From left: A Dark Song (Samson Films/IFC Midnight), The Hole In The Ground (A24), and Caveat (Shudder)Graphic: The A.V. Club
It’s St. Patrick’s Day time again, which means only one thing for a lot of horror movie fans: Mainlining the Leprechaun films for yet another year.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day time again, which means only one thing for a lot of horror movie fans: Mainlining the Leprechaun films for yet another year.
- 3/14/2024
- by Matthew Jackson
- avclub.com
“You will see the El Niño of all Berlins with a downpour of projects… Unless you have a great project it will get lost.”
One month on from the AFM a positive yet realistic mood prevails with sellers reporting solid market deal flow as they and their partners return to packaging and production in the wake of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Most sales executives who spoke to Screen were heartened by buyer attendance. Asian buyers in general returned – although South Korea is challenging – and there was strong attendance too from Eastern Europe, Benelux and Scandinavia.
After a months-long production halt the...
One month on from the AFM a positive yet realistic mood prevails with sellers reporting solid market deal flow as they and their partners return to packaging and production in the wake of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Most sales executives who spoke to Screen were heartened by buyer attendance. Asian buyers in general returned – although South Korea is challenging – and there was strong attendance too from Eastern Europe, Benelux and Scandinavia.
After a months-long production halt the...
- 12/1/2023
- by Jeremy Kay¬Mona Tabbara¬Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Malcolm Gaskill’s book Hellish Nell: The Curious Case of Britain’s Last Witch Trial is getting a movie adaptation, with Deadline reporting that Aislinn Clarke (The Devil’s Doorway) will direct the upcoming Hellish Nell for Studiocanal and The Picture Company.
Deadline details, “Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. The movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her. ”
Chris Basler wrote the screenplay, an adaptation of Gaskill’s book. The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona will produce through their deal with Studiocanal.
Here’s the official synopsis for the book, first published in 2001: “One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.
Deadline details, “Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. The movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her. ”
Chris Basler wrote the screenplay, an adaptation of Gaskill’s book. The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona will produce through their deal with Studiocanal.
Here’s the official synopsis for the book, first published in 2001: “One of the last criminal trials using the 1735 Witchcraft Act was, improbably, in London in 1944. The accused was Helen Duncan, a middle-aged Scotswoman. This is her extraordinary story.
- 11/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Aislinn Clarke is set to direct Hellish Nell, the genre thriller for Studiocanal and The Picture Company.
From Black List writer Chris Basler, Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. Based on the book Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill, the movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her.
Aislinn Clarke is the first woman to direct a horror film in her native Ireland. There, she made her debut with The Devil’s Doorway. That film was released by IFC Midnight in 2018 after premiering at Sitges, where Clarke was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. She followed with Frewaka, and is in post production on the Irish language horror film produced by DoubleBand Films and Wildcard. She is the...
From Black List writer Chris Basler, Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the last UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. Based on the book Hellish Nell: Last of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill, the movie follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and those closest to her.
Aislinn Clarke is the first woman to direct a horror film in her native Ireland. There, she made her debut with The Devil’s Doorway. That film was released by IFC Midnight in 2018 after premiering at Sitges, where Clarke was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Talent Award. She followed with Frewaka, and is in post production on the Irish language horror film produced by DoubleBand Films and Wildcard. She is the...
- 11/30/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: New Europe Film Sales has boarded international sales on Northern Irish director Aislinn Clarke’s second feature Fréwaka ahead of the AFM, where it will unveil first footage.
The Irish and English-language production follows Clarke’s 2018 found footage horror The Devil’s Doorway, which was acquired by IFC for the U.S.
Billed as the first ever Irish-language horror, Fréwaka revolves around care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy.
Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both the neighbors and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
As the pair develop a deep connection, Shoo becomes consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
The title originates from the Irish word “fréamhacha”, meaning roots that are entwined underground.
The cast features Clare Monnelly (Moone...
The Irish and English-language production follows Clarke’s 2018 found footage horror The Devil’s Doorway, which was acquired by IFC for the U.S.
Billed as the first ever Irish-language horror, Fréwaka revolves around care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy.
Shoo is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both the neighbors and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
As the pair develop a deep connection, Shoo becomes consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
The title originates from the Irish word “fréamhacha”, meaning roots that are entwined underground.
The cast features Clare Monnelly (Moone...
- 10/20/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Principal photography has wrapped in Northern Ireland on the coming-of-age comedy-drama The Wise Guy from local production outfit Out of Orbit, starring Darrell D’Silva (Wrath Of Man).
The Wise Guy is the debut feature from writer-director Sam O’Mahony and tells the story of Francis Burns, a lonely boy (and devout atheist) who desperate for guidance and protection, finds an unconventional mentor hiding in the nearby woods; an American Gangster.
The screenplay was developed through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Writer Focus scheme, with production funding coming from Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus Fund supported by Invest Ni and from post-production house Yellow Moon.
Previous feature films to come through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme include Out of Orbit’s The Dig, A Bump Along the Way by Shelly Love, Bad Day for the Cut by Chris Baugh, and The Devil’s Doorway by Aislinn Clarke.
The Wise Guy is the debut feature from writer-director Sam O’Mahony and tells the story of Francis Burns, a lonely boy (and devout atheist) who desperate for guidance and protection, finds an unconventional mentor hiding in the nearby woods; an American Gangster.
The screenplay was developed through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Writer Focus scheme, with production funding coming from Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus Fund supported by Invest Ni and from post-production house Yellow Moon.
Previous feature films to come through Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme include Out of Orbit’s The Dig, A Bump Along the Way by Shelly Love, Bad Day for the Cut by Chris Baugh, and The Devil’s Doorway by Aislinn Clarke.
- 8/23/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Aislinn Clarke (The Devil’s Doorway) has just started production on Fréwaka, a horror film that’s currently lending in Ireland, reports ScreenDaily.
Fréwaka follows the story of a student palliative care nurse, played by Monnelly, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present – her relationship, her career and her ability to function.
The feature stars Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy), Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin and a recent IFTA winner for Róise & Frank), and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya (F20), adds the site
Fréwaka will be told in both Irish and English. The title originates from the Irish word fréamhacha, meaning roots.
Clarke’s feature film The Devil’s Doorway, pictured, was the first Irish horror to be directed by an Irish female filmmaker.
Fréwaka is produced by Dermot Lavery for DoubleBand Films and Patrick O’Neill for Wildcard, with Greg Martin acting...
Fréwaka follows the story of a student palliative care nurse, played by Monnelly, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present – her relationship, her career and her ability to function.
The feature stars Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy), Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin and a recent IFTA winner for Róise & Frank), and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya (F20), adds the site
Fréwaka will be told in both Irish and English. The title originates from the Irish word fréamhacha, meaning roots.
Clarke’s feature film The Devil’s Doorway, pictured, was the first Irish horror to be directed by an Irish female filmmaker.
Fréwaka is produced by Dermot Lavery for DoubleBand Films and Patrick O’Neill for Wildcard, with Greg Martin acting...
- 5/22/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Irish and English-language feature stars Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya.
Production begins in Ireland this week on Fréwaka, a horror film written and directed by Aislinn Clarke.
The feature stars Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy), Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin and a recent IFTA winner for Róise & Frank), and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya (F20).
Fréwaka follows the story of a student palliative care nurse, played by Monnelly, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present – her relationship, her career and her ability to function.
Fréwaka...
Production begins in Ireland this week on Fréwaka, a horror film written and directed by Aislinn Clarke.
The feature stars Clare Monnelly (Moone Boy), Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin and a recent IFTA winner for Róise & Frank), and Ukrainian actress Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya (F20).
Fréwaka follows the story of a student palliative care nurse, played by Monnelly, who is plagued by a trauma from her past that has a disorienting effect on her present – her relationship, her career and her ability to function.
Fréwaka...
- 5/22/2023
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
The Academy awards fellowships for both the US and international.
Four Screen UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow have been selected as finalists for the Gold Fellowship for Women, an award offered for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).
Fellowships will be given in two categories: one for the US, and one for international. Six finalists have been selected for the domestic fellowship, with five – including all four former Screen Stars – for the international award.
Among them are producer Farah Abushwesha, a Screen Star in 2017, who is creative director at emerging talent showcase Rocliffe and...
Four Screen UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow have been selected as finalists for the Gold Fellowship for Women, an award offered for emerging female filmmakers by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).
Fellowships will be given in two categories: one for the US, and one for international. Six finalists have been selected for the domestic fellowship, with five – including all four former Screen Stars – for the international award.
