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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

In October 2024, we’re doing the Midnight Movie Monster Mash with films that challenge our understanding of evil characters and creatures just in time for Halloween.

First, read the spoiler-free Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, come back for the Bite: a breakdown of all the spoiler-y bits you’d want to unpack when exiting a theater.

The Bait: “The Cabin in the Woods” Companion You Didn’t Know You Already Had

For years, scary movie fans have been dying for a “Cabin in the Woods” sequel. There are plenty of reasons that could never and should never happen; chief among them that it’s a damn-near perfect film and ends with a planet-destroying apocalypse heralded by none other than Sigourney Weaver.

But Fran Kranz...

Life is Strange: Double Exposure, like many games, will be releasing multiple editions of the game that include different amounts of additional content - mostly cosmetic - depending on which edition is purchased. Of course, this also means that the cost of each edition goes up as more content is included. From standard to ultimate, the team behind Life is Strange has shown what each option includes.

Double Exposure is returning to the roots of Life is Strange by bringing back the original protagonist, Max Caulfield. Having graduated after a trying senior year of high school, Max is now in college and has a new set of friends by her side. Unfortunately, bad luck and crime follow her there as one of her new friends becomes a murder victim. Max hasn't used her powers since the events of the first game, but now she's ready to rewind time and...

Directed by Peter Cannon, Exposure is a psychological thriller starring Douglas Smith and Margo Harshman. The film revolves around Tanner, an It professional who has developed agoraphobia and is severely stricken by the fear of being drugged and attacked. His panic and anxiety got worse with time. It was eventually revealed that his reaction was a trauma response, and overcoming it became Tanner’s biggest challenge. Tanner wanted to be better for his wife, Nicole, who had been there with him through thick and thin. He eventually got introduced to exposure therapy, and while it required a gradual approach, Tanner was desperate to become better, so he started risking his sanity in the hopes of becoming the man he used to be.

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What was Tanner afraid of?

Tanner initially seemed to have developed a phobia, because of which he always assumed there was someone in the corner waiting to drug him.

Exclusive: Stan is saying goodbye to the Chalmers-Davis family.

The Australian streamer has put a fifth and final season of Bump into production, with filming underway in Sydney. The comedy-drama is Stan’s longest-running local scripted series, with the first season having launched back in January 2021.

The show is centered around ambitious teenage girl Oly, who unexpectedly has a baby, and the complications that follow for the Davis and Chalmers families.

The final season will hint at the future for the lead characters, jumping between past and present, as they face the cancer diagnosis of Oly’s mother Angie (Claudia Karvan) and try to celebrate the joy of Oly’s second pregnancy. Stan is providing the audience with a chance to be an extra by providing 30-second videos explaining what they’d like to see happen in the final episodes.

Nathalie Morris (We Were Dangerous), who plays Oly, will return...

Australian original series, “Exposure,” premiered on Stan this June. The show centres on Jacs Gould, a photographer who returns to her hometown following the death of her best friend, Kel. Alice Englert playss Jacs, who finds herself consumed by the belief that Kel’s death was not a natural one and that a man is responsible. […]

Australian Original ‘Exposure’ Streaming Now on Stan...

Exposure is a gripping series that dives into the harsh realities of trauma and justice. It follows Jacs Gould, played by Alice Englert, who is devastated by her best friend Kel’s tragic and sudden death by suicide. Jacs returns to her hometown seeking answers in order to uncover disturbing truths about men who may have played a role in Kel’s death. And along the way, she discovers truths about herself that change her. Let us dive into the cast and character guide to get to know these characters properly.

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Jacs Gould

Jacs Gould, portrayed by Alice Englert in Exposure, is a character who undergoes a transformation driven by grief, anger, and a quest for justice throughout the series. Initially, we see her as a vibrant and carefree photographer, but then Jacs’ world is shattered when her best friend Kel dies tragically. This event becomes the catalyst...

Many shows and films have explored the themes of sexual predators, abuse, and violence against women. If you’ve watched Promising Young Woman, which tells the story of a friend seeking revenge for the assault on her friend, then watching the series Exposure will give you a similar feeling, especially in the beginning. Exposure, directed by Lucy Coleman, starts off as a mystery drama but turns into something much deeper and darker by the end. The story is about a young woman named Jacs Gould (played by Alice Englert). Jacs is heartbroken when her best friend, Kel (played by Mia Artemis), suddenly and tragically takes her own life. Jacs goes back to her hometown for Kel’s funeral, desperate to understand why her friend did this. Even though they were close all their lives, Jacs never knew what Kel was hiding or what the reason behind her death was. Jacs...