men. Set in 1973, on an unpopulated island off the Cornish coast, it sees a sole volunteer (Mary Woodvine) become troubled when she begins recording data on an unfamiliar flower. Struggling to discern the difference between reality and nightmare, she comes to question whether the island itself is sentient.
Shot on 16mm film, Jenkin continues to show an awareness of and interest in the form. He majestically contrasts the shades of folk horror in his feature début with Enys Men’s haunting and ambiguous, existential, even metaphysical horror. Presenting more questions than answers, the director avoids the clarity of themes and ideas that gave Bait a political commentary in post-Brexit Britain, and instead retreats into the abstract.
Following the unprecedented success of Bait, a drama with shades of folk horror set in a Cornish fishing village, British director Mark Jenkin returns with another Cornish set horror, Enys Men. Set in 1973, on an unpopulated island off the Cornish coast, it sees a sole volunteer (Mary Woodvine) become troubled when she begins recording data on an unfamiliar flower. Struggling to discern the difference between reality and nightmare, she comes to question whether the island itself is sentient.
Shot on 16mm film, Jenkin continues to show an awareness of and interest in the form. He majestically contrasts the shades of folk horror in his feature début with Enys Men’s haunting and ambiguous, existential, even metaphysical horror. Presenting more questions than answers, the director avoids the clarity of themes and ideas that gave Bait a political commentary in post-Brexit Britain, and instead retreats into the abstract.
- 5/9/2023
- by Paul Risker
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
This week’s streaming premieres bring two documentaries about cultural legends — one more complicated than the other — that bowed at Sundance and will now charm audiences at home. For something a bit more understated, there’s also a trance-inducing horror curio backed by one of the hottest indie distributors around.
The contender to watch this week: “Little Richard: I Am Everything”
Little Richard has long deserved a documentary that explores his hyper-stylized rock ‘n’ roll innovations, which inspired the likes of Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie. Lisa Cortés (“All In: The Fight for Democracy‘) was up to the task, directing a spirited tour of the “Tutti Frutti” singer’s legacy. It’s not all glitter, though: Little Richard established popular music’s Black, queer roots, only to become a born-again Christian who denounced homosexuality. After opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “I Am Everything” is playing in...
The contender to watch this week: “Little Richard: I Am Everything”
Little Richard has long deserved a documentary that explores his hyper-stylized rock ‘n’ roll innovations, which inspired the likes of Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie. Lisa Cortés (“All In: The Fight for Democracy‘) was up to the task, directing a spirited tour of the “Tutti Frutti” singer’s legacy. It’s not all glitter, though: Little Richard established popular music’s Black, queer roots, only to become a born-again Christian who denounced homosexuality. After opening this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “I Am Everything” is playing in...
- 4/22/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
In director Mark Jenkin’s new Cornish folk horror film Enys Men, pronounced “Ennis Mane,” routine is unsettling. Set in 1973 on the uninhabited, eponymous “Stone Island” — as translated from Cornish — each day a nameless Volunteer (played by Mary Woodvine) starts up a generator, makes tea, checks wildflowers, measures soil temperature, and drops a stone in a mine shaft as she listens to hear it drop below. Then she records “No change” in a journal. But then things do begin to change.
The concept of time begins to fluctuate, even from the film’s early moments for the very observant viewer. Though she is meant to be on the island alone, she begins to encounter, and interact with, either strange visitors, or phantoms. Then there are the lichens. The composite organism appears on the flowers, and begins to appear on her own body. This all takes place as a large stone...
The concept of time begins to fluctuate, even from the film’s early moments for the very observant viewer. Though she is meant to be on the island alone, she begins to encounter, and interact with, either strange visitors, or phantoms. Then there are the lichens. The composite organism appears on the flowers, and begins to appear on her own body. This all takes place as a large stone...
- 4/7/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
As the new crop of 2023 festival favorites roll out, Focus Features presents A Thousand And One in over 900 carefully curated theaters, testing the appetite for specialty fare at a challenging moment.
Short film and video director A.V. Rockwell’s feature-length debut stars Teyana Taylor as free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Reviews are stellar, see Deadline’s. The winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize is at 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 82% with auds. The fest called it “an elegant ode to the terribly beautiful power of family as an anchor in an ever-changing world, making us into who we are in ways we can only haltingly understand.”
This film, like Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight in...
Short film and video director A.V. Rockwell’s feature-length debut stars Teyana Taylor as free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each other, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Reviews are stellar, see Deadline’s. The winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize is at 97% with critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 82% with auds. The fest called it “an elegant ode to the terribly beautiful power of family as an anchor in an ever-changing world, making us into who we are in ways we can only haltingly understand.”
This film, like Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight in...