Among them are producer Farah Abushwesha, a Screen Star in 2017, who is creative director at emerging talent showcase Rocliffe and...
- 12/3/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Syfy Celebrates Pride Month With Pride Of Chucky ‘Child's Play’ Movie Marathon On June 9: "Universal City, Calif. – June 8, 2021 – In celebration of Pride Month, Syfy will be airing a murderer’s row of “Child’s Play” movies all day on Wednesday, June 9, starting at 8 a.m. Et. The marathon will call attention to the well-loved horror series’ LGBTQ+ elements and serve up some summer scares at the same time.
All of this arrives ahead of Syfy and USA’s upcoming “Chucky” series, which premieres this fall with” Child’s Play” mastermind Don Mancini at the helm. For more on the upcoming original series “Chucky” visit https://www.syfy.com/chucky.
In his announcement of the marathon on Twitter, Mancini posted a Syfy-exclusive video in which he explains how the series has transformed over the years into a LGBTQ+-friendly space.
“Starting with ‘Bride of Chucky,’ I started to deliberately inject some LGBTQ elements into the franchise,...
All of this arrives ahead of Syfy and USA’s upcoming “Chucky” series, which premieres this fall with” Child’s Play” mastermind Don Mancini at the helm. For more on the upcoming original series “Chucky” visit https://www.syfy.com/chucky.
In his announcement of the marathon on Twitter, Mancini posted a Syfy-exclusive video in which he explains how the series has transformed over the years into a LGBTQ+-friendly space.
“Starting with ‘Bride of Chucky,’ I started to deliberately inject some LGBTQ elements into the franchise,...
- 6/8/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Etheria Film Night has unveiled its 2021 Official Short Films Showcase Lineup, which will stream exclusively on Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror films and thrillers.
The films will be available Friday, June 25, through July 25. The festival is a showcase of horror, science fiction, fantasy, action and thriller films directed by women. This year’s edition will feature nine short films and honor “The Walking Dead” showrunner and executive producer Angela Kang with the 2021 Etheria Inspiration Award, given annually to a person in the entertainment industry who has inspired women to pursue careers working in genre film and television. Producer Gale Anne Hurd (“Terminator”) will present the award to Kang with the ceremony included as part of the official Etheria 2021 content streaming on Shudder.
“The 2021 lineup has some of the funniest things we’ve ever programmed alongside some of the darkest and most disturbing things we’ve ever programmed,” says...
The films will be available Friday, June 25, through July 25. The festival is a showcase of horror, science fiction, fantasy, action and thriller films directed by women. This year’s edition will feature nine short films and honor “The Walking Dead” showrunner and executive producer Angela Kang with the 2021 Etheria Inspiration Award, given annually to a person in the entertainment industry who has inspired women to pursue careers working in genre film and television. Producer Gale Anne Hurd (“Terminator”) will present the award to Kang with the ceremony included as part of the official Etheria 2021 content streaming on Shudder.
“The 2021 lineup has some of the funniest things we’ve ever programmed alongside some of the darkest and most disturbing things we’ve ever programmed,” says...
- 5/24/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Hello, dear readers! As you probably already know, we’ve been celebrating Indie Horror Month here on Daily Dead for a few days already (you can catch up with our Ihm 2021 features Here). Today, we’re launching the first installment of the Indie Horror Month Marketplace where, each Saturday, we’ll be highlighting indie artists from the world of books, merchandising, artistry, and more. And for this first installment, we’re going to be celebrating a variety of talented independent authors out there whose work champions the worlds of horror and science fiction.
So, whether you’re in the mood for fiction or non-fiction, there’s definitely something here for every type of fan, so check out some killer books below—you can even treat it like your very own book fair!
Non-fiction:
1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018
Blowing a kiss back through time and space from Aaliyah to Jill Rae Zurborg,...
So, whether you’re in the mood for fiction or non-fiction, there’s definitely something here for every type of fan, so check out some killer books below—you can even treat it like your very own book fair!
Non-fiction:
1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018
Blowing a kiss back through time and space from Aaliyah to Jill Rae Zurborg,...
- 4/3/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Happy December, everyone! Now that we’re officially in the thick of the holiday season, today’s installment of the Daily Dead Holiday Gift Guide is focused on books for horror and sci-fi fans of all ages. Call me old fashioned, but I love finding a book or two under the tree every year, and in 2020, we had a ton of great books hit the shelves that would make for a great gift to give (or maybe you’re looking to spoil yourself a little bit).
