Viewer discretion is advised before watching not one, not two, but three exclusive clips from Garden of Eden — they contain graphic content that some may find disturbing.

Described as “‘American Horror Story‘ if it had a kinky and debaucherous fetish filled three-way with Martyrs and Hostel in a church pew,” the film hits digital this Friday, June 20, via Gravitas Ventures.

“After reading one specific scene in Garden of Eden, I knew that taking this role came along with a responsibility,” actress Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), who appears in the first clip, tells Bloody Disgusting.

“In order to serve the story, I was going to have to be the most vulnerable I’ve ever been on screen before. I was going to have to go places emotionally that were uncomfortable, even for me, someone who’s very used to tapping into darkness for the sake of the character and the story, but that’s when I knew that the answer was… yes. I have to do this, and I have to do it with truth, purpose, and awareness.”

Marcel Walz (Blood Feast, Blind) directs from a script by frequent collaborator Joe Knetter (Blind, Twilight of the Dead), taking an artistic approach to “torture porn” with special effects by Vincent J. Guastini (Dogma, Requiem for a Dream).

The Eden family are devout Christians who do everything they can to live the word of God and set an example of what is right and wrong. They have been very successful in business and are rich beyond their needs. In order to give back, the family throws garden parties. Each guest that is lucky enough to find a key at the party gets to have their most wished for dream come true. But a dream for some can be a nightmare for others.

Robert Rusler (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2), Monique Parent (Cuck), Sarah French (Blind), and Sarah Polednak star as the Eden family alongside Gustin, Sarah Nicklin (Popeye The Slayer Man), Jazz Egger, Adam Bucci (“Halt and Catch Fire”), and Dazelle Yvette.

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While Scream is regarded as Drew Barrymore’s first slasher movie, there should be some consideration for Far from Home as well. This largely unremembered blip in Barrymore’s acting career has the looks of a mere coming-of-age drama; the posters and promo photos alone sell it as such. However, upon actually watching this obscurity from 1989, signs of genre eventually show. In particular when Barrymore’s character becomes the center of a killing spree and the unseen assailant is closer than she realizes.

After Burning Man and gypsum mining, Far from Home is perhaps the most notable thing about Gerlach, Nevada. Technically, it wasn’t the first movie to be shot there; the Gary Cooper-starring western The Winning of Barbara Worth was partly filmed in Gerlach. Yet at the time, Far from Home was a big deal for the town. Not only was the girl from E.T. now staying there, the movie helped the local economy, at least for a short while. Ultimately, production moved to Carson City.

You don’t have to squint or even wait long in order to see the genre elements in Far from Home; in just under ten minutes, the movie reveals a bloody, fresh corpse without warning. That grisly discovery is made by Barrymore’s teenage character, and her piercing scream signals the type of movie in store. Before reaching that first note of horror, though, Joleen “Jo” Cox (Barrymore) and her father Charlie, who’s played by Max Headroom actor Matt Frewer, are on their way home from a long summer road trip when they run out of gas. Forced as that story trigger might sound to modern viewers, it’s also necessary. Otherwise, why would an urbanite and his sheltered, young daughter pass through somewhere like Banco, Nevada, much less stay for several days?

And as it turns out, they’re not alone in their predicament.

Image: Drew Barrymore and Matt Frewer in Far from Home.

Banco is as dry as it is desolate. The few inhabitants there look to be holding on by a thread, and that’s before someone is shot dead in the convenience store. The ineffective sheriff (Dick Miller, Gremlins) offers cold comfort to both Jo and her father: the culprit is “most likely a drifter.” Yes, because why else would a local commit such a crime? Everyone knows each other in Banco, and there are no secrets. Or so they think.

Although Barrymore is the biggest draw in Far from Home, the supporting cast is nothing to sneer at; this movie is full of familiar faces and notables, especially in retrospect. The first sign of life that Jo and her pops come across in Banco is Duckett, that constantly armed, kinder-than-he-looks mechanic who’s played by Richard Masur (The Thing). In his introduction, he pulls a gun on Charlie and follows with disappointing news — there’s no gas and there’s no ETA for that tardy delivery truck — yet Duckett is still likable in that burnout, anti-establishment sort of way. 

