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An Innocent Game Turns Deadly in ‘Afraid?’ Trailer [Exclusive]
Face your fears by watching our exclusive trailer for Afraid? below.
The indie horror film will have its Los Angeles premiere at the Lumiere Cinema on December 13 followed by a DVD and Digital release on December 16 via Cleopatra Entertainment.
It follows a group of five daring teenagers who head to the woods for a Halloween weekend getaway. What begins as an innocent table game called What Are You Afraid Of? quickly turns deadly.
Said to be in the vein of Jordan Peele, the movie is written and directed by SkyDirects.
Kendre Berry, Teairra Mari, Lil’ Fizz, and Nakosha Briggs star with a cameo from Grammy-nominated rapper Mase.
The soundtrack includes “X Moves” by DMX featuring Bootsy Collins, Steve Howe, and Ian Paice, “Werk That” by Salma Slims featuring Too $hort, and “She Likes” by Pleasure P featuring LeToya Luckett, plus music from Babychaos, Nite, and 12AM.
“Afraid? was inspired by my curiosity about what fear looks like when it’s real. Not the kind that comes from monsters, but the kind that lives inside people,” explains SkyDirects. “I wanted to explore how fear strips away comfort and reveals who we really are when trust turns to survival. It’s a reflection of how fear tests our humanity when the masks come off.”
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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