- 3/31/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
We are currently living through an exciting time in the horror genre. It seems that as long as you've got a good enough team on your hands, even the lowest-budget and experimental of movies can secure nationwide theatrical releases. The unexpected success of "Skinamarink" earlier this year proved as such, and it's likely that you will hear Kyle Edward Ball's debut talked about alongside distributor Neon and director Mark Jenkin's new release, "Enys Men." This won't exactly be for undeserved reasons — both movies are period pieces with minimal dialogue, eerie cinematography, and an overarching feeling of wrongness embedded in their very cores.
However, what makes "Enys Men" different from its analog contemporary lies in how far more abstract its message is. In 1973, a woman (Mary Woodvine) is tasked with monitoring the natural surroundings of an island with a devastating history. However, when lichen begins to grow on the island's flowers,...
However, what makes "Enys Men" different from its analog contemporary lies in how far more abstract its message is. In 1973, a woman (Mary Woodvine) is tasked with monitoring the natural surroundings of an island with a devastating history. However, when lichen begins to grow on the island's flowers,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
"I can either pull focus, or I can move the camera." Opening in select art house theaters this week is Enys Men, a one-of-a-kind, chilling experimental horror film made by Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkins. It's his follow-up to the festival hit Bait (which is finally getting a US release also this wek) and it premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival last year. In honor of the US opening this weekend, Neon has revealed a 14-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for the film. Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower slowly turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare. The film stars Mary Woodvine as the volunteer working on the island, with a small cast including Edward Rowe and Flo Crowe. This is a fascinating inside look at Jenkins' process,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The title of Mark Jenkin’s elegant psychological drama, Enys Men, is Cornish for Stone Island, a reference to the isolated landscape where a woman identified in the credits only as the Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) lives alone in a vine-covered cottage. A monolithic stone nearby, in a roughly human shape and framed in the gateway to the cottage, alludes to the island legend that Jenkin has said he learned in childhood, of girls turned to stone for singing on the Sabbath. Despite its touches of folk horror, though, the film’s ambience is more haunting than terrifying. Past and present are fluid and the woman’s memory and imagination summon people who could not possibly be there. Defying any logical narrative, the film relies on poetic images and associations. It suggests that the most frightening thing in the world can be in your own mind.
Every day, the woman checks...
Every day, the woman checks...
- 3/30/2023
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The title is Cornish for “Stone Island,” a forbidding slab of land located off the coast of England’s southern tip. The year is 1973 — the same horror-cinema annus mirabilis of The Wicker Man and Don’t Look Now, for those of you playing along at home. The only current resident seems to be a woman (Mary Woodvine), who is never named; she’s simply referred to as “The Volunteer” in the end credits. Every day, she treks out past the lighthouse and the stone statue that stands in for some vaguely hinted-at collective grief (and which,...
- 3/30/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Today, Neon exclusively premieres a nearly 14-minute featurette with Filmmaker on the making of Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin’s experimental folk horror film Enys Men. Jenkin and the film’s star, Mary Woodvine, take viewers behind the scenes of the shoot and detail their individual processes while making the film. In his review out of Cannes, Blake Williams summarized the film’s loose plot and stylistic leanings: Set in 1973, Enys Men (Cornish for “Stone Island” and is pronounced—if I recall correctly—Ayn-is Mayn) is an image-forward movie drenched in the kind of dense, thick film grain you can find in e.g. the work of Ben Rivers or […]
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- 3/30/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Today, Neon exclusively premieres a nearly 14-minute featurette with Filmmaker on the making of Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin’s experimental folk horror film Enys Men. Jenkin and the film’s star, Mary Woodvine, take viewers behind the scenes of the shoot and detail their individual processes while making the film. In his review out of Cannes, Blake Williams summarized the film’s loose plot and stylistic leanings: Set in 1973, Enys Men (Cornish for “Stone Island” and is pronounced—if I recall correctly—Ayn-is Mayn) is an image-forward movie drenched in the kind of dense, thick film grain you can find in e.g. the work of Ben Rivers or […]
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The post Watch: The Making of Enys Men (Exclusive Premiere) first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/30/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In theaters this Friday, March 31st (with early access screenings on Wednesday) from Neon is Bait (2019) director Mark Jenkin’s folk horror film Enys Men, set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
Bloody Disgusting has a haunting exclusive clip in which some sort of artifact appears to be the catalyst to madness.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.
Bloody Disgusting has a haunting exclusive clip in which some sort of artifact appears to be the catalyst to madness.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.
- 3/29/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
There’s a palpable tactility to the 16mm films of Mark Jenkin, the Cornish director whose Bait and Enys Men are boldly edited, transportive journeys with a sense of impressionistic storytelling that feels radical in today’s era. In his 1973-set feature, which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight last year, Mary Woodvine plays The Volunteer, a woman immersed in studying the environment on an isolated island and starts experiencing strange happenings as it’s related to the history of her location, evolving into hallucinatory Cornish folk horror.
