Pre-order the Book of Monsters Collector’s Edition Blu-ray

Bring the Monsters home on November 30th with the Book of Monsters 2-Disk Collector’s Edition Blu-ray/DVD combo from Dark Rift Films. Available for the first time on disk in the UK, Book of Monsters is a dark horror comedy in the vein of 'The Evil Dead II' and 'Shaun of the Dead' filled with practical effects driven monsters and intense, gory action.

To celebrate the release, check out the exciting new trailer showcasing exactly what you will find inside the Book of Monsters 2-Disk Collector’s Edition:

Pre-order here: www.darkriftfilms.com/shop

Take on the forces of evil with the Standard Edition Blu-ray or become a fully-fledged monster hunter with the 2-Disk Collector’s Edition. Limited to only 300 copies, the 2-Disk Collector’s Edition features both Blu-ray and DVD versions of the movie, an exclusive hand numbered Slipcover, four collectible lobby cards, signed mini poster and a reversible sleeve signed by Director Stewart Sparke and lead actress Lyndsey Craine.

Both versions are exclusive to UK customers and feature a Blu-ray disk packed with over an hour of bonus features including a feature length documentary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, gag reel and more.

Synopsis: Sophie's 18th birthday party becomes a bloodbath when six terrifying monsters descend upon her house, intent on devouring the party guests and killing anyone who tries to leave. As her school friends are torn apart and consumed, Sophie must rally a band of misfits and take up arms to send their party crashers back to hell. To survive the night, Sophie must face her destiny; monsters are real - and she’s the only one who can stop them.

Book of Monsters stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis and Steph Mossman. Also starring is horror legend Nicholas Vince as Jonas, famous for his roles as the Chatterer in Clive Barker's Hellraiser & Hellbound: Hellaiser II as well as Kinski in Nightbreed. 

The film received critical acclaim upon its world premiere at Frightfest London in 2018 and has since won multiple awards at international film festivals including Best Film at the New York City Horror Film Festival. 

Head over to www.darkriftfilms.com/shop to pre-order now and make sure you get your copy before the monsters get you!

Book of Monsters Now Playing on Sky Cinema UK

NOW PLAYING! The monsters are unleashed upon British television as BOOK OF MONSTERS premieres on Sky Cinema tonight at 22:15 on the Sky Cinema Premiere channel! After that, you'll find the film playing regularly on Sky Cinema channels or you can watch it anytime on the Sky Go app or NOW TV. If you don't have Sky, then you can still watch the film on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

Watch the film in the via the links below:

UK:

Sky Cinema

NOW TV

Amazon Prime

iTunes

Sky Store

USA:

Blu-ray

iTunes

Amazon Prime

Google Play

Germany:

DVD

Blu-ray

Amazon Prime

Japan:

DVD

Sky Cinema Unleash the Monsters January 9th

We're excited to announce that BOOK OF MONSTERS will premiere on Sky Cinema in the UK on January 9th! The perfect remedy for those post-Christmas blues, join Sophie and her friends as they battle against the forces of evil!

The film will also be available to watch on the Sky Go app for those with a Sky Cinema subscription. If you can't wait until the 9th, the film is already available to watch on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

The B Club Reviews Book of Monsters

“Book Of Monsters is an ideal movie to watch on a Saturday night, a fun British 80s style monster horror movie with a good cast, old school special effects and some amusing kills, reminiscent of when we used to hire video tapes from a video store.......”

— https://www.the-b-club.com/book-of-monsters

Read the full review here: https://www.the-b-club.com/book-of-monsters

Daniel Thrace (Gary), Michaela Longden (Mona) & Rose Muirhead (Jess) in Book of Monsters (2019)

Book of Monsters Hits Germany January 2nd 2020

In less than one month Book of Monsters will be coming to Germany on DVD & Blu-ray January 2nd. Both versions feature a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix with the choice of German or English spoken language.

Check out the German Trailer here: https://youtu.be/t_jxnq3gZUM

Pre-order from Amazon below:

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DVD

Book of Monsters 5/5 Review @ Morbidly Beautiful

"BOOK OF MONSTERS, by itself, would make this disc a must own for horror fans. But Dread Presents packs this disc with some amazing and in-depth bonus features. Make sure you pick up this amazing Blu-ray and add this film to your regular horror movie watch list."

- A lovely 5/5 rating for the Book of Monsters USA Blu-ray from DREAD - An Epic Pictures Genre Label over at Morbidly Beautiful! Read the full review here.

Book of Monsters coming to Germany on Blu-ray, DVD & VOD from Tiberius Film

We're delighted to announce that Book of Monsters will be released in Germany on DVD & Blu-ray on January 2nd 2020 by Tiberius Film. Both versions feature a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix with the choice of German or English spoken language.

CLICK HERE to Pre-order the film on Blu-ray

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Book of Monsters Premieres on Sky TV in New Zealand

New Zealand fans can watch BOOK OF MONSTERS when it premieres Monday 21st October on SKY. We're on Sky Movies Extra just before a small indie film called Avengers: Infinity War!

