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‘Where the Hell is Anna?’ Scores an Encore Screening Following its Win for Best Feature Film

Stormlight Pictures and Aradia Pictures’ Where the Hell is Anna? Shot entirely on location in Tennessee, the regional indie sensation premiered at the Nashville Film Festival. After taking home the festival’s prestigious Best Tennessee Feature Film trophy, organizers added an encore screening on September 28. Flower Crowns, Blood Sacrifices, and Sinister Sisterhood The story follows Derick. She’s a messy, heartbroken young woman who refuses to accept her best friend Anna’s sudden disappearance. Driven by desperation, Derick tracks Anna to a secretive, women-only woodland retreat and crashes the secluded commune. Once inside, she discovers a bizarre, sun-drenched environment. The residents are preparing Anna for a sacred ritual known as “Induction Day.” However, beneath the commune’s bright floral aesthetics and superficial sisterhood mantras lies a terrifying nightmare. One that involves sinister fertility experiments and gruesome blood sacrifices. It also promises ascension to a high-dimensional paradise called Summerland. ‘Midsommar’ Meets ‘Booksmart’ in a Darkly Comic Survival Tale Fusing visceral folk horror with sharp,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2026

Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival Delivers the Fear with Its 2026 Lineup

Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival enters its second decade with a mouth-watering selection of fabulous fear fare from October 15–18, 2026. From occult terror to home invasion horror to intriguing documentaries and beyond, the fest has something for horror fans of all stripes. Following is the official press release. Nightmares Film Festival (Oct. 15 to 18) today revealed its 2026 program, opening its second decade with a celebration of the boldest, freshest and most surprising work keeping genre dangerous.  “It’s our eleventh year, but we’re thinking of this as year one of a new decade of Nightmares,” said co-founders Jason Tostevin. “We’re celebrating the innovation, imagination and camaraderie that fuel the best of genre film.” Dubbed the “Cannes of horror” (iHorror), Nightmares is part summer camp for horror lovers, part annual reunion for some of the world’s top genre creators. Taking over the world-renowned Gateway Film Center, the festival will bring fans, filmmakers, screenwriters, press and industry reps together for

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Joseph Perry
Sep 28, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: Welcome to Dolly’s House and Attack on Paradise (Fantastic Fest 2026) 

Welcome to Dolly’s House (Taiwan, 2026) Official synopsis Maria stumbles into a surreal trap after she finds a video of a girl running from a mysterious woman and is drawn to an eerie, mind bending mansion. Fantasy-horror animation inspired by the classic literary anthology Taiping Guanji.   Review Codirectors Rady Fu, Tree Muta, and Seven Ych have crafted an intriguing rotoscoped fear-fare animation feature in Welcome to Dolly’s House. The story follows young online influencer Maria as she and her deceitful boyfriend try to uncover the mystery of the woman named Dolly who appears in a video where a young girl suddenly vanishes into thin air.  The animation is absolutely gorgeous and is reason enough to recommend this supernatural offering, but the third act is also a strong reason to seek out this film, as it goes into quite unexpected territory.  Aficionados of creepy-doll horror should especially find Welcome to Dolly’s House an engaging watch. It’s a colorful, trippy, eye-popping experience.

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Joseph Perry
Sep 25, 2026

Beauty and Obsession Collide in David Gordon’s ‘Astrolatry’ Premiering at Sitges

Award-winning actor, filmmaker, and producer Ethan Daniel Corbett is set to bring his latest leading role to the international stage as Astrolatry premieres at the 59th Sitges Film Festival, running October 8–18, 2026. Marking David Gordon’s feature directorial debut, the psychologically driven genre satire heads to the world’s premier fantasy and horror festival for its first public screening. The high-profile festival debut follows momentum built earlier this year at the Cannes Marché du Film. Astrolatry was selected from a record-breaking 124 submissions for the prestigious Frontières Buyers Showcase. Toxic Masculinity and Obsession Core to Feature Debut Astrolatry stars Corbett as Elliot, an obsessive outcast whose fixation on a beauty-cream model rapidly deteriorates into violent delusion. Fusing dark character study, satire, and horror, David Gordon’s debut feature examines desire, alienation, and control. All while mounting a sharp interrogation of toxic masculinity and the “nice guy” trope. Reflecting on the role, Corbett says playing Elliot was a surprisingly healing experience. He offers

