Horror Highlights: WOLF CREEK Screamfest Screening, REDWOOD, THE SIMILARS, Blood in the Snow 2016, A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS II

Live in Los Angeles and want a little Mick Taylor in your life? Pop TV presents a two-episode screening of the Wolf Creek series at this year's Screamfest on Wednesday, October 19th. Also: Redwood details, trailer, and poster, a new trailer for The Similars, Blood in the Snow 2016 lineup revealed, and A Haunting at Silver Falls II production news.

Wolf Creek Screamfest Screening Details: Press Release: "Pop and Screamfest invite horror fans across Los Angeles out for a night of mayhem and murder with Wolf Creek’s infamous crazed killer Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) at Screamfest 2016 on Wednesday, October 19th. Get your free tickets here while supplies last. More details below!

What: A special two-episode screening of Pop’s television event and primetime limited series “WolfCreek.” A pre-screening reception will include specialty cocktails, fan photos, and trivia hosted by journalist (Blumhouse.com, ComingSoon.net) and author (Curious Goods: Behind the Scenes of Friday the 13th: The Series) Alyse Wax. Immediately following the screening, join Screamfest ambassador Lydia Hearst and Wolf Creek’s John Jarratt for a Q&A. Free popcorn for all those attending, plus check out an exclusive display of costumes and props!

Who: John Jarratt, Stars as Mick Taylor of “Wolf Creek”

Lydia Hearst, Model/Actress/Lifestyle Blogger and Screamfest Ambassador

When: Wednesday, October 19

Time:            Reception – 8:30 p.m.
Screening – 9:35 p.m.
Q&A with John Jarratt – 11:35 p.m.

Where:        TCL Chinese 6 Theaters
Hollywood & Highland"

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Redwood Details, Trailer, and Poster: "Redwood is writer/director Tom Paton’s second feature film signed to his innovative film company The Film Label.

Redwood is a horror movie about a young couple who get more than they bargained for when they ignore the Rangers advice and venture off the beaten path in a National Park, a park with a dark secret.

Tom has cast the legendary Nicholas Brendon (Xander of iconic Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show fame). Redwood also sees Mike Beckingham (younger brother of Simon Pegg) star in his first feature role, alongside Tatjana Nardone (Stalking Eva), Muzz Khan (Me Before You, Galavant), and Jessica- Jane Stafford (Gangsters Gamblers Geezers)

After some bad news back at home, musician Josh and his girlfriend Beth head out to a secluded national park in search of some clarity on the situation they’ll face when they return. But the couple gets more than they bargained for when they ignore the advice of Park Rangers and venture off the trail, coming face to face with The Redwood’s legendary wildlife. REDWOOD brings a fresh spin to a well-worn mythology to create an edge of your seat horror movie that will shred your nerves and will have you thinking twice about going camping again.

The film is due for release in 2017."

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The Similars Trailer Released: Synopsis: "On the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight people waiting in a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon. Threatened by paranoia and fear, the strangers show the best and worst of themselves as they try to unravel the mysterious condition that is invading each of them like a virus."

Directed by Isaac Ezban, The Similars stars Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Fernando Becerril, and Humberto Busto. XLrator will release the film on VOD beginning November 15th.

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Blood in the Snow 2016 Lineup Announced: Press Release: "October 18, 2015 - The Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival (“BITS”) is proud to announce its 2016 line-up, showing a record number of 33 films (9 features and 24 shorts) over 14 exciting programs. The Festival runs this year from November 24th to the 27h, 2016 at its new location at Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Dundas in Toronto ON.

The Festival opens with the festival’s first-ever documentary feature, 24X36: A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS which recently premiered at Fantastic Fest. The lineup includes three World Premiere features including Torin Langen’s silent horror anthology 3 DEAD TRICK OR TREATERS, the dark drama STREAMER by Jared Bratt and Vincent Pun, and Jason Armstrong’s long-awaited feature INSPIRATION, as well as Toronto premieres of Fantasia critical favourites THEUNSEEN and KIDNAP CAPITAL.

Also on Friday, November 25, BITS is hosting three educational panels covering essential topics for indie filmmakers in distribution, funding, and legal issues for movie making.