If you're a New Zealand SKY GO customer you can watch the film on the App anytime here: https://www.skygo.co.nz/product/1846755

‘Book of Monsters’ is Now Available in the UK and Ireland

Dark Rift Films and Blue Finch Film Releasing are proud to announce the release of the award winning, horror comedy Book of Monsters (read our review – here). in the UK and Ireland.  This is one of our favorite films of the year and we hope everyone enjoys it just as much as we did!

This new horror comedy the second feature film by director Stewart Sparke and writer Paul Butler, produced under their production company Dark Rift Films based in the North of England. The film stars Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton, Daniel S. Thrace, Anna Dawson, Rose Muirhead, Arron Dennis and Steph Mossman. Also starring is horror legend Nicholas Vince as Jonas, famous for his roles as the Chatterer in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II as well as Kinski in Nightbreed.

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Book of Monsters Limited Edition VHS

We’re thrilled to announce that Book of Monsters will be released on the very format that inspired it with the VHS release from Broke Horror Fan and Witter Entertainment on March 29th! There are only 50 copies of this beautiful 4:3 release so if you’re a collector, don’t miss out!

Buy your copy here.

DREAD Presents: BOOK OF MONSTERS Blu-ray Now Available for Pre-order!

Our upcoming DREAD film Book of Monsters is now available to pre-order on Blu-ray at the special low price of only $14.99. The Blu-ray will ship on March 19 and is packed with deleted scenes, making-of featurettes, and more! To order your copy, simply head on over to Epic-Pictures.com!

“Sophie’s 18th birthday becomes a bloodbath when monsters descend upon her house and start to devour the party guests. Sophie and her friends must rally together to send their party crashers back to hell.“

Written by Paul Butler and directed by Stewart Sparke, Book of Monsters stars Anna Dawson, Lizzie Aaryn-Stanton, Lyndsey Craine, Michaela Longden, Rose Muirhead, and Steph Mossman.

Special Features:

Opening The Book of Monsters: The Making of the Film

A feature length documentary about the making of Book of Monsters featuring interviews with the cast & crew along with behind the scenes footage from the set. Follow the journey of the film from its crowd-funded origins to it’s world premiere at Frightfest and learn how the filmmakers brought the monsters to life.

Deleted & Alternate Scenes (14 Total)

• Sophie’s Nightmare

• Jonas Meets the Girls

• Beth’s Mistake

• Gary’s Test

• Mona’s Sexy Note

• University Challenge

• Extended Striptease

• Stripper Snacks

• Something Survived

• Under the Bed

• The Jigsaw Puzzle

• Death & Destiny

• Sophie Speaks German

• Alternate Ending

Gag Reel

Kickstarter Concept Film

• The original proof of concept film that introduced the world to Book of Monsters and made the film one of the top 15 most funded horror movies on Kickstarter.

Rats! Short Film

• A young woman must defend her home against a plague of mutant rats from outer space in this creature feature short film starring Book of Monsters‘ Lyndsey Craine. Directed by Stewart Sparke & Written by Paul Butler.

Frightfest TV Interview

• Ian Rattray interviews Director Stewart Sparke and Writer Paul Butler following the film’s world premiere at Frightfest London.

Book of Monsters on The Red Carpet

• Interviews with the cast & crew of Book of Monsters on the red carpet at the film’s world premiere at Frightfest London.

English 5.1 Surround Sound and English Stereo 2.0
English and Spanish Subtitles
Blu-Ray is Region Free

Book of Monsters Wins Award for Best Practical FX at PDXtreme Portland Underground Film Festival 2018

“This year's Best Practical FX in a Feature goes toBook of Monsters from director Stewart Sparke! There's a whole range of decapitations, head squishings, torso rippings, body splittings, finger severings, and even larvae birthing evil lawn gnomes. And the creature design/costumes are impressively elaborate. Although, now, every time I see that bony deer thing on the Masked Singer commercial I think of Book of Monsters.”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/pdxtremefest/photos/a.424574241029281/1198591503627547/?type=3&permPage=1

Book of Monsters Wins BEST FEATURE at NYC Horror Film Festival

We’re absolutely ecstatic that Book of Monsters won three awards including BEST FEATURE, BEST SFX & BEST SOUND DESIGN at the wonderful NYC Horror Film Festival last night! Huge thanks to the fantastic team over at #nychff who gave us such an amazing festival experience! We can’t recommend the festival enough and this has been a trip we will never forget! Thank you from everyone who worked on the film for this huge honour! See all the other award winners here.

