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Screen Media Acquires VOD Rights to ‘Coffin Joe’ Films!
Screen Media will be showcasing the Premiere release of the Coffin Joe Cult Collection on VOD in North America.
The Coffin Joe Cult Collection includes the most widely known films by Director Jose Mojica Marins – widely regarded as the Luis Bunuel of Auteur Horror. Featuring the maniacally evil character Coffin Joe, first introduced in Brazil in the 1960s and 70’s, the Coffin Joe films broke out to a worldwide audience following both critical acclaim and the embrace of genre fans.
The release includes At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1963), This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse (1967), and Embodiment of Evil (2008).
“We are delighted that Screen Media will be handling the VOD release of this unique Collection, now available for the first time with new HD re-mastering,” says Betina Goldman Director of London based ONE EYED FILMS who negotiated the deal with Screen Media.
“Screen Media has a wide reach and great relationships in the digital space. We are extremely confident in their ability to position the Coffin Joe Cult Collection and to reach both the hardcore fans and the new generation that might be unfamiliar with the Coffin Joe films. Marin’s brand of horror continues to draw new audiences worldwide and we are delighted that Screen Media shares our vision of the films’ enduring potential”
“The Coffin Joe films are notorious among fans for their surreal mix of horror and the bizarre” says Gary Delfiner, President of Screen Media Digital, a division of Screen Media. “The showcasing of this cult collection on our horror platform Frightpix will make the channel even more of a destination for genre fans.” continues Delfiner. “We’re thrilled to be adding the Coffin Joe Cult Collection to our exclusive digital catalog and will also be rolling them out to iTunes and all the major digital channels.”
What happened to Flight 298? Our exclusive clip from supernatural thriller Black Box suggests a hostile takeover by an inhuman threat.
Black Box arrives on VOD today, July 7, 2026, via distributor Aura Entertainment.
In the horror movie, “A routine domestic flight turns into the flight from hell through a series of inexplicable phenomena and raw terror. Surreal encounters blur the boundaries between reality and nightmare. Passengers fight against all the odds in an attempt to survive while combating bizarre technological malfunctions, accelerating supernatural events, and alien influences.”
The film is based on the short film The Vessel, and an original screenplay from horror writer Stephen Susco (The Grudge, The Grudge 2, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Hell Fest).
Steven Quale (Into the Storm, Final Destination 5) directs.
Tom Brittney, Holly Leena White, Betsy Blue English, Dane Whyte O’Hara, Kaja Chan, Asa Ali, Boadicea Ricketts, Ceallach Spellman, Georgina Leonidas, Molly Belle Wright, Hanneke Talbot, Danny Mack, and Weronika Rosati star in Black Box.
Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (Barbarian, Boy Kills World) and Jon Oakes (Drive, The Guilty) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Warren Zide (The Final Destination, American Pie), and Susco. Ruzanna Kegeyan and Roman Viaris of Capstone, and Clark Baker (Vessel) will executive produce.
Watch the clip below that sees a creepy crawling invasion aboard Flight 298, signalling supernatural turbulence ahead.
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