Ireland may not be the first country that springs to mind when you think of horror movies, yet it harbors a trove of cinematic treasures that blend folklore, terror, and the uniquely Irish sensibility into unforgettable narratives. Irish horror movies, rich with cultural nuances and eerie landscapes, offer a distinctive take on the genre, weaving tales that range from the gothic to the contemporary, all imbued with a Gaelic flair that resonate far beyond St. Patrick’s Day.
Let’s lift the veil on this treasure trove of Celtic terror, exploring films that range from eerie supernatural tales to gritty psychological horrors, all infused with the distinctive flavor of Ireland.
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Let’s lift the veil on this treasure trove of Celtic terror, exploring films that range from eerie supernatural tales to gritty psychological horrors, all infused with the distinctive flavor of Ireland.
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In You Are Not My Mother (2021), Char’s unsettling journey begins when her mother, Angela, vanishes, returning with a disturbingly altered demeanor that hints at supernatural interference.
- 3/17/2024
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Syfy’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, a vast world of worthy Irish horror movies is available at your fingertips.
If you’re feeling lucky, here are ten Irish horror movies you can stream today.
Grabbers – AMC+
If you’re in the mood for a horror-comedy creature feature, this movie is the answer. A small island off the coast of Ireland becomes ground zero to an alien invasion. These tentacled monsters, dubbed Grabbers by the locals, have an affinity for human blood. That’s terrible news for the locals until they discover alcohol is highly toxic to the spaced invaders. Naturally, they deduce the only way to survive the attack is to get hammered. Drunk villagers versus man-eating aliens make for an entertaining way to spend St.
If you’re feeling lucky, here are ten Irish horror movies you can stream today.
Grabbers – AMC+
If you’re in the mood for a horror-comedy creature feature, this movie is the answer. A small island off the coast of Ireland becomes ground zero to an alien invasion. These tentacled monsters, dubbed Grabbers by the locals, have an affinity for human blood. That’s terrible news for the locals until they discover alcohol is highly toxic to the spaced invaders. Naturally, they deduce the only way to survive the attack is to get hammered. Drunk villagers versus man-eating aliens make for an entertaining way to spend St.
- 3/17/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Allen Leech and India Mullen will lead the cast of an Irish drama series for AMC Networks’ Sundance Now and local broadcaster Virgin Media Television, we’ve learned.
The pair will topline six-part drama The Vanishing Triangle, which goes into production later this year with a U.S.-UK-Ireland production set-up, and Eccho Rights attached as international distributor. The show is inspired on true events that shook Ireland in the 1990s, when several women disappeared. While the characters and events in the series are fictional, the producers have spoken to several of the real life victims’ families, and hope the show will keep their stories in the Irish public’s mind. The show title is regularly used in the Irish media to refer to the events, which began with the disappearance of American woman Annie McCarrick in 1993 and spiraled to involve many similar cases.
The pair will topline six-part drama The Vanishing Triangle, which goes into production later this year with a U.S.-UK-Ireland production set-up, and Eccho Rights attached as international distributor. The show is inspired on true events that shook Ireland in the 1990s, when several women disappeared. While the characters and events in the series are fictional, the producers have spoken to several of the real life victims’ families, and hope the show will keep their stories in the Irish public’s mind. The show title is regularly used in the Irish media to refer to the events, which began with the disappearance of American woman Annie McCarrick in 1993 and spiraled to involve many similar cases.
- 9/1/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome back to a new Let’s Scare Bryan to Death, where this month we’re taking a trip to the Emerald Isle. But don’t expect a light romp along Ireland’s coast or in its lush forests. Instead, we’re navigating the bleak landscape of repressed male aggression in Ivan Kavanagh’s dread-soaked film, The Canal. Our guide this month is Christine Makepeace, a horror author whose latest book of short stories, The Sound of Breaking Glass, dives into topics such as “loss of self, isolation, and the soul-crushing machine that is capitalism.” She’s also the co-host of The Feminine Critique and serves as a consulting editor for Certified Forgotten. So, you could say she knows a thing or two about horror and film.
Released in 2014, The Canal actually managed to fly well below my radar, so I went in knowing very little beyond the basic IMDb...
Released in 2014, The Canal actually managed to fly well below my radar, so I went in knowing very little beyond the basic IMDb...
- 5/25/2022
- by Bryan Christopher
- DailyDead
Patricia Arquette is set to star in, direct, and executive produce the limited series “Love Canal” currently in development at Showtime, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series is based on the upcoming documentary “The Canal” by Will Battersby and upcoming book by journalist Keith O’Brien entitled “Paradise Falls.”
“Love Canal” is about a group of blue collar women who came together in the late 1970s to fight for environmental justice for their community. The women became activists when they realized that 20,000 tons of deadly chemicals were buried beneath their neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. With little formal education or training, they took on the chemical industry and the US government and inspired the first major environmental rights legislation in the US.
Colette Burson is writing the series and will serve as executive producer and showrunner. Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold of Safehouse Pictures will also executive produce along with...
The series is based on the upcoming documentary “The Canal” by Will Battersby and upcoming book by journalist Keith O’Brien entitled “Paradise Falls.”
“Love Canal” is about a group of blue collar women who came together in the late 1970s to fight for environmental justice for their community. The women became activists when they realized that 20,000 tons of deadly chemicals were buried beneath their neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. With little formal education or training, they took on the chemical industry and the US government and inspired the first major environmental rights legislation in the US.
Colette Burson is writing the series and will serve as executive producer and showrunner. Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold of Safehouse Pictures will also executive produce along with...
- 9/24/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, and Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, will release Jakob’S Wife on DVD and Blu-ray on July 20, 2021.
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Jakob’S Wife will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on August 19, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the film in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
Check out the trailer:
Now you can win the Win the DVD of Jakob’S Wife. We Are Movie Geeks has three to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite Barbara Crampton movie is, he co-wrote the film with Mark Steensland and Kathy Charles. Jakob’S Wife stars Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Larry Fessenden (Habit, Stake...
Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Jakob’S Wife will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on August 19, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the film in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand
Check out the trailer:
Now you can win the Win the DVD of Jakob’S Wife. We Are Movie Geeks has three to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite Barbara Crampton movie is, he co-wrote the film with Mark Steensland and Kathy Charles. Jakob’S Wife stars Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next), Larry Fessenden (Habit, Stake...
- 7/12/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Andi Matichak, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Emile Hirsch, Blaine Maye, David Kallaway | Written and Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
A hellfire and damnation preacher’s sermon blares from the car radio as Laura and her infant son David (Luke David Blumm; The Sinner) escape from the cult she was raised in. She’ll run as far and as fast as she can and build a new life and identity for them. But now, eight years later the past has caught up to her. It seems she can run, but there are some things neither she nor David can hide from.
First, she sees strange people surrounding his bed. People who are, of course, gone when help arrives. The police think she was sleepwalking. She knows better, she’s too busy having nightmares to go for a walk. Then David falls mysteriously ill, having seizures and vomiting blood. But whatever it is,...
A hellfire and damnation preacher’s sermon blares from the car radio as Laura and her infant son David (Luke David Blumm; The Sinner) escape from the cult she was raised in. She’ll run as far and as fast as she can and build a new life and identity for them. But now, eight years later the past has caught up to her. It seems she can run, but there are some things neither she nor David can hide from.
First, she sees strange people surrounding his bed. People who are, of course, gone when help arrives. The police think she was sleepwalking. She knows better, she’s too busy having nightmares to go for a walk. Then David falls mysteriously ill, having seizures and vomiting blood. But whatever it is,...
- 7/6/2021
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Netflix has announced the cast of The House, its upcoming stop motion dark comedy animation anthology from Nexus Studios. The news was revealed Monday at the Annecy International Film Festival.
Directed by leading stop motion animation directors Emma de Swaef, Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Paloma Baeza and produced by Nexus Studios, The Dark centers on a house and the three surreal tales of the individuals who made it their home.
“The characters in The House, albeit in different ways, are all trying to make sense of the world and their place within it. It’s about their flawed attempt to conform to an idea of who they think they are or who they think they ought to be,” said Charlotte Basso, Producer. “And whether they manage to break free or not. We couldn’t have dreamt of a better cast: they all embraced the heart of those...
Directed by leading stop motion animation directors Emma de Swaef, Marc Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Paloma Baeza and produced by Nexus Studios, The Dark centers on a house and the three surreal tales of the individuals who made it their home.
“The characters in The House, albeit in different ways, are all trying to make sense of the world and their place within it. It’s about their flawed attempt to conform to an idea of who they think they are or who they think they ought to be,” said Charlotte Basso, Producer. “And whether they manage to break free or not. We couldn’t have dreamt of a better cast: they all embraced the heart of those...
- 6/14/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Son” To Premiere Exclusively On Shudder On July 8, 2021: "New York – June 1, 2021 – Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Son will be available exclusively to stream on the platform starting on July 8, 2021. As a Shudder exclusive, the platform will be the only subscription service that will carry the film in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
In Son, after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts,...
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
In Son, after a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts,...
- 6/3/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Andi Matichak and Emile Hirsch in the New Shocker Son Premieres Exclusively on Shudder July 8 Check out the trailer:
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.
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Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
In Son, after a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.
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- 6/2/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ivan Kavanagh, director of the terrifying (and underrated) 2014 horror film The Canal, is back with the critically acclaimed Son, which puts Halloween star Andi Matichak into a waking nightmare. In the film… “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of […]...
- 5/18/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Most parents have the odd stressful moment when they jokingly wonder if they’re raising a devil’s spawn. Unfortunately for Andi Matichak, that notion seems neither humorous nor hyperbolic in “Son,” wherein the star of David Gordon Green’s “Halloween” reboot has a more “Rosemary’s Baby”-ish problem on her hands.
This latest, Heartland-set feature from Irish writer-director Ivan Kavanagh (“Never Grow Old”) echoes his prior horror exercise, 2014’s “The Canal,” in that it similarly means to keep us uncertain whether our protagonist is bedeviled by supernatural peril or delusional psychosis. But that line isn’t trod quite so nimbly this time, and the film suffers somewhat from striking an oddly earnest tone (despite some gory bits) without necessarily being very convincing, when it might better have gone for straight nerve-jangling suspense. It’s an intriguing, watchable but mixed bag that Rlje Films is releasing March 5 to available theaters,...
This latest, Heartland-set feature from Irish writer-director Ivan Kavanagh (“Never Grow Old”) echoes his prior horror exercise, 2014’s “The Canal,” in that it similarly means to keep us uncertain whether our protagonist is bedeviled by supernatural peril or delusional psychosis. But that line isn’t trod quite so nimbly this time, and the film suffers somewhat from striking an oddly earnest tone (despite some gory bits) without necessarily being very convincing, when it might better have gone for straight nerve-jangling suspense. It’s an intriguing, watchable but mixed bag that Rlje Films is releasing March 5 to available theaters,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Ivan Kavanagh, director of the terrifying 2014 horror film The Canal, is back this year with Son, which puts Halloween star Andi Matichak into a waking nightmare. In the film… “After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Very soon […]...
- 2/25/2021
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
The award-winning Irish writer-director’s new horror will star Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch and Luke David Blumm in the leading roles. Dublin-born Ivan Kavanagh’s new feature, Son, is now ready for release. The award-winning helmer’s previous credits include Tin Can Man (2007), The Fading Light (2009), The Canal (2014) and his recent western Never Grow Old (2019), starring John Cusack and Emile Hirsch in the lead roles. The upcoming film, penned by the director himself, has been described as “a bold and unnerving character-driven horror film, in the vein of Hereditary, Rosemary’s Baby and The Babadook”. In detail, we will follow Laura (Andi Matichak), a mother who, after escaping from a cult as a child, must face her past when its sinister members break into her home and attempt to steal her eight-year-old son, David (Luke David Blumm). Now the two are on the run, pursued by Paul (Emile Hirsch), a.
