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Alchemy Acquires ‘Overtime,’ ‘The Malevolent,’ ‘The Stacks’ and ‘Ravenous’
Alchemy – who is also releasing Rob Zombie’s 31 and Bernard Rose’s Frankenstein – nabbed a series of genre titles from Rebel Movie’s ‘Scare’ slate, Bloody Disgusting learned out of the ongoing AFM.
The titles include Overtime, The Malevolent, The Stacks and Ravenous, which were acquired for North American distro out of the market.
Robert Reid Altman’s Ravenous will star Tara Reid. In it, “When a young couple and their eight-year-old daughter move above their new restaurant on the outskirts of Chinatown, their renovations unleash a myriad of restless spirits, including the infamous “hungry ghosts”, and their only hope for salvation rests with an elderly Chinese woman and a renowned ghost hunter from Beijing.”
Ouija‘s Ana Coto, pictured below, will star in Stacks, “Only a young co-ed – a work-study librarian — and a handful of others are still in the University library on the eve of spring break when she discovers the doors have chained shut and that someone, or something, is roaming below in the depths of the underground book stacks. At first she believes it’s her stalker ex-boyfriend trying to scare her… but then people start dying, one by one.”
In The Malevolent, which stars Mischa Barton (Apartment 1303, Homecoming, The Sixth Sense) and Joaquim de Almeida, “After a near-fatal car accident confines him to his apartment, a lonely young man inadvertently summons a malevolent shape shifting demonic entity – one who has assumed the guise of a beautiful and seductive young woman.”
Lastly, Nurse 3D‘s Paz De La Huerta, pictured above, stars in Overtime, “While working in what she believes is an empty office building, a young woman discovers that all of her co-workers have been murdered and she is the last intended victim of a spree killer — only she intends to get out alive, at any cost.”
Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.
The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:
“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.
“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.
“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.
“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”
Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.
WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.
To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.
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