Ahead of Enys Men‘s U.S. bow, which is paired with Bait‘s long-overdue release, I spoke with Jenkin about how he trusts his audience, why his films wouldn’t be considered experimental in the 1970s, the influence of Jerzy Skolimowski, how nature doesn’t care about humanity, crafting his Sight and Sound top 10 list, and his experience with Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse.
Ahead of Enys Men‘s U.S. bow, which is paired with Bait‘s long-overdue release, I spoke with Jenkin about how he trusts his audience, why his films wouldn’t be considered experimental in the 1970s, the influence of Jerzy Skolimowski, how nature doesn’t care about humanity, crafting his Sight and Sound top 10 list, and his experience with Robert Eggers’ The Lighthouse.
- 3/29/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The old, familiar adage defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result feels at home in writer/director Mark Jenkin’s abstract folk horror feature Enys Men. Mundane, repetitive tasks eventually give way to an unhinged voyage without easy answers. While Jenkin embraces a cryptic narrative, the strong form of visual storytelling draws you into this patient, enigmatic reality bender.
In the spring of 1973, The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) spends each day on an uninhabited island of the British coast adhering to a specific routine. She treks from her vine-covered home to observe a mound of rare flowers growing on the cliffside, takes the soil temperature, stops by an abandoned mineshaft to drop stones, then heads home to record her unchanged findings in a journal. However, as the April days approach May, The Volunteer’s monotony gets upended by strange visions that increase with haunting regularity.
In the spring of 1973, The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) spends each day on an uninhabited island of the British coast adhering to a specific routine. She treks from her vine-covered home to observe a mound of rare flowers growing on the cliffside, takes the soil temperature, stops by an abandoned mineshaft to drop stones, then heads home to record her unchanged findings in a journal. However, as the April days approach May, The Volunteer’s monotony gets upended by strange visions that increase with haunting regularity.
- 3/29/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The biggest new release for the week is Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, which brings various monsters from the long-running property to the big screen beginning on Thursday night, and it’s joined by several brand new horror movies in the coming days.
Here’s all the new horror releasing March 28 – April 2, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Up first, BayView Entertainment and Vipco have released Skarecrow: A Curse Never Dies today, which looks to be an ultra-low-budget indie film centered on a killer scarecrow.
In the film, “When the vile James Brothers murder an innocent woman to take over her land, her dying breath places a curse on the family through a scarecrow. Years later, a descendent of the James family has taken his friends to the old cabin for the weekend. They soon find the curse and the scarecrow are still wanting blood.
Here’s all the new horror releasing March 28 – April 2, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
Up first, BayView Entertainment and Vipco have released Skarecrow: A Curse Never Dies today, which looks to be an ultra-low-budget indie film centered on a killer scarecrow.
In the film, “When the vile James Brothers murder an innocent woman to take over her land, her dying breath places a curse on the family through a scarecrow. Years later, a descendent of the James family has taken his friends to the old cabin for the weekend. They soon find the curse and the scarecrow are still wanting blood.
- 3/28/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Neon is bringing Bait (2019) director Mark Jenkin’s folk horror film Enys Men to theaters this Friday, but Bloody Disgusting is giving away (20) free pairs of tickets to see the film with the director in attendance on Saturday, April 1st at 7:30 Pm at the Nuart Theatre.
All you have to do is Email rsvp@neonrated.com to RSVP. Winners will be picked at random and contacted directly.
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace,...
All you have to do is Email rsvp@neonrated.com to RSVP. Winners will be picked at random and contacted directly.
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
In theaters this Friday, March 31st (with early access screenings on Wednesday) from Neon is Bait (2019) director Mark Jenkin’s folk horror film Enys Men, which Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive batch of new images from.
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.”
Jenkin wrote and directed, with the...
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.”
Jenkin wrote and directed, with the...
- 3/28/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Island settings, such as Enys Men and The Banshees of Inisherin, speak of the isolation and helplessness we feel in this era of pandemic and sociopolitical division
If cinema is anything to go by, it stands to reason that the further a place is from the regular thrum of civilisation, the more obscure everything becomes. The spiritual world feels closer, and supernatural phenomena more likely if nobody is around to interfere. And when there are fewer distractions to contend with, memories are replayed, minds wander, dreams contort into reality.
This, no doubt, is part of the reason why Mark Jenkin’s latest film Enys Men sees him venture offshore to a largely uninhabited island whose only resident is an unnamed volunteer (Mary Woodvine) tasked with monitoring the local plant life. Her routine becomes embellished with rituals of her own, like dropping a stone down a disused mine shaft, driven seemingly...
