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First ‘Malicious’ Image Will Take What’s Most Precious to You
Here’s the first ever image from Salt Company’s horror/thriller Malicious, the first of 10 films that they will be selling along with production company and financiers Lost Hills over the next three years.
When a young college professor Adam and his pregnant wife Lisa suffer a traumatic event, they find themselves along with Lisa’s sister Becky haunted — and connected — to a malicious entity. It is only when Adam calls upon Dr. Clark, a professor of parapsychology at the university, that the true horror of what they have encountered becomes clear.
Written and directed by Michael Winnick, Malicious stars Josh Stewart (Insidious: Chapter 4, The Collector), Delroy Lindo (Gone in 60 Seconds, Point Break), Bojana Novakovic (Drag Me to Hell, Devil), Melissa Bolona (Dog Eat Dog), and Yvette Yates (El Gringo).
The film is produced by Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes with Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield acting as executive producers. The four launched Lost Hills Film Fund earlier this year with the goal of financing and producing director-driven genre films, including horror, thriller, sci-fi, and comedy entries.
Here’s the previously released art, thanks to Fabien M., which reminds me of the sales poster for the Inside remake and even Fox’s The Devil’s Due. It’s a pretty striking one-sheet.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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