In right this moment’s Horror Highlighs, we’ve clips from Mike Carlo and Jason Alvino’s new animated horror comedy collection Beefy Frank, launch particulars for Ben Mauro’s HUXLEY: The Oracle, and the trailer for The Disinvited.
Christy Karacas Joins Outrageous New Animated Comedy-Horror Collection BEEFY FRANK: “Animation will get a selfmade serving to of absurdity and perspective larger than your Nonna’s meatballs as Beefy Frank, a daring new collection from co-creators Mike Carlo and Jason Alvino, formally brings on acclaimed animator and showrunner Christy Karacas (Superjail!, Ballmastrz: 9009) as Government Producer.
At a time when audiences are hungry for originality, the Beefy Frank crew is serving up a genre-bending, unapologetically loaded grownup animated collection filled with humor, horror, coronary heart, and genuine Italian-American taste.
BEEFY FRANK is about Frank Vitaliano, a low-level mob “affiliate” who was by accident mutated right into a disembodied head with telekinetic powers throughout a job gone unsuitable. Recent out of jail, Frank is crashing together with his sister, making an attempt to get his life collectively — all whereas turning into a reluctant function mannequin to his dorky nephew, dodging his hardass parole officer, juggling his smokeshow monster girlfriend, and preserving a neighborhood wiseguy off his again. If Frank can’t make good, it’s again to the can… or worse!
Frank Vitaliano by no means knew when to stop whereas he was forward, and now that he’s a head, he doesn’t know when to stop!
The inspiration for the present comes straight from the creators’ lives — rising up on Lengthy Island with their fantastically loopy Italian households and “colorfully questionable” pals, whereas devouring each gloriously schlocky horror film they may get their palms on within the VHS period.
“It’s like an animated antipasto of The Sopranos and Who’s the Boss? meets Basket Case and Re-Animator,” mentioned co-creator Jason Alvino. “It’s private, bizarre, and all the pieces we love on one plate.”
Karacas says that mixture of economic attraction and sincerity drew him in:
“Italian tradition is baked into popular culture. Horror is having a renaissance. However what actually hooked me was how unexpectedly relatable that is. It is the right mix of coronary heart and irreverence that makes for successful animated comedy.”
By presently shifting ahead independently, the crew is embracing whole inventive freedom to ship a present that feels distinctive and true to their imaginative and prescient with out compromise.
“One of the best tales come from genuine experiences and artistic ardour, so why not simply make this ourselves? 4 seasons of Superjail! didn’t begin out as a pitch. It was an indie quick that was rejected from each animation pageant it was submitted to.” says Christy Karacas. “There’s an unserved viewers on the market that wishes one thing new and unique. We all know, as a result of we’re a part of that viewers.”
“We’ve been obsessive about Beefy Frank because the first sketch,” mentioned co-creator Mike Carlo. “It feels good to be actively making the present we wish to see, a present we all know audiences are going to like as a lot as we do.”
The Beefy Frank pilot is now in manufacturing, with a premiere occasion focused for 2026. Followers can comply with for updates, behind-the-scenes clips, and sneak peeks at www.beefyfrank.television“
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HUXLEY: THE ORACLE Launch Particulars: “Acclaimed idea artist and visionary world-builder Ben Mauro, with HUXLEY: The Oracle, the primary prequel within the epic HUXLEY saga. Revealed by Learn-Solely Reminiscence, an imprint of Thames & Hudson, the richly illustrated graphic novel provides followers an origin story steeped in struggle, revolt, and the early seeds of empire-wide upheaval.
HUXLEY: The Oracle will first be obtainable internationally within the UK on October 30, 2025, with a world launch on December 2, 2025. The 160-page hardcover quantity options full-color art work all through, together with black-and-white growth sketches and a cowl gallery.
Set through the peak of the Oracle Empire, HUXLEY: The Oracle which follows Max as he begins his profession as a Ronin soldier designed to keep up order on the desert planet Fury‑7. Max turns into concerned in a plot that threatens to destroy the empire whereas the AI-controlled empire fights brutal wars to keep up its management. His seek for hidden secrets and techniques within the desert leads him to a path that may remodel his id whereas figuring out the future of the galaxy.
That includes greater than 100 full-color illustrations by an all-star lineup—Steve Chinhsuan Wang (Gears of Battle 5), Nikolas Gekko (Future 2, Halo Infinite), and Ben Mauro himself—alongside unique storyboards by Syama Pedersen (Astartes), The Oracle delivers a strong fusion of storytelling and visible design.
“That is the place all of it begins,” says Mauro. “With The Oracle, it’s a narrative about id, loyalty, and breaking free from management—dropped at life by means of the sort of visible storytelling I’ve at all times liked.”
HUXLEY: The Oracle might be obtainable in two codecs: a Normal Version (MSRP: $50 ) and a Deluxe Slipcased Version (MSRP: $100), restricted to 500 copies, which features a signed print and premium foil-stamped packaging.
HUXLEY: The Oracle is out there for pre-order right here and Amazon. For extra data, go to huxleysaga.com.
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Darkish Star Footage Units Launch Dates for Award-Profitable THE DISINVITED: “Darkish Star Footage has set launch dates for Devin Lawrence’s THE DISINVITED, which can debut on VOD on all North American digital platforms November 18. The VOD launch follows a theatrical roadshow that may see the movie play San Francisco, Los Angeles, Rochester, and different cities. The movie has simply debuted its theatrical trailer right here.
THE DISINVITED opens in San Francisco, CA on November 6, Rochester, NY on November 11, and Los Angeles, CA on November 14, with extra cities and ticketing hyperlinks to return. On November 13, it’s going to have a “homicide thriller themed” Los Angeles invitational premiere on the Lumiere Music Corridor Beverly Hills.
Lawrence’s darkly comedian, gritty, horror-tinged thriller is ready towards the stark, arid landscapes of excessive desert redoubt Joshua Tree, CA and the bustling city backdrop of Los Angeles, with the narrative artfully bouncing between totally different timelines.
Within the movie, Carl decides, towards his—or anybody else’s—higher judgment to crash an occasion the place he’s now not welcome, setting off a day stuffed with betrayal, violence, heartache, and exes who ought to by no means get again collectively. When Carl discovers he is not the one undesirable visitor within the desert, he’s compelled to determine whether or not to save lots of himself or danger all the pieces for individuals who have wronged him.
THE DISINVITED stars Sam Daly (Bel-Air, Bull, Madam Secretary), Dani Reynolds, Ryan Vincent (BLONDE), D.Ok. Uzoukwu (Clear Slate), Alana Johnston (The UCB Present), Samantha Jean Kwok, and Ronnie Gene Blevins (Tulsa King, Westworld, True Detective).
The movie had a strong outing on the pageant circuit and claimed the Viewers Award for Characteristic Narrative at Dances with Movies Los Angeles in 2024.
Director Devin Lawrance concludes, “This was imagined to be a horror movie. Straight horror. Simply identifiable. Rapidly categorized. However because the story developed, one thing stranger emerged: a genre-bending psychological thriller darkish comedy that doesn’t match neatly in a single field. The Disinvited is disturbing, humorous, relatable, and thrilling…we invite the viewers to observe it and tell us whose facet they’re on. And who could be their +1. And if the Satan likes cookies.”
