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It’s Butterfly Torture In The ‘Butterfly Room’ Trailer

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The first trailer has premiered for a new Italian horror film featuring a major genre cast. The Butterfly Room, which is under the direction of Jonathan Zarantonello, stars Barbara Steele (pictured; “Dark Shadows”) as a main character, alongside Erica Leerhsen (Wrong Turn 2: Dead End), Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Ray Wise (Jeepers Creepers 2), PJ Soles (Halloween), Adrienne King (Friday the 13th), Camille Keaton (Chop, Day of the Woman), James Karen (Piranha, Joy Ride) and even director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Piranha)!

Alice is an eleven year old girl who entices women in their sixties: by trickeries she makes friend with them, till becoming the cure for their “empty nest syndrome”.

And once she’s become part of their lives, once they can’t live without her, she benefits by asking for tips, that gradually become actual fees.

A small price to pay to feel like mothers again…

But one day she meets the wrong lady: one day she meets Ann.

And she disappears.

Ann is a lonely lady, she lives with her collection of butterflies and she lives with her memories from the past, memories of Alice as well, whom she misses much…

But Ann is also a very busy lady: she’s busy throwing quicklime and acid in an elevator shaft, to make a body disappear, she’s busy with that handyman and his assistant who know too much and need to be taken care of and her daughter Dorothy, whom she’s never seen again after something horrible happened when she was a kid.

Something that Ann has desperately tried to bury in her past, a ghost that Alice, with her malicious behavior might have evoked.

And there’s the banging coming from the butterfly room…

Next to Ann’s door lives Claudia, a recently divorced, attractive single mother, struggling with her newfound independence.

Claudia asks Ann to tend her daughter Julie for a weekend.

Will Julie discover what happened to Alice?

Will Dorothy realize something wrong is going on, soon enough to spare other kids what she went through?

And what’s in the butterfly room?

Horror movie fanatic who co-founded Bloody Disgusting in 2001. Producer on Southbound, V/H/S/2/3/94, SiREN, Under the Bed, and A Horrible Way to Die. Chicago-based. Horror, pizza and basketball connoisseur. Taco Bell daily. Franchise favs: Hellraiser, Child's Play, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Scream and Friday the 13th. Horror 365 days a year.

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“Bite Size Short: Her House of Horrors” Announce Short Grant Program!

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Her House of Horrors, the horror division of Independent Production House WOMXNOGRAPHY, has launched its Bite Size Short Grant Program, ahead of its film festival Dollhouse of Horror, which will take place in March 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.

The Bite Size Short Grant Program awards $2,000 film grants to female-identifying and queer horror filmmakers. Shorts must be able to be made for $2,000, with a minimum runtime of 8 minutes. Submissions are now open on Filmfreeway, and are being judged by a panel of horror lovers and content creators.

The 2024 Bite Size Short Grant Program judge lineup is as follows:

“James H. Carter II- A documentary director, film producer, podcaster, marketing specialist, and writer. James is the founder and co-owner of Creepy Kingdom. Creepy Kingdom was founded in 2011 and is a multimedia website, and production studio specializing in creepy content. Their primary focus lies at the intersection of childlike fantasy and the macabre, covering horror films, theme parks, haunts, and much more. Beyond their extensive media coverage, Creepy Kingdom hosts events, offers original merchandise, and engages in film production under the Creepy Kingdom Studios brand producing original films like “Foolish Mortals”, exploring Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” fan culture, and “Georgie”, featuring Tony Dakota from the original “It” miniseries.

“In addition to founding Creepy Kingdom, James has won awards for his documentary work, including the award-winning “Foolish Mortals,” which has earned him recognition. He has been featured on Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween special.

“Ashleeta Beauchamp is the editor-in-chief of Peek-A-Boo! Magazine, a cheeky horror magazine created to uplift marginalized writers, artists, models and other creators within the horror community. She also runs The Halloween Coalition, a community group to provide support and marketing for horror and Halloween events around the Southern California area.

“Titeanya Rodríguez is a multi-hyphenate creative, and the founder and owner of HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, home of DOLLHOUSE OF HORROR and the horror division of WOMXNOGRAPHY. As a fellow storyteller and a self-proclaimed artivist, Titeanya’s mission is to create opportunities for women of color and queer women, across film, tv, sports, music, and beyond. She is also the creator of the BITE SIZE SHORT grant program.”

Winners will have a one-night theatrical screening at Regal Cinemas. Submissions Close April 8 at Midnight. Winners will be announced on May 27, 2024. Shorts must be shot and through post-production by June 30, 2024. The screening will take place on July 8, 2024, in Los Angeles, CA.

WOMXNOGRAPHY, HER HOUSE OF HORRORS, and Rodriguez are represented by Azhar PR, Granderson Des Rochers, and Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir.

To submit your short to the Bite Size Short Grant Program, go to the FilmFreeway link here.

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