Seth Breedlove, Courteney Breedlove, Heather Moser, Aleksander Petakov, and Aaron Deese of SMALL TOWN MONSTERS have partnered with TERROR FILMS RELEASING to unleash 20 of their folklore documentaries across digital platforms.

TFR is kicking off the partnership with the release of 5 of the documentaries, dropping one every Tuesday in the month of June for what the genre distributor is calling Terrifying Tuesdays. This will be the first time many of them will be available across major platforms such as Vudu, Amazon, Tubi and more.

Check out the trailers and promo art, courtesy of TFR and STM.

6/2 – Tracking the Wendigo: Director Jason Hewlett explores a chilling report in rural Canada, which sparked an investigation into the legend of the Wendigo. From the 19th-century tales of Swift Runner and Jack Fiddler to modern sightings, the film explores Cree and Anishinaabe traditions and a daring field search that questions whether the Wendigo is myth or reality.

6/9 – Still Watching: The Bigfoot Legacy of Salt Fork: Seth visits Ohio’s famed Salt Fork State Park—site of the annual Bigfoot Conference—to explore why it’s considered one of the nation’s top Sasquatch hotspots. Speaking with researchers, witnesses, and locals, he uncovers decades of encounters that shaped its Bigfoot legacy.

6/16 – Werewolves Unearthed: Documentarian Ward Hiney and journalist Chad Christy investigate chilling dogman sightings in the Ohio Valley and western Pennsylvania. In Werewolves Unearthed, the pair chase reports of half-man, half-beast creatures haunting America’s Heartland, uncovering eerie patterns and witness accounts.

6/23 – Skinwalker: The Howl of the Rougarou: Do real werewolves exist? In the American south legends tell of encounters with a creature that stalks the swamps and bayous. A creature who was here long before the immigrants who settled the region. An ancient evil called the Rougarou.

6/30 – The Dogman Triangle: Werewolves in the Lone Star State: Enter a bizarre swath of land where real werewolves are said to roam. Now, Aaron Deese and Shannon LeGro traverse the heart of Texas to delve into the mysterious "dogman triangle" in the Texas Hill Country.

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Director – Diq Diamond (Don’t Drink and Drive: A Family Film, The Bunker)
Starring – Leilani Ramos (Potluck with Smooch), Amy Jennings (Paranormal Sh!t, True Tales of Terror), and Shane Chisum (The Tattoo Club: Curse of the Dragon, Static)
Release Date – 2025
Rating – 1/5

I’ve seen a lot of movies over the years thanks to my connection with Horror Society. I’ve seen some of the wildest films imaginable with movies featuring living placentas, murderous condoms, gay bikers that create a fight club, bigfoot with an STD, and so on.

A few weeks back I received a press release for the surfing slasher Plankenstein. The film was released on Tubi and the team behind the indie horror film wanted to get the news out. I shared it on the site and decided to add it to my watch list. It looked fun and a movie that I could really enjoy.

**Spoiler Alert** The film follows a surfer, a cop, and the chief of police as they investigate a string of brutal murders along the beaches of popular surf spots. **Spoiler Alert**

I went into this expecting a lot of Frankenstein puns mixed with a lot of surfing. Instead, what I was greeted with was a move that felt like it was intentionally trying to annoy you. I made it maybe five minutes before I found myself wishing it would end. I hate being that way especially for an indie movie but this one was one of the hardest films to finish that I’ve reviewed in sometime.

The acting in this one is very stiff at time with flat dialogue. The cast seems to be having a lot of fun on set and that shows in a few scenes but the overall acting is fairly one dimensional.

The story for this one is a slasher meets island lore. I was expecting more a Frankenstein story with a surfing theme but what we get is a slasher that doesn’t really feel like one with some made up legend that doesn’t really pull the viewer in. The film feels like there is several decent enough ideas thrown out but none of them full builds up on them. Honestly, a patchwork surf board killing tourists would have been a much more entertaining film than what we have here.

Finally, don’t expect memorable deaths. We have some prop body parts and some blood but that is the extent the practical effects. We do have a few scenes with some horrible visual effects that stand out. The deaths are not memorable or imaginative but they do make good use of the practical props. Overall, Plankenstein is not the movie I was expecting. In fact, it was damn near impossible to finish. When I was putting my review together I saw a similar review on Letterboxd or imdb that said the film was “intentionally trying to piss off the viewer” and I somewhat agree with it. I wanted to like it but it was all over the place and held together with chewed gum and cheap tape. This is one you will want to skip.

Are Alien-Human Hybrids Living Among Us? 

THE HYBRIDS Explores Extraordinary Claims in New Documentary, Available May 12

Uncork’d Entertainment will release The Hybrids on May 12, 2026, a thought-provoking documentary examining personal accounts of alleged alien abduction, hybridization, and non-human identity.

Presented by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Serena DC and produced by Elysium Media, The Hybrids takes viewers into a controversial and deeply personal world rarely explored on film. Through interviews with self-identified “hybrids,” the documentary investigates stories of alleged extraterrestrial contact, hybrid children, and the challenges of living between two identities.

