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Editor’s Note: Read my review of “The Babadook” right here.

IFC Midnight has got you covered for Halloween and beyond with a new genre film called THE BABADOOK.

Kim Newman, of EMPIRE MAGAZINE, describes it as, “one of the strongest, most effective horror films of recent years – with awards-quality lead work from Essie Davis, and a brilliantly-designed new monster who could well become the break-out spook archetype of the decade.”

The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival Midnight Section and it absolutely terrified audiences ever since. The film is a psychological thriller in the tradition of Polanski’s classic domestic horror (Rosemary’s Baby, The Tenant, Repulsion). In addition, The BABADOOK just won the “Best Horror Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress” Awards at the 2014 Fantastic Fest. The film is coming out theatrically on November 28th but it also has an exclusive debut with Direct TV starting October 30th so Direct TV subscribers will have a chance to catch the film in their home on Halloween!

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NEW TATTOO is a quirky comic prequel inspired by the critically acclaimed film AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS, starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster. The graphic novel was created by Criterion Collection artist Eric Skillman and comic book artist Matthew Southworth. You can view the comic here.

Written and directed by David Lowery, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS is currently in select theaters.

Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Texas Hill Country, AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS is a romantic American story that follows three characters on various sides of the law – outlaw Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), his wife Ruth Guthrie (Rooney Mara), and a local sheriff named Patrick Wheeler (Ben Foster), who gets caught in their crosshairs. The film, which is the second feature from writer-director David Lowery, was developed at the Sundance Institute’s Writing and Producing Labs and also stars Nate Parker and Keith Carradine.

Distributor: IFC Films
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Writer/Director: David Lowery
Starring: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster