In the film Deep Water, directed by Renny Harlin, a plane flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai suffers an explosion and goes down in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. However, the survivors discover it’s not over yet, as the waters are infested with sharks. Ben (Aaron Eckhart), the First Officer, must fight to stay alive and lead as many of the surviving passengers as he can to safety.

Gene Simmons, who served as a producer on the film, decided to do the project because of the script and director. “I'm 100% sure it's the same thing that got a truckload of creative, wonderful people who wante to get involved in the film, from the bit players to the special effects people to the scenic designer, the cinematographers, special effects, everybody, it's that script,” Simmons told SciFi Vision, adding that Harlin as director is the “heart and soul” of the film.

Harlin also spoke with the site during the interview about creating the crash scene for the film, and highlighted the importance of small details in such a scene. “It's [tiny] details that make it really palpable and makes the audience relate to it and feel the reality of it,” said Harlin.

Written and directed by Aaron Davidman, the film American Solitaire follows war veteran Sliner (Joshua Close) after returning home from combat and how he deals with the aftermath. In a country that often celebrates guns and glorifies violence, the journey to return to civilian life and find himself again won’t be easy. The film, which also stars Gilbert Owuor as Auggie and Joanne Kelly as Athena, examines the psychological toll of combat and hidden costs of serving in the military.

Writer and director Davidman, along with stars Close, Owuor, and Kelly, recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the emotional film, which is currently in theaters.

Set in the American South, the film Vampires of the Velvet Lounge follows Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Mena Suvari) and her coven of vampires, including Joan (India Eisley) who operate of a hidden absinthe bar where they lure in unsuspecting lonely victims they meet through dating apps and drain them to maintain their youth. When they target the wrong matches and cross paths with an undercover vampire hunter and a group of unsuspecting male targets who disrupt the plan, the coven’s routine begins to unravel, leading to a chaotic night of escalating violence, fangs, and green-winged fairies inside the bar.

Suvari and Eisley spoke with SciFi Vision about what drew them to Vampires of the Velvet Lounge and why the script felt different from typical horror material, working with blood effects, and more. Vampires of the Velvet Lounge is now in theaters.

In DRAGN, Tom Wilson (James Paxton) takes his family to Serbia to fill in for his boss at what he expects to be a routine team-building retreat in the remote forest, but after meeting with the head of the company, Petros (Alex Lane), things quickly go from bad to much worse when he and a group of colleagues from different branches of the company end up being hunted by a rogue AI-driven drone.

Recently, stars Paxton and Lane, who also produced the film and wrote the script, spoke with SciFi Vision to break down the movie, including their characters, stunts, practical effects, AI themes, and more.

DRAGN is now in theaters and available on demand.

Based on David Morrell’s 2005 novel Creepers, the supernatural horror-thriller Do Not Enter follows a group of thrill-seeking urban explorers who love taking things to the extreme and recording it for social media for the world to see. After a disagreement between members that ends one of them leaving the group, the four friends who stayed, including Rick (Jake Manley), his girlfriend Diane (Adeline Rudolph), Cora (Francesca Reale), and Vernon (Shane Paul McGhie), decide they need to do something big. With its past of supposed ghosts and a rumored $300 millions stashed in the abandoned building, New Jersey’s Paragon Hotel is the perfect place for their next livestreaming stunt in order to increase their fanbase. Ignoring the warnings, the Creepers, with the addition of reporter Frank Balenger (Laurence O’Fuarain), who they think can help grow their online fame, break into the hotel and have to contend with not only deadly rivals, but supernatural creatures that stalk them from the shadows.

Stars Manley, Rudolph, and Francesca recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including filming locations, rehearsing together, stunt work, and more.

The film opens today in theaters and is also now available on digital and on demand.

