On the eve of the new edition of NACON Connect, revisit the teaser images of the conference, which will be broadcast on NACON’s official YouTube channel tomorrow, Thursday, March 6, at 7 PM CET.
Games and accessories will take center stage in this showcase, featuring highly anticipated titles such as Hell is Us, Edge of Memories, the new JRPG from Midgar Studios, and Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown – along with numerous announcements that will further expand NACON’s catalog.
The conference will be followed by a post-show, where players can watch an exclusive interview with the developers of Dragonkin: The Banished on NACON’s YouTube channel, accompanied by never-before-seen gameplay footage to mark the game’s release.
Critical Role, a leader in innovative, cross-platform storytelling, today announced Weird Kids, an original podcast video series starring Critical Role founders and lifelong weird kids Ashley Johnson (The Last of Us, Blindspot) and Taliesin Jaffe (Hellsing, The Legend of Vox Machina). Premiering March 20, Weird Kids is an intimate, hilarious, and tug-on-your-heartstings exploration into the experiences of former child actors navigating the entertainment industry, and, well, life.
Long before they were nerdy-ass voice actors, Johnson and Jaffe were child actors navigating the unpredictable world of Hollywood. Johnson landed her breakout role at just six years old as Chrissy Seaver on the hit sitcom Growing Pains. She went on to appear in live-action hits such as The Avengers, Fast Food Nation, and The Killing, with key voice acting roles in Recess, Teen Titans, Ben 10, King of the Hill, Infinity Train and more—all before becoming one of gaming and animation’s most recognizable voices. Meanwhile, Jaffe made his big-screen debut alongside Michael Keaton in Mr. Mom and appeared in numerous hit television series including The Facts of Life, St. Elsewhere, and She’s the Sheriff, earning two Young Artist Awards along the way.
Now, after years in front of the camera, behind the mic, and shaping the world of Critical Role, they’re reflecting on some of the wild, weird, challenging, and wonderful experiences that only child actors can truly understand.
“We wanted to create a space where we could share the ridiculous, surreal, and deeply personal stories that come with growing up in the industry,” said Ashley Johnson. “Weird Kids is for anyone who’s ever felt like they didn’t quite fit in—and we can’t wait for people to join us at the table.”
Blending candid storytelling, humor, and nostalgia, Weird Kids is part hilarious confession, part heartfelt reflection, and all-around love letter to anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. For Johnson and Jaffe, being weird wasn’t just a personality trait—it was a way of life. Our resident weird kids pull back the curtain on what it was really like to be a kid in the industry—navigating behind-the-scenes chaos, forming friendships with fellow young actors, and learning to embrace their quirks in a world that often demanded they fit a mold. Through insider stories, bizarre childhood moments, and offbeat humor, Weird Kids delivers raw conversations, genuine heart, and plenty of laughs, making it a must-listen for both pop culture lovers and Critical Role fans alike.
“Weird Kids is a bit of nostalgia, a bit of history, plus a helping of personal issues and the inevitable eccentric trauma that comes along with it,” shared Taliesin Jaffe. “I’m proud to bring you the conversational equivalent of watching a vintage moped run head first into the back of a comically 1930s produce truck.“
To celebrate the premiere, Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe will host a LIVEWeird Kids launch party on Thursday, March 20th at 7PM PT via Beacon (beacon.tv), YouTube (youtube.com/criticalrole), and Twitch (twitch.tv/criticalrole). The live stream will share behind-the-scenes details about the making of the show, a Q&A with fans, and the premiere episode of the Weird Kids series. The video-on-demand will then officially release Tuesday, March 25th at 5AM Pacific on Beacon, YouTube, and podcast platforms.
After this, new episodes will be released every Tuesday at 5AM Pacific, exclusively on Beacon, where subscribers will also gain access to extended cuts and bonus content. You can also catch bite-sized moments from the show on Instagram @theweirdkidspod and YouTube @TheWeirdKidsPod. Plus, keep an eye on Beacon and Critical Role’s social channels for additional content rolling out periodically.
Today, Ubisoft announced an exciting collaboration with Red Bull for The Crew™ Motorfest Season 6, set to launch on March 5th on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC. This update brings a plethora of new content, including iconic Red Bull vehicles, two Red Bull Playlists, and “Motorfest: The Podcast”, hosted by Becky Evans, featuring several of Red Bull’s top athletes such as Yuki Tsunoda.
