Mary Beth McAndrews

Washington, D.C., United States

EIC @dreadcentral // Director of Bystanders // cohost of @ScarredPodcast // 🍅-approved // @DorianAwards and @OAFFC member // found footage defender // she/her

Articles

Can Evrenol To Direct Adaptation of The Harrowing Spanish Film

2 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

Last year saw the release of Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table, the feel-bad movie of the decade that shocked audiences with its pitch-black comedy about a harrowing topic. Now, as exclusively announced by Fangoria, Turkish director Can Evrenol is tackling a remake, aptly titled Cam Sepha, or The Turkish Coffee Table. “Jesus and Maria, a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table.
Swim With The Sharks At New 'Dangerous Animals' Inspired Website

2 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

As summer rapidly approaches like a hungry shark locked on an unsuspecting seal, we’re preparing for a plethora of genre releases to hit our screens. One such release is in Sean Byrne’s newest film, Dangerous Animals, which brings together two of horror’s great loves: sharks and serial killers.
Two Shocking New Horror Films Debut At Cannes Under New Black Fawn Distribution Sales Arm

2 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

Black Fawn Distribution has announced the launch of a new international sales arm that will fall under the company’s banner. With a strong foundation in Canadian genre cinema, this new venture will debut at this year’s Marché du Film in Cannes. To kick off this new chapter, Black Fawn Distribution has recently secured world sales rights for Gabriel Carrer’s stylish revenge thriller Death Cycle as well as the highly anticipated psychological horror The Undertone.
New Vampire Film 'Bogieville' Gets Summer Release Date

2 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

The highly anticipated southern-fried vampire road movie Bogieville is set for a June release! Directed by British filmmaker and actor Sean Cronin, the new horror film has been picked up by Level 33 Entertainment for a North American release on June 3, 2025. Bogieville unfolds in a decaying American trailer park where a young couple, Ham and Jody, are enticed to stay by the unsettling caretaker, Crawford.
'The Killgrin' Director Joanna Tsanis On Crafting Her New Creature Feature

2 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

Girls just wanna have fun, and sometimes that fun means making a nasty little creature feature about the experience of grief. At least, that’s fun for writer and director Joanna Tsanis, whose feature film debut, The Killgrin, just hit VOD after a successful festival run. While she treads familiar genre ground, she uses practical effects and a killer sense of humor to make sure her film sticks out from the pack.
‘A Desert’ Review: A Shocking Sun-Bleached Neo-Noir

3 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

The desert is a terrifying place for a horror movie. Think The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Horror In The High Desert, and even The Outwaters. It’s a stark, dry place full of secrets, as people hide in its deceptively vast landscape. For his feature film debut, aptly titled A Desert, writer and director Joshua Erkman delves into the secrets of the landscape through the lens (quite literally) of a photographer whose curiosity leads him down a violent path.
Sohome Horror Pride Announces Big Gay Lineup for 2025 Festival

3 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

The world’s biggest LGBTQ+ horror film festival returns to the airways this June! Get ready for the 6th annual Sohome Horror Pride, part of the Soho Horror Film Festival! This year’s edition brings attendees a massive 10 feature films and 25 short films from around the world, showcasing the best in LGBTQ+ filmmaking. This year’s Sohome Horror Pride event appropriately starts on Friday, June 13, 2025, and goes until June 15.
Clark Collis To Release New Book About the Modern Horror Movie

3 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

On September 2, 2025, 1984 Publishing will release Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie! The new book, written by entertainment journalist Clark Collis, is a definitive 504-page hardcover that pulls back the curtain on the horror film industry.
'It Feeds' Actor Brooklyn Marshall Talks Becoming The Film's Monster [Exclusive Interview]

4 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

In writer and director Chad Archibald‘s new horror film, It Feeds, a horrifying monster preys upon the vulnerable, feeding on their pain until there’s nothing left. And portraying that monster is Brooklyn Marshall, a trained dancer who is making her mark in horror with her ability to create nasty creatures with her physicality and ability to manipulate her body.
'A Desert' Director Joshua Erkman Talks His Gnarly New Neo-Noir

4 days ago | dreadcentral.com | Mary Beth McAndrews

Writer and director Joshua Erkman’s feature film debut A Desert is a sun-bleached nightmare, a unique piece of cosmic horror that’ll have your head spinning as the end credits start to roll. As a photographer, Erkman channels his artistic eye into his own take on the crime thriller and noir film, one that won’t leave your brain for days to come. A past-his-prime photographer heads out on a road trip across the American Southwest to recapture the magic and success of his previous work.