Rlje Films will release the horror Son in Theaters and on Digital and On Demand on March 5, 2021.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.
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Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (Never Grow Old, The Canal), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Into the Wild, Milk), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
After a mysterious group of individuals breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to steal her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. Breaut soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasingly sporadic psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts to save him, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive but soon, she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son.
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- 2/3/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
London-based specialty title outfit Jinga Films has launched a new distribution arm, Danse Macabre. Operating under the Jinga umbrella, Danse Macabre will focus on the distribution of horror films in Anglophone territories, including the U.K., Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Danse Macabre will also act as a horror sales sub-label within Jinga Films while the parent company Jinga itself expands to include a wider range of genres, including arthouse. The label is co-owned by Jinga’s Julian Richards and Rosana Coutinho.
The 2020 slate for Danse Macabre includes “Antrum” and “The Ringmaster” that will have theatrical releases alongside their home entertainment release on Oct. 26 and Nov. 16 respectively. “Gags the Clown” (Oct. 5), “Purgatory Road” (Nov. 2) and “All the Creatures Were Stirring” (Nov. 23) will be released across DVD and digital.
Marketing and communications agency Strike Media will be working with Danse Macabre across their titles.
“Danse Macabre will be the home for horror,...
Danse Macabre will also act as a horror sales sub-label within Jinga Films while the parent company Jinga itself expands to include a wider range of genres, including arthouse. The label is co-owned by Jinga’s Julian Richards and Rosana Coutinho.
The 2020 slate for Danse Macabre includes “Antrum” and “The Ringmaster” that will have theatrical releases alongside their home entertainment release on Oct. 26 and Nov. 16 respectively. “Gags the Clown” (Oct. 5), “Purgatory Road” (Nov. 2) and “All the Creatures Were Stirring” (Nov. 23) will be released across DVD and digital.
Marketing and communications agency Strike Media will be working with Danse Macabre across their titles.
“Danse Macabre will be the home for horror,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: On the eve of the Efm in Berlin, Ivan Kavanagh’s supernatural horror Son, starring Halloween breakout Andi Matichak alongside Emile Hirsch and Luke David Blumm, has locked North American and UK distribution.
AMC Networks-owned genre streamer Shudder has taken all rights for the UK and Ireland, and has also picked up exclusive SVoD rights for North America, partnering with fellow AMC Networks-owned company Rlje which will handle the rest of domestic, encompassing theatrical, transactional VOD and digital, and home video.
Deadline first revealed the project back in November. The film, which is currently in production, is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
AnneMarie Naughton is producing for Park Films (The...
AMC Networks-owned genre streamer Shudder has taken all rights for the UK and Ireland, and has also picked up exclusive SVoD rights for North America, partnering with fellow AMC Networks-owned company Rlje which will handle the rest of domestic, encompassing theatrical, transactional VOD and digital, and home video.
Deadline first revealed the project back in November. The film, which is currently in production, is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
AnneMarie Naughton is producing for Park Films (The...
- 2/20/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Andi Matichak, who starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the recent big-grossing Halloween reboot, and Emile Hirsch (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) will lead the cast of Ivan Kavanagh’s horror feature Son.
Project is aiming for a January 2020 U.S. shoot. Altitude Films has boarded world sales rights and will launch at Afm next week.
Film is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
Kavanagh also wrote the screenplay. He previously helmed western Never Grow Old with John Cusack and Hirsch, and psychological horror The Canal, which was bought by The Orchard.
Producers are Rene Bastian (Transamerica) for Belladonna Productions, AnneMarie Naughton (The Canal) of Park Films and Louis Tisné (Border) of Elastic Film.
Project is aiming for a January 2020 U.S. shoot. Altitude Films has boarded world sales rights and will launch at Afm next week.
Film is a character-driven horror about a mother who escaped from a demonic cult as a child. Her past catches up with her as its members infect her young son with an insidious disease, the cure for which is more terrifying than she can imagine.
Kavanagh also wrote the screenplay. He previously helmed western Never Grow Old with John Cusack and Hirsch, and psychological horror The Canal, which was bought by The Orchard.
Producers are Rene Bastian (Transamerica) for Belladonna Productions, AnneMarie Naughton (The Canal) of Park Films and Louis Tisné (Border) of Elastic Film.
- 11/1/2019
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
To celebrate the release of Never Grow Old – a brutal and brilliant old-school Western starring Emile Hirsch and John Cusack out 23rd September – we have a DVD up for grabs courtesy of Altitude Films.
Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. This once-peaceful frontier town has become a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived— and began gunning down their opposition. Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) must now choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers’ victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western.
If you’re in the mood for an old-school style Western, brought bang up to date with plenty of blood and bluster, then you’ve come to the right saloon. Writer/director Ivan Kavanagh, the man behind the acclaimed 2014 chiller The Canal, delivers a handsomely mounted meditation on good versus evil in the old West,...
Debauchery. Greed. Murder. Welcome to Garlow. This once-peaceful frontier town has become a den of vice after vicious outlaw Dutch Albert (John Cusack) and his gang arrived— and began gunning down their opposition. Undertaker Patrick Tate (Emile Hirsch) must now choose between the blood money he makes burying the murderers’ victims and the threats he and his family face in this intense and gritty western.
If you’re in the mood for an old-school style Western, brought bang up to date with plenty of blood and bluster, then you’ve come to the right saloon. Writer/director Ivan Kavanagh, the man behind the acclaimed 2014 chiller The Canal, delivers a handsomely mounted meditation on good versus evil in the old West,...
- 9/19/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
The cast has also been announced. Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Western Edge Pictures credits include Prevenge, The Canal.
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
Billie Piper’s directorial debut ‘ anti rom-com’ Rare Beasts has begun principal photography for London and Wales-based production outfit Western Edge Pictures.
Piper stars as Mandy alongside Leo Bill, who has Peterloo and In Fabric at Tiff, as well as David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, and newcomer Toby Woolf.
