A Film Fest horror movie that didn’t grab the interest of a major, every cineplex across the country distributor, a major motion picture director whose “Thirteen Lives” didn’t do well, and who might be facing the inevitable fade in influence that many Oscar winners and star directors do.

Remember Rob Reiner? Peter Weir? It happens to the best of them.

Vertical gets its hands on a few gems, but rarely puts a movie into a lot of theaters and never releases anything that manages a long run.

The end of August is a traditional “dumping ground” window for movies nobody expects to make a dime. Exceptions happen, but they’re rarer than rare.

If you can’t sell a thriller with Ana de Armas and Sydney Sweeney, two “It” starlets of the moment, Hollywood is telling you something.