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Vile VOD: Three New-To-Streaming Genre Titles Available This March

Curated by Grace Detwiler

Among the VOD releases coming to streaming platforms this month is the Rue Morgue must-see UNSEEN, ASSASSIN – featuring Bruce Willis in his final role, and the brand new adaptation of Stephen King’s CHILDREN OF THE CORN. Happy streaming horror heads! 

ASSASSIN
Available On-Demand and digital on March 31, 2023.

Starring Andy Allo, Nomzamo Mbatha, with Dominic Purcell, Mustafa Shakir, Fernanda Andrade, and Bruce Willis
Directed by Jesse Atlas
Saban Films

Genre & Synopsis: Sci-Fi/Action. Bruce Willis (Glass) and Nomzamo Mbatha (Coming 2 America) star in this action-packed sci-fi thrill ride. A private military operation led by (Willis) invents futuristic microchip tech that enables the mind of an agent to inhabit the body of another person to carry out covert, deadly missions. But when an agent (Mustafa Shakir) is killed during a secret mission, his wife (Mbatha) takes his place in an attempt to bring the man responsible to Justice.

 

 

CHILDREN OF THE CORN
Available On-Demand and digital on March 21, 2023.

Starring Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence
Written and Directed by Kurt Wimmer
RLJE Films

Genre & Synopsis: Horror. Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, a twelve-year-old girl in Nebraska recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival.

 

 

UNSEEN
Available On-Demand and digital on March 7, 2023.

Starring Midori Francis, Jolene Purdy, Missi Pyle, Michael Patrick Lane
Written by Salvatore Cardoni & Brian Rawlins
Directed by Yoko Okumura
Blumhouse, Paramount Home Entertainment, MGM+

Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Thriller. Two women form an unlikely connection when a depressed gas station clerk Sam (Purdy), receives a call from Emily (Francis), a nearly blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Emily must survive the ordeal with Sam being her eyes from afar using video call.

 

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