Another month, with me and my father due to head off to Normandy next week, so there will be reduced blog output during that time. Because I don't have a life, I'm currently writing this while waiting for a Metallica event to start on Fortnite, not horror related but it might be good! Onwards to the news.
Coming from Freestyle Digital Media is The Hyperborean, a sci-fi alien horror movie that is set for U.S VOD platforms and DVD on July 19th 2024. This comedic sci-fi has a crisis manager getting caught up with a failing family run whiskey business with events leading to a triple homicide, an Artic ice-mummy and intergalactic moonshine. This was directed by Jesse Thomas Cook (Septic Man) and written by Tony Burgess (Pontypool).
The Horror Collective's humorous found footage horror #ChadGetsTheAxe comes to Shudder on 1st July. Adapted from a short film of the same name, this follows a wild night as a group of self obsessed social media influencers head to an old mansion said to be the site for a Satanic cult.
The lead story for this months news post is that Smile 2 is heading to cinemas on October 18th. I'm not ashamed to admit I squealed with delight when I saw this. I liked the idea of Smile much more than the film itself, not helped by the fact that all the best bits of the movie were shown in the trailer. I'm hoping with this bigger sequel that they will double down on the most creepy parts of the original. Written and directed by Parker Finn, this follows a pop star, Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) as she starts a world tour. The only problem being she has become cursed by the smile demon after witnessing someone brutally kill themselves, and now she begins to experience terrifying and inexplicable events that are sure to feature no end of creepily smiling people. As much as the first one couldn't live up to my expectations, I'm really excited to see what they do with the sequel.
Prison Planet: Behind The Matrix of Illusion arrives on VOD platforms on July 30th from Bayview Entertainment. Directed by Simon Oliver and written by O.H Krill, this is a documentary that looks into the conspiracy of the Illuminati, a group of mysterious people who are said to have been controlling world events since the Middle Ages.
Scary Tales: Dark Walker is the fourth film in the anthology horror series Scary Tales, though interestingly this is straying from the anthology format by instead being a single feature length movie. This sees a group of strangers who awaken in a strange house where they find themselves under assault from a multitude of monsters, including zombies, the Muffin Man, Bigfoot, and the titular Dark Walker. Coming from Xposse Productions and directed by Geno McGahee, this is set for an October release.
The Bigfoot Experience: Truth Seekers and Real Encounters is a documentary coming to VOD on July 30th from Bayview Entertainment. Directed by J. Michael Long, this brings together various testimonials of people who have claimed to encounter the elusive giant ape.
Finally for today, comedy horror film Poppy Loftus arrives on Digital Platforms on 30th July, again from Bayview Entertainment. Written and directed by Luke Corcoran and starring Niamh Sweeney, Martina McCormack and Anthony Murphy. It is about a woman named Fiadh who goes to look after her mother after losing her job. Strange occurrences lead the woman to look into the field of paranormal investigation.
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