Book of Monsters Nominated for Best Feature & Best Director at The Dead of Night Film Festival

Book of Monsters has been Nominated for Best Feature & Best Director at The Dead of Night Film Festival 2018. The festival took place in Liverpool UK in October 2018 at Make Studios.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/deadofnightff/posts/2148822298769500?__tn__=-R

Book of Monsters Wins Best International Feature at Spooky Empire Film Festival 2018

We are pleased to announce that Book of Monsters won the award for Best International Feature at the Spooky Empire Film Festival 2018! Director Stewart Sparke and Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine were in attendance for the screening and to receive the award.

From the Spooky Empire Film Festival Announcement (Source: https://www.facebook.com/spookyfilmfest/posts/1983238591786239?__tn__=-R):

Spooky Empire's Horror Film Festival had an incredible turnout, and we can’t thank the attendees and filmmakers enough who made it so. We also wanted to thank our sponsor ihorror.com. Some of the highlights included; Bill Moseley introducing our late night screening of Crepitus and staying until 1:30 in the morning to do a Q & A with the filmmakers, Actress Lyndsey Craine explaining how fun it is to kill Monsters (puppets), Dublin Filmmaker Damian Draven flying out all this way to share his love of Edgar Allan Poe and screen his adaptation of The Raven, and first time director; eighty year old (that’s not a typo) Tony Schweikle telling our audience it’s never too late to follow your dreams.
We also wanted to thank our amazing panelists. Visual Effects Producer Dean Lyon, Producer Lou Simon, Author and Filmmaker Jacqueline Journey, Director Brendan Rogers, Producer Alea Figueroa, Composer Karl Anderson, as well as Filmmakers Brian Rosenthal, Dirk Sholar, and Brian Mills.
Congrats to all our winners.
Best Short Film: “THE RECKONING OF DARKNESS” - Director Christopher Kulikowski
Best Feature: “Crepitus” - Director Haynze Whitmore
Best International Film: “Book of Monsters” – Director Stewart Sparke
Best Special Effects: “I Am the Doorway” – Director Simon Pearce
Audience Choice: “Girl #2” – Director David Jeffery
Florida Spotlight: “Mr. Facey” – Director Austin Maxwell

Director Stewart Sparke and Lead Actress Lyndsey Craine were in attendance for the screening and to receive the award

Book of Monsters Nominated for Best Feature, Best Actress & Best Practical FX at PDXtreme Film Fest 2019

Dark Rift Film’s Book of Monsters has been nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Lyndsey Craine) and Best Practical FX at PDXtreme - Portland Underground Film Fest 2019. Directed by Stewart Sparke and written by Paul Butler, Book of Monsters is a horror comedy feature about a group of girls who must fight off a horde of monsters at an eighteenth birthday party.

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TheKillerSpotlight: Book of Monsters Review

"Book of monsters is a Fantastic Love Letter to old school 80’s horror that blends into a modern theme with a stellar cast, Fun kills and INCREDIBLE Creatures that are designed and made with incredible practical effects. I am preying they continue the story with not only a sequel but maybe a TV show too. 4.5/5 Arguably one of The Best Films of This years FrightFest" - http://thekillerspotlight.com/2018/08/25/book-of-monsters-review/

HouseOfMortalCinema: Book of Monsters Review

"There are monsters galore in director Stewart Sparke's follow up to THE CREATURE BELOW, which was a great little micro-budget British Lovecraftian horror picture of a couple of years ago. This one has more money, more production value, and a lot more monsters. It's also a lot lighter in tone with our central character's 18th birthday party being the scene for a monster rally that only she can sort out because her mum was some kind of monster slayer. Fun, bouncy and utterly charming, with all the monster stuff being real in camera effects, BOOK OF MONSTERS means Stewart Sparke and his team stay firmly on my radar to see what they all do next." - https://johnlprobert.blogspot.com/2018/08/frightfest-2018-day-three-saturday.html

Nerdly: Book of Monsters Review

"A film called Book of Monsters is obviously going to stand or fall on the quality of its malevolent menagerie and in that respect, Sparke scores very highly, with a number of original, creepy-looking creatures specially created for the film, using practical special effects. He also throws in some old favourites for good measure, with some sharp-teethed garden gnomes that come to life, allowing for a few knowing Gremlins references (gnome in a microwave and so on)..." - http://www.nerdly.co.uk/2018/08/30/frightfest-2018-book-of-monsters-review/

**** 4/5

Dread Central Presents: We’re Opening a BOOK OF MONSTERS!

"Dread Central Presents is incredibly excited to announce that we’ve acquired worldwide rights to Stewart Sparke’s Book of Monsters! The film had its world premiere earlier today at Arrow Video FrightFest to a sold-out audience.

We’ll be revealing our release strategy over the coming months but right now now we’re just so thrilled to finally announce that we’re bringing you this gore-heavy, practical FX-driven, party extravaganza!

Director Stewart Sparke explains, “It’s an incredible honor to be with the Dread Central Presents team. It’s more than we ever could have hoped for and we can’t wait to bring Book of Monsters to audiences all over the world!” - https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/281654/dread-central-presents-were-opening-a-book-of-monsters/