The island of Maui will also receive a transformative update, introducing new iconic locations and the Motorfest x Red Bull Playground. This brand-new massive arena celebrates Red Bull’s high-energy culture and is open to all players for free. Players will get behind the wheels of exclusive Red Bull vehicles and discover two new Playlists while enjoying the vibrant atmosphere of Maui, enhanced with stunning night-time lighting effects and revamped structures.
First up, on March 5th, players will be put to the test with iconic Red Bull vehicles in “Red Bull Speed Clash”, featuring races between different vehicle categories, pitting an Alpha Grand Prix car against a plane or a Rally Raid car against a motorcycle! Successfully completing this Playlist will unlock the Ferrari 488 GT3 AF Corse (2016) – Racing. Then, on May 7th, players will need to push their limits further in “Red Bull Wild Ride” and take the Red Bull RB18 off-road in the new “Action List” mode. Only the boldest will complete this adrenaline-pumping challenge!
In total, Season 6 will introduce 17 brand-new vehicles, redefining the Motorfest experience. Year 2 Pass owners will have exclusive access to:
Ford Puma Hybrid Rally 1 (2022) – Rally on March 5th
BMW M4 Drift Brothers (2024) – Drift on April 2nd
Audi RS Q E-tron (2024) – Rally Raid on May 7th
MINI John Cooper Works GP (2020) – Street Tier 1 on June 4th
At launch, players can drive the Red Bull RB20 (2024) – Alpha Grand Prix and the KTM X-Bow R Experience Red Bull Ring (2016) – Racing.
Ubisoft Ivory Tower continues to enhance the game based on community feedback, introducing new Quality of Life and Quality of Service updates. To provide a fairer experience, traffic will now be disabled during Summit Contest Feats, and gear shifting has been improved for consistency between automatic and manual modes. Handling modifications for 65 vehicles are detailed in the Season 6 vehicle handling update article. PvP in The Crew Motorfest also gets a boost with Weekly Themed Grand Races, XP and Bucks boosts, new weather conditions, and a dynamic no-collision mode.
Finally, one of the most exciting updates of this season is encapsulated by “Motorfest: The Podcast”, a new podcast developed in collaboration between Red Bull and Ubisoft, available both inside and outside the game on March 5th. This new in-game radio station features not only curated bangers, but also interviews with iconic Red Bull drivers, including Yuki Tsunoda, Robbie Maddison, Lukasz Czepiela, Elias Hountondji, Conor Shanahan, and Manuel Lettenbichler. Hosted by Becky Evans (aka Queen B), a UK automobile lifestyle creator, this podcast bridges the gap between The Crew Motorfest and real-life motorsport, celebrating automotive culture. Episodes will be available on all streaming platforms (Spotify | Apple | YouTube: one episode every week from March 5 on Becky Evans’ channel).
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For the latest news on The Crew Motorfest and other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com. To buy, visit store.ubisoft.com.
Today, Square Enix Collective® and FuturLab® launched the Wallace & Gromit Special Pack for PowerWash Simulator, in partnership with Aardman. The latest expansion is available now on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5 (PS5®) and PlayStation®4 (PS4®).
Watch the trailer here:
Players will enter the whimsical world of Wallace & Gromit in PowerWash Simulator’s next big adventure and embark on a cracking cleaning adventure that will take them from cozy British suburbs to cheesy celestial bodies.
Levels include:
Wallace & Gromit’s Dining Room & Kitchen
Floor to Ceiling Filth – This level features not one, but two charmingly cluttered rooms absolutely caked in muck from floor to ceiling, even inside the fridge!
Off the Rails – Some beautiful interactable animations, including a fully operational model train set.
Wallace & Gromit’s House
Home Sweet Home – 62 West Wallaby Street has been doused in dirt following an invention malfunction.
The Knit-O-Matic
Cracking Contraptions – It takes a lot of work to bathe and shear a sheep, and even more work to clean the contraption that does it. Navigate marvellous mechanisms and machinery to clean the basement where the Knit-O-Matic lives.
Wallace & Gromit’s Vehicles
Techno Trousers and Elbow-Greased Lightning – Once you’re done cleaning the property, the vehicles also need a quick hose down, just don’t put the wrong trousers through the wrong spin-cycle.