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Kung Fu Deadly (Fantastic Fest 2026) 

Official synopsis Two hapless rat catchers encounter a kung-fu Taoist Guardian pursuing an undead Chinese Jiangshi. Together they uncover family secrets and must embrace their fate to rid Dublin of this supernatural menace, the only way they know how: Extermination. Review Generally, genre-film festivals need some fun to balance out the more horrific and darker fare. Director Fergal Costello delivers the feel-good goods with martial arts/ jiangshi/supernatural action comedy Kung Fu Deadly (Ireland/Australia, 2026). The film seeks to entertain, and absolutely does, with a tale of two underachieving buddies who need to do some “growing up” fast unless they want to either become or be killed by traditional Chinese hopping vampires. Danny (Steven He) has been running Deadly Vermin Control since his father passed away. His childhood best friend and current roommate Frank (Michael Tient) works with him. Their lack of success with the business is nothing compared to the trouble that awaits them when jiangshi begin appearing, and it

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 24, 2026

Shudder Acquires Horror-Comedy ‘Red Snow’ Ahead of Fantastic Fest Debut

Mega genre streaming platform Shudder has officially secured the rights to the upcoming Finnish horror-comedy feature Red Snow. The announcement comes as the film prepares to premiere at Fantastic Fest. It will be arriving on the streaming platform later this year. Blending festive holiday horror with dark comedic tropes, the acquisition expands Shudder’s slate of international genre cinema with a bloody, subversively dark spin on traditional Christmas folklore. A Twisted Festive Nightmare The story follows Johanna. She’s an isolated sixteen-year-old emo teenager living in Finland who harbors romanticized fantasies of meeting a glamorous, brooding vampire prince. However, her dark fairytale dreams are brutally shattered when she encounters Martti. He’s a balding, beer-bellied forty-nine-year-old bloodsucker. He like to disguise himself in a Santa suit to infiltrate homes and slaughter entire families. Crossing paths with the vampire on Christmas Eve, Johanna finds herself ensnared in a violent nightmare of trauma and holiday carnage. This leads to a bloody fight for survival by

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

‘Deathgasm II: Goremageddon’ is Unleashing Heavy Metal Horror in Cinemas and on VOD

The wait is finally over for metalheads and gorehounds as Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the explosive sequel to the 2015 cult horror-comedy hit, prepares to blast into theaters. Fresh off its festival run that kicked off with its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest and continued across Sitges, BIFAN, Fantaspoa, and more, this high-octane bloodbath is ready to deliver an unhinged, head-banging cinematic experience. Fans can catch an exhilarating preview of the carnage right now with the release of the new official trailer below. Raising the Dead for the Ultimate Battle of the Bands Years after surviving the demonic carnage of the original film, Brodie is washed up, broke, and trapped in small-town purgatory. Opportunity strikes when the legendary NoizeQuest battle-of-the-bands competition rolls into town. This offers him a desperate shot at redemption and a chance to win back his former love, Medina. One massive hurdle stands in his way. His drummer is down an arm, and his remaining bandmates are completely

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Metal and Magic Meet Fairy Tale Mayhem in the ‘Magic Mtn.’ Trailer

Co-writers, directors, and producers Hana Mae Lee (Pitch Perfect) and Hal Satin have unveiled the debut trailer for their metal horror fairy tale Magic Mtn. The film premieres at Fantastic Fest before launching nationwide this Halloween season. Blending dark occult aesthetics, goth subculture, and surreal folklore, the atmospheric teaser offers a vivid preview of a movie built on ghostly specters, wicked curses, and heavy metal subversion. Three Intersecting Fables Bound by an Occult Spell Guided by a ghoulish narrator named Lord Mmorke, the narrative weaves together three distinct fables. All collide within a realm beyond tangible reality. The intersecting stories trace a Deathrock squatter imprisoned by a sadistic psychiatrist while facing the horrors of regret. You also see a pair of criminal plumbers. They are descending toward the gates of Hell across the beer-soaked backdrop of the Sunset Strip. There’s also an ambitious architect who builds his future on a Faustian pact with the Devil. As the tales unfold, the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Amnesia and Ass Whooping: POV Action Film ‘Bad Day at the Office’ Unleashes Final Trailer

If you think your Monday feels rough, imagine waking up with complete amnesia, a fresh corpse in your bathtub, and half the city’s criminal underworld battering down your door. The final trailer for Bad Day at the Office has officially arrived. And it offers an immersive, front-row seat to pure cinematic madness. The turbo-charged action-thriller premiered as the opening-night feature of the prestigious Midnight Madness section at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. And now, it’s heading to theaters this October. A High-Octane First-Person Experience Shot entirely from a first-person perspective utilizing specialized GoPro camera rigs, the film completely transforms the traditional action-thriller format. Every bone-crunching strike, high-speed vehicle pursuit, and massive explosion is experienced through the main character’s eyes. By ditching traditional camera setups, the production immerses viewers in the center of the conflict. It makes the audience feel less like passive observers and more like active players in a video game. A High-Stakes Narrative Built on Amnesia and Survival

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Ahead of its VOD Release, ‘Her Will Be Done’ Will Host Q&As at The Roxy

Having mesmerized audiences as a Director’s Fortnight standout at Cannes, along with celebrated festival runs at Sitges, Fantastic Fest, and BIFF, Julia Kowalski’s Her Will Be Done is officially heading to North American screens. The dramatic, female-driven occult folk horror feature opens exclusively in New York City at The Roxy Cinema on September 24th. Screenings on September 23rd, 25th, and 27th at The Roxy Cinema will feature live Q&A sessions with director Julia Kowalski and star Roxane Mesquida.  A Dark Rural Legacy of Curses and Desire The film is set against the muddy, isolating backdrop of a small French farming village. Nawojka is a young woman trapped between her overprotective father, ungrateful brothers, and the need to keep her family’s failing farm afloat. However, while she dreams of escaping to veterinary school, Nawojka harbors a far darker burden. She has inherited the demonic curse that claimed her mother’s life. Plagued by agonizing visions that manifest in reality, she spends her

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2026

More from Film Festivals

‘Where the Hell is Anna?’ Scores an Encore Screening Following its Win for Best Feature Film

Stormlight Pictures and Aradia Pictures’ Where the Hell is Anna? Shot entirely on location in Tennessee, the regional indie sensation premiered at the Nashville Film Festival. After taking home the festival’s prestigious Best Tennessee Feature Film trophy, organizers added an encore screening on September 28. Flower Crowns, Blood Sacrifices, and Sinister Sisterhood The story follows Derick. She’s a messy, heartbroken young woman who refuses to accept her best friend Anna’s sudden disappearance. Driven by desperation, Derick tracks Anna to a secretive, women-only woodland retreat and crashes the secluded commune. Once inside, she discovers a bizarre, sun-drenched environment. The residents are preparing Anna for a sacred ritual known as “Induction Day.” However, beneath the commune’s bright floral aesthetics and superficial sisterhood mantras lies a terrifying nightmare. One that involves sinister fertility experiments and gruesome blood sacrifices. It also promises ascension to a high-dimensional paradise called Summerland. ‘Midsommar’ Meets ‘Booksmart’ in a Darkly Comic Survival Tale Fusing visceral folk horror with sharp,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 28, 2026

Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival Delivers the Fear with Its 2026 Lineup

Columbus, Ohio’s Nightmares Film Festival enters its second decade with a mouth-watering selection of fabulous fear fare from October 15–18, 2026. From occult terror to home invasion horror to intriguing documentaries and beyond, the fest has something for horror fans of all stripes. Following is the official press release. Nightmares Film Festival (Oct. 15 to 18) today revealed its 2026 program, opening its second decade with a celebration of the boldest, freshest and most surprising work keeping genre dangerous.  “It’s our eleventh year, but we’re thinking of this as year one of a new decade of Nightmares,” said co-founders Jason Tostevin. “We’re celebrating the innovation, imagination and camaraderie that fuel the best of genre film.” Dubbed the “Cannes of horror” (iHorror), Nightmares is part summer camp for horror lovers, part annual reunion for some of the world’s top genre creators. Taking over the world-renowned Gateway Film Center, the festival will bring fans, filmmakers, screenwriters, press and industry reps together for

