Mometu, a free VoD and live TV streaming service, has partnered with content network V Channels to distribute a package of independent horror features. The three-film deal will see horror titles Stupid Games, Bittertooth and The Box headed to the free indie streaming platform. The first in the slate to land on Mometu will be […]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Swirl Films to relaunch the AVoD service FrightPIX as a FAST, YouTube channel, and offer it through other connected platforms. A home for creature features, zombies, thrillers, and creepy crimes, FrightPIX offers viewers a curated selection of horror and thriller content. Under the […]
Horror channel NYX TV is now available on Freeview UK, channel 289, via a strategic partnership with Global Distribution Services. NYX curates an extensive, 24/7 collection of movies for connoisseurs of the horror genre. “We are thrilled to bring NYX into homes across Freeview UK in time for Halloween,” said Tanya Kronfli, managing director of […]
Rocky, the 1976 boxing movie written by and starring Sylvester Stallone is America’s favourite indie movie of all time, according to a poll of streaming subscribers conducted by Bitcentral’s ViewNexa, the unified workflow solution. The findings come from the company’s new report How to follow the audience: the challenges and opportunities in today’s streaming market. […]
Audible, a creator and provider of audio storytelling, has announced the first ever audio original set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe. Slayers: A Buffyverse Story is set to premiere October 12th, twenty years after the finale of seminal TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The audio original was written by original cast member […]
Disney announced during the Destination D23 event in Orlando that Haunted Mansion, the hit movie inspired by the classic theme park attraction, will begin streaming on Disney+ from October 4th in the countdown to Halloween. The family horror-comedy, which opened in cinemas on August 11th, is directed by Justin Simien and features an all-star ensemble cast including […]
AMC Networks has announced the return of AMC’s FearFest, its long-running horror and genre programming event, with over 700 hours of films, series and specials to be curated by Shudder, AMC Networks’ streamer for horror, thrillers and the supernatural. This year FearFest, Shocked by Shudder, will expand into September and across AMC Networks’ entire portfolio […]
Gunpowder & Sky (G&S), an independent studio, has acquired more than 30 TV series and feature films for its thematic FAST channels, DUST and ALTER, New acquisitions include: Train to Busan; Creep; Hounds of Love; Summer of ‘84; The Masters of Horror series, with episodes directed by John Carpenter,Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante and John Landis; Fear Itself, […]
London/Singapore-based international content investment studio 108 Media will finance, co-develop, and produce the upcoming premium live-action supernatural-action returning series NIGHTSHADE (6 x 60’) with co-showrunners Simon Uttley and Neil Marshall, who will be directing the pilot.Sprung from the deep genre wellspring of the Marshall-Uttley writing partnership, the world of NIGHTSHADE is set in a bustling […]
The BBC has acquired Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin from Warner Bros Television and Alloy Entertainment. The series is the latest success in the hit Pretty Little Liars horror franchise. The series stars a new generation of Liars: Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles and Maia Reficco. Also starring Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Elena […]