The Moon Rocket
Fly me to the Moon – And let me play among the stars cheese. A far cry from suburban England, the Moon Rocket level is a real Grand Day Out, where you will clean the Moon Rocket inside and out, as well as a picnic area with a cracking view.
In addition to these iconic locales, washers will welcome WASH LAD: an all-singing, all-dancing, all-WASHing invention that players will pilot in the Wallace & Gromit Special Pack.
The Wallace & Gromit Special Pack is available now on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5 (PS5®) and PlayStation®4 (PS4®).
Additionally, if players want to experiment with some cleaning first – the FREE demo for PowerWash Simulator is also available now on PC (via Steam and Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™, and PlayStation®5 (PS5®). Join the 775,000+ aspiring washers already playing the demo – fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find on 2+ levels and get a taste of that simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.
Swedish indie game studio Polysoup Interactive has just launched a free update for Put the Sausage in the Bun on Steam.
The expansion adds three new physics-based levels where players must guide a sausage into a hotdog bun using balloons and bees. Sounds simple? Think again! – especially if you are a Streamer brave enough to turn up the challenge in exchange for donations.
The update also introduces native support for Crowd Control – the renowned app that lets viewers interact with the games played on stream in real-time. Viewers can make the streamers’ gameplay harder (or just more chaotic) unlocking new levels of trolling interaction with their favorite streamers on all platforms, including Twitch, YouTube, TikTok LIVE, and Discord.
Gaijin Entertainment announces that the “Hornet’s Sting” major content update for the military online shooter War Thunder will be released in mid-March. Three iconic maps will receive massive visual updates, and dozens of new military vehicles will join the fight. Some of the most interesting additions are the F/A-18 fighter jet, Hopkins Mk.I light tank, and HMS Warspite battleship.
The F/A-18 Hornet carrier-based fighter jet that has been used in most military conflicts where the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have been involved in, including Libya, the Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm, the Balkans and Afghanistan. In addition to the United States, other countries have operated the F/A-18 Hornet, including Canada, Finland, Australia, Kuwait and some more. It was also widely featured in popular culture, including blockbuster movies.
The Hornet’s Sting update will bring American F/A-18A and F/A-18C variants, as well as Finnish F/A-18C, all of them featuring a bit different set of available weapons and combat systems. One of those is the Walleye II ER/DL guided bomb equipped with a thermal imaging homing head.
The Mk VIII Light Tank, the Harry Hopkins, was designed in late 1941 in order to replace the Mk VII Tetrarch, with the primary goal of increasing the overall armor protection. It features 38 mm of armor on the turret and hull, with the latter having some decent sloping, enough to stop hits from some of the weaker shells, which is more than most light tanks can boast. AP shells of its fast-firing 40 mm cannon can get through a max of 89 mm of armor, and the APHE can be similarly destructive.
Advance to the Rhine, Sinai and Jungle have all undergone major visual overhauls. Artists have replaced the models with better looking and more authentic ones, updated the textures, added more vegetation and decorative elements, while preserving the overall layout and design. For example, a railway and telegraph line have been added between the main combat areas and the water channel in Sinai. The Jungle map also received gameplay improvements, offering more balanced terrain traversal options.
More information on Hornet’s Sting update is available on the official website of the game.
Eureka Entertainment is proud to announce the release of TERROR IN THE FOG: THE WALLACE KRIMI AT CCC, five crime thrillers produced by Artur Brauner adapted from the works of British crime writer Bryan Edgar Wallace and his father Edgar Wallace. Available in a 4-Disc Blu-ray collection as part of The Masters of Cinema Series on May 27, 2025 in North America. The Limited edition boxed set of 2000 copies (per territory) will exclusively feature a hardbound slipcase and 60-page collector’s book.
In the 1960s, a cycle of crime films – or krimis – became hugely popular with West German audiences. Adapted from works by the British crime writer Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan Edgar Wallace, they combined the traditional murder mystery with horror as they depicted enigmatic killers stalking their victims through foggy English landscapes – from the streets of London to isolated rural mansions. Following the early success of the cycle after the release of Face of the Frog and The Crimson Circle, veteran producer Artur Brauner launched into his own series of Wallace krimis with his company CCC Film. Presented here are five key films drawn from CCC’s krimi cycle.
