There’s good F-ing news for fans of British horror, as a pair of UK productions are heading for Stateside disc and video-on-demand, one of them receiving a title change.

Screen Media Films gave Fango the exclusive word that it will release Ryan Andrews’ ELFIE HOPKINS: CANNIBAL HUNTER (pictured) and Johannes Roberts’ F, the latter under the new moniker THE EXPELLED, on its Screen Media Darkside label. ELFIE HOPKINS, with Jaime Winstone in the title role of a wannabe teen detective who finds out the hungry secret of a new family in town, also stars her dad Ray Winstone, Kimberley Nixon, HELLBOY’s Rupert Evans, Steven Mackintosh, Kate Magowan and CITADEL’s Aneurin Barnard, and hits VOD February 5 and DVD (see exclusive cover art below) March 5. “I’m thrilled that Elfie will make her debut Stateside this coming spring,” producer Jonathan Sothcott tells us. “Ryan Andrews gave the film such a distinct flavor that distinguishes it from any British horror film out there, and directed a stellar cast led by Jaime Winstone in her signature role. We’re all delighted that genre specialists Screen Media Films have picked it up and can’t wait to work with them on the release.”

THE EXPELLED is an exercise in hoodie horror, in which a teacher (David Schofield) and his resentful daughter (Eliza Bennett) are terrorized after hours at his school by a gang of faceless, murderous youths. It arrives on VOD and DVD April 9. Special features on both are still being finalized; see the trailers for ’em below and stay tuned for further details.

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