Non-fiction:
Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels
Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at Twenty-four lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before. At 600 pages, Taking Shape II is brimming with untold franchise history.
Non-fiction:
Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels
Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at Twenty-four lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before. At 600 pages, Taking Shape II is brimming with untold franchise history.
- 12/1/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The project is backed by Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme.
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
Principal photography will begin next week on newcomer Lynne Davison’s Northern Irish crime thriller Mandrake, the latest project backed by Northern Ireland Screen through its New Talent Focus scheme.
Produced by Village Films, Mandrake is about a probation officer, played by Deidre Mullins, tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer ‘Bloody’ Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Derbhle Crotty co-stars with Paul Kennedy. Seamus O’Hara, Nigel O’Neill and Ian Beattie.
Northern Ireland Screen’s New Talent Focus scheme aims to deliver one debut feature...
- 11/20/2020
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Here’s another interview in Nerdly’s socially distanced series of chats with filmmakers as part of the Nerdly Out Loud podcast for Nerdly.co.uk. This time Kevin sits down with Special Delivery director John McPhail (Anna and the Apocalypse), whose short film forms part of 20th Digital’s Bite Size Halloween.
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities, and backgrounds. The long term goal of 20th Digital Studio’s short film programs is to...
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities, and backgrounds. The long term goal of 20th Digital Studio’s short film programs is to...
- 11/3/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Here’s another interview in Nerdly’s socially distanced series of chats with filmmakers as part of the Nerdly Out Loud podcast for Nerdly.co.uk. This time Kevin sits down with Eye Exam director Aislinn Clarke (The Devils Doorway), whose short film forms part of 20th Digital’s Bite Size Halloween.
A woman is waiting for her eye exam when the last customer runs out screaming.
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities, and backgrounds.
A woman is waiting for her eye exam when the last customer runs out screaming.
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities, and backgrounds.
- 10/30/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Here’s another interview in Nerdly’s socially distanced series of chats with filmmakers as part of the Nerdly Out Loud podcast for Nerdly.co.uk. This time Kevin sits down with The Mime co-directors Gavin Williams (Await Further Instructions) and Mark Lediard, whose short film forms part of 20th Digital’s Bite Size Halloween.
A self-involved pedestrian accidentally angers a sinister street Mime, and pays a heavy price.
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities,...
A self-involved pedestrian accidentally angers a sinister street Mime, and pays a heavy price.
20th Digital Studio is to premiere a series of 30 diverse, genre-bending short films for Halloween 2020. Bite Size Halloween ranges from horror comedy to psychological thrillers and everything in between. Created by up-and-coming filmmakers, these films will screen across digital and broadcast platforms Freeform, FX, and Hulu’s Huluween platform hub and YouTube channel.
Bite Size Halloween 2020 features 30 exciting new filmmakers, amplifying their voice in the film community. This year’s cohort includes a well-rounded group of filmmakers representing different countries, identities,...
- 10/28/2020
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Clarke is the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway.
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
Northern Ireland-based filmmaker Aislinn Clarke, the writer-director of horror title The Devil’s Doorway, has been unveiled as the recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Women grant.
The award is part of AMPAS’ Action: The Academy Women’s Initiative, which launched in 2018 to support emerging female filmmakers. Sponsored by Swarovski, it gives winners a £20,000 bursary, as well as a year-long mentorship scheme from the Academy.
Us filmmaker Eliana Pipes has also received a Gold grant. As part of the scheme, the academy organised lunch events with female...
- 10/2/2019
- by ¬0¦Liza Foreman¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Happy Women in Horror Month, dear readers! With today being the official start to February, that means it's once again time to show a little extra love to all the female genre filmmakers who have helped shape the landscape of horror cinema over the years, and also keep the spotlight on all the current women directors out there hustling and working hard to bring us fans great genre stories that we can continue to enjoy for years to come.
So, in an effort to help you find some great horror and sci-fi movies directed by female directors that are currently streaming, I put together this list of 45 different movies that are available on a variety of digital streaming platforms, including Shudder, Netflix Instant, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Vudu, and Tubi TV. Also, it’s worth mentioning that as of today, The Matrix Trilogy from The Wachowskis has just hit Amazon Prime once again,...
