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IFC is really serious about this whole horror thing, apparently, because every time I turn around they’ve added more new movies to their VOD schedule. The two latest aren’t quite as exciting as some of the earlier releases (which isn’t a comment on their quality, but more an observation on their “buzz factor), but Coffin Rock and Paintball still look interesting.

Fangoria broke posted the news earlier this week and gave the following plot breakdowns for each film.

Coffin Rock, written and directed by Rupert Glasson, is about a young married woman (Lisa Chappell) who drunkenly sleeps with a stranger; when she becomes pregnant, the one-night stand begins a psychopathic campaign to prove the baby is his.

Paintball, directed by Daniel Benmayor from a Mario Schoendorff script, a group of contestants (led by Brendan Mackey and Jennifer Matter) in the titular contest deep in the woods discover that some unexpected players have joined the game—using real weapons.

Paintball makes its On Demand debut on January 29th. Coffin Rock will be available February 3rd, and don’t forget that the French cops vs. gangsters and zombies flick The Horde will also viewable in February as well.

Check out the trailer for Coffin Rock below, and then hit the “read the rest of this entry” link to have a gander at Paintball.

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Director Glenn McQuaid’s horror comedy I Sell the Dead is set to hit limited theaters on August 7th and then take to the airwaves courtesy of IFC’s Video-On-Demand service on the 12th. In preparation for that, they’ve released a new trailer for the film (starring Dominic Monaghan, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm, and Ron Perlman). Check it out below.

If you’ve not heard of I Sell the Dead prior to now, here’s the official synopsis. I think the film looks and sounds incredibly cool–hopefully it lives up the potential hinted at in the preview.

In I SELL THE DEAD, 19th century justice has finally caught up with two of the craftiest grave robbers in town. With only a few hours to go before his date with the guillotine, body-snatcher Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan / LORD OF THE RINGS, Lost) tells his life story to the peculiar Father Francis Duffy (Ron Perlman / HELLBOY, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN). Before long, Arthur spills the beans on how he got started in the grim corpse peddling usiness with seasoned ghoul Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden / WENDIGO THE LAST WINTER, HABIT). As the whisky flows Arthur’s tales get stranger and stranger. From their graveyard discoveries of vampires and zombies to tales of vicious gang rivalries with the infamous House of Murphy, Arthur’s confessions are the stuff of legend! Whether pillaging in fog drenched grave yards or plotting on blood soaked coast lines, Grimes and Blake leave no graves unturned. Their colorful and peculiar history is one filled with adventure, horror, and mayhem that threaten to drag all involved down into the very graves they’re trying to pilfer.

Got this press release from the fine folks at IFC last night. It’s so chock full of goodness that I’m just going to paste rather than rewrite it. The short version is that we’re going to be able to see a lot of films like Dead Snow, Pontypool, and Dark Mirror very soon.

Here’s the full schedule, with release dates:

We wanted to update you on a number of new films that IFC Films will be releasing over the coming months further showing their commitment to genre cinema.  These films are from the vanguard of horror, science fiction, erotic arthouse and action cinema building upon their recent successes with Larry Fessenden’s THE LAST WINTER starring Ron Perelman and Jonathan Miller’s BLACK SHEEP.  IFC Films is releasing more than 30 IFC Midnight titles in 2009 across its theatrical and on-demand platforms, giving exposure to films that have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, AFI and SXSW.  The films are from some of the leading and emerging auteurs in genre cinema today.

IFC IN-THEATERS TITLES — SPRING/SUMMER 2009

This Spring/Summer, IFC Films will be releasing two highly anticipated horror films via its IFC in Theaters platform which brings acclaimed independent movies to on demand viewers in more than 50 million homes across the country the same week they premiere as an exclusive engagement in New York and/or Los Angeles. The films are:

*          PONTYPOOL (May 29th) — 2008 Toronto Film Festival favorite directed by Bruce McDonald and starring Stephen McHattie about a radio station that comes under the attack of zombies; the film also had its U.S. premiere last month at the SXSW Film Festival and the Museum of Modern Art’s prestigious Canadian Front 2009

*          DEAD SNOW (June 12th) — a thrilling Norwegian horror-comedy about a group of medical students on a holiday who must make it through the night when they are attacked by Nazi-zombies; direct from its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Skip past the break for the rest of the films and their air dates.

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