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‘The House Was Not Hungry Then’ Trailer – A Haunted House Movie from the House’s Perspective [Exclusive]

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After Good Boy and Presence told haunted house tales from unique perspectives — a dog and a ghost, respectively — we’re getting a haunted house movie from the house’s point of view.

Watch our exclusive trailer for The House Was Not Hungry Then below. The Scottish horror film hits Digital this Friday, February 13, via Chroma.

It revolves around an abandoned house in the Scottish countryside that holds a terrible secret. Day after day, a man posing as a real estate agent lures visitors inside, and one by one they disappear.

One night a young woman searching for her estranged father takes refuge inside, but soon begins to feel she’s not alone.

As she gets closer to learning the truth about her father, she explores the dark interior and eavesdrops on the disturbing relationship between the house and its caretaker, learning that sometimes the monster is not who we expect.

Writer-director Harry Aspinwall makes his feature debut on the film, which stars Bobby Rainsbury (Filth), Clive Russell (“Game of Thrones”), and Bill Paterson (The Witches).

“Horror films are usually frantic, filled with breathless subjectivity. I wanted to do something different,” said Aspinwall. “I love the dry comedies of Ruben Ostlund and Roy Anderson, and the tongue-in-cheek morbidity of Edward Gorey.”

He continues, “I wondered if I could make a horror film following the same principles – of distance, of sparsity, of withholding, of brutal objectivity. No inserts, no reaction shots, nothing to tell the audience what to feel, just one single locked off wide for each room. What would that feel like to be so still, so removed from the human life that wanders in, unsuspecting?”

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Memory Loss Leads to a Hospital Freakout in ‘This Tempting Madness’ Exclusive Clip

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A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.

The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.

Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.

In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”

Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.

“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”

Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.

Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (HereticThe Blackening).

This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”

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