Rare Beasts takes place against the backdrop of the modern feminism movement and centres on a single mother in crisis, writing about a love that no longer exists, who falls for a traditionalist religious man in search of sense-worth.
“Rare Beasts is a cautionary tale,...
- 9/11/2018
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Supernatural Irish horror Beyond the Woods makes its way to DVD and VOD from Left Films! Shot on location in Ireland, Beyond the Woods echoes the creepy supernatural horror of recent Irish genre hits The Hallow and The Canal, with its eerie and grisly tale of an unknown evil. Synopsis: Seven friends meet up in […]
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- 2/19/2018
- by Anthony Arrigo
- DreadCentral.com
To celebrate the release of A Dark Song – available on Digital Download 31st July and DVD 7th August – we are giving away a copy on DVD courtesy of Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment.
Hellraiser meets The Descent in this macabre, mind-bending horror, with Sightseers star Steve Oram as an occult practitioner dabbling in the far reaches of evil, in a dazzling debut from director Liam Gavin. With shades of cult horrors Kill List and Wake Wood, A Dark Song is nevertheless fiercely original and innovative, helmed with an assurance that is all the more astonishing given it is Gavin’s first film. After a slot at the London Film Festival, and winning Gavin the New Visions award at the 2016 Sitges Festival, A Dark Song is brooding, brutal and brilliant, and now ready to scare audiences at home!
“A thoroughly entertaining and refreshing new slice of British cult cinema.” HeyUGuys
★★★★ Total Film
“Compelling,...
Hellraiser meets The Descent in this macabre, mind-bending horror, with Sightseers star Steve Oram as an occult practitioner dabbling in the far reaches of evil, in a dazzling debut from director Liam Gavin. With shades of cult horrors Kill List and Wake Wood, A Dark Song is nevertheless fiercely original and innovative, helmed with an assurance that is all the more astonishing given it is Gavin’s first film. After a slot at the London Film Festival, and winning Gavin the New Visions award at the 2016 Sitges Festival, A Dark Song is brooding, brutal and brilliant, and now ready to scare audiences at home!
“A thoroughly entertaining and refreshing new slice of British cult cinema.” HeyUGuys
★★★★ Total Film
“Compelling,...
- 7/31/2017
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Alumni on film and TV programme include producers of The Lunchbox, Bullhead and The Book Of Negroes.
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
Film and TV drama co-production training programme Trans Atlantic Partners (Tap) has revelaed its 2016 line-up of 25 producers from across Europe, Canada, and the USA as well as India and South Africa.
Experts taking part in the scheme include producer René Bastian (Cold In July), Matthias Nitschke, senior vice president of business & legal affairs, Studiocanal, Germany, and producer Ilann Girard (Lebanon).
Tap provides case studies of successful trans-Atlantic projects, market intelligence, legal framework and information on sales and distribution. The programme is directed at producers at career mid-level who have produced at least one feature film or TV series.
The two training modules take place in Munich (June 24 – 29) and Halifax, Canada (September 12– 18) where Tap producers will also participate in the Atlantic Film Festival’s Strategic Partners international co-production market.
Previous alumni of the scheme include Guneet Monga (The Lunchbox), [link...
- 6/22/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Rupert Evans, Steve Oram, Hannah Hoekstra, Anthony Murphy, Kelly Byrne, Anneke Blok, Calum Heath, Conor Horgan, Carl Shaaban, Sinead Watters, Alicja Ayres, Paddy Curan | Written and Directed by Ivan Kavanagh
The quiet brutality some people can suffer in everyday life is an aspect the horror genre doesn’t play up all too often. While horror films about zombies, chainsaw wielding killers and other assorted nasty folks are ten-a-penny, horror resorted in more “ordinary” troubles are rather more rare. The reason for this is fairly obvious, many audiences do not go to the cinema to be reminded of the misery which can come from real life and the more excessive the horror, the less real it can feel. The Canal is a film which seeks to bridge this gap, focusing both on a man going through some very real emotional difficulties while also delivering on horror elements we’ve seen many times before.
The quiet brutality some people can suffer in everyday life is an aspect the horror genre doesn’t play up all too often. While horror films about zombies, chainsaw wielding killers and other assorted nasty folks are ten-a-penny, horror resorted in more “ordinary” troubles are rather more rare. The reason for this is fairly obvious, many audiences do not go to the cinema to be reminded of the misery which can come from real life and the more excessive the horror, the less real it can feel. The Canal is a film which seeks to bridge this gap, focusing both on a man going through some very real emotional difficulties while also delivering on horror elements we’ve seen many times before.
- 9/13/2015
- by Ian Loring
- Nerdly
Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Having had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the UK release of The Canal, available digitally and on DVD from 14th September 2015. To celebrate its release we have 3 x DVDs to give away!
Sitting in an empty theater, a film archivist watches the grainy footage that will be his undoing. David (Rupert Evans – Hellboy) and his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra – App) are perfectly happy—or so he believes. When he finds out the home he shares with his wife and son was the scene of a ghastly turn-of-the-century murder, David dismisses it as ancient history. That is, until the sinister history ripples into the present and casts a shadow over life as he knows it. And when a looming secret shatters his marriage, David can’t help but suspect the dark spirits of the house are somehow involved. In...
Having had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the UK release of The Canal, available digitally and on DVD from 14th September 2015. To celebrate its release we have 3 x DVDs to give away!
Sitting in an empty theater, a film archivist watches the grainy footage that will be his undoing. David (Rupert Evans – Hellboy) and his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra – App) are perfectly happy—or so he believes. When he finds out the home he shares with his wife and son was the scene of a ghastly turn-of-the-century murder, David dismisses it as ancient history. That is, until the sinister history ripples into the present and casts a shadow over life as he knows it. And when a looming secret shatters his marriage, David can’t help but suspect the dark spirits of the house are somehow involved. In...
