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I heard about The Butterfly Room – an American suspense thriller with an Italian sensibility, starring the British-born Barbara Steele – almost a year ago, and I’ve been waiting ever since on the proverbial pins and needles to see it.

Well, I got plenty of pins and needles in the squirm-inducing scenes involving the pinning of butterflies to specimen boards! Be sure to read my The Butterfly Room review for the details!

In a nutshell, it was well worth the wait.

I figured I’d be lucky to catch a streaming link somehow, never dreaming I’d actually get a personal invite from the film’s director to see it in a historical indie movie theater just down the street from my house – and what’s more, the regal Ms. Steele was in attendance!

She took part in a Q&A along with screen legend James Karen (who’s only in...

It's been awhile since we've had anything to report about Jonathan Zarantonello's The Butterfly Room, which is loaded with familiar faces from horror movies past. Today we're happy to report that the film is screening in California this weekend, and we've got all the details for ya. Read on!

Two separate screenings will take place at North Hollywood's Laemmle Noho 7 theater, on both Friday and Saturday night. Star Heather Langenkamp will be on hand for the Friday night showing while fellow horror icons/stars Barbara Steele and James Karen (Return of the Living Dead) will be hosting Q&A sessions on Saturday night.

You'll find full screening information over on The Butterfly Room's official website!

Also starring are P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, Erica Leerhsen, and Camille Keaton.

Synopsis

Ann, a reclusive, elegant lady with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence,...

Dear readers, we have exciting news for fans of the Grand Duchess of European horror, Barbara Steele! Fangoria is pleased to offer our readers the chance to see Steele’s latest, director Jonathan Zarantonello’s The Butterfly Room, this Friday, April 11th and Saturday, April 12th at the Laemmle NoHo 7 in Los Angeles. The Butterfly Room is a paranoid psychothriller […]...

A few months ago you had a chance to take a first (official) look at Jonathan Zarantonello’s upcoming horror flick The Butterfly Room, so I’m sure you already know it looks fantastic, right? Nothing to be surprised about, after all – legendary Barbara Steele stars in it! Today, we’re here to add one great teaser (and another international) trailer for the whole thing, click continue & enjoy! So, as we previousy reported, the movie revolves around a lonely girl named Julie and her friendship with a middle-aged neighbor named Ann. An immediate connection, and it feels almost as if they were mother and daughter… But,...

Chicago – If one actress can represent an era of classic and cult movies, P.J. Soles is a pretty good candidate. Her string of roles in high profile and familiar films from the mid 1970s to early ‘80s including “Carrie,” “Halloween,” “Breaking Away.” “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” “Private Benjamin” and “Stripes.”

From rocking with The Ramones to getting the “Aunt Jemima Treatment” from a young Bill Murray, Soles stood out as a fun leading actress and best friend during a more innocent age of “Star Wars” Hollywood. She was born in Germany as Pamela Jayne Harden to an American mother and Dutch father, and in her father’s capacity working international insurance, lived all over the world. She ended up going to college at Briar Cliff in New York State, which led to an early modeling and acting career in Manhattan. She went by her initials, P.J., and has...

After watching the tense trailer for Jonathan Zarantonello's The Butterfly Room you have to ask yourself, what kind of parent would leave their child in the hands of Barbara Steele? It's bad news for little girls and their dolls.

The cast is a who’s who of women in horror including Camille Keaton, Adrienne King, P.J. Soles, Heather Langenkamp, Erin Leehrsen and Barbara freakin’ Steele. It’s like a scream queen convention in movie form.

A few years back I spoke very briefly with Camille Keaton about her small role in The Butterfly Room and what she told me is a total spoiler, so click here to read her interview at your own risk.

As a fan of any movie that involves psychotic women, especially one that puts so many crazy women together on one screen, it looks pretty amazing. Read the synopsis and watch the trailer:

Ann, a reclusive elegant lady,...

Yet another new trailer for the upcoming film The Butterfly Room starring Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, and Ray Wise is here, hot and ready. Take a second to check out this latest sliver of indie goodness.

Also starring are P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, Erica Leerhsen, Camille Keaton, and James Karen. The film is directed by Jonathan Zarantonello.

Watch the latest trailer below, and for more information check out the official website for The Butterfly Room.

Synopsis

Ann, a reclusive, elegant lady with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother-daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann soon discovers that she is not the only recipient of the girl's affections.

Confronted by Alice's other lady friends, Ann's shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness: a series of brutal and bizarre...

I just realized this is the first horror movie where the only blood you see is menstrual blood... Great, great Barbara Steele. The Butterfly Room movie comes from director Jonathan Zarantonello and has an awesome cast on board – this is pretty stupid way to start a report, ’cause I’m sure that horror-fans already know all that. But, today I’m here to share one completely new trailer, poster and some images from the whole thing, so make sure you check it out!

Written and directed by Jonathan Zarantonello, The Butterfly Room is described as a dark tale of a manipulative young girl, an eccentric older woman and a horrible secret which connects them.

What’s definitely great abot Zarantonello’s movie is that it stars horror legend Barbara Steele in the leading role, while the rest of the cast also includes Erica Leehrsen, Heather Langenkamp, Camille Keaton, P.J. Soles,...

A sleek new website and trailer have just come online for the upcoming film The Butterfly Room. And when you see a cast that features names like Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp and Ray Wise, you know you've got to give it a look.

