SCENES ON SCREEN
The latest releases coming to cinemas and home media
Scenes on the big screen
Bulldog Film Distribution has announced a limited cinema run and on-demand release for Amanda Kramer’s Give Me Pity!, starring Sophie von Haselberg as Sissy St. Claire.
Set to grace the small screen in her first-ever television special, St. Claire finds herself drawn into a nightmarish mix of vanity, insecurity and delusional ambition, haunted by a mysterious masked man.
A special preview screening will take place at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), with a Q&A with Sophie von Haselberg, before the film goes on limited release and on-demand from the 10th of November.
Severin Films has announced a special Manchester premiere of the Cliff Twemlow biopic Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow. Following its world premiere at August’s FrightFest event, this event will take the film back to where it all began.
Twemlow was one of the most prolific indie filmmakers that the UK produced in the 1980s, perhaps best known for the ultra-violent G.B.H. but who also produced films of all genres with a devoted team of local doormen, martial artists, variety performers, girlfriends and family members.
The film is directed by Jake West, and features exclusive new interviews, clips from Twemlow’s filmography and rare behind-the-scenes footage. The event takes place on the 12th of November at Cultplex, Manchester. Tickets are available here.
Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for the upcoming horror film Night Swim, produced by Blumhouse and Atomic Monster and based on the 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire.
McGuire returns to the director’s chair, with Wyatt Russell Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren starring. It follows a former baseball player who moves into a new house with his family, all the while secretly hoping to return to the sport.
However, a dark secret in the house’s past unleashes a malevolent force that threatens to drag the family into the depths. Night Swim releases in UK cinemas on the 5th of January.
Scenes on the small screen
Bulldog Film Distribution will release The Devil Went Down to Islington digitally on the 23rd of October, written by Alex Martin and Rutger Andree Wiltens and directed by Daniel Wilson.
It follows two colleagues who unwittingly sell their souls to the devil after a big night out and must race against the clock to break the deal and save their futures.
Olivier Peyon’s Lie With Me will be released on digital platforms, as well as DVD and Blu-ray by Peccadillo Pictures on the 23rd of October.
Starring Guillaume De Tonquédec, Victor Belmondo, Jérémy Gillet and Julien De Saint Jean, it follows a successful novelist who returns to his home town for the first time in decades, only to come face to face with the son of his teenage lover.
The physical release includes interviews with the director and cast, as well as with the author of the source novel Philippe Besson. There is also an exclusive set of four art cards.
Following its world premiere at FrightFest 2022, Bite will be released digitally by Bulldog Film Distribution on the 30th of October.
It is the feature debut of real-life surgeon James Owen, who uses 30 years of medical knowledge to bring a heavy dose of realistic gore to the film.
Bite follows two con artists who get more than they bargained for when they target an elderly widow, finding themselves up against a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Second Sight has announced a limited edition 4K/Blu-ray release of Alexandre Aja’s 2003 shocker High Tension, an early entry into the French extremity movement which stars Cécile de France and Maïwenn.
It will be released on the 27th of November, with a director-approved transfer to HDR10+, with a new audio commentary from Dr Lindsay Hallam, interviews with the cast and crew and a host of featurettes.
There’s also new artwork from James Neal and a 70-page booklet with new writing from Anna Bogutskaya, Prince Jackson, Stacie Ponder and Zoë Rose Smith.