Watch: A Man & Dog Head to the Woods in 'Oscar's Bell' Horror Short

When things start getting frightening, there's nothing better than having a dog by your side to scare away the evil. Oscar's Bell is a new dialogue-free horror short film made by UK-based filmmaker Chris Cronin (also of the short films Balcony, Unkillable, and Sophie's Fortune). Paul Bullion (from "Peaky Blinders") stars as...

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Official Trailer for 'Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth' Documentary

"It's a scary, daunting prospect… You just worry for your child." 1091 Media has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, which will be available to watch on VOD in June this year. Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his...

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Wacky Trailer for Experimental Love Story 'She's Allergic To Cats' Film

"I can train you to be a true groomer." Whoaaaaa what is this?! An official trailer has arrived online for a film titled She's Allergic To Cats, a strange, experimental, fever dream love story that has been lost since 2016. This originally premiered back in 2016 at the Fantasia Film Festival (read the story about that wild...

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Official Trailer for 'To the Stars' Starring Kara Hayward & Liana Liberato

"I don't care if people like me." The first official trailer has debuted for a small town indie drama titled To the Stars, which initially premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It also won the Festival Director's Award at the Cinetopia Film Festival last year. Originally in B&W, now being shown in color, the film...

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Watch: Ben Berman's Short Film 'The Follow-Up' Made in Quarantine

"Keep your head up, keep your heart open." Humans crave connection. We need to talk, and hear from each other, converse, and interact. How do you do that if you're a filmmaker with no friends, stuck at home? Let's ask Benjamin Berman: "I made a new film! The first film made completely in quarantine??? Possibly. Get yourself...

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Impressive Trailer for 35mm Dystopian Sci-Fi Western 'The Archivist'

"You might wanna take a few steps back." Get a load of this! The Archivist is a "spaghetti western meets dystopian sci-fi" throwback made by filmmaker Eric Hand, and we have an official trailer for it that looks awesome. In the year 2070, Caulder Benson is a government archivist officer charged by an increasingly invasive...

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David Thewlis in First Intl. Trailer for Atom Egoyan's 'Guest of Honour'

"All I want to know, is if that's the truth?" Cine Maldito in Spain has unveiled an official trailer for the indie drama titled Guest of Honour, the latest feature made by Egyptian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan. This originally premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals last fall, and played at numerous other festivals...

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Official Trailer for Documentary 'Screened Out' About Tech Addiction

"They know that this is addicting, they know it's problematic, and they didn't care." Dark Star Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for Screened Out, a new documentary by filmmaker Jon Hyatt, coming to all of your screens of all sizes this May. The film is one of many addressing tech addiction in the modern age. Join...

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A Mysterious Woman Returns Home in Trailer for 'Carrion' Horror Film

"We're all being hunted." Gravitas has debuted an official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Carrion, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Michael Zaiko Hall, making his move into directing after years in visual effects. Jenya Chaplin stars as a young woman who shows up on her cousin's doorstep in Northern...

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The First Word Podcast - Revisiting Wolfgang Petersen's 'Outbreak'

"You have to admire its simplicity. It's one billionth our size and it's beating us." Grab this latest podcast episode for a live discussion about the 1995 virus outbreak action thriller Outbreak, directed by Wolfgang Petersen. With the coronavirus pandemic on everyone's minds, we revisited one of our favorite virus movies...

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Watch: Jonny Look's Comedy Short Tries to Communicate with Plants

"My department was tasked with coaxing them into conversation with humankind. Our primary method is: torture." If plants are alive, can we communicate with them? That's the question at the core of this funky, funny short film. The official title of the short is Assholes, which might be a good title, but it's not an easy one...

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Seth Carr Becomes a Wrestler in Fun Trailer for 'The Main Event' Film

"Bring the chaos, bro!" Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for a film titled The Main Event, the latest film from director Jay Karas (Break Point). This family comedy is about an 11-year-old aspiring wrestler kid named Leo who one day discovers a magical wrestling mask. He decides to enter a competition to become the...

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Teaser Trailer for Doggie Doc Film 'Stray' About Stray Dogs in Istanbul

"See the world through their eyes." Dogwoof has debuted a short teaser trailer for yet another new doggie documentary, this one titled simply Stray. The film looks a bit like a spiritual sequel or double feature with Kedi, this time about stray dogs on the streets of Istanbul (while Kedi is about the iconic cats of Istanbul)....

