The SD Action and Horror Movie Fans/Filmmakers Meetup Group

Legendary action maestro Luc Besson (LEON: The Professional, La Femme Nikita) brings to the cinema screen his visionary adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel DRACULA starring Caleb Landry Jones (Antiviral), Christoph Waltz (Spectre), Zoë Bleu (Gonzo Girl), Guillaume de Tonquédec (Cat’s Eye), DMatilda De Angelis (Citadel: Diana) and Ewens Abid (Andor).

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TRIVIA: Portraits displayed in Dracula's grand dining hall are designed to resemble actors who portrayed Dracula in earlier screen adaptations, serving as a visual homage to previous interpretations of the character.

Director Luc Besson and cinematographer Colin Wandersman drew visual inspiration from Flemish Renaissance artwork.

Christoph Waltz appeared in multiple 2025 films featuring classic horror characters, including portrayals connected to the Dracula and Frankenstein mythologies.
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PLOT: When a 15th-century prince denounces God after the loss of his wife he inherits an eternal curse: he becomes Dracula. Condemned to wander the centuries, he defies fate and death, guided by a single hope - to be reunited with his lost love. - IMDb

The Film Geeks invite you to celebrate Black History Month at the illustrious Digital Gym Cinema with Antonio Margheriti’s (And God Said to Cain) Black-exploitation western TAKE A HARD RIDE starring Jim Brown (The Dirty Dozen), Lee Van Cleef (Escape from New York), Fred Williamson (Black Caesar), Catherine Spaak (The Cat o’ Nine Tails), Jim Kelly (Enter the Dragon) and Barry Sullivan (Earthquake).

PLOT: Following the death of his employer (Dana Andrews), cowboy Pike (Jim Brown) undertakes a perilous endeavor to transport $86,000 to the widow of his boss. With hundreds of miles of desert landscape and ruthless and greedy men between him and his destination, Pike teams up with Tyree (Fred Williamson), an untrustworthy gambler, to better his odds at making it alive. As Pike and Tyree face one attack after another, no one poses more of a threat than Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef), a crafty bounty hunter. – Cinema Junkie
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From a script written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en), director Gavin Polone (Producer of 8MM) makes his feature film debut with the gritty slasher PSYCHO KILLER starring Georgina Campbell (Influencers), Malcolm McDowell (Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN), James Preston Rogers (Frontiers), Logan Miller (Escape Room), Dutchess Cayetano (Match, Meet, Murder), John B. Lowe (Violent Night) and Josh Strait (Stakeland II).

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From the Producers of WEAPONS and BARBARIAN
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TRIVIA: The project was in development for over a decade, with Andrew Kevin Walker's (Sleepy Hollow) original script being written as early as 2007.

The title is most likely inspired by the song "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads.

As early as 2009, Eli Roth was attached as a producer and Fred Durst was attached to direct the project.
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PLOT: A highway patrol officer sets out to find the man responsible for the brutal murder of her husband. Her quest leads her to a sadistic serial killer whose mental depravity and sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have ever imagined. - Google

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) writes, produces and directs this dark, comedic retelling of “The Bride of Frankenstein” with THE BRIDE starring Christian Bale (Equilibrium), Jessie Buckley (Beast), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Peter Sarsgaard (The Batman), Annette Bening
(American Beauty), Penélope Cruz (BLOW) and Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages).
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TRIVIA: Christian Bale portrays Dr. Frankenstein's Monster. His youngest child, Joseph (also known as Rex), will have a small part. Joseph/Rex previously had a small part in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which his father also starred in.

The film contains some visual homages to Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927). Brigitte Helm ("Maria") was an inspiration for The Bride and had been considered by James Whale for the part in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935), but she turned it down.
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PLOT: In 1930s Chicago, groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious brings a murdered young woman back to life to be a companion for Frankenstein's monster. What happens next is beyond what either of them could ever have imagined.