THE ADVENT CALENDAR Trailer: "Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural will premiere writer/director Patrick Ridremont’s ornate and elegant French horror fantasy The Advent Calendar exclusively on Thursday, December 9th. Combining Faustian themes and allusions with European folklore and tense, chilling terror, the Shudder Original film provides some highly original holiday season horror.
Eva (Eugénie Derouand, Paris Police 1900), an ex-dancer, is now using a wheelchair, unable to walk. When her friend Sophie (Honorine Magnier, Tomorrow is Ours) gives her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life. Some of them are good, but most of them are bad, really bad. Now Eva will have to choose between getting rid of the calendar or walking again – even if it causes death and destruction to everyone she holds dear around her.
The Advent Calendar world premiered earlier this year at London’s Frightfest and was produced by Alain Benguigui, Virginie Ogouz, Jean-Yves Roubin, and Cassandre Warnauts."
THE ADVENT CALENDAR Premieres Exclusively on Shudder on Thursday, December 9th
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CREEPSHOW Season 2 Home Media Release: "RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to CREEPSHOW Season 2 from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. CREEPSHOW Season 2 will be available on December 7, 2021 on DVD and Blu-ray, each for an SRP of $34.98.
The five-episode season and bonus episodes A Creepshow Animated Special and A Creepshow Holiday Special from showrunner Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead”) star Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Ted Raimi (“Buddy Thunderstruck”), Ali Larter (House On Haunted Hill), C. Thomas Howell (The Amazing Spider-Man), Iman Benson (“Alexa and Katie”), Josh McDermitt (“The Walking Dead”), Ashley Laurence (HellraiserFranchise), Keith David (21 Bridges), Ryan Kwanten (“True Blood”), Breckin Meyer (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), Molly Ringwald (“Riverdale”), Eric Edelstein (“Shameless”), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Denise Crosby (“Ray Donovan”), Justin Long (Lady of the Manor), D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”), Kiefer Sutherland (“Designated Survivor”), Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), and Adam Pally (“Happy Endings”).
It’s still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! Following CREEPSHOW Season 1’s Saturn Award 2021 win for Best DVD/BD Television Release comes the second season of CREEPSHOW, the anthology series based on the 1982 horror comedy classic. A comic book comes to life in nine chilling tales told across five episodes. Explore terrors ranging from murder, creatures, monsters and delusions to the supernatural and unexplainable. You never know what will be on the next page….
DVD & Blu-Ray Special Features Include:
A Creepshow Animated Special
A Creepshow Holiday Special
WonderCon@Home 2021 Interview with Greg Nicotero
Photo Galleries
Comic Art Booklet
Exclusive Never-Before-Seen Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Behind-the-Scenes Raw Footage
The DVD and Blu-ray each has a reversible sleeve art created by Sanjulián and by Rich Hilliard respectively."
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XYZ FILMS ACQUIRES ZOMBIE ACTION SEQUEL ‘WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE’ FOR GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: "XYZ Films has acquired all rights minus Australia for global distribution to the zombie action thriller WYRMWOOD: APOCALYPSE and will set a US release date for 2022 through their new domestic distribution division. The film is the sequel to the hit 2014 Australian horror film WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD and is directed by Kiah Roache-Turner, written by Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, and was produced by Bronte Pictures, Guerilla Films, Tristan Roache-Turner and Blake Northfield. The cast includes Luke McKenzie (“Wentworth”), Goran D. Kleut (ALIEN: COVENANT, HACKSAW RIDGE), Bianca Bradey and Shantae Barnes-Cowan. The film will be one of XYZ’s first releases since launching its North American distribution division. US distribution EVP James Emanuel Shapiro will work closely with XYZ President of Int’l Sales & Distribution Tatyana Joffe to architect the worldwide release. Australian release will go out through Studio Canal in 2022 as well.
The film follows the story of a soldier in a zombie-infested Australian wasteland who has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.
The original film WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2014 and was a critical and audience favorite.
"As soon as our head of international acquisitions Todd Brown sent word this film was available, I had to have it. Its non-stop from the opening frame to the explosive last frame. We are tremendously excited to work on this film and want to make sure genre audiences know that not every horror film these days is sad and depressing. This film will make zombies fun again!" said James Emanuel Shapiro, EVP of XYZ Films distribution label.
“The crew at XYZ are unquestionably our favorite people in the business. They were among the first to believe in us back when we released our debut film, they did a cracking job launching it and have remained our good friends to this day. Having them jump back onboard with Wyrmwood Apocalypse honestly felt like coming home. They are the best at what they do, always super passionate and, most importantly, they make filmmaking fun again,” said Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner.
“XYZ is one of the best International Sales companies in the world. Their exciting, edgy model and the recent hiring of James Shapiro brings them straight to the top in the North American distribution market. To have them represent this film provides us with a piece of mind the film is in great hands, we are absolutely thrilled with the acquisition,” said Bronte’s Blake Northfield.
The rights deal was negotiated by XYZ’s Vice President, Finance & Production Maxime Cottray and James Emanuel Shapiro and by Blake Northfield and Tristan Roache-Turner on behalf of the filmmakers.
Upcoming XYZ Film releases include the latest sci-fi mind-bender from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, SOMETHING IN THE DIRT."
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