Then there is the always-appreciated character actor Susan Tyrrell (Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker), whose brief but memorable turn as Agnes feels almost out of place here, albeit in the good sense. That surly trailer park owner never met a price markup she didn’t like, and her meltdown over fishsticks has to be seen to be believed. Her crummy, overpriced lodging for the Coxes also brings them an inch closer to becoming the most dreadful thing imaginable: residents. That is, if that gas never arrives, that’s exactly what lies ahead for Jo and her dad. A glimpse into their possible future can be found in fellow travelers Louise (Karen Austin, The Ladies Club) and Amy (Jennifer Tilly, Bride of Chucky), who are equally stranded and waiting for fuel. Tilly’s character even smacks of assimilation and surrender as she sedates herself with television, beer and snacks.

Image: Drew Barrymore and Andras Jones in Far from Home.

All is not lost for a red-blooded, tragically curious teen like Jo; this agonizing stopover comes with at least one upside. The movie offers an alluring heartthrob in the form of Agnes’ delinquent son, Jimmy, who is played to full effect by Andras Jones (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master). Maladjusted and creepy, yet dangerously attractive, Jimmy represents one half of the movie’s tagline — One Boy Wants Her Love, One Boy Wants Her Dead. But, which one applies to Jimmy? The only other teenager in Banco, Anthony Rapp’s pathetic Pinky, also vies for Jo’s affection.

There’s often a fine line between murder-mystery and slasher, and Far from Home is generally labeled as the former. Even so, the kills aren’t done in any sophisticated, premeditated kind of way. No, the madman’s crimes are off the hip and immature. From frying Tyrrell in her own electrified bathwater to using a remote-controlled toy car to blow up Tilly inside a real car, the executions reek of youthful rage. And at that point, the culprit’s identity shouldn’t come as a surprise, unless you were thrown off the scent by some admittedly well-placed misdirection from screenwriter Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III: Season of the Witch). Seasoned couch sleuths, on the other hand, know when a movie is trying too hard to incriminate a certain character.

Far from Home doesn’t explore its own father-daughter aspect nearly as much as it could (or should) have, seeing as how Frewer’s Charlie spends more time searching for gas than keeping an eye on his kid. Barrymore’s Jo is even happy to remind her father that she’s growing up — the story is set around Jo’s fourteenth birthday — and she’s still confused about her parents’ divorce. That said, Frewer and Barrymore are convincing in their roles, and in those rare, meaningful moments between them, you buy what they’re selling. There’s never a question of whether or not Charlie loves Jo and vice versa. The movie emphasizes that as other characters, who just so happen to be fatherless, challenge their relationship.

Prolific music video helmer Meiert Avis handed in a good-looking flick, whereas Wallace penned a tonally confused and slightly sleazy story. At the very least, the genre blending keeps you on your toes. As for the on-screen exploitation of Barrymore, who was underage here, that leaves a bad taste in the mouth. And knowing she was struggling with her addiction during shooting — Barrymore brought this up in her 1990 memoir Little Girl Lost — casts another shadow on this movie. Undoubtedly, an oddball like Far from Home will be remembered for what all it does wrong, but on occasion, it also does some things right.

Horror contemplates in great detail how young people handle inordinate situations and all of life’s unexpected challenges. While the genre forces characters of every age to face their fears, it is especially interested in how youths might fare in life-or-death scenarios.

The column Young Blood is dedicated to horror stories for and about teenagers, as well as other young folks on the brink of terror.

Image: Drew Barrymore, Anthony Rapp and Andras Jones in Far from Home.

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Director Dan Trachtenberg is serving up a double dose of new Predator projects here in 2025, with the animated anthology movie Predator: Killer of Killers now streaming on Hulu. The film pits different Predators up against legendary killers throughout history, and it paves the way for Trachtenberg’s feature film Predator: Badlands later this year (November 7).

But these aren’t even the only two Predator projects Trachtenberg is looking to make in a post-Prey world, and he’s teasing a mysterious fourth project in a chat with SFX Magazine!

“After Prey came out, and I started thinking about sequel stuff, there were three ideas that I had. Killers is one, Badlands is two and the third one is something else,” he tells the magazine.

Trachtenberg continues, “The reason why I felt possessed to make them and sort of why I rushed – I did two at once because I could multitask with animation – was because I was so eager to get to the third thing. There’s a lot of cool ideas out there and none of them are just like, ‘Oh, we have to say the next part of this story because it was successful.’ All of it is like, ‘Whoa, no one has done that in sci-fi. No one has done that in Predator. No one’s done that with the creature,’ all of those ideas are generated from that instinct.

“So, yeah, there is definitely a third thing that I’d love to get to when Badlands is finished.”

Predator: Badlands will release in theaters November 7, 2025. Elle Fanning stars alongside Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. It’s set on a remote planet where a young Predator, outcast from his clan, finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. Yes, the main protagonist of the film is a Predator!!

