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Notable 2017 Horrors that Didn’t Make the Lists

At the beginning of every year, each of us on the writing staff gives you a list of what we consider to be the top films of the previous year. Most are released within that year but given the many horror releases we sometimes miss or few, or for whatever reason, they don't quite make the cut. That's why we decided to give you a short list of films that were also released within the year that still deserve attention despite not making the lists.

In no particular order or explanation, here are the most notable 2017 Horrors that Didn't Make the Lists...

Cut Shoot Kill

"Serena Brooks, an ambitious young actress, signs on as the star of a horror film with a crew of backwoods filmmakers. When the cast starts disappearing, Serena has to channel her character to survive."

Gerald’s Game

"A woman accidentally kills her husband during a kinky game. Handcuffed to her bed with no hope of rescue, she begins hearing voices and seeing strange visions."

The Circle

"Mae Holland (Emma Watson) seizes the opportunity of a lifetime when she lands a job with the world's most powerful technology and social media company. Encouraged by the company's founder (Tom Hanks), Mae joins a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment and every decision she makes soon starts to affect the lives and futures of her friends, family and that of humanity."

We Are the Flesh

"After wandering a ruined city for years, two siblings enter a building and find a man who makes them a dangerous offer.

The Shape of Water

"Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret -- a mysterious, scaled creature from South America that lives in a water tank. As Elisa develops a unique bond with her new friend, she soon learns that its fate and very survival lies in the hands of a hostile government agent and a marine biologist."

House on Willow Street

"Desperate criminals abduct a young woman (Carlyn Burchell) from a wealthy family and hold her for ransom. What the gang doesn't realize is that her soul is possessed by a demonic force that's about to turn the tables on them."

Lake Bodom

"During a camping trip to Lake Bodom in 1960, four teenagers are stabbed to death in their tents."

Escape Room

"Four friends have less than an hour to escape with their lives when they find themselves trapped in a popular Los Angeles escape room with a demonically possessed killer."

Camera Obscura

"Jack Zeller is an intelligent, solitary man who continues to struggle with the horrors he witnessed as a war photographer. He receives a strange camera as an anniversary gift. As he develops the film, Jack realizes that the images show imminent deaths in the locations he photographed. As one horrific scene after another comes true, Jack is left with an enormous moral dilemma that challenges his already fragile sanity."

Wish Upon

"Jonathan Shannon (Ryan Phillippe) gives his 17-year-old daughter Clare (Joey King) an old music box that promises to grant its owner seven wishes. Skeptical at first, Clare becomes seduced by its dark powers when her life starts to radically improve with each wish. Everything seems perfect until she realizes that every wish she makes causes the people who are closest to her to die in violent and elaborate ways."

Happy Death Day

"Tree Gelbman is a blissfully self-centered collegian who wakes up on her birthday in the bed of a student named Carter. As the morning goes on, Tree gets the eerie feeling that she's experienced the events of this day before. When a masked killer suddenly takes her life in a brutal attack, she once again magically wakes up in Carter's dorm room unharmed. Now, the frightened young woman must relive the same day over and over until she figures out who murdered her."

Jeff’s Top 13 Horror Films of 2017: the 12th

the 12th

Split

You have no idea how much it pains me to realize this film is undoubtedly one of the best horror films of 2017. I’ve professed to be a major critic of this writer/directors work and have been continually let down by everything he has created with Unbreakable being possibly the best film he’s actually made. This (Split) psychological horror-thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalama-ding-dong stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. McAvoy is brilliant as a man with 23 different personalities who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility. Presented as a stand alone film there are two tweests to take note of by the end of this film, the most important one a not very well kept secret that Split is in fact the long awaited sequel to Unbreakable. This revelation may turn out to be a double edged issue since I truly enjoyed it as a stand alone but am really looking forward to a Bruce Willis vs James McAvoy film. For the record, although the film was gripping, tense, and mind bending, McAvoy’s brilliant portrayal of the quintessential psychotic antagonist is what put this film on our list. Watch every personality closely and enjoy.

Jeff’s Top 13 Horror Films of 2017: Number 13

Number 13

The Monster Project

Lucky number 13 is the only found footage offering on this years list and I’ve chosen to debut it here because it is a very entertaining take on the genre. The Monster Project is a tale about two aspiring filmmakers that find three cast members who claim to be real monsters. Filming in an abandoned mansion, the production soon becomes a nightmare as they reveal their true forms: a skinwalker, a demon, and a vampire. The Monster Project is exactly what you expect. It is a great premise presented by first time feature film makers that are happy to flaunt their naivete. It’s a fun film that delivers exactly what you expect from the convoluted storyline to relatively clean in camera graphics.

