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Queer Horror Thriller, SPIRAL, Sees New Neighbors Get Wary Of Old Terrors In The Official Trailer

Incontrol director Kurtis David Harder has endured a festive run in the festivals with his latest queer horror thriller, Spiral. Shudder is now running an official trailer ahead of the film’s exclusive release on AMC’s horror streaming service in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand beginning September 17. Malik (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, American Horror Story, Canada’s Drag Race) and Aaron (Ari Cohen, IT: CHAPTER TWO) move to a small town in search of a better environment for them and their 16-year-old daughter (Jennifer Laporte, Web of Dreams). But nothing is as it seems as something sinister lies behind the picturesque homes and welcoming faces of their new neighbors (Lochlyn Munro, CW’s Riverdale). A horror film for the current age, SPIRAL skillfully dissects themes of ostracization, otherness, and the cycles of societal rejection and hate, led by a breakout performance by Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. With Ty Wood and Chandra West. Written […]

SPIRAL: A Horror Legend Rebooted In The First Teaser

Christina Ortega

In October of 2004, I met a man who made me think about a very important question: how strong is your will to live? How far would you go to ensure that you kept living? Since 2004 there have been a total of 8 films with Jigsaw asking people this same question and testing them. Last year it was announced that Chris Rock was creating a *gag* reboot of the Saw films. And I cringed. And I gagged. Not another reboot, I cried out, shaking my fist in the air. Here’s what I knew at the time: According to Joe Drake, Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group chairman, this version “reimagines and spins off the world of the notorious Jigsaw Killer..” Rock has said that he has been a fan of the Saw films since they began in 2004 and is excited for the opportunity. He will be working with the series […]