If cinema is anything to go by, it stands to reason that the further a place is from the regular thrum of civilisation, the more obscure everything becomes. The spiritual world feels closer, and supernatural phenomena more likely if nobody is around to interfere. And when there are fewer distractions to contend with, memories are replayed, minds wander, dreams contort into reality.
This, no doubt, is part of the reason why Mark Jenkin’s latest film Enys Men sees him venture offshore to a largely uninhabited island whose only resident is an unnamed volunteer (Mary Woodvine) tasked with monitoring the local plant life. Her routine becomes embellished with rituals of her own, like dropping a stone down a disused mine shaft, driven seemingly...
- 2/14/2023
- by Megan Williams
- The Guardian - Film News
Bait (2019) director Mark Jenkin’s next is the folk horror film Enys Men, and Neon has announced that they’ll be bringing the film to select theaters on March 31, 2023.
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Check out the trailer below.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.”
Jenkin wrote and directed, with the original story...
The film is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Check out the trailer below.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a haunted movie palace, this provocative and masterful vision of horror asserts Mark Jenkin as one of the U.K.’s most exciting and singular filmmakers.”
Jenkin wrote and directed, with the original story...
- 2/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A lone wildlife volunteer on an island off the coast of Cornwall is haunted by the past and the landscape in the writer-director’s spellbinding follow-up to Bait
Film-maker Mark Jenkin originally intended to brand his superbly haunting follow-up to Bait (2019) as “a lost Cornish folk horror” film. He was persuaded to drop most of those descriptions: Enys Men isn’t lost (although it does feel like a recently unearthed magical relic from another era); it isn’t really horror (despite that ultra-creepy trailer); and the word “folk” is oddly misleading. That left “a Cornish film” – a simple phrase that perfectly encapsulates the myriad mysteries soaked into the dreamy, tactile landscape of this handmade gem. I could tell you that Enys Men (which means Stone Island) is Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House as reimagined by the ghost of Nic Roeg; that it’s the cult 70s TV...
Film-maker Mark Jenkin originally intended to brand his superbly haunting follow-up to Bait (2019) as “a lost Cornish folk horror” film. He was persuaded to drop most of those descriptions: Enys Men isn’t lost (although it does feel like a recently unearthed magical relic from another era); it isn’t really horror (despite that ultra-creepy trailer); and the word “folk” is oddly misleading. That left “a Cornish film” – a simple phrase that perfectly encapsulates the myriad mysteries soaked into the dreamy, tactile landscape of this handmade gem. I could tell you that Enys Men (which means Stone Island) is Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House as reimagined by the ghost of Nic Roeg; that it’s the cult 70s TV...
- 1/15/2023
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
A whole new year has begun – and it’s going to be a belter for brand new movies. 2023 brings with it all kinds of cinematic treats to look forward to – epic blockbusters, long-awaited returns from auteur directors, eye-popping animation, soul-stirring dramas, major awards contenders, and schlocky blasts that you won’t want to miss on the big screen. It’s going to be the year of Indiana Jones’ comeback, of fresh films from both Spielberg_ – a film about a bear, high on cocaine. Cinema is alive and well!
Empire’s epic 2023 preview is your guide to the best films hitting UK screens in the next 12 months – from Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and beyond. Prepare for eye-popping horror, adrenaline-pumping action, heartwarming romance, dazzling sci-fi and much more. See you at the movies, everyone!
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Empire’s epic 2023 preview is your guide to the best films hitting UK screens in the next 12 months – from Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie, to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and beyond. Prepare for eye-popping horror, adrenaline-pumping action, heartwarming romance, dazzling sci-fi and much more. See you at the movies, everyone!
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- 1/13/2023
- by Ben Travis, James White
- Empire - Movies
Enys Men is a real curio – a folk horror film with all the desperate mystery of a message in a bottle, or a garbled Sos call. It’s a film that demands some deciphering, viewers dropped in like detectives. A daunting task, maybe, but Enys Men is so rich with symbolism that there’s a real satisfaction to be gained from rifling through the clues. I wished only that I could get my own hands on it – to cut it up and rearrange it until something new blossomed in front of me.
It follows a woman, named only The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine), who is stationed on a remote outcrop (the film’s title is Cornish for “stone island”). Her sole task is to monitor the growth and condition of a patch of flowers. Time seems to bend around her. A radio broadcast mentions a monument erected half a century ago...
It follows a woman, named only The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine), who is stationed on a remote outcrop (the film’s title is Cornish for “stone island”). Her sole task is to monitor the growth and condition of a patch of flowers. Time seems to bend around her. A radio broadcast mentions a monument erected half a century ago...