On Saturday, November 26, Thom Ernst, known for TVO’s Saturday Night at the Movies, is hosting “Making Movies theCanadian Way”, a panel with legends of Canadian horror, which will be filmed for the Bell Fibe TV-1.

The Festival also has the return of the fan-favourite BITS SHORT FILM SHOWCASE at primetime on Saturday night, Canadian indie giant Black Fawn Films close the Festival with the Toronto Premiere of THE SUBLET.

Festival passes are $85 and Industry Passes for the educational panels are $40. Individual tickets will be on sale soon.

For more information and tickets follow us online at:

Website: http://www.bloodinthesnow.ca

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/BITSFILMFEST

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bloodinthesnowcanadianfilmfestival

FULL LINEUP DETAILS

Thursday, November 26

9:00pm

OPENING PARTY

Duke’s Refresher + Bar

382 Yonge Street, Unit 8 (near Yonge & Gerrard)

Friday, November 25

12:00pm – 5:00pm

BITS SEMINARS

Three one-hour seminar panels on entertainment law, film funding and film distribution followed by a networking mixer. Guests to be announced soon!

7:00 pm – OPENING FILM

24x36: A MOVIE ABOUT MOVIE POSTERS (dir. Kevin Burke)

TORONTO PREMIERE

This new documentary looks to explore how the beautiful movie posters from decades past gave way to the generic designs of today, and how fans and inspired artists have resurrected the art form.

Opening with the short film GHOST CAN (dir. Jordan Barnes-Crouse)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Following a date gone awry, Josie returns home with an unwanted souvenir and an unexpected visitor.

9:30 pm

CAPTURE KILL RELEASE (dir. Nick McAnulty)

TORONTO PREMIERE

A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.

Opening with the short film MY BROTHER CHARLIE (dir. Evan Hamza)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Bored and without a friend in the world, a young boy eagerly waits for his little brother to return home from a psychiatric facility for violent children.

Midnight - BITS GRINDHOUSE AT MIDNIGHT

HOLY HELL (dir. Ryan LaPlante)

TORONTO PREMIERE

HOLY HELL is the over-the-top, outrageous, sexually-deviant, blood-drenched story of Father Augustus Bane: a priest pushed too far who begins praying to a revolver and hunting down the gangsters who killed his parishioners. Having been described as "DEATH WISH meets THE TOXIC AVENGER, by way of HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN", HOLY HELL is a modern take on classic Action, Horror, and Exploitation film tropes. The goal of this feature length movie is to break through every limit set by film, taste, and reasonable societal behavior: all with anarchic glee.

Opening with the short film INFERNO (dir. Dionne Copland)

TORONTO PREMIERE

The new girl at club INFERNO, Bambi, struggles to fit in with the other dancers. Meanwhile, Jason, arriving to celebrate his 18th birthday, is nervous but wants to fit in with his boisterous, much more experienced friends. Bambi and Jason cross paths, with Bambi finally able to take the plunge, but this lap dance may be more terrifying than Jason originally expected.

Saturday, November 26

2:00pm

MAKING MOVIES THE CANADIAN WAY LIVE TV PANEL – 2:00 pm

Join host Thom Ernst for a special panel with some of the legends of Canadian genre cinema. This panel will be recorded for a two-part TV special for Bell tv-1. Guests to be announced soon!

4:30pm

3 DEAD TRICK OR TREATERS (dir. Torin Langen)

WORLD PREMIERE

Four years in the making, this film combines the highly acclaimed segments Fondue and Malleus Maleficarum along with 3 other new segments into the first silent horror film anthology.

Opening with the short films:

STILLBORN (dir. Tyson Carlson)

TORONTO PREMIERE
Follow the back roads. Look for the signposts that guide you to her. Find the old house in the shadow of a dying oak. The house of pleasure. The house of sin. Don’t forget to bring an offering.

NO TRESPASSING (dir. Charlie Lawton)

WORLD PREMIERE

A girl walks into the woods and feels like she is being followed by an unseen evil.