Stranger With My Face International Film Festival Announces 2017 Dates!

Tasmania's Stranger With My Face International Film Festival will return for its fifth edition from May 4-7 2017.

“Events like this are needed more than ever, with women’s rights under threat around the world,” says Festival Director Briony Kidd. “Women are angry, and they have a lot to say. Genre filmmaking is enriched by that sense of urgency and energy and we’re seeing more and more extraordinary films directed by women emerging from the indie scene. But they’re often not as visible as they deserve to be, and that’s where Stranger With My Face comes in. Our mission is to celebrate these films and bring them to a broader audience.”

Named after the dark YA novel by Lois Duncan, Stranger With My Face focuses on female perspectives in genre film, with an emphasis on showcasing the work of women directors. Held over four days in Hobart, Tasmania’s picturesque capital city, the festival hosts screenings, conferences, workshops and exhibitions, as well as satellite events year-round.

Stranger With My Face has become a key platforms for genre film in Australia, and it is proudly connected to the larger women-in-horror movement worldwide.

The call for submissions is now open, with both feature-length and short films made after January 1, 2016 eligible for consideration. The festival takes a broad approach to horror, with dark fantasy, Gothic melodrama, horror comedy, dystopian sci-fi, animation, documentary and experimental hybrids all qualifying for the selective festival lineup.

While submissions are open to filmmakers of all genders, only films by those who identify as women are eligible for awards.

A new addition to the festival in 2016 was the Attic Lab, a program to mentored and support women directors, giving them an opportunity to pitch new projects at the festival. The Lab will return in 2017, with details to be announced soon.

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Stranger With My Face International Film Festival is based in Hobart, Tasmania, founded by filmmakers Briony Kidd and Rebecca Thomson. Deriving its name from the young adult novel by Lois Duncan, it explores the idea of ‘the horror within’ and promotes discussion around genre and gender, from ghost stories to gore, from art house to exploitation. SWMF has a focus on female directors working in horror and related genres and aims to highlight bold new work by independent filmmakers.

Stranger With My Face is a founding member of the Women’s Alliance of Fantastic Film Festivals (WAFFF), along with Etheria Film Night (Los Angeles), Tokyo Scream Queens Film Festival and Ax Wound Film Festival (Brattleboro). It was voted in the Top 5 Coolest Women’s Film Festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine in 2013 and guest filmmaker Jennifer Lynch (Chained, The Walking Dead) described it as follows:

“Nothing short of magical. It was transformative for me. I think what is being done there, and celebrated there and made possible as a result, is the best I have seen at any fest… I want to be there every year.”

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Briony Kidd is a Tasmanian-based playwright, filmmaker, director and producer a graduate of the VCA Film School in Melbourne. She has written and directed short films that have won awards around the world and has several feature film projects in development, including projects funded by Film Victoria and Screen Tasmania and, most recently, by Screen Australia Gender Matters initiative. She is also involved in theatre and most recently wrote and directed The Pit with her Radio Gothic theatre collective, presented at Dark MOFO 2016.  In addition to her own creative pursuits and running the Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, Briony runs events for writers, teaches screenwriting and is a script consultant. She's also a freelance writer specializing in arts and film.

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MONSTER FEST ANNOUNCES 2017 DATES IN THE WAKE OF RECORD-BREAKING YEAR

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After its most successful edition to date, with festival attendance tripling that of the previous year and more industry attendance and international media coverage than ever before, Australia’s premier genre film festival Monster Fest has set the dates for its seventh annual edition, to be held November 22-26, 2017. These dates include the return of the festival’s industry component, The Swinburne University Media and Communication Monster Academy, which will kick off the festival November 22 and 23.

“There was an incredible, collegial energy at the festival this year,” says Festival Director Kier-La Janisse. “Filmmakers of all stripes mingled with academics and passionate audiences, exchanging ideas and hatching plans, and we were able to involve many of our Australian exhibition colleagues as panelists and moderators, from ACMI, Cinemaniacs and the Melbourne Horror Film Society to visiting programmers from Stranger With My Face and the Queensland Film Festival. It was an inspiring collaboration.”

