Joaquin Phoenix tops today's Horror Highlights with a new poster for You Were Never Really Here, making its American premiere this month at the Sundance Film Festival, and we also have new information on the soundtrack for Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and home media release details for the serial killer thriller Hangman, starring Al Pacino.

You Were Never Really Here Sundance Poster: "You Were Never Really Here premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in competition, where Lynne Ramsay won the Best Screenplay award and Joaquin Phoenix won the award for Best Actor. Acclaimed director Lynne Ramsay returns to the 2018 Sundance Film Festival with the film’s American debut.

Amazon Studios will release You Were Never Really Here in select theaters April 6, 2018

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening."

Written and directed by Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here stars Joaquin Phoenix, Judith Roberts, Ekaterina Samsonov, John Doman, Alex Manette, Dante Pereira-Olsen, and Alessandro Nivola.

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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Press Release: "Stockholm, Sweden (January 18, 2018) – Independent Swedish developer Fatshark today revealed that BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd (www.jesperkyd.com) is returning to compose an original soundtrack for the sequel to the first-person melee/shooter Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide, based on Games Workshop’s popular Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Vermintide 2 introduces the dark, bloody and twisted Norse tribe ‘Chaos’ as an enemy faction and is headed to PC and consoles in early 2018.

Inspired by Norse mythology, Jesper Kyd’s original score for Vermintide 2 explores ancient tribal music and dark magic fantasy elements as well as evolving the raw acoustic soundscape he developed for the first game. Kyd channels his Scandinavian roots, blending Viking and Norse-inspired vocals, ritualistic percussion styles and new custom-made instruments built specifically for Vermintide 2, to create another unique soundtrack experience.

Developed by independent games studio Fatshark in Sweden, Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. For more information visit www.vermintide.com."

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Hangman Home Media Release Details: Press Release: "Step into a serial killer’s twisted world when the dark crime thriller, Hangman, arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital), DVD, and Digital February 27 from Lionsgate.

Street Date: 2/27/18

Blu-ray™ SRP: $21.99

DVD SRP: $19.98

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Step into a serial killer’s twisted world when the dark crime thriller, Hangman, arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital), DVD, and Digital February 27 from Lionsgate. The film is currently available On Demand. Academy Award® winner Al Pacino (Best Actor, Scent of a Woman, 1992) stars as a homicide detective on the hunt to catch a psychotic and ruthless serial killer who is playing a deadly version of the hangman game. The film’s all-star cast also includes Karl Urban and Brittany Snow. From the producer of Live Free or Die Hard and Lord of War, director Johnny Martin, and writers Michael Caissie and Charles Huttinger, the Hangman Blu-ray and DVD includes two insightful featurettes and will be available for the suggested retail price of $21.99 and $19.98, respectively.

OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS

Decorated homicide detective Ray Archer (Al Pacino) partners with criminal profiler Will Ruiney (Karl Urban) to catch one of the city's notoriously vicious serial killers, who is playing a twisted version of the child’s game hangman, while journalist Christi Davies (Brittany Snow) reports on the crime spree, shadowing the detectives.

BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES

  • “Al Pacino: Insight from a Hollywood Legend” Featurette
  • Hangman: In Their Own Words” Featurette

CAST

Al Pacino                     The Godfather, Scarface, Heat

Karl Urban                   Dredd, Star Trek franchise

Brittany Snow             Pitch Perfect franchise, Hairspray

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Year of Production: 2017

Title Copyright:  © 2017 Hangman Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Type: Theatrical Release

Rating: R for violent content, bloody images, and language

Genre: Thriller

Closed-Captioned: N/A

Subtitles: Spanish, English SDH

Feature Run Time: 99 minutes

Blu-ray Format: 1080p High Definition 16x9 Widescreen 2.40:1 Presentation

DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen 2.40:1 Presentation

Blu-ray Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master AudioTM

DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio"

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