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Official Trailer for Disneynature's New 'Elephant' & 'Dolphin Reef' Docs

"Two powerful stories that show just how far family can take you." Disneynature has debuted one trailer for two of their upcoming nature documentaries: Elephant and Dolphin Reef. With the current situation, Disney has decided to release both directly to Disney+ for streaming next week. Usually they release a new Disneynature...

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Felissa Rose & Elissa Dowling in Forest Horror Film 'Rootwood' Trailer

"If we get this thing on tape, this could make us famous!" High Octane Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for a low budget horror thriller film titled Rootwood, one of the latest offerings from German indie horror filmmaker Marcel Walz (of Tortura, #funnyFACE, Blood Feast). This premiered last year at a small genre...

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Hugh Jackman & Allison Janney in Official Trailer for 'Bad Education'

"Frank – you have nothing to worry about." "Frank's gonna fix this." HBO has just revealed the full-length official trailer for Cory Finley's film Bad Education, which was one of the big breakout features from the Toronto Film Festival last fall. The film is a fictionalized version of the true story of the single largest...

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Facing Off With an Ancient Witch in Trailer for Horror 'The Wretched'

"Listen to mommy!" IFC Midnight has debuted an official trailer for a frightening indie horror thriller titled The Wretched, which is arriving on VOD at the start of May in just a few more weeks. This premiered at Fantasia and FrightFest last year, and played at a bunch of other fests including Monsterfest Melbourne and Toronto...

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Superb Trailer for Alan Yang's Film 'Tigertail' Starring Hong-Chi Lee

"I've heard you're interested in going to America. Is that true?" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for a film called Tigertail, an impressive passion project marking the feature directorial debut of Taiwanese-American writer / producer / filmmaker Alan Yang. The multi-generational drama is about a Taiwanese factory...

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Trailer for Indie Rock 'n Roll Comedy 'The Incoherents' with Jeff Auer

"It's time for rock 'n roll made by men!" "Middle-aged men…" Gravitas Ventures has debuted a trailer for an indie rock 'n roll comedy called The Incoherents, marking the feature directorial debut of illustrator / filmmaker Jared Barel. The film stars & is written by Jeff Auer, who plays a bored, 40-something paralegal...

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Zach Galligan vs 'Evil Little Things' Official Trailer for Horror Anthology

"There's a monster in my room." Uncork'd Ent. has unveiled an official trailer for an indie horror anthology feature titled Evil Little Things, the latest from indie horror filmmaker Matt Green (Digging Up Graves, A Zombie Invasion, No Sin Unpunished). Described as a "deliciously wicked new horror anthology in the tradition...

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Watch: 'There's Something in the Water' Short Doc About a Texas Lake

"There's two kinds of lakes in the South: them that's got Giant Salvinia and them that's about to have Giant Salvinia."​ What lurks in the inland waters of Texas? An annoying invasive floating fern called Giant Salvinia that is covering the lake. There's Something in the Water is an animated short documentary, only 8 minutes...

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First Trailer for Julien Leclercq's Action Crime Thriller 'Earth and Blood'

"An eye for an eye." Netflix has debuted the first official trailer for a French crime thriller titled Earth and Blood, also known as La terre et le sang from its original French title. This is the latest film from director Julien Leclercq (Chrysalis, The Assault, The Bouncer), it takes place in the heart of the mountains...

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Official Trailer for 'The Uncertain Kingdom' Anthology Film from UK

"It's time to take control! The future's yours - if you want it." Verve Pictures has released an official UK trailer for an anthology project titled The Uncertain Kingdom, a title riff on the United Kingdom (aka UK). The project is a ground-breaking anthology of twenty short films by twenty filmmakers, which together offer...

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Tiffani Fest & Felissa Rose in Trailer for Meta-Horror Film 'For Jennifer'

"No one makes it out alive!" JB Films has released a trailer for an indie meta-horror horror film called For Jennifer, which originally premiered back in 2018 and is just now getting a VOD release. This is the latest in the Jennifer series created by Jody Barton and James Cullen Bressack. Jennifer, Stefanie, and Joey are making...

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Review: 'Blow the Man Down' – Easter Cove and Its Darkest Secrets

There is always something extra inviting when it comes to small villages located by the sea. Let's take one from Practical Magic. It makes you want to go there, meet all the people, it makes you feel free and happy. But it's the opposite feeling in Easter Cove, Maine presented in indie noir, Blow the Man Down. Directed...

