Sci Fi Movie Premieres This Week: Clayface, Wildwood, Wicker, and More

Sci Fi and Fantasy Movie Premieres for the Weekend of October 23rd:

Clayface

In Theaters, October 23

Matt Hagen’s meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss’s actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.

Directed by: James Watkins

Starring: Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan

Wildwood

In Theaters, October 23

From the makers of Coraline, Wildwood is a sweeping, darkly magical adventure about Prue, a young girl who journeys into a hidden forest to rescue her younger brother. Along the way she encounters warring factions, extraordinary creatures, and a world unlike anything she’s ever known.

Directed by: Travis Knight

Starring: Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Awkwafina, Angela Bassett

Wicker

In Theaters, October 23

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Directed by: Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer

Starring: Peter Dinklage, Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgard, Elizabeth Debicki

Human

In Theaters-Limited, October 23

What she wanted: a little sexting before bed. What she’s going to get: a blood-drenched supernatural nightmare of horrors and heartbreak. Sometimes the universe just sucks, doesn’t it.

Directed by: Matt Stuertz

Starring: Jeffrey Decker, Cecily Dowd, Jackie Kelly

Terrestrial

In Theaters-Limited, October 23

A long overdue reunion weekend spirals out of control for four college friends. The host, an aspiring science fiction writer on the verge of sudden success, fights to maintain his sense of reality — a struggle which becomes increasingly difficult in the face of otherworldly dangers.

Directed by: Steve Pink

Starring: Jermaine Fowler, James Morosini, Pauline Chalamet, Edy Modica, Rob Yang, Brendan Hunt

The Cycle

Streaming-Shudder, October 23

When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.

Directed by: Jordan Downey

Starring: Deborah Ann Woll, Jeffrey Donovan, Will Hochman, Jack Doolan, Carl W. Crudup, Jeb Berrier, Gretchen Corbett, David Myers Gregory