Co-directed by Serena DC and Michael Mazzola (Unacknowledged, Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind), the film features perspectives from a range of researchers, experts and commentators, including Sid Goldberg, Sarah Breskman Cosme, David Icke, Matthew James Bailey, and Linda Moulton Howe.

At the heart of the film are firsthand accounts from individuals who claim to possess heightened intuitive or psychic abilities, describing experiences such as telepathy, remote viewing, and other unexplained phenomena. The documentary presents these accounts alongside broader questions about belief, identity, and humanity’s place in the universe.

Among those sharing their experiences are remote viewer and intuitive Caroline Cory, trance medium Anthony Lemke, Bridget Nielsen—who claims experiences involving hybrid children—and trance channeler Lyssa Holt, each offering a deeply personal perspective on what it means to live between worlds.

One of the film’s most provocative revelations comes from an anonymous interview with a well-known businessman and multimillion-dollar inventor, who shares claims about a hidden extraterrestrial agenda, their long-standing presence on Earth, and their relationship with humanity.

Watch a New Clip from Brainstorm Media’s AFFECTION

Starring Jessica Rothe and Joseph Cross and from writer/director BT Meza, AFFECTION is an unsettling, haunting psychological story that explores the horrors of trauma, blending elements of body horror and sci-fi.

— In Select Theaters on May 8, 2026 —

Synopsis: Afflicted by a mysterious condition that resets her memory, Ellie becomes trapped in a cyclical nightmare with a man who claims to be her husband. She soon must uncover the horrifying truth of her existence—before she forgets it all again.

Starring: Jessica Rothe, Joseph Cross, Julianna Layne

Directed/Written by: BT Meza

Produced by: BT Meza, Bay Dariz, Austin Walk, J.P. Ouellette

NEW 4K RESTORATION

In Theaters in NYC and LA June 17th

Synopsis

In the underworld of 1970s Rio de Janeiro, the feared “Devil’s Queen” rules a drug cartel from the back room of a brothel. Draped in green eyeshadow and menace, she commands loyalty with a jackknife that serves equally for shaving legs and slitting throats. Her grip on power begins to falter as rival factions — favela gangsters, drag queens, and sex workers — turn on one another in a violent struggle to claim her throne, exposing a world where those excluded from bourgeois society fight for dominance on the margins.

Directed by Antônio Carlos de Fontoura during Brazil’s military dictatorship, this lurid tale is loosely inspired by the legendary 1930s gangster João Francisco dos Santos. The film reimagines the figure in a 1970s setting as an early, provocative representation of queerness. As The Devil Queen, Milton Gonçalves delivers a striking performance that destabilizes rigid notions of masculinity, dissolving the binary of macho and queen into something volatile and unforgettable.

Restored by CinemaScópio and Cinelimite.

1974 / Color / 99 min / Brazil / Portuguese with English subtitles

Unearthed Films brings you the 2001 British anthology horror film Cradle Of Fear (2-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition) Tuesday, May 12th, 2026. Featuring Dani Filth of the notorious black metal band, Cradle of Filth. This 2 disc set features an extensive collection of bonus features including Alex Chandon’s underground classic short films presented on Blu-ray for the first time!

Notorious child murderer Kemper is hellbent on exacting his revenge on the people who put him away, and from his padded room in the local asylum, he commands “The Man” to slaughter the families of those responsible. Detective Nielson, who’d had his own unpleasant run-in with Kemper, is faced with an increasingly large pile of mutilated bodies and tries to make some sense of the savagery.

DISC ONE: FEATURE & EXTRAS
Some Making of Cradle of Fear
Important Words
The Special German DVD Making of Thingy Something for Cradle of Fear
Behind the Scenes
Gallery
Trailers
DISC TWO: SHORT FILM COLLECTION & EXTRAS
Alex Chandon’s Shorts Collection Including:
Chainsaw Scumf***
Bad Manor
Bad Karma
Drillbit
Night Pastor
Bullshit News
Film Extremes 3 Promo
Borderline
Shorts Outtakes
Shorts Behind the Scenes Gallery
Shorts Trailers

PRODUCT DETAILS:
An MVD Exclusive
SKU: UN-1180
Format: Blu-ray
Genre: Cult
Run Time: 120 mins
Number of Discs: 2
Audio: STEREO
Year of Production: 2001
Region Code: 0
Language: English
Slipcover: Yes

Director(s) – Paul Tucker (Amityverse: Infinity, Steamboat Willie: Blood on the Water) and Jeff Van Gerwen (Blight, Clickbait)
Starring – Trey Ball (Clownsquatch, Sharksgiving), Jib Haddan (Semicolon), and Elizabeth McCoy (Royal Jelly, After Life Crisis)
Release Date – 2026
Rating – 3/5

The Amityville Horror did something that many other horror properties could do and that’s spawn a series of unofficial sequels that are still popular to this day. The original film and subsequent sequels are among some of the most popular genre films in history. However, about 20 so odd years ago we started seeing films that had nothing to do with those films appear using the Amityville title. These unofficial sequels are known for their outlandish stories and absurd titles. While many genre fans watch them to see just how bad they truly are, I look forward to them because I truly love indie cinema.

