List Curated by GRACE DETWILER
Welcome to summer, Rue Morgue readers, and Happy Pride Month to all our queer readers and contributors! This month, we’ve noticed that VOD has been the source of great horror in 2023, through and through. As we head into summer movie season with relatively weak horror box office offerings, check out these titles coming to streaming services this June:
THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER
Available on Digital and On-Demand June 23, 2023,
Starring Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, Keith Holliday
Written and Directed by Bomani J. Story
Allblk | Shudder/RLJE Films
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Thriller. Vicaria is a brilliant teenager who believes death is a disease that can be cured. After the brutal and sudden murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to bring him back to life. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER thematically challenges our ideas of life and death. Bomani J. Story, the film’s writer and director, crafts a thrilling tale about a family that, despite the terrors of systemic pressure, will survive and be reborn again.
FEAR THE INVISIBLE MAN
Available on Digital and On-Demand June 13, 2023.
Starring David Hayman (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas), Mark Arnold (Teen Wolf), Mhairi Calvey (Braveheart), Mike Beckingham (Truth Seekers)
Written by Phillip Daay
Directed by Paul Dudbridge
Hanover Pictures | 101 Films
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Thriller. Based on the classic novel by H.G. Wells, a young widow shelters her invisible medical school colleague. As his sanity deteriorates, she must stop him before he endangers the city.
THE GATES
Available on Digital and On-Demand June 27, 2023.
Starring John Rhys-Davies (Lord Of The Rings Franchise, Indiana Jones Franchise), Richard Brake (best known for playing “The Night King” in Game of Thrones, Doom), Michael Yare (Attack On Finland)
Written by Stephen Hall & Tim Reynolds
Directed by Stephen Hall
101 Films | Trinity Creative Partnership
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Thriller. A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it.
HOLLYWOOD DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: THE ROBERT ENGLUND STORY
Available on Screambox and Digital on June 6, 2023.
Starring Robert Englund, Nancy Englund, Eli Roth, Adam Green, Tony Todd, Lance Henriksen, Heather Langenkamp, Lin Shaye, Bill Moseley, Doug Bradley and Kane Hodder
Written by Gary Smart and Neil Morris
Directed by Gary Smart and Christopher Griffiths
Cinedigm | Screambox
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Documentary. A classically trained actor and director, Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. Throughout his career, Englund starred in many well-known movies, but shot to super-stardom with his portrayal of supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise. This unique and intimate portrait captures the man behind the glove and features interviews with Englund and his wife Nancy, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd, Heather Langenkamp and more.
SHEROES
Available on Digital on June 23, 2023.
Starring Sasha Luss, Wallis Day, Isabelle Fuhrman with Jack Kesy and Skai Jackson
Written and Directed by Jordan Gertner
Paramount
Genre & Synopsis: Thriller. Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan: First Kill), Sasha Luss (Anna), Wallis Day (Batwoman), and Skai Jackson (Bunk’d) star in the ultimate adrenaline-fueled thrill ride from a producer of Spring Breakers. When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand for a hedonistic adventure, they quickly find themselves in over their heads when one of them is kidnapped by a notorious drug lord. As they fight to stay alive and protect each other, they’ll employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a heart-pumping battle for survival.
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