The Purge

POSTER: Blumhouse Productions

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: James DeMonaco.

CAST: Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Adelaide Kane, Max Burkholder, Edwin Hodge, Tony Oller and Rhys Wakefield.
WEB: blumhouse.com
FACEBOOK: thepurgemovie
RELEASE DATE: 31 May 2013.
SYNOPSIS: In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity, including murder, becomes legal. The police can’t be called. Hospitals suspend help. It’s one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking.


TRAILER: Blumhouse Productions

The Purge, one night a year, all crime is legal.

The Purge (Spanish).

A Resurrection

POSTER: Archstone Distribution

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Matt Orlando.

CAST: Mischa Barton, Devon Sawa and Michael Clarke Duncan.
FACEBOOK: AResurrectionmovie
RELEASE DATE: 22 March 2013.
SYNOPSIS: A guidance counselor, the school principal and local police officer, must save the lives of several trapped students before a paranormal entity kills them all.


TRAILER: Archstone Distribution

A Resurrection, protects your soul.

A Resurrection (Spanish). 

Al Otro Lado

POSTER: Luis Antonio Cerasa | Vincent Producciones

COUNTRY: Venezuela.

DIRECTOR: Luis Antonio Cerasa.

CAST: Héctor Carrasco, Ennio Velásquez and Yulyannys Medina.
WEB: alotroladofilm.blogspot.com.es
FACEBOOK: Al-Otro-Lado-La-Pelicula
TWITTER: alotroladofilm
RELEASE DATE: 2013 (Venezuela).
SYNOPSIS: A group of guys who agree in their uncontrollable youthful follies, they proposes a party leveraging the end of their secondary education in an unoccupied house that is for sale for some time by the strange disappearance of their owners, the lady of service and his little daughter. The authorities designate a specialist on police investigations to resolve the case. Meanwhile, alcohol and jealousy are ravaging the youth party and some of the kids come into the house for privacy to resolve differences without thinking that his daring will become a nightmare to open in the old mansion a connection another dimension of existence unknown. Now they shall pass the threshold of reason and take on a real struggle to survive.

"First mystery and suspense film of Venezuelan Film".


TRAILER: Luis Antonio Cerasa

Al Otro Lado, nothing is what it seems.

Al Otro Lado (Spanish).

You're Next

POSTER: Lionsgate

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Adam Wingard.

CAST: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J. Bowen, Nicholas Tucci and Barbara Crampton.
WEB: yourenextmovie.com
FACEBOOK: YoureNextTheMovie
TWITTER: lionsgatehorror
RELEASE DATE: 23 August 2013 (USA, UK).
SYNOPSIS: When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped... until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.

Awarded in 2011 (Toronto) and in 2013 (Gérardmer).


TRAILER: Lionsgate

You're Next, did you remember to lock your door?.

You're Next (Spanish).

Molly Crows

POSTER: Flashgun Films UK

COUNTRY: UK.

DIRECTOR: Ray Wilkes.

CAST: Mercy Gaiger, Layla Randle-Conde, George Newton, Samira Mohamed Ali and Miles Rodziewicz.
FACEBOOK: Molly-Crows-The-Movie
RELEASE DATE: 2013.
SYNOPSIS: When seven year old Jess and her alcoholic Mother arrive in Haslem, she’s an easy target for the brutal bullying culture. But there’s something different about Jess. She can see and hear things that other people can’t. When Jess is brutalised in a country lane, the ancient spirits of the area appear, angry and full of vengeance. The townspeople take the law into their own hands and commit a terrible act upon an innocent, as brutal and unforgivable as the notorious Witch-finders from centuries past.

Based on the true story of a 17th Century witch and set in modern times.



TRAILER: Flashgun Films UK

Molly Crows, vengeance never dies.

Molly Crows (Spanish).

Kiss of the Damned

POSTER: Magnet Releasing

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Xan Cassavetes.

CAST: Josephine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Anna Mouglalis, Michael Rapaport and Riley Keough.
WEB: magnetreleasing.com/kissofthedamned
FACEBOOK: KissOfTheDamnedFilm
TWITTER: KOTD_Movie
RELEASE DATE: 28 March 2013 (VOD), 3 May 2013 (Theatres).
SYNOPSIS: Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her troublemaker sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, Djuna’s love story is threatened, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered....

Debut of actress and screenwriter Xan Cassavetes and tribute to old-school horror films.


TRAILER: Magnet Releasing

Kiss of the Damned, her love will never die.

Kiss of the Damned (Spanish).

Los Últimos Días

POSTER: Warner Bros. Pictures Spain

COUNTRY: Spain.

