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Dark Sky Films Possessed by Christmas-Set Pandemic Horror ‘Hosts’ [Trailer]
Dark Sky Films has acquired all US rights to supernatural horror Hosts, which MPI Media Group will introduce to buyers at the Cannes virtual market next week, reports Screendaily.
Bloody Disgusting has the first image from the film that centers on a couple who unwittingly become possessed by a malicious entity on Christmas Eve and terrorize a family throughout the night.
“The demonic possessions mark the onset of a global pandemic of possession that runs loved ones against each other.”
Samantha Loxley (Election Night, Skin Deep), Neal Ward (Two Graves, To Dream), Nadia Lamin (Homeless Ashes, Nefarious), Frank Jakeman (Game of Thrones), and Lee Hunter (Vikings) star in the Odin’s Light and Dark Fable Media co-production.
Writer/directors Richard Oakes and Adam Leader make their feature directorial debut on Hosts, which Dark Sky plans to release in the US in late 2020.
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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