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There’s “No Salvation” In The Trailer For Russian Creature Feature ‘The Superdeep’

The trailer and first image for the Russian creature feature The Superdeep has clawed its way to the surface. In the film from writer-director Roman Karimov, “The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the most large-scale secret object of the country. In 1984, inexplicable sounds like the screams of many voices were recorded at a depth of more than 12 kilometers. In the wake of these events, the object was closed. A small research team went down below the surface to find out what secret the world’s deepest borehole was hiding. What they have found turned out to be the greatest threat in history. And the future of humanity is in their hands.” The Kola Superdeep Borehole is real. It’s located on the Kola Penninsula in the Pechengsky District. In 1989 the borehole reached a record-breaking depth of 40,230 feet, with its goal being to breach the earth’s crust. Set in 1984, the film pays homage to the genre classic The Thing.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 18, 2020

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Saw Meets Martyrs In The Russian Horror ‘Sleepless Beauty’

What would happen if you were locked between four walls and tortured without explanation? In director Pavel Khvaleev‘s Sleepless Beauty, a woman is kidnapped and subjected to the cruel tests and finds herself on a bloody journey in Russia. Sleepless Beauty stars Polina Davydova, Evgeniy Gagarin, Sergey Topkov, and Andrey Tereshenko. In the Russian film, a young girl named Mila is kidnapped. The unknown abductors keep her in an old garage, talk to her through a loudspeaker and set strict rules: she must not sleep but has to fulfill weird tasks that they’ve prepared for her. It all looks like someone’s sick ideas and gloomy entertainment. Still, the girl doesn’t suspect that she’s part of a ruthless experiment. Aleksandra Khvaleeva, Evgeniy Gagarin, and Elena Gagarina penned the script. The film, described as Saw meets Martyrs, is produced by Elena Talyanskaya, Georgiy Smirnov, Evgeniya Mustafina, and Frank Ellrich. Michael Kraetzer and Nicolás Onetti served as associate producers. Sleepless Beauty will be

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jan 23, 2020

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Russian Horror ‘The Envelope’ Delivers A Curse

Vladimir Markov’s Rusian supernatural thriller The Envelope is ready to open in theaters. Yuliya Peresild, Igor Lizengevich, Olga Medynich, Igor Khripunov, and Diana Enakaeva star. In the film, “a strange envelope is delivered to an architect bureau by mistake. Igor, a driver, gets the task to bring it to the right address. From that moment his life becomes a string of paranormal events. The cursed letter invades Igor’s life and leads him to a mysterious addressee.” The Envelope opens in theaters in Russia on November 30th and is from the same people who delivered The Bride which is getting a US remake.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 29, 2017

Trailers

The Russian Supernatural Thriller THE BRIDE Is Coming This May

There are a lot of great foreign horror films coming out this year. One you need to see is writer-director Svyatoslav Podgayevskiy’s Russian supernatural thriller The Bride (aka Hebecta), starring Vyacheslav Chepurchenko, Aleksandra Rebenok, Igor Khripunov, Valeriya Dmitrieva, Vladmir Sleznyov, Vera Biryukova, and Miroslava Seleznyov. In the film a young woman travels with her soon to be husband to his family home. Upon their arrival Nastya can’t help but think that the visit may have been a horrible mistake. She is surrounded by strange people and witnessing terrible visions as his family prepares her for a mysterious traditional Slavic wedding ceremony. If she can survive. The Bride will be haunting the theaters of the UK on May 4, 2017. The trailer for the film is creepy as hell, take a look.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 28, 2017

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