Keynote speaker Ted Kotcheff, who attended Monster Fest to present four of his films – including the Australian landmark WAKE IN FRIGHT - and a four-hour masterclass moderated by director Mark Hartley, said of the festival, “I loved the creative energy of Monster Fest, the great programming, the enthusiastic audiences. In the course of over half a century of film making, I have attended almost every film festival there is and Monster Fest is one of the most interesting and enjoyable that I've experienced.” 

The Monster Fest programming team has already started tracking films for the 2017 festival, and festival submissions will re-open in February. Stay tuned to www.monsterfest.com.au for updates.

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See the full list of 2016 Award Winners here: http://www.monsterfest.com.au/monster-fest-announces-2016-award-winners/

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See photos of the 2016 festival on our Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/monster_fest/albums/72157673629626224

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About Monster Fest:Founded in 2011, Monster Fest is a genre film festival that showcases films and events that fall into the broadly-defined categories of horror, science fiction, action, crime, noir, animation, dark drama, black comedy, gothic western, erotica and more. Its programming is a mix of Premieres, international festival favourites, challenging new discoveries and curated repertory sidebars alongside industry-focused events such as panels and masterclasses with renowned international guests, and a special emphasis on supporting emerging Australian genre film talent through the festival and beyond. Monster Fest is mounted with the support of Screen Australia and Film Victoria.

To Be Announced Horror Releases for 2017!

It looks like 2017 will be the year of remakes and sequels! although we have faith the originals will break up the monotony. Here are the horror movies to expect this year that still do not have release dates.

By Kevin Smith

Theatrical

The final installment of Kevin Smith's True North trilogy.

Nightmare Cinema

By 5 directors

Theatrical

Horror anthology consisting of 5 segments.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By Stacie Passon

Theatrical

Film adaptation of the 1962 novel by Shirley Jackson. To star Alexandra Daddario, Sebastian Stan, Crispin Glover, and Taissa Farmiga.

By Tom Holland

Theatrical

Tells the story of Peter “The Doll Maker” Harris who returns to his home town "cured" after a lengthy stay in a mental institution. Directed by Tom Holland of Fright Night and Child's Play.

By Abel Vang, Burlee Vang

VOD

A phone app that brings a users worst fears to reality wreaks havoc on a group of high-school students.

Okja

By Joon Ho Bong

VOD (Netflix)

Snowpiercer director Joon Ho Bong's next film will have a star studded cast including Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Paul Dano.

We're Wolves

By Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi

Theatrical

Sequel to the wildly popular horror/comedy What We Do In The Shadows.

The Vault

By Dan Bush

Theatrical

Two brothers rob a bank however the vault contained within is anything but ordinary. Stars James Franco.

By Julia Ducournau

VOD

French cannibal movie that caused multiple people to pass out or vomit during festival screenings due to graphic content.

Dead Awake

By Phillip Guzman

VOD

A young woman and her friends is stalked by a demon that manifests through sleep paralysis. Stars Jocelin Donahue of The House of the Devil.

By Johannes Roberts

Theatrical

Originally titled In The Deep, Two sisters find themselves trapped in an observation cage with great white sharks circling the area. From the director of The Other Side of the Door.

Creep 2

By Patrick Brice

VOD

Part 2 of the Creep trilogy. Mark Duplass will return.

The Black Room

By Rolfe Kanefsky

Theatrical

A young couple move into a new house where they discover a dark secret behind a black room in the cellar.

Little Evil

By Eli Craig

VOD (Netflix)

Horror comedy starring Adam Scott and Evangeline Lily.

By Phil Guidry, Simon Herbert, David Whelan

VOD

A small town on the border of Arizona and Mexico is mysteriously wiped off the map with suspicions falling on the town's sole survivor.

Night of the Living Dead: Reloaded

By Michael A. Isaacs

Theatrical

Indie remake of the classic horror film.

Gerald's Game

By Mike Flanagan

VOD (Netflix)

Based on a Stephen King novel, Gerald's Game is a psychological thriller about a woman who accidentally kills her husband while handcuffed to the bed.

Cargo

By Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke

Theatrical

An Australian post apocalyptic thriller about a man trying to save his one year old daughter in the midst of a zombie epidemic. Stars Martin Freeman.

Mohawk

By Ted Geoghegan

VOD

Historical action / horror movie from the director of We Are Still Here.

Suspiria

By Luca Guadagnino

Theatrical

Remake of the cult classic 1977 film. Stars Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton.

The Babysitter

By McG

VOD (Netflix)

Horror/comedy about a boy who discovers the babysitter he has a crush on is actually a serial killer.

