Apartment 7A (2024)

Released on Paramont Plus for instant streaming , September 24th in the US.

Filmed in New York and UK.

The story : New York City , 1965.

Terry Gionoffrio is a young woman who makes a living as a dancer.

While performing on stage during a very important show , Terry injures her ankle.

Fast forward a few years later , Terry is now struggling to keep her head above water in the dancing business.

Her injury is causing her pain but she pushes on , trying to get any gig.

When she applies for a job and is just about completely humiliated while trying out , she takes it upon herself to go to see the man in charge of the show.

Instead , she just about passes out on the side of the road after experiencing some hallicinations due to some medication shes been taking too much of.

Terry is rescued by very nice, elderly couple Minnie and Roman Castevet , who happen to live in the building and know the man Terry was intending on visiting.

The Castevet's take Terry in and immediately shower her with kindness.

So much kindess that they give her an apartment in the building to live in.

Then , knowing Terry just wants a part in the man in the same buildings' production , the Castevet's arrange for Terry to get a part.

They give Terry everything and it seems its just all too good to be true.

Unfortunately , it is all too good to be true. There is a price to be paid.

Stars Julia Garner , Marli Siu , Rosy McEwan , Jim Sturgess , Anton Blake Horowitz , Dianne Wiest , Kevin McNally , Andrew Buchan , Raphael Sowole , Tina Gray , Patrick Lyster , Rachel Atkins , Andre Lillis , Simon Adkins , Lukas McFarlane , Dylan Baldwin , David Bardsley , Sean Browne

Directed by ( & story partly written) Natalie Erika James

Rated R
THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Out of Time : The Material Issue Story (2021)

Released November 14th in the US.

Filmed in Illinois, California, and New York.

The story: As a child, Jim Ellison loved music.

When he picked up his first guitar at a young age, that was it.

As a high school senior , Jim decided he needed to attend college to become a rock n roll star...

While attending college in Chicago, he formed his first and only band - Material Issue.

Jim was all about his music. He had a whole scheme planned out from day one.

He promoted the music and played at any venue he was invited to play.

It was important to take the music seriously and make money off of it.

Little by little, Material Issue took off.

Like so many before them, their music was way ahead of its time.

Finally, after being recognized for their talent and sought after by many labels, the band decided to sign by with Mercury.

By 1991 , they were touring all over the country.

In 1992 , their second album was released but it didnt make the money.

Mercury was on their tail in hopes that their third endeavor would be the one that made the money like the first time around.

The band began looking for inspiration and started work with a different , more famous rock n roll producer this time around - Mike Chapman.

Mike believed in Jim and the rest of the band. He wanted to work with them. He knew they were talented and that he could help them go further.

Material Issue's third album was released in 1994. It was an album the band and Mike were really proud of. 

But it flopped.

Two years later , without any warning , Jim Ellison was gone at the age of 32.

Stars Deanna Ellison Stropoli, Wally Ellison, Patricia Ellison Wegner, Chip Z Nuff, Mike Zelenko, Ted Ansani, Mike Chapman, Steve Albini, Matt Pinfield, Joe Shanahan, Jim DeRogatis, Brad Elvis, Peter Katsis, Greg Kot, Ken Kurson, Jeff Kwatinetz, Jeff Murphy, Eddie Roeser, Jay ORourke, Lance Tawzer, Danny Thompson, Melissa Zuckerman 

Directed by Balin Scheider

Not Rated

DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY/MUSIC

"In Memory Of Patricia Wegner and Jim Ellison."

Strange Behavior AKA Dead Kids (1981)

Released November 13th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Australia.

The story: In the small town of Galesburg, Illinois, nothing bad ever happens...

John Brady , who is chief of police in town has lived in town most all his life.

He lives there with his son , high school senior and good student Pete.

They lost John's wife and Pete's mother not too long ago to what John believes are some suspicious circumstances but he still hasnt figured it out just yet.

He just knows it has something to do with her boss , Dr. Le Sange as well as his strange passing right after.

When John makes it to work one regular morning , he learns that the son of the town's mayor has been missing since last night.

But he doesnt think much of it.

Meanwhile , Pete's friend Oliver has talked him into taking an experiemental course , which is connected to the college program that Dr. Le Sange once taught and is still teaching from beyond...

The experimental course is a two day session , at 100 dollars a day so it's an easy way for quick cash.
Little do any of the people who participate in the two day course know , they are being programed into becoming mindless killers.

Stars Louise Fletcher , Michael Murphy , Dan Shor , Beryl Te Wiata , Marc McClure , Charles Lane , Jim Boelsen , Elizabeth Chesire , Dey Young , Arthur Dignam , Scott Brady , Billy Al Benston , Nicole Massie , Bill Condon , B Courtenay Leigh , William Hayward , Jack Haines

Directed by ( & story partly written) Michael Laughlin

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI/HORROR

Bloody Hell (2020)

Released January 14, 2021 in the US.

Filmed in Australia.

The story: Rex is a regular guy from Omaha who relies on his conscience when he's stressed...

One day, while in line to talk to a pretty teller at the local credit union, the place gets held up.

Nervous and, of course, absolutely stressed, Rex decides to take matters into his own hands.

In the aftermath, to some, Rex looks like a complete hero, but that doesn't mean no one was harmed.

Fast forward, 8 years later. 
Rex has just been released from prison and has his sights set on traveling to Finland...

While at the airport he is recognized by many, although among those people a strange couple is talking in Finnish and staring at him oddly.

Another Finnish man approaches Rex, telling him that the strange couple was saying they are going to - "get him".

With nothing more to think about over it, Rex catches a taxi cab. But soon, he is gassed.

When he awakens, Rex finds himself tied up, hanging, from a ceiling in a basement that he does not recognize.

Also, his foot, from the shin down is missing...

Rex and his conscience soon come up with a plan to get the heck out of there as fast as humanly possible.

But it will not be that easy.

Stars Jessi Robertson, Ben OToole, Ashlee Lollback, Sophia Emberson Bain, Ryan Tarran,  Brad McMurray, Daniel Weaver,  Joshua Brennan, Charles Allen, Louis Toshio Okada, Juan Fernando Monge, Sean Lynch, Caroline Craig, Matthew Sunderland, Jack Finsterer, David Hill, Meg Fraser, Travis Jeffrey, David Hill

Directed by Alister Grierson

English/English w/ Finnish subtitles

Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY/HORROR

"BOI TO HEL"

We Need To Do Something (2021)

Released September 3rd in the US.

Filmed entirely in Michigan.

The story: Mother Diane, father Robert, teenage daughter Melissa, and young son Bobby have just locked themselves in their home's bathroom.

An aggressive storm is approaching and the bathroom is their only room for guaranteed shelter.

The family has no idea what to expect from the storm, but Diane and Robert are staying positive that it won't be that bad.

Melissa and Bobby, on the other hand, are scared as hell.

During the first night, the family finds themselves completely locked into the bathroom, due to no fault of their own.

Now the train of thought is, after a while, surely one of the neighbors will come for them.

But as days go by and the storm passes, being inside the bathroom still feels like the safest place to be.

As things get worse and worse, and more terrifying by the hour, Melissa begins believing that the reason her family and herself are stuck in the position they are in is due to some evil-spirited hocus pocus she and her friend Amy conjured up before everything hit the fan.

Stars Vinessa Shaw, Pat Healy, Sierra McCormick, John James Cronin, Lisette Olivera, (voice) Ozzy Osbourne, Logan Kearney, (voice) Dan John Miller

Directed by Sean King OGrady

Not Rated

THRILLER/MYSTERY/HORROR

Villians (2019)

Released September 20th in the US.

Filmed in New York.

The story: Mickey and Jules are hellbent on getting to Florida.

With no job and no real means of making money in their town, they have a sure-fire plan to live the good life: selling shells on the beach and living free from the day-to-day routine that is everyone else's reality. 

After holding up a convenience store and getting away with it, the lovers are on the road to their dreams.

Then, they unexpectedly run out of gas in what seems like the middle of nowhere.

While trying to think of what to do next, they realize the long quiet road they are stuck on bares a home.

Clever as heck, they decide to break in and look for car keys.

Instead, they find a young girl chained up in the basement.

This makes Jules crazy and she dedicates herself to taking the girl with them when they leave, which sets them back way too far.

When the owners of the house return home, they turn out to be much more driven in their sadistic plans than Mickey and Jules are in theirs to rob them.

As time speeds by the situation really becomes a duel of the fittest.

Stars Bill Skarsgard , Maika Monroe , Nikolas Kontomanolis , Noah Robbins , Blake Baumgartner , Jeffrey Donovan , Kyra Sedgwick , Danny Johnson

Directed by (& story written) Dan Berk & Robert Olsen

Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY/THRILLER/MYSTERY

The Dark Place (2018)

Released April 12th in the US.

Filmed entirely in Georgia.

The story : Donald is a quiet guy who keeps to himself.

He works as a trash truck driver , he lives with and cares for his mother and he has an 11 year old daughter who he sees once a week.

While hanging out with his daughter , she shows him her Facebook feed.

On there , Donald notices a post from a boy whose family is on his work route.

The boy's post is asking if anyone has seen his little brother.

Donald begins questioning his daughter about the post , wanting to know if the boys brother has been found.

His daughter gets freaked out and doesnt want to ask the boy any questions , so advises her dad to stay away from the subject all together.

But Donald cannot and the more he thinks about it and asks people who may know what happened to him , the more he feels he needs to know.

Stars Andrew Scott , Bronagh Waugh , Sandra Ellis Lafferty , Denise Gough , Christa Beth Campbell , Bella Fraker , Kate Forbes , Christian Finlayson , Jason Davis , JD Evermore , Becky Wahlstrom , Griff Furst , Michael Rose , Andrew Masset , Simone Kiffany Jenkins , Eric Mendenhall , Jared Bankens

Directed by Simon Fellows

Not Rated

MYSTERY/THRILLER

"Put your eyes back in your head Jim or I'll tell Nancy what your peckers been thinking."

The Fanatic (2019)

Released August 30th in the US.

Filmed in California and Alabama.

Based on truths.

The story: Moose is a nice enough guy but he isn't really right in the head.

He gets really excited about things that he enjoys, which is nice and all, but Moose does take things to another level...

Moose loves movies, he has all of his life, and some, along with the actors, really inspire him something fierce.

His best friend is Leah. Leah is paparazzi, so she always knows where the stars are.

Leah tells Moose that Hunter Dunbar, who happens to be Moose's most favorite actor, will be attending a party.

They decide to sneak in so Leah can get photos and Moose can meet Hunter, but Moose gets kicked out.

That's okay though because the next day, Hunter will be signing his new book at Moose's favorite comic book shop.

Moose makes his way there and just as it's Moose's turn to meet Hunter, Hunter steps away.

Moose cannot control his excitement and decides to try and talk to Hunter while he is handling some personal business, but that doesn't go well and he really doesn't get to properly meet him.

Leah tells Moose about an app that locates stars' homes. She makes Moose promise to not bother any stars, that goes for Hunter as well.

But when Moose finds Hunter's house and Hunter sees him, that doesn't work out well either.

That does not stop Moose though, he really just wants to be friends with Hunter because he just loves him.

Stars John Travolta, Josh Richman, Ana Golja,  Jacob Grodnik, James Paxton, Luis Da Silva Jr, Jeff Chase, Devon Sawa, Rene Aranda, Marta Gonzales Rodin, Leslie Sides, Elle Matarazzo, Danny Minnick, Theresa Ireland, Danny Mendez, Martin Pena, Lisa Lynn Dempsey

Directed by (& story partly written) Fred Durst

Rated R

DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

Affliction (1997)

Released February 19, 1999 in the US.

