By Kip Mooney• On • In NewsNewsComments Off on Shudder Acquires Two Spooky New Titles
Just in time for October, Shudder has gotten their hands on two new films to scare viewers.
First up is Little Bites. Scream queen Krsy Fox (Terrifier 3) stars as Mindy, who attempts to protect her daughter from a monster by sacrificing her own flesh. This marks Fox's third collaboration with director Spider One, having previously starred in Allegoria and Bury the Bride. The filmmaker called this latest effort "an unflinching look at my own experience as a parent." Chaz Bono co-stars alongside legends like Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun).
Just a week later, Shudder will premiere Daddy's Head exclusively on their service. It will make a great double feature with Little Bites, as it's also about a mom (Julia Brown) and her child (Rupert Turnbull) facing off against a hideous monster. But this one bears a sinister resemblance to the boy's late father. Is he really alive or is there something more supernatural going on? Director Benjamin Barfoot also called it "personal," while allowing him to lean into genre.
Little Bites will have a limited theatrical run starting Friday, October 4. A streaming date has yet to be announced. Daddy's Head premieres exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ on Friday, October 11.
About Kip Mooney
Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about.
I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague.
Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work.
In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo.
I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.
