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Allegoria Director Spider One on His Theatrical Debut & Influences
After transitioning from Powerman 5000's music videos and shorts, Spider took his next major step with his theatrical debut in Allegoria for RLJE Films and Shudder The film follows a group of artists whose lives become unwittingly entangled as their obsessions and insecurities manifest monsters, demons, and death. Krsy Fox in Allegoria (2022) Image courtesy of[...]
Allegoria Star Krsy Fox on Embracing the Horror Genre & Opportunities
Image courtesy of RLJE Films & Shudder Bleeding Cool: What appealed to you about Allegoria? Krsy Fox: Spider wrote the character of Brody with a lot of weight to it, especially for a female role I hadn't seen something like that from a woman The bizarreness, journey, and her arc were appealing, getting to do that end[...]
The Reef: Stalked Star Teressa Liane on Survival Film, Prep & More
Image courtesy RLJE Films & Shudder Bleeding Cool: What intrigued you about 'The Reef: Stalked?' Teressa Liane: I liked it as an action shark genre film, but it's also a story of sisterhood with these young women and the trauma that they're dealing with There's a strong emotional story going on, which was pretty cool. BC: How do[...]
That Dirty Black Bag: Douglas Booth on Westerns, Method Acting & More
That's that was my connecting point. Season one of AMC+ and RLJE Films' That Dirty Black Bag, which also stars Niv Sultan, Aidan Gillen, and Travis Fimmel, is available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Douglas Booth was always fascinated with American Westerns growing up in England In the Western series That Dirty Black Bag, he was able[...]
Giveaway:
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the film to give away, which will be released on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD on July 26th, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Dual
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the film to give away, which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 19th, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to[...]
Giveaway: Win A DVD Copy Of The Horror Film Cyst
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the film to give away, which will be released on VOD, Digital HD, and DVD on June 21st, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a[...]
White Elephant: Vadhir Derbez on Co-Stars, Crossing to American Films
His latest is the RLJE Films' action crime drama White Elephant which features screen veterans in Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, and Marvel holdovers in Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy films) and Olga Kurylenko (Black Widow) I spoke to Derbez, who plays the enforcer Carlos, about working with director Jesse V Johnson, differences in working[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Horror Film Offseason
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the film to give away, which will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on June 14th, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of Slashed: Flesh & Blood
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the Shudder series to give away, which will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 17th, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Horror Film Death Valley
RLJE Films has provided us with a couple of copies of the Shudder movie to give away, which will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 17th, 2022, so this is your chance to snag a freebie ahead of time What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance[...]
Dual: Riley Stearns on Karen Gillan’s Roles & His Growth as Filmmaker
Image courtesy of RLJE Films and XYZ Films Inspiration Behind Dual "'Dual' for me was initially started with just the simple idea of wanting to see an actor act opposite themselves, but that ended up ballooning into this sort of more subtle science fiction film than it is today," Stearns said "I really just wanted to see[...]
Dual Star Beulah Koale on Creative Challenges in Sci-Fi Comedy
Image courtesy of RLJE Films and XYZ Films "What got me interested in 'Dual' was just working with Riley watching his past films and seeing his particular type of style," Koale said of the writer-director "I just wanted to just the work with him and to work with the genre that I'm not usually comfortable with,[...]
The Boy Behind the Door: Lonnie Chavis & Ezra Dewey on Horror Film
Image courtesy of RLJE Films & Shudder "When I got the script, I really loved it because I've never been to a horror movie before," Chavis said "I just wanted to try it out and test out my skills." Dewey got a head start "I was actually auditioning for 'The Djinn', and I didn't really get[...]
Offseason Star Joe Swanberg Talks Mickey Keating, Acting & Directing
Image courtesy of RLJE Films / Shudder "I had known of him and his films for years and had almost worked with him on a film called 'Carnage Park' (2016) years earlier," Swanberg recalled "When he called me about 'Offseason,' I just wanted to do it right away I told him I didn't even need to[...]
Offseason Star Jocelin Donahue on Film’s Cerebral Lovecraftian Vibe
Image courtesy of RLJE Films / Shudder Donahue was pitched the idea of Offseason by writer and director Mickey Keating, who she was familiar with his previous work selling the idea of her character Marie's "waking nightmare." "[Mickey] had worked together already with Mac Fisken, our super talented DP, and Eric Fleischman, his producer," she said[...]
