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Exclusive Shots From the Set of Japan’s ‘Crow’s Blood’
Already out in Japan, FrightFest in the UK will be screening “Crow’s Blood“, a brand new six-episode horror/suspense TV show that brings together some of the biggest names from both the U.S. and Japan. The series is being executive produced by Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II-IV, 11-11-11,Repo!) from a screenplay by Yasushi Akimoto and Clint Sears.
Producers Bousman and Sean E. DeMott worked with super group music celebrities AKB 48‘s Mayu Watanabe and Sakura Miyawaki. The series was directed by Ryo Nishimura with the opening two episodes and the finale being co-directed by Ryo and Joe White.
The series begins 20 years after the first cloned sheep was born. While regeneration offers a broad range of possibilities, human beings are now trying to play God, to “re-create life.” The show asks, when we lose someone we love, are we allowed to regenerate their life or even bodies?
With the film announced to screen at FrightFest, Sears sent Bloody some exclusive images from the set and shared some thoughts on the production.
“It’s always surreal to see a script come to life, it was doubly so to see it happen in a different language on the other side of the world,” he explains of shooting in Japan. “I have never worked with a more dedicated and efficient production. I still miss Japan and its people nearly every day.”
Here are some gorgeous shots from Japan. You can find some official images and the series trailer by clicking here.
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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.
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