Last week we brought you an interview with Ki Hong Lee, one of the lead players in John R. Leonetti’s latest teen shocker, Wish Upon, but we were granted more than just the one wish as we also got the chance to catch up with another key cast member. Penned by Barbara Marshall (Viral) and …Read More

It Comes at Night is taking the horror world by storm and splitting audiences left, right and centre. We’re on the positive side and believe this to be one of the greatest horror films of the year. It’s unsettling, original and unpredictable and will certainly leave a lasting impression on those who delve into its …Read More

The horror genre is certainly going through a bit of a “careful what you wish for” phase right now. This August, streaming giant Netflix will unleash Adam Wingard’s highly-anticipated Death Note, but prior to that, John R. Leonetti’s Wish Upon will be granting all manner of wicked wishes in theatres from July 14. Penned by …Read More

The cogent and complex thriller Midnighters, which recently premiered at this year’s LA Film Festival marks the more than impressive theatrical debut of director Julius Ramsay (director/editor of AMC’s “The Walking Dead, “Cinemax’s “Outcast,” “Battlestar Galactica”). Penned by his brother Alston Ramsay, the film is set on New Year’s Eve, that time of year when …Read More

Last week, we spoke with Danish writer/director Christian Torpe on the upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Mist,” in which he revealed how the real draw for him had been the fact that it’s such an incredibly unfortunate, yet incredibly relevant premise. Having seen the pilot, that statement couldn’t be closer to the truth …Read More

Commenting on what it was that convinced him that Stephen King’s original story had all the trappings for a TV show story arc, Danish writer/director Christian Torpe said, “At its heart, “The Mist” is a story about what people will do when they are blinded by fear – the mist is a wonderful metaphor for …Read More

If an inventive blend of Cabin In The Woods and Independence Day sounds right up your street then you’ve come to the right place. Directed with real visual flair by Mauro Borelli (concept artist behind blockbusters ranging from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End right through to The Hateful Eight), said helmer’s debut sci-fi …Read More

A former Full Sail graduate, filmmaker Aaron B. Koontz has amassed well over a decade of experience in the film industry with credits including work on large-scale studio features such as 2 Fast 2 Furious and The Punisher. More recently he served as exec-producer of 2014’s breakout horror hit Starry Eyes but now it’s his …Read More

Just last week, Barbara Crampton paid a visit to Bilbao’s FANT festival to receive the very first ESTRELLA de FANT award in recognition of her life’s contribution to the genre film industry. Whilst there, she also attended a Re-Animator/Beyond the Gates double feature and SCREAM got a chance to sit down with the First Lady …Read More

Iranian-born and raised in Los Angeles, writer/director Kasra Farahani cut his teeth as an industrial designer before stumbling into the world of film design, going on to work for many years as an art director and concept artist for a number of big studio productions such as Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. …Read More

Embracing the candour and attitude of sci-fi successes of the ’70s and ’80s, Shane Abbess’ latest outing, Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child grounds itself with profoundly layered post apocalyptic characters and relationships seldom seen today when it comes to big screen space operas. Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonisation, …Read More

After months of anticipation, American Gods is finally here—and its temple is one in which fans of every genre can find something to worship. Breathtakingly shot, often deliriously funny, and with an opening scene that loosely resembles an explosion in a cherry syrup factory, the Starz original series is hypnotically weird and wonderful. This melting …Read More

Last week we spoke with Steve Oram all about Liam Gavin’s captivating directorial debut A Dark Song. Penned by Gavin, the film relates the tale of Sophie (Catherine Walker), a determined young woman who reaches out for the help of a damaged occultist (Steve Oram) but the two soon find their lives (and souls) put …Read More

Following the success of ‘Secretary’ and ‘Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,’ writer/director Steven Shainberg makes his long-awaited return (all of a decade to be exact) with the sci-fi abduction chiller Rupture. Heading up a top notch ensemble cast is Noomi Rapace who plays a single mother finding herself forced to take all measures …Read More

In this film, the truism about being careful what you wish for gets a frightening supernatural spin… In 2010, writer/directors Andy Mitton and Jesse Holland seriously spooked festival audiences with their debut feature YELLOWBRICKROAD, a suggestive, sometimes surreal chiller that saw commercial distribution the following year. Telling of an expedition into the wilderness to solve …Read More

Films don’t get much more ambiguous than Liam Gavin’s directorial debut A Dark Song, and it’s precisely this ambiguity that keeps what is essentially a slow-burner, driving along at an unrelenting pace. Despite being set almost entirely in one location and with just the two leads sharing most of the screen time, I haven’t been …Read More

Many of you are likely more than aware of actor-turned-director Osgood Perkins (son of Anthony), following the recent success of his Netflix Originals flick I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. But, despite all the buzz his previous film, The Blackcoat’s Daughter garnered on the festival circuit, only now is his directorial …Read More

When it comes to Sean Brosnan’s Southern Gothic revenge tale My Father Die, first time directorial debuts don’t come much stronger than this. Rooted in “The Playboy of the Western World,” a play that has resonated with Brosnan since childhood, My Father Die serves up a primal, southern noir tale of family vengeance wrapped in …Read More

Following a successful tour on the international festival circuit, visiting the likes of Sitges Film Festival and Shriekfest, Sevé Schelenz’ sophomore feature, the gooey, gory midnight flick, Peelers, is all set to wreak havoc on VOD this month. Penned by Lisa DeVita and starring Wren Walker, Caz Odin Darko and Madison J. Loos, Peelers follows …Read More

A brash and brutal blend of The Inbetweeners and Shaun of the Dead, Andy Edward’s Ibiza Undead takes the horrors of dodgy package deals from Hell to inconceivable new heights. Set in an alternate world where zombies are commonplace, Ibiza Undead follows Jim, Alex and Az as they jet set off to the White Isle …Read More

Today (March 17) sees the release of Dagen Merrill’s psychological thriller, Atomica. Starring Dominic Monaghan (Pet, “Lost”), Sarah Habel (Hostel: Part II) and Tom Sizemore (Born on the 4th of July, Natural Born Killers), the film tells a not-so-distant-future tale of a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon (Habel), who is flown out to attempt to …Read More

Now out on VOD and DVD, SCREAM caught up with Les Sholes to talk about his award-winning horror movie Exscind and the dedication it takes to be a writer, director and producer. SCREAM:   HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN FILM MAKING? Les:  I began by taking several courses throughout the country in screenwriting, directing and …Read More

Next week sees the release of Douglas Schulze’s fourth and most daring film yet, The Dark Below. This tense and fear-driven film makes use of a bone-chilling soundtrack by multiplatinum artist Eric Bobo (Cypress Hill, The Beastie Boys) and minimal dialog to relate a woman’s (Lauren Mae Shafer) struggle for survival beneath a frozen lake …Read More