Filmed entirely in Canada.

The story: Wade Whitehouse is a policeman in a small town in New Hampshire.

He has some deep-rooted issues, due to the way his father behaved when Wade was a child.

Wade does best these days staying away from his father but his newest problem is not being able to see his young daughter as often as he'd like.

When Jack, Wade's coworker and friend, takes Evan Twombly, a very important man around town, out hunting, and things go horribly wrong, it seems like Jack is at fault.

The more Wade thinks about it, the more he believes Jack is a murderer and he doesn't want him to get away with the crime.

But no one wants to believe Jack is guilty.

As time goes on, Mr. Twombly's death eats away at Wade, changing his personality right before the eyes of everyone who knows and loves him.

In the end, everything Wade knows changes, transforming his life completely.

Stars Nick Nolte, Brigid Tierney, Jim True-Frost, Holmes Osborne, Mary Beth Hurt, Wayne Robson, Sissy Spacek, Sean McCann, James Coburn, Tim Post, Marian Seldes, Janine Theriault, Christopher Heyerdahl, Paul Stewart, Sheena Larkin, Penny Mancuso, Charles Edwin Powell

Directed by (& story partly written) Paul Schrader

Rated R
DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER

Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Released August 26, 2011 in the US.

Filmed in Canada.

The story: Tucker has recently bought a vacation cabin in the woods of West Virginia.

He and his best friend Dale are traveling there for some vacation time while fixing the place up.

At the same time, a group of college student friends are also on their way into the woods of West Virginia for a Memorial Day weekend stay.

On the way, they all end up at the same gas station.

Dale sees Alison, one of the college students, and wishes he could talk to her.

Tucker talks him into giving it a try, but instead, the two of them come off looking like crazed maniacs....

The college students make it to their campsite while Tucker and Dale make it to the cabin.

That evening, the college students decide to go for a midnight swim in the river.

Tucker and Dale are fishing on that same river.
When Tucker and Dale see Alison getting undressed and ready to jump in the river, Dale yells at Tucker for watching, causing Alison to get spooked and fall into the water.

Worried when they don't see her surface, Tucker and Dale save Alison from drowning and end up taking her back to the cabin.

The college students who think they have seen what happened to Alison freak out, telling the others that she was kidnapped.

All this misunderstanding turns into much more while the college kids attempt to rescue Alison from Tucker and Dale.

Stars Katrina Bowden, Jess Moss, Brandon Jay McLaren, Chelan Simmons,  Travis Nelson, Christie Laing, Alex Arsenault, Adam Beauchesne, Joseph Allan Sutherland, Karen Reigh, Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Philip Granger, Dave Brown, Mitchell Verigin, Tye Evans, Angela DeCorte

Directed by (& story partly written) Eli Craig

Rated R
DARK COMEDY/MYSTERY/HORROR 

"Eat shit body perm!"

Creepshow : George Romaro in 3D / BabyTeeth (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 6.
Story 1: Sarah owns and runs a bookstore with the help of her son Martin and his friend Dawn.

It happens to be the old bookstore of George Romaro.

They do not sell online so it's possible that could be a reason for their recent decline in sales.

When the owner of the property comes by, claiming to want to raise the rent, it puts Sarah in a compromising position.

She will have no make some changes, also fire Dawn.

Martin doesn't want to fire Dawn, but if she is getting fired, he will break the news to her.

While getting ready to tell Dawn and hoping for a miracle, Martin sees a crate that Dawn found in the basement.

They open the crate to find unreleased, first edition copies of George Romaro's comics, Brain Rot.

The comics also include 3D glasses.

Martin believes they have hit the jackpot with the comics, which are surely worth a lot of money.

Although the comics are a rare, amazing find, they are also extremely dangerous.

Story 2: Teenager Shelby's mom Miranda is completely overbearing. She feels the need to be by Shelby's side as much as humanly possibly.

Miranda wants to hold on to Shelby forever, and she has kept all her things from when she was born til now. Including all of her baby teeth.

Because Miranda's mother left her when she was young, she will never do to Shelby what she did to her.

Shelby is rebellious but honest and tells her mother all the things she does because she knows it shocks her.

After Shelby tells Miranda she got a piercing, Miranda tells her she is never allowed to leave the house again.

Shelby explains that won't work and that it didn't work with her dad, trying to force Miranda to see the truth for what it really is.

When Shelby's friend Kaitlyn comes by to see her and Shelby tells her that her mom keeps all her teeth, Kaitlyn wants to find the teeth.

She finds something else instead. 

Stars Kyra Zagorsky, Megan Charppentier , Peter New, Graham Verchere , Danny Hospes , Sebastian Kroon, Roberto Alejandro Sandoval Santana, Anthony Moyer, Alison Thornton, Rochelle Greenwood, Maya Ford, Micaela Nyland

Directed by John Harrison & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI/DARK COMEDY/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Something Burrowed, Something Blue / Doodles (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 5.

Story 1: Frank is a very wealthy man. His days on earth will soon come to an end and he would like to give everything he owns to his daughter.

After receiving a letter from her father, inviting herself and her fiancee Ryan to brunch at his house, Allison could not be more disgusted.

Her father hasn't been in her life for the past 15 years and that's because after her mother's passing, he sent her away to boarding school.

Now she wants nothing to do with him or his money.

But Ryan talks her into going.

Just as expected, Allison has a bug up her ass as soon as they get there. But Ryan is most impressed with Frank's home and riches.

Frank wants to make amends, but no matter what he says, Allison isn't budging and instead of going any further with listening to him, she goes to the car.

Frank shows Ryan the secret to his fortune and tells him that if he can take care of this "secret", as Frank has all these years, all the money he can handle will be his and Allison's. 

Of course, tending to the "secret" of his success will be quite the task.

Story 2: Angela is working on getting a gig as a cartoon artist.

She has recently been let down while applying for a job at the very famous magazine, Timeless.