So, in an effort to help you find some great horror and sci-fi movies directed by female directors that are currently streaming, I put together this list of 45 different movies that are available on a variety of digital streaming platforms, including Shudder, Netflix Instant, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Vudu, and Tubi TV. Also, it’s worth mentioning that as of today, The Matrix Trilogy from The Wachowskis has just hit Amazon Prime once again,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The finance initiative for female-centric films was launched in 2016.
Rebecca Long and Ian Davies’ Boudica Films, the UK finance and production initiative aimed at supporting projects with a strong female presence both in front of and behind the camera, is developing a slate of films including Greenham, set to star Agyness Deyn.
Greenham is a 1980s-set thriller about a woman who seeks refuge from her abusive partner in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
David Chidlow, whose credits include L’Histoire De Nos Petites Morts, will direct and Blue Iris Films’ Katie Crook will produce. The DoP will be The Levelling’s Nanu Segal.
Rebecca Long and Ian Davies’ Boudica Films, the UK finance and production initiative aimed at supporting projects with a strong female presence both in front of and behind the camera, is developing a slate of films including Greenham, set to star Agyness Deyn.
Greenham is a 1980s-set thriller about a woman who seeks refuge from her abusive partner in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
David Chidlow, whose credits include L’Histoire De Nos Petites Morts, will direct and Blue Iris Films’ Katie Crook will produce. The DoP will be The Levelling’s Nanu Segal.
- 9/10/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The finance initiative for female-centric films was launched in 2016.
Rebecca Long and Ian Davies’ Boudica Films, the UK finance and production initiative aimed at supporting projects with a strong female presence both in front of and behind the camera, is developing a slate of films including Greenham, set to star Agyness Deyn.
Greenham is a1980s-set thriller about a woman who seeks refuge from her abusive partner in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
David Chidlow, whose credits include L’Histoire De Nos Petites Morts, will direct and Blue Iris Films’ Katie Crook will produce. The DoP will be The Levelling’s Nanu Segal.
Rebecca Long and Ian Davies’ Boudica Films, the UK finance and production initiative aimed at supporting projects with a strong female presence both in front of and behind the camera, is developing a slate of films including Greenham, set to star Agyness Deyn.
Greenham is a1980s-set thriller about a woman who seeks refuge from her abusive partner in Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp.
David Chidlow, whose credits include L’Histoire De Nos Petites Morts, will direct and Blue Iris Films’ Katie Crook will produce. The DoP will be The Levelling’s Nanu Segal.
- 9/10/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The actress receives the third annual Genre Rising Star award.
Ella Hunt, the star of Christmas zombie musical Anna And The Apocalypse, has been named the Screen International Frightfest Genre Rising Star 2018 at a ceremony held at Arrow Video FrightFest on Monday August 27.
Previous winners of the award are Danny Morgan, writer and star of Double Date, in 2017, and Alice Lowe, director/writer/star of Prevenge, in 2016.
Hunt takes the central role in John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees a sleepy Scottish town being besieged by zombies in the run-up to Christmas. Anna and her friends dance,...
Ella Hunt, the star of Christmas zombie musical Anna And The Apocalypse, has been named the Screen International Frightfest Genre Rising Star 2018 at a ceremony held at Arrow Video FrightFest on Monday August 27.
Previous winners of the award are Danny Morgan, writer and star of Double Date, in 2017, and Alice Lowe, director/writer/star of Prevenge, in 2016.
Hunt takes the central role in John McPhail’s Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees a sleepy Scottish town being besieged by zombies in the run-up to Christmas. Anna and her friends dance,...
- 8/28/2018
- by Nikki Baughan
- ScreenDaily
In the latest installment of his Frightfest 2018 pre-festival preview series, host Stuart Wright talks The Devil’s Doorway with the writer/director Aislinn Clarke.
In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for ‘fallen women’, only to uncover something much more horrific.
Catch The Devil’s Doorway at Arrow Video Frightfest
23rd to 27th August 2018
Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.
Programme and tickets are available at
http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2018Films/frightfest-schedule-2018.html
www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html...
In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for ‘fallen women’, only to uncover something much more horrific.
Catch The Devil’s Doorway at Arrow Video Frightfest
23rd to 27th August 2018
Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7Na.
Programme and tickets are available at
http://www.frightfest.co.uk/2018Films/frightfest-schedule-2018.html
www.frightfest.co.uk/tickets.html...
