It’s a good time to be a fan of filmmaker Mike Mendez. Not only did he contribute to the horror anthology Satanic Hispanics, which received a theatrical release a few months ago and is coming soon to Blu-ray, but now Synapse Films has given his awesome 2000 horror comedy The Convent (watch it Here) a limited edition 4K release! Copies of this release can be purchased directly from Synapse Films, or through Diabolik DVD.
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
Directed by Mendez from a screenplay by Chaton Anderson, The Convent has the following synopsis: In 1960, a young woman named Christine enters St. Francis Boarding School for Girls and lays waste to the resident nuns. Four decades later, a group of college students head to the long-abandoned building late one night to tag it with their fraternity letters, little knowing that rumors of the place being haunted are terrifyingly true. Stir in a couple of disapproving...
- 12/1/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Missed The First Purge in theaters last July? Well, then, check out a few clips of Gerard McMurray's film, which kicks off today's Highlights. Also: Retro Nightmares returns with Sweet Sixteen and The Convent screenings and soundtrack release details for the RPG Vampyr.
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Watch The First Purge Clips: From the Press Release: "Universal City, California – The origin story to the worldwide phenomenon that redefined horror, The First Purge, the fourth chapter in the thrilling franchise, arrives on Digital and the digital movie app Movies Anywhere on September 18, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On Demand on October 2, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. When the New Founding Fathers of America look to push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, a radical sociological theory that vents aggression is tested among an isolated community. But once the violence of oppressors clashes with the rage of the marginalized,...
- 10/3/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Ron Rifkin has been tapped to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Brothers & Sisters, while Chi McBride has been cast in another ABC drama pilot, the untitled Hank Steinberg project (formerly Nine Lives). In other pilot casting news, 14-year-old Keir Gilchrist has landed a co-starring role on Fox's comedy pilot Becoming Glen. On the cable side, Ryan McPartlin (WB Network's Living With Fran), Joanna Canton (Fox's That '70s Show), Brian Howe (Fox's A Minute With Stan Hooper) and Dhirendra round out the cast of USA Network's one-hour pilot Underfunded. Brothers & Sisters, from Touchstone TV, is a family soap revolving around adult siblings. Rifkin will play the siblings' uncle.
- 1/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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