Collider Ladies Nighthit a milestone last year atSan Diego Comic-Con. We did ourvery first live editionof the show withMelissa Barrera,Erika Henningsen, andKaty O’Brianin a packed house in one of the biggest rooms of the convention, Ballroom 20. We’re beyond thrilled to announce that Ladies Night is coming back for more in 2025.
In partnership withIFC Entertainment Group, Collider Ladies Night returns to San Diego Comic-Con, but with a spin. This year, we’re hosting Collider Ladies Night After Dark and putting the spotlight on the women of the IFC Entertainment Group – encompassing the brands of The Independent Film Company,Shudderand RLJE. Those women?Clown in a CornfieldstarKatie Douglas,Hassie HarrisonfromDangerous Animals,WhistleheadlinersDafne KeenandSophie Nélisse, andAlexandra Shippwho’ll be promoting bothForbidden FruitsandViolent Ends.
If you’re looking for unparalleled insight into Douglas, Harrison, Keen, Nélisse, and Shipp’s journeys in film thus far, and to be among the very first to see footage and images fromWhistle,Forbidden FruitsandViolent Ends, join us at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 on Thursday, July 24 in Ballroom 20 from 6:45 to 7:45pm!
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Clown in a CornfieldandDangerous Animalshave both enjoyed tremendous runs thus far, but they’ve still got another very important stop to make. Both movies will be available to stream on Shudder this summer.
Clown in a Cornfieldis directorEli Craig’s big-screen adaptation ofAdam Cesare’s 2020 novel. Douglas leads the film as Quinn Maybrook, a teenager who’s forced to move from the big city to the tiny town of Kettle Springs, where her dad (Aaron Abrams) becomes the new town doctor. As though being the new girl at school isn’t hard enough, just when Quinn thinks she might have found a group of friends, she comes to learn they’ve all got targets on their backs. The teens of Kettle Springs are being hunted by a killer clown, the town’s mascot, Frendo.
After receiving a warm embrace from theSXSW 2025 crowdduring its world premiere screening,Clown in a Cornfieldwent on to earn IFC Entertainment Group its biggest opening weekend at the box office ever. Come August 8, Frendo’s following will grow when the film hits both AMC+ and Shudder.
Soon after the release ofClown, it was time to gear up for the release of yet another genre gem,Dangerous Animals,directed bySean Byrne(The Loved Ones,The Devil’s Candy). Harrison stars in the film as Zephyr, a loner from the United States who’s in Australia to surf and embrace a free-spirited lifestyle. Trouble is, thenJai Courtney’s Tucker comes along. A seemingly innocuous encounter with Tucker turns deadly when Zephyr comes to learn that “Tucker’s Experience” isn’t designed to give tourists an unforgettable cage-diving experience, but rather, a front that affords him a steady stream of victims to record as he feeds them to the sharks.
LikeClown in a Cornfield,Dangerous Animalsalso enjoyed a festival embrace, but at the Cannes Film Festival. Soon after, the movie hosted one of the most incredible promotional screenings - “Dangerous Animalson the Water,” an event during which moviegoers literally watched the film on the water while floating in inner tubes. After that, the film had its big screen release and now it’s readying to be a summer streaming hit on Shudder.
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SDCC 2025 will kick off the promotional run forWhistle,Violent EndsandForbidden Fruits.
Veering into upcoming releases, IFC Entertainment Group has quite a few you’re going to want to keep an eye on, likeWhistle. It’s been a while since we’ve seen directorCorin Hardybehind the lens of a feature film. Seven years, in fact. But the time has finally come for hisThe Nunfollow-up film.
Whistlefeatures a stacked ensemble including Keen, Nélisse, andNick Frost.It focuses on a group of high school misfits who happen upon an ancient Aztec death whistle, which, when blown, summons their future deaths to come for them sooner.
Finally, we have Shipp pulling double duty, celebrating the release ofViolent Endsand alsoForbidden Fruits.
Violent Endsis set in the Ozark Mountains where the notorious Frost crime family dominates drug distribution. However, there’s a rift in the family, and that rift runs the risk of swallowingBilly Magnussen’s Lucas Frost whole, even though he’s trying to build a better life with his fiancée, Emma, played by Shipp.
On top of that, Shipp also stars oppositeLili Reinhart,Victoria PedrettiandLola TunginMeredith Alloway’s feature directorial debut,Forbidden Fruits. Shipp plays Fig in the film, one of three members of a witchy cult operating out of a mall clothing store called Free Eden. When Tung’s character, Pumpkin, joins the group, they all find themselves in a position where they must “face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.”
Get your very first look atWhistle, Violent Ends, andForbidden Fruitswith Keen, Nélisse, and Shipp at the Collider Ladies Night After Dark panel! And, in the meantime, check out Nélisse’s recent visit to the Collider Ladies Night studio forYellowjacketsSeason 3 below:
