Watch the teaser trailer for the slow-burn psychological thriller Abigail Before Beatrice below.

The film will have its world premiere at the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas on June 19, followed by a virtual premiere at the Chattanooga Film Festival from June 20-28.

Olivia Taylor Dudley (“The Magicians”) stars as an isolated woman who is confronted by her past when a fellow former cult member, played by Riley Dandy (Christmas Bloody Christmas), reaches out with news that their leader has been released from prison early.

“The character of Beatrice is extremely close to my heart,” said writer-director Cassie Keet, whose 2023 feature debut Scream Therapy earned her a $60,000 Panavision Camera Grant that she used on the new film.

“Her story is about what happens when you find yourself on the other side of a toxic relationship, unable to move on because you can’t let go. I believe everyone can relate to her intense desire for love, acceptance, and community. I couldn’t have made Abigail Before Beatrice without my amazingly talented Los Angeles friends, and I’m so honored that I was able to film in my home state of Arkansas.”

Shayn Herndon, Jordan Lane Shappell, and Molly Jackson round out the cast.

Abigail Before Beatrice is produced by Little Black Dog Entertainment, Nanu Pictures, and New Harvest Creative.

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Mike Flanagan is a busy man at the moment. With The Life of Chuck headed to select theaters this weekend before a nationwide release next weekend, Flanagan is also adapting Stephen King’s “Carrie” for a Prime Video television series. Where does that leave Flanagan’s The Exorcist movie for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek? Well, we may have to wait a bit for that one.

Flanagan’s The Exorcist had been dated for theatrical release on March 13, 2026, but he reveals in a response to a fan over on Tumblr that there’s no way it’s going to meet that date.

“Production hasn’t started, we need to finish Carrie first. No way it’s coming out next March,” Flanagan reveals. He adds for clarification, however, “Nothing to worry about though.”

David Gordon Green’s planned The Exorcist trilogy, which began with the poorly received The Exorcist: Believer, is no more, with Blumhouse pivoting down a new path instead.

While plot details are currently under wraps, Flanagan’s film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and it’s definitely NOT a sequel to The Exorcist: Believer.

Flanagan’s feature is said to be a “radical new take for the franchise,” and he teased his vision for the franchise’s big screen return in a chat with The Hollywood Reporter last year.

“We aren’t making this easy on ourselves,” Flanagan told the site. “But I’ve always felt that there’s no point in going into a franchise or into a property that monolithic unless there’s something new you can bring. I chased The Exorcist very aggressively because I was convinced I had something that I could add.”

He continued, “This is an opportunity to do something that I believe has never been done within the franchise — something that honors what came before it but isn’t built on nostalgia. I really just saw an opportunity to make the scariest movie I’ve ever made. I know expectations are high. No one’s more intimidated than I am.”

Flanagan previously said in a statement, “The Exorcist is one of the reasons I became a filmmaker, and it is an honor to have the chance to try something fresh, bold, and terrifying within its universe. Reuniting with my friends at Blumhouse, with whom I’ve made some of my favorite pieces of work, only makes this more exciting.”

‘The Exorcist’

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Chuck has art in him, according to Mark Hamill in the new clip from The Life of Chuck below.

We also have a magical poster for the film, which opens in select cities this Friday, June 6, before expanding nationwide on June 13 from Neon.

Based on Stephen King‘s 2020 novella of the same name, the life-affirming, genre-bender is written and directed by Mike Flanagan.

It celebrates the life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, and Benjamin Pajak each play the titular character at different points in his life.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Annalise Basso, Mia Sara, Matthew Lillard, Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, Harvey Guillen, Kate Siegel, and Hamill co-star.

The ensemble also includes Heather Langenkamp, Rahul Kohli, David Dastmalchian, Violet McGraw, Hamish Linklater, Lauren LaVera, and Nick Offerman as the narrator.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review out of TIFF, “It’s the little things that matter most, both in life and in The Life of Chuck. Flanagan finds inventive and stylish ways to remind us of this throughout, shaking loose deep-seated memories from Chuck’s upbringing and highlighting the way small choices or unobtrusive memories can create a lasting ripple effect throughout the years.”

The Life of Chuck marks Flanagan’s third King adaptation, following Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. He’s also in pre-production on a “Carrie” series and developing a Dark Tower series.

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Hell House LLC: Lineage has set an August 20 theatrical release date via Iconic Events, as revealed in the new teaser below.

Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepard finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades.

Writer-director Stephen Cognetti said that the franchise’s fifth installment “will likely be the last but also the scariest Hell House.”

Unlike the prior entries — 2015’s Hell House LLC, 2018’s Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel, 2019’s Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire, and 2023’s Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor — this one is a traditionally-shot narrative rather than a found footage movie.

Newcomers Searra Sawka and Mike Sutton join returning actors Elizabeth Vermilyea, Cayla Berejikian, Victoria Andrunik, Gideon Berger, Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Brown, James Liddell, and Joe Bandelli.

Hell House LLC: Lineage is due out on Shudder in late October.

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