APRIL 4

825 Forest Road [2025]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Stephen Cognetti

WRITER: Stephen Cognetti

PRINCIPAL CAST: Brian Anthony Wilson, Joe Bandelli, Elizabeth Vermilyea, Ray Acevedo, Mike Sutton, Jessica Albano, Lorenzo Beronilla, Darin F. Earl II, Kathryn Miller, Leyah Rose

SYNOPSIS: After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Isabelle, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

STUDIO: Blue Finch Films

https://bluefinchfilms.com/

https://www.facebook.com/BlueFinchFilms

https://www.instagram.com/bluefinchfilms/

https://x.com/BlueFinchFilms

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15173952/

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Night of the Zoopocalypse [2024]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro

WRITER: Steven Hoban, James Kee

PRINCIPAL CAST: David Harbour, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Scott Thompson, Bryn McAuley, Carolyn Scott, Scott Farley, Joshua Graham, Gabbi Kosmidis, Pierre Simpson, Kyle Derek

SYNOPSIS: A wolf and mountain lion team up when a meteor unleashes a virus turning zoo animals into zombies. They join forces with other survivors to rescue the zoo and stop the deranged mutant leader from spreading the virus.

TAGLINE: Don’t feed the animals.

GENRE: Horror, Comedy, Animation, Adventure

RATING: Rated PG

RUN TIME: 91 Minutes

STUDIO: Viva Pictures

https://www.vivafilmco.com/

https://www.facebook.com/vivakidsfilms/

https://www.instagram.com/vivakidsfilms/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29544253/

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APRIL 8

Rumpelstiltskin [2025]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Andy Edwards

WRITER: Andy Edwards

PRINCIPAL CAST: Hannah Baxter-Eve, Joss Carter, Adrian Bouchet, Colin Malone, Evyn George, Ayvianna Snow, Jennifer Lim, Annabella Rich, Sarah Jane Duncan, James Dance, Chris Mills

SYNOPSIS: Once upon a time, a miller attempted to marry his daughter off to the King by promising she could spin straw into gold. With the help of a demonic imp, she completes the task, but the King becomes greedy and wants more. So, she promises the imp her firstborn in return for yet more favors. But when it comes time to honor her bargain, dark forces merge when the Imp makes a deal with the devil.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 87 Minutes

STUDIO: 101 Films

https://www.101-films.com/

https://www.facebook.com/101FilmsUK/

https://www.instagram.com/101filmsuk

https://x.com/101filmsuk

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34171000/

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APRIL 18

It Feeds [2025]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Chad Archibald

WRITER: Chad Archibald

PRINCIPAL CAST: Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Greene, Ellie O’Brien, Juno Rinaldi, Mark Taylor, Julian Richings

SYNOPSIS: After a troubled young girl bursts into their home psychiatry practice claiming an entity is feeding on her, Jordan and her clairvoyant mother must find a way to stop the evil force before the girl is consumed completely.

TAGLINE: It’s worse if you’re afraid.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 102 Minutes

STUDIO: Samuel Goldwyn Films

http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/

https://www.facebook.com/samuelgoldwynfilms/

https://www.instagram.com/goldwynfilms/

https://x.com/goldwynfilms

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28230296/

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Dead Mail [2024]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy

WRITER: Joe DeBoer, Kyle McConaghy

PRINCIPAL CAST: Sterling Macer Jr., John Fleck, Tomas Boykin, Susan Priver, Micki Jackson, Nick Heyman, Sean Heyman, Aaron Phifer, Michael Cambridge, Micah Fitzgerald

SYNOPSIS: An ominous help note finds its way to a 1980s post office, connecting a dead letter investigator to a kidnapped keyboard technician.

GENRE: Horror, Thriller, Crime, Drama

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 106 Minutes

STUDIO: Yellow Veil Pictures

https://yellowveilpictures.com/

https://www.facebook.com/YellowVeilPictures/

https://www.instagram.com/yellowveilpictures/

https://x.com/yellowveilpics

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26474783/

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The Ugly Stepsister [2025]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Emilie Blichfeldt

WRITER: Emilie Blichfeldt

PRINCIPAL CAST: Lea Myren, Flo Fagerl, iIsac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger, Ralph Carlsson, Isac Aspberg, Albin Weidenbladh, Oksana Czerkasyna, Katarzyna Herman, Adam Lundgren

SYNOPSIS; Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amidst a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

TAGLINE: If the shoe doesn’t fit…

GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 110 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

https://www.shudder.com/

https://www.facebook.com/shudder

https://www.instagram.com/shudder

https://x.com/shudder

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29344903/

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APRIL 25

Frewaka [2024]

STREAMING: Shudder

DIRECTOR: Aislinn Clarke

WRITER: Aislinn Clarke

PRINCIPAL CAST: Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya, Clare Barrett, Charlotte Bradley, Tara Breathnach, Grace Collender, Peadar Cox, Jim Cunningham, Dorothy Duffy

SYNOPSIS: Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe — sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors…

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 103 Minutes

STUDIO: Shudder

https://www.shudder.com/

https://www.facebook.com/shudder

https://www.instagram.com/shudder

https://x.com/shudder

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27828550/

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The Killgrin [2024]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Joanna Tsanis

PRINCIPAL CAST: Konstantina Mantelos, Fuad Ahmed, Nobahar Dadui, Marie Dame

SYNOPSIS: When Miranda explores self-help methods, she learns from a healer that her aura is infected by a ‘killgrin’, which thrives off her misery. As people close to her suddenly suffer gruesome fates, Miranda unravels a terrifying truth.

GENRE: Horror

RATING: Not Rated

RUN TIME: 83 Minutes

STUDIO: Dark Sky Films

https://darkskyfilms.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DarkSkyFilms/

https://www.instagram.com/darkskyfilms/

https://x.com/darkskyfilms

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33452942/

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Big Freaking Rat [2020]

STREAMING: VOD

DIRECTOR: Thomas J. Churchill

WRITER: Thomas J. Churchill

PRINCIPAL CAST: Caroline Abbott, Nino Aldi, Boyce LeGrande, Niko Brooks, Michael Cervantes, Dan Yoon Hyuck Choi, Sheri Davis, Jennifer Elliott, Mark Hoadley, Del Howison

SYNOPSIS: Ranger BRODY, with the help of his nephew and niece DYLAN and NAOMI, is preparing to open the brand-new campground for the season. Everything is in order and the camp seems peaceful until GIANT RANT, mutated from multiple dumping of toxic wastes, begins killing the campers and rangers.

GENRE: Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy

RATING: Rated R

RUN TIME: 85 Minutes

STUDIO: Lionsgate

https://www.lionsgate.com/

https://www.facebook.com/lionsgate

https://www.instagram.com/lionsgate/

https://x.com/Lionsgate

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11172830/

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