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Bendita Film Sales Snags Norma Vila’s Sitges Competition Title ‘Carapace’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bendita Film Sales has acquired international sales rights to “Salitre” (“Carapace”), the debut feature from Basque director Norma Vila, ahead of its world premiere in the Fantàstic In-Competition section of the Sitges Film Festival. The psychological horror thriller stars Nagore Aranburu, known for “Querer” and the Goya-winning “Sundays,” as a mother whose fear and possessiveness…
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10 New Movies to Watch This Weekend on Netflix, HBO Max, and Hulu (September 4-6)
Ten new films have arrived across streaming platforms for the 4–6 September weekend, giving viewers home options while cinemas focus on major theatrical releases such as “Coyote vs Acme” and “Onslaught”. The selection is topped by “The Mandalorian and Grogu” on Disney Plus and a revived “Scary Movie” on Paramount Plus, alongside a range of…
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Arab Strap – ‘Half-Told Tales’ album review: The Scottish indie duo deliver another evocative slice of sullen surrealism
Arab Strap, the Scottish indie duo of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, have released their ninth studio album, Half-Told Tales, out on 4th September 2026 via Rock Action Records. The review finds the pair sticking closely to the sound they have honed since their 1996 debut, blending sullen surrealism, brittle acoustic passages and post-rock textures…
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Bear kills New Mexico widower as Trump birthright order blocked and Swinney under fire
TalkFuse briefing: New Mexico reports its first fatal bear attack since 2001; a US judge halts Trump’s birthright citizenship order; Scotland’s John Swinney faces pressure over bail for violent offenders; plus tributes to Dolly Parton and Carla Jeffery, and Khan backs a Fury-Joshua Wembley bout.
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AR Content, Vertigo, Blumhouse Atomic Monster Set Remake of Genre-Bending, Satirical French Horror ‘Vincent Must Die’ (EXCLUSIVE)
AR Content, Vertigo Entertainment and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are jointly developing an English-language remake of “Vincent Must Die,” the acclaimed French-Belgian horror thriller directed by Stéphan Castang that premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight in 2023. Screenwriter David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, best known for “Orphan,” “Aquaman” and “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” will write and direct the remake,…
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Faces of Death review – rework of notorious video nasty turns horror voyeurism into moral panic fable
The Guardian reviews Faces of Death, a modern reimagining of the notorious 1978 “video nasty” of the same name, directed by Daniel Goldhaber (How to Blow Up a Pipeline). Rather than a straight remake, the film reworks original footage into a contemporary horror narrative centred on the ethics of online content moderation, initially recalling Prano…
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‘Jupiter’ Director Alexandre Smia on Making a Nuclear Thriller That Suddenly Feels Terrifyingly Real: ‘We’ve Entered the Third Nuclear Age’
French director Alexandre Smia’s feature debut “Jupiter” imagines a newly elected French president forced to confront the threat of nuclear war with Russia, and its Venice Film Festival premiere arrives at a moment when the scenario feels disturbingly plausible rather than dystopian. Smia says he began writing the film while Joe Biden was still US…
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‘Monsters of God’ Finale Twist: The Final Boss and Rogue Special Agent
The finale of HBO’s five-part docuseries “Monsters of God,” from “Tiger King” creator Eric Goode, delivers two major twists: an interview with Anson Wong, dubbed the “Pablo Escobar of animal trafficking,” and the revelation that a US Fish and Wildlife special agent who pursued him had secretly kept a critically endangered tortoise at home. The…
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Netflix has ordered a live-action adaptation of D&D’s Ravenloft
Netflix has ordered a live-action series called Ravenloft, based on the gothic vampire setting from Dungeons & Dragons, with acclaimed director Alfonso Cuarón attached as executive producer. The show will explore the origin story of Strahd von Zarovich, a well-known vampire villain from the Ravenloft world, marking Cuarón’s second collaboration with the streamer following his…
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Man allegedly bashed to death during horror late-night altercation in Sydney
A man has been arrested in Sydney after another man died following an alleged assault during a late-night altercation. Emergency services were called to a unit block on Lister Avenue in Ermington at about 1.15am on Friday after reports of the attack, with paramedics performing CPR before rushing the victim to hospital, where he later…