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Bruce Willis in Home Invasion Thriller 'Survive the Night' Full Trailer

"Used to be the big dog in town… Don't try anything." Lionsgate has debuted an official trailer for the home invasion action thriller Survive the Night, which looks pretty much as generic and as forgettable as they come. How do they keep getting made? Does anyone watch? Bruce Willis drives the action in this gripping home-invasion...

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Official Trailer for Documentary 'Bias' About the Toxic Effects of Bias

"We should ask ourselves: is that useful in the modern world?" 1091 Media has unveiled the official trailer for a documentary titled Bias, that is of course about bias, and the toxic effects of "unconscious bias" (on society and the world and humanity). This first premiered at a festival a few years ago, and is finally getting...

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Liam Hemsworth & Christoph Waltz in 'Most Dangerous Game' Trailer

"The sport in its purest form - a hunt to kill." Quibi has revealed a full-length official trailer for a new film called Most Dangerous Game, another one of their launch offerings included as a "Movies in Chapters" selection (along with #FreeRayshawn). Even though we already have a "Most Dangerous Game"-esque film this year...

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Wild Trailer for 'Coffee & Kareem' Starring Ed Helms & Taraji P. Henson

"Ohhhh, why did I date a white guy?! My friend Sharon was right!" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an action comedy called Coffee & Kareem, the latest movie from Canadian filmmaker Michael Dowse (Fubar, Goon, What If, Stuber). Twelve-year-old Kareem Manning hires a criminal to scare his mom's new boyfriend...

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Mickey Rourke & Bai Ling in Trailer for Roman War Epic 'The Legion'

"Without fear, we are free!" Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for the war film The Legion, from Spanish producer / director José Magán. Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling star in this epic tale of courage and heroism in a time of war. Set during the Roman–Parthian Wars, the film is about a Roman legion stuck in the snowy...

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Josh Duhamel & Leslie Bibb in Trailer for 'The Lost Husband' Romance

"This kind of pain and loss, it cracks you open… But we are made of magic and resilience, Libby." Quiver Distr. has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic drama titled The Lost Husband, a feature film adapted from the novel of the same name by Katherine Center. Trying to put her life back together after the death...

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Watch: A Haunted House Short Film 'Place' Directed by Jason Gudasz

"There's faces here, Greg. Faces live here… I see them when I close my eyes. They don't like us, Greg." It's always nice to move into a new home. Isn't it? Unless that new place is haunted. Place is a new short film from writer / director Jason Gudasz, and after premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year,...

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Christopher Nolan Reminds Us to Make Sure Movie Theaters Live On

"The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus." A quote from Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg, Ph.D, that is shown at the beginning of Outbreak. In just a few months, followed by a few weeks of frantic decision making, the entire world has been upended by a virus. We still don't know when...

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'It Started As A Joke' Doc Trailer About Eugene Mirman's Comedy Fest

"I do think that comedy has the power to do more than just make people laugh." Gravitas has debuted an official trailer for an indie documentary titled It Started As a Joke, a look at the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, the alternative comedy scene in New York, and Eugene's personal life....

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First Trailer for Animated Adaptation of Lois Lowry's 'The Willoughbys'

"We're going to find a new family!" Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for The Willoughbys, their next home-made animated movie following Klaus last year. This is actually made by Bron, an animation studio based in Vancouver. It's adapted from Lois Lowry's novel of the same name about a group of kids who get into all kinds...

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Ashley Bell in First Teaser Trailer for Horror Short Film 'Dear Guest'

"Okay Jules – you're scaring me!" Do you feel safe in a vacation rental? Maybe… not anymore! This teaser trailer is for a new horror short film made by filmmaker Megan Freels Johnston (Rebound, The Ice Cream Truck) titled Dear Guest. It just premiered at the Monaco Film Festival (a "non-violent film" festival) and is...

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Official Trailer for Man-in-Suit Snow Monster Yeti Horror 'Abominable'

"We don't know where this creature is, or what it's doing here!" But we do know it hates humans! Uncork'd Ent. has debuted an official trailer for another new "abominable snowman" violent horror film titled simply Abominable. Not to be confused with last year's animated adventure Abominable, or the 2006 horror film also about...

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Stephan James in Official Trailer for Antoine Fuqua's '#FreeRayshawn'

"My wife, my son shouldn't have to dodge bullets!" Quibi has debuted an official trailer for an indie drama titled #FreeRayshawn - not only a hashtag, but an activism movement in the film, and a reference to the plot about a young veteran in a showdown with the New Orleans Police Department. Stephan James from If Beale Street...