- 9/2/2015
- by Laura Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
It hit limited theaters in the UK and Ireland this past May, and now finally Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment and Jinga Films have announced the DVD and VOD release of Ivan Kavanagh’s acclaimed supernatural horror The Canal with a street date… Continue Reading →
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- 8/8/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Reviewed by Jesse Miller
MoreHorror.com
Film Archivist David (Rupert Evans) is going through a bit of a rough patch – he’s convinced his wife is having an affair, he’s struggling with his co-worker’s flirtatious remarks towards him and then there’s the recent film print he’s working on that details a series of brutal murders that happened a number of years ago in his house and near the local canal.
Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh’s Irish chiller sees David’s life spiral out of control as he becomes more and more convinced that a supernatural presence is within his house and wanting his family.
So is he losing it or is this a ghost story after all? All through the film, the story flirts with both outcomes, leaving you to analyse just what is going on with the events in this film. Is there a haunting...
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Film Archivist David (Rupert Evans) is going through a bit of a rough patch – he’s convinced his wife is having an affair, he’s struggling with his co-worker’s flirtatious remarks towards him and then there’s the recent film print he’s working on that details a series of brutal murders that happened a number of years ago in his house and near the local canal.
Writer/Director Ivan Kavanagh’s Irish chiller sees David’s life spiral out of control as he becomes more and more convinced that a supernatural presence is within his house and wanting his family.
So is he losing it or is this a ghost story after all? All through the film, the story flirts with both outcomes, leaving you to analyse just what is going on with the events in this film. Is there a haunting...
- 6/4/2015
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Ivan Kavanagh’s acclaimed supernatural thriller The Canal (review) is getting a limited UK and Ireland theatrical release that begins this Friday, and we have the details for our friends across the pond right here. After screening at over 30 international… Continue Reading →
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- 5/4/2015
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Hot projects on Screenbase this week include German-Canadian co-production In The Lost Lands, twin brothers Mohammed Abou Nasser and Ahmad Abou Nasser’s Dégradé, spy-thriller Damascus Cover and documentary Tomorrow.
Fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands
Milla Jovovich will star alongside Justin Chatwin in this new feature based on short stories from the creator of Game Of Thrones. The German-Canadian co-production is directed by Constantin Werner.
The story revolves around a series of magical and fantastic tales centring on a sorceress in search of a spell, a warrior girl on a quest and a young barbarian who encounters a witch in a spacecraft.
Steve Hoban, Oliver Luer and Nico Bruinsma produce. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as an executive producer.
Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time
Malick’s documentary features the voices of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Dede Gardner, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad and [link...
Fantasy adventure In The Lost Lands
Milla Jovovich will star alongside Justin Chatwin in this new feature based on short stories from the creator of Game Of Thrones. The German-Canadian co-production is directed by Constantin Werner.
The story revolves around a series of magical and fantastic tales centring on a sorceress in search of a spell, a warrior girl on a quest and a young barbarian who encounters a witch in a spacecraft.
Steve Hoban, Oliver Luer and Nico Bruinsma produce. Myriad Pictures chief Kirk D’Amico will serve as an executive producer.
Terrence Malick’s Voyage Of Time
Malick’s documentary features the voices of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Dede Gardner, Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad and [link...
- 2/9/2015
- by maud.le-rest@sciencespo-toulouse.net (Maud Le Rest)
- ScreenDaily
Psychological horror sells to France, Scandinavia, Taiwan and Turkey.
UK sales agent Jinga Films has inked further deals on The Canal.
Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror has sold to Pretty Pictures for France and Scandinavia, MovieCloud for Taiwan and Visne Produksiyon for Turkey.
The Irish/UK co-production stars Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Steve Oram, and follows a film archivist driven insane by newsreel footage which reveals his home was the scene of a brutal murder.
The Canal will be released in the UK and Ireland by Kaleidoscope, while The Orchard has North American rights. Other deals include Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Universum), Benelux (A-Film) and Australia and New Zealand (Rialto).
UK sales agent Jinga Films has inked further deals on The Canal.
Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror has sold to Pretty Pictures for France and Scandinavia, MovieCloud for Taiwan and Visne Produksiyon for Turkey.
The Irish/UK co-production stars Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Steve Oram, and follows a film archivist driven insane by newsreel footage which reveals his home was the scene of a brutal murder.
The Canal will be released in the UK and Ireland by Kaleidoscope, while The Orchard has North American rights. Other deals include Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Universum), Benelux (A-Film) and Australia and New Zealand (Rialto).
- 2/5/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Lobster [pictured] is presented as case study in co-production market.
The sixth edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival turned its focus on Ireland with an aim to celebrate its cinematic beauty and history, and in turn, its filmic opportunities.
While the festival’s co-founders Guillaume Calop and Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin mentioned in an opening statement that this year had seen a persistent crisis within the European Union (EU) and a loss of confidence in its benefits, Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador of Ireland to France) commented that “things were looking up for Ireland, and that the festival had clearly captured the essence of arts and culture that is very important for the EU.”
The festival’s ‘Irish Focus’ programming included 14 films, including older favourites such as John Crowley’s Intermission, Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father and Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins to more recent movies like John Carney’s Once, Alicia Duffy’s [link...
The sixth edition of the Les Arcs European Film Festival turned its focus on Ireland with an aim to celebrate its cinematic beauty and history, and in turn, its filmic opportunities.
While the festival’s co-founders Guillaume Calop and Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin mentioned in an opening statement that this year had seen a persistent crisis within the European Union (EU) and a loss of confidence in its benefits, Geraldine Byrne Nason (Ambassador of Ireland to France) commented that “things were looking up for Ireland, and that the festival had clearly captured the essence of arts and culture that is very important for the EU.”
The festival’s ‘Irish Focus’ programming included 14 films, including older favourites such as John Crowley’s Intermission, Jim Sheridan’s In the Name of the Father and Neil Jordan’s Michael Collins to more recent movies like John Carney’s Once, Alicia Duffy’s [link...
- 12/21/2014
- ScreenDaily
Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure to screen atop 3,200m high Aiguille Rouge Mountain at Alpine festival.