Unfortunately, while showing her work to Sonia, an up-and-coming competiting client, who is a favorite of Roger's, the magazine's owner, Sonia stole Angela's cartoon which got her the job.

Feeling sorry for herself and no future direction to think of to go in, Angela opens the latest issue of Timeless to find Sonia's bio article.

On that page, Angela doodles a rat next to Sonia, among other gruesome things.

The next morning, Angela gets a text that Roger is still looking for cartoon submissions.

Confused because she understood that Sonia got the job, Angela is told Sonia died last night.

Angela cannot believe it.

She jumps right in headfirst for another try at getting the gig with Timeless.

On this next try, Roger is impressed with Angela's work and hires her, but the job comes with a catch.

When Angela cannot do the requested dirty work to land the job, she is let go once again.

Just as before, Angela is angry, this time at Roger and doodles on the cover of Timeless, namely a cartoon of Roger.

Roger dies without warning and a few days later, when Angela decides to leave town, she learns she got the job with Timeless.

Apparently, anyone who makes Angela angry is in danger.

Stars Tom Atkins, Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, Curtis Lum, Bernie Yao, Anja Savcic , Tina Grant, David Lennon, Tyler McClendon, Alaska Leigh, Kenny Wood Schatz, Kevin Amestoy, 

Directed by John Esposito & JP Pesce

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/ MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Meet the Balaskos / Cheat Code (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 4.

Story 1: Chuck and Helena Balasko are American vampires.

They have recently, along with their teenage daughter Anastasia, relocated to a small town for a change of pace.

On their first night at their new home, they are approached by their neighbor Doug, who is anti-vampire.

Although the Balasko's are personable and friendly enough, Doug does not like them.

Doug also has a teenage son, Alex, who is soon interested in getting to know Anastasia.

The two meet and Alex offers to show Anastasia around town.

She accepts and immediately the two become close.

But Doug has a huge problem with this.

Doug never did tell Alex that his mother was killed by a vampire.

Story 2: Dave is a teenager who lives to play video games.

Since his mom has past, it's just been himself and his dad.

His dad is worried about him and would like to spend more time with him. But Dave isn't exactly interested.

When Dave's dad finds an old game that he played when he was Dave's age, he tells Dave all about it.

As the rumor goes, no one has ever won the game. Dave's dad was actually the player with the all-time highest score when the game came out.

Dad explains that the game is difficult and confusing because you never know what will happen next, after playing a bit Dave agrees.

Dave shows the game to his two best friends, and they agree, the game is really hard.

When one of them finds a copy on Ebay with a cheat code written on it, sold by a seller who said that the game is shit because it killed her kid, that should have been a hint to stay away.

Stars Brendan Taylor, Lisa Durupt , Karis Cameron, Donovan Stinson, Matthew Nelson Mahood, Andrew Long, Andrew Nadanyi , Jonathan Vellner, Hugo Steele, Sari Mercer, Lochlyn Munro, Connor Wong, Nikolas Filipovic, Hanna Huffman, Kelly Anna Woods, Kyle Strauts

Directed by Justin G Dyck & John Esposito

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI/DARK COMEDY/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : The Parent Death Trap / To Grandmother's House We Go (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 3.

Story 1: Lyle is a teenager whose parents have always meddled in his business.

They believe they are helping Lyle and no matter what he says, he cannot convince them otherwise.

They have taken it upon themselves to ask their investment brokers daughter Violet to the prom for him, but he's very unhappy about that move.

Violet stands Lyle up and his parents are livid. But they know it's not them that she is avoiding...

When Lyle can no longer take the belittling of his parents, he knocks them off.

That same evening, the ghosts of his parents return to finish badgering him, and they do not stop.

Four years later, no one knows Lyle killed off his parents except his parents.

But they are there every day, at every waking moment, everywhere he goes, complaining and driving him mad.

When Lyle meets up with Violet by accident at the grocery store, the two make plans to go out, against his parents' wishes of course.

But Lyle and Violet have a great time getting to know each other and bond by sharing the sins of their parents.

Unfortunately, the police have now begun, after all this time, looking into his parents' disappearance.

Story 2:   David Higgins, a widowed older man with a young daughter, Ruby, and lots of money, married Marcia, a woman some years younger than him.

His mother and estate administrator warned him not to marry Marcia, but Marcia got what she wanted.

Just as quickly as they married, David passes away.

Marcia is a gold digger and only cares about finding a way to get more money.

When Marcia gets a call that David's mother is soon to pass away, she cannot control her excitement because that means she will finally get the money.

Marcia takes Ruby to see her grandmother and tells her she is sick.

Ruby is worried that she will no longer have any real family members left and hopes Marcia will really be her mother.

Marcia wants no part in that but feels bad and tries talking to Ruby about it.

Just then, something runs out in front of the car, causing Marcia to lose control and drive off the road.

After Marcia calms down she realizes the car is stuck. While standing outside the car, trying to call for help, Marcia is attacked by a wolf.

But she gets away.

Only the wolf doesn't give up that easily and snatches Ruby from the car.

Just as fast Marcia flags down a passerby.

It happens to be someone she knows. She tells him what happened, and he calls for help.

He is supposed to pull her car out of the ditch but, he doesn't make it.

The wolf reappears and then, Ruby. 

Now Ruby is in danger, but Marcia fights to save her.

tars Dylan Sloane, Loretta Walsh, Shaughnessy Redden, Chloe Babcook , Andrea Drepaul, Ed Chow, Julie Howgate, Tariq Leslie, Talia Mathers, Cooper Bibaud, Keegan Connor Tracy, Daevyd Avalon, Marion Eisman, Emma Oliver, Jason McKinnon, Amanda Huxtable, Teana Marie Smith, Jason Bell

Directed by Justin G Dyck & PJ Pesce

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/DARK COMEDY/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : The Hat /Grieving Process (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 20th in the US.
Season 4. Episode 2.

