Horror Highlights: KEY OF BONES: CURSE OF THE GHOST PIRATE, BREEDER, LOVE IS THE MONSTER

Watch the Trailer for KEY OF BONES: CURSE OF THE GHOST PIRATE: "A Key West waitress living on a houseboat. A cursed pirate coin pulled from the deep. And the resurrected ghost of Anne Bonny — haunting the island, stalking the living, and tearing apart everything in her path to reclaim what was stolen from her centuries ago. Blending pirate mythology, brutal horror, and sharp-edged comedy, Key of Bones is a blood-soaked ghost story set against the neon dusk and sunken history of America’s southernmost city."

Directed by Tony Armer, the film stars Gina Vitori, Melissa Chick, Jeremy King, Chad Newman, Benjamin Healy, Ty Spann, Kitty Clements, and Vincent De Paul.

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Independent Film Company and Shudder Acquire Tribeca Shocker BREEDER: "Independent Film Company and Shudder announced today that they have acquired Alex Goyette’s debut feature BREEDER starring Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty. Rights include The United States, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The film will world premiere at the Tribeca Festival on Saturday, June 6, and will have a theatrical release this Fall.

BREEDER follows an eccentric poodle breeder who lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.

"Independent Film Company and Shudder have always been a dream home for us. We’re thrilled to partner with them to bring BREEDER to audiences following its world premiere at Tribeca. As conversations around eugenics continue to resurface, our film confronts those ideas through the eyes of a deranged poodle breeder,” said writer-director Alex Goyette.

"BREEDER is the kind of movie that makes you lean forward and ask, 'How did they get away with this?'” said Mark Ward of IFC Entertainment Group. “It's provocative and constantly surprises you just when you think you've figured it out. We knew the moment we saw it that audiences will be talking about it long after they leave the theater, and we can't wait to shock audiences on the big screen later this year."

BREEDER is produced by Ian Start, Byron Ashley, Brian Mitchell, Chris Wilkinson, and K. Asher Levin, and executive produced by Jeremy Ross, Ronnie Exley, Steven Schneider, Ryan Marchant, and Tyson Call. The film was financed by Rabbits Black and Four J Films. The deal was negotiated by Mark Ward for Independent Film Company and Shudder with UTA on behalf of the filmmakers."

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Love Is the Monster: "Cranked Up Films has announced the official US release of Alex Noyer's folk horror Love Is the Monster on Prime Video June 23. The film made its world premiere at the 2025 Screamfest Film Festival and went on to screen at Morbido and Night Visions. Madeline Zima (Californication, Twin Peaks: The Return) and Leonardo Nam (Westworld, Descendants: The Rise of Red) headline as a troubled couple who heads to Finland for a transformative retreat where they fall prey to a malevolent ancient goddess of love.

Love Is the Monster is Noyer's second feature film, following the horror film Sound of Violence starring Jasmin Savoy Brown, and the first he produced in his native Finland on local mythology. Noyer co-wrote the script with his Sound of Violence collaborator Hannu Aukia and Blair Bathory, and Laurence Gendron joins Noyer and Aukia as a producer.

Zima and Nam are joined in their disastrous onscreen adventure by Kimberly Sue-Murray (The Boys), Moe Jeudy-Lamour (Ted Lasso), Kristina Tonteri-Young (Warrior Nun), Milla Puolakanaho (Attack on Helsinki), and Sheila McCarthy (Women Talking).

As Love Is the Monster prepares to lure audiences, Noyer said in a statement, 'Releasing Love Is the Monster during Finnish midsummer couldn’t be more fitting, as it’s when our story unfolds. While a real trip to Finland is far less eventful, our devious goddess Lempo is ready to welcome audiences.'"

Synopsis: Following their marriage being rocked by infidelity, Ana and Justin attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of the summer’s midnight sun. They join other international couples to experience the transformative teachings of the shaman and healer, Tiina, inspired by the ancient Finnish goddess of love and fertility, Lempo. Despite her doubts and some ominous first experiences, Ana gives the retreat a chance, but the thrill is quickly replaced by a battle for survival, as the influence of the divinity and the pagan rituals turn deadly. Couples’ problems lead to calamity, while Ana learns about the peculiar role she unwittingly plays in Tiina’s plans.

Streaming on Prime Video HD June 23