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
Susanne Bier’s A Second Chance, Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank and Gerard Johnson’s Hyena are among the titles set to compete at the sixth edition of Les Arcs European Film Festival (Dec 13-20) in the heart of the French Alps.
Festival co-founders Pierre Emmanuel Fleurantin and Guillaume Calop said the event’s focus on Europe was more relevant than ever as its citizens posed questions about the future of the region amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“We continue to believe in a united Europe where together we can safeguard our cultures and ways of life without renouncing progress,” they said in a joint statement. “Across the new line-up, each country shows off the best of its cinema.”
The titles in the competition, selected by artistic director Frédéric Boyer, will compete for the festival’s top prize, the Crystal...
- 11/6/2014
- ScreenDaily
Release Date: In Theaters Now
Writer: Ivan Kavanagh
Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Starring: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
Distribution: The Orchard
I am certainly a fan of descent-into-insanity stories. When a filmmaker blurs the line between reality and hallucinations, I pay close attention, because it’s an opportunity for experimental narratives and visuals.
Of course, in the horror world, there are… tropes that come along with such stories. The Canal nails almost all of them in nearly perfect sequence, and that is its great undoing.
You know the tropes I mean. The happy marriage. The perfect trophy wife. The house with a bloody history. The affair. The paranoid and suspicious husband who seems to be going insane. The skeptical officers and surrounding personalities hired to investigate. The continued insistence from the husband that something supernatural is going on in his old house, though of course nobody believes it but him.
Writer: Ivan Kavanagh
Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Starring: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
Distribution: The Orchard
I am certainly a fan of descent-into-insanity stories. When a filmmaker blurs the line between reality and hallucinations, I pay close attention, because it’s an opportunity for experimental narratives and visuals.
Of course, in the horror world, there are… tropes that come along with such stories. The Canal nails almost all of them in nearly perfect sequence, and that is its great undoing.
You know the tropes I mean. The happy marriage. The perfect trophy wife. The house with a bloody history. The affair. The paranoid and suspicious husband who seems to be going insane. The skeptical officers and surrounding personalities hired to investigate. The continued insistence from the husband that something supernatural is going on in his old house, though of course nobody believes it but him.
- 10/14/2014
- by Holly Interlandi
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The Canal hit select theaters and VOD over the weekend and it's getting a ton of positive buzz, which thrills me as this is Shock's first theatrical acquisition under our distribution partnership with The Orchard. Today, Shock presents a handful of new preview clips that tease the film in some terrifying ways. You can check them out below.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.As David begins to suspect that his wife is cheating on him, he also starts to have nightmarish visions of an evil presence he believes inhabits his home. Eventually, brutal 20th-century murders are revealed and present-day horrors consume the protagonists.
The post More Clips from The Canal – Preview The New VOD Release Here! appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.As David begins to suspect that his wife is cheating on him, he also starts to have nightmarish visions of an evil presence he believes inhabits his home. Eventually, brutal 20th-century murders are revealed and present-day horrors consume the protagonists.
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- 10/13/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Today, Irish filmmaker Ivan Kavanaugh’s supernatural thriller The Canal arrives in limited theaters and on VOD/Amazon/iTunes, courtesy of The Orchard. Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to chat with the film’s star Rupert Evans about his role and experiences making the mind-bending horror project.
Can you start off by discussing what initially drew you into the story of The Canal and this horrific journey that your character David must endure throughout the film?
Rupert Evans: When I read it, I thought it was just great. David undergoes so much and I really responded to that. David faces a bit of a metamorphosis the deeper he digs into the mysteries inside his house and I thought that would make for some really fascinating character moments.
Was everything for the character of David there in the script or were you able to collaborate with Ivan (Kavanaugh) before...
Can you start off by discussing what initially drew you into the story of The Canal and this horrific journey that your character David must endure throughout the film?
Rupert Evans: When I read it, I thought it was just great. David undergoes so much and I really responded to that. David faces a bit of a metamorphosis the deeper he digs into the mysteries inside his house and I thought that would make for some really fascinating character moments.
Was everything for the character of David there in the script or were you able to collaborate with Ivan (Kavanaugh) before...
- 10/10/2014
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
On the eve of the Us release, the UK genre specialist Jinga Films has licensed Ivan Kavanagh’s psychological horror to a number of territories including a deal with Kaleidoscope for the UK and Ireland.
In other deals, the Rupert Evans starrer has gone to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand, Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Brunchmate for Korea.
Deals closed previously in Singapore (Red Pictures), Malaysia (Yellow Brick), Middle East (Falcon) and Benelux (A-Film).
Former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra Steve Oram and youngster Calum Heath also star in the tale of a camera archivist haunted by early film footage. Ivan Kavanagh wrote and directed the film.
Park Films’ AnneMarie Naughton produced the Ireland-uk co-production.
The Canal debuts in the Us on October 10 through The Orchard on 20 screens.
“The Canal is an extraordinarily well crafted frightener which explores the grey area between psychological and supernatural horror” said Jinga’s Julian Richards.
“We...
In other deals, the Rupert Evans starrer has gone to Rialto for Australia and New Zealand, Universum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and Brunchmate for Korea.
Deals closed previously in Singapore (Red Pictures), Malaysia (Yellow Brick), Middle East (Falcon) and Benelux (A-Film).
Former Screen Star Of Tomorrow Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra Steve Oram and youngster Calum Heath also star in the tale of a camera archivist haunted by early film footage. Ivan Kavanagh wrote and directed the film.
Park Films’ AnneMarie Naughton produced the Ireland-uk co-production.
The Canal debuts in the Us on October 10 through The Orchard on 20 screens.
“The Canal is an extraordinarily well crafted frightener which explores the grey area between psychological and supernatural horror” said Jinga’s Julian Richards.
“We...