Story 1: Jay is a horror novelist with writer's block.

While meeting with his agent and telling her his current situation, she loans him famous horror writer Bachman's hat which stays under lock and key, to help inspire him.

Bachman also suffered from writer's block and knowing this eases Jay's mind.

That evening, Jay is trying to write. He puts the hat on but still seems to get nowhere.

Frustrated and taking it out on the hat, something overcomes Jay, and he begins to write, furiously.

The next day very proud of what he accomplished, Jay brings his work to his agent. The two are overjoyed with his work but his agent explains how Bachman's work really captivated audiences with his confident style.

She wants Jay to try and write in Bachman's style and that evening he makes that effort.

Same as before, he wears the hat, something comes over him, and by the morning, he has a best seller.

But Jay will pay quite an ominous price.

Story 2: Richard is the doting husband to April.

This morning is a very special day. It's the first day of April's new higher up position at work.

The couple part ways for the day in hopes of reuniting later for a romantic dinner.

Instead, Richard waits and waits for April's return. He texts and texts but gets no reply.

Finally, he gets a phone call from her phone. But it is not April, it is the police.

April had been attacked when leaving work , she is in critical condition and the attacker got away.

Some time later, April is ready to go home from the hospital.

When she arrives though, she is nothing like the April that Richard and her sister Jean know.

April is distant and quiet and cannot even eat.

Richard and Jean do the best they can to try to help April, but things just aren't going well.

They are both hopeful that with time April will return to her normal self.

Unfortunately, no amount of time will be bringing April back, but Richard won't give up on his beloved wife.

Stars Ryan Beil, Sara Canning, Marlee Walchuk , David Beairsto, Kelly Metzger, Sachin Sahel, Rachel Drance, Maemae Renfrow, Elfina Luk, Rebecca Davis, Kingston Chan 

Directed by Kailey Spear & Sam Spear

Rated TV
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Drug Traffic / A Dead Girl Named Sue (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 28th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 6.

Story 1:  Congressman Evan Miller's campaign trail involves attacking the country's health care system.

Recently he has been tagging along with a busload of people who are traveling over the border to Canada for better and cheaper quality care.

The bus makes a stop at the border and everyone is to get off the bus and get cleared to go into Canada.

Very sick Mai is traveling with her mother. Her mother makes sure she gets her meds to keep her condition in check.

But when her mother is detained and separated from Mai due to trying to carry an overwhelming amount of Mai's meds over the border, there are some very dire consequences.

Story 2: At a time when the recently deceased are returning from the grave, the townspeople of a small town want their revenge.

Cliven, the son of the Mayor is a criminal. He continuously gets away with crime after crime with a slap on the wrist.

The townspeople have had enough and have decided that they will finally make Cliven pay.

The sheriff believes the people are right but his hands are legally tied as a police officer.

When the sheriff goes to the edge of town to find Cliven and take him into custody, to save him from the people who want his head, he finds evidence of a recent crime.

This changes everything for the sheriff and he decides to help the townspeople who have been wronged by Cliven in his own way.

Stars Reid Scott, Sarah Jon, Mai Delapa, Michael Rooker, Cristian Gonzalez, Karlton Davis, JR Rodrigez, Bryan Brendle, Rey Hernandez, Joshua Mikel, Tim Blanchard

Directed by John Harrison & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/B&W/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Time Out / The Things in Oakwood's Past (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 21st in the US.

Season 3. Episode 5.

Story 1:  While attending the funeral of his grandfather, young Timmy opens the doors to the antique armoire that once belonged to his grandfather.

Just before he could step foot inside, his grandmother stopped him, warning him to never get stuck inside the armoire.

Ten years later, Tim is a college student.

His grandmother has passed and he recently received the armoire, key, and note from his grandmother, warning him to never go inside without the key...

Just as he is about to open the doors, he is stopped by unexpected but welcomed company.

Curiosity sets in the next day, without any time to waste due to a critical test he has to take today, and Tim opens and goes inside the armoire.

While inside, he notices time is flying by but when he gets back outside of the armoire,  he realizes no time has passed and he won't be late.

But time has passed. Tim just hasn't noticed that yet.

Story 2: The town of Oakwood has a very mysterious past.

200 hundred years ago, the townspeople of Oakwood up and vanished into thin air...

Everyone in town has a theory of what caused this strange occurrence but no one really knows what happened.

This Friday, Marnie Wrightson - who is the local librarian, President of the Historical Society, and the daughter of Oakwood's Mayor,, is going to try her hand at getting to the bottom of this age-old mystery.

She has found a stack of journals from the 1800s that she has recently been drawn to.

The back of the last journal, written the year the townspeople left town, has coordinates that Marnie believes will lead her to the answer.

It is possible though that no one in Oakwood really needs to know what happened...

Stars Grant Feely, Shannon Eubanks, Matthew Barnes, Jibre Hordges, Devon Hales, Lauren Ashley Richards, Kamran Kam Shaikh, Emerson Bennett, David Alexander Kaplan, Garrett Zehner, Jody Whitehurst,  (voice) Ron Livingston, (voice) Danielle Harris, (voice) Fayna Sanchez, (voice) Kate Thulin, (voice) Andy Daly, (voice) Mark Hamill

Directed by Jeffrey F January, Enol Junquera & Dave Newberg

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/SCIFI/THRILLER/HORROR/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Stranger Sings / Meader Reader (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 14th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 4.

Story 1: At a bookstore/coffee shop, Sara struggles to hold her books and coffee while trying to get out the door.

Nice guy Barry gets the door for her. 
Outside, Barry apologizes for being awkward about getting the door but helps Sara carry her books down the street home.

Sara is impressed that Barry even noticed her and Barry is flattered...

The small talk gets heavy.

Sara invites Barry inside for a glass of wine but he passes...that is until he hears what he believes to be Sara singing inside. Her singing puts him in a trance.

When he comes to, he applauds Sara's singing and with that, she invites him inside once more.
This time, Barry does not hesitate to take up her offer.

