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‘After She Wakes’ Spreads Night Terrors to the Entire Family [Trailer]

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Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired the U.S. rights to the feature horror After She Wakes, Bloody Disgusting just discovered.

Starring Hannah Ward, best known for her role in the viral sci-fi short film Ballistic and the upcoming film The Assent starring Robert Kazinsky, the film will be available on VOD platforms this coming December.

Written and directed by newcomer David A. Clark, After She Wakes stars Ward as a narcoleptic mother who suffers from terrifying sleep disruptions as she tries to deal with ongoing grief following the tragic death of her infant son.

“Her family begins experiencing different episodes of parasomnia including night terrors and sleep paralysis, leaving them unable to move and only able to witness horrific visions. These nightmares become too disturbing as they create a rift in their own realities causing the mother to believe someone or something is watching her sleep every night.”

Conrad Goode (Con-air, The Longest Yard), Nicola Lambo (“American Crime Story”, “Will & Grace”) and Micah Parker (“Mob City”, “Vampire Diaries”, “Lola Versus”) also star. The film is executive produced by Jason Zada, director of Focus Feature’s The Forest, starring Natalie Dormer. Princ Films is handling international sales.

“This film explores the grief and dread that stems from the tragic loss of loved ones, and how it can turn your world upside down, like a living nightmare,” says Clark, who wrote the film after suffering a bout of Sleep Paralysis and feared the idea of being helpless, unable to protect his own children.

“Dave is one of the most talented up-and-coming filmmakers working in the genre and his vision for this project was emotional and scary,” adds Zada, who is executive producer and frequent collaborator with Clark. “I’m always excited to work with extraordinary writer/directors who have unique voices and I can’t wait for the horror world to see what else Dave has up his sleeve.”

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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‘Lisa Frankenstein’ Shambles Onto Blu-ray in April With Audio Commentary and Deleted Scenes

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The horror-comedy Lisa Frankenstein is headed home to physical media, with the film zombie-walking its way onto DVD and Blu-ray from Universal on April 9, 2024.

Directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body), Lisa Frankenstein will also be available for a lower price on Digital beginning March 29.

Special Features include:

  • Audio commentary by director Zelda Williams
  • An Electric Connection featurette
  • Resurrecting the ‘80s featurette
  • A Dark Comedy Duo featurette
  • 5 deleted scenes
  • Gag reel

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting,” Billed as a coming-of-rage tale, Lisa Frankenstein instead offers a celebration of outcasts and weirdos.”

“It makes for a sugary sweet, almost wholesome effort held together by a trio of infectiously winsome performances,” Meagan’s review continued. She added, “As a celebration of teen girls and outcasts who just want to be loved, Lisa Frankenstein ultimately charms.”

Kathryn Newton (Freaky) and Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) lead the cast for Focus Features, and the new film is rated “PG-13” for “bloody images and sexual material.”

Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things) and Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room) also star.

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In Lisa Frankenstein, “Set in 1989, the film follows an unpopular high schooler who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.”

Here’s the full official plot synopsis: “A coming of RAGE love story about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, who happens to be a handsome corpse. After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness… and a few missing body parts along the way.”

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