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Posters and trailers have been released for the next four movies in the Welcome to the Blumhouse series of horror movies on Amazon.

“Bingo Hell” and “Black As Night” arrive on October 1 followed by “The Manor” and “Madres” on October 8.

Bingo Hell is a horror-comedy that follows a group of senior citizens who bundle together to stop a sinister figure that threatens the residents of a low-income community. It gets more serious when the inhabitants of Oak Springs start turning up dead in bizarre ways. Bingo Hell is directed by Gigi Saul Guerrero and stars Adriana Barraza, L. Scott Caldwell, Richard Brake, and Joshua Caleb Johnson.

The Manor is set in an assisted living facility whose residents begin to die mysteriously. One resident, in particular, starts to have nightmares and suspects a malevolent force is acting upon the manor, but her opinions are taken as a sign of dementia by everyone else. The Manor is written and directed by Axelle Carolyn and stars Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison, Nicholas Alexander, Jill Larsen, Fran Bennett, and Katie Amanda Keane.

Black as Night follows a teenage girl who decides to take on vampires after they start to make victims in New Orleans. She enlists the help of her friends to hatch a bold plan to infiltrate the vampire mansion, destroy their leader, and turn his fanged disciples back to their human form. Black as Night is directed by Maritte Lee Go and stars Asjha Cooper, Fabrizio Guido, Mason Beauchamp, Abbie Gayle, Craig Tate, and Keith David.

Madres introduces us to a young Mexican couple expecting their first child in 1970s California. While the father spends most of his time away at work, the mother starts to have nightmares and ends up unveiling dark secrets from the house she’s in, and they may put her whole family’s life at risk. Madres is directed by Ryan Zarazoga and stars Tenoch Huerta, Ariana Guerra, Evelyn Gonzalez, Kerry Cahill, and Elpidia Carrillo.