Just as they sit down to enjoy a glass of wine together, Sara accidentally spills the wine on herself and Barry.

When she takes off to change her dress, Barry goes to the restroom.

Trying to get the wine off of his pants, Barry comes across something that completely terrifies him.

Story 2: A demonic plague has taken over the world, wreaking havoc on anyone and everyone while unleashing demons.

The only hope in this hopeless situation are the Meter Readers,  a few select chosen ones who are more immune to the plague than others and can identify and cure the plague before it spreads.

The Meter Readers spend their time visiting the homes that bare red X's on their front doors, trying to help the possessed ones who live at each residence.

Meter Reader Dalton visits the household where teenager Mercy lives.

Mercy apparently has been affected and Dalton is there to try and help Mercy rid herself of the demon ailing her.

Dalton has been away from home for three long days. His family is hopeful. Hopeful that life as they know it will be back to normal soon and that Dalton is helping that along.

Dalton has left his family with unwaiving instructions that if he returns home, after 7pm, they are not to let him inside, no matter what.

When Dalton returns, minutes after 7, his wife and son are excited that he has returned.

But his daughter has reservations about believing it is in fact her father who has made it back.

Stars Suehyla El Attar Young, Chris Mayers, Kadianne Whyte, Matt Skollar, Johnathon Schaech, Samantha Worthen, Reagan Higgins, Cynthia Evans, Boston Pierce, Abigail Dolan

Directed by Axelle Carolyn & Joe Lynch

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/HORROR/MYSTERY/DARK COMEDY/THRILLER/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : The Last Tsuburaya / Okay I'll Bite! (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 7th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 3.
Story 1:  It is the 100th Anniversary of the passing of famous painter Tsuburaya.

In his will, it is said that his closest descendent shall inherit a painting that no one has ever seen.

Tsuburaya's great nephew Bobby is the lucky inheritor.

He is approached by two people, Dr. Mai Sato, a curator of a museum and Wade Cruise, a rich and greedy art collector -who both want the painting.

Bobby takes Wade up on his high-priced offer and Wade quickly invites many people to his unveiling of the painting the next evening.

Instead of showing off the painting, Wade destroys it, unknowingly tying himself to the painting for the rest of his life.

Story 2: Elmer is a prison inmate in for the crime of mercy killing.

He was a pharmacist on the outside and works in the pharmacy at the prison.

Elmer has a great love for spiders.

Elmer keeps his spiders he has collected while in prison as pets. They are dedicated to Elmer as much as he is to them.

When a bully prison guard who is on Elmer's ass to cook meth tries scaring him into doing his dirty work by having two other prisoners break his finger and try killing his spiders, Elmer and his spiders get their revenge.

Stars Gina Hiraizumi , Kenny Alfonso, Joe Ando Hirsh, Brandon Quinn, Jade Fernandez, Joesph Steven Yang, Nicholas Massouh , Jackson Beales, Nate Andrade, Tony DeMil, Nic Starr, Deborah Bowman, Glenn Magee, Kevin Blake Allen, Bryan SilverBax

Directed by John Harrison & Jeffrey F January

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/HORROR/MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Skeletons in the Closet / Familiar (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing September 30th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 2. 
Story 1: Lampini has been a horror movie memorabilia collector all of his life, thanks to his father.

He owns a horror movie props museum, along with his girlfriend and their friend, both also very dedicated collectors, on Hollywood Boulevard and they are all very proud of what they have acquired over the years.

Lampini's latest display he believes will be his best ever. Something to really be proud of.

But when Bateman, a fellow collector arrives looking to blackmail Lampini for his most recent art, there is trouble to be had.

Story 2: Couple Jackson and Fawn are out on the town.

After leaving a club a bit tipsy, they find a psychic reader shop and decide to step in.

Fawn is really enjoying the experience but Jackson, not so much.

It doesn't help matters that shortly after sitting down with the psychic, he slipped Jackson a note, warning him that something bad followed him in there...

Worried but not saying much about the note, Jackson and Fawn settle in to watch a movie.

When Fawn is asleep, Jackson is visited by a demon.

It goes away but returns at Jackson's work the next day.

Really worried now and with nothing left to lose, Jackson goes to see the psychic once more.

The psychic tells Jackson all about the demon following him, why, and what to do to stop it forever.

Unfortunately, Jackson doesn't know much about demons.

Stars Valerie LeBlanc, Lucas Godfrey, Paul Kim, Casey Wortham, Victor Rivera, James Remar, Andrew Bachelor, Hannah Fierman, Keith Arthur Bolden, Robert Stevens Wayne 

Directed by Joe Lynch & Greg Nicotero 

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/DARK COMEDY/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Mums / Queen Bee (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing September 23rd in the US.

Season 3. Episode 1.

Story 1:  Jack is a young boy who loves his mother Bloom dearly.

One day, Bloom tells him that the two of them will be taking a trip to meet his grandmother, who will be turning 100.

They start out the door, only to be stopped by Jack's father Hank, who will not have Bloom taking his son anywhere.

During a scuffle, her suitcase falls to the floor and opens up, revealing money and a bottle of booze.

Hank makes it look like Bloom has problems, but he really planted the money and booze in her suitcase because he knew of her plans all along.

Hank and a friend take Bloom, claiming to get her some help.

When Bloom doesn't return, it breaks Jack's heart. 

Jack finds what appears to be flower seeds in his mother's suitcase and decides to plant them, in his mother's garden and in her honor.

Jack could have never dreamed of what grows from those seeds.

Story 2: Teen besties Debra, Trenice, and Carlos are pop star sensation Queen Regina's number one fans...

Queen Regina happens to currently be 9 months pregnant.

Debra lets out that her mother, who works at the local hospital, told her that Regina will have her baby tonight.

Completely excited and wanting to get the first glimpse of Regina's baby, the friends take a ride straight to the hospital.

Nothing can stop them from getting to see that baby.

Instead, what they witness is out of this world.

Stars Ethan Embry, Brayden Benson, Erin Beute, Lowery Brown, Malone Thomas, Hannah Kepple, Olivia Hawthorne, Nico Gomez, Monica Louwerens, Bruce Anthony Shepperson

Directed by Rusty Cundieff & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Skincrawlers / By the Silver Water of Lake Chaplain (2019)

Made for Shudder, airing  October 31st in the US.

Season 1. Episode 6.

Story 1: Henry is a man who has battled his weight all his life.

He has been following and using infomercial star Dr. Sloan's weight loss products for many years.

When Henry gets an email inviting him to try a new product by Dr. Sloan claiming to be the one that will miraculously change his life forever, Henry makes an appointment.

Henry and a few others who want to lose weight arrive to find out how this new product works, but when it becomes apparent that the treatment involves fat-sucking leeches, Henry bails.

After a few weeks, one of Dr. Sloan's patients whom Henry met while attending the workshop meets up with him by chance.

Her transformation is too good to be true.

Now, a bit more confident that Dr. Sloan's product will also help him, Henry agrees to have his treatment done on a morning TV talk show in front of millions, but it happens to be on the same day as a rare solar eclipse.

Story 2: Rose, her young brother Joesph, and their mother Leigh have been scared and abused by Leigh's boyfriend Chet for years.

After their father, Leigh's husband,  died years ago, Chet stepped in to so-called help them, but all he really cared about was the insurance payout.

Now that the money is gone, things aren't any better for them. If anything, things are only worse.

Rose and Joesph's father was convinced that a lockness monster lived in the lake near their home and his beliefs were surely the death of him.

After getting lost in the fog and returning, he made many claims that the creature was real.

But he died with everyone in town believing he was crazy.

Everyone except Rose, Joesph, and their friend Thomas.

Rose spends much of her time looking for the creature but has yet to see it for herself.

On a day, not unlike the day their father was lost in the fog, Rose, Joesph, and Thomas find what they believe has to be the very same creature their dad claimed was real.

Stars Melissa Saint Amand, Chad Michael Collins, Dana Gould, Hina X Khan, Beth Kenner, Jason Graham, Darin Toonder, (voice) Adrienne Barbeau, David Alexander Caplan, Sydney Wease, Gena Shaw, Connor Jones, James Devoti

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin & Tom Savini 

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/SCIFI/DARK COMEDY/HORROR/SERIES/TV

Watcher (2022)

Released June 3rd in the US.

Filmed entirely in Romania.

The story : American Julia has followed her husband Francis to his native Bucharest because his job has sent him there.

They take up residency in a lovely , furnished apartment.

Quickly , Francis is working many long hours.

Julia makes due by learning to speak Romanian , exploring around town and meeting the neighbors.

Then , one day , Julia notices a man , in the next building over. He seems to be watching her...

She tells Francis about the man , but just shrugs it off.

After a night out about town , Julia and Francis witness a crime scene.

Not knowing much of the language , Julia has to rely on Francis to tell her what is going on.

But she doesnt learn much.

The next day , Julia sees that same crime scene on the news and asks Francis about it once again.

He just explains that a woman was murdered.

At dinner that same evening with friends , Julia learns that there is a serial killer roaming the streets on Bucharest.

The killer has apparently killed three woman and one of his victims had survived a similiar attack.

While looking into the murders online , Julia watches a video by the surving woman.

She explains all the things that led up to her attack.

This really bothers Julia , just as much as the guy in the next building over from her , constantly watching her through the window.

When Julia is at the movies on day and believes the killer is behind her , she flees into a local market.

There , Julia thinks the same man from the movies has followed her inside the market.

The more she thinks about the situation , the more worried she becomes.

Julia believes the man who is watching her is also the serial killer stalking Bucharest but she cannot be certain.

Stars Maika Monroe , Karl Glusman , Tudor Petrut , Burn Gorman , Gabriela Butuc , Lucian Ionescu , Madalina Anea ,  Cristina Deleanu , Flaviu Crisan , Ioana Abur , Bogdan Farcas , Stefan Iancu , Florian Ghimpu , Alexandru Ion , Radu Bunescu , Ciprian Chiriches , Ionut Grama

Directed by (& story partly written) Chloe Okuno

Rated R
MYSTERY

Terrifer 2 (2022)

Released October 6th in the US.

Filmed in New Jersey and New York.

The story: Just when everyone thinks Art the killer clown is dead, those chances cannot be counted on.

While his body is taken to the coroner's office, it is somehow resurrected and Art is back, with a vengeance.

He makes his way back into town, not being noticed at all.

At the same time, Sienna and her younger brother Jonathan are getting ready for Halloween.

Sienna is busy making her costume from scratch. A perfect replica of a character her deceased father had created only on paper.

Another inspiration for the costume is a treasured sword her father had once given her.

Meanwhile, Jonathan has his fathers sketchbook and is heavily thinking of going as Art for Halloween.

When Sienna and their mother find this out, they highly advise against the idea.

But what neither one of them know is ,  Jonathan having his fathers' sketchbook is the reason he has even considered Art as a costume.

While Sienna is tormented by strange nightmares starring Art, Jonathan believes their father was onto Art when no one else was connecting himself and his sister to the killer clown.

Stars David Howard Thorton, Lauren LaVera, Sarah Voight, Elliott Fullam, Casey Hartnett, Kailey Hyman, Amelie McLain, Charlie McElveen, Jonathan Davis, Samantha Scaffidi, Leah Voysey

Directed by (& story written) Damien Leone

Not Rated

SEQUEL/HORROR/MYSTERY

IF (2024)

Released May 17th in the US.

Filmed in New York.

The story: As a little girl, Bea found nothing more exciting than being with her parents and creating magic through play and imagination.

Now, Bea is 12. 

Her mother has passed away and her father is in the hospital for a minor surgery.

