Over the last decade, us genre fans have been blessed by the second phase in genre veteran Barbara Crampton’s career that has seen her tackle a wide array of roles in projects like You’re Next, We Are Still Here, Sun Choke, Beyond the Gates, Channel Zero, Road Games, Into the Dark: Culture Shock, and many more. Beyond that, Crampton has also stepped into the role of producer on several films and even contributes to Fangoria with her insightful column as well.

Daily Dead recently had the opportunity to speak with Crampton about her latest role in Sacrifice, a Norweigan cult thriller where she plays the leader of a cult who has plans for an unassuming couple that arrive in the area, unaware of the danger lurking at every turn. During our interview with Barbara, she discussed her involvement with Sacrifice, taking on a Norweigan accent for her role in the film,

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If you like your horror movies set in the Australian wilderness à la Rogue, Wolf Creek, or Road Games, then you may be interested in The Marshes, which is coming to Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD, and VOD on June 16th following its release on Shudder earlier this year:

From the Press Release: Los Angeles – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to The Marshes from Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. The Marshes will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on June 16, 2020.

The horror/thriller stars Dafna Kronental, Mathew Cooper, Sam Delich, and Eddie Baroo. Roger Scott makes his feature directorial and screenwriting debut with the film. Rlje Films will release The Marshes on DVD for $27.97 and on Blu-ray for $15.95.

In The Marshes, when a group of young microbiologists head deep into the Australian wilderness to test water samples,

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A Good Woman is Hard to Find is a thriller from the United Kingdom and Belgium. From director Abner Pastoll and writer Ronan Blaney (Love Bite), this title focuses on a single mother, who has a run-in with a local drug dealer. Several worlds collide as Sarah (Sarah Bolger) struggles to keep her children safe. A Good Woman is Hard to Find had its World Premiere in Montreal, back in 2019. Showing at several other film festivals, this title has won a number of awards, throughout 2019 and 2020. Now, this title is set for a U.S. release, this May. Actress Bolger has won a couple of "Best Actress" for her central role. The wins took place at Screamfest and FrightFest. A Good Woman is Hard to Find has also won a "Best Feature" award at Frightfest. A complex thriller, A Good Woman is Hard to Find will show on Digital platforms on May 8th.

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The saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery; and while that may hold true for the originator, it can often hide the imitator’s intentions behind an aesthetic curtain too hard to see through. Luckily this is not the case with Richard Franklin’s Road Games (1981), a taut yet humorous highway take on Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. While it is a loving homage, it has a light touch even in its tensest moments that renders it beguiling.

Released by Avco Embassy Pictures stateside in November, Road Games’ production sputtered along before hitting full speed, getting veteran actor Stacy Keach on board, and then despite protests from Australians who wanted them to shop local, snagging Jamie Lee Curtis as well. The film received some positive notices (so much so it got him the job helming Psycho II), hailing Franklin’s efforts to create a classy thriller amongst the Australian outback; unfortunately,

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Out this month from Scream Factory, Shout! Factory's horror/thriller imprint, comes the 1981 Australian thriller, Road Games. This collector's edition features a ton of bonus interviews and a colorful poster with some pretty rad art --- that is, if you order soon enough. Directed by Richard Franklin, the film stars Stacy Keach as Pat Quid, a trucker in the Outback who picks up an American along the way --- a young Jaime Lee Curtis, who also played a hitchiker in John Carpenter's The Fog ... Funny enough in that film she gets picked up by Tom Atkins, who's a similar character to Keach's Pat Quid here in Road Games.  Anyway, there's a serial killer on the loose, because of course there is --- and there are plenty...

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As we start gearing up for the Holiday Shopping Season, there are a new batch of home media releases arriving this week, and a few of those titles might feel right at home on your wish list this year. Heathers, a personal favorite of mine is getting the Steelbook treatment this Tuesday, courtesy of Rlje Films, and in terms of recent horror releases, both 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Bliss are both hitting Blu-ray and DVD as well.

Scream Factory is showing some love to Stacey Keach and Road Games (1981) this week, and for those of you who enjoy your sibling survival stories with a bit of a nasty twist to them, Arrow Video has put together a special edition release of Flowers in the Attic.