7:00pm - BITS SHORT FILM SHOWCASE

THE FIGHT (dir. Clint D'Souza)
A couple having a fight in parallel timelines, but what is really happening?

A QUIET MOMENT (dir. Steve Villeneuve)
A mother learns that, even on a quiet night, parenthood can be full of dark surprises.

IT WANTS TO BE BORN (dir. Fil Santos)
Following a traumatic incident, a young woman embarks on a journey of sex, violence, and self-discovery.

THE JOGGER (dir. Jay Randall)
An overweight man, obsessed with shedding some pounds and calorie counting, has his sanity destroyed by evil fitness freaks on the jogging trail with horrific results. This oddball comedy will make you question ever going for a jog again.

STORM OF THE CENTURY (dir. Renaud Gauthier)
From the Director of BITS14 Best Feature, Discopath, a young man’s tropical dreams are shattered by a violent change in the weather.

MRS. RAFFERTY'S RED RED ROSES (dir. Greg Kovacs)
The Post-Lifers team are back in their record 5th entry in BITS. Mrs. Rafferty meets an intriguing door-to-door salesman who might help her to solve a little problem.

SUMMONED (dir. Victoria Angell)
In order to stop her abuse at home, Amanda decides to summon a demon for help. What she gets is not what she wanted, but it is exactly what she asked for.

BROTHER(S) (dir. Nick Pusic)
A young boy who has lost his brother wishes him back to life.

SPREAD (dir. Samuel E. Mac)
A woman with a dark secret, preys on prowling single men through dating apps. Body horror meets hook-up culture.

EVERYBODY KNOWS ME (dir. Reuben Ward)
Struggling with the realities of marriage, fatherhood and the spectre of his past, Don Biggs does all he can do maintain his reputation and his sanity.

ENGINEERS (dir. Tyler Williams)
A short snapshot of a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world, where 3 engineers conduct an experiment... on a dead body. An ode to the silent era of horror and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

WHAT DO YOU SEE (dirs. Charlie Hamilton and Zach Ramelan)
A damaged, young woman visits a hypnotist to get answers for a recent string of hauntings.

MADRE DE DIOS (MOTHER OF GOD) (dir. Gigi Saul Guerrero)
A woman wakes up bound to an altar, helpless as she is transformed into a flesh and blood statue of Santa Muerte by two elderly Brujos whose sole purpose is to conjure the anti-Christ into our plane of existence.

9:30pm

THE UNSEEN (dir. Geoff Redknap)

TORONTO PREMIERE

A man who abandoned his family now risks everything to find his missing daughter, including exposing the secret that he is becoming invisible.

Opening with the short film “INGRID AND THE BLACK HOLE” (dir. Leah Johnston)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Ingrid and her best friend Conrad experience a lifetime of memories together when they imagine what it would be like to travel through a black hole.

Midnight - BITS UNDERGROUND AT MIDNIGHT

STREAMER (dirs. Jared Bratt & Vincent Pun)

WORLD PREMIERE

A loner develops a mind-bending obsession with an online cam girl.

Opening with the short films:

GLIMPSE (dir. John Nicol)

TORONTO PREMIERE

A madcap horror short exploring the damaged mind of a cinephile and the madness he succumbs to.

CONSTANCE (dirs. Ian Pozzebon & Kevin Prystanski)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Following a break-up with a long-term boyfriend, Sam moves into a basement apartment with her friend. A series of terrifying dreams and sleepless nights leave Sam exhausted, disturbed and determined to figure out what exactly is in her bedroom wall.

Sunday, November 27

2:00pm

KIDNAP CAPITAL (dir. Felipe Rodriguez)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Illegal immigrants to the United States are kidnapped, tortured, and forced to call home for ransom money.

Opening with the short film TIK TIK (dir. Larica Perera)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Fearful villagers gather at the bedside of a woman nearing labour as they prepare for the presence of a sinister creature.

4:30pm

INSPIRATION (dir. Jason Armstrong)

WORLD PREMIERE

When a young author moves to an isolated town to return to her horror roots, bad things begin to happen. An accident leaves her questioning her grip on reality, but perhaps something more sinister at work?

