The Front Row Network

We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Natalie Metzger about her film Sleep Study. This film is a fantastic slow build to an insane finish which made it one of our absoute FAVORITES of the entire festival. A restless new mother confronts a dangerous terror whenever she tries to sleep. SLEEP STUDY is available NOW on Hulu.

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#MonsterCast spotlights are continuing and we're back on the franchise train! This year, and in honor of the truly fantastic 3rd season of the USA & Sci-Fi series, we're breaking down the entire #ChildsPlay franchise. Spanning 7 feature films and a remake in 2019, this franchise features one of the most iconic horror characters of all time, Chucky the killer Good Guy doll. Equal parts terrifying, terrible, funny and gory, this franchise truly is unique in the pantheon of horror films. We go through the ups, the MANY downs, and the way this franchise has literally resurrected itself from the dead through its own sheer will. Sit back and join us along with your friend to the end!

THE CHILD'S PLAY FRANCHISE is available NOW on Peacock.

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We're continuing MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Robin Takao D'Oench about his film Trespassers. This is an old school throwback to the fake-out style of horror and the results are impressive and creepy. In their old family home, a woman and her young son are attacked by invaders who are unaware of what's hiding in the walls. TRESPASSERS is available NOW on Hulu.

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We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Samantha Aldana about her film #Angels. This film is very unique in how it deals with ideas of illness and faith in a sci-fi horror framework.

A farmer caring for her dying mother has her prayers answered from above.

ANGELS is available NOW on Hulu.

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We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Michael Schwartz about his film #Snatched. This film has some fascinating metaphors at play and boasts the star-power of Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany.

After coming out as gay, a 15-year-old boy must fight for his life when his parents react with otherworldly acceptance.

SNATCHED is available NOW on Hulu.

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We've got the second film in our Halloween double-feature this week. Brandon and Emmett Stanton discuss one of the most influential films on the horror genre, Cat People. We discuss how this unlikely B movie from producer Val Lewton, set trends that have resonated for years with horror filmmakers. While both Brandon and Emmett agree that Cat People may not be a great movie, there are certainly great moments. One of these moments includes what many consider to be the first jump scare in film history.

Happy Halloween from Front Row Classics! We're celebrating the 90th anniversary of James Whale's The Invisible Man. Brandon is joined by Dominic Cellini this week to pay tribute to this landmark entry in the Universal Monster Movie canon. Alongside the groundbreaking special effects, The Invisible Man marked the American film debut of the incomparable Claude Rains.

We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with director Jon K. Jones about his film #Fracture. This film is a very different offering and plays with themes of reality and deals with the most terrifying prison of all: your own mind.

Is Marcus really an astronaut working on a remote planet, or an institutionalized mental health patient?

FRACTURE is available NOW on Hulu.

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#MonsterCast rolls right along with a very special interview. We recently got to sit down with the creators of the StokerVerse, Chris McAuley and Dacre Stoker. Dacre is an author and the great grand-nephew of the legendary Bram Stoker and Chris is an incredible artist and colorist that has worked on some of the biggest properties in comics. Together they created the StokerVerse, which has expanded and continued on the iconic Dracula story published over 100 years ago.

The StokerVerse not only encompasses novels but also graphic novels and role playing games. And they are now expanding into the video game sphere with their first offering who's demo dropped TODAY. We talk about the origins of the StokerVerse, dive into the new video game and the campaign for the latest graphic novel, and some of their horror film recommendations for the creepy season!

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We're continuing #MonsterCast with another director interview of last year's #Huluween Horror Short Film Festival entries. Today we're talking with directors Coral Amiga and Nicole Hartley about their film #Bug. Coral and Nicole are wonderful actors in front of the camera and equally adept behind it crafting a truly creepy and cutting commentary piece.

A frustrated mother forces her misbehaving daughter out of the car and loses her in a mysterious forest.

BUG is available NOW on Hulu.

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