Bea will be staying with her grandmother, who she hasn't stayed with in years.

But Bea is a very responsible 12-year-old who believes she is no longer a child and can handle what gets in her way.

When returning back to her grandmother's apartment after going to the store one night, Bea believes she has seen a child run into an apartment upstairs.

Bea tries to talk with the child, but is told to go away and that she didn't see anyone.

She persists, but another tenant tells her to go, and she does, so thats that.

Yet the next night, Bea sees what looks like a child follow an apartment tenant out into the street.

She quickly follows them and when they enter another apartment building, Bea watches from outside.

What she sees, she cannot believe. 

But continuing on back to the apartment and following the child, the man, and what looks like a giant purple monster back into their apartment, Bea has to find out what is going on.

The child that Bea thought was a child is not a child at all! She is in fact an imaginary friend, or an IF, as she is taught...

She, along with the big purple monster.

They are IF's who have been forgotten due to their children growing up.

These IF's , which there are many more, are looking to find new best human children friends.

Stars Audrey Hoffman, Catharine Daddario, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, Ryan Renyolds, (voice) Phoebe Waller-Bridge, (voice) Louis Gosset Jr, (voice) Steve Carrell, Alan Kim, Liza Colon Zayas, Bobby Moynihan, Laquet Sharnell Pringle, Ed Herbstman, Barbara Andres, Alexander Rivero, Shauna Pinkett, SaRaya Paris Johnson, (voice) John Krasinski

Directed by (& written) John Krasinski

Rated PG

FAMILY/FANTASY/COMEDY

"In loving memory of our friend Louis Gosset Jr."

Children of the Corn (2020)

Released March 21, 2023 in the US.

Filmed entirely in Australia.

The story: The quiet town of Rylstone in Nebraska is a town corn made...

The most popular livelihood in Rylstone is the growing of corn.

When the townspeople are losing money due to their crops dying on account of GMOs, they have to make a choice fast.

At a meeting, the town's farmers are advised that the only way to solve their problem is to destroy their crops and sell their land.

The decision is made by a vote but the children in town disagree with the vote and want to be heard as well.

Instead, the children are laughed at and ridiculed for thinking they should have that right.

One older kid who will soon be off to college has a plan to save the corn, but no one wants to hear that either.

On the night when there is supposed to be another meeting about what can be done to save the corn, the children of the town have a much better, more sinister plan to get what they believe is right.

Stars Kate Moyer, Bruce Spence , Elena Kampouris, Jayden McGinlay, Callan Mulvey , Stephen Hunter , Joe Klocek , Orlando Schwerdt, Ashlee Juergens, Sisi Stringer, Rory Potter, Andrew S Gilbert, Brian Meegan, Connor Burke, Julian Garner, Tom Wilson, Alyla Browne, Rafferty Grierson 

Directed by ( & story partly written) Kurt Wimmer

Rated R
REMAKE/HORROR/SCIFI

Gimme Shelter (2013)

Released January 24, 2014 in the US.

Filmed in New Jersey.

Based on truths.

The story: 16-year-old Agnes AKA Apple has had a tough life.

Bounced around from foster home to foster home.

Being done with that all and seeking out her biological mother, only to learn that she is an addicted prostitute who just cares about Apple for the welfare check.

Apple is now done with all of it.

She runs out on her mother to find her real father, whom she has never met.

Apple meets her father but he now has a wife and children.

Her father is trying to get to know her but his wife is not, making things hard as well.

When her father's wife realizes Apple is pregnant, she wants Apple to get rid of the baby.

But she refuses.

Out on the streets, Apple is just doing what she can to survive.

But when she steals a car and wrecks it , her life finally begins to change for the better.

Stars Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Peter Epstein, Brendan Frasier, Stephanie Szostak , James Earl Jones,  Ann Dowd, Emily Meade, Dascha Polanco , Candice Smith, Tashiana Washington

Directed by (& story written) Ron Krauss

PG13

DRAMA

Late Night with the Devil (2023)

Released on Shudder, March 22, 2024 in the US.

Filmed entirely in Australia.

The story: It's 1977 and the hit nighttime show host most watched is Johnny Carson.

Jack Delroy, host of another competitor nighttime show, wants to be just as famous as Johnny.

For years, Jack's show had been a favorite of many a late-night television fanatic but after the passing of his wife, his ratings began gradually declining.

Jack wants those ratings back.

For Halloween, it seems Jack has compiled a show that will surely make his ratings finally skyrocket.

A survivor of a satanic cult, a psychic, and a conjurer are the guests.

Unfortunately, the show doesn't exactly go as planned.

Stars David Dastmalchian, Georgina Haig, Rhys Auteri, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Josh Quong Tart, Steve Mouzakis, Paula Arundell, Tamala Shelton, Christopher Kirby, John Leary, Gaby Seow, Elise Jansen, John O'May, Clare Chihambakwe, Amelie Mendoza

Directed by Cameron Cairnes &Colin Cairnes

Rated R
HORROR/SCIFI

Reptile (2023)

Released on Netflix, September 29th in the US.

Filmed in Georgia and New England...

The story: Summer is a real estate agent.

Her boyfriend Will is also a real estate agent.

When Summer is found dead in one of the latest homes she's selling, any one of the people in her life are suspect.

Veteran detective Tom Nichols along with his partner Dan Cleary are assigned to the case.

At first, it looks like Will is guilty , but there is no substantial proof.

There are a few other people who could have committed the murder.

When it seems like they have finally figured out who the murderer is, the case should be closed.

But Tom cannot and will not stop looking into it.

Stars Justin Timberlake, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Frances Fisher, Benicio Del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Ato Essandoh, Domenick Lombardozzi, Eric Bogosian, Karl Glusman, Mike Pniewski, Catherine Dyer, Thad Luckinbill, Michael Beasley, JC Capone, Sky Ferreira, Amy Parrish

Directed by (& party written) Grant Singer

Rated R

MYSTERY/THRILLER