This past Tuesday saw the release of six new horror movies, including the new SCREAMBOX Original movie Subject. Guess what? SIX MORE new horror movies are out TODAY!
Here’s all the new horror that just released for August 25, 2023.
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Shark attack sequel Meg 2: The Trench has thus far gobbled up $319 million at the worldwide box office, and it was just put up for grabs on Digital outlets today.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.
In Meg 2: The Trench, “A research team – including Jason Statham – encounters multiple threats while exploring the depths of the ocean, including a malevolent mining operation.”
Meg 2: The Trench is directed by Ben Wheatley (In the Earth, Free Fire), from a screenplay by Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber (The Meg, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) and Dean Georgaris (The Meg, Lara Croft: Toom Raider – The Cradle of Life), and a screen story by Dean Georgaris and Jon Hoeber & Erich Hoeber, based on the novel The Trench by Steve Alten.
Speaking of aquatic horror, RLJE Films heads underwater with The Dive, which comes to select movie theaters and On Demand platforms today, August 25, 2023.
“The movie stars Louisa Krause (“Billions”) and Sophie Lowe (“Medieval”) as sisters Drew and May. After a massive landslide sends rocks tumbling into the sea, May is struck by a rock and now lies deep below the surface, trapped by debris and unable to move. That means Drew must put her own life in jeopardy to save her sister before time runs out.”
Max Erlenwein directed The Dive, which he wrote with Joachim Hedén (Breaking Surface). The Dive looks to be a new take on the horrors explored in 2020’s Breaking Surface.
“‘The Dive’ is a suspenseful and thrilling descent into the great unknown that we cannot wait to share with audiences this summer,” says RLJE Films Chief Acquisitions Officer Mark Ward. “We’re excited to partner with Protagonist, augenschein and the outstanding film team on this deep-sea adventure turned living nightmare.”
Spanish slasher Killer Book Club (aka Bienvenidos al club) is now streaming on Netflix.
In the film, “Eight horror-loving friends fight for their lives when a killer clown who seems to know the grim secret they share begins to pick them off, one by one.”
Carlos Alonso Ojea directed Killer Book Club, written by Carlos García Miranda.
Veki Velilla, Ivan Pellicer, and Alvaro Mel star.
Full Moon’s Demonic Toys franchise returns on the road to Halloween with Demonic Toys: Jack Attack, a brand new spinoff movie centered on the Demonic Toys character.
Written and directed by William Butler (The Resonator: Miskatonic U, Baby Oopsie), Demonic Toys: Jack Attack is now available on Full Moon Features beginning today.
“The malevolent jack-in-the-box is up to his usual evil tricks as he enters the life of a young, mute orphan girl in this scary, gory horror head-trip, coming soon from Full Moon!”
Taylor Abigail Rice (“Into The Wild Frontier,” Lifesource), Sean Ramey (“Chicago P.D.,” A Place Called Home) and Carson Polish star in the brand new spinoff sequel.
From Quiver Distribution, director Marcel Walz’s new horror movie That’s a Wrap is also now available on Digital platforms beginning today, Friday, August 25, 2023.
In the Giallo-style slasher, “The cast of a film arrives at a wrap party, but someone has dressed up as the slasher in the movie and begins to stage their own kill scenes. One by one, the cast disappears until the true nature of the evening is revealed.”
Cerina Vincent (Cabin Fever), Monique T. Parent (Jurassic City), Sarah French (Space Wars : The Quest for Deepstar), Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators) and Dave Sheridan (The Devil’s Rejects) star in a film written by Joe Knetter and Robert L. Lucas.
Says director Walz (Blind, Pretty Boy), “I’m so excited to have a colorful Giallo slasher as the first movie from our own production company, Neon Noir. Everyone involved in this project brought so much love and talent to the table and made the whole process from start to finish something special. I know the audience will see the love in the end product. My favorite film of all time is Wes Craven’s Scream. That’s a Wrap is a fun meta-slasher that showcases my love for that series of films combined with my love of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story.
“As a gay director, I’m thrilled to have an opportunity to have LGBTQ characters represented in the film. One even plays a key part in a scene that will no doubt get people talking about how that kill is something they’ve never seen before. It’s so ridiculous. I love it.”
The Admirer, a new tech thriller from award-winning filmmaker Martin Makariev (In The Heart of the Machine), is the final new release for the week, available now on VOD.
The thriller stars Roxanne McKee (“Strike Back,” “Game of Thrones,” “Dominion”), Richard Fleeshman (“The Ark,” “Call the Midwife,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral”) and Tina Casciani (“Jane the Virgin,” “Pandora,” “How I Met Your Mother”).
The Admirer follows a woman desperately searching for answers when her life is hacked by a mysterious person from her past harboring a dangerous obsession.
“A year after her fiancé’s death, Nancy (McKee) is trying to move forward with her life. But when her smart house and social media are hacked, Nancy’s mind goes into overdrive. She witnessed her fiancé’s murder, and now she believes the culprit has returned. When more lives are taken and the killer closes in on her, it’s up to Nancy to stop her deadly secret admirer.”
Makariev, whose feature film In the Heart of the Machine served as Bulgaria’s official submission for the 2023 Academy Awards Best International Feature Film, directed the The Admirer, which is a Starlings Television Production. The film is co-written by Chris Philip (“Departure,” “Pandora,” “Siberia”) and Rolfe Kanefsky. It is executive produced by Philip, Jeffery Beach, Phillip J. Roth and Richard Maroko, with Tina Casciani and Hannah Nailor as co-EPs.
