Horror Highlights: THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT, RABBIT TRAP, TABULA RASA, HUMAN, SOMNIUM

THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT Trailer Released: "In the African American neighborhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition; rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle, at the heart of it race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil."

• DIRECTED BY: Nadia Latif
• SCREENPLAY BY: Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif
• CAST: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr., Pamela Nomvete, Tamara Lawrance
• PRODUCERS: Diane Houslin p.g.a, John Giwa-Amu p.g.a., Len Rowlands p.g.a.,Dave Bishop

Coming To Select Theaters September 12, 2025

And To Hulu And Disney+ This Fall

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Watch the Trailer for RABBIT TRAP: "Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has debuted the trailer and poster for RABBIT TRAP, the feature film directorial debut of Bryn Chainey. Produced by Elijah Wood’s Spectrevision, the thriller world premiered in the midnight section at Sundance and follows a sound engineer (Dev Patel) and his experimental musician wife (Rosy McEwen) who capture a forbidden sound not meant for human ears while making field recordings in the ancient Welsh woodlands. This brings a strange child (Jade Croot) to their doorstep who draws them into an enigmatic realm where the line between reality and myth begins to blur. Magnet has U.S. rights to the film and will release theatrically on September 12^th.

Darcy (Patel) and Daphne (McEwen) Davenport are freshly decamped from London and taking up residence in an isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside in search of creative renewal and acoustic inspiration. When the couple set about exploring their new environs, recording instruments in tow, Darcy stumbles upon a “faerie circle” that emits a strange, unidentifiable frequency; this odd discovery is followed closely by the appearance of an otherworldly child (Croot) who claims to live nearby and is eager to befriend the Davenports. Soon the child becomes a fixture in their household, alternately ingratiating himself and raising suspicions, and exposing unacknowledged rifts and unexamined secrets that threaten to wreak psychological and spiritual havoc in the lives of his makeshift adoptive parents.

“It's a quiet miracle that this film exists: an earthy, sound-driven psychological thriller that takes its cues from Celtic folklore and bends genre expectations,” said Chainey. “It took a very special band of misfits to drag this mad dream into being, and I'm so grateful for Magnolia now joining the gang. Their faith in such a unique film is hugely encouraging, not just for me but any filmmaker taking the path less traveled.”

Directed and written by Bryn Chainey, RABBIT TRAP is produced by Lawrence Inglee, Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Alex Ashworth, Sean Marley, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz. Executive producers are Nadia Khamlichi, Nessa McGill, Sierra Garcia, Steven Demmler, Stephen Kelliher, Sophie Green, Benjamin Kramer, Joseph Cavalier, Kyle Stroud, Tom Ogden, Dan Hubbard.

The deal was negotiated by Magnolia SVP of Acquisitions John Von Thaden, with CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers."

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Monster Forge’s TABULA RASA Rises Again — Now Available Digitally on GlobalComix: "The cult classic Tabula Rasa, originally published by Image Comics, is back from the grave—now available digitally for the first time ever on GlobalComix. This supernatural noir thriller from Monster Forge Productions resurrects a fan-favorite story about vengeance, identity, and second chances from an unforgettable creative team.

Created by Eisner-winning writer/artist Keith Giffen (Lobo, Justice League International) and writer Shannon Eric Denton (Kingdom Riders, Kraken), Tabula Rasa follows a dying cop whose soul is mystically transferred into a nearly indestructible clay version of himself. With only seven days to solve his own murder and exact vengeance before his soul is lost forever, the reanimated detective must confront not only the mystery of his death—but what it means to truly live.

The visually arresting series features art by the late Matt Jacobs, whose work on Tabula Rasa has continued to earn acclaim for its gritty, visceral energy.

“Tabula Rasa is one of the most fun and powerful stories I’ve had the privilege to tell,” said co-creator Shannon Eric Denton. “It’s about loss, legacy, and redemption… and now, thanks to GlobalComix, it finally gets a second life of its own.”

With its sharp writing, mythic undertones, and haunting visuals, Tabula Rasa remains as relevant and riveting as ever. The digital release makes this long out-of-print title accessible to a whole new generation of readers.

Now streaming exclusively on GlobalComix.com — discover the mystery. Witness the reckoning. https://globalcomix.com/c/tabula-rasa-1 "

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‘Human’ Trailer Debuts Ahead of FrightFest World Premiere: "t's about to be one hell of a bad night in the supernatural horror film Human, which World Premieres at FrightFest on August 22.

“It's past midnight and Dani Ferris is a woman all alone, away from home. A woman who's tired as hell, wanting nothing but a little tease of digital debauchery before shutting her eyes. A woman not even remotely prepared for the roller coaster of emotions she's about to ride with a front-row seat.

Sleep? Lol. Nope. Tonight is a night for friends, lovers, enemies, frenemies?, little guns, bigger guns, body parts, body fluids, body solids, love, hate, life, death, and things a hell of a lot more super than natural.

A night Dani will never forget. And neither will he.”

Human was written and directed by Matt Stuertz (Tonight She Comes, RWD).

Cinematography and special FX by David Christopher Pitt (Winter: Battleground, Oscar Tango Hellwater). Starring Jackie Kelly (Tennessee Gothic, Hag), Brock Russell (Tonight She Comes), Jeffrey Decker, and Cecily Dowd. Original score by Snakes of Russia’s Joseph Holiday."

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Scream Yourself to Sleep with Sci-Fi Horror SOMNIUM, in Limited Release August 28 and VOD September 9: "Yellow Veil Pictures has announced the official release of Racheal Cain's debut feature Somnium. Yellow Veil will bring the acclaimed horror science fiction indie to select theaters starting August 28, followed by a bow on major streaming platforms September 9. The film premiered at the 2024 Chattanooga Film Festival, where it took home the Audience Award, and went on to take the Silver Audience Award Prize at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Lead actress Chloë Levine took home the Best Actress Award at FilmQuest.

The acclaimed indie film, which has earned rave reviews since Chattanooga, marks the feature directorial debut of writer/director Racheal Cain. The road to release began in 2011, when Cain first began writing the script, but the project gained traction in 2018 with a successful crowdfunding campaign launched on social media. Production occurred in two phases, with all of the film’s flashbacks scenes shot in 2018 and its present day scenes in 2021 and 2022, four years later.

The cast is led by Chloë Levine (The Sacrifice Game, "The OA"). Levine is joined in the hellish dreamscape by Peter Vack ("Mozart in the Jungle"), Will Peltz (Unfriended), Johnathon Schaech (Suitable Flesh, "Blue Ridge: The Series") and Grace Van Dien ("Stranger Things", Redux Redux).

Somnium will officially open theatrically Friday, August 29 in Los Angeles for a week run, followed by a run in New York City starting September 6.

Beginning September 9, audiences across North America will be able to rent or own Somnium on Digital HD, including Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home."

Ahead of the theatrical release, Cain shared, “I couldn’t have dreamt Somnium would end up in theaters just a few miles from where I started writing it all those years ago. This film has clawed its way into existence over the last decade and I can only hope viewers find it was worth the wait."

Synopsis: "After a painful breakup, small-town Gemma moves to Los Angeles with the hopes of making it big. To get on her feet, she takes a job working the overnight shift at Somnium - a mysterious, experimental sleep clinic where dreams are made real. Meanwhile, Gemma throws herself into the cutthroat world of Hollywood auditions. But as the pressure to succeed mounts, she begins to experience strange and unsettling phenomena, and soon finds herself trapped in a nightmarish spiral as she discovers a darkness lurking within the clinic walls."