Brendan Sexton III

Who is Brendan Sexton III?

Brendan Sexton III is an actor who made his film debut in Welcome to the Dollhouse and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He was the lead in Hurricane Streets and has appeared in films such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. On television, he played Belko on The Killing and "Horse" on Russian Doll.

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Crime Pic ‘American Muscle’ Being Sold By Protagonist Picks

Exclusive: Protagonists’s label Protagonist Picks is handling world sales on crime feature American Muscle, the directorial debut of Joel Veach. David W. Thompson, Brendan Sexton III, Liana Wright-Mark, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jorge Garcia, and Lauren Glazier star in the character-driven thriller which was shot entirely in Santa Clarita, California. The film follows a debt-ridden mechanic (Thompson) desperate to escape his violent past. When his estranged sister returns and two ruthless debt collectors come looking for payment, long-buried family secrets resurface, setting the stage for an explosive reckoning. The film has played at Cinequest, Big Apple Film Fest, and Burbank, and was nominated for Best Debut at Raindance. Rsl Films and Ghost Gang Productions produce. Veach previously wrote the psychological thriller Old Man, starring Stephen Lang, and directed the short film Guys With Guns, which premiered at the Raindance Film Festival.

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Session 9: Brad Anderson is developing a prequel called Session 1

Twenty-five years after Session 9 first brought viewers into the creepy halls of Danvers State Mental Hospital, writer/director Brad Anderson is developing a prequel that will explore the origins of one of the movie’s most disturbing characters. During a 25th anniversary screening of Session 9 at Mass Mini Con, Anderson and writer/actor Stephen Gevedon took part in a Q&a where they revealed that they’re developing a prequel called Session 1. The news was reported by our friends at Bloody Disgusting, who credited Broke Horror Fan‘s Alex Divincenzo with sharing video from the event. According to Anderson, Session 1 would tell the origin story of Mary Hobbes,

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Blood Shine (2026) Movie Review: Thematically rich and well-acted folk-horror loses its way

New York-based filmmaking couple Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks’ sophomore feature “Blood Shine” is instantly intriguing. A tilted opening shot of a redhead that we later learn to be named Clara (played by director Emily Bennett herself), dragging a man towards a luminous gaze, will make you sit upright and take notice. Unlike most horror movies that are in a rush to set up everything before they spill blood, Bennett and Brooks are more interested in an interplay that keeps the themes at arm’s length as it introduces the world within the movie to us. But before that, the film has its fair share of red herrings. A prologue

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Audience Member Allegedly Loses Consciousness During Intense ‘Blood Shine’ Premiere Screening, Transported to Hospital

Exclusive: An audience member was transported by ambulance to a local hospital after losing consciousness during an intense scene at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere of Dark Sky Films’ Blood Shine Wednesday night at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills, Dread Central is told. At approximately 9:00 p.m., while the film was playing, the screening was interrupted when an attendee became unresponsive during one of the film’s particularly intense sequences. Emergency personnel were called to the theater, and the attendee was removed from the screening and transported by ambulance to a nearby emergency room. She is reportedly doing well following the incident. The incident unfolded during the red carpet premiere of the visceral new folk horror film from husband-and-wife filmmaking duo Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks (Alone With You), which arrives in select theaters and at home on August 21 from Dark Sky Films. The evening brought together

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‘Blood Shine’ Brings Folk Horror to Cinemas This August

Faith and fanaticism collide in Blood Shine, the latest feature from filmmaking duo Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks, with a newly released trailer offering a first look at the unsettling folk horror ahead of its theatrical and digital release next month. Following a successful festival run, the film arrives from Dark Sky Films on 21 August. Set against the isolated landscape of upstate New York, Blood Shine stars Bennett as Clara, a deeply religious zealot whose solitary devotion centres on the worship of light. Her carefully ordered rituals are disrupted by the arrival of Brighton West, a troubled horror filmmaker played by David Call, who retreats to the countryside hoping to

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Religious Horror 'Blood Shine' Trailer with Emily Bennett & David Call

"This vessel has come to us... Let there be light upon you always." Dark Sky Films has revealed the official trailer for an indie horror film titled Blood Shine, the second feature made by the genre filmmakers Emily Bennett & Justin Brooks. This first premiered at FrightFest London 2025 and will be out to watch on VOD coming up in August this summer. Blood Shine is described as a "striking blend of arthouse sensibility and visceral folk horror." Set in a desolate expanse of upstate New York, the chilling religious horror film centers on Clara, a religious zealot who worships light in lonely, sacred rituals. When problematic horror director Brighton West travels

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