02nd Dec2016

Poster Round-Up: LEGO Batman goes Rogue [One] on The Mummy

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest installment of the Nerdly poster round-up, where we bring you up to speed on some of the best (and worst) movie posters to have hit the interwebs in recent weeks. This edition includes posters for The LEGO Batman Movie, The Mummy, Monster Trucks, Rogue One, Kong: Skull Island, Assassin’s Creed, Alien: […]

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01st Dec2016

Shudder announce new UK VOD arrivals

by Phil Wheat

Offering new premieres and exclusives every month, Shudder has a unique library of hard-to-find international and independent films, something for both casual and hardcore fans of horror. With that in mind, here’s the rundown of the new arrivals and UK exclusives and premieres for December… Exclusives/Premieres: 31 (Dir. Rob Zombie) UK streaming Premiere. Available from […]

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30th Nov2016

Cine Asia to return with Benny Chan epic ‘Call of Heroes’

by Phil Wheat

For fans of Far East action, be it bullet-ballets, martial art epics or heroic bloodshed films, the name Cine Asia used to mean a LOT. Taking up the baton from the defunct Hong Kong Legends label, for five years Cine Asia put out some fantastic films from the Far East on DVD and Blu-ray. That […]

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29th Nov2016

Monster Fest announces 2016 award winners

by Phil Wheat

Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest wrapped its most successful edition to date last night in Melbourne with official closing film The Greasy Strangler (with actors Sky Elobar and Elizabeth De Razzo in person) followed by its annual awards ceremony acknowledging the best of this year’s impressive lineup. The features jury, consisting of Fantastic […]

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29th Nov2016

Teaser poster released for ‘Cars 3’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Brian Fee (storyboard artist Cars, Cars 2) and produced by Kevin Reher (A Bug’s Life, La Luna short), Cars 3 cruises into cinemas on July 14th 2017. Official synopsis: Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is suddenly pushed out of the sport he […]

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21st Nov2016

‘Never Open the Door’ to Vito Trabucco’s latest horror

by Phil Wheat

Maltauro Entertainment in association with Baumant Entertainment has announced the December 6th Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD release of Never Open the Door; the latest film from writer/director Vito Trabucco – the genius behind the awesome slasher movie Bloody Bloody Bible Camp. Along with writer/producer Christopher Maltauro the pair have created a chilling homage to […]

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21st Nov2016

Trailer & poster for ‘I Am Not a Serial Killer’

by Phil Wheat

I Am Not a Serial Killer is dark, funny and disturbing gem with a genre-bending twist, about a small town teenager in the US obsessed with serial killers, who unwittingly discovers the identity of the killer who has been slaughtering residents for body parts. Featuring a star-making lead performance from 17-year-old Max Records, and an […]

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17th Nov2016

Monster Fest announces final films for 2016 festival

by Phil Wheat

Australia’s premier genre festival – Monster Fest – has unveiled its final wave of films for the 2016 festival, which is set to take place November 24-27 at the Lido Cinemas in Melbourne. The team of features programmers – which includes festival director Kier-La Janisse, Monster Pictures co-founder Neil Foley, Boston Underground Film Festival Director […]

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14th Nov2016

First trailer for ‘Ghost in the Shell’

by Phil Wheat

Based on the famous Kodansha Comics manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell follows the Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy […]

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11th Nov2016

New poster for ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

by Phil Wheat

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter continues the long-running story of Alice (Milla Jovovich), the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the […]

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10th Nov2016

First trailer for ‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’

by Phil Wheat

EuropaCorp have today released a teaser trailer for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – the latest film from writer/director Luc Besson, which stars Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne, along with Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock and Kris Wu. Besson based his screenplay on the French science fiction comic series “Valerian […]

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08th Nov2016

Program announced for Sydney’s 10th annual Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

