Horror Highlights: WHISTLE, HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE, NIGHT OF VIOLENCE, TRAUMATIKA, ARROW

WHISTLE Teaser Trailer: "A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion."

Starring: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Ali Skovbye, Percy Hynes White, Michelle Fairley, Nick Frost

Directed By: Corin Hardy

Written By: Owen Egerton

Only In Theaters In 2026

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HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE Official Trailer: "TERROR FILMS RELEASING is finally giving horror fans what they want – the full-length Official Trailer to the highly-anticipated horror film, HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE, premiering exclusively in theaters nationwide beginning on August 20th.

LINEAGE marks the fifth and final installment of the successful Hell House LLC franchise and the first to be released in theaters, teaming TFR with Iconic Events. That’s right – the creepy clown is hitting the big screen.

Synopsis: Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepherd finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before Hell House LLC.

“When I began outlining Hell House LLC: Lineage, I realized the story, scope and most importantly, the scares I wanted to tell required a change in the format to truly do it right,” explains writer-director Stephen Cognetti. “I'm excited for fans to see a Hell House story told in a completely different way, answering old mysteries while still adding more depth to the Abaddon story.”

Although you don’t need to watch the previous found footage films to prepare, now fans have the option. The first three Hell House LLC movies for FREE (with ads) and brush up on the franchise lineage. Hell House LLC Origins is available to stream on Shudder, or rent or purchase on Amazon, Vudu, Apple TV and Google Play Movies."

Film Premieres Exclusively in Theaters Nationwide on August 20, 2025

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NIGHT OF VIOLENCE To World Premiere at FrightFest 21 August: "Director Illya Konstantin has announced the World Premiere of his feature film debut Night of Violence, at the opening night of London's FrightFest 2025. Night of Violence blends brutal thrills and biting satire, confronting the real-world horrors of corporate greed and the human cost of the opioid crisis. Night of Violence will world premiere at FrightFest on Thursday, 21 August at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square."

Ahead of the premiere, Konstantin shared his excitement on the launch of his feature directorial debut, "This is my debut feature, and I didn’t want to play it safe. We shot fast, with heart, and with an incredible team of actors and crew who gave everything. It’s scrappy, angry, satirical, and violent but underneath all the madness is a question we’re still asking: What’s the price of survival in a world driven by profit?

I’ve always believed horror is one of the last great frontiers for fearless storytelling. If Night of Violence punches you in the gut and maybe makes you laugh nervously while it does, then we’ve done our job. We’re proud of this one."

[Synopsis] Following a major legal victory and the launch of their controversial drug Azlepta, a corporation’s celebration is cut short when masked townspeople posing as caterers launch a brutal attack. Trapped inside their office tower, a handful of employees scramble to survive as they’re hunted down one by one in a relentless, coordinated assault. With no escape and nowhere safe, the survivors are forced to fight back and turn the tables in a desperate bid to make it through the night of violence.

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TRAUMATIKA Teaser Trailer: 

"DUE TO THE INTENSE NATURE OF TRAUMATIKA,

WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SHOW THE TRAILER!!

THIS IS NOT A MOVIE YOU SEE. THIS IS A MOVIE YOU SURVIVE!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!"

In Theaters September 12, 2025

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ARROW's August 2025 SVOD Lineup Invaded by Gaspar Noe & Hundreds of Beavers: "Arrow Video is excited to announce the August 2025 lineup of their subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a selection of new titles from carefully cultivated curations to rediscovered classics. For serious enthusiasts, ARROW offers deep dives into the tastes of filmmakers that changed the way we see the genre.

The ARROW August 2025 lineup includes the inventive comedy global sensation, Hundreds of Beavers. Reuniting the team that brought Lake Michigan Monster to Arrow Video, Hundreds of Beavers stars Ryland Brickson Cole Tews as the intrepid hero of this frostbitten inventive epic, co-written by Tews and Mike Cheslik making his feature directorial debut.

The lineup begins claws out on August 8 with Here Kitty Kitty… (UK/US/CA/IRE).

As long as there have been scary stories to make you lose sleep there's always a cat in there to up the tension, provide solace or jump out in front of you when you least expect it.

Curl up with your favourite kitty and enjoy these hair-raising shockers that feature fearsome (and friendly) felines that are fixed for fright!

Titles Include: Nekromantik, At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul, The Gore Gore Girls.

Also launching on August 8 are a number of new cult classics.