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New Teaser Trailer for 'Selah and the Spades' Starring Lovie Simone

"When you're a girl, you got the whole world telling you what to do with your body." Amazon Studios has unveiled a new teaser trailer "first look clip" for the film Selah and the Spades, marking the directorial debut of up-and-coming filmmaker Tayarisha Poe. This originally premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival last...

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First UK Trailer for Vietnamese Drama 'Monsoon' with Henry Golding

"I hardly recognize this country anymore…" Peccadillo Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie drama titled Monsoon, the latest feature from Cambodian-British filmmaker Hong Khaou (also of Lilting previously). This premiered at last year's Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and also played at the Athens and London...

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Watch: French Stop-Motion 'Raymonde or the Vertical Escape' Short

"And also, I want the vastness of the sky." Here is a unique stop-motion animated film to enjoy when you have a few extra minutes. Raymonde or the Vertical Escape is an animated short by French filmmaker Sarah Van den Boom, co-founder of Papy3D Productions in Paris. In a remote farm, Raymonde (an owl) lives a solitary life....

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Rob Corddry & Alicia Silverstone in Trailer for RomCom 'Bad Therapy'

"Do you want to know the secret to a divorce…?" "Yes, yes I do." Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy titled Bad Therapy, arriving straight-to-VOD coming up in April. Set in Los Angeles, the film is about a struggling married couple who decide to see a marriage counselor named Judy...

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Official Trailer for Wacky Desert Adventure 'Gold Dust' by David Wall

"Whoever lost this money is gunna come looking for it." High Octane has unveiled an official trailer for a "rollicking western adventure for the whole family" called Gold Dust, the latest feature written & directed by (and starring) David Wall. Gold Dust is "a wild adventure of treasure and ghosts, mirages and orphans,...

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Lily Collins & Simon Pegg in First Trailer for Freaky 'Inheritance' Film

"I know things I'll take to the grave." VVS Films & Vertical Ent. have debuted an official trailer for an indie thriller titled Inheritance, the latest from filmmaker Vaughn Stein. This was originally set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this year until the fest was called off. A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful...

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Watch: 'Sundays at The Triple Nickel' Short About a Harlem Jazz Party

"My brother, Phil, passed away on a Sunday… And shortly afterwards, my mother had the inspiration of honoring him with jazz music." This is one of those lovely short films that fills your heart to the brim with goodness and happiness. Which might be what we all need right now. Sundays at The Triple Nickel is a documentary...

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First UK Trailer for Trapped Thriller 'Hippopotamus' with Ingvild Deila

"How many others, Tom?" The first official UK trailer has debuted for a low-budget contained thriller titled Hippopotamus, the feature directorial debut of a young British filmmaker named Edward A. Palmer (aka Ed Palmer), giving us something akin to Saw or 10 Cloverfield Lane. Norwegian actress Ingvild Deila stars as Ruby,...

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Daddario & Knoxville in 'We Summon the Darkness' Official Trailer

"Girls - be careful now, there's a lot of evil out there." Saban Films has unveiled a trailer for an indie horror thriller called We Summon the Darkness, described as an 80s "metal mayhem joyride" about a group of friends caught in the middle of a killing spree of murderous Satanists. This originally premiered at Fantastic...

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Festival Promo Trailer for 'Before the Fire' Starring Jenna Lyng Adams

"What's the plan? You always have a plan…" An official trailer has debuted online for an indie drama titled Before the Fire, formerly called The Great Silence, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Charlie Buhler. This just premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival and is still looking for distribution. The plot...

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Official Trailer for Indie 'International Falls' Featuring Rachael Harris

"If you want to get to my level, you just get nice and mediocre." Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie small town dramedy titled International Falls, the latest film from up-and-coming filmmaker Amber McGinnis (also of The Company We Keep). This premiered at the Atlanta Film & Video Festival,...

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Watch: Animated Experimental Dark Comedy Short Film 'Solipsism'

Can you really know all of yourself? Another entrancing animated short film to enjoy and to contemplate. Solipsism is an experimental dark comedy animated short made by animator Jonathan Djob Nkondo along with artist / illustrator / filmmaker Tuna Bora, based on her pre-existing illustrations. The title is a reference to the...

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