Giveaway: Winn A Blu-Ray Copy Of Settlers
RLJE Films has given us a few copies of the film to give away, which will be released on February 15th, 2022 What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to win, it just requires you to do two things on Twitter All you have to do is follow our[...]
Superhost Star Sara Canning on Horror Film, Celebrity & Social Media
As ingrained into our social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok become, naturally, film and TV shows integrated them into projects as in the case of RLJE Films' horror film Superhost Sara Canning, who plays Claire, a vlogger, and her partner Teddy (Osric Chau) try to keep themselves relevant as travel influencers trying to[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of Apex Starring Bruce Willis
RLJE Films has given us a few copies of the film to give away, which will be released on February 8th, 2022 What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to win, it just requires you to do two things on Twitter All you have to do is follow our[...]
Giveaway: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Film Superhost
RLJE Films has given us a few copies of the film to give away, which will be released on February 1st, 2022 What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to win, it just requires you to do two things on Twitter All you have to do is follow our Twitter[...]
Giveaway: The Spine Of Night 4K UHD Steelbook
RLJE Films has given us a few copies of the film to give away, which will be released on February 1st, 2022 What do you need to do to win this? In order for a chance to win, it just requires you to do two things on Twitter All you have to do is follow our[...]
Giveaway: Win A Copy Of An Unquiet Grave On DVD
Would you like to win a DVD copy of the film An Unquiet Grave from RLJE Films? All you need is a Twitter account to take part in it Working alongside Shudder, we have been given a few copies of the film to give away, which came out on January 13th for retail What do[...]
Silent Night: Camille Griffin Talks Filmmaking, Keira Knightly, Timing
Image courtesy of RLJE Films/AMC+ "The inspiration was my inner conflict with myself, my class system, my relationship with family and children wondering when we're all going to sit up and do a bit better?" Griffin said "Are we capable of being better? What does it mean to do better? Those were the themes I think[...]
Apex Star Neal McDonough on Bruce Willis & Playing Empathetic Villain
Image courtesy of RLJE Films How Apex Is Latest Collaboration Between Neal McDonough and Bruce Willis "Bruce and I did Red 2 a few years back, and we developed a nice friendship from it," McDonough said "Corey Large, the producer said, 'Do you want to be opposite Bruce in the next film we're doing?' He's one of[...]
Shudder Film The Banishing Releases Trailer, Out April 15th
Leading to generations of other similar films, director Christopher Smith brings back traditional horror in his latest film in The Banishing for Shudder and RLJE Films I spoke to him about how the film came about, his career evolution, and casting. Jessica Brown Findlay as Marianne – The Banishing – Photo Credit: Shudder "[The Banishing] is a[...]
Prisoners of the Ghostland: Bill Moseley Talks Film and Nicolas Cage
Image courtesy of RLJE Films One thing that surprised Moseley is how the director followed his work in his frequent collaborator in musician and director Rob Zombie on his films ": I am friends with the co-writer Reza Sixo Safai, and I had invited him to a screening of 3 from Hell, and I think that[...]
Slaxx Writer Patricia Gomez on Character Inspirations Behind Film
Image courtesy of RLJE Films "When we first got the inkling of the idea, it was just kind of a silly joke," Gomez said "Elza and I were on a road trip with another friend, and we were talking about words we hated Our friend hated the word 'slacks.' Being the obnoxious people that we are,[...]
Slaxx Director Elza Kephart Talks Horror Film's 20-Year Journey
Image courtesy of RLJE Films "It started on a road trip with my writing partner and teasing each other about words we hated," Kephart recalled "One of the words one of our friends [brought up] on the road trip was with was 'slacks.' We just repeated it so often it started to sound like a killer[...]
Gangs of London Director Xavier Gens on Handling Season One Climax
I spoke with the French director about his work on the drama series Gangs of London about his role to deliver the mob war between two family crime syndicates the Wallaces and the Dumani in the climax of the first season from creators Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery. Image courtesy of RLJE Films / AMC+ How Xavier[...]