DIRECTOR: Àlex Pastor, David Pastor.

CAST: Quim Gutiérrrez, José Coronado, Marta Etura and Leticia Dolera.
WEB: losultimosdias.es
FACEBOOK: LosUltimosDiasLaPelicula
TWITTER: losultimosdias
RELEASE DATE: March, 27th 2013 (Spain).
SYNOPSIS: 2013. A mysterious disease is spreading across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear to go outside that kills so abrupt. Soon, the world population is enclosed in buildings. In a Barcelona in chaos, Marc undertakes an odyssey in search of Julia, his missing girlfriend, unable to go outside.


TRAILER (Spanish): Warner Bros. Pictures Spain

Los Últimos Días, when the world ends still there is the hope.

Los Últimos Días (Spanish).

The Pyramid

POSTER: Empire Video - Alex Visani

COUNTRY: Italy.

DIRECTOR: Alex Visani, Antonio Zannone, Luca Alessandro, Roberto Albanesi y Simone Chiesa.

CAST: Federico Loffredo, Francesco Rossini, Emilia Verginelli, Maria Spelta, Antonio De Matteo....
WEB: pyramidthemovie.blogspot.it
FACEBOOK: thepyramid.themovie
TWITTER: thepyramidmovie
RELEASE DATE: 2013 (horror festivals).
SYNOPSIS: Anthological indie horror divided into four episodes strictly connected to an infernal object: a bizarre pyramid that came into our world to spread madness, death and destruction. Along the centuries the pyramid was the focus of terrible happenings and we found it again nowadays left on the desk of a fair abandoned like an useless toy. Found by chance by an unfortunate guy; the pyramid opens the door to a series of terrible and unstoppable events.


TRAILER: Alex Visani

The Pyramid, hell's Gate has found his key.

Come Out and Play

POSTER: Makinov

COUNTRY: Mexico.

DIRECTOR: Makinov.

CAST: Vinessa Shaw, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
WEB: comeoutandplayfilm.com
FACEBOOK: COAPmovie
TWITTER: COAPMovie
RELEASE DATE: September, 22th 2012 (Fantastic Fest).
SYNOPSIS: Beth and Francis, a young married couple, are on holiday together when they venture to a beautiful, but highly remote, island. Beth is pregnant and the two are hoping to enjoy their last vacation before their baby is born. When they arrive, they notice that while there are plenty of children present, the adults all seem to be missing. Initially attributing this to the after effects of a recent festival, they quickly realize something far more sinister is afoot. The two will face terror and unsettling difficult decisions in their quest to make it off the island alive.

Remake of spanish film "¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (Trapped)" directed in 1976 by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador.



TRAILER: COAPmovie

Come Out and Play, time to play.

The Ibáñez Serrador  original film trailer below:

The Conjuring

POSTER: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: James Wan.

CAST: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Joey King, Shanley Caswell, Haley McFarland, Mackenzie Foy, Kyla Deaver and Sterling Jerins.
WEB: theconjuring.warnerbros.com
FACEBOOK: TheConjuringMovie
TWITTER: theconjuring
RELEASE DATE: July, 19th 2013.
SYNOPSIS: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

Based on a true story.


TRAILER: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Conjuring, before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville.

Shadow People (The Door)

POSTER: Anchor Bay Entertainment

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Matthew Arnold.

CAST: Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Anne Dudek and Mattie Liptak.
RELEASE DATE: 2012.
SYNOPSIS: Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome is a real phenomenon where seemingly young, healthy people can die mysteriously in their sleep. Survivors of the syndrome report a feeling of terror while being paralyzed in their bed as a shadowy figure attempts to grab or strangle them. When a rash of sleep fatalities is reported on air by a struggling late night radio host, Dallas Roberts ("The Walking Dead," THE GREY), a skeptical CDC investigator, Alison Eastwood, is called in to verify his claims. What they discover is a deadly, psychological condition where fear causes the shadow beings to appear.

Based on true events, interweaves never-before-seen archival footage, interviews and news reports about this horrifyingly, real phenomenon.


TRAILER: Anchor Bay Entertainment

Shadow People (The Door), don't be afraid or you could be the next victim of the Shadow People.

Crowsnest

POSTER: IFC Midnight

COUNTRY: Canada.

DIRECTOR: Brenton Spencer.

CAST: Mittita Barber, Victor Zinck Jr, Aslam Hussein, Chelsey Reist and Christie Burke.
RELEASE DATE: September, 7th 2012 (Limitaded, VOD). January, 22th 2013 (DVD).
SYNOPSIS: In late summer of 2011, five young friends celebrating a birthday went missing after an unexpected detour sent them crashing into an abandoned RV. Video recorded by the victims & recovered by police reveals a horrific encounter with the twisted residents of a secluded community, entirely removed from civilization and not pleased at having visitors.

TRAILER: C. Ernst Harth - IFC Midnight

Crowsnest, don't feed the locals.

Would You Rather

POSTER: Social Construct Films

COUNTRY: Estados Unidos.

DIRECTOR: David Guy Levy.

CAST: Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, Sasha Grey, Larry Cedar, Larry Gillard Jr., Robb Wells, Eddie Steeples, John Heard, Enver Gjokaj and Robin Lord Taylor.
FACEBOOK: WouldYouRatherTheMovie
RELEASE DATE: February, 8th 2013 (Limited, VOD).
SYNOPSIS: Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of Would You Rather, hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.


TRAILER: IFC Films

Hangman's Game

POSTER: Grupo Enmente / Zulutimemedia

COUNTRY: Colombia.

DIRECTOR: Miguel Urrutia.

CAST: Jason Chad Roth, Viña Machado, Andres De La Fuente, Jorge Herrera, Katarina Sacht, Jorge Castellanos and Paula Estrada.
WEB: hangmansgame.com
RELEASE DATE: ???.
SYNOPSIS: Mark, an American contractor working for an oil Company, wakes up in the midst of the lush Colombian jungle, tied up and hanging from a tree. Kidnappers violently torture Mark in their attempt to steal 40 Million dollars out of a bank account. Mark however does not speak Spanish….


TRAILER (Promotional Teaser): Grupo Enmente / Zulutimemedia

Hangman's Game, a kidnapping game... at the colombian jungle.

Dark Circles

POSTER: After Dark Films

COUNTRY: Estados Unidos.

DIRECTOR: Paul Soter.

CAST: Johnathon Schaech, Pell James, Jennifer Foreman and Phillippe Brenninkmeyer.
WEB: afterdarkoriginals.com
RELEASE DATE: 2013.
SYNOPSIS: When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.


TRAILER: Truly Disturbing - After Dark Films

Dark Circles, in this house no one sleeps.

Comedown

POSTER: STUDIOCANAL

COUNTRY: UK.

DIRECTOR: Menhaj Huda.

CAST: Jessica Barden, Adam Deacon and Geoff Bell.
RELEASE DATE: January, 28th 2013 (UK - DVD/Blu-ray).
SINOPSIS: In exchange for free drugs and cash, six friends agree to set up an aerial on the roof of abandoned tower block Mercy Point for local pirate radio station Locked FM. After successfully avoiding the authorities and breaking into the condemned building they begin an excessive night of drugs, booze and tunes. But Mercy Point isn’t as empty as they’d originally thought. There’s someone lurking in the darkness that calls this place home, someone determined to kill all trespassers….


TRAILER: Menhaj Huda

Comedown, the comedown is a killer.

Stripped

POSTER: Electra Avellan

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: J.M.R. Luna.

CAST: Nicole Sienna, Joshua Cole, Carson Aune, Alvaro Orlando and Joseph Buttler.
WEB: strippedthemovie.com
FACEBOOK: Stripped-The-Movie
TWITTER: MovieStripped
RELEASE DATE: 2012 (Limited).
SYNOPSIS: A group of best friends document their Vegas vacation. Planning an unforgettable night filled with sex, drugs and alcohol. Everything takes a turn for the worst when the guys are lured by some beautiful strippers and become the victims of a macabre doctor. One by one the guys are sacrificed and gruesomely stripped of their healthy organs to be sold on the black market.

Based on true events.


TRAILER: Stripped Apart

Stripped, stripped but....

Truth or Dare

POSTER: Corona Pictures

COUNTRY: UK.

DIRECTOR: Robert Heath.

CAST: David Oakes, Jennie Jacques and Jack Gordon.
WEB: truthordarefilm.com
FACEBOOK: TruthOrDareFilm
TWITTER: Truth_Or_DareUK
RELEASE DATE: October, 9th 2012 (DVD).
SYNOPSIS: TRUTH: A group of college friends celebrate the end of term with a party to end all parties. Drink, drugs and sex flow in equal measure as everyone lets loose. As the focus shifts to playing a seemingly harmless game of Truth or Dare it leads to humiliation and pain for one lonely geek.
DARE: A year later the four friends are reunited as they are invited to a birthday party at a grand stately home. They realize very quickly that this is a party where the guests are definitely not welcome. In a bid for vengeance all are forced to play a sickening and gruesome game of Truth or Dare, where a Dare may well equal death. Sex, lies and murder are all unraveled as the game hurls the group toward a final, fatal twist.