- 1/12/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
Enys Men Trailer — Mark Jenkin‘s Enys Men (2022) movie trailer has been released by Neon. The Enys Men trailer stars Mary Woodvine, Edward Rowe, Flo Crowe, and John Woodvine. Plot Synopsis Enys Men‘s plot synopsis: “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip [...]
Continue reading: Enys Men (2022) Movie Trailer: Mark Jenkin’s Grungy and Grainy Psychedelic Horror Thriller...
Continue reading: Enys Men (2022) Movie Trailer: Mark Jenkin’s Grungy and Grainy Psychedelic Horror Thriller...
- 11/27/2022
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
BFI Distribution revealed the UK trailer for ‘Enys Men.’ Written, directed and photographed by Mark Jenkin, and following his 2019 BAFTA-winning first feature ‘Bait.’
The mind-bending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Celtic Sea. A wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
Shot by Jenkin on grainy 16mm colour film stock and with his trademark post-synched sound, the form feels both innovative and authentic to the period. Filmed on location around the disused tin mines of West Penwith, it is also an ode to Cornwall’s rich folklore and natural beauty.
Mary Woodvine (Poldark, Judge John Deed, Doc Martin), who played Sandra in ‘Bait’, is The Volunteer. She reunites with ‘Bait’ co-star Edward Rowe (The Witcher, House of the Dragon) who is The Boatman.
The mind-bending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Celtic Sea. A wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
Shot by Jenkin on grainy 16mm colour film stock and with his trademark post-synched sound, the form feels both innovative and authentic to the period. Filmed on location around the disused tin mines of West Penwith, it is also an ode to Cornwall’s rich folklore and natural beauty.
Mary Woodvine (Poldark, Judge John Deed, Doc Martin), who played Sandra in ‘Bait’, is The Volunteer. She reunites with ‘Bait’ co-star Edward Rowe (The Witcher, House of the Dragon) who is The Boatman.
- 11/18/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"Supremely disquieting " Neon has unveiled the first official US trailer for an indie British horror film titled Enys Men, the latest from acclaimed Cornish director Mark Jenkin, known for his indie hit Bait from a few years back. His latest creation premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar, and I was lucky to catch the world premiere of it back in May. Very mysterious film. Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower slowly turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is nightmare. The film mainly stars Mary Woodvine as the volunteer working on the island, with a small cast including Edward Rowe and Flo Crowe. It's hard to describe this one – it's a lo-fi, grainy, quiet horror that is scarier to...
- 11/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Bait (2019) director Mark Jenkin’s next is the Cornish-set horror film Enys Men, and the brand new trailer suggests we’re in for a wild ride.
Neon picked up North American rights to the film that’s set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
The gritty, unsettling trailer below puts an emphasis on “nightmare.” It’s folk horror meets ’70s grit, with music evocative of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, set by the Cornish sea. And the enigmatic trailer confirms that Enys Men is coming soon.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of...
Neon picked up North American rights to the film that’s set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast where a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
The gritty, unsettling trailer below puts an emphasis on “nightmare.” It’s folk horror meets ’70s grit, with music evocative of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, set by the Cornish sea. And the enigmatic trailer confirms that Enys Men is coming soon.
In Enys Men, “A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare. Evoking the feeling of...
- 11/17/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Perched on the cliff of a windswept island off the coast of Cornwall is a shock of white flowers. Every day a woman studies their petals in religious silence before heading home and jotting notes in a diary. Date. Daily temperature. Observations. The year is 1973, the month April, and that’s about as much contextual information Mark Jenkin’s sinuous, entrancing Enys Men parcels out. We don’t know who the woman is, what or who those notes are for, when she got to the island, when she’ll leave. Penned by Jenkin, its script credits her as “The Volunteer,” whose daily pilgrimages to the cliff feel like a vocation, an act of faith.
Brimming with all manner of visions, Enys Men maintains this otherworldly tone throughout. Pegging it as a folk horror feels both apt and somewhat restrictive. The dread Jenkin conjures does not need scars or thrills to...
Brimming with all manner of visions, Enys Men maintains this otherworldly tone throughout. Pegging it as a folk horror feels both apt and somewhat restrictive. The dread Jenkin conjures does not need scars or thrills to...
- 5/28/2022
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
A central image in Mark Jenkin’s weathered, rough-hewn, rocky folk horror “Enys Men” is of a weathered, rough-hewn rock. A menhir that looks like it’s been orphaned from Stonehenge stands perched on a blustery hillside on the eponymous isle. And just as many such ancient monoliths remain somewhat inexplicable, this striking cinematic anomaly appears as though excavated from the annals of filmmaking history, with the viewer playing the befuddled archaeologist faced with an uncanny artefact from a lost civilization. Shame that sometimes, such discoveries turn out to be more impressive for how they look than what they mean.