In addition to the actors listed above, you'll also see P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, Erica Leerhsen, Camille Keaton and James Karen. How's that for an impressive cast? The film is directed by Jonathan Zarantonello. The movie won Dresden's Cinestrange and the Youth Award at the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival and is now screening in Sitges, where Barbara Steele has handed out the Méliès d'Or prize for Best European Fantastic Film.

Check out the trailer below and for more information check out the official website for The Butterfly Room.

Synopsis

Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice.

Sledgehammers should be in every mother’s arsenal of parental weaponry. A good whack across the knees and kids will surely listen to every word you have to say. Below you’ll find the latest poster for Jonathan Zarantonello’s “The Butterfly Room”, which features Barbara Steele wielding the aforementioned hammer in an insanely menacing fashion. The film, which also stars Ray Wise, Heather Langenkamp, P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, James Karen, and Camille Keaton, explores the tumultuous relationship between a young girl and a creepy recluse. As you can probably imagine, things eventually get a pretty weird. For more information, check out the film’s official Facebook page. If you missed the teaser trailer we posted a while back, it has been included, as well...

Just seeing the great Barbara Steele on a one-sheet for a new movie is enough to give this writer butterflies in the old stomach, and that's exactly what we get with this latest slice of artwork. Dig it!

Directed by Jonathan Zarantonello, The Butterfly Room boasts a cast that includes Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Heather Langenkamp, Camille Keaton, Pj Soles, Adrienne King and James Karen. How's that for a who's who of horror stars? Add to that effects done by the Academy Award winning Afx Studio, and you've got quite the powerhouse of a project. Follow updates on The Butterfly Room Facebook page.

Synopsis

The movie stars Barbara Steele (Black Sunday, 8 1/2) as Ann, a reclusive elegant lady with an obsession for butterflies. She is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother-daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann...

The highly anticipated film The Butterfly Room is finally out of post-production and ready to fly. With an amazing cast full of genre legends, The Butterfly Room will debut at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and is looking for an autumn 2012 domestic release.

Directed by Jonathan Zarantonello, The Butterfly Room boasts a cast that includes Barbara Steele, Ray Wise, Heather Langenkamp, Camille Keaton, Pj Soles, Adrienne King and James Karen. How's that for a who's who of horror stars? Add to that effects done by the Academy Award winning Afx Studio, and you've got quite the powerhouse of a project. Follow updates on The Butterfly Room Facebook page, and dig the very impressive teaser trailer below.

Synopsis

The movie stars Barbara Steele (Black Sunday, 8 ½) as Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies. She is surprisingly befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence,...

It's been a couple of years since last we spoke about Jonathan Zarantonello's new film The Butterfly Room, but it's never left our radar - if only because of its incredible genre-heavy cast. Read on for the trailer and more.

Four generations of scream queens - Camille Keaton, P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, Heather Langenkamp, and Erica Leerhsen - star along with Ray Wise, Joe Dante (yes, that Joe Dante), and the great James Karen.

Synopsis

Alice is an eleven-year-old girl who entices women in their sixties; by trickeries she makes friend with them, until becoming the cure for their “empty nest syndrome”. And once she’s become part of their lives, once they can’t live without her, she benefits by asking for tips that gradually become actual fees.

A small price to pay to feel like mothers again...

But one day she meets the wrong lady. One day she meets Ann.

Is Italian horror cinema really dead? Directors Lamberto Bava, Sergio Stivaletti and Ruggero Deodato have been struggling to make a fright anthology since 2008; genre legend Dario Argento can’t even get his latest picture Giallo properly released; and in the last 15 years, only singer/director Federico Zampaglione’s Shadows has shown a clear personal vision and interesting take on the genre. And Jonathan Zarantonello, director of the new chiller The Butterfly Room, had to leave his homeland in order to make his movie, from which you can see a few exclusive behind-the-scenes photos after the jump.

You know what makes us happy? Reporting on a new film starring the still very much incredible Barbara Steele. It gets us especially happy when we report that joining Steele for the first time ever in a flick will be I Spit on Your Graves' Camille Keaton, P.J. Soles, Adrienne King, Heather Langenkamp, and Erica Leerhsen. We're talking four generations of scream queens here, folks! Does it get any better?

Below you'll find the first four stills and the plot crunch for Jonathan Zarantonello's new film The Butterfly Room, which also stars Ray Wise, Joe Dante (yes, that Joe Dante), and the great James Karen. How's that for a cast?!?!? Look for more on this one really soon!

Synopsis

Alice is an eleven-year-old girl who entices women in their sixties; by trickeries she makes friend with them, until becoming the cure for their “empty nest syndrome”. And once she...

Paolo Zelati has alerted us to a new horror film directed by Jonathan Zarantonello called The Butterfly Room , on which Zelati is shooting the behind-the-scenes footage. The film stars, check this out, genre vets Barbara Steele, Heather Langenkamp, Ray Wise, Erica Leerhsen, Adrienne King, Pj Soles and director Joe Dante. Shooting took place in Los Angeles. Below you'll find a full synopsis and a pair of pics from the production. Alice is an eleven year old girl who entices women in their sixties: by trickeries she makes friend with them, till becoming the cure for their "empty nest syndrome." And once she's become part of their lives, once they can't live without her, she benefits by asking for tips, that gradually become actual fees. A small price to pay to...