Presented by Deadhouse Films, The 10th annual A Night of Horror International Film Festival, and Fantastic Planet: Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival, screen simultaneously at Dendy Cinemas Newtown from November 24 to December 4, 2016. Says festival director Dean Bertram: The 10th annual festival is going to be our biggest event yet. Featuring over 100 films, […]

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07th Nov2016

Ibiza Undead’s Marcia do Vales heads to ‘Quail Hollow’

by Phil Wheat

Having kick-assed her way through Brit zom-com Ibiza Undead, Brazilian-born actress Marcia do Vales is set to star in Quail Hollow (working title), in which she plays identical twins with some pretty scary powers. Directed by Spaniard Javier De Prado, and produced by UK’s Templeheart Films, the supernatural horror begins shooting in locations around New […]

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04th Nov2016

New trailer & posters for ‘Wonder Woman’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster, AMC’s The Killing) and starring Gal Gadot (Fast & Furious) in the titular role, Wonder Woman made her big screen debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but this new film will mark her first time the character has headlined a solo feature – though you’d be hard-pressed to […]

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03rd Nov2016

New poster for Chris Pratt’s latest sci-fi flick ‘Passengers’

by Phil Wheat

Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, Passengers sees two passengers onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they […]

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03rd Nov2016

Roles are reversed in trailer for ‘Second Nature’

by Phil Wheat

Gender behaviour is flipped when magic dusts over Sam Huntington (Sully, Superman Returns) and Collette Wolfe (Hot Tub Time Machine, Interstellar) in the hilarious new “bodyswap” comedy Second Nature – the directing debut of Seattle filmmaker Michael Cross. The film will have its world premiere at the Napa Valley Film Festival on November 10th; with […]

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27th Oct2016

Ice-T turns vampire in ‘Bloodrunners’ trailer

by Phil Wheat

Speakeasy Pictures and IMPULSE-FX have released the first trailer for the period action thriller Bloodrunners, the latest feature from writer/director Dan Lantz (Blind Love, Felix Melman). Bloodrunners – which combines the action of crime dramas with the otherworldly gore of vampire – centers on a turf war between a crooked cop and a power-hungry vampire (Ice-T, […]

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25th Oct2016

First look at Rene Perez’s horror sequel ‘Playing With Dolls: Bloodlust’

by Phil Wheat

Having only just been released in the UK earlier this year, Rene Perez’s Playing With Dolls was an underrated direct to DVD gem and now comes news that the film’s sequel Bloodlust is set to make its US debut next month. Playing with Dolls: Bloodlust focuses on a desperate single mom and the promise of […]

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25th Oct2016

2 clips from haunted house horror ‘Hell House LLC’

by Phil Wheat

In anticipation of Hell House LLC’s release – coming to major digital platforms including Amazon Instant, YouTube, Xbox, VUDU, Sony PlayStation, Vimeo On Demand, Google Play and iTunes on Tuesday November 1st – Terror Films has released two new clips from the film, entitled “Searching the Basement” and “Where’s Tony?” Five years after an unexplained […]

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20th Oct2016

First trailer for supernatural thriller ‘The Terrible Two’

by Phil Wheat

Orange St Films have this week released a trailer and teaser poster for their new supernatural thriller The Terrible Two, the newest feature from writer-director Billy Lewis (The Jailhouse), which centers on a grieving couple, whose loss threatens to consume everything around them. The Terrible Two mixes the real-life horror of a parent’s worst nightmare […]

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19th Oct2016

First poster & sneak peek at ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2’

by Phil Wheat

Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and […]

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18th Oct2016

Exclusive clip from sci-fi thriller ‘Arcadia’

by Phil Wheat

Written and directed by Tom Large, the man behind 2012’s Beyond; and starring Marc Baylis (Misfits, Coronation Street), Akie Kotabe (TV’s Humans), Sid Phoenix (Florence Foster Jenkins, Beyond), Arcadia is a fast-paced London-based sci-fi thriller, mixing elements of Soylent Green and Elysium to come up with an ingenious, riveting look at a not too distant […]

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