In the wake of ten new horror movies releasing last week, this week is bringing even more fresh frights to the table. Today alone, ELEVEN new movies have already been offered up.
Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, September 24, 2024!
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Breaking Glass Pictures celebrates Halloween with Hayride to Hell, an indie movie that reunites horror legends Bill Moseley and Kane Hodder. It’s now available on VOD outlets.
The team previews, “Bill Moseley, known for his roles in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and House of 1000 Corpses, brings his intense, chilling presence to the role of Farmer Sam. Kane Hodder, famous for his portrayal of Jason Voorhees in four Friday the 13th films, adds his unique, menacing charm as the corrupt Sheriff Jubel. Their pairing makes Hayride to Hell a must-see for horror enthusiasts and a tribute to the legends of the genre.”
“Set on the Coxe Family Farm in rural Willis County, Farmer Sam (Bill Moseley) exacts his bloody revenge on unscrupulous local town-folk, including Sheriff Jubel (Kane Hodder), who menace him and attempt to steal the farm that has been in his family for 200 years.”
Directed by Dan Lantz (Alice and the Vampire Queen, Alpha Rift, Bloodrunners) and written by Kristina Chadwick and Robert Lange, Hayride to Hell had its premiere at the iconic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, in 2022. The film was shot on Lange’s family-owned Sugartown Strawberries Farm in Lavern, Pennsylvania, which has been in his family since 1896. was shot on Chadwick and Lange’s farm in Pennsylvania.
The company Ben Cooper, Inc. is one of the biggest game-changers in the history of the Halloween holiday, responsible for mass producing the very first licensed Halloween costumes that children in America ever had at their disposal. Nacelle (The Toys/Movies That Made Us) explores the company’s history and legacy with Dressing Up Halloween: The Story of Ben Cooper, Inc., a brand new documentary released onto VOD outlets today.
The documentary, directed by Rob Caprilozzi, shines the light on how Ben Cooper Inc. went from a vaudeville costume company to a powerhouse that dominated the Halloween costume market for decades. For over 60 years, Ben Cooper helped children everywhere evolve into Skeletor, Darth Vader, Superman and more, in celebration of one of the most beloved holidays of the year.
Nacelle previews, “On Halloween the streets were filled with little Draculas, Spider-Mans and Luke Skywalkers, thanks to Ben Cooper, Inc. Ben’s grandson reunites with former Ben Cooper, Inc. employees at their old factory to talk about the lasting impact of the costumes and many of their top licenses, including Star Wars, Universal Monsters, Batman, Masters of the Universe, Strawberry Shortcake and more. The film is filled with nostalgia and features loads of vintage videos in all their static-filled glory.”
“Ben Cooper Inc. made Halloween night such an unforgettable experience for kids. You could be virtually any character from your favorite cartoon, comic book or movie, they had it all,” said Rob Caprilozzi. “I wanted to tell the story of their company and it was important for me to do it from the factory where all the costumes were made.”
“Anyone that loves Halloween, nostalgia, and a good American success story, is going to enjoy this doc,” said Brian Volk-Weiss.
After failing to make a splash at the box office just a few short weeks ago, A24’s new horror movie The Front Room has now been made available to watch at home this week.
You can rent The Front Room on Digital outlets for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.
Brandy (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) returns to horror in the A24 horror movie The Front Room, which was released in theaters on September 6, 2024.
What’s particularly interesting about the psychological horror movie is that it’s directed by Max and Sam Eggers, the brothers of Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Northman).
The film “follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.”
Olivier Award-winning actress Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Tony Award-winning actor Andrew Burnap (Snow White), and Neal Huff (Spotlight) will also star.
Cranked Up Films in association with 13th Floor Productions and Wallick Productions has released their feature length horror anthology Tenants on all major VOD outlets today.
The horror film – which features four tales of interwoven terror – was written and produced by Mary O’Neil – who also stars – with segments directed by Buz Wallick (“Psycho Storm Chaser”), Sean Mesler (“Show Us Responding”), Jonathan Lewis (“Sinister Surgeon”) and Blake Reigle (“One of Us”). Additional producers include Jay Black, Bill Spadea, Douglas Vermeeren and Lewis, Mesler and Wallick, the latter two having also co-wrote.
Tenants revolves around the character of Jonie (O’Neil), who after waking up in an unfamiliar apartment complex, finds herself in a desperate search for her sister while being hunted by a shadowy figure. As she makes her way through the building, unspeakable horrors befall the tenants around her.
Joining O’Neil are Christa Collins (“American Boogeywoman”), Douglas Vermeeren (“Black Creek”), Myles Cranford (“Adam+Eve”), Tara Erickson (“American Satan”), Clarke Wolfe (“Malum”), Fayna Sanchez (“Creepshow”), Kathryne Isabelle Easton (“Valleyheart”) and Rib Hills (“Reminisce”), with cinematography by Ryan Valdez.
Starring Susanne Wuest from the similarly titled horror hit Goodnight Mommy (2014), I’ll Play Mother was released onto VOD outlets by Gravitas Ventures today.
I’ll Play Mother was directed by Brad Watson.
“After the death of their mother, two children are placed in the care of adopter parents, but it’s not long before the new family begin to question if something more sinister is at play.”
Jo Martin, Shubham Saraf, Jax James, and Erin Ainsworth also star.
From the DREAD label, director Aaron Fradkin’s Beezel was released onto VOD today. It tells the tale of a sinister secret hiding beneath the floors of a cursed New England home.