Lux Æterna (US/ CA): Gaspar Noé, the arch provocateur of New French Extremity responsible for Irreversible and Enter the Void, blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction in Lux Æterna, his ode to the suffering and sacrifices involved in the creation of art. French cinema icons Charlotte Gainsbourg (Ismael’s Ghosts, Antichrist) and Béatrice Dalle (Betty Blue, Inside), playing themselves, star as the lead actress and the director of an experimental film about witches. But as preparations for the shoot get underway, the increasingly chaotic production slowly unravels as egos and bitter resentments rise to the surface, threatening to derail the entire enterprise. Shot over just five days and largely improvised by the superlative cast, Lux Æterna is a powerful, hypnotic assault on the senses like no other, cementing Noé’s position as one of the most incendiary voices in cinema today.

Sator (US/ CAN): Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

100 Bloody Acres (US): 100 Bloody Acres is an inspired horror-comedy about the Morgan brothers, Reg and Lindsay, who have bolstered their organic fertilizer business by adding a novel ingredient to their secret blend: human blood and bones. Until now the brothers have relied on the dead victims of car accidents, but unfortunately it's been months since their last find and a customer is impatiently waiting for delivery.

Breaking the Surface (US): During a winter dive on a remote part of the coast in Northern Norway, two sisters' lives fall into danger; when a rockfall traps one of the sisters on the ocean floor, a battle against time begins in the middle of the wilderness.

On August 15, send the kids to bed and fire up a season of ARROW-me (US/ CA).

If you're looking for candy-colored, sugary anime, we hate to crunch your roll, but you won't find that here. This is the other side of anime: Tough, nasty and extreme and very much not for kids.

Filled with bizarre, beautiful images with stellar animation that's influenced multiple generations in film, comics, gaming and animation, ARROW is excited to bring some of the best of these anime films in an ongoing collection of the anime your parents didn't want you to see!

Titles Include: Wicked City, Angel Cop, Goku Midnight Eye.

Also on August 15, ARROW has some dystopian offerings for North American subscribers, three series and a movie!

"Cyber City Oedo 808" (US/ CA): In the distant future, three hardened criminals are conscripted by the Cyber Police to combat a crime wave in the hi-tech metropolis of Oedo, but are forced to wear collars that will kill them if they violate their privileges. (3 episodes, available in the original Japanese or an English dub)

"Angel Cop" (US/ CAN): An elite anti-terrorist agent battles terrorists threatening Japan, but a mysterious third player is involved in their own way. (6 episodes, available in an English dub)

"Goku Midnight Eye" (US/ CA): Never get involved with women. But as a private detective in a futuristic Tokyo City, that's easier said than done. (2 episodes, available in the original Japanese or an English dub)

Wicked City (US/ CA): A secret police force known as the Black Guard protects the boundary between the human world and the demon world.

August 15 ends with a trip through the ARROW archives with a home video curator in Tim Lucas Selects (UK/US/CA/IRE).

Tim Lucas - Video Watchdog founder/editor, novelist (Throat Sprockets, The Book of Renfield, The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes), author of Mario Bava - All the Colors of the Dark, contributor to magazines from Sight & Sound to Cinefantastique and Fangoria, and audio commentator on more than 200 DVD, Blu-ray and 4K releases worldwide.

"Arrow’s library of offbeat, peripheral and gnostic cinema is such a rich trove that I could easily select any title at random and come up with another four that are related to it, by director or writer, actor or cinematographer, or in some still more subterranean way. Whatever you need from Arrow - a jukebox, a roller coaster, or a resource of higher education - it’s here for you, in plenty."

Titles Include: Toys Are Not for Children, Season of the Witch, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne.

On August 22: Smaller and craftier than Cocaine Bear, ARROW presents Crackcoon (US/ CA): A raccoon on crack terrorizes a mountain community.

The lineup concludes August 22 with the frostbitten indie darling of 2024!

Hundreds of Beavers (US/ CAN): In the early 1800’s, Jean Kayak, a drunken applejack salesman, finds himself stranded in a surreal winter landscape with nothing but his dim wits to guide him. Against a backdrop of ruthless elements and forest creatures - all played by actors in full-sized mascot costumes – Kayak develops increasingly complex traps in order to win the hand of a mischievous lover. When he discovers that the Beavers have formed their own secret society, he must infiltrate their lair to uncover their secrets and win the day.

ARROW is available in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland on the following Apps/devices: Roku (all Roku sticks, boxes, devices, etc), Apple TV & iOS devices, Samsung TVs, Android TV and mobile devices, Fire TV (all Amazon Fire TV Sticks, boxes, etc), and on all web browsers at https://www.arrow-player.com.

With a slickly designed and user-friendly interface, and an unparalleled roster of quality content from westerns to giallo to Asian cinema, trailers, Midnight Movies, filmmaker picks and much, much more, ARROW is the place to go for the very best in on-demand entertainment."