In today's Horror Highlights, we have details on Fathom Events' one-night-only theatrical screenings of Resident Evil: Vendetta, the podcast The Switchboard, The Final Girls' one-night-only UK screenings of XX, Cage on Amazon Prime, and the new trailer and release details for Beacon Point.
Resident Evil: Vendetta Screenings: "RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA’ ONE-NIGHT U.S. CINEMA EVENT ON JUNE 19 TO INCLUDE EXCLUSIVE CAST INTRO AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES CONTENT
TICKETS NOW ON SALE
WHAT: “RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA" is the third installment in the massively popular CG animated film franchise, following “Resident Evil: Degeneration” (2008) and “Resident Evil: Damnation” (2012), and will premiere in U.S. movie theaters on June 19 only. Exclusive to the U.S., this not-to-be-missed cinema event includes a specially-produced introduction from the cast and behind-the-scenes footage.
Derived from Capcom’s Resident Evil™, one of the bestselling video game franchises of all time (72 million + copies sold), “RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA” features the fan-favorite characters Leon S. Kennedy (Matt Mercer), Chris Redfield (Kevin Dorman) and Rebecca Chambers (Erin Cahill).
WHO: Fathom Events, Park Circus and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
WHEN: Monday, June 19, 2017; 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time
WHERE: Tickets for U.S. screenings of “RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA” can be purchased online by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in nearly 400 select movie theaters.
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Listen to The Switchboard Podcast: "A mysterious individual broadcasts global news on paranormal events from a Lighthouse on an isolated island.
The Switchboard accepts fictionalised reports about supernatural incidents from members of the public. This is intended primarily as a vehicle for viral advertising for other creatives working in horror and as a means of gathering participants and seeding clues for people running Alternative Reality Games and other mystery based media. But other people are welcome to submit reports as well.
http://hoganddice.com/theswitchboard
RSS Feed: http://hoganddice.com/theswitchboard?format=rss
Stitcher link: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/hog-and-dice/the-switchboard?refid=stpr"
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Nitehawk Shorts Festival Submissions Now Open: "The 5th annual Nitehawk Shorts Festival submissions have opened today!
Please see the submission schedule below as well as the announcement of prizes. Many of our prize sponsors have returned including The Huffington Post Arts Impact Award, which was new last year. Our 2016 inaugural winner was Dan Taberski for These C*cksucking Tears, and has recently received recognition for the podcast Missing Richard Simmons.
For submission rules and more details, please visit our dedicated Nitehawk Shorts Festival website:
http://nitehawkshortsfestival.com/2017/
May 7, 2017 - Early bird Deadline
June 25, 2017 - Regular Deadline
July 30, 2017 - Late Deadline
August 28, 2017 - Filmmakers notified
November 7 – 12, 2017 - 5th Annual Nitehawk Shorts Festival
Awards & Prizes
FESTIVAL JURY WINNER
Post-production sound services from HEARD CITY ($16k value)
Post-production coloring services from NICE SHOES ($20k value)
FESTIVAL JURY RUNNER-UP
Gift certificate from B&H ($1500 value)
Pro-Account from VIMEO ($199 value)
CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Equipment donation from PANAVISON ($7500 value)
HUFFINGTON POST ARTS IMPACT AWARD
Awarded to the 2017 Nitehawk Shorts Festival submission that best shines a light on a timely political, social or cultural issue resonating around the world, the winner will be selected by a small panel of HuffPost Arts & Culture writers and editors. The winner will be profiled in a Huffington Post Arts & Culture feature, and will have the opportunity to screen their film at our New York City headquarters.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
Pro-Accounts from VIMEO (eligible during Opening Nite, Midnite, Music Driven, Matinee One and Matinee Two - $199 value each)."
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XX Screenings Presented by The Final Girls & Soda Pictures: Press Release: "Feminist film collective The Final Girls partner with Soda Pictures to present a one-night-only nationwide screening of XX, the first and only all-female horror anthology.
On Wednesday 3 May, the highly anticipated anthology will take over screens across the UK for a single theatrical screening ahead of its DVD/VOD release on May 8. The film previously screened at Sundance Film Festival.
With shorts directed by genre heavyweights Karyn Kusama (The Invitation), Jovanka Vuckovic (The Captured Bird), Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound) and featuring the directorial debut of St. Vincent, this is a horror milestone. These tales of terror, blood and mayhem test the boundaries of what genre can be, loosely connected by the eerily beautiful animations of Sofia Carrillo. Whilst not directly related to one another, each short has a distinctly feminine theme, tackling and subtly subverting expectations placed on women and the roles they play.
The Final Girls will host a special presentation of the film at The Prince Charles CInema, London including a Skype Q&A with the filmmakers.
Confirmed screenings and events are detailed below. Tickets will be made available from each of the venue websites.
The Prince Charles Cinema, London
Hackney Picturehouse, London
Ritzy, London
Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge
Dukes of Komedia, Brighton
FACT, Liverpool
Cameo, Edinburgh
Broadway, Nottingham
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow
Cube, Bristol
The screenings are made possible with thanks to Soda Pictures. XX will be released in the UK on DVD and VOD on May 8.
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Cage Now on Amazon Prime: "SIXTY6MEDIA FILM presents
'CAGE'
Available on Amazon Prime NOW!
Cage follows Gracie Blake, a Seattle based chat lines worker, who following the decision to meet a new client, finds herself waking up in a cage, in a warehouse, somewhere in America. At first Gracie struggles to understand her situation, yet soon realises she needs to quickly escape, as the audience are drawn ever deeper into her plight in this terrifying, claustrophobic, modern kidnap drama.
Written and directed by Warren Dudley (The Cutting Room) the movie features just one actor on screen – Lucy-Jane Quinlan and also features the voice of Patrick Bergin (Sleeping with The Enemy / Patriot Games)
The film is available to watch now on Amazon Prime in the US, UK, Japan, Germany and India.
US - http://amzn.to/2nQxi8u
UK - http://amzn.to/2oBhqDW
JAPAN - http://amzn.to/2nmwW6r
GERMANY - http://amzn.to/2nOIhzi
INDIA - http://amzn.to/2on6VES
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Beacon Point Trailer & Release Details: "Take a trip to Beacon Point this May when the highly-anticipated science-fiction thriller lands on VOD via Uncork'd Entertainment.
The film, called “an intelligent and interestingly innovative inferno of horror, science fiction, folklore and thrills”, hails from talented newcomer Eric Blue.
Zoe has quit her job to hike the Appalachian Trail as a tribute to her deceased father. She joins a small group of inexperienced hikers for an adventure of a lifetime. The group is, Dan, recently divorced and looking for a change from Silicon Valley, Cheese, a 17 year old kid, and Brian, his half brother he has just met. They are led by Drake, a hot headed trail master with a questionable past. They are upbeat as they set out on the ten day trek through the Great Smokey Mountains. Drake leads them away from the main trail and the tourists, promising a grand adventure and sights they’d never see with the standard tour. After a gruesome discovery, they become lost deep in the mountains. The adventure spins out of control when they are terrorized at their campsite by an unseen force.
Rae Olivier, Jon Briddell, Eric Goins, Jason Burkey, and RJ Shearer star in an Eric Blue film, written by Blue and Traci Carroll.
Beacon Point on VOD May 2 and DVD on July 4.
On DVD and VOD May 2."
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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