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Rift remake: Erlingur Thoroddsen directing, Dustin Lance Black producing

Posted 4 years ago

Three years have gone by since we first heard that an English-language remake of Erlingur Thoroddsen’s 2017 Icelandic horror film Rift was in the works, and now it looks like the project may finally be heading toward production, with Thoroddsen...

The Piper: Julian Sands, Charlotte Hope star in Pied Piper horror film

Posted 5 years ago

Julian Sands, best known around here for playing the Warlock in the 1989 horror film fittingly titled Warlock and then coming back for the sequel Warlock: The Armageddon, has signed on to star in a new genre project called The...

Orion Pictures to remake Icelandic horror film Rift

Posted 7 years ago

I would guess that many of you reading this article aren't familiar with writer/director Erlingur Thoroddsen's 2017 horror film RIFT (a.k.a. RÖKKUR), but here's a situation where the announcement of a remake is likely to draw more attention to an...

Exclusive: Official poster for Rift, plus a very creepy clip!

Posted 8 years ago

RIFT (Rökkur), director Erlingur Thoroddsen’s follow-up to his feature debut CHILD EATER, is enjoying a very impressive festival run at the moment, having recently played Fantastic Fest in Austin, the Goteburg International Film Festival in Sweden, the Philly Unnamed Film...

Exclusive international poster for Rift, from the director of Child Eater

Posted 8 years ago

RIFT (Rökkur) is Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen’s follow-up to his feature debut CHILD EATER, which was released earlier this year. You may not have heard of this film yet, but it should be making waves pretty soon: It was just...

Child Eater exclusive clip features the film’s monster, Robert Bowery!

Posted 9 years ago

There's a new boogeyman seeking to haunt the nightmares of horror fans everywhere. Robert Bowery, the CHILD EATER, is a frightening ghoul who takes the eyes from children and consumes them. If that won't make you sleep with one eye...

Is the Child Eater scarier than Freddy? Find out in March

Posted 9 years ago

On March 28th, MVD Entertainment Group will be giving a North American DVD, Digital, and VOD release to CHILD EATER, the feature directorial debut of Erlingur Thoroddsen. Based on a short film Thoroddsen made in 2012, CHILD EATER was inspired...

Michael Ironside stars in horror anthology Patient Seven

Posted 9 years ago

Tomorrow, October 11th, Terror Films will be giving a VOD release to PATIENT SEVEN, a new horror anthology that was crafted by nine directors and fifteen writers. Michael Ironside stars in the film, which has the following synopsis:  A renowned psychiatrist...

Trailer: Child Eater is an eerie arthouse nightmare

Posted 9 years ago

It's time for us to spend time with the trailer for CHILD EATER, the feature adapted from the 2012 short film of the same name. Written and directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen, the film raised funds via Kickstarter and is finally complete! In the trailer,...