La Llorona. The Weeping Woman. A horrifying apparition, caught between Heaven and Hell, trapped in a terrible fate sealed by her own hand. The mere mention of her name has struck terror around the world for generations. In life, she drowned her children in a jealous rage, throwing herself in the churning river after them […]
Continue ReadingSomething nasty is lurking in the forest in what might be the most frightening film of the year, a nerve-jangling mix of The Witch and Hereditary, from a formidable first time director. Sarah moves her precocious son Chris to a secluded new home in a rural town, trying to ease his apprehensions as they hope […]
Continue ReadingDan Pringle’s debut feature K-Shop sees a modern take on Sweeney Todd, whilst using a far too common sight in today’s society – Booze Britain. Salah (Ziad Abaza) is a student in the midst of his dissertation, his father a kebab shop owner fresh out of hospital dies after an altercation with some local drunks. […]
Continue Reading‘Crucible of the Vampire’ is a new release UK film and, if classic horror stories are your thing, it’s easy to recommend. The film opens with a period themed introduction as we are thrown back into Britain’s dark-age history, a time of corruption, paranoia and swift judgement for anyone society deemed an outcast. In this […]
Continue ReadingSecond Sight Films is delighted to announce it has acquired the UK Home Video and VOD rights to two classic films written and directed by celebrated filmmaker George A Romero. Following a licensing deal with producer Richard P Rubinstein, CEO of New Amsterdam Entertainment,the UK distributor will be re-issuing the highly-acclaimed and much in-demand George […]
Continue ReadingHow do you fight the undead? An undead soldier rises in Uncork’d Entertainment’s SOLDIER OF WAR this March! In an acclaimed, award-winning performance, John Rhys-Davies (the Indiana Jones films, Lord of the Rings trilogy) faces a monstrous adversary from his past in SOLDIER OF WAR, available on demand this March. Deep in the forest, two […]
Continue ReadingCelebrate the 20th anniversary of the icon that taught western audiences to fear J-Horror with the newly restored cinematic return of Hideo Nakata’s classic Ring. Then, experience the terrifying Sadako through your own screen with the feature-packed first ever UK Blu-ray release! Synopsis: A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesquely contorted, […]
Continue Reading‘Cady and Goldfinch deliver equally powerful central performances that hold the film together and are crucial to Crucible of the Vampire’s success. And succeed the film certainly does’ – Nerdly.co.uk Making its World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival and garnering rave reviews at other major festivals, Iain Ross-McNamee’s gothic chiller Crucible of the Vampire is […]
Continue ReadingIt was a supposed to be a weekend of fun. In the tradition of Wrong Turn and The Hills Have Eyes, Uncork’d Entertainment presents Between the Trees – available On Demand this March. Steve, suffering from a collapsing marriage, invites his three closest friends on a weekend retreat to the mountains only to discover his […]
Continue Reading‘The Unholy’, man, this takes me back. A condensed and unabashed example of pure 1980s cheesy horror movie. Love it. The plot opens with the tempting of a priest from a sultry veiled red-head. Succumbing to the temptations of the flesh the priest is subsequently murdered, rather gruesomely I might add setting the context and […]
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