STACK #126 Apr 2016

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EAT Forget about that romantic rubbish starring Julia Roberts.This April and May, Monster Pictures give you a much better reason to... PREY LOVE

Novella McClure is an awesome name for a movie star. Or a porn star. This aspiring actress (played by bleached-blonde Maggie Maddox) wants to be the former, but keeps getting offered the latter. Struggling to land a role that’ll pay the rent, and with no money, no food, and facing eviction from her flat, Novella starts getting nervous. And when she gets stressed, she self-harms – not by cutting, by eating... herself! Gnawing away at her fingers, toes and arms, her descent into madness and self- cannibalism propels this disturbing and darkly humorous shocker from writer-director Jimmy Webber. It’s as gruesome and grotesque as it sounds; imagine if Frank Henenlotter had directed the 2002 arthouse- horror flick In My Skin and you’ll have a good idea what to expect from Eat . Guaranteed to be

A mysterious stranger (Liam Cunningham from Game of Thrones ) arrives in a remote coastal town, and death follows in his wake. Dark, gloomy and incredibly atmospheric Irish thriller Let Us Prey takes its cues from The Crow and Assault on Precinct 13 , with a police station under siege from a supernatural avenger who knows the deepest, darkest secrets of the officers on duty (including The Woman ’s

The Monster Fest 2014 winner for Best Feature Film Director, Leigh Janiak’s haunting two-hander Honeymoon plonks newlyweds Paul (Harry Treadaway, Penny Dreadful ) and Bea (Rose Leslie, Game of Thrones ) in an isolated retreat, where

something is waiting in the woods. Following the appearance of strange lights in the dead of night, and a midnight sleepwalk in the forest, Bea begins to exhibit strange behaviour and an aloofness that deeply troubles her husband. And like Jon Snow, she appears to know nothing! As things get progressively weirder – and Cronenbergian – Paul must confront the reality that Bea may no longer be entirely human. A dark and unsettling exploration of the loss of identity, Janiak conjures an eerie mood throughout, but its the natural chemistry between the two leads that makes Honeymoon work brilliantly. An essential purchase on DVD or Blu-ray on April 22 .

Pollyanna McIntosh) and the felons in the cells below. Building to a tense and gory climax, first-time director Brian O’Malley puts Ireland on the horror movie map. Available on May 20 .

Also coming in May is Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau , a must-see

devoured by hungry horror fans on DVD and Blu-ray on April 22.

documentary that chronicles the behind- the-scenes chaos that surrounded the Hardware director’s attempt to remake the H.G. Wells classic in 1996. CHARLIE’S COMING IN JUNE

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Move over Mick Taylor – Australia has a new horror icon in the shape of seven-foot psychopath Charlie Wilson, who legend has it still lurks on the old family farm. Naturally this urban legend proves irresistible to a group of bored friends (including Sharknado ’s Tara Reid), who fall victim to this homicidal hulk in a bloody bodycount that reboots the slasher movie, Aussie style. Charlie’s Farm – it’s just down the road from Wolf Creek. Out June 17 .

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