Shot by Jenkin himself, who also writes, edits and scores, the hand-processed, richly saturated “Enys Men” is warm to the eye and livid with gorgeous 16mm grain, glorying in a scratchy, imprecisely post-synced soundtrack. It follows — or trundles after, in ever-decreasing circles — a woman known only as The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine...
Shot by Jenkin himself, who also writes, edits and scores, the hand-processed, richly saturated “Enys Men” is warm to the eye and livid with gorgeous 16mm grain, glorying in a scratchy, imprecisely post-synced soundtrack. It follows — or trundles after, in ever-decreasing circles — a woman known only as The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine...
- 5/27/2022
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes attracts a specific type of movie and film festival buyer. Rather than the crowd-pleasing Sundance film, the Neons, Sony Pictures Classics and Mubis of the world are on the hunt for the next arthouse event of the year, the movie that demands to be seen in a theater populated with other cinephiles, which led to big deals for titles like “The Worst Person in the World” and “Drive My Car.”
The 2022 competition slate, while already loaded with pre-sold films, includes some similarly auteur-driven work that should no doubt have some commercial appeal to the right buyer.
“Broker” – Neon
Neon ahead of the festival acquired competition title “Broker” from the Palme D’or-winning director of “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda. Kore-eda is Japanese but made his debut in Korean on “Broker” in partnership with the Korean media giant Cj Enm. The film follows Sang-hyun (Song Kang Ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong Won) as “brokers of goodwill,...
The 2022 competition slate, while already loaded with pre-sold films, includes some similarly auteur-driven work that should no doubt have some commercial appeal to the right buyer.
“Broker” – Neon
Neon ahead of the festival acquired competition title “Broker” from the Palme D’or-winning director of “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda. Kore-eda is Japanese but made his debut in Korean on “Broker” in partnership with the Korean media giant Cj Enm. The film follows Sang-hyun (Song Kang Ho) and Dong-soo (Gang Dong Won) as “brokers of goodwill,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Notebook is covering the Cannes Film Festival with an ongoing correspondence between critics Leonardo Goi and Lawrence Garcia, and editor Daniel Kasman.Enys Men.Dear Danny and Lawrence,I can’t believe we’re halfway through the circus already. Time has a way of slipping out of bounds when one’s in Cannes: it’s been six days since we landed here, though in my currently starved and sleep-deprived state, that feels like a whole month already. I’m spending my Saturday night typing away in a semi-deserted press room, while you two must be currently queuing for Cristian Mungiu’s R.M.N. I’d have loved to join you—and I look forward to hearing your impressions in your next dispatches—but I felt as though I needed a break to sort out my thoughts on three titles I’ve caught earlier this week and have been mulling over here since.
- 5/23/2022
- MUBI
In the run-up to Cannes, the British Film Institute and the British Council held the Great8 showcase, which presented eight U.K. films from emerging filmmakers. Here are the films selected:
“Aftersun” (drama)
Director/writer: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Sales: Charades
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
“Birchanger Green” (sci-fi)
Director/writer: Moin Hussain
Cast: Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin, Claire Rushbrook, Simon Nagra
Sales: Bankside Films
Adam lives a solitary life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he is descended from an alien race.
“Aftersun” (drama)
Director/writer: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall
Sales: Charades
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.
“Birchanger Green” (sci-fi)
Director/writer: Moin Hussain
Cast: Faraz Ayub, Natalie Gavin, Claire Rushbrook, Simon Nagra
Sales: Bankside Films
Adam lives a solitary life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he is descended from an alien race.
- 5/21/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Jenkin’s 2019 film Bait had the rare distinction of being a genuine out-of-the-blue discovery, featuring heavily on UK critics’ year-best lists after a modest arthouse release by the BFI. The black-and-white film’s experimental style was emphasized in all its press coverage, nodding to avant-garde auteurs like Stan Brakhage, Derek Jarman and Guy Maddin — all directors who are interested in the literal grain of film and video. Throw in post-synch sound, and you have a film more likely to screen to two people and a dog at a smoky underground 1960s cine-club than win a BAFTA.
For all its formal intricacies, though, Bait had a very traditional narrative, being the story of a Cornish fisherman who sees his village becoming gentrified after selling his house to a couple of rich out-of-towners. Enys Men,...
