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Bit Bot Media and FreakZone Games, the studios behind The Rocky Horror Show Video Game, are back with another nostalgic 8-bit experience, this time with Frankie Freako, a retro sidescroller prequel to the film from Steven Kostanski.

Look for the game to arrive on Steam and major consoles in Q2 2025. Fans can wishlist the game now.

Frankie Freako: The Video Game acts as a prequel to the Raven Banner film, “immersing players in the apocalyptic chaos of Freak World. Take control of Frankie, Boink, and Dottie as they

run, jump, and battle their way through a vibrant cityscape and ascend the treacherous Munch Tower to uncover the secrets behind Munch’s sinister Freak Phone technology. Frankie Freako pays homage to classic ’80s movie-to-game adaptations with a challenging, fast-paced platforming experience. Known for their signature style in titles like Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures, FreakZone Games delivers another expertly crafted retro...

Raven Banner Entertainment, the Toronto-based genre outfit that attended AFM last week, has promoted Michael Da Silva to general manager.

Da Silva previously served as manager of sales and acquisitions, and has been a core part of the team for six years, working on titles like Frankie Freako, The Sadness, and Yummy.

In his new capacity, Da Silva will oversee all facets of the company.

Michael Paszt, Raven Banner managing partner, said: “The past few years have shown a lot of growth at Raven Banner, of which Michael has been a driving force, and we’re confident that Michael will...

Manborg, Father’s Day, The Void, Leprechaun Returns, and Psycho Goreman director Steven Kostanski’s horror comedy Frankie Freako, which is said to be a “commemoration of various practical FX-led projects including Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Ghoulies Go to College,” was given a limited theatrical release earlier this month, and now our friends at Bloody Disgusting have learned when we’re going to be able to watch this movie in the comfort of our own homes! They report that Frankie Freako will be getting a digital release on October 25th, with a Scream Factory Blu-ray release to follow on November 5th. The digital release is available for pre-order through Amazon at This Link, while Blu-ray copies can be pre-ordered Here.

The story of Frankie Freako follows Conor Sweeney (The Editor) as a workaholic yuppie with a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers,...

Currently in select theaters, Frankie Freako will be released on Digital on October 25 before hitting Blu-ray on November 5 via Scream Factory.

Drawing inspiration from little monster movies like Gremlins, Ghoulies, and Critters, the Canadian horror-comedy is written and directed by Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman).

Conor Sweeney, Adam Brooks, Kristy Wordsworth, Matthew Kennedy, and Meredith Sweeney star.

Special Features include:

Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Steven Kostanski, Actor Conor Sweeney, and Cinematographer Pierce Derks Fasten Your Freakbelts: Behind the Scenes of Frankie Freako Conor & Frankie: A Conversation Between Actors Frankie Freako’s Funtime Phone Commercial Antique Connoisseurs Segments Trailer

In the film, “Workaholic yuppie Conor has a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square”! Conor sees no way out of this existential rut until one night while channel-surfing, he catches a bizarre ad...

Horror writer and director Steven Kostanski, who helmed indie hits like 2016’s “The Void” and 2020’s “Psycho Goreman,” knows his interests don’t always align with what’s trendy for genre fans.

“For years, I’ve been trying to push my fellow filmmaker friends into trying to make some kind of little creature movie,” he says. “It would be great to have little puppets running around torturing people. Who doesn’t want to watch that? Everybody said, ‘Oh, there’s no market for that.’ Everybody talks in terms of, ‘What is the popular thing in horror right now? Is it zombies?’ Nobody ever says, ‘It’s little trouble-making gremlin creatures.'”

Feedback be damned, Kostanski started developing a film in the spirit of genre classics like “Gremlins 2: The New Batch” and “Ghoulies.” The result is “Frankie Freako,” opening Oct. 4 in theaters via Shout! Studios. In the movie, Conor (Conor Sweeney...

Conor Sweeney (conveniently played by Conor Sweeney) is a lot of things, but “freaky” is not one of them. He desperately wants to get promoted at his generic office job, but his boss thinks his presentations about sector subdivisions are too bland — even though Conor worried they were too flashy because he occasionally uses red text. His idea of an adventurous dinner is a pizza with half cheese, half other cheese. And when his inexplicably gorgeous wife Kristina (Kristy Woodworth) makes efforts to seduce him, the farthest he’s willing to go is holding hands for a few seconds.

All of which is to say that if there was ever a person destined to patronize a pay-by-the-minute phone line advertising wild partying and general freakiness, it’s Conor. Our schlubby hero might have been satisfied with his quiet existence, but pleas to act less bland from everyone else in his...

"Let's boogie!!" It's time to get Freako!! Shout Studios has debuted the full official trailer for a wacky horror (maybe??) comedy called Frankie Freako, the latest by filmmaker Steven Kostanski behind the other cult classic horror faves Manborg, The Void, and Psycho Goreman. Well this looks off the charts weird! This movie "taps into the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoons, the charm of old-school puppetry, and gonzo comedy." Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the secret to spice up his boring life? Soon his home is overrun with interdimensional beings that bring chaos to his life and he must figure out how to get rid of them. Frankie Freako stars Conor Sweeney as the dweeb Conor, with Adam Brooks, and Kristy Wordsworth as his wife.

Almost exactly one year has passed since we heard that production had wrapped on Manborg, Father’s Day, The Void, Leprechaun Returns, and Psycho Goreman director Steven Kostanski’s horror comedy Frankie Freako, which is said to be a “commemoration of various practical FX-led projects including Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Ghoulies Go to College” – and now we know when the movie is going to be making its way out into the world! Shout! Studios has announced that Frankie Freako will be reaching select theatres on October 4th. Along with that announcement comes the unveiling of a trailer, which can be seen in the embed above.

The story follows Conor Sweeney (The Editor) as a workaholic yuppie with a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square”! Conor sees no way...

"Are you ready?" "Ready for what?" "To party, my man!!" Ahahaha let's go!! Raven Banner has released a first look teaser trailer for a wacky horror comedy called Frankie Freako, the latest by filmmaker Steven Kostanski. He's the very same director behind the other cult classic horror faves Manborg, The Void, and Psycho Goreman (!!) and this is his new creation - "he taps into the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoons, the charm of old-school puppetry, and gonzo comedy!" Yep that sounds like crazy fun. Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the recipe to spice up his boring life? Soon his home is overrun with interdimensional beings that bring chaos to his life and he must figure out how to get rid of them. This stars Conor Sweeney,...

The next movie from director Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho Goreman) is the zany horror-comedy Frankie Freako, and Shout! Studios will unleash the ’90s-style puppet horror movie just in time for Halloween. Watch the new trailer below.

Frankie Freako crashes into theaters on October 4, 2024.

In Frankie Freako, “After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako.”

Here’s the full plot synopsis: “Workaholic yuppie Conor Sweeney (The Editor, Father’s Day) has a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square”! Conor sees no way out of this existential rut until one night channel-surfing he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by...

Almost exactly one year has passed since we heard that production had wrapped on Manborg, Father’s Day, The Void, Leprechaun Returns, and Psycho Goreman director Steven Kostanski’s horror comedy Frankie Freako, which is said to be a “commemoration of various practical FX-led projects including Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Ghoulies Go to College.” We still don’t know of a release date for this one, but the movie did just have its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, and we got our hands on the teaser trailer, which you can watch in the embed above. Shout! Studio holds the U.S. distribution rights to Frankie Freako.

The story follows Conor Sweeney (The Editor) as a workaholic yuppie with a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square...

Conor Sweeney in Frankie Freako! Photo: Fantasia International Film Festival

It’s 8:30 at night, and that, by Conor’s standards, is late even for a Friday. His wife is away. He’s supposed to be looking after the house. That shouldn’t really be a stretch for this fundamentally very boring man. But Conor has seen an advert for a party line on late night TV and he just can’t get it out of his head. It’s not the sort of thing he would normally do, but perhaps it’s inevitable: he picks up the phone and dials. his life will never be the same again.

That’s the plot of Frankie Freako!, the latest offering from Psycho Goreman director Steven Kostanski, which screened as part of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. I spoke with Steven the morning after to find out more about it.

In Steven Kostanski’s latest film, the worst thing that someone can call Conor (Conor Sweeney) is square.

The ’90s-set comedy horror movie revolves around an uptight married businessman whose idea of intimacy is holding *a* hand in bed and using a different color font in a work presentation. He’s married to Kristina (Kristy Wordsworth), a smoking hot blonde who clearly yearns for something more physical, and he works at a nondescript office delivering reports on sector subdivisions.

He doesn’t drink.

He doesn’t swear.

He watches a show called Antique Connoisseurs.

So yes, Conor is absolutely a dullard.

Everything changes when Kristina goes away on a weekend work trip and Conor’s opportunistic boss, Mr Beagler (Adam Brooks), asks him to come in so he’ll be caught on camera shredding incriminating embezzling documents. But before Conor goes down for a white collar crime, he’s triggered...

The next movie from director Steven Kostanski is the zany horror-comedy Frankie Freako, which is having its world premiere July 24 at the Fantasia International Film Festival. While you wait, we’ve got the exclusive teaser trailer!

Fantasia describes the film as an “imaginative adventure, saturated with throwback cartoonish fun à la Ghoulies, wildly creative puppets, big laughs, and a helluva good time!”

In Frankie Freako, “After calling a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun, uptight yuppie Conor Sweeney must battle the pint-sized forces of evil unleashed through his phone line, led by the maniacal rock n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako.”

Here’s the full plot synopsis: “Workaholic yuppie Conor Sweeney has a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square”! Conor sees no way out of this existential rut until one...

US filmmaker Mike Flanagan, behind Netflix series The Haunting Of Hill House, will receive a career award at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival (July 18-August 4) as the final wave of titles are unveiled.

Flanagan is best known for his collaborations with Netflix which also include Midnight Mass, The Haunting Of Bly Manor, The Midnight Club and most recently The Fall Of The House Of Usher. Among his film credits are Oculus, Hush, Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game and upcoming title The Life Of Chuck starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Previous recipients of the Cheval Noir award include John Carpenter,...

Tom Savini. Rick Baker. Dick Smith. Rob Bottin. Ve Neill. Stan Winston.

The world of special effects makeup often feels like a dying art, with studios and streamers increasingly pursuing CGI and digital FX over practical artistry. Now, there is absolutely room for both styles and different films call for different methods, but gone are the days where the average moviegoer can recognize the name of a special effects makeup artist. Diehard fans are, of course, the exception to the rule, and there's at least one name that horror fanatics all know by heart and are stoked as hell to see on an end credits crawl: Steven Kostanski.

For the uninitiated, Steven Kostanski is one of the most fascinating voices in genre cinema working today. His films "The Void" and "Psycho Goreman" are both well-loved favorites, he finally gave the "Leprechaun" franchise a solid film with "Leprechaun Returns," and Kostanski's...

Toronto-based genre specialist Raven Banner has closed a raft of deals in Cannes on Jesse Haaja’s superhero film sequel Rendel: Cycle Of Revenge.

US rights have gone to Shout! Studios and other key sales have closed in Germany (Splendid), France (Program Store), Spain (Wild Duck), and Italy (Blue Swan).

Kris Gummerus stars as the eponymous masked vigilante who dismantles the evil Vala organisation after his family is killed, as a spital of violence awakens the ghosts of the past.

Sean Cronin, whose credits include Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, plays the villain Smiley. Pekka Lehtosaari wrote the screenplay.

Miika J. Norvanto...

Produced by the late Roger Corman, the low budget sword and sorcery film Deathstalker was a hit in theaters back in 1983 and went on to become a cult classic through home video and TV airings, and it was followed by three sequels released between 1987 and 1991.

Decades later, Deathstalker will return with a fresh remake, and Variety has shared a first look image from director Steven Kostanski’s (The Void, PG: Psycho Goreman) new movie.

The website notes that the Deathstalker remake is now filming in Canada, with Raven Banner Entertainment launching sales in Cannes. Daniel Bernhardt (John Wick, Nobody, Barry) will star as the titular Deathstalker in what’s being described as “a newly reimagined installment of the cult sword and sorcery series of the same name.”

Written and directed by Kostanski, Bernhardt will portray the barbarian who finds himself cursed by a magical talisman that draws him into conflict...

Raven Banner Entertainment has launched sales at the Cannes Film Festival’s market on the reboot of Roger Corman’s cult sword and sorcery film series, “Deathstalker,” which is currently shooting in Canada.

Daniel Bernhardt stars as the titular character in this reimagined instalment, directed by Steven Kostanski. Bernhardt plays a barbarian cursed by a magical talisman, leading him into conflict with a malevolent wizard and monstrous assassins.

The original “Deathstalker” films, produced by Corman in the 1980s, followed the success of John Milius’ “Conan the Barbarian.” Kostanski’s reboot focuses on the fantasy setting, utilizing creature suits, prosthetic FX make-up and stop-motion animation from his Action Pants FX shop, which recently completed work on upcoming horror-comedy “Frankie Freako,” which is also being sold by Raven Banner at Cannes.

Ahead of the film, Vault Comics released a new “Deathstalker” comic series, which sold out in under a week. Written by...