Deep in the American South, an absinth bar doubles as a deadly hunting ground for Countess Elizabeth Báthory (Mena Suvari) and her glamorous coven of vampires, who use dating apps to lure in and feed on unsuspecting singles to keep their youth intact. Everything runs smoothly until Elizabeth swipes right on the worst possible matches: a calculating undercover vampire hunter, Cora (Dichen Lachman), and a group of emotionally stunted men. From there, it all unravels into a fever dream of blood, seduction, and chaos, with fangs, glitter, and green fairy energy colliding in a savage grindhouse nightmare.

Lachman recently spoke with SciFi Vision about her experience filming the movie, including her excitement to be back in vampire world again, working with blood effects, building the character through voice, and more, as well as about the challenge of playing multiple versions of the same character across projects like Severance and Dollhouse, and how she relies on physical cues like body tension and movement to separate each version in her performance.

Vampires of the Velvet Lounge opens exclusively in theaters on Friday, March 20th.

In the film Protector, Nikki (Milla Jovovich), a decorated former soldier, has tried to leave combat behind and build a quiet life with her teenage daughter Chloe (Isabel Myers), but their fragile peace is fractured when Chloe is abducted by a human trafficking ring. As Nikki follows the limited clues she has into the city’s criminal underworld, she leaves death in her wake. Her ruthless methods and military training bring her into conflict with both the traffickers and law enforcement, drawing the attention of a determined police chief, Captain Miller (D.B. Sweeney), who puts her at the top of his wanted list as she races against time to find her child while avoiding the local police.

Recently, Sweeney spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including how the biggest draw was to work with Matthew Modine again, how he preps for his roles, and more.

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The film DRAGN centers on a group of co-workers on a routine corporate team-building trip which transforms into a nightmare when they unwittingly become the prey of a rogue AI-driven drone. DRAGN delves into the fragility of the human body, the pervasive influence of technology in our lives, and the indomitable spirit required to confront demons in an increasingly digital world.

DRAGN opens in select U.S. theaters starting today and comes to VOD on March 17th.

In the film Protector, which premieres today in theaters, Milla Jovovich stars as Nikki, a veteran war hero who thought she left her violent past behind her on the battlefield, but her peaceful life is upended when her daughter, Chloe (Isabel Myers), is kidnapped by a human trafficking ring, and she must venture into the city’s criminal underworld to find and save her. As she tears through the crime syndicate using her training, leaving a trail of death in her wake, her mission becomes even more difficult as she attracts the attention of the police and military and must avoid them in her pursuit. As the local authorities, led by Captain Michaels (D.B. Sweeney), try to bring her in, Nikki’s former commanding officer (Matthew Modine) sums it up: he doesn’t need to protect Nikki from the criminals; he needs to protect them from her.

In a recent interview with SciFi Vision, Jovovich and Meyers opened up about what drew them to the project.

“[W]hen I got this script, it really resonated with me as a parent,” Jovovich told the site. “To be a mother of three girls and to know how human trafficking is such a problem, that it just keeps growing.”

The actress added that she felt like no one was making movies about the topic. “That's why I wanted to come in as a producer,” explained Jovovich, saying that it wasn’t just about streamlining the script. “[It was also to] make sure that once I was done filming as an actor, I had control of how the rest of the movie was going to be edited, scored, color graded, just to make sure that the subject matter was dealt with in the most sort of respectful way possible.”

Jovovich also liked that even though the film has violence and is exciting, it also has “heart and soul”.

In K-Pops!, washed-up LA musician BJ (multiple Grammy-winning Anderson .Paak), who spends his days playing gigs at the local bar, dreams of something better. When his mother’s boyfriend, Cash (Jonnie Park), helps BJ land a job as a drummer for a K-pop competition house band, he makes the move to Seoul, South Korea, hoping to revive his career. There, he works with Cash's aunt Diamond (Cathy Shim), who hosts the series. When he meets the young competitors, however, he finds that the son he never knew about is a contestant. While still harboring a bruised heart from his complicated past relationship with the boy’s mother (Jee Young Han), he tries to capitalize on his son (Soul Rasheed)’s rising fame. But along the way, he starts to bond with his son and discovers that there is more to life than chasing stardom.

Recently, Han and Shim spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the film, including working with .Paak, the fantastic costumes, and more.