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 28, 2026

Spoiler-Free Reviews: Welcome to Dolly’s House and Attack on Paradise (Fantastic Fest 2026) 

Welcome to Dolly’s House (Taiwan, 2026) Official synopsis Maria stumbles into a surreal trap after she finds a video of a girl running from a mysterious woman and is drawn to an eerie, mind bending mansion. Fantasy-horror animation inspired by the classic literary anthology Taiping Guanji.   Review Codirectors Rady Fu, Tree Muta, and Seven Ych have crafted an intriguing rotoscoped fear-fare animation feature in Welcome to Dolly’s House. The story follows young online influencer Maria as she and her deceitful boyfriend try to uncover the mystery of the woman named Dolly who appears in a video where a young girl suddenly vanishes into thin air.  The animation is absolutely gorgeous and is reason enough to recommend this supernatural offering, but the third act is also a strong reason to seek out this film, as it goes into quite unexpected territory.  Aficionados of creepy-doll horror should especially find Welcome to Dolly’s House an engaging watch. It’s a colorful, trippy, eye-popping experience.

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 25, 2026

Beauty and Obsession Collide in David Gordon’s ‘Astrolatry’ Premiering at Sitges

Award-winning actor, filmmaker, and producer Ethan Daniel Corbett is set to bring his latest leading role to the international stage as Astrolatry premieres at the 59th Sitges Film Festival, running October 8–18, 2026. Marking David Gordon’s feature directorial debut, the psychologically driven genre satire heads to the world’s premier fantasy and horror festival for its first public screening. The high-profile festival debut follows momentum built earlier this year at the Cannes Marché du Film. Astrolatry was selected from a record-breaking 124 submissions for the prestigious Frontières Buyers Showcase. Toxic Masculinity and Obsession Core to Feature Debut Astrolatry stars Corbett as Elliot, an obsessive outcast whose fixation on a beauty-cream model rapidly deteriorates into violent delusion. Fusing dark character study, satire, and horror, David Gordon’s debut feature examines desire, alienation, and control. All while mounting a sharp interrogation of toxic masculinity and the “nice guy” trope. Reflecting on the role, Corbett says playing Elliot was a surprisingly healing experience. He offers

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 24, 2026

Spoiler-Free Review: Kung Fu Deadly (Fantastic Fest 2026) 

Official synopsis Two hapless rat catchers encounter a kung-fu Taoist Guardian pursuing an undead Chinese Jiangshi. Together they uncover family secrets and must embrace their fate to rid Dublin of this supernatural menace, the only way they know how: Extermination. Review Generally, genre-film festivals need some fun to balance out the more horrific and darker fare. Director Fergal Costello delivers the feel-good goods with martial arts/ jiangshi/supernatural action comedy Kung Fu Deadly (Ireland/Australia, 2026). The film seeks to entertain, and absolutely does, with a tale of two underachieving buddies who need to do some “growing up” fast unless they want to either become or be killed by traditional Chinese hopping vampires. Danny (Steven He) has been running Deadly Vermin Control since his father passed away. His childhood best friend and current roommate Frank (Michael Tient) works with him. Their lack of success with the business is nothing compared to the trouble that awaits them when jiangshi begin appearing, and it

Continue reading →
Joseph Perry
Sep 24, 2026

Shudder Acquires Horror-Comedy ‘Red Snow’ Ahead of Fantastic Fest Debut

Mega genre streaming platform Shudder has officially secured the rights to the upcoming Finnish horror-comedy feature Red Snow. The announcement comes as the film prepares to premiere at Fantastic Fest. It will be arriving on the streaming platform later this year. Blending festive holiday horror with dark comedic tropes, the acquisition expands Shudder’s slate of international genre cinema with a bloody, subversively dark spin on traditional Christmas folklore. A Twisted Festive Nightmare The story follows Johanna. She’s an isolated sixteen-year-old emo teenager living in Finland who harbors romanticized fantasies of meeting a glamorous, brooding vampire prince. However, her dark fairytale dreams are brutally shattered when she encounters Martti. He’s a balding, beer-bellied forty-nine-year-old bloodsucker. He like to disguise himself in a Santa suit to infiltrate homes and slaughter entire families. Crossing paths with the vampire on Christmas Eve, Johanna finds herself ensnared in a violent nightmare of trauma and holiday carnage. This leads to a bloody fight for survival by