In The Curse of the Yellow Snake, a mysterious cult wishes to lay its hands on an ancient artifact that has been brought to London from Hong Kong. The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle sees a masked murderer stalk the grounds of a vast British estate – one who brands his victims’ foreheads with the letter “M.” London is faced with dual threats in The Mad Executioners, as a gang of hooded vigilantes roams the streets while a sadistic serial killer is on the loose. Jack the Ripper lives on in The Monster of London City, as a series of brutal murders brings panic to the British capital. Finally, in The Racetrack Murders (or The Seventh Victim), people are dropping like flies in and around a stately home – and the murders might just have something to do with the owner’s prized racehorse.
With its masked killers, labyrinthine plots and gothic atmosphere, the Wallace krimi blended crime, thriller, and horror elements into a potent mix that had a significant influence on both the Italian giallo and the American slasher film. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present five of Artur Brauner’s Wallace adaptations for the first time on Blu-ray in the US from new restorations provided by CCC Film, alongside a wealth of special features – including a bonus film presented in standard definition, The Phantom of Soho.
Special Features:
• Limited Edition of 2000 copies
• Limited edition hardbound slipcase featuring new artwork by Poochamin
• Limited edition 60-page collector’s book featuring a new introduction to the Wallace krimi cycle by film writer Howard Hughes, a new essay on Edgar Wallace and Bryan Edgar Wallace by crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw and new notes on each film by Holger Haase, co-editor of Krimi! Magazine
• All five films presented in 1080p HD from 2K restorations of the original film elements
undertaken by CCC Film
• The Phantom of Soho (Franz Josef Gottlieb, 1964) – bonus feature (presented in SD)
• Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
• Optional English dubs for The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle, The Mad Executioners, The Monster of London City, and The Phantom of Soho
• New introductions to each film by genre film expert and Video Watchdog founder Tim Lucas • New audio commentaries on The Curse of the Yellow Snake and The Phantom of Soho by Kim Newman and Barry Forshaw
• New audio commentaries on The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle, The Mad Executioners, and The Racetrack Murders by Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby
• New audio commentary on The Monster of London City by Kim Newman and Stephen Jones
• Bryan Edgar Wallace: An Era – new interview with Alice Brauner, producer and managing director of CCC Film and daughter of Artur Brauner
• Passing the Blade – new video essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the influence of the Wallace krimi on the Italian giallo and American slasher film
* All extras subject to change
Today, Swedish indie publisher Raw Fury and UK developer Ground Shatter launched their deckbuilding, turn-based tactics title, Knights in Tight Spaces, now available on Steam for €19.99, with a 10% discount at launch. Additionally, the Official Soundtrack is available for €6.99 and an Artbook for €2.99. A Collector’s Edition with the base game, OST and Artbook is also available, with a 15% discount at launch.
As a standalone follow-up to 2021’s Fights in Tight Spaces, Knights in Tight Spaces builds on a successful foundation of blending strategic thinking with thrilling animated fight sequences, where players build and structure their deck to create momentum and own the environments and scenarios they fight in. Players can also assemble their own party of up to three characters, as they travel across a vast map in search of glory.
Key features in Knights in Tight Spaces include:
A stylish, action-packed take on deckbuilders – Fight through challenging scenarios packed with enemies, with strong action-movie visual effects and animations, while vibing with the elegant soundtrack.
Master your surroundings – Position characters carefully around enemies and obstacles, making sure to keep the tactical advantage. Don’t lose sight of the pool of momentum and combo points to release powerful special moves!
Gather your party and unveil secrets – Recruit new characters and assemble a party as players travel and reveal new areas in the procedural map, unveiling the mystery of the secret society that has hired them.
Find your playstyle – With 300 cards, different classes and gear to equip, and an upgrade system, Knights in Tight Spaces offers countless hours of deckbuilding fun, whether players are experienced turn-based tacticians or new to the genre.
Arrow Video is excited to announce the March 2025 lineup of their subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a selection of new titles, from carefully cultivated curations to shorts by new talent. For serious enthusiasts, ARROW offers deep dives into the tastes of filmmakers that changed the way we see the genre.
In a profile last Halloween, the New York Times praised ARROW and noted, “Viewers with a fondness for the esoteric will be hard-pressed to find more quality bang for their streaming buck.”
The March 2025 lineup leads with I Will Never Leave You Alone, a spine tingling exploration of trauma from DW Medoff, an exciting new voice in the genre. Medoff crafts an innovative and chilling take on the haunted house formula with I Will Never Leave You Alone, a surreal nightmare where the psychological and the supernatural collide to terrifying effect. Would you survive six days in a haunted house? Find out exclusively on ARROW March 10.