TRAILER: Showbox Home Entertainment

Truth or Dare, spin the bottle... you decide.

Tower Block

POSTER: Lionsgate Films UK

COUNTRY: UK.

DIRECTOR: Ronnie Thompson and James Nunn.
CAST: Sheridan Smith, Jack O’Connell, Russell Tovey, Kano and Ralph Brown. 

FACEBOOK: TowerBlock
RELEASE DATE: September, 20th 2012 (Fantastic Fest).
SINOPSIS: An apartment block about to be demolished. Twelve tenants waiting for relocation. A sniper who is methodically wiping them out.

James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson debut behind the camera.


TRAILER: Lionsgate Films UK

Tower Block, no one gets out alive.

The ABCs of Death

POSTER: Magnet Releasing

COUNTRY: USA / New Zealand.

DIRECTOR: Bruno Forzani, Helene Cattet, Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrian Bogliano, Jason Eisner, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Xavier Gens, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Jbanjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard and Yudai Yamaguchi.

WEB: magnetreleasing.com/theabcsofdeath
FACEBOOK: theabcsofdeath
RELEASE DATE: January, 31th 2013 (VOD). March, 8th 2013 (Limited).
SYNOPSIS: A 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.

Each director have 6 months, 6 weeks and 6 days to finish their short tale on death, beginning with the letter A and ending with the letter Z.



TRAILER: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

The ABCs of Death, 26 directors, 26 ways to die.

Maniac

POSTER: Warner Bros.

COUNTRY: France / USA.

DIRECTOR: Franck Khalfoun.

CAST: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, Jan Broberg and Liane Balaban.
WEB: warnerbros.fr
RELEASE DATE: October, 12th 2012 (USA - Chicago International Film Festival).
SYNOPSIS: Just when the streets seemed safe, a serial killer with a fetish for scalps is back and on the hunt. Frank is the withdrawn owner of a mannequin store, but his life changes when young artist Anna appears asking for his help with her new exhibition. As their friendship develops and Frank's obsession escalates, it becomes clear that she has unleashed a long-repressed compulsion to stalk and kill.

Remake of the slasher classic of the same name directed in 1980 by William Lustig.



TRAILER (French): Warner Bros.

Maniac, if you can't keep the secret you'll be alone.

The Call

STILL: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Brad Anderson.

CAST: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund and Michael Imperioli.
WEB: call-movie.com
FACEBOOK: CallMovie
RELEASE DATE: March 15th, 2013 (USA).
SYNOPSIS: When veteran 911 operator, Jordan (Halle Berry), takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.

Working title was "The Hive" and Brad Anderson replaces Joel Schumacher on direction.


TRAILER: Sony Pictures

The Call, if you had a second chance to go beyond the call what would you do?.

Pacific Rim

POSTER: Warner Bros. Pictures

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro.

CAST: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, Max Martini, Robert Kazinsky, Clifton Collins, Jr., Burn Gorman y Larry Joe Campbell.
WEB: pacificrimmovie.warnerbros.com
FACEBOOK: pacificrimmovie
RELEASE DATE: July 12th, 2013.
SYNOPSIS: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.


TRAILER: Warner Bros. Pictures

Pacific Rim, to fight monsters we created monsters.

The Last Exorcism Part II

POSTER: CBS FILMS

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: Ed Gass-Donnelly.

CAST: Ashley Bell, Andrew Sensenig and Spencer Treat Clark.
WEB: thelastexorcism2.com
FACEBOOK: thelastexorcism2
TWITTER: LastExorcism2
RELEASE DATE: March 1th, 2013.
SYNOPSIS: Continuing where the first film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found terrified and alone in rural Louisiana. Back in the relative safety of New Orleans, Nell realizes that she can't remember entire portions of the previous months only that she is the last surviving member of her family. Just as Nell begins the difficult process of starting a new life, the evil force that once possessed her is back with other, unimaginably horrific plans that mean her last exorcism was just the beginning.


TRAILER: CBS FILMS

The Last Exorcism Part II, the second coming.

After Earth

POSTER: Sony Pictures

COUNTRY: USA.

DIRECTOR: M. Night Shyamalan.

CAST: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoë Kravitz, Lincoln Lewis and Isabelle Fuhrman.
WEB: afterearth.com
FACEBOOK: AfterEarth
TWITTER: AfterEarthFilm
RELEASE DATE: June 7th, 2013 (USA).
SYNOPSIS: A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash. Father and son must learn to work together and trust one another if they want any chance of returning home.


TRAILER: Sony Pictures

After Earth, this is a class one quarantined planet.