Opening with the short film TAKING POSSESSION (dir. Peter Campbell)

WORLD PREMIERE

Powers within an isolated century-old farmhouse force its new owner to battle his mind, his conscience, and the memories of the house itself.

7:00pm – CLOSING FILM

THE SUBLET (dir. John Ainslie)

TORONTO PREMIERE

Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby in an odd sublet apartment as her husband neglects her to focus on his career. Joanna begins to question her sanity as she suspects that the building is haunted. As the walls literally close in on her, she discovers a violent past to the apartment, but is it postpartum depression or does this building want Joanna to give the most ultimate sacrifice?

Opening with the short CAUCHEMAR CAPITONNÉ (dir. Jean-Claude Leblanc)

TORONTO PREMIERE

When J.-F. is inexplicably drawn to the chair in which a man committed suicide, style isn’t the only thing the leather antique brings to his home.

10:00pm

CLOSING PARTY

Duke’s Refresher + Bar

382 Yonge Street, Unit 8 (near Yonge & Gerrard)"

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A Haunting at Silver Falls II Production Details: Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA (October 12, 2016) - Enderby Entertainment announced today that their genre division Tony-Seven Films has set a cast and director for the film A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS II, and will go into production in Oregon this December. The film will be directed by Teo Konuralp (STREET RACER, FEEDBACK) and was written by Jesse Reffsin. The project is a follow-up to the successful A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS, which gained an extensive online fan base from teenage bloggers, prompting a sequel.

The film will be produced by Katarina Ireland, in association with Enderby Entertainment's genre division Tony-Seven Films and Outsider Pictures. Rick Dugdale, Daniel Petrie, Jr., and Paul Hudson are Executive Producers. Outsider will be selling international territories at the upcoming American Film Market.

The logline: Several years after a deadly struggle with her serial killer aunt, Jordan, now in college, works to escape her troubled history. But when her aunt's revenge-seeking specter surfaces to join forces with a deranged convict, Jordan must return to the haunted town of Silver Falls for a final showdown with the ghosts of her past.

Reffsin was a finalist for the 2013 Austin Film Festival Enderby Entertainment Award with his sci-fi script, Sabria. He's since gone on to write multiple projects for Enderby Entertainment in addition to A HAUNTING AT SILVER FALLS II. On top of his work for film and TV, his upcoming book, Ghost, a collection of illustrated horror stories, is set for release later this month.

"Enderby Entertainment has always been a true champion for screenwriters so we're thrilled that one of our writers from the competition has forged a strong relationship with the company. This is just one of many reasons why Enderby Entertainment, Rick Dugdale, and Daniel Petrie, Jr. are fixtures at AFF and a company to watch out for," said Matt Dy, Screenplay Competition Director, Austin Film Festival.

"Enderby's genre division, Tony-Seven Films, is a place where we germinate new filmmakers, and we're proud to bring in Teo and Jesse and give them a home with us. After taking a few years off the genre label, we're seeing the marketing and distribution trends for the smaller market material starting to rebound and take on a new direction. We're excited to jump back in with this one." said Dugdale.

Enderby Entertainment's latest projects include the political thriller AN ORDINARY MAN starring Ben Kingsley and directed by Brad Silberling, which is in postproduction, and recent releases BLACKWAY starring Anthony Hopkins, Ray Liotta and Julia Stiles, as well as the surfer thriller DAWN PATROL, directed by Daniel Petrie Jr., which stars Scott Eastwood, Jeff Fahey and Rita Wilson.

About Enderby Entertainment

Los Angeles-based Enderby Entertainment most recently produced and financed the Electric Entertainment release BLACKWAY, starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Alexander Ludwig, Ray Liotta and Hal Holbrook and directed by the acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Daniel Alfredson. They are currently in post-production on AN ORDINARY MAN starring Ben Kingsley and directed by Brad Silberling. Enderby Entertainment was founded in 2006 by producer Rick Dugdale and writer-director-producer Daniel Petrie, Jr., who saw a need in the independent film arena for a company focused on the old-fashioned values of transparency, on the financial side, and storytelling, on the creative.

For more information, visit www.EnderbyEntertainment.com."