Love Is In The Air On “Monsters & Nightmares” in February 2023
Mary Beth McAndrews
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Ahhh, February, a month typically associated with love. But, over at Magnolia Selects’ “Monsters & Nightmares” channel, it’s all about fear. That’s not to say their streaming selections this month aren’t twinged with romance. Several of the segments in V/H/S/ could be said to be adjacent to romance. The Signal involves a woman trying to find love again. A few of the titles even tackle the sexiest monster of all: vampires. Regardless of the mood you’re trying to set this February, Magnolia Selects has you covered.
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Whether you are a sophisticated moviegoer looking for exceptional independent film with standout performances, top award-winning documentaries, hilarious comedies, or you are looking to immerse yourself in the greatest collection of adrenaline-pumping action, Magnolia Selects represents some of the very best in storytelling entertainment from the most renowned visual artists in the world today.
Check out the full line-up, coming to Magnolia Selects’ “Monsters & Nightmares” channel this February.
February 7
The ABCs of Death 2
The ABCs of Death 2 features segments directed by over two dozen of the world’s leading talents in contemporary genre film. It’s comprised of twenty-six individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet.
Kiss of the Damned
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo. But she eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna’s new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.
February 14
Compliance
A fast-food worker (Dreama Walker) who’s accused of theft is put through the wringer as her boss (Ann Dowd), at the direction of a phone caller who says he’s a cop, subjects her to increasingly harsh forms of interrogation.
February 21
The Signal
Mya (Anessa Ramsey) and Ben (Justin Welborn) are very much in love, but she cannot quite find the courage to leave her awful husband, Lewis (A.J. Bowen). However, when a mysterious transmission starts turning people, including Lewis, into murderous maniacs, the lovers must go on the run.
February 28
Monsters
NASA discovered a few years ago the real possibility of alien life and consequently, a probe was set up and launched in order to collect samples. After crashing during the re-entry over Central America, new life forms began to appear and spread rapidly. Half of Mexico is quarantined as an infected zone. In this context, we follow the story of a US journalist escorting his boss’s daughter through this area to the United States.
V/H/S
In V/H/S, a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions, and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger and more inexplicably terrifying than the last…
Sunset on the River Styx
A chance meeting of two morose lovers sends them spiraling down a surreal rabbit hole. Their relationship will be challenged by their pasts, their futures, their perception of time, and a vampire death cult.
Boarding Gate
An ex-sex worker, now employed with an import-export company, reunites with a figure from her past who is now a high-powered businessman.
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