- 10/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Movies featuring haunted houses aren’t bound to the month of October for their release, but the weeks leading up to Halloween do seem heavy with new ones. It makes sense of course as people planning scary movie nights this month will go looking for fresh blood to terrify themselves and their friends, and haunted houses offer all manner of spooky, creepy and frightening possibilities. Two new films hitting theaters and VOD this Friday start with the idea of a haunted house but move into some varied and disturbing directions. The Canal is about a family who unwittingly move into a home with a bloody past, and when one of them disappears madness and murder aren’t far behind. The Houses October Built follows five friends on a found footage vacation searching for the most harrowing haunted house attractions around, but they might not be all that thrilled with what they find. The Canal...
- 10/8/2014
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Atmosphere trumps everything else in The Canal, a stylish Irish horror film that feels like a David Fincher–helmed Edgar Allan Poe homage. Piers McGrail's nuanced, moody cinematography brings out the best in writer-director Ivan Kavanagh's over-mannered but effectively creepy ghost story. You may not care who lives or dies by film's end, but you will want to get lost in beautifully shot images of waving reeds and dark-haired phantoms. Case in point: It's hard to be moved by the sudden death of Alice (Hannah Hoekstra), wife of film archivist David (Rupert Evans). Alice reveals almost nothing about herself before she's dispatched within the film's first 30 minutes, right after David watches century-old footage of a murder that occurred in his family's new home. ...
- 10/8/2014
- Village Voice
The Canal hit hard upon its World Premiere at this past spring’s Tribeca Film Festival. The Irish film from director Ivan Kavanagh is a ghoulish descent into domestic horror and madness, one that’s constantly informed—and not in a particularly winking way—by the history of horror film. Fitting, as the movie’s leading man works as a […]...
- 10/7/2014
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- Fangoria
It's The Canal week here at Shock! The film that terrified us at Tribeca and that we're helping The Orchard release is coming to select theaters and VOD this Friday (October 10th). Many of you have been asking where you'll be able to find the film. The Facebook page for The Canal has a great breakdown of the VOD outlets and cities/theaters hosting the film - check it out here!
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.
The post The Canal Theater & VOD Listing, Opening Friday! appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.
The post The Canal Theater & VOD Listing, Opening Friday! appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 10/7/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
What the hell is Rupert Evans seeing? That's the question you'll have after viewing this exclusive clip from The Canal, hitting select theaters and VOD on October 10th. You'll be able to find it on iTunes and Amazon as well.
This is one of the more eerie moments of the movie - give it a look via the player here.
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This is one of the more eerie moments of the movie - give it a look via the player here.
The post Something is Caught on Film in This Exclusive Clip from The Canal appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 10/1/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The first two clips from The Canal have been released in anticipation of the film's release on October 10th. The movie is hitting select theaters and VOD/iTunes/Amazon on October 10th.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.
As David begins to suspect that his wife is cheating on him, he also starts to have nightmarish visions of an evil presence he believes inhabits his home. Eventually, brutal 20th-century murders are revealed and present-day horrors consume the protagonists.
The post Check Out Two Clips from The Canal, Coming This October appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh, and starring Rupert Evans, the film tells the story of David Williams and his wife, Alice, who move into a beautiful period house by the canal with their small child, Billy.
As David begins to suspect that his wife is cheating on him, he also starts to have nightmarish visions of an evil presence he believes inhabits his home. Eventually, brutal 20th-century murders are revealed and present-day horrors consume the protagonists.
The post Check Out Two Clips from The Canal, Coming This October appeared first on Shock Till You Drop.
- 9/29/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The 20th edition of the festival includes competition titles ’71 and Blind.
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
The Athens International Film Festival (Sept 17-28) kicks off its 20th edition today with 241 titles selected by artistic director Orestis Andreadakis.
The festival will open with Damian Szifron’s hit Wild Tales, which has proved a critical hit since its world premiere in competition at Cannes, and will close with David Fincher’s Us crime drama Gone Girl, marking its European premiere.
This year’s international competition includes Yann Demange’s Berlinale title, ’71, and Eskil Vogt’s Blind, which has picked up awards in Berlin and Sundance among others.
‘71, Yann Demange (UK)10,000 km, Carlos Marques-Marcet (Spa)Blind, Eskil Vogt (Nor)The Canal, Ivan Kavanagh (Irel)Manos Sucias, Josef Wladyka (Us-Col)The Mend, John Magary (Us)Natural Sciences, Matías Lucchesi (Arg)Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, Josephine Decker (Us)The Way He Looks, Daniel Ribeiro (Bra)When Animals Dream, Jonas Alexander Arnby (De)
A five-member Youth Jury, comprised...
- 9/17/2014
- by alexisgrivas@yahoo.com (Alexis Grivas)
- ScreenDaily
The second annual Beyond Fest is coming back to Los Angeles' Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Boulevard) and will be running from September 25 through October 4, 2014. Tickets are available through Fandango Now.
From the Press Release
Dedicated to delivering the elite in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and badass cinema, this year’s Beyond Fest programming reflects a globally diverse and eclectic mix of premieres, rare repertory screenings, and special events, all of which are anchored in bringing firsts to the community of genre fans in Los Angeles.
Beyond Fest has also partnered with Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network as its presenting sponsor, a partnership that will make much of the festival’s programming free to creative makers and film fans alike.
“The response was so great last year that we knew we had to bring Beyond Fest back, so much so that we immediately started planning this installment,” said Christian Parkes, co-founder of Beyond Fest.
From the Press Release
Dedicated to delivering the elite in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and badass cinema, this year’s Beyond Fest programming reflects a globally diverse and eclectic mix of premieres, rare repertory screenings, and special events, all of which are anchored in bringing firsts to the community of genre fans in Los Angeles.
Beyond Fest has also partnered with Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network as its presenting sponsor, a partnership that will make much of the festival’s programming free to creative makers and film fans alike.
“The response was so great last year that we knew we had to bring Beyond Fest back, so much so that we immediately started planning this installment,” said Christian Parkes, co-founder of Beyond Fest.