Trick 'r Treat 2

By Michael Dougherty

Theatrical

Sequel to the cult classic horror anthology centered on Halloween.

By Victor Salva

Theatrical

The film takes place several years after the first film and follows "Trish" from the first film who is now a rich and powerful woman determined to defeat The Creeper once and for all.

The Blob

By Simon West

Theatrical

Samuel L. Jackson to star in the remake of this 1958 classic.

Cynthia

By Devon Downs, Kenny Gage

Theatrical

Horror comedy about the lengths a "perfect" couple will go to have a child.

The Shadow Within

By Tiago Mesquita

Theatrical

Lindsay Lohan's "comeback" film is a horror/crime about a private investigator who must hide the fact she is a werewolf while simultaneously solving the crime of her uncle's murder.

The Sandman

By Dario Argento

Theatrical

Adaptation of the 1816 short story by E.T.A Hoffman. Iggy Pop to star as The Sandman.

By B. Harrison Smith

Theatrical

Two federal agents fight their way through a secret prison known as Death House. The movie will feature several iconic horror movie actors including Robert Englund, Danny Trejo, Michael Berryman and Kane Hodder.

Wish Upon

By John Leonetti

Theatrical

A 16 year old misfit discovers a magical box that fulfills her every wish but requires a deadly payment in return.

The Night Watchmen

By Mitchell Altieri

VOD

A horror comedy involving killer clowns, zombies, and ghosts.

The Ninth Passenger

By Ian Pfaff

Theatrical

A group of eight college students embark on a midnight sea voyage that turns to horror when they find themselves being stalked by a mysterious ninth passenger. Starring Jesse Metcalfe.

It Comes at Night

By Trey Edward Shults

Theatrical

A father will stop at nothing to protect his wife and son from a malevolent entity terrorizing their home. To star Joel Edgerton.

Mom and Dad

By Brian Taylor

Theatrical

Adults mysteriously begin to turn on their children in this horror/thriller starring Nic Cage and Selma Blair.

Hostile

By Mathieu Turi

Theatrical

A girl, Juliette, struggles to survive following a worldwide epidemic that has killed much of the population.

Children of the Corn: Runaway

By John Gulager

Theatrical

The tenth installment of the franchise involves Ruth, a young pregnant woman on the run from a murderous child cult.

My Friend Dahmer

By Marc Meyers

Theatrical

A look at the teenage years of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Stars Anne Heche.

Welcome to Willits

By Trevor Ryan

Theatrical

Local residents in a small town struggle to fight off repeated attacks from mysterious invaders.

By Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury

Theatrical

The eighth film of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise. Set when Leatherface was a teenager.

Lake Bodom

By Taneli Mustonen

VOD

Finnish slasher movie about four campers who travel to Lake Bodom, the site of an unsolved murder more than 50 years ago.

Bed Rest

By Brad Parker

VOD 

Horror movie about a pregnant woman put on bed rest who begins to notice strange events occurring around the house.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

By Unknown

Theatrical

Remake of the 1997 slasher flick. Unknown director but Oculus director Mike Flanagan will write and produce.

Bloodrunners

By Dan Lantz

Theatrical

Ice T stars in this action/horror about a corrupt cop who discovers a popular speakeasy has been taken over by vampires.

Winchester

By Michael and Peter Spierig

Theatrical

A woman comes to believe that she is being haunted by the souls of people killed by a Winchester repeating rifle. To star Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke.

Hellraiser: Judgement

By Gary J. Tunnicliffe

VOD & DVD

The 10th installment in the horror franchise.

Rupture

By Steven Shainberg

Theatrical

Sci-fi thriller about a young woman, played by Noomi Rapace, who is abducted by a mysterious organisation.

Tragedy Girls

By Tyler MacIntyre

Theatrical

Horror comedy starring Kevin Durand and Josh Hutcherson

Cage Dive

By Gerald Rascionato

VOD

Australian found-footage shark film.

Horror Theatrical Releases for January 2017!

Directed by Anna Foerster

1/6/2017

Kate Beckinsale returns for the 5th and possibly final film of the franchise.

Directed by Stacy Title

1/13/2017

Three college students accidentally unleash an evil entity known as "The Bye Bye Man". Seems to be a play on canyman and the Slenderman/Boogeyman.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

1/20/2017

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan’s next film will be a suspense/thriller with supernatural elements. Initial reviews have been very positive. As usual we're hoping the twist won't ruin this film!

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson

1/27/2017

Sixth and possibly final installment of the Resident Evil series.