Today on VOD: Pod, Turbo Kid, When Animals Dream and Z for Zachariah
John Squires
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There’s nothing we love more than a stacked release schedule, and as the summer comes to a close and Halloween season approaches, the horror releases are set to come our way hot and heavy. This weekend is particularly loaded, with four new titles now available for streaming!
First up is director Mickey Keating’s Pod (review), which comes recommended by our own Matt Boiselle. The film, arriving today via Vertical Entertainment, stars Lauren Ashley Carter, Dean Cates, Larry Fessenden, Brian Morvant, and John Weselcouch.
Synopsis:
After receiving a troubling voicemail, estranged siblings Ed and Lyla travel to their isolated family lake house in Maine to hold an intervention on their increasingly paranoid, war veteran brother, Martin. But the situation rapidly spirals out of control when they discover the house completely ransacked and learn that Martin has constructed an elaborate and horrifying conspiracy theory surrounding a sinister entity that he believes he has trapped in the basement.
Up next is the Jason Eisener-produced Turbo Kid, a bloody blast of 80s awesome that we’ve been hotly anticipating for quite some time here on Dread. Directed by Anouk Whissell, François Simard, and Yoann-Karl Whissell, this one stars Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside, and Munro Chambers.
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic future a young solitary scavenger obsessed with comic books must face his fears and become a reluctant hero when he meets a mysterious girl.
Danish filmmaker Jonas Alexander Arnby makes his feature debut with When Animals Dream (review), hitting Stateside theaters and VOD outlets today. The film is being described as Let the Right One In meets Carrie, and stars Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, and Jakob Oftebro.
Synopsis:
Marie is a beautiful and lonely 16-year-old who lives in an isolated village on a small island off the west coast of Denmark. Marie’s mother is seriously ill, suffering from an unknown disease – on medication, mentally absent, and tied to a wheelchair. Marie’s father, Thor, runs the small grocery store and tries to make life as normal as possible for the small family. On the surface, everything seems fine – and yet, Marie can’t help feeling that Thor is hiding something about her mother’s illness.
And finally, Craig Zobel’s Z for Zachariah is also available for instant streaming this weekend, in addition to hitting limited theaters. The post-apocalyptic thriller’s cast is pretty damn impressive, featuring Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Synopsis:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman who believes she is the last human on Earth meets a dying scientist searching for survivors. Their relationship becomes tenuous when another survivor appears. As the two men compete for the woman’s affection, their primal urges begin to reveal their true nature.
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