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New trailer & poster, release info: Terror slashes its way off the screen at “THE LAST MATINEE”

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

The audience is the victim in the meta fright film that sees release next month.

Dark Star Pictures and Bloody Disgusting will bring THE LAST MATINEE to theaters August 6 and VOD, digital and DVD August 24. Written and directed by Maxi Contenti, it stars Luciana Grasso, Ricardo Islas, Julieta Spinelli, Franco Duran and Pedro Duarte. The synopsis: The audience attending the last showing of a horror film in a small downtown cinema are terrorized by a murderer who begins to pick them off, one by one. The only person to notice that something strange is going on is the projectionist’s daughter.” See our review of THE LAST MATINEE here.

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).