The Alien franchise returns to theaters for the first time in seven years with Alien: Romulus, which is one of six brand new horror movies available in theaters and at home this week.
Here’s all the new horror releasingAugust 12 – August 18, 2024!
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When the dead are back, what do we do with them? The filmmaking groupRKSS(Turbo Kid, Summer of ’84) offers a fresh take on the undead in theSCREAMBOX Originalhorror-comedyWe Are Zombies, now streaming on VOD and SCREAMBOX.
In a city infested with the living-impaired — also known as non-cannibal zombies — three slackers after easy money must fight small-time crooks and an evil megacorporation to save their kidnapped grandma. Watch the officialWe Are Zombiestrailer below.
RKSS — the Canadian filmmaking collective composed ofFrançois Simard, Anouk Whissell, andYoann-Karl Whissell— wrote and directed the horror-comedy, based on the comic book seriesThe Zombies That Ate the World.
Alexandre Nachi(1991),Derek Johns(The Boys),Megan Peta Hill(Riverdale),Vincent Leclerc(The Revenant),Benz Antoine(Death Race), andCarlo Mestroni(Assassin’s Creed II) star.
We Are Zombiesdelivered laughs and bloodshed at Fantasia International Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, and Fantastic Fest, drawing comparisons to such crowd-pleasers asShaun of the Dead, Zombieland, andWarm Bodies.
“It is finally time we unleashWe Are Zombies!” exclaims RKSS. “We are thrilled, as horror fans and genre filmmakers, to be partnering up with the good folks at Bloody Disgusting and their streaming platform SCREAMBOX o bring it to your screens.”
After being released in theaters last month, Well Go USA’s werewolf movie The Beast Within starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) is now available on VOD outlets at home.
In the werewolf movie, “After a series of strange events leads her to question her family’s isolated life on a fortified compound deep in the English wilds, 10-year-old Willow follows her parents on one of their secret late-night treks to the heart of the ancient forest.
“But upon witnessing her father undergo a terrible transformation, she too becomes ensnared by the dark ancestral secret they’ve tried so desperately to conceal.”
Ashleigh Cummings, James Cosmo, Caoilinn Springall, Miriam Arabella Maslin, and Adam Basil also star inThe Beast Within, the narrative debut of filmmakerAlexander J. Farrell.
NEON has been having a killer year here in 2024 and they’re backwithMothers’ Instinct, a Hitchco*ckian thriller that was released on VOD outlets at home on Tuesday, August 13.
The psychological thriller stars Academy Award winnersJessica ChastainandAnne Hathaway.
Mothers’ Instinctis based on the novelDerrière la Haineby Barbara Abel, and it’s also a remake ofdirector Olivier Masset-Depasse’s same-titled French-language film from 2018.
From directorBenoît Delhomme, the new film isset in the early ’60s…
“Best friends and neighbors Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway) live an idyllic traditional lifestyle with manicured lawns, successful husbands, and sons of the same age. But life’s perfect harmony is suddenly shattered after a tragic accident.
“Guilt, suspicion, and paranoia combine to unravel their sisterly bond, and a psychological battle of wills begins as the maternal instinct reveals its darker side.”
WriterSarah Conradt(50 States of Fright) penned the adaptation.
The big new release for the week is of course 20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus, which is opening exclusively in theaters nationwide beginning Thursday, August 15.
From directorFede Alvarez(Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe), the film will be available in IMAX®, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX, and formats everywhere. Watch the final trailer below.
InRomulus, “While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.”
Cailee Spaeny(The Craft: Legacy,Pacific Rim Uprising)leads the cast alongsideIsabela Merced,David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Spike FearnandAileen Wu.
Fede Alvarez co-wrote the script withRodo Sayagues(Evil Dead).Ridley Scottis on board as producer for the film, the first movie in the franchise to be released by Disney.
Alien: Romulusis based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett.
Devon Sawa(“Chucky,”Final Destination,Idle Hands) gets feral in the wilderness in Consumed, the latest horror movie byThe Butcher Brothers(The Hamiltons,The Violent Kind).
Consumed releases in theaters and On Demand Friday, August 16.
In the film, “Trapped between a madman (Devon Sawa) seeking revenge and a skin-stealing monster, a married couple must find the strength to fight and make it out of the woods alive.”
Courtney Halverson(Unfriended,St. Agatha) andMark Famiglietti(Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) costar as “Jay and Beth, a married couple taking a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth’s cancer remission, who find themselves trapped between a wild madman (Sawa) and a skin stealing monster.”
The Butcher Brothers, aka directorMitchell Altieriand producerPhil Flores, direct from a script byDavid Calbert.Jeffrey Allard, one of the producers behind 2003’sThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, produced the upcoming horror movie.
Netflixpaid a reported $65 million for the rights toThe Deliverancein a hot bidding war, and they’re bringing the film to select theaters on August 16 ahead of the Netflix debut.
Look for The Deliverance on Netflix beginning August 30.
Omar Epps, Demi Singleton, Miss LawrenceandAnthony B. Jenkins star in The Deliverance, which is being described as an “exorcism thriller.”Andra Day, Glenn Close, Mo’Nique, Aunjanue Ellis, Caleb McLaughlinandTasha Smithalso star.
In the film, “Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.”
Netflix’s The Deliveranceis based on a true story, and in addition to directing Lee Daniels also wrote the script withDavid Coggeshall,Elijah BynumandThomas Westfall.
