She's stuck swimming below the ice in subzero temperatures, but her biggest threat watches from above... In today's second Horror Highlights, we have VOD release details for Douglas Schulze's new horror thriller The Dark Below, as well as world premiere details for Lycan and information on three horror releases from Terror Films.

The Dark Below Home Media Release Details: The Dark Below is now in Redbox and can also be watched on Comcast On Demand, iTunes, DIRECT TV, Google Play, and other digital platforms. To learn more, visit the film on iTunes.

"For his fourth and most daring film, director Douglas Schulze (Mimesis, Dark Fields) brings us The Dark Below. This tense, fear driven film utilizes minimal dialog, portrays a woman (Lauren Mae Shafer) struggling for survival beneath a frozen lake while a serial killer (David G.B. Brown) stalks her from the surface."

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Lycan World Premiere: Join cast and other special guests to celebrate the premiere of the horror film Lycan. Produced by Crystal Hunt (“One Life to Live”, Magic Mike XXL), Bev Land (award-winning What are the Odds), Donnie Land (Social Misfits) band Dania Ramirez (“Devious Maids”), Lycan stars Ramirez, Parker Croft (“Once Upon a Time”), Vanessa Angel (“Weird Science”), Gail O’Grady (Chromeskull 2: Laid to Rest), Rebekah Graf (Entourage), Jake Lockett (“Masters of Sex”), Kalia Prescott (The Hunger Games), Craig Tate (12 Years A Slave), Alina Puscau (Dracula: The Dark Prince) and newcomer Presley Melson.

Tuesday August 15, 2017
7:30 pm – Lycan premiere

Laemmle’s Ahrya Fine Arts
8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Talent planning to walk the Red Carpet include:
Lycan producer Crystal Hunt and producer/director Bev Land. Film talent including Dania Ramirez, Vanessa Angel, Jake Lockett, Kalia Prescott and Craig Tate. Those also planning to attend include director Brett Ratner, Donna Mills (“Sharknado 4”, “Knots Landing”), Nick Turturro (“Blue Bloods”) and William Katt (The Man from Earth: Holocene, “Greatest American Hero”).

SYNOPSIS: When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf. Lycan is a Hitchcockian tale of horror set in 1986 that delves into a hundred year old fable where our students are met with very real consequences that go beyond any classroom lessons."

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Terror Films' August Releases: Press Release: "LOS ANGELES, CA (August 14, 2017) - Terror Films is gearing up to release three new indie horror titles this month!

The first film up is festival standout Interior. Interior is set for release on Tuesday, August 15th. This title follows a down and out filmmaker. He is hired to document an unexplainable and frightening phenomenon, that has been occurring in a young couple’s new home. The film won “Best Director” and “Best Sound Design” at the NYC Horror Film Festival (2015), “Best Horror Feature” at Shriekfest (2015), “Best Domestic Film” at the Starlite Film Festival (US, 2015), “Best Thriller Feature” at the Atlanta Horror Film Festival (2014), “Best Florida Feature” at the Freak Show Horror Film Festival (2014), along with an “Audience Award” at the Knoxville Horror Film Fest (2015). Interior was written and directed by Zachary Beckler.

Rolling out on its heels is I Know You’re in There; this film is set to release on Friday, August 18th. I Know You’re in There tells the tale of Tom Redding who, after his mother’s suicide, discovers that he has a sister. She is completely paralyzed and unable to speak, however. Together, they travel to their dead mother’s isolated home - where Tom hopes to document his sister’s illness. Their travels are disrupted by an unexpected twist, that forces them to face a mad and supernatural evil. I Know You’re in There was written and directed by Robert Lawson Gordon.

And, finally, on Tuesday, August 22nd this genre distributor will release, The Documentary. This title involves a beautiful, young woman. She gives consent to allow a filmmaker to use her as a subject, in his new movie dealing with conquering fear. Unbeknownst to her, he may actually be a deranged stalker…or something even worse! The Documentary was written and directed by Walter Moise.

In their ongoing effort to bring the best and most diverse indie horror content to the masses, Terror Films will release these films across multiple digital platforms. Digital platforms hosting these titles include: iTunes, Amazon Instant/Prime, Vudu, Google Play/You Tube, X-Box Live and many others. Each release will begin with a North American release, followed by a worldwide digital launch on iFlix.

The official posters and trailers will debut several days before each film’s release date. But, in the meantime, you can check out these early, creepy stills!

For more information on Terror Films, visit: www.terrorfilms.net

Or at: www.facebook.com/TerrorFilmsLLC/

  • Derek Anderson
    About the Author - Derek Anderson

    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.