For all its formal intricacies, though, Bait had a very traditional narrative, being the story of a Cornish fisherman who sees his village becoming gentrified after selling his house to a couple of rich out-of-towners. Enys Men,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
A woman walks along a clifftop towards a stone cottage, the only structure as far as the eye can see. Struggling against the wind, she inches her way up a hill, trudging through the undergrowth, a reminder that grief slows the world down. Time and liminal space stretch and strain, minutes take longer to pass, the horizon reaches further away. It is lonely, it is mundane, and it is cruel. “Enys Men,”
The film, for all its experimental form, wears its central allegory on its sleeve. One of its few lines of dialogue is heard through a crackling radio explaining, “The abandoned island of Enys Men has become a monument of grief,” and our protagonist known only as The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) walks through each day’s routine with eerie detachment. The film begins in April 1973, and we meet The Volunteer checking on a bunch of long-stemmed white flowers with glowing red stamen,...
The film, for all its experimental form, wears its central allegory on its sleeve. One of its few lines of dialogue is heard through a crackling radio explaining, “The abandoned island of Enys Men has become a monument of grief,” and our protagonist known only as The Volunteer (Mary Woodvine) walks through each day’s routine with eerie detachment. The film begins in April 1973, and we meet The Volunteer checking on a bunch of long-stemmed white flowers with glowing red stamen,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Leila Latif
- Indiewire
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights.
BFI Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights. Neon acquired North American rights earlier this week.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe.
It is produced by Denzil Monk...
BFI Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights. Neon acquired North American rights earlier this week.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe.
It is produced by Denzil Monk...
- 5/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights.
BFI Distribution has secured UK rights to Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights. Neon acquired North American rights earlier this week.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe.
It is produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena and co-financed by Film4.
BFI Distribution has secured UK rights to Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights. Neon acquired North American rights earlier this week.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe.
It is produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena and co-financed by Film4.
- 5/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
UK-based sales agent Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights.
Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men has been picked up for UK distribution by BFI Distribution.
The Protagonist Pictures title was also recently acquired for North American release by Neon.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. It’s produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena and co-financed by Film4.
Mark Jenkin’s psychological horror and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight premiere Enys Men has been picked up for UK distribution by BFI Distribution.
The Protagonist Pictures title was also recently acquired for North American release by Neon.
Enys Men is Jenkin’s follow-up to his Bafta-winning debut Bait – also released by BFI Distribution.
The title is set on a remote island in 1973, where a wildlife volunteer finds her reality stars spiralling into a nightmare. The cast is led by Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. It’s produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena and co-financed by Film4.
- 5/20/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Shudder Acquires Official Fantasia Festival Selection Moloch: "Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, has acquired rights to Dutch director Nico van den Brink’s directorial debut Moloch. The film, an official selection of the Fantasia International Film Festival, will be available exclusively on Shudder in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday, July 21.
“Moloch is a bold and thrilling new folk horror that is sure to chill Shudder members this summer,” said Shudder general manager Craig Engler.
Added Nico van den Brink, ”I’m extremely excited to be working with Shudder in bringing Moloch to horror-lovers worldwide. The film will have a wonderful home there. I know we have some very creepy stories to tell in the Netherlands and I'm really looking forward to inviting Shudder's diverse and international audience into the unique world of local Dutch folklore.
“Moloch is a bold and thrilling new folk horror that is sure to chill Shudder members this summer,” said Shudder general manager Craig Engler.
Added Nico van den Brink, ”I’m extremely excited to be working with Shudder in bringing Moloch to horror-lovers worldwide. The film will have a wonderful home there. I know we have some very creepy stories to tell in the Netherlands and I'm really looking forward to inviting Shudder's diverse and international audience into the unique world of local Dutch folklore.
- 5/19/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Kirill Serebrennikov, the director of Cannes competition title “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and the only Russian director with a film in this year’s official festival, on Thursday called for world governments to lift sanctions on a Russian oligarch and film financier who has been reported to be helping the Ukraine war effort.
The oligarch is Roman Abramovich, who is behind the film fund Kinoprime that helped to finance both “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and Serebrennikov’s prior film “Petrov’s Flu,” among other Russian art-house films. Serebrennikov, who said he did not receive money from the state to make “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” defended Abramovich’s work as saying that the films he funds are not propaganda movies but are “rather the contrary.”
“We have to lift the sanctions against Abramovich,” the director said during his Cannes press conference. “He helps modern art, and he has for a long time now. He’s a real patron...
The oligarch is Roman Abramovich, who is behind the film fund Kinoprime that helped to finance both “Tchaikovsky’s Wife” and Serebrennikov’s prior film “Petrov’s Flu,” among other Russian art-house films. Serebrennikov, who said he did not receive money from the state to make “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” defended Abramovich’s work as saying that the films he funds are not propaganda movies but are “rather the contrary.”
“We have to lift the sanctions against Abramovich,” the director said during his Cannes press conference. “He helps modern art, and he has for a long time now. He’s a real patron...
- 5/19/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Neon has taken the North American distribution rights to Mark Jenkin’s horror feature Enys Men, starring Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. The deal was hatched before Cannes, ahead of the pic’s world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
Jenkin wore several hats on the production beyond director and writer, including cinematographer, sound designer, and composer.