- 9/5/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Beyond Fest returns with a vengeance in Los Angeles later this month, giving genre fans a lineup to look forward to. An eclectic mix of films both old and new are on the menu, with a screening of the Halloween 4k re-master highlighting the events. Halloween fans will also be treated to the first-ever combined appearance by John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis to discuss their horror classic.
Los Angeles – September 4, 2014 - “Beyond Fest and the American Cinematheque announced today that they are partnering for the return of the sophomore festival, Beyond Fest, featuring the best in world genre programming, September 25th – October 4th, 2014 at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. Tickets will be available through Fandango today.
Dedicated to delivering the elite in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and badass cinema, this year’s Beyond Fest programming reflects a globally diverse and eclectic mix of premieres, rare repertory screenings, and special events,...
Los Angeles – September 4, 2014 - “Beyond Fest and the American Cinematheque announced today that they are partnering for the return of the sophomore festival, Beyond Fest, featuring the best in world genre programming, September 25th – October 4th, 2014 at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard. Tickets will be available through Fandango today.
Dedicated to delivering the elite in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and badass cinema, this year’s Beyond Fest programming reflects a globally diverse and eclectic mix of premieres, rare repertory screenings, and special events,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
X +Y director Morgan Matthews and The Look of Silence doc maker Joshua Oppenheimer among those set to receive support at the festival in South Korea.
European Film Promotion has unveiled the list of titles it will support at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 2-11) in South Korea.
Efp’s contribution to this cultural exchange at the festival and the support of business relations at the Asian Film Market is backed by the Media Programme of the European Union and the participating Efp member organisations.
Efp’s European umbrella booth at the Asian Film Market (Oct 5-8) will again be greatly enlarged due to the number of sales companies participating in the stand and the general increase of companies registered for this year’s Afm.
To date, 37 sales companies have confirmed their presence at the booth. All of the European companies may also take advantage of Efp’s Film Sales Support (Fss) for their...
European Film Promotion has unveiled the list of titles it will support at this year’s Busan International Film Festival (Oct 2-11) in South Korea.
Efp’s contribution to this cultural exchange at the festival and the support of business relations at the Asian Film Market is backed by the Media Programme of the European Union and the participating Efp member organisations.
Efp’s European umbrella booth at the Asian Film Market (Oct 5-8) will again be greatly enlarged due to the number of sales companies participating in the stand and the general increase of companies registered for this year’s Afm.
To date, 37 sales companies have confirmed their presence at the booth. All of the European companies may also take advantage of Efp’s Film Sales Support (Fss) for their...
- 9/4/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The guys at Grimm Up North have announced their bloodiest, best, most brilliant Grimmfest line up yet! This year they will be hosting some of the greatest in horror, sci-fi and cult features and short films from around the globe. Says Grimmfest Festival Director Simeon Halligan:
We always try to make each Grimmfest bigger than the last and I think this year has been really strong for independent horror and genre titles, I’m really excited by what were going to screen at Grimmfest, I’m convinced its our best line up yet!
Grimmfest kicks off with opening Gala night: starting the night will be the world premiere of Melanie Light’s ‘Vegan Feminist Horror’ short film The Herd, which will then be sharply followed by the English premiere of Brian O’Malley’s Irish/Scottish Intense Horror Let Us Prey, withdirector and the amazing cast featuring Liam Cunningham...
We always try to make each Grimmfest bigger than the last and I think this year has been really strong for independent horror and genre titles, I’m really excited by what were going to screen at Grimmfest, I’m convinced its our best line up yet!
Grimmfest kicks off with opening Gala night: starting the night will be the world premiere of Melanie Light’s ‘Vegan Feminist Horror’ short film The Herd, which will then be sharply followed by the English premiere of Brian O’Malley’s Irish/Scottish Intense Horror Let Us Prey, withdirector and the amazing cast featuring Liam Cunningham...
- 9/3/2014
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Last week the opening night events for Grimmfest 2014 were announced, and now we're back with the full lineup, which includes several films we've been keeping our eyes on like Housebound, Zombeavers, WolfCop, Starry Eyes, Coherence, Devil's Mile, Sororal, and Many more!
Grimmfest 2014 takes place in Manchester, England, from the 2nd-5th October.
From the Press Release:
We are proud to announce our bloodiest, best, most brilliant Grimmfest lineup yet! This year we will be hosting some of the greatest in horror, sci-fi, and cult feature and short films from around the globe, playing host to some amazing Q&A’s and appearances from some very, very special guests!
Grimmfest Festival Director Simeon Halligan talks about this year's edition of the annual event being the greatest yet: “We always try to make each Grimmfest bigger than the last, and I think this year has been really strong for independent horror and genre titles.
Grimmfest 2014 takes place in Manchester, England, from the 2nd-5th October.
From the Press Release:
We are proud to announce our bloodiest, best, most brilliant Grimmfest lineup yet! This year we will be hosting some of the greatest in horror, sci-fi, and cult feature and short films from around the globe, playing host to some amazing Q&A’s and appearances from some very, very special guests!
Grimmfest Festival Director Simeon Halligan talks about this year's edition of the annual event being the greatest yet: “We always try to make each Grimmfest bigger than the last, and I think this year has been really strong for independent horror and genre titles.
- 9/3/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
Steve Oram offered horror and laughs in equal measure as the homicidally angry Chris in Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers. For a future film, he’s planning to cut out even the dark comedy and focus solely on the horror, as he’s set to star in Its Walls Were Blood alongside Edward Hogg and Pollyanna McIntosh.Blood, a title that reads like the worst ever TripAdvisor hotel review, is planned as a portmanteau film with four stories set in the same house. The writer/directors – Sean Hogan, Paul Hyett, Tom Shankland and Paul Davis – will chronicle the haunted residence’s dark history from the 19th century to the present day.Conner Chapman, Ruth Bradley, Rosie Day, Sam Gittins, Scott Chambers and Belinda Stewart-Wilson make up the rest of the cast for the horror, which should be cranking its cameras later this year.Oram is also part of the cast for...
- 8/28/2014
- EmpireOnline
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