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

‘Deathgasm II: Goremageddon’ is Unleashing Heavy Metal Horror in Cinemas and on VOD

The wait is finally over for metalheads and gorehounds as Deathgasm II: Goremageddon, the explosive sequel to the 2015 cult horror-comedy hit, prepares to blast into theaters. Fresh off its festival run that kicked off with its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest and continued across Sitges, BIFAN, Fantaspoa, and more, this high-octane bloodbath is ready to deliver an unhinged, head-banging cinematic experience. Fans can catch an exhilarating preview of the carnage right now with the release of the new official trailer below. Raising the Dead for the Ultimate Battle of the Bands Years after surviving the demonic carnage of the original film, Brodie is washed up, broke, and trapped in small-town purgatory. Opportunity strikes when the legendary NoizeQuest battle-of-the-bands competition rolls into town. This offers him a desperate shot at redemption and a chance to win back his former love, Medina. One massive hurdle stands in his way. His drummer is down an arm, and his remaining bandmates are completely

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Metal and Magic Meet Fairy Tale Mayhem in the ‘Magic Mtn.’ Trailer

Co-writers, directors, and producers Hana Mae Lee (Pitch Perfect) and Hal Satin have unveiled the debut trailer for their metal horror fairy tale Magic Mtn. The film premieres at Fantastic Fest before launching nationwide this Halloween season. Blending dark occult aesthetics, goth subculture, and surreal folklore, the atmospheric teaser offers a vivid preview of a movie built on ghostly specters, wicked curses, and heavy metal subversion. Three Intersecting Fables Bound by an Occult Spell Guided by a ghoulish narrator named Lord Mmorke, the narrative weaves together three distinct fables. All collide within a realm beyond tangible reality. The intersecting stories trace a Deathrock squatter imprisoned by a sadistic psychiatrist while facing the horrors of regret. You also see a pair of criminal plumbers. They are descending toward the gates of Hell across the beer-soaked backdrop of the Sunset Strip. There’s also an ambitious architect who builds his future on a Faustian pact with the Devil. As the tales unfold, the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Amnesia and Ass Whooping: POV Action Film ‘Bad Day at the Office’ Unleashes Final Trailer

If you think your Monday feels rough, imagine waking up with complete amnesia, a fresh corpse in your bathtub, and half the city’s criminal underworld battering down your door. The final trailer for Bad Day at the Office has officially arrived. And it offers an immersive, front-row seat to pure cinematic madness. The turbo-charged action-thriller premiered as the opening-night feature of the prestigious Midnight Madness section at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. And now, it’s heading to theaters this October. A High-Octane First-Person Experience Shot entirely from a first-person perspective utilizing specialized GoPro camera rigs, the film completely transforms the traditional action-thriller format. Every bone-crunching strike, high-speed vehicle pursuit, and massive explosion is experienced through the main character’s eyes. By ditching traditional camera setups, the production immerses viewers in the center of the conflict. It makes the audience feel less like passive observers and more like active players in a video game. A High-Stakes Narrative Built on Amnesia and Survival

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2026

Ahead of its VOD Release, ‘Her Will Be Done’ Will Host Q&As at The Roxy

Having mesmerized audiences as a Director’s Fortnight standout at Cannes, along with celebrated festival runs at Sitges, Fantastic Fest, and BIFF, Julia Kowalski’s Her Will Be Done is officially heading to North American screens. The dramatic, female-driven occult folk horror feature opens exclusively in New York City at The Roxy Cinema on September 24th. Screenings on September 23rd, 25th, and 27th at The Roxy Cinema will feature live Q&A sessions with director Julia Kowalski and star Roxane Mesquida.  A Dark Rural Legacy of Curses and Desire The film is set against the muddy, isolating backdrop of a small French farming village. Nawojka is a young woman trapped between her overprotective father, ungrateful brothers, and the need to keep her family’s failing farm afloat. However, while she dreams of escaping to veterinary school, Nawojka harbors a far darker burden. She has inherited the demonic curse that claimed her mother’s life. Plagued by agonizing visions that manifest in reality, she spends her

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 21, 2026
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