This holiday season, RLJE Films is decking the home media halls with horror movies, as they've acquired the rights to six eclectic films from Shudder and will be releasing them on various home media formats this month. As a special gift for Daily Dead readers to unwrap, we've been provided with two free iTunes download codes of all six titles to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers, including Shin'ichirô Ueda's One Cut of the Dead, Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid, James Edward Cook's Christmas Presence, and more!
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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) free iTunes download code for:
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Shudder and RLJE Films December Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am EST on Wednesday, December 11th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Press Release: LOS ANGELES, (Nov. 18, 2019) – RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to six films from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Titles include CHRISTMAS PRESENCE, BOAR, and TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID to release on December 3, 2019; as well as THE WRATH, MON MON MON MONSTERS, and ONE CUT OF THE DEAD to release on December 10, 2019.
TITLE: CHRISTMAS PRESENCE
ON VOD & DIGITAL HD: December 3, 2019
DIRECTOR: James Edward Cook
WRITER: James Edward Cook
CAST: Charlotte Atkinson, Lorna Brown, Orla Cottingham, Elsie Bennett, Mark Chatterton, William J. Holstead and Danny Webb
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends gather for the holiday season in a remote lodge, but their celebration is cut short when one of them suddenly disappears. As they desperately search for their missing friend, they each begin to have strange visions that drive them to the brink of insanity. They soon discover that a sinister evil is coming for them all and they must face it head on before this winter wonderland turns into a bloody nightmare.
RUN TIME: 87 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Thriller
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
TITLE: BOAR
ON VOD, DIGITAL HD, DVD & BLU-RAY: December 3, 2019
DIRECTOR: Chris Sun
WRITER: Chris Sun
CAST: John Jarratt, Simone Buchanan, Melissa Tkautz, Bill Moseley, Nathan Jones, Hugh Sheridan, Roger Ward with Chris Haywood and Ernie Dingo
SYNOPSIS: In the harsh Australian outback lives a beast with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for no one, defends its territory with deadly force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any seen before. Believed to be nothing more than a myth, when the beast ventures closer to civilization, it’s reality cannot be denied. It’s brutal, it’s bloodthirsty, it’s boar.
RUN TIME: 96 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
DVD SRP: $15.95
BLU-RAY SRP: $27.97
TITLE: TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID
ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: December 3, 2019
DIRECTOR: Issa López
WRITER: Issa López
CAST: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Ianis Guerrero, Rodrigo Cortes, Hanssel Casillas, Nery Arredondo and Tenoch Huerta Mejía as 'Chino'
SYNOPSIS: A haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico’s devastating drug wars; TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID follows a group of orphaned children who are unexpectedly given three magical wishes. As they run from the cartel that murdered their parents and the ghosts that haunt them, they must decide how to use this special gift to save their own lives and the people they love. Acclaimed by critics and filmmakers alike, Guillermo Del Toro has called TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID “an unsparing blend of fantasy and brutality, innocence and evil.”
RUN TIME: 84 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Thriller
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
TITLE: THE WRATH
ON VOD, DIGITAL HD, DVD & BLU-RAY: December 10, 2019
DIRECTOR: Yoo Young-Seon
WRITERS: Yoo Young-Seon
CAST: Seo Young-Hee, Shon Na-Eun
SYNOPSIS: A mysterious curse has plagued Lee’s family, promising certain death to each of his sons. After his youngest son dies, his pregnant wife now carries the last living heir to the household. Fearing for the safety of her unborn child, she fights to uncover the mystery of this evil spirit and find a way to lift the curse before it’s too late.
RUN TIME: 94 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
DVD & BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURE: The Making of The Wrath
DVD SRP: $14.95
BLU-RAY SRP: $28.97
TITLE: MON MON MON MONSTERS
ON VOD & DIGITAL HD: December 10, 2019
DIRECTORS: Giddens Ko
WRITERS: Giddens Ko
CAST: Eugenie Liu, Pei-Hsin Lin, Carolyn Chen, Yu-Kai Deng, Kent Tsai
SYNOPSIS: A group of classmates doing community service discover two flesh-eating creatures hiding in an old building. One of the creatures is able to escape, but they capture the other one, torturing her while trying to learn what she really is. It soon becomes clear that the first creature’s escape has dire consequences, as she hunts them down and stops at nothing to free her sister.
RUN TIME: 112 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Comedy
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
TITLE: ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: December 10, 2019
DIRECTOR: Shinichiro Ueda
WRITER: Shinichiro Ueda
CAST: Takayuki Hamatsu, Mao, Harumi Shuhama, Kazuaki Nagaya, Manabu Hosoi, Hiroshi Icihara, Syuntaro Yamazaki, Shinichiro Osawa, Yoshiko Takehara, Miki Yoshida, Sakina Asamori, Ayana Goda, Yuzuki Akiyama
SYNOPSIS: An eccentric and determined director sets out to shoot a low-budget zombie film at an abandoned warehouse. Suddenly the cast and crew find themselves in the middle of an actual zombie invasion. Delighted with the all-too-real turn of events, the director insists that the crew continue filming to capture the terror in all its glory. Now the actors must work together to escape this deranged filmmaker, or this may be their last performance.
RUN TIME: 96 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
ABOUT RLJE FILMS
RLJE Films’ recent features include the 2018 Sundance Film Festival hit Mandy from writer/director Panos Cosmatos and starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough and Linus Roache; Galveston starring Ben Foster and Elle Fanning and directed by Mélanie Laurent; and The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot written and directed by Robert Krzykowski and starring Academy Award nominee Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner and Ron Livingston. us.rljentertainment.com.
ABOUT SHUDDER
AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Germany. To experience Shudder commitment-free for 7 days, visit www.shudder.com.
ABOUT AMC NETWORKS
Known for its groundbreaking and celebrated original content, AMC Networks is the company behind the award-winning brands AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and IFC Films. Its diverse line-up of popular and critically-acclaimed series and independent films include Killing Eve, Better Call Saul and The Walking Dead, which has been the #1 show on basic cable television for nine consecutive years, as well as Portlandia, Brockmire, Love After Lockup, and the films Boyhood, Death of Stalin, and many more. Its original series Mad Men and Breaking Bad are widely recognized as being among the most influential and acclaimed shows in the history of TV. The Company also operates AMC Studios, its production business; AMC Networks International, its international programming business; the subscription streaming services Shudder, Sundance Now; Acorn TV; and UMC (Urban Movie Channel); and Levity Entertainment Group, the Company’s production services and comedy venues business. For more information, visit http://www.amcnetworks.com.
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