ARROW’s March lineup begins March 3 with the perfect title for the beginning of spring.
Play It Cool (UK/IE/US/CAN) is a chic and erotically charged drama starring popular Japanese singer of the day Mari Atsumi as a college girl negotiating her way through the male-dominated hierarchies of Tokyo’s seductive but treacherous nightclub culture.
ARROW is proud to release this little-seen gem by one of Japan’s most highly regarded directors of the 1960s, Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi), a filmmaker known for his social satires and powerful portrayals of women.
March 7 debuts a trio of works all about the seedy underworld and the fight to maintain law and order, exclusively for subscribers in the United States.
Violent Panic: The Big Crash (US): Takashi, an expert bank-robber, plans to pull off the biggest heist of his career, stealing 300 million yen before fleeing to Brazil. However, when the robbery goes awry, Takashi finds himself alone and his getaway foiled. Trailed by the police, his lover, his partner-in-crime’s brother, and countless others, Takashi becomes the target of a manhunt filled with twists, double-crosses and explosive action.
Heroes Shed No Tears (US): Eddy Ko stars as Chan Chung, the leader of an elite Chinese commando force enlisted by the Thai government to capture General Samton, a powerful drug lord from the Golden Triangle. After a successful raid on the general’s headquarters, the mercenaries cross into Vietnam and encounter a barbaric colonel (Lam Ching Ying), who is determined to stop them at any cost. Now pursued by both Samton’s henchmen and the colonel’s troops, the heroes flee for the border of Thailand, outmanned and outgunned by their enemies.
Robocop (TV Series, 1994) (US): Alex Murphy is RoboCop, a cybernetic policeman. A creation of a vast corporation, he fights crime and occasional corporate conspiracy in the near-future of Old Detroit.
On March 10, ARROW vows to subscribers I Will Never Leave You Alone (UK/IE/US/CAN). Writer and director DW Medoff crafts an innovative and chilling take on the haunted house formula with I Will Never Leave You Alone, a surreal nightmare where the psychological and the supernatural collide to terrifying effect. After being released from prison, Richard is given an opportunity to restart his life by a mysterious company who offer him five thousand dollars to spend six days in a dilapidated house to cleanse it of evil spirits. His handler assures him this is only to put any potential buyers’ superstitions to rest, and that he has nothing to fear.
But Richard’s sojourn is haunted by an inscrutable figure hiding in the dark corners of the house that seems to have a connection with his dark past. As his sinister neighbor’s appearances become more frequent, Richard must confront the terrifying reason that sent him to prison and risk slipping into madness.
The Seasons begin March 14 with Most Haunted (UK/US/CA/IRE).
If ARROW’s chilling new release, I Will Never Leave You Alone, has given you a taste for spook-saturated shacks, then you have come to the right place. Plus, the door just swung shut behind you and you couldn’t leave now, even if you wanted to.
Most Haunted is a collection of Cult films full of our most ghost-infested homes, just waiting for a curious stranger to stop by, step inside… and never leave!
Titles Include: I Will Never Leave You Alone, A Ghost Waits, Double Face.
The theme of March 14 debuts is murder, mayhem and magic.
Body Count (US): New Orleans cops try to capture two ruthless assassins who are trying to avenge themselves against cops who had previously set them up.
Mirror Mirror (UK/IE/US/CAN): A teenage girl begins receiving black magic power through an antique mirror that drips blood, not realizing the mirror is controlled by demonic forces.
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (US): The discovery of a demon mirror sets off a bizarre series of “deadly accidents” when a young girl and her brother are caught in an intricate web of evil and deceit.
Winter melts away and death blooms on March 21st with more body counts for ARROW subscribers.
Blood Theatre (UK/IE/US/CAN): An old movie house plagued with a history of unexplained tragedies is reopened with bloody history repeating itself.
Mausoleum (UK/IE/US/CAN): A 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon, who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over her, mentally and physically.
Slaughterhouse (UK/IE/US/CAN): The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his obese and mentally disabled son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.
On March 21: Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer Selects (UK/US/CA/IRE).
Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer are the co-writers and directors of Starry Eyes and the co-directors of the 2019 adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary.
