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‘Third Wheel’ is ’80s Monster Movie Terror!
World of Death’ers Daniel Delpurgatorio and Anthony Williams sure have been busy lately. On top of winning the Clive Barker Project Greenlight contest last month, these ferociously diligent Chicago-based filmmakers also have a new short film premiering at festivals this fall. Third Wheel is a quick little glimpse into the minds of this demented duo and features FX work by the great Robert Kurtzman.
“The festival scene has been changing since we first started submitting films years ago and we wanted to make something that fits nicely into the shifting landscape. We wanted to make something short and sweet, with a fun payoff,” says writer Anthony Williams. Director Delpurgatorio added, “It’s such a different film for us, in terms of style and tone, but that’s what made the project very exciting to everyone involved!”
From what I’ve seen I can tell you this short is going to wow fans of ’80s monster flicks like Terror Vision, Invaders From Mars, and Little Shop of Horrors. Check out the trailer below and if you’re heading to Celluloid Screams in October, you can see the world premiere with your own eyes!
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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.