Phil Claydon's Helloween (2025) will be released on VOD in the US on September 5, 2025, and in the UK on September 29, 2025. In the United States, it will be available in select theaters and on Digital platforms through Vertical. In the UK, 101 Films will release it on Digital and Blu-ray.
"At the height of the ‘killer clown’ phenomenon, psychiatrist Dr Ellen Marks (Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott) and investigative journalist John Parker (Michael Paré) uncover a terrifying conspiracy masterminded by maniacal incarcerated serial killer Carl Cane (Ronan Summers), plotting an anarchistic, uprising from his cell deep in the bowels of the Moreton Downs Psychiatric Hospital."
"With a murderous army of clowns awaiting his signal to kill, Cane escapes, intent on unleashing his vengeance. Ellen and John face a desperate race against time to avert a bloodbath and stop Cane unleashing his own personal hell on Halloween."
Written and directed by Phil Claydon, it stars Jeanine Nerissa Sothcott, Michael Paré, Ronan Summers, Caroline Wild,e Megan Marszal, Samantha Loxley and Malcolm Modele. Produced by Shogun Films and Film Bridge After Dark.
The World Premiere of The Boy from Below (2025) will take place at the Greendale Cinema on Friday September 5th with the Red Carpet at 8pm and the Screening at 9pm. That same weekend, The Halloween horror slasher will hold its New York premiere at Scare-A-Con in Syracuse NY date and time still pending.
"As Halloween descends upon the sleepy town of Carpenter Falls, a group of horror movie nerds plan for their annual scary movie marathon. But when a mythic figure from the town's jaded past returns, Quinn Curtis and her friends find themselves in the center of a real life Scary Movie."
"A horror movie nerd must put her genre knowledge to the test in order to survive as she finds herself targeted by a creepy killer in a creepy truck who is obsessed with Horror Movies on Halloween Night."
Directed by Tory Jones (The Wicked One, Phantom Fun-World) from a script he co-wrote with Jerron Spencer (Phantom Fun-World) with practical special effects by Cody Ruch (“The Mill,” CarousHell).
Produced by Jonestown Films in association with Studio 605 and Newton to Newton Productions. The Boy from Below (2025) is the third installment following The Wicked One (2017) and The Wicked Ones (2020). You can find both of these films on Tubi, Vudu, Amazon Prime and other platforms.
JACK-O HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE... AGAIN! He's Back!:
Indiegogo campaign to help Fred Olen Ray produce JACK-O 2: BLOOD MOON RISING (2026), a new camp monster movie based on the cult classic JACK-O (1995). Executive Producers William Grefe and Steve Latshaw, Producer Sean Donohue, and stars Richard Gabai and Sybil Danning! Click below to check out the campaign and perks or donate:
Welcome to the very first feature-length motion picture to be produced by my new company, Fred Olen Ray Productions LLC. I've never crowdfunded a feature film before and I may never do it again, so here's our chance to do something meaningful together as a team! A chance to produce a first-rate movie with an incredible array of talent.
The movie JACK-O 2: BLOOD MOON RISING will highlight a monstrous creature, dark swamps and fair maidens in peril. All the things I’ve spent a lifetime perfecting in cult genre classics like HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS, EVIL TOONS, BIOHAZARD, DEEP SPACE, SUPER SHARK and DIRE WOLF.
Now it’s time for us to work together.
THE LOW-DOWN
For the last decade I have focused on dozens of Made for TV network movies… Christmas films and Lifetime Women’s thrillers and it’s been great, opening an entirely new page in my long career… but my early Drive-in movie roots are begging me to take another walk on the wild side, a walk back to my beginnings and I want to do it in Florida with you.
I'm going to produce a 1970s styled Drive-in movie… the kind fans want but no big company wants to finance anymore. That’s where I hope you come in!
Your crowdfunding dollars will go towards actors, crew, travel, equipment rentals, insurance, locations, food, wardrobe and, not least, creature effects. I have always pressed for the highest quality in every step of production and I'm not taking my foot off the gas now.
I have directed over 160 successful movies and television shows with legendary stars like Chevy Chase, Steven Seagal, Telly Savalas, Martin Landau, Luke Perry, Peter Fonda, Christian Slater, Shelley Long, George Hamilton, David Carradine and even the iconic Lee Van Cleef.
I received three Emmy nominations and won more awards than I can display, including a 2021 Emmy for outstanding Digital Daytime Drama. My films have been distributed by 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount and Lion’s Gate.
INSPIRATION
My passion springs from the heyday of the 1970s Drive-in Movie Theater where I thrilled to great home-grown exploitation movies like SLITHIS, DEATH CURSE OF TARTU and GATOR BAIT. My spirit haunted the Drive-in and when I began my career, it was in movies like SHOCK WAVES and my swamp epic THE ALIEN DEAD starring serial legend Buster Crabbe. I have long awaited a return to the genre I love so much and now JACK-O 2 is my chance.
WHAT I NEED
I’m looking to crowdfund $50,000. This amount will help offset my personal cash investment for the bulk of the financing and allow me to import a name star. After all, what’s a Drive-in movie without a Drive-in Movie Star?
RISKS & CHALLENGES
JACK-O 2 will never languish in the purgatory of uncompleted half-realized projects. Funds raised during the campaign will be incorporated into my personal resources, guaranteeing the film's completion in a timely fashion. Actors participation is subject to availability. I have over 50 years of experience in the world of professional film production and high-end distribution. In short... I might just know what I'm doing.
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD THE MOVIE Plus the POSTER & SCRIPT - $30
A Signed & Inscribed copy of Fred Olen Ray's #1 Best Selling memoir HELL-BENT FOR HOLLYWOOD - $35
RETROMEDIA COFFEE MUG & SHIRT - $35
JACK-O 2 (2026) Signed Blu-ray - $40
JACK-O 2 Blu-ray with signed slip case - $50
The Works! - $150 includes:
All the Digital perks: Poster, Script and Jack-O 2 full download and...
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V/H/S Halloween (2025) makes its world premiere at Fantastic Fest next month, followed by its streaming debut exclusively on Shudder on October 3, 2025. It's the eighth installment in the found footage anthology franchise.
SYNOPSIS: "A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival."
Here is a list of the segments and it's director:
DIET PHANTASMA directed by Bryan M. Ferguson
FUN SIZE directed by Casper Kelly
HOME HAUNT directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman
KIDPRINT directed by Alex Ross Perry
UT SUPRA SIC INFRA directed by Paco Plaza
COOCHIE COOCHIE COO directed by Anna Zlokovic
The franchise started with V/H/S (2012), followed by V/H/S/2 (2013), V/H/S: Viral (2014), V/H/S/94 (2021), V/H/S/99 (2022), V/H/S/85 (2023), and V/H/S/Beyond (2024). Two spin-off films were also produced, Siren (2016) and Kids vs. Aliens (2022).
Teaser, look for the ponytail and back of SFX legend Rick Baker (The Howling, The Wolfman, Men in Black):