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast, a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
Enys Men was shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970’s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound. This was to achieve the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a desolate, haunted movie palace.
The movie is produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena. Johnny Fewings serves as EP. Film4 co-financed the film, with Ben Coren...
Jenkin wore several hats on the production beyond director and writer, including cinematographer, sound designer, and composer.
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast, a wildlife volunteer descends into a terrifying metaphysical and ecosophical journey that challenges her grip on reality and pushes her into a living nightmare.
Enys Men was shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970’s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound. This was to achieve the feeling of discovering a reel of never-before-seen celluloid unspooling in a desolate, haunted movie palace.
The movie is produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena. Johnny Fewings serves as EP. Film4 co-financed the film, with Ben Coren...
- 5/19/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The feature is premiering in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
Neon has acquired North American rights to Mark Jenkin’s horror Enys Men, ahead of its premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
UK-based Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights.
The title is Jenkin’s follow-up to Bafta winner Bait, and reunites him with Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. It unravels around a wildlife volunteer living a solitary life on a remote Cornish island, who starts to lose her grip on reality.
It’s produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena. Film4 co-financed the film.
Jenkin won the Bafta for outstanding debut by a British writer,...
Neon has acquired North American rights to Mark Jenkin’s horror Enys Men, ahead of its premiere in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight.
UK-based Protagonist Pictures represents worldwide rights.
The title is Jenkin’s follow-up to Bafta winner Bait, and reunites him with Bait stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. It unravels around a wildlife volunteer living a solitary life on a remote Cornish island, who starts to lose her grip on reality.
It’s produced by Denzil Monk for Bosena. Film4 co-financed the film.
Jenkin won the Bafta for outstanding debut by a British writer,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Neon has purchased North American distribution rights to Mark Jenkin’s “Enys Men,” ahead of the horror film’s premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.
The film, which sounds very shades of “The Wicker Man,” stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. Jenkin wore a lot of hats on this one. He wrote and directed the picture, as well as served as its cinematographer, sound designer, and composer. Presumably, manning the catering truck was left to someone else. “Enys Men” was shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970’s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound, in order to convey, the press release says, “…the feeling of discovering a reel of never before seen celluloid unspooling in a desolate, haunted movie palace.”
“Enys Men” is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast. There, a wildlife volunteer descends into a metaphysical journey that challenges...
The film, which sounds very shades of “The Wicker Man,” stars Mary Woodvine and Edward Rowe. Jenkin wore a lot of hats on this one. He wrote and directed the picture, as well as served as its cinematographer, sound designer, and composer. Presumably, manning the catering truck was left to someone else. “Enys Men” was shot on 16mm color negative using a 1970’s clockwork Bolex camera and post sync sound, in order to convey, the press release says, “…the feeling of discovering a reel of never before seen celluloid unspooling in a desolate, haunted movie palace.”
“Enys Men” is set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the British coast. There, a wildlife volunteer descends into a metaphysical journey that challenges...
- 5/19/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Modern Films’ Eve Gabereau, Emu Films’ Mike Elliott and Element Pictures’ Ed Guiney are also taking part.
Mia Bays, Matt Brodlie, Graeme Mason, Eve Gabereau and Ed Guiney are among the industry speakers taking part in the UK Pavilion industry programme at Cannes, previously known as the UK Film Centre, which will run from May 19 to May 24.
The series of industry events will be open to festival and market delegates as well as press attending the festival. It includes a series of Talent Talks with filmmakers with films making their world premiere in the festival.
The industry talks include an...
Mia Bays, Matt Brodlie, Graeme Mason, Eve Gabereau and Ed Guiney are among the industry speakers taking part in the UK Pavilion industry programme at Cannes, previously known as the UK Film Centre, which will run from May 19 to May 24.
The series of industry events will be open to festival and market delegates as well as press attending the festival. It includes a series of Talent Talks with filmmakers with films making their world premiere in the festival.
The industry talks include an...
- 5/11/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Titles include ’Aftersun’, ’Enys Men’, ‘Birchanger Green’ and ‘A Gaza Weekend’.
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
Cannes premieres Aftersun, sold by Charades, and Enys Men, sold by Protagonist Pictures, are among the titles selected for year’s Great 8, the annual Cannes buyers’ showcase of UK films from emerging directors.
The other six titles are all in post-production.
Now in its fifth edition, the 2022 Great 8 showcase is funded and run by the BFI and the British Council, in partnership with BBC Film and Film4.
Unseen footage from all of the titles will be introduced by their filmmakers and screened on May 12 exclusively to buyers and festival programmers during the online-only showcase,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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