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New Details On ‘The Bitch’, Amanda Plummer Cast
Earlier this month we gave you an exclusive update on The Bitch, an upcoming horror comedy directed by James Merendino (SLC Punk).
Back then we told you that, “ the flick follows four woman who becomes stranded in the woods after a car crash. They hole up in a mansion that’s haunted by a malicious spirit called “The Bitch”.
Now a source tells us that, “The film is a satire and clearly a dark comedy in the same vein as ‘Shaun of the Dead’ or more to the point, Polanski’s ‘Rosemary’s Baby’. Additionally, this film has ‘Girl Power’. In typical insult humor, punk rock, irreverent ways, the characters may seem odd but its because they are meant to be funny. The film is ultimately a nihilistic statement about how utterly chaotic the universe is. The supernatural elements in the story are in fact a symbol of the unpredictability of the universe, and have no more meaning than that.
All the women are strong. It contains Ealing Studios style characters (‘Lavender Hill Mob’, ‘Ladykillers’) who have eccentric and complicated relationships that are funny, and they are thrust into a totally irrational situation.”
We’re also being told that Amanda Plummer has been cast in the film. Shooting is scheduled to begin this March in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Katharine Isabelle Battles Cosmic Horror in Exclusive ‘Junction Row’ Teaser Trailer [Fantasia 2026]
Among Fantasia 2026‘s massive final wave of programming this morning is Raven Banner’s Lovecraftian creature feature Junction Row, starring Canadian horror icon Katharine Isabelle, and we’re exclusively unveiling the teaser trailer.
Junction Row will celebrate its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 28.
Watch a housing compound fall under siege from Lovecraftian creatures more dangerous than drug dealers in the trailer below.
Junction Row follows “Juno, a recovering addict who leaves a fringe housing compound for a better life, leaving her beloved Ruby behind. When she learns that Ruby has gone missing, Juno returns, only to find Junction Row has become a hotbed of criminal activity, but she encounters much more than menacing drug dealers on her mission to find Ruby.”
Isabelle stars as Juno, with Natalie Brown (FX’s The Strain) as Ruby.
The creature feature marks the feature debut by director Ashlea Wessel, who has directed festival-favorite shorts like 2018’s “Tick” and 2020’s “Weirdo”.
Wessel co-writes Junction Row with Clown in a Cornfield author Adam Cesare and Matt Serafini.
Katharine Isabelle is coming off a brief appearance in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, and more recently appeared in holiday horror It’s a Wonderful Knife. The horror icon is arguably best known for her turn as the eponymous werewolf in Ginger Snaps and for her roles in American Mary and Freddy vs Jason.
Fantasia teases that Junction Row tells “a story where the fear of the unknown isn’t confined to what lies above, but what waits beneath.”
Stay tuned for more from Fantasia as the festival gets underway later this month.