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Windigo Comes a Knocking in ‘Maneater’
We learned of a new indie film that has begun casting entitled MANEATER, which is to be directed by Jason Tomaric from a screenplay by Michael Emanuel and John K. Anderson. The film is about Harry Bailey, former FBI profiler and now sheriff of tiny Butte’s Creek in Canada, has his hands full raising his beautiful 18 years old daughter, Pearl, alone since the disappearance of his wife, Margie, 9 years ago – a disappearance that still haunts him. Harry has a habit of visualizing the crimes he’s asked to investigate but when several people die a horrific death from the attack of a mythical creature called the Windigo, Harry’s dreams take on a disturbing turn, causing him to believe he himself might be the attacker. Shooting begins July 28th in Los Angeles.
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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.