Like with Prey, Trachtenberg’s goal with Predator: Badlands was to “push the franchise’s boundaries,” allowing fans the opportunity to root for the Predator this time around.

Check out the previously released Badlands teaser trailer below.

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The rage virus is back – and evolved – this week with 28 Days Later director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland‘s 28 Years Later, releasing in theaters on Friday. It serves as a potent reminder of how intense and chilling viral outbreak horror movies can be; it’s difficult to fight against, let alone evade, microscopic germs that spread with ease.

Leave it to horror to exploit viral fears with monstrous contagions that wreak havoc on the human population. This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to viral outbreak horror movies that bring the intensity but avoid heading down the familiar zombie path. These five horror titles unleash supernatural or bioweapon contagions that induce violence and leave you on edge.

Here’s where you can stream them this week.

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28 Weeks Later – Hulu, Tubi

Six months after the rage virus ravaged Great Britain’s population, the US Army helped to secure a small area of London for the survivors to resume a post-apocalyptic life. After a carrier of the highly infectious pathogen gets brought in for testing, however, the virus takes root in the quarantined city and threatens to destroy them all. Introducing a whole new set of characters, 28 Weeks Later frames an intense cat-and-mouse thrill ride around a family splintered by the initial outbreak. Robert Carlyle makes for an unnerving antagonist as a father whose guilt marks the impetus for this viral nightmare.

The Crazies – Fandango at Home, Hoopla, Fawesome, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Roku Channel, Starz

This update to George A. Romero’s 1973 classic goes heavy on the suspense and dread. Set in small-town Iowa, residents start turning inexplicably violent. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant), his deputy Russell (Joe Anderson), David’s wife Judy (Radha Mitchell), and her assistant Becca (Danielle Panabaker), band together to survive against the onslaught of crazed citizens and the military that’s arrived to snuff out the outbreak. It’s a harrowing race to escape for the foursome, dodging armed forces and infected alike.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers – Kanopy, Max

Strange pods land on Earth, grow, and invade San Francisco like a virus in this update on the 1956 sci-fi classic. They take over humans while they’re asleep, creating emotionless duplicates to take over the world. It’s a story that should feel quite familiar at this point, considering it’s been remade so many times, but it’s hard to shake the imagery from this version. The cast is stacked here, too: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle, Leonard Nimoy, and Jeff Goldblum star. The viral nature of this alien invasion makes for a bleak journey.

Pontypool – AMC+, Shudder

Stephen McHattie is a commanding presence in this atypical outbreak horror movie. The actor plays shock jock DJ Grant Mazzy piecing together an outbreak in Pontypool, Ontario, from his radio station booth as events play out in real-time on air. That means much of the action happens via audio, with reports and town residents calling into the station. Yet, none of that detracts from the suspense. It’s an unusual yet effective take on an outbreak, and winter serves as an excuse to keep its main character trapped inside and feeling secluded.

[REC] – Tubi

Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza’s outbreak horror film follows reporter Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo, played by unseen actor Pablo Rosso, as they cover the night shift of a local fire station for their television series “While You’re Sleeping.” It begins as a quiet evening but spirals into abject terror when they become trapped in quarantine with a deadly outbreak. [REC] gives the subgenre a new, bone-chilling twist, making for a non-stop horror assault that puts the viewer right in the thick of the terror. 

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A supernatural horror spin on the survival thriller model, The Sound looks like Fall meets Insidious.

Check out an anxiety-inducing exclusive clip below ahead of the film’s release in theaters and on digital June 27 via Blue Harbor Entertainment.

A world-class group of climbers is granted access to the Forbidden Wall, a mysterious rock wall previously closed for decades. Among the climbers is Sean, whose grandfather made an ill-fated attempt 63 years earlier. During the group’s ascent, they come face to face with a malevolent force that quickly turns their expedition into a harrowing battle for survival hundreds of feet above the ground.

Marc Hills, Rachel Finninger, Nicholas Baroudi (“Law & Order: Organized Crime”), Jocelyn Hudon (“The Strain”), and William Fichtner (Armageddon), Christina Kirkman (“All That”), Jolene Kay (“Bosch: Legacy”), David Clennon (The Thing), and Kyle Gass (Tenacious D) star.

Adding realism to the action, the cast also includes real-life rock climbers Hazel Findlay, Brette Harrington, Adrian Ballinger, and Alex Honnold (Free Solo).

Brendan Devane (The Canyonlands) writes and directs. The Smashing Pumpkins co-founder James Iha (“That ’90s Show”) composed the score.

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