[UPDATED] FROM BLACK: AMC Unveils Brooding New Stills From The Upcoming Shudder Release
A previous version of this article has been updated with a new launch date for the movie on Shudder as of 2/27/23.
A previous version of this article has been updated with a new launch date for the movie on Shudder as of 2/27/23.
AMC Networks’ premium horror and thriller streamer, Shudder, and IFC Midnight have acquired Saloum, the highly-anticipated and award-winning feature from writer/director Jean Luc Herbulot (Dealer). The film will release theatrically on Friday, September 2 ahead of streaming Thursday, September 8, with national rollout will on September 9.
AMC Network’s premium horror streamer, Shudder, has acquired Emmy Award-winning director Luke Boyce’s latest thriller, Revealer. The news comes off the heels of its U.S. premiere at Kansas City’s Panic Fest, winning lead star Caito Aase (Black Mold) the fest’s Audience Award for Best Actress.
• Hot on the heels of scoring his long-awaited star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, celebrated character actor James Hong’s newest film, kung fu comedy Gimme My Money, will be shopping at Cannes for Taiwan/L.A.-based Organic Media Group. Hong is joined by Marci Miller and Raymond J. Barry, with a script by director Bill Vigil “about a tough, mysterious woman who calls on the mob to collect and makes sure that this time, crime is going to pay.” (Variety)
You needn’t look further than Thursday’s Fantasia first wave announcements to find out that filmmaker Rebekah McKendry’s (All The Creatures Were Stirring, Psycho Granny) new horror, Glorious, was about to make headway for audiences. Alas, premium horror streamer Shudder is picking up the tab and letting horror fans know what’s up with it’s newly-announced acquisition. Read on!
AMC Network’s Shudder has acquired rights to Canadian director Rob Jabbaz’s feature debut, The Sadness. The film stars Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore) and Berant Zhu (We Are Champions, How to Train Our Dragon), and will launch exclusively on the premium horror thriller streamer beginning May 12 in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
This announcement came just a few days ago but it’s worth swooping in on at the moment for celebrated director Gustavo Hernandez (The Silent House, Local God, You Shall Not Sleep). AMC Networks’ Shudder has acquired his new zombie thriller, Virus :32, and has set exclusive world premiere debut on the platform on Thursday, April 21.
If you took a liking to co-creator/producer duo Aaron B. Koontz and Cameron Burns’s 2020 horror anthology, Scare Package, be prepared for seconds! Shudder, AMC Network’s premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, is teaming up once more with Paper Street Pictures for the impending sequel, Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge, which will launch on the streamer later this year.
On the eve of a special screening in Berlin where Wild Bunch is repping international sales, horror auteur Dario Argento’s latest return with revenge thriller, Dark Glasses, scored a trailer premiere this week via the trades, and is now officially on par for multi-territorial premieres via AMC’s premium horror streamer, Shudder, beginning this Fall.
Just in time for the Halloween season is the latest found footage film, ‘V/H/S/94’ derived from the acclaimed original ‘V/H/S’ from 2012. The release of this first V/H/S was somewhat of a watershed moment in horror; given that the found footage subgenre was being replicated with far too much enthusiastic frequency, the quality of the output was mixed. With its convincing video tape aesthetic, the original boasted some truly exceptional talents such as Adam Wingard, Ti West and David Buckner and unsurprisingly spawned several sequels of varying quality. At its core these were anthology films, with the inclusion ‘found footage’ as a signature narrative device.
BIFA-nominated director Paris Zarcilla (Pommel, The Century Egg), produced by Chi Thai (The Promise, Little Miss Sumo) will pair up this November for the UK production of horror drama, Raging Grace. Zarcilla will direct the AMC Network’s Shudder Original film from his own script for a cast led by Filipina actress Max Eigenmann (Verdict) and actor David Hayman (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Finding Your Feet).
Horror fans reveling in the V/H/S franchise won’t have too long to wait now with a 2021 release date TBA for the next installment, V/H/S94. AMC Networks’ premium horror and thriller streaming platform, Shudder, has acquired worldwide rights and is on board as producer.
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