{"id":544528,"date":"2026-06-20T02:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/544528\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T02:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:31:08","slug":"terrifier-star-catherine-corcoran-named-raindance-horror-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/544528\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifier Star Catherine Corcoran Named Raindance Horror Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCatherine Corcoran, the actress known for her genre work, has been tapped as the first horror ambassador of Raindance Film Festival<\/a>, a role that comes in partnership with her production company FareStream Pictures and coincides with the launch of the festival\u2019s dedicated horror programming slate.<\/p>\n

\n\tCorcoran\u2019s horror credits include Terrifier<\/a>, Terrifier 2, Return to Nuke \u2018Em High Volume 1 and Volume 2, Long Lost, Faceless After Dark, If It Bleeds and Big Baby, among others. She also made headlines last year after filing a lawsuit<\/a> related to the Terrifier franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIndependent horror has always thrived by creating community first,\u201d Corcoran said in a statement. \u201cRaindance has spent decades championing fearless filmmakers and queer artists and I\u2019m honored to help expand a platform that celebrates voices redefining the genre.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Corcoran noted, horror is having a moment \u2014 particularly original horror. Obsession<\/a>, from 26-year-old writer-director Curry Barker<\/a>, has crossed $300 million at the global box office after being produced independently for $750,000, becoming Focus Features\u2019 highest-grossing film of all time. Two weeks later, A24\u2019s Backrooms<\/a> from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons<\/a> became the studio\u2019s highest-grossing film ever, with $265 million globally.<\/p>\n

\n\tFounded in London in 1993, Raindance is the U.K.\u2019s largest independent film festival. Corcoran\u2019s appointment comes as the festival expands its horror presence, introducing the Roger Corman Award for Best Horror Feature and showcasing an international lineup of genre films.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival\u2019s Icon Awards will be presented to Miriam Margolyes, Brian Cox and Lloyd Kaufman. Connor Storrie, Kit Harington, Jane Fonda and Robert Englund are also among the names featured<\/a> in the lineup for the festival\u2019s 34th edition.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn November, Corcoran launched her film and television production company, FareStream Pictures, which focuses on telling bold and emotionally charged stories through women and underrepresented voices.<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Corcoran and FareStream Pictures joining the initiative, Raindance\u2019s new horror programming seeks to foster strong collaboration between filmmakers, fans and the global independent horror community while advocating for the next generation of voices.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe festival runs through June 26 in central London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine Corcoran, the actress known for her genre work, has been tapped as the first horror ambassador of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[263],"tags":[18,117,19,17,327,207717,46323],"class_list":["post-544528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-raindance-film-festival","tag-terrifier"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116780091667349928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}