NOVEMBER 3RD AT SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST

We're thrilled to announce that How to Kill Monsters will have its South African Premiere at South African Horrorfest on November 3rd at 8:30PM!

This year's line-up looks incredible and includes a 90th Anniversary screening of the original King Kong on 16mm film!

OCTOBER 29TH AT TRIESTE SCIENCE + FICTION FILM FESTIVAL

We're excited to announce that How to Kill Monsters will have its Italian Premiere at the prestigious Trieste Science+Fiction Festival on October 29th! Award winning actor Johnny Vivash will be hosting the screening which has the midnight feature slot in the Teatro Miela Bonawentura in beautiful Trieste!

OCTOBER 28TH AT IFI HORRORTHON

We're excited to announce that How to Kill Monsters will have its Irish Premiere at the incredible Irish Film Institute (IFI) Horrorthon on October 28th at 10:50PM in Dublin!

We were lucky enough to see Book of Monsters screen here in 2018 and had an absolute blast! This year's line-up looks even more exciting as we are joined by some amazing films including THEY WAIT IN THE DARK by Patrick Rea | THE MOOR by Chris Cronin | THE MANCUNIAN MAN by Jake West | THE BLACK MASS by Devanny Pinn | THE SACRIFICE GAME by Jenn Wexler

Tickets are available here: https://ifi.ie/horrorthon/

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

NOVEMBER 3RD AT UNRESTRICTED VIEW FILM FESTIVAL

The monsters are heading back to London on November 3rd when How to Kill Monsters screens at the The Hen & Chickens Theatre as part of Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival 2023! We are huge fans of this festival, having screened Book of Monsters there back in 2018 to a very warm reception.

An independent film festival run by filmmakers with a passion for horror means that you'll be treated to several days of lovingly curated features and shorts! This year, we are lucky enough to screen alongside some incredible films including the critically acclaimed I AM MONSTERS directed by and starring Nicholas Vince which Dark Rift Horror had the pleasure of co-producing. You can also catch the haunting ISAAC starring the unstoppable Johnny Vivash who just picked up the Best Performance award for his role in the film at Dead Northern - Horror & Fantasy Film Festival last weekend! You also can't miss fellow FrightFest hit LORE which will delight, scare and creep you the hell out in equal measure!

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

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Horror Film Double Bill at Spark York on Friday 13th

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Come and join us at Spark:York CIC on Friday 13th October for a spooky double feature! Watch Zomblogalypse and Book of Monsters with the cast and crew! Pose for photos with props and costumes from the movies (everyone has to get one with the Chainsaw!) and get Blu-rays and merch signed by the cast! Tickets are £8 and we would love to see you there!

How to Kill Monsters wins Best Feature at Dead Northern

We're honoured to have won two awards at Dead Northern - Horror & Fantasy Film Festival this weekend where How to Kill Monsters had its Northern Premiere to a sold out audience! Huge congratulations to Juné P. Tiamatakorn for winning Best Supporting Performance for her role as Ruth in the film!

It was such a fun film festival with some incredible films including Isaac starring our very own Johnny Vivash who picked up the award for Best Performance! Thank you to the team and sponsors of Dead Northern for recognising the film and for giving us the opportunity to screen How to Kill Monsters in our hometown of York!

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

USA Premiere at Nightmares Film Festival

𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘! We're so excited to announce that How to Kill Monsters will have its 𝙐𝙎𝘼 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙚 at the incredible Nightmares Film Festival which takes place Thursday, Oct. 26 to Sunday, Oct. 29 at the legendary Gateway Film Center in Columbus, Ohio. Tickets available soon!

Will we see you at Nightmares this year? Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1144924206416029

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

New York City Horror Film Festival VS Monsters

We're thrilled to announce that How to Kill Monsters will have its New York Premiere at the amazing New York City Horror Film Festival which takes place December 7th – 10th, 2023!

We LOVE this festival and can't wait to unleash the monsters in the Big Apple later this year!

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

Learn How to Kill Monsters on the Official Website

We’re excited to announce the launch of the Official How to Kill Monsters Website! Head on over to www.howtokillmonsters.com to find out everything you could possibly want to know about the movie!

We will be updating the website with all the latest reviews and upcoming festival screenings for the movie. The official website will also be the best place to find out where to watch How to Kill Monsters when it is released on streaming and Blu-ray.

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Official Website: www.howtokillmonsters.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

Spooky Empire to host Florida Premiere of How to Kill Monsters

We're thrilled that How to Kill Monsters will screen at Spooky Empire's Horror Film Festival in Florida, USA which takes place October 27 - 29th 2023. Learn more about the festival here: https://spookyempire.com/

Our previous film Book of Monsters took home Best International Feature in 2018 and we had an incredible time meeting some wonderful filmmakers and fans.

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

FilmQuest to host Utah Premiere of How to Kill Monsters

We're super excited that How to Kill Monsters will screen at the incredible FilmQuest Festival in Utah, USA which takes place October 26 – November 4, 2023.

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the beloved festival and you can bet that we will be there with our chainsaw in hand ready to slay some monsters! Visit the FilmQuest website to see the full line-up of horror movies: http://www.filmquestfest.com/

You can follow How to Kill Monsters on social media from the links below.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

You can also follow Dark Rift Horror here: https://linktr.ee/darkrifthorror

Zomblogalypse Collector's Edition Blu-ray

Pre-orders are now live for the Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Zomblogalypse - a hilarious Zom-Com movie that follows three inept friends as they attempt to make a Zombie movie about the apocalypse...during the apocalypse! 🧟

 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆 HERE!

◼️ Limited Edition of 500 copies

◼️ Hand numbered Slipcover featuring stunning artwork by Terry Henderson

◼️ Signed Sleeve autographed by Lyndsey Craine, Hannah Bungard, Tony Hipwell & Miles Watts

◼️ 4 Lobby Cards featuring the lead cast and autographed by Lyndsey Craine, Hannah Bungard, Tony Hipwell & Miles Watts

◼️ Collector's Booklet with insight from the directors about the making of the film

◼️ Over an hour of bonus features including making of documentary and ten deleted scenes!

◼️ English Subtitles

Zomblogalypse is the first title in our new Blu-ray label - Dark Rift Presents. Inspired by our motto of “Blood Soaked Popcorn Horror”, we launched Dark Rift Presents to showcase the best home grown horror movies that we think deserve a place in your horror movie collection.

Watch the Trailer for How to Kill Monsters

Dark Rift Horror and RO Pictures are thrilled to share the blood splattered teaser trailer and stunning new poster art for How to Kill Monsters, a practical FX driven horror comedy movie which will see its World Premiere at FrightFest on 25th August.

 Here’s the official synopsis:

The sole survivor of a blood-drenched massacre must team up with a rag-tag bunch of rookie cops and lawbreakers to defend a police station from an invasion of Lovecraftian monsters from another dimension.

 With a menagerie of monsters realised entirely with practical effects and buckets of fake blood and guts thrown in for good measure, How to Kill Monsters will scratch the itch of horror fans craving a throwback popcorn horror movie that delivers thrills, kills and laughs in equal measure.

Director Stewart Sparke (Book of Monsters) declares How to Kill Monsters “a love letter to the 80s and 90s horror movies that I grew up watching on VHS.” With the trailer showing clear influences from classics like Evil Dead 2, Gremlins and Hellraiser, Stewart promises that the movie will inject “a dash of British humour in the vein of Hot Fuzz and the self-aware twists and turns of Scream to deliver genre fans a blood-soaked popcorn horror movie that feels both nostalgic and fresh.”

 The movie’s eye-catching new poster art was created by Uncle Frank Productions, whose previous work includes artwork for international home video releases of Terrifier 2 and Resident Evil, as well as Blu-ray artwork for Arrow Video’s release of Dolls, Cellar Dweller, Robot Jox, The Dungeonmaster and Arena.

 How to Kill Monsters will premiere at FrightFest on Friday 25th August in Cineworld Leicester Square, London with the cast and crew in attendance. FrightFest is the UK’s biggest horror & fantasy film festival, running from 24th – 28th August and this year marks its 24th edition. Tickets to the world premiere of How to Kill Monsters are available to buy HERE.

 How to Kill Monsters is directed by Stewart Sparke, who co-wrote the screenplay with Paul Butler and is produced by Cal O’Connell. The film is a co-production between Dark Rift Horror and RO Pictures. Starring Lyndsey Craine (Book of Monsters, Eating Miss Campbell), Arron Dennis (Zomblogalypse, Book of Monsters), Fenfen Huang (Now You See Me 2, Operation Red Sea), Daniel Thrace (The Creature Below, Blood Myth) and genre favourite Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser, Hellbound, Nightbreed).

 Watch the Trailer: https://youtu.be/MMp44bnh0CU

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howtokillmonsters

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howtokillmonsters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/htkmonsters

How to Kill Monsters to Premiere at FRIGHTFEST

We are thrilled to announce that our new horror movie How to Kill Monsters will receive its World Premiere at the prestigious Frightfest London in Cineworld Leicester Square this August!

Get your tickets HERE

Then join horror legend Nicholas Vince at the premiere of I Am Monsters on Sunday 27th August at 11:20AM

Check out the full festival line-up here: https://www.frightfest.co.uk/2023FrightFestLondon/index.html

Book of Monsters in Horror Channel's May 2022 Highlights

Stewart Sparke's award-winning dark comedic monster movie Book of Monsters and Audrey Cummings's grisly chuckler She Never Died, starring Olunike Adeliyi, are amongst the raft of Saturday night UK TV premieres on Horror Channel during May. Also in prime-time slots are the UK TV premieres of gruesome action thriller Becky and Henry Jacobson's stylish crime chiller Bloodline, starring Seann William Scott. There is also a Channel premiere for Peter Medak's classic supernatural horror The Changeling, starring George C. Scott. Plus, there are channel premieres for Dr Who and The Daleks and Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. The films star Peter Cushing as Dr Who and also feature Roberta Tovey as Susan. The second had Bernard Cribbins as Tom Campbell, years before he played Wilfred Mott in the revamped series.

Watch the trailer below!

Horror Channel Interview with Stewart Sparke

A birthday bash becomes a bloodbath when monsters escape from a supernatural storybook, leaving a group of teenagers to fight for their lives and shut the party down in the UK TV premiere of Book of Monsters on May 16th on Horror. We chatted to its director, Stewart Sparke about this fun, retro-filled fright-fest.

Read the Interview HERE.

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Horror Channel to Premiere Book of Monsters

Dark Rift Horror’s Book of Monsters is getting its UK TV Premiere on the legendary Horror Channel on May 14th. Read more on cloutcom.co.uk here.

Stewart Sparke’s award-winning dark comedic monster movie BOOK OF MONSTERS and Audrey Cummings’s grisly chuckler SHE NEVER DIED, starring Olunike Adeliyi,are amongst the raft of Saturday night UK TV premieres on Horror Channel during May. Also in prime-time slots are the UK TV premieres of gruesome action thriller BECKY and Henry Jacobson’s stylish crime chiller BLOODLINE, starring Seann William Scott. There is also a Channel premiere for Peter Medak’s classic supernatural horror THE CHANGELING, starring George C. Scott

Saturday 14th May @ 22:55 – BOOK OF MONSTERS (2018) *UK TV Premiere

Sophie’s 18th birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and eaten, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell. To survive the night, Sophie will face her destiny; monsters are real – and she’s the only one who can stop them.

Join Dark Rift Horror LIVE on Twitch!

Join horror actress Lyndsey Craine (Sophie in Book of Monsters) as she is forced to play scary games live on Twitch in SCREAM STREAM!

Follow the Dark Rift Horror Twitch channel to join Lyndsey's fight for survival live every Tuesday and Friday at 8PM GMT.

Follow Dark Rift Horror on Twitch HERE: https://www.twitch.tv/darkrifthorror

Join our Discord and vote on which game Lyndsey plays next! https://discord.gg/7NfZEh7X3C

Book of Monsters Signed VHS Giveaway

We are giving away a monstrous prize bundle that includes a signed copy of the ultra rare Book of Monsters VHS release from Broke Horror Fan AND signed Blu-ray from DREAD - An Epic Pictures Genre Label!

Both copies will be signed by Director Stewart Sparke and Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine! Open to U.S. residents only

Each winner will receive:

  • 1x copy of the Book of Monsters VHS signed by Director Stewart Sparke & Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine

  • 1x copy of the Book of Monsters Blu-ray signed by Director Stewart Sparke & Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine

The Book of Monsters VHS is 1 of only 50 limited edition copies released by Broke Horror Fan & Witter Entertainment and has since sold out! This is now your only chance to get a copy of this very rare VHS release. Find out more about the VHS on the Witter Entertainment website here.

The Book of Monsters Blu-ray was released by Epic Pictures on their DREAD label and is still available to purchase from the Epic Pictures store here.

How to Enter

We are running two separate competitions on our Facebook and Instagram pages with each competition having one winner. This means that you can enter both competitions to double your chances of winning!

Simply head over to the official Dark Rift Films social media pages (linked below) and follow the steps to enter:

COMPETITION #1: Facebook

  1. Like the post

  2. Comment on the post with your favourite horror movie monster

  3. Like & Follow Dark Rift Films on Facebook

COMPETITION #2: Instagram

  1. Like the post

  2. Comment on the post with your favourite horror movie monster

  3. Follow @darkriftfilms

Terms & Conditions

  • Competition is open to U.S. residents only.

  • One winner will be drawn from each competition - 1x Facebook, 1x Instagram

  • Each winner will receive one copy of the Book of Monsters VHS + one copy of the Book of Monsters Blu-ray. Both are signed by Director Stewart Sparke & Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine on the sleeve artwork

  • The Book of Monsters Blu-ray is region free

  • The Book of Monsters VHS is NTSC

  • Entries will be counted from February 19th at 15:00 CST until February 26th at 15:00 CST.

  • Winners will be chosen at random from the list of entrants.

  • Winners will be contacted by private message via the social media platform entered e.g. Facebook via Facebook Messenger.

  • If the winner does not respond to the private message within 7 days then a new winner will be drawn.

Get the Blu-ray from Epic Pictures Group: https://epic-pictures.com/mercha.../book-of-monsters-blu-ray

AND shop for the latest Broke Horror Fan VHS releases on the Witter Entertainment store: https://witterentertainment.com/