- 8/22/2018
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The shortlisted names feature two actors, two directors and one producer.
Five up-and-coming horror talents have been shortlisted for the 2018 FrightFest Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
The shortlisted names feature two actors, two directors and one producer, all of whom have projects playing at this year’s FrightFest (23-27 August).
In front of the camera, actress Ella Hunt has impressed with her lead role in John McPhail’s zombie apocalypse musical Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees her fight off hordes of the undead that have besieged her town as the Christmas festivities are beginning.
Fellow actor Sam Gittins, who...
Five up-and-coming horror talents have been shortlisted for the 2018 FrightFest Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
The shortlisted names feature two actors, two directors and one producer, all of whom have projects playing at this year’s FrightFest (23-27 August).
In front of the camera, actress Ella Hunt has impressed with her lead role in John McPhail’s zombie apocalypse musical Anna And The Apocalypse, which sees her fight off hordes of the undead that have besieged her town as the Christmas festivities are beginning.
Fellow actor Sam Gittins, who...
- 8/16/2018
- by Nikki Baughan
- ScreenDaily
“The Devil’s Doorway” is earning a lot of buzz in the horror world for good reason. The film’s director, Aislinn Clarke, is the first women to helm a horror film in her native Northern Ireland. But apart from making history, Clarke also chose to mine one of Ireland’s darkest chapters for her debut: the Magdalene Laundries, where young women were sentenced to life sentences of hard labor for “loose morals” for nearly 250 years.
“The Devil’s Doorway” is a found-footage horror film that follows two priests, Father Thomas (Lalor Roddy) and Father John (Ciaran Flynn) who are sent to a Magdalene Laundry, a Catholic home for “troubled” young women, in Ireland to investigate the validity of a miraculous event — a Madonna statue that has begun weeping tears of blood. But once there, the priests discover a sinister evil has infected the home, dredging up dark secrets from...
“The Devil’s Doorway” is a found-footage horror film that follows two priests, Father Thomas (Lalor Roddy) and Father John (Ciaran Flynn) who are sent to a Magdalene Laundry, a Catholic home for “troubled” young women, in Ireland to investigate the validity of a miraculous event — a Madonna statue that has begun weeping tears of blood. But once there, the priests discover a sinister evil has infected the home, dredging up dark secrets from...
- 7/20/2018
- by Jamie Righetti
- Indiewire
Seven names chosen for initial list.
UK genre festival FrightFest (August 23-27) has unveiled the seven names comprising the long-list of the 2018 edition of its Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
There are three directors and four actors. On the filmmaking side, names include Kevin Chicken, whose Perfect Skin will premiere at FrightFest this year, Aislinn Clarke, whose The Devil’s Doorway will play the festival, and Mike Mort, whose stop-motion feature Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires premiered at animation festival Annecy earlier this year and will now travel to FrightFest.
The four actors are Hannah Arterton, Ella Hunt (Anna...
UK genre festival FrightFest (August 23-27) has unveiled the seven names comprising the long-list of the 2018 edition of its Screen Genre Rising Star Award.
There are three directors and four actors. On the filmmaking side, names include Kevin Chicken, whose Perfect Skin will premiere at FrightFest this year, Aislinn Clarke, whose The Devil’s Doorway will play the festival, and Mike Mort, whose stop-motion feature Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires premiered at animation festival Annecy earlier this year and will now travel to FrightFest.
The four actors are Hannah Arterton, Ella Hunt (Anna...
- 7/20/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Shockingly, director Aislinn Clarke is apparently the first female director to helm a horror movie in Northern Ireland. Given the effectiveness of her debut feature, this found footage period piece, set in what could be described as a Catholic school house of horrors, should inspire more aspiring filmmakers out there to go make something as […]
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- 7/13/2018
- by Drew Tinnin
- DreadCentral.com
Featuring a vintage 16mm filming style and a 1960 Irish convent backdrop, The Devil's Doorway is a unique entry in the found footage subgenre (check here to read Heather Wixson's interview with director Aislinn Clarke about the making of the movie), and with the horror film out today in select theaters and on VOD platforms from IFC Midnight, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers.
Descend into a creepy basement in our exclusive clip below, and keep an eye out for The Devil's Doorway this weekend (and beyond) from IFC Midnight!
