In today's Horror Highlights: Watch the teaser trailer for Come True, learn more about the horror/comedy comic book series Necromancer Bill, watch a clip from Sputnik, and read about the latest cast additions to 30 Seconds in Hell!
Watch the Teaser Trailer for COME TRUE: "High school student Sarah (Stone) is at her lowest point yet when she runs away from home and finds herself with no one to rely on and struggling with recurring nightmares. She chances upon a university sleep study that offers the promise of safety and money and brings her an unexpected friend and confidant in the overseeing scientist Jeremy (Liboiron). But there's something curious about proceedings, and being under observation seems to make Sarah's disturbing dreams even worse. As the darkness begins to close in, it's soon clear that Sarah has unknowingly become the conduit to a horrifying, new discovery…
COME TRUE is the newest feature from acclaimed Canadian filmmaker, visual effects artist and musician Anthony Scott Burns (OUR HOUSE, HOLIDAYS Father’s Day segment) and executive produced by cult filmmaker Vincenzo Natali, director of CUBE, SPLICE and Netflix’s IN THE TALL GRASS. A dark exploration into a world of nightmares, fears, and the monsters within, the film stars Julia Sarah Stone (HONEY BEE) and Landon Liboiron (Blumhouse’s TRUTH OR DARE) and is a Copperheart Entertainment and Angel Entertainment production. Burns wrote, directed, and shot the film, with music by Electric Youth (DRIVE) and Pilotpriest.
Produced by Steven Hoban (GINGER SNAPS, SPLICE), Mark Smith (IN THE TALL GRASS, Darknet), Brent Kawchuck (IN THE TALL GRASS), and co-produced by Nicholas Bechard (OUR HOUSE). Andrea Hatzinikolas, Chris Wallace, Bob Crowe, and Karyn Nolan served as executive producers, in addition to Natali.
The film was produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada and with the assistance of the Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Fund. Raven Banner holds distribution rights in Canada. XYZ Films is handling US rights. Reel Suspects is handling international rights.
COME TRUE will world premiere on August 30th as part of upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival, running August 20th - September 2nd digitally
Tickets can be purchased at: https://fantasiafestival.com/en/program/come-true"
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NECROMANCER BILL: "NECROMANCER BILL is a supernatural horror comedy.
Pet Sematary meets every Seth Rogan movie ever made as a regular schlub (Bill) is accidentally granted the power of necromancy. In other words, Bill can now raise the dead, which proves not to be as much fun as it sounds. Oh, and did we mention that Bill's "tutor" is a talking raven with a substance abuse problem?
NECROMANCER BILL is an independent 4-issue miniseries by Robert Menegus (writer), David Brame (artist), Gabriel Roldan (colorist), and Frank Cvetkovic (letterer). It’s published by Darby Pop Publishing, and the trade collection can be purchased at local comic shops (Diamond order code: MAR201805), online at DarbyPop.com, and digitally on Comixology.
This book is the first extended-length collaboration from Robert Menegus and David Brame, coming off the heels of a half dozen short stories the duo has done together for various publishers."
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Watch a New Clip from SPUTNIK: "Due to her controversial methods, young doctor Tatiana Yurievna (Oksana Akinshina, LILYA 4-EVER) is on the precipice of losing her medical license. Her career may not be over, though. After she’s recruited by the military, Tatiana is brought to a secure science research facility to assess a very special case, that of Konstantin Sergeyevich (Pyotr Fyodorov, THE DARKEST HOUR), a cosmonaut who survived a mysterious space accident and has returned to Earth with a unique condition: there’s something living inside of him that only shows itself late at night. The military has nefarious plans for it. Tatiana wants to stop it from killing Konstantin. And the creature itself thrives on destruction.
With the ever-looming shadow of influence and importance cast by Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, extraterrestrial malevolence in genre cinema more often than not feels as if it’s been beamed down directly from the Nostromo. SPUTNIK bucks that tradition of pastiche and delivers something fresh to the interplanetary monster-movie canon. And with its massive scale and brutal carnage, this sci-fi gem signals the arrival of a major new voice: first-time Russian director Egor Abramenko.
SPUTNIK will open in select theaters, digital platforms, and cable VOD on August 14, 2020."
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30 SECONDS IN HELL Adds Michael Welch, Stelio Savante, and Richard Riehle: "Michael Welch (Twilight), Richard Riehle (Casino), Stelio Savante (Running For Grace), Danny Winn (The Crossbreed) and Michelle Campbell (Modern Family) have joined the cast of writer-director Michael Anthony Giudicissi's Western Horror film, 30 Seconds In Hell. The film is produced by Royd McCargish and executive produced by Michael Anthony Giudicissi
Synopsis: Summoned from the grave by the mysterious Ghost Rider and Destiny, the gunfighters of the OK Corral are brought to Destiny Saloon to answer for their crimes, sins, loves, and lives. They’re all here, back from the dead for one day to tell their side of the story. Earp, Holliday, Clanton, Claiborne, Behan, Marcus, and more. With the clock ticking no one will escape a final fight at the OK Corral and their date with Destiny.
30 Seconds In Hell will begin filming in New Mexico this fall, in compliance with SAG Covid rules."
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