Beezel is directed by Aaron Fradkin (Death Record, Val, Electric Love) and written by Aaron Fradkin and Victoria Fratz Fradkin (Death Record, Val, Electric Love).
In the indie horror film, “Over six tumultuous decades, three unwitting guests of a cursed New England home stumble upon a sinister secret dwelling beneath its floors – an eternal witch with an insatiable thirst for the souls of the living.”
LeJon Woods (The Hangman, Island Escape, The Tomorrow Job), Bob Gallagher (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Sinister Cover-Up, Reasonable Men), Victoria Fratz Fradkin, Caroline Quigley and Nicolas Robin (Our Patriots, The Program, Black Ocean) star.
Body-snatching aliens attempt to navigate love in the modern world in genre-bending comedy The Becomers, which was released on VOD outlets by Dark Star Pictures today.
In The Becomers, “Dropped to Earth and escaping their dying planet, the two extraterrestrials (played by a sequence of actors) seek each other out —jumping from body to body— on our planet while becoming increasingly drawn into the madness of modern-day America.”
Written, directed, and edited by Zach Clark (Little Sister), the film was shot in Chicago and stars Molly Plunk (Little Sister, Profane), Mike Lopez (All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Crimes Against Humanity), Frank V. Ross (Drinking Buddies), Isabel Alamin, and Keith Kelly, and features the voice Russell Mael, lead singer of the explosive pop-rock band Sparks.
The Becomers is produced by Joe Swanberg (Depraved, The Rental), and Edwin Linker (Saint Frances, Queen of Earth) of Slasher Films.
Celebrated horror, creature, and science fiction FX artists Brian Spears and Pete Gerner designed the striking aliens featured in the film.
Vinegar Syndrome makes its first foray into original productions with Eight Eyes, a retro horror movie nightmare co-produced with Not the Funeral Home, the team behind Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.” It’s now streaming exclusively on Shudder.
In Eight Eyes, “A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.”
Co-writer and director Austin Jennings (“The Last Drive-In with Job Bob Briggs”), working from an originating idea by Justin Martell, gets ambitious for his feature film debut.
“Photographed entirely on location in Serbia and Macedonia and on 16mm Kodak film, Eight Eyes draws from European genre cinema and American horror films of the 70s to create a nightmarish tableau of nostalgia twisted into berserk, new shapes. Set among the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Eight Eyes was developed with significant contributions from the film’s local cast and crew to ensure an authentic portrayal of the cultural environment in which it is set – one rarely been documented on film,” Vinegar Syndrome says of their original production.
Emily Sweet (V/H/S/99), Brad Thomas, and Bruno Veljanovski star. Not the Funeral Home (Executive Producers Justin Martell and Matt Manjourides) produced the film.
Shout! Studios, in collaboration with A Kiss and Tale Productions, Convoke Media, and Pixium Film Group, brought the “gruesome thriller” Succubus to VOD outlets today.
Written and directed by R.J. Daniel Hanna (Hard Miles, Miss Virginia), Succubus boasts a talented cast of Brendan Bradley (A Tale Told by an Idiot, Death Valley), Rachel Cook (The Hack Job, Kill Shot), Olivia Applegate (Love & Death, Euphoria), Derek Smith (What/If, Narcos: Mexico), Emily Kincaid (London Fields, Abducted in Plain Sight), Rosanna Arquette (Signs of Love, Pulp Fiction) and Ron Perlman (Nightmare Alley, Don’t Look Up).
Produced by Todd Slater, Anna Elizabeth James, Ari Novak, Ron Perlman, and R.J. Daniel Hanna, Succubus follows a young father going through a marital separation, joins a dating app, and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman…whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Coached by his over-sexed friend Eddie, Chris, a new father, joins the StarCrossed dating app “just to see what’s out there,” and eventually comes to the conclusion he should probably rekindle things with his estranged wife. But when he matches with Adra, a seductive young woman with a mysterious past, his curiosity gets the better of him, and he finds himself getting sucked into her world even as his own life falls apart. As Chris, Eddie, and Adra’s stalker, Dr. Zephyr circle her, Adra’s power grows, finally revealing her harrowing true nature.
Gravitas Ventures released Night of the Harvest on digital platforms today, “a spine-chilling thriller where masks and costumes aren’t just for fun—they’re part of a terrifying ritual.”
Night of the Harvest is the third horror feature film created by the Carter Ink Films team of Christopher M. Carter (co-director, writer, and director of photography) and Jessica Morgan (co-director, producer, and lead actor). Carter says his passion for the Halloween season is what brought the film to life, and exploring the roots of the ancient Samhain tradition and coupling that with a family dynamic is what inspired the story for his latest indie horror effort.
“A year after surviving a brutal attack, Madison is still grappling with the trauma of that night. Seeking a sense of normalcy, she reluctantly agrees to join her sister, Audrey, and her friends at a Halloween bash, hoping for a night of fun and distraction. But the festive atmosphere quickly turns deadly when a masked killer begins to hunt them down one by one. Madison must confront her deepest fears and uncover the sinister secrets that bind her to this horror.”
And finally, 4 Digital Media released Winter Island on VOD today.
Tony Doupe directed the film, starring Elijah Carnazzo.
“When a young girl is found dead on a small, wooded island, her teenage brother’s postmortem visions point to an evil presence within their own family. He soon comes across an eerie, potentially supernatural phenomena and begins to suspect the worst.”
Clark Coffey and Chris Joseph Taylor wrote the screenplay for Winter Island.