Directed by Aislinn Clarke, The Devil's Doorway stars Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, and Lauren Coe:
"What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of...
Descend into a creepy basement in our exclusive clip below, and keep an eye out for The Devil's Doorway this weekend (and beyond) from IFC Midnight!
Directed by Aislinn Clarke, The Devil's Doorway stars Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, and Lauren Coe:
"What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of...
- 7/13/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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What Will People Say (Hvad vil folk sige)
Iram Haq writes and directs this drama about a Norwegian teenager (Maria Mozhdah) who is sent to live with relatives in Pakistan.
find cinemas
Dark Money
Kimberly Reed directs and cowrites this documentary about campaign finance in the United States.
find cinemas
The Devil’s Doorway
Aislinn Clarke directs and cowrites this historical horror movie about two (male) priests who investigate an apparent miracle that turns out to be the opposite.
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Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
Sarah Kaminsky cowrites this historical drama about the painter Paul Gauguin. (male director)
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Eighth Grade [pictured]
Elsie Fisher stars in this dramedy about a tween just trying to survive her last week of middle school. (male writer-director)
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Please let me know if I’ve missed any movies directed by, written by, or about women.
Please help me continue this work with your financial support.
- 7/13/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Fearlessly taking on a seemingly terrifying task is a frightening situation for many people. The experience is even more alarming when it’s unprecedented, but courageous leaders are ultimately created by such daring encounters. That’s certainly the case for filmmaker Aislinn Clarke and the religious figureheads in her new horror movie, ‘The Devil’s Doorway.’ Clarke is […]
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- 7/12/2018
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Arriving in select theaters and on all VOD platforms this Friday the 13th is co-writer/director Aislinn Clarke’s Satanic stunner, The Devil’s Doorway, which transports viewers back to the year 1960, when an Irish convent is being investigated by two priests after it is revealed that a Virgin Mary statue on the premises has been weeping blood, and they must determine whether or not the act is a bona fide miracle. What the priests uncover is far more sinister than they could have ever imagined, though, and the holy house of horrors’ demented secrets are all captured on 16mm film.
Daily Dead recently spoke with Clarke about The Devil’s Doorway, and she discussed the inspiration behind her debut feature film, as well as the challenges of shooting a movie found footage style, mostly on 16mm film to boot. The up-and-coming director also chatted about wanting to deliver a surprising story for viewers,...
Daily Dead recently spoke with Clarke about The Devil’s Doorway, and she discussed the inspiration behind her debut feature film, as well as the challenges of shooting a movie found footage style, mostly on 16mm film to boot. The up-and-coming director also chatted about wanting to deliver a surprising story for viewers,...
- 7/12/2018
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Hailing out of Ireland, director Aislinn Clarke saw her The Devil’s Doorway have its Midwest Premiere at the Cinepocalypse late last month. Now, IFC Midnight will release the film in select theaters and on all VOD platforms this Friday, July 13th. In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event […]...
- 7/10/2018
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
It's insane to type this, but Aislinn Clarke is Northern Ireland's very first female horror director. Her debut feature, The Devil’s Doorway, is being released by IFC Midnight. The trailer is currently terrifying the Internet with its spook-tacular scares. I was able to see the film at Cinepocalypse in Chicago, and fortunate to have interviewed Clarke after the fact. I learned about a host of horrific things done and the evil that good men do — in the name of greed in Northern Ireland/Ireland. Here, the dastardly deeds refer to the infamous "Magdalane Laundries," where girls and women were forced into slave labor. If reading Clarke's answers to my questions doesn't give you a shiver, you might not be human. The official synopsis: What unholy terrors lurk...
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- 7/10/2018
- Screen Anarchy
This July, IFC Midnight will be releasing an all-new found footage film The Devil’s Doorway from the first woman to direct a horror film in Northern Ireland, Aislinn Clarke. And today we have the film’s official trailer and poster for your viewing pleasure. You can check out the poster to the right and the trailer […]
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- 6/18/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
Writer/director Aislinn Clarke has worked in theatre and made a couple of short films but her debut feature is bound to get her some attention; The Devil's Doorway looks downright great.
Lalor Roddy and Ciaran Flynn star as Father Thomas and Father John respectively, a pair of priests who are sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event at an Irish house for "fallen women." What they find there isn't anything like a miracle but rather a complete nightmare complete with ritualistic abuse, tyrannical nuns and perhaps even a bout or two of demonic possession.
The movie unfolds in 1960 and Clarke shoots in 16mm, giving The Devil's Doorway a found-footage kind of vibe but thankfully, it doesn't seem to rely too much on the handheld camera approach.
Lalor Roddy and Ciaran Flynn star as Father Thomas and Father John respectively, a pair of priests who are sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event at an Irish house for "fallen women." What they find there isn't anything like a miracle but rather a complete nightmare complete with ritualistic abuse, tyrannical nuns and perhaps even a bout or two of demonic possession.
The movie unfolds in 1960 and Clarke shoots in 16mm, giving The Devil's Doorway a found-footage kind of vibe but thankfully, it doesn't seem to rely too much on the handheld camera approach.
- 6/12/2018
- QuietEarth.us
"The Devil doesn't have to hide. He roams freely amongst us..." IFC Midnight has debuted an official trailer for an Irish horror film titled The Devil's Doorway, which played at the Seattle Film Festival earlier this summer. The film is the feature directorial debut of Aislinn Clarke, and tells the story of two priests who uncover something horrific. In 1960, Father Riley and Father Thornton are sent to investigate a miracle in an Irish home for unwed mothers only to discover that one of the residents is possessed by the devil. The cast of The Devil's Doorway includes Lalor Roddy, Ciaran Flynn, Helena Bereen, and Lauren Coe. The grainy 8mm cinematography style is spooky, but I'm not sure there's anything more to this film than any other possession / exorcism horror before it. If this kind of horror is your thing, then take a look below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster...
- 6/12/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
IFC Midnight has sent along the official trailer and poster for The Devil's Doorway, hitting select theaters and VOD in the United States on July 13th:
"What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle—a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood—at a remote Catholic asylum for “immoral” women. Armed with 16mm film cameras to record their findings, the priests instead discover a depraved horror show of sadistic nuns, satanism, and demonic possession. Supernatural forces are at work here—but they are not the doing of God. Inspired by the infamous true histories of Magdalene Laundries—in which “fallen women” were held captive by the Irish Catholic Church—this found footage occult shocker is a chilling encounter with unspeakable evil.
"What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle—a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood—at a remote Catholic asylum for “immoral” women. Armed with 16mm film cameras to record their findings, the priests instead discover a depraved horror show of sadistic nuns, satanism, and demonic possession. Supernatural forces are at work here—but they are not the doing of God. Inspired by the infamous true histories of Magdalene Laundries—in which “fallen women” were held captive by the Irish Catholic Church—this found footage occult shocker is a chilling encounter with unspeakable evil.
- 6/12/2018
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Kicking off this September in Atlanta, Georgia, the inaugural Women in Horror Film Festival's full schedule has been announced, including an impressive slate of diverse films and special guests such as Jen and Sylvia Soska, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss, and Greg Nicotero.
We have the full Women in Horror Film Festival schedule below, and to learn more, be sure to visit the fest's official website.
"Thursday Sept 21, 2017
5:30pm-7:30pm - Casual cocktail hour in the hotel bar to meet/mingle with guests
7:30pm - 8:00pm - Photos on the Dead Carpet
8:00pm-12:00am - VIP Party at the Crowne Plaza
Friday Sept 22, 2017
8am-10am - Casual breakfast for hotel guests
11am - 11:45am Stunt Demo with John Nittolo and Julienne Joyner
12pm - 1:45pm - Short Block - Thriller
Suffer (Canada) - Filip Terlecki (Writer/Director)
Caravan (Australia) - Nathan Lacey (Director...
We have the full Women in Horror Film Festival schedule below, and to learn more, be sure to visit the fest's official website.
"Thursday Sept 21, 2017
5:30pm-7:30pm - Casual cocktail hour in the hotel bar to meet/mingle with guests
7:30pm - 8:00pm - Photos on the Dead Carpet
8:00pm-12:00am - VIP Party at the Crowne Plaza
Friday Sept 22, 2017
8am-10am - Casual breakfast for hotel guests
11am - 11:45am Stunt Demo with John Nittolo and Julienne Joyner
12pm - 1:45pm - Short Block - Thriller
Suffer (Canada) - Filip Terlecki (Writer/Director)
Caravan (Australia) - Nathan Lacey (Director...
- 8/7/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
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