A few weeks ago I was browsing an indie horror group on Facebook when I found a post talking about the horror comedy Amityvillenado making it’s way to Tubi. I fucking adore Tubi and quickly added the film to my watchlist. I had originally planned on watching the film for fun while I was working on other review but I decided to write a review for it instead. I was seriously impressed by the film and thought many other genre fans would be interested in it as well.

**Spoiler Alert** The film follows two friends who are house sitting for the sister of one of them with plans of hitting up a concert nearby. This just happens to be near the legendary home that spawned the Amityville legend. It just happens that when they arrived in town, the iconic home was destroyed by a freak tornado. As they try to get settled in and ready for their concert, more tornado sightings occur where those near them are left dead. The police suspect that there is a serial killer on the loose but those in the loop know that something sinister was unleashed when the house was destroyed. **Spoiler Alert**

I’ll be honest. I went into Amityvillenado expecting the worst and found myself actually enjoying it. It’s not a perfect film by any standards but it’s entertaining for the most part.

The acting in this one is not bad but the characters are not likable at all. It’s almost as if the characters were written to be cliched in a funny way but they all come across as unlikeable. The acting is solid for the most part but I wish some of the cast could have provided us with a character that didn’t make me want to turn the movie off.

The story for this one pokes fun at some of the original Amityville sequels while giving us a no budget comedic tale that fits in nowhere among all the Amityville films. I loved the idea behind the film with the Amityville house becoming so evil that is turns into tornadoes that kills. Honestly, I really enjoyed this goofy story and how it played out. My only real complaint about it is that very little time went into character development. A “funny” guy that isn’t funny and is always shitting, a dude that is a major buzzkill, many other unlikable characters drag a good bit of the fun down.

Finally, the film has some cheap visual effects that is not the worst I’ve seen but is still very noticeable. I would have loved to see some great practical effects and memorable deaths but that wasn’t in the cards with this one. Overall, Amityvillenado is a goofy film all around and while the humor doesn’t really find it’s mark, the film itself is pretty fun. I don’t see myself revisiting it anytime soon but I will recommend it to someone looking for no budget fun. Check it out.

Written and Directed by Mark O’Brien

Evil Awakens this Mother’s Day with the Trailer for the New Supernatural Horror

Synopsis

The film follows Harriet Scaflen after the death of her mother at the age of 95. Harriet then has an unexplainable health scare, bringing her four estranged children to the family home to care for her. As their past animosities and secrets are revealed, they soon realize their mother’s health issues may be supernatural, and the awoken evil inside her is seeking revenge on her children for her own survival.

Director: Mark O’Brien

Screenwriter: Mark O’Brien

Cast: Mark O’Brien, Sheila McCarthy, Georgina Reilly, Carolina Bartczak, Alex Ozerov-Meyer, and Anna Ferguson

Executive Producers: Jesse Ikeman, Nataline Rodrigues, and Bill Marks

Producers: Christopher Giroux and Justin Rebelo

Director of Photography: Scott McClellan

Genre: Horror

Language: English

Runtime: 93 mins

Summer camp means bonfires and s’mores, paddling kayaks on the river… and murder. THE SUMMER FUN MASSACRE (Run For It; June 2026) is a summer-camp slasher with a bloody twist from horror master Craig DiLouie.

It’s 1992, and in the heat of Texas, camp Summer Fun rests by a crystalline lake surrounded by a shady forest. The counselors have set out the kayaks, prepped the kitchens, and refurbished the cabins. Now, on the night before camp begins, a bonfire and the teenage counselors’ rites of passage await.

But the camp has a horrifying history. In the ’80s, there was a massacre that left a sole survivor. One final girl. The killer never caught.

Deputy Tom Bailey is always on edge this time of year. There are rumors that the woods are haunted. That the killer might one day return. Tom has deeply personal ties to the ’80s massacre, and those ties have plagued his dreams.

THE SUMMER FUN MASSACRE by Craig DiLouie

On-Sale Date: June 16, 2026

Hachette Book Group: Run For It

ISBN: 9780316578240

$19.99 Trade Paperback

Book Page @ HBG

Download on NetGalley

What starts as a routine audition quickly turns into a blood-soaked nightmare in WE CAN’T LEAVE, a new slasher arriving on Digital and VOD May 12, 2026, from Dark Star Pictures.

Set inside a remote, maze-like building, the film follows a group of actors who realize far too late that the endless hallways, locked doors, and masked figures stalking them aren’t part of the script. As the screams turn real and the body count rises, escape becomes impossible—and survival is the only role left to play.

Written and directed by Mike Lordi (Abandoned in the Dark), the film leans hard into practical tension, stripped-down storytelling, and a high body count—hallmarks of DIY horror done right.

“WE CAN’T LEAVE was born from a love of old-school horror and the grind of independent filmmaking,” says Lordi. “I wanted to take the familiar world of auditions and twist it into something bloody, fun, and darkly humorous dragging the audience through the worst audition night imaginable.”

WE CAN’T LEAVE hits Digital and VOD on May 12, 2026.