Other Blu and DVD films coming home on November 12th include Wicked World, The Attic, Polaroid, Darkslide, Small Town Killers, and Southern Chillers.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

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Director Abner Pastoll’s icy Irish thriller opens brilliantly with a blood smudged woman showering while an ominous score throbs in the backdrop, implying something petrifying is about to happen. The music explodes into a terrifying crescendo as the scene flits into a low gliding aerial view of a suburban neighbourhood, recalling the eerie intro to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

We then dart back in time to meet protagonist Sarah (Sarah Bolger): a twenty-something, single mother, battling grief following the recent death of her husband. Sarah’s life is then hurled into further turmoil after local ruffian Tito (Andrew Simpson) breaks into her home to hide a stash of cocaine he stole from local gangsters.

After a quite tight set-up, Ronan Blaney’s script simmers during slow scenes establishing secondary characters, which are hugely detrimental to the temper and flow. While more emphasis should have been on plot progression,

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Scream Factory will release Road Games on Blu-ray™ on November 12, and riding shotgun is a host of new bonus features, including a new interview, audio commentary, script read, and music demos. Customers ordering from Shoutfactory.com will receive an exclusive 18×24 rolled poster featuring our brand new artwork, available while supplies last. Stacy Keach is …

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Scream Factory will release Roadgames on Blu-ray on November 12, and riding shotgun is a host of new bonus features, including a new interview, audio commentary, script read, and music demos. Customers ordering from Shoutfactory.com will receive an exclusive 18x24 rolled poster featuring our brand new artwork, available while supplies last.

Stacy Keach is Pat Quid, a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Australian Outback. Jamie Lee Curtis is a free-spirited hitchhiker looking for excitement with a game of her own. And somewhere up ahead is a maniac in a van whose game may be butchering young women along the highway. But when the killer decides to raise the stakes, Quid's game becomes personal ... and the rules of this road are about to take some very deadly turns.

Director Richard Franklin (Psycho II) packs plenty of Hitchcock-like twists and suspense into

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Initially announced at their Comic-Con panel, Scream Factory has now revealed the full list of special features and cover art for their Collector's Edition Blu-ray of 1981's Road Games (starring Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis) ahead of its release on November 12th:

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA – Scream Factory will release Road Games on Blu-ray™ on November 12, and riding shotgun is a host of new bonus features, including a new interview, audio commentary, script read, and music demos.

Customers ordering from Shoutfactory.com will receive an exclusive 18x24 rolled poster featuring our brand new artwork, available while supplies last.

Stacy Keach is Pat Quid, a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Australian Outback. Jamie Lee Curtis is a free-spirited hitchhiker looking for excitement with a game of her own. And somewhere up ahead is a maniac in a van whose

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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, 2019.

Directed by Abner Pastoll.

Starring Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson and Jane Brennan.

Synopsis:

A recently widowed young mother will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband’s murder.

Director Abner Pastoll (Road Games) brings this year’s Frightfest to a close with a low-key chiller that melds social realist drama with grisly grand guignol, abetted at all times by a riveting turn from its central femme fatale.

In Northern Ireland, widowed mother-of-two Sarah (Sarah Bolger) is struggling to keep her family unit afloat, but that all changes when a local drug dealer, Tito (Andrew Simpson), forces his way into her home and insists on using it as a stash house for his wares.

Tito pays Sarah a cut to keep quiet, though his actions naturally draw the attention of the gangster he stole the gear from,

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Stars: Sarah Bolger, Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson, Jane Brennan, Caolan Byrne, Packy Lee, Rudy Doherty, Macie McCauley, Susan Ateh | Written by Ronan Blaney | Directed by Abner Pastoll

A Good Woman Is Hard to Find is a Northern Irish film about a young Mum who has been recently widowed, and with a willingness to go to any lengths in idea to protect her kids, seeks the reasons behind the murder of her late husband. Written by Ronan Blaney (Love Bite) and directed by Abner Pastoll (Road Games), it’s a crime thriller with a fantastic lead performance from Sarah Bolger (The Moth Diaries).

Bolger, is Sarah, a down-on-her-luck mother who is desperate to find out the information about the death of her husband, while struggling to make ends meet and support her kids, and she’s bloody great. She brings a real emotional depth to the character, seeming emotionally exhausted, frustrated and depressed,

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"They're my children. I'm their mother. And I love them." Signature Entertainment has debuted an official UK trailer for the indie crime thriller A Good Woman Is Hard to Find, the latest from filmmaker Abner Pastoll. This first premiered at Fantasia this summer, and is premiering in the UK at FrightFest this month before opening in cinemas this fall. Sarah Bolger stars in this film as a recently widowed young mother who will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder. Also starring Edward Hogg, Andrew Simpson, Jane Brennan, Caolan Byrne, Packy Lee, Rudy Doherty, Macie McCauley, and Susan Ateh. Described as a "dynamic killer thriller with its finger firmly on the pulses of stark social commentary and shattering suspense," Pastoll has made a "dazzling, dark and daring journey through Northern Ireland’s criminal ...

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A UK trailer has debuted for Abner Pastoll's A Good Woman Is Hard to Find ahead of its closing night bow at FrightFest Film Festival on August 26. The new Ireland-set thriller sees Sarah Bolger playing a recently widowed young mother who will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder. It was written by Ronan Blaney and co-produced by Frakas (Raw). Following its FrightFest screening, Signature Entertainment will release A Good Woman Is Hard to Find in UK cinemas and on Digital HD October 25, 2019. Besides Bolger, the film also stars Edward Hogg (Taboo), Andrew Simpson (Road Games), Jane Brennan (Brooklyn), Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders), Caolan Byrne (The Foreigner), and Josh Bolt (Nowhere Boy). The film...

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Abner Pastoll's follow-up to Road Games sees Sarah Bolger as a recently widowed young mother who will go to any lengths to protect her children as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder. The thriller was written by Ronan Blaney and co-produced by Frakas (Raw).

A Good Woman is Hard to Findwill see a UK release by Signature Entertainment in cinemas and on Digital HD October 25, 2019.

The film also stars Edward Hogg (“Taboo”), Andrew Simpson (Road Games), Jane Brennan(“Brooklyn”), Packy Lee (“Peaky Blinders”), Caolan Byrne (“The

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In the latest edition of his Arrow Video Frightfest preview podcasts, host Stuart Wright talks A Good Woman is Hard to Find with the films director Abner Pastoll.

A dynamic killer thriller with its finger firmly on the pulses of stark social commentary and shattering suspense, Road Games director Abner Pastoll crafts a dazzling, dark and daring journey through Northern Ireland’s criminal underbelly. Recently widowed mother of two Sarah (a tour de force Sarah Bolger) is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of their young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug-dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she’s forced to go beyond humanity into taking drastic action to protect her children while learning the awful truth about her spouse.

A Good Woman Is Hard To Find is the closing film at the 20th Arrow Video Frightfest

22th to 26th August 2018

Leicester Square,

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Every year, Scream Factory gives horror fans a bunch of new home media releases to look forward to at their annual Comic-Con panel, and this year is certainly no exception, as they've announced an exciting slate of horror Blu-rays on the horizon, including Collector's Editions for Silver Bullet, Big Trouble in Little China, Pet Sematary II, and My Bloody Valentine (1981), as well as The Fly Collection and new Neca figure collaborations for Night of the Demons (1988) and The Slumber Party Massacre.

Complete special features will be revealed at later dates, and we'll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated as more details are revealed. In the meantime, we have a look at Scream Factory's full announcement and images of their exclusive Neca figures for Night of the Demons and The Slumber Party Massacre. For more Comic-Con news, visit our online hub to catch up on all of our convention coverage!

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If you caught Sarah Bolger in Emelie (here’s our review) you’d never let her near your kids or hamster again. She is set to take on another mothering role in the upcoming A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Bloody Disgusting has three new shots from Road Games director Abner Pastoll‘s next feature, which was filmed last year in Northern Ireland and Belgium […]

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Come To Daddy Photo: courtesy of Frightfest

This year's Arrow Video Frightfest is to open with Ant Timpson’s Come To Daddy, which stars Elijah Wood, Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan and Michael Smiley, it was announced today. It will close with Belfast-set crime thriller A Good Woman Is Hard To Find, directed by Abner Pastoll, whose sophomore feature, Road Games, was a hit with genre fans in 2015.

"FrightFest's 20th year celebration year is all about honouring our past while looking towards an exciting future for the genre," said festival co-director Alan Jones.

The festival runs from 22 to 26 August. The full line-up will be announced on 4 July....

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How terrible to be the solitary vampire; cursed to walk the earth alone, sleepless nights interrupted by an insatiable blood lust, no one to go shopping with. It just doesn’t seem like the most sociable of lifestyle choices. This would be the case for most of horror’s filmdom until Thirst (1979), a quirky Australian blend of political satire and nightmarish imagery that presents a society of bloodsuckers intent on branding long before it entered the consciousness.

Released by New Line Cinema in late September, Thirst traipsed its way through the market place of grindhouse and drive-ins before popping up on VHS, where a young horror fiend (me) eagerly lapped up everything coming out by the nascent home video realm. What did the ten year old think? Well, not much at the time; he found it well made but slow. The man-child before you has the same thoughts, except time has brought me patience,

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