“We have to admit, whenever we saw our friends and colleagues sharing their recommendations on ARROW, we were a bit jealous! We’ve always wanted to do one ourselves, so it’s an incredible honor to finally take part. Long time collectors of Arrow Video’s physical releases, it’s no surprise that their app is essential when it comes to the streaming format. Loaded with the best cult, horror, Giallo and exploitation films, all neatly curated into themed collections, ARROW has become the first app we open when looking for something to watch. And if you’re here now doing the same, let us recommend to you a few of our favorite movies currently playing on the platform…”
Titles Include: The Gore Gore Girls, My Sweet Satan, Deadbeat at Dawn.
On March 24, from Lucio Fulci, the godfather of gore (The Psychic, The Beyond), comes one of the most powerful and unsettling giallo thrillers ever produced: his 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling, making its 4K premiere on ARROW!
Don’t Torture a Duckling (4K) (UK/IE/ US/CAN): When the sleepy rural village of Accendura is rocked by a series of murders of young boys, the superstitious locals are quick to apportion blame, with the suspects including the local “witch”, Maciara (Florinda Bolkan, A Lizard in a Woman’s Skin). With the bodies piling up and the community gripped by panic and a thirst for bloody vengeance, two outsiders – city journalist Andrea (Tomas Milian, The Four of the Apocalypse) and spoilt rich girl Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet, The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) – team up to crack the case. But before the mystery is solved, more blood will have been spilled, and not all of it belonging to innocents… Deemed shocking at the time for its brutal violence, depiction of the Catholic Church and themes of child murder and paedophilia, Don’t Torture a Duckling is widely regarded today as Fulci’s greatest film, rivalling the best of his close rival Dario Argento.
The March lineup comes to a close with new treats strictly for subscribers west of the Atlantic Ocean.
On March 28, cross blades with Samurai Wolf (US) and Samurai Wolf II (US).
Samurai Wolf (US): Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that becomes increasingly treacherous. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping company. Double- and triple-crosses ensue, illustrated with savage but economical violence courtesy of famed director Hideo Gosha (Three Outlaw Samurai, Violent Streets). The result is a lean and mean triumph of samurai cinema, cementing Gosha’s status as a master of the genre.
Samurai Wolf II (US): Charismatic ronin Kiba (Isao Natsuyagi) returns, once again entangled in a complex web of intrigue, involving a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical swordsman, and an arrogant dojo master. Master filmmaker Hideo Gosha brings his trademark tight pacing and stylish action to this brisk morality play, inevitably punctuated by the explosions of violent swordplay beloved by fans of the genre.
On March 31, close out your month on ARROW with an icon of the genre and its recent legacy sequel.
I Spit On Your Grave (US/CAN): An aspiring writer is repeatedly assaulted, humiliated, and left for dead by four men she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
I Spit On Your Grave: Déjà Vu (US/CAN): Following her rape, Jennifer Hills wrote a bestselling account of her ordeal and of the controversial trial in which she was accused of taking the law into her own hands and brutally killing her assailants. In the small town where the rape and revenge took place, the relatives of the rapists she killed are furious that the court declared her not guilty and resolve to take justice into their own hands.
Todd’s legacy lives on through his legendary portrayals in films like Candyman, Final Destination and Platoon, as well as one of his final performances in Werewolf Game by emerging directors Jackie Payne and Cara Claymore, where he delivers a role that encapsulates his powerful presence in the horror genre. The trailer for Werewolf Game offers a glimpse into this chilling thriller, highlighting Todd’s unique talent and his lasting impact on cinema.
Werewolf Game is now available on-demand and across digital platforms, giving fans a chance to experience one of Tony Todd’s last performances in a story that celebrates his dedication to bringing unforgettable characters to life.
Producer Rob Margolies commented: “Tony Todd was one of the most generous and kind actors I’ve ever worked with. He will be sorely missed!” Werewolf Game reunites Todd with Margolies’s Different Duck Productions who produced 2020’s Immortal which Todd starred in.
In Werewolf Game, a group of strangers is thrust into a deadly game of deception and survival, with Todd’s character bringing an intense layer of intrigue. The film promises to immerse viewers in a suspenseful narrative where trust is tested, and no one is truly safe.
Aside from the legendary Todd, Werewolf Game also stars Lydia Hearst, Bai Ling, Teala Dunn, and Picardo. In addition to